East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

East Germany at the
1988 Winter Olympics

IOC code| GDR
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the German Democratic Republic
in Calgary
Competitors| 53 (36 men, 17 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer | Frank-Peter Roetsch (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 2nd|

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 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.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Uwe-Jens Mey | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 14 February
Gold | Jens Müller | Luge | Men's singles | 15 February
Gold | Steffi Walter-Martin | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February
Gold | Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch | Luge | Doubles | 19 February
Gold | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Biathlon | Individual | 20 February
Gold | André Hoffmann | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 20 February
Gold | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Biathlon | Sprint | 23 February
Gold | Christa Rothenburger | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 26 February
Gold | Katarina Witt | Figure skating | Women's singles | 27 February
Silver | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February
Silver | Uwe-Jens Mey | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 18 February
Silver | Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt | Luge | Doubles | 19 February
Silver | Wolfgang Hoppe
Bogdan Musiol | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 21 February
Silver | Christa Rothenburger | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 22 February
Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 23 February
Silver | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 26 February
Silver | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 27 February
Silver | Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Bogdan Musiol
Ingo Voge | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 28 February
Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 28 February
Bronze | Cerstin Schmidt | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February
Bronze | Bernhard Lehmann
Mario Hoyer | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 21 February
Bronze | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 22 February
Bronze | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 23 February
Bronze | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 27 February
Bronze | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 28 February

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

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

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men
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  |
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  |

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
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

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 1988 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  | 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  |
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

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men
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

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women
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

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Kerstin Moring
Simone Opitz
Silke Schwager-Braun
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 1'02:19.9  | 5

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

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Michael Huth | 21  | 25  | 23  | 45.6  | 23

Women
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  |

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Peggy Schwarz
Alexander König | 11  | 6  | 11.5  | 7

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1988 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
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  |

(Men's) Doubles

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  |

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
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  |

## Nordic combined

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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.)

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

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  | 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

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men
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

Women
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  |

## References

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1. ^ Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com

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