East_Germany_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics
East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time 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.
Quick Facts East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GDR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
in Calgary | |
Competitors | 53 (36 men, 17 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Frank-Peter Roetsch (biathlon) |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
More information Sport, Men ...
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Biathlon | 6 | – | 6 |
Bobsleigh | 10 | – | 10 |
Cross-country skiing | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Luge | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Nordic combined | 3 | – | 3 |
Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
Speed skating | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Total | 36 | 17 | 53 |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Frank Luck | 1 | 25:57.6 | 6 |
André Sehmisch | 2 | 25:52.3 | 5 | |
Birk Anders | 2 | 25:51.8 | 4 | |
Frank-Peter Roetsch | 1 | 25:08.1 | ![]() |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Jürgen Wirth | 57:25.9 | 3 | 1'00:25.9 | 16 |
Matthias Jacob | 55:20.1 | 3 | 58:20.1 | 9 | |
André Sehmisch | 55:11.4 | 3 | 58:11.4 | 7 | |
Frank-Peter Roetsch | 53:33.3 | 3 | 56:33.3 | ![]() |
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- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch |
3 | 1'24:28.4 | 5 |
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- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GDR-1 | Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musioł |
Two-man | 57.06 | 1 | 59.26 | 8 | 59.45 | 1 | 58.42 | 1 | 3:54.19 | ![]() |
GDR-2 | Bernhard Lehmann Mario Hoyer |
Two-man | 57.65 | 7 | 58.67 | 2 | 59.59 | 4 | 58.73 | 3 | 3:54.64 | ![]() |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GDR-1 | Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer Bogdan Musioł Ingo Voge |
Four-man | 56.16 | 1 | 57.31 | 2 | 56.77 | 13 | 57.34 | 3 | 3:47.58 | ![]() |
GDR-2 | Detlef Richter Bodo Ferl Ludwig Jahn Alexander Szelig |
Four-man | 57.18 | 13 | 57.60 | 6 | 56.33 | 3 | 57.95 | 9 | 3:49.06 | 8 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Holger Bauroth | 43:59.2 | 21 |
Uwe Bellmann | 42:17.8 | 5 | |
30 km C |
Holger Bauroth | 1'30:03.4 | 22 |
Uwe Bellmann | 1'28:37.2 | 15 | |
50 km F |
Uwe Bellmann | 2'08:18.6 | 8 |
Holger Bauroth | 2'07:02.4 | 5 |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Susann Kuhfittig | 16:41.9 | 37 |
Silke Schwager-Braun | 16:22.5 | 25 | |
Kerstin Moring | 16:01.6 | 19 | |
Simone Opitz | 15:41.1 | 13 | |
10 km C |
Kerstin Moring | 32:12.8 | 25 |
Susann Kuhfittig | 32:01.5 | 23 | |
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 31:53.0 | 21 | |
Simone Opitz | 31:14.3 | 10 | |
20 km F |
Susann Kuhfittig | 1'03:05.8 | 38 |
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 59:01.2 | 15 | |
Kerstin Moring | 58:17.2 | 7 | |
Simone Opitz | 57:54.3 | 5 |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Kerstin Moring Simone Opitz Silke Schwager-Braun Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm |
1'02:19.9 | 5 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Simone Koch | 14 | 8 | 8 | 19.6 | 9 |
Katarina Witt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | ![]() |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, SP ...
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Peggy Schwarz Alexander König |
11 | 6 | 11.5 | 7 |
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Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Michael Walter | 46.578 | 6 | 46.754 | 6 | 46.838 | 9 | 46.763 | 3 | 3:06.933 | 5 |
Thomas Jacob | 46.426 | 4 | 46.638 | 5 | 46.433 | 1 | 46.861 | 6 | 3:06.358 | 4 |
Jens Müller | 46.301 | 1 | 46.444 | 1 | 46.436 | 2 | 46.367 | 1 | 3:05.548 | ![]() |
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(Men's) Doubles
More information Athletes, Run 1 ...
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch |
45.786 | 1 | 46.154 | 2 | 1:31.940 | ![]() |
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt |
45.886 | 2 | 46.153 | 1 | 1:32.039 | ![]() |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Cerstin Schmidt | 46.078 | 3 | 46.020 | 1 | 46.059 | 2 | 46.024 | 3 | 3:04.181 | ![]() |
Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | 45.906 | 2 | 46.057 | 2 | 46.150 | 3 | 45.992 | 1 | 3:04.105 | ![]() |
Steffi Walter-Martin | 45.282 | 1 | 46.173 | 3 | 46.969 | 1 | 46.003 | 2 | 3:03.973 | ![]() |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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.)
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Uwe Prenzel | Individual | 207.6 | 13 | 2:19.4 | 40:38.2 | 421.630 | 4 |
Marko Frank | 209.4 | 10 | 2:07.4 | 41:15.6 | 416.020 | 8 | |
Thomas Prenzel | 215.5 | 5 | 1:26.7 | 41:18.1 | 415.640 | 9 |
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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.)
More information Athletes, Ski jumping ...
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Thomas Prenzel Marko Frank Uwe Prenzel |
571.6 | 5 | 4:51.0 | 1'23:04.5 | 5 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Remo Lederer | Normal hill | 79.5 | 94.3 | 78.0 | 90.9 | 185.2 | 21 |
Jens Weißflog | 81.5 | 99.5 | 80.0 | 97.1 | 196.6 | 9 | |
Jens Weißflog | Large hill | 104.5 | 95.7 | 93.5 | 76.3 | 172.0 | 31 |
Remo Lederer | 105.5 | 98.1 | 97.0 | 83.7 | 181.8 | 22 |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Peter Adeberg | 38.11 | 28 |
André Hoffmann | 37.75 | 21 | |
Uwe-Jens Mey | 36.45 WR | ![]() | |
1000 m | André Hoffmann | 1:14.62 | 15 |
Peter Adeberg | 1:14.19 | 8 | |
Uwe-Jens Mey | 1:13.11 | ![]() | |
1500 m | Peter Adeberg | 1:53.57 | 8 |
André Hoffmann | 1:52.06 WR | ![]() | |
5000 m | Roland Freier | 6:51.42 | 8 |
10,000 m | Roland Freier | 14:19.16 | 8 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 40.71 | 10 |
Angela Stahnke-Hauck | 39.68 | 4 | |
Karin Enke-Kania | 39.24 | ![]() | |
Christa Rothenburger | 39.12 | ![]() | |
1000 m | Angela Stahnke-Hauck | 1:20.05 | 6 |
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 1:19.32 | 4 | |
Karin Enke-Kania | 1:17.70 | ![]() | |
Christa Rothenburger | 1:17.65 WR | ![]() | |
1500 m | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann | 2:04.68 | 7 |
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 2:01.49 | ![]() | |
Karin Enke-Kania | 2:00.82 | ![]() | |
3000 m | Karin Enke-Kania | 4:18.80 | 4 |
Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 4:16.92 | ![]() | |
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 4:12.09 | ![]() | |
5000 m | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann | 7:34.59 | 7 |
Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 7:21.61 | ![]() | |
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 7:17.12 | ![]() |
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