title: West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
text: # West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  
  West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Marina Kiehl | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | 19 February |
  | Gold | Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz | Nordic combined | Team | 24 February |
  | Silver | Georg Hackl | Luge | Men's singles | 15 February |
  | Silver | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 24 February |
  | Silver | Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer | Biathlon | Relay | 26 February |
  | Silver | Frank Wörndl | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | 27 February |
  | Bronze | Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger | Luge | Doubles | 19 February |
  | Bronze | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 26 February |
  
  ## Competitors
  
  The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Alpine skiing | 9 | 8 | 17 |
  | Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
  | Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
  | Cross-country skiing | 5 | 4 | 9 |
  | Figure skating | 4 | 4 | 8 |
  | Ice hockey | 23 | – | 23 |
  | Luge | 6 | 1 | 7 |
  | Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
  | Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5 |
  | Speed skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | Total | 71 | 19 | 90 |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Peter Dürr | Downhill | | | 2:04.32 | 21 |
  | Hansjörg Tauscher | Downhill | | | 2:04.31 | 20 |
  | Hannes Zehentner | Downhill | | | 2:03.23 | 13 |
  | Markus Wasmeier | Downhill | | | 2:02.03 | 6 |
  | Michael Eder | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
  | Markus Wasmeier | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
  | Peter Roth | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
  | Frank Wörndl | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
  | Peter Roth | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Armin Bittner | Giant Slalom | 1:08.56 | 1:04.71 | 2:13.27 | 26 |
  | Markus Wasmeier | Giant Slalom | 1:06.60 | 1:05.09 | 2:11.69 | 19 |
  | Frank Wörndl | Giant Slalom | 1:06.10 | 1:03.12 | 2:09.22 | 8 |
  | Peter Roth | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Armin Bittner | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Florian Beck | Slalom | 53.11 | 48.33 | 1:41.44 | 10 |
  | Frank Wörndl | Slalom | 50.99 | 48.54 | 1:39.53 | |
  
  Men's combined
  
  | Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
  | Armin Bittner | 1:55.42 | 42.82 | 42.82 | 99.65 | 11 |
  | Markus Wasmeier | 1:49.32 | 45.32 | 44.52 | 65.44 | 7 |
  | Hannes Zehentner | 1:49.16 | 59.52 | 47.33 | 197.87 | 22 |
  | Peter Dürr | 1:48.30 | 49.84 | 48.84 | 123.92 | 17 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Christina Meier-Höck | Downhill | | | 1:29.30 | 21 |
  | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Downhill | | | 1:27.83 | 13 |
  | Regine Mösenlechner | Downhill | | | 1:27.16 | 7 |
  | Marina Kiehl | Downhill | | | 1:25.86 | |
  | Marina Kiehl | Super-G | | | 1:21.11 | 13 |
  | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Super-G | | | 1:20.98 | 10 |
  | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Super-G | | | 1:20.98 | 10 |
  | Regine Mösenlechner | Super-G | | | 1:20.33 | 4 |
  | Marina Kiehl | Giant Slalom | 1:02.11 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Giant Slalom | 1:00.81 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Christina Meier-Höck | Giant Slalom | 1:00.43 | 1:07.45 | 2:07.88 | 5 |
  | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Giant Slalom | 59.98 | 1:07.44 | 2:07.42 | |
  | Anette Gersch | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Slalom | 49.84 | 48.56 | 1:38.40 | |
  
  Women's combined
  
  | Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
  | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
  | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | 1:19.83 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Karin Dedler | 1:18.80 | 43.38 | 45.65 | 105.18 | 14 |
  | Ulrike Stanggassinger | 1:17.92 | 42.68 | 43.93 | 71.51 | 9 |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km Sprint | Stefan Höck | 3 | 27:26.2 | 26 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Ernst Reiter | 2 | 26:50.2 | 19 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Fritz Fischer | 1 | 26:25.9 | 12 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Peter Angerer | 2 | 26:13.2 | 10 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 20 km | Ernst Reiter | 56:54.8 | 5 | 1'01:54.8 | 29 |
  | 20 km | Fritz Fischer | 56:04.5 | 5 | 1'01:04.5 | 23 |
  | 20 km | Herbert Fritzenwenger | 56:27.8 | 4 | 1'00:27.8 | 17 |
  | 20 km | Peter Angerer | 55:46.7 | 3 | 58:46.7 | 10 |
  
  ### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer | 0 | 1'23:37.4 | |
  
  $^1A$ penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
  
  $^2One$ minute added per missed target.
  
  ## Bobsleigh
  
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | FRG-1 | Anton Fischer Christoph Langen | Two-man | 57.58 | 6 | 59.70 | 10 | 1:00.06 | 6 | 59.28 | 7 | 3:56.62 | 7 |
  | FRG-2 | Michael Sperr Rolf Müller | Two-man | 57.47 | 5 | 1:00.09 | 16 | 1:00.42 | 11 | 59.86 | 14 | 3:57.84 | 11 |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | FRG-1 | Michael Sperr Olaf Hampel Florian Cruciger Rolf Müller | Four-man | 57.58 | 19 | 58.04 | 13 | 56.41 | 4 | 58.14 | 15 | 3:50.17 | 14 |
  | FRG-2 | Anton Fischer Franz Nießner Uwe Eisenreich Christoph Langen | Four-man | 57.02 | 9 | 57.75 | 10 | 56.71 | 11 | 58.07 | 12 | 3:49.55 | 11 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km C | Walter Kuß | 44:29.0 | 27 |
  | 15 km C | Jochen Behle | 43:59.7 | 23 |
  | 30 km C | Stefan Dotzler | 1'33:06.1 | 40 |
  | 30 km C | Jochen Behle | 1'30:08.3 | 23 |
  | 50 km F | Walter Kuß | DNF | – |
  | 50 km F | Georg Fischer | 2'13:31.3 | 34 |
  | 50 km F | Herbert Fritzenwenger | 2'13:27.6 | 33 |
  
  C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Walter Kuß Georg Fischer Jochen Behle Herbert Fritzenwenger | 1'48:05.0 | 7 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 5 km C | Sonja Bilgeri | 17:33.2 | 48 |
  | 5 km C | Birgit Kohlrusch | 17:10.3 | 44 |
  | 5 km C | Stefanie Birkelbach | 17:09.1 | 43 |
  | 5 km C | Karin Jäger | 16:28.0 | 28 |
  | 10 km C | Sonja Bilgeri | 35:07.0 | 44 |
  | 10 km C | Karin Jäger | 32:09.5 | 24 |
  | 20 km F | Sonja Bilgeri | DNF | – |
  | 20 km F | Stefanie Birkelbach | 1'04:40.5 | 45 |
  | 20 km F | Birgit Kohlrusch | 1'03:16.2 | 41 |
  | 20 km F | Karin Jäger | 1'02:34.6 | 35 |
  
  C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Women's 4 × 5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Stefanie Birkelbach Karin Jäger Birgit Kohlrusch Sonja Bilgeri | 1'05:48.6 | 11 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Richard Zander | 9 | 17 | 11 | 23.2 | 11 |
  | Heiko Fischer | 4 | 11 | 10 | 16.8 | 9 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marina Kielmann | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19.6 | 10 |
  | Claudia Leistner | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13.2 | 6 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Brigitte Groh Holger Maletz | 13 | 11 | 17.5 | 11 |
  
  ### Ice Dancing
  
  | Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Antonia Becherer Ferdinand Becherer | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18.0 | 9 |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Group B
  
  Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
  | West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
  | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
  | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
  | Austria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
  | Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1 |
  
  * West Germany 2-1 Czechoslovakia
  * West Germany 7-3 Norway
  * Austria 1-3 West Germany
  * West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union
  * West Germany 4-1 USA
  
  ### Final round
  
  The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 |
  | Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
  | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 |
  | Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 |
  | West Germany 5th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
  | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
  
  * Finland 8-0 West Germany
  * Canada 8-1 West Germany
  * Sweden 3-2 West Germany
  
  ### Leading scorers
  
  | Rk | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10th | Gerd Truntschka | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
  
  Team roster
  
     * Ron Fischer
  
     * Udo Kiessling
  
     * Horst-Peter Kretschmer
  
     * Dieter Medicus
  
     * Andreas Niederberger
  
     * Harold Kreis
  
     * Manfred Schuster
  
     * Manfred Wolf
  
     * Christian Brittig
  
     * Peter Draisaitl
  
     * Georg Franz
  
     * Dieter Hegen
  
     * Georg Holzmann
  
     * Peter Obresa
  
     * Roy Roedger
  
     * Peter Schiller
  
     * Helmut Steiger
  
     * Gerd Truntschka
  
     * Bernd Truntschka
  
     * Joachim Reil
  
     * Helmut de Raaf
  
     * Josef Schlickenrieder
  
     * Karl Friesen
  * Head coach: Xaver Unsinn
  
  ## Luge
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Max Burghardtswieser | 46.874 | 13 | 46.949 | 11 | 47.083 | 14 | 47.280 | 15 | 3:08.186 | 13 |
  | Johannes Schettel | 46.725 | 9 | 46.928 | 10 | 46.805 | 7 | 46.913 | 8 | 3:07.371 | 7 |
  | Georg Hackl | 46.355 | 2 | 46.553 | 2 | 46.599 | 4 | 46.409 | 2 | 3:05.916 | |
  
  (Men's) Doubles
  
  | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger | 46.024 | 4 | 46.250 | 5 | 1:32.274 | |
  | Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl | 46.054 | 5 | 46.244 | 4 | 1:32.298 | 4 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Veronika Bilgeri | 46.321 | 4 | 46.375 | 4 | 46.369 | 4 | 46.605 | 7 | 3:05.670 | 4 |
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  Men's individual
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  * 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank |
  | Hermann Weinbuch | Individual | 179.6 | 39 | 5:26.0 | 44:26.4 | 387.390 | 29 |
  | Thomas Müller | Individual | 190.4 | 31 | 4:14.0 | 44:02.7 | 390.945 | 25 |
  | Hans-Peter Pohl | Individual | 204.3 | 15 | 2:41.4 | 44:23.9 | 387.775 | 28 |
  | Hubert Schwarz | Individual | 219.2 | 2 | 1:02.0 | 42:35.8 | 403.980 | 13 |
  
  Men's Team
  
  Three participants per team.
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
  * 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  
  | Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
  | Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz | 629.8 | 1 | 0:00.0 | 1'20:46.0 | |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
  | Dieter Thoma | Normal hill | 75.0 | 78.1 | 74.0 | 76.0 | 154.1 | 55 |
  | Josef Heumann | Normal hill | 77.0 | 84.3 | 80.0 | 92.1 | 176.4 | 31 |
  | Andi Bauer | Normal hill | 78.5 | 87.2 | 79.5 | 90.3 | 177.5 | 29 |
  | Thomas Klauser | Normal hill | 80.5 | 94.4 | 71.0 | 70.7 | 165.1 | 47 |
  | Josef Heumann | Large hill | 102.0 | 90.7 | 95.0 | 76.4 | 167.1 | 36 |
  | Andi Bauer | Large hill | 103.0 | 94.1 | 93.5 | 75.8 | 169.9 | 34 |
  | Peter Rohwein | Large hill | 106.0 | 96.3 | 96.0 | 81.3 | 177.6 | 25 |
  | Thomas Klauser | Large hill | 114.5 | 111.7 | 102.5 | 93.4 | 205.1 | 4 |
  
  ### Men's team large hill
  
  | Athletes | Result | Result |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
  | Andi Bauer Peter Rohwein Thomas Klauser Josef Heumann | 559.0 | 6 |
  
  $^1Four$ teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Uwe Streb | 38.03 | 27 |
  | 500 m | Hans-Peter Oberhuber | 37.73 | 20 |
  | 1000 m | Uwe Streb | DSQ | – |
  | 1000 m | Hans-Peter Oberhuber | 1:16.62 | 32 |
  | 1500 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 1:57.08 | 30 |
  | 5000 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 6:59.45 | 24 |
  | 10,000 m | Hansjörg Baltes | 14:45.41 | 27 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug | 40.53 | 7 |
  | 1500 m | Anja Mischke | 2:08.52 | 16 |
  | 3000 m | Anja Mischke | 4:26.30 | 12 |
  