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West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
FRG

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2

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4

West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Competitors
  
90 (71 men, 19 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer
  
Peter Angerer (biathlon)

Medals Ranked 8th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 4 2 8

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, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs
Ice Dancing

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

  • 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.

  • Finland 8-0 West Germany
  • Canada 8-1 West Germany
  • Sweden 3-2 West Germany

    • Leading scorers

    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

    (Men's) Doubles

    Women

    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.)

    • 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.)

    • Ski jumping

    Men's team large hill

    1Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

    Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    References

    West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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