East Germany at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

East Germany at the
1984 Winter Olympics

IOC code| GDR
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the German Democratic Republic
in Sarajevo
Competitors| 56 (40 men, 16 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer | Frank Ullrich (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 1st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988

Other related appearances
Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Gold | Wolfgang Hoppe
Roland Wetzig
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Andreas Kirchner | Bobsleigh | Four-man
Gold | Katarina Witt | Figure skating | Women's singles
Gold | Steffi Walter-Martin | Luge | Women's individual
Gold | Jens Weißflog | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill
Gold | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | Speed skating | Women's 500m
Gold | Karin Kania-Enke | Speed skating | Women's 1000m
Gold | Karin Kania-Enke | Speed skating | Women's 1500m
Gold | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 3000m
Silver | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Biathlon | Men's 20 km
Silver | Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musiol | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Silver | Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musiol
Ingo Voge
Eberhard Weise | Bobsleigh | Four-man
Silver | Bettina Schmidt | Luge | Women's individual
Silver | Jens Weißflog | Ski jumping | Men's large hill
Silver | Karin Kania-Enke | Speed skating | Women's 500m
Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 1000m
Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 1500m
Silver | Karin Kania-Enke | Speed skating | Women's 3000m
Bronze | Matthias Jacob | Biathlon | Men's 10 km Sprint
Bronze | Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch | Luge | Men's doubles
Bronze | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | Luge | Women's individual
Bronze | René Schöfisch | Speed skating | Men's 5000m
Bronze | René Schöfisch | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m
Bronze | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | Speed skating | Women's 3000m

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Frank Ullrich | 3  | 32:40.2  | 17
Frank-Peter Roetsch | 2  | 31:49.8  | 7
Matthias Jacob | 0  | 31:10.5  |
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Holger Wick | 1'12:19.1  | 9  | 1'21:19.1  | 29
Frank Ullrich | 1'11:53.7  | 3  | 1'14:53.7  | 5
Frank-Peter Roetsch | 1'10:21.4  | 3  | 1'13:21.4  |

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Holger Wick
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
Frank Ullrich | 1  | 1'40:04.7  | 4

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

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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  | Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musioł | Two-man  | 51.59  | 3  | 51.94  | 3  | 51.15  | 2  | 51.36  | 4  | 3:26.04  |
GDR-2  | Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer | Two-man  | 51.51  | 1  | 51.93  | 2  | 51.06  | 1  | 51.06  | 1  | 3:25.56  |
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
Roland Wetzig
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Andreas Kirchner | Four-man  | 49.65  | 1  | 50.18  | 1  | 50.18  | 1  | 50.21  | 1  | 3:20.22  |
GDR-2  | Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musioł
Ingo Voge
Eberhard Weise | Four-man  | 49.69  | 2  | 50.33  | 2  | 50.32  | 2  | 50.44  | 2  | 3:20.78  |

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Karsten Brandt | 45:40.1  | 41
Frank Schröder | 43:52.1  | 26
Uwe Wünsch | 43:49.9  | 23
Uwe Bellmann | 42:35.8  | 7
30 km  | Frank Schröder | 1'39:01.4  | 43
Karsten Brandt | 1'35:54.8  | 30
Uwe Wünsch | 1'34:13.9  | 25
Uwe Bellmann | 1'31:59.3  | 10
50 km  | Uwe Bellmann | DNF  | –
Uwe Wünsch | 2'35:48.9  | 43

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Karsten Brandt
Uwe Wünsch
Frank Schröder
Uwe Bellmann | 2'02:13.9  | 9

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km  | Petra Voge | 19:16.6  | 36
Carola Anding | 18:17.7  | 21
Petra Rohrmann | 18:09.4  | 18
Ute Noack | 17:46.0  | 8
10 km  | Carola Anding | 34:33.3  | 24
Petra Rohrmann | 34:00.3  | 17
Ute Noack | 33:37.5  | 15
20 km  | Carola Anding | 1'07:27.8  | 30
Petra Rohrmann | 1'06:30.0  | 20
Ute Noack | 1'05:43.5  | 18

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Petra Voge
Petra Rohrmann
Carola Anding
Ute Noack | 1'11:10.7  | 8

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Falko Kirsten | 15  | 21  | 13  | 30.4  | 16

Women
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Katarina Witt | 3  | 1  | 1  | 3.2  |

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Babette Preußler
Tobias Schröter | 14  | 11  | 18.0  | 11
Birgit Lorenz
Knut Schubert | 5  | 5  | 7.5  | 5
Sabine Baeß
Tassilo Thierbach | 4  | 4  | 6.0  | 4

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Norbert Loch | 46.784  | 12  | 46.886  | 11  | 47.214  | 17  | 46.830  | 14  | 3:07.714  | 13
Michael Walter | 46.196  | 4  | 46.305  | 4  | 46.358  | 7  | 46.172  | 6  | 3:05.031  | 4
Torsten Görlitzer | 46.177  | 2  | 46.205  | 1  | 46.571  | 10  | 46.176  | 7  | 3:05.129  | 5

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch | 41.996  | 3  | 41.891  | 4  | 1:23.887  |
Hans-Joachim Menge
Detlef Bertz | 46.935  | 15  | 47.238  | 15  | 1:34.173  | 15

Women
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | 41.908  | 3  | 41.945  | 3  | 41.793  | 3  | 41.602  | 2  | 2:47.248  |
Bettina Schmidt | 41.662  | 2  | 41.929  | 2  | 41.636  | 2  | 41.646  | 3  | 2:46.873  |
Steffi Walter-Martin | 41.639  | 1  | 41.863  | 1  | 41.496  | 1  | 41.572  | 1  | 2:46.570  |

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Andreas Langer | Individual  | 80.0  | 81.5  | 195.1  | 16  | 49:52.8  | 189.880  | 15  | 384.980  | 16
Uwe Dotzauer | 81.0  | 85.0  | 199.5  | 12  | 48:56.8  | 198.280  | 7  | 397.780  | 7
Gunter Schmieder | 86.5  | 87.0  | 208.4  | 4  | 51:16.3  | 177.355  | 24  | 385.755  | 15

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Holger Freitag | Normal hill  | 78.0  | 87.8  | 77.0  | 85.7  | 173.5  | 35
Stefan Stannarius | 84.0  | 99.4  | 89.5  | 111.7  | 211.1  | 4
Klaus Ostwald | 84.5  | 100.7  | 84.0  | 100.4  | 201.1  | 13
Jens Weißflog | 90.0  | 110.5  | 87.0  | 104.7  | 215.2  |
Klaus Ostwald | Large hill  | 98.5  | 89.6  | 95.0  | 82.2  | 171.8  | 26
Stefan Stannarius | 101.0  | 95.6  | 99.5  | 93.0  | 188.6  | 9
Matthias Buse | 102.0  | 97.0  | 93.0  | 79.9  | 176.9  | 21
Jens Weißflog | 107.0  | 106.0  | 107.5  | 107.7  | 213.7  |

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Andreas Dietel | 39.45  | 20
André Hoffmann | 38.87  | 11
Uwe-Jens Mey | 38.66  | 8
1000 m  | Uwe-Jens Mey | 1:19.14  | 25
Andreas Dietel | 1:17.46  | 7
André Hoffmann | 1:16.85  | 5
1500 m  | André Hoffmann | 2:00.23  | 11
Andreas Dietel | 1:59.73  | 6
Andreas Ehrig | 1:59.41  | 5
5000 m  | Andreas Ehrig | 7:17.63  | 4
René Schöfisch | 7:17.49  |
10,000 m  | Andreas Dietel | 16:01.89  | 32
Andreas Ehrig | 15:03.76  | 11
René Schöfisch | 14:46.91  |

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Skadi Walter | 42.16  | 5
Karin Kania-Enke | 41.28  |
Christa Luding-Rothenburger | 41.02 OR |
1000 m  | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | 1:23.98  | 5
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 1:22.83  |
Karin Kania-Enke | 1:21.61 OR |
1500 m  | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 2:07.69  | 4
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 2:05.29  |
Karin Kania-Enke | 2:03.42 WR |
3000 m  | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 4:33.13  |
Karin Kania-Enke | 4:26.33  |
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 4:24.79 OR |

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com

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