Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Germany at the
1992 Winter Olympics

IOC code| GER
NOC| German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website| www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Albertville
Competitors| 111 (75 men, 36 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer | Wolfgang Hoppe (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 1st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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Other related appearances
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
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West Germany (1968–1988)

Germany competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Olympic Games following reunification in 1990 and for the first time as a single nation since 1936. Previously, West Germany and East Germany had sent independent teams to the Games.

## 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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Alpine skiing | 5 | 9 | 14
Biathlon | 6 | 4 | 10
Bobsleigh | 12 | – | 12
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10
Figure skating | 2 | 4 | 6
Freestyle skiing | 1 | 3 | 4
Ice hockey | 23 | – | 23
Luge | 7 | 3 | 10
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4
Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5
Speed skating | 6 | 8 | 14
Total | 75 | 36 | 111

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Mark Kirchner | Biathlon | Men's 10 km sprint
Gold | Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Gold | Antje Misersky | Biathlon | Women's 15 km
Gold | Georg Hackl | Luge | Men's individual
Gold | Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt | Luge | Men's doubles
Gold | Uwe-Jens Mey | Speed skating | Men's 500 m
Gold | Olaf Zinke | Speed skating | Men's 1000 m
Gold | Jacqueline Börner | Speed skating | Women's 1500 m
Gold | Gunda Niemann | Speed skating | Women's 3000 m
Gold | Gunda Niemann | Speed skating | Women's 5000m
Silver | Ricco Groß | Biathlon | Men's 10 km sprint
Silver | Mark Kirchner | Biathlon | Men's 20 km
Silver | Antje Misersky | Biathlon | Women's 7.5 km
Silver | Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf | Biathlon | Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Silver | Rudi Lochner
Markus Zimmermann | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Silver | Wolfgang Hoppe
Bogdan Musioł
Axel Kühn
René Hannemann | Bobsleigh | Four-man
Silver | Yves Mankel
Thomas Rudolph | Luge | Men's doubles
Silver | Gunda Niemann | Speed skating | Women's 1500 m
Silver | Heike Warnicke | Speed skating | Women's 3000 m
Silver | Heike Warnicke | Speed skating | Women's 5000 m
Bronze | Katja Seizinger | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G
Bronze | Christoph Langen
Günther Eger | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Bronze | Susi Erdmann | Luge | Women's individual
Bronze | Christa Luding | Speed skating | Women's 500 m
Bronze | Monique Garbrecht | Speed skating | Women's 1000 m
Bronze | Claudia Pechstein | Speed skating | Women's 5000 m

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Berni Huber | Downhill  |  | 1:53.38  | 19
Hans-Jörg Tauscher |  | 1:51.49  | 7
Markus Wasmeier |  | 1:50.62  | 4
Berni Huber | Super-G  |  | 1:16.78  | 31
Hans-Jörg Tauscher |  | 1:15.98  | 21
Markus Wasmeier |  | 1:14.58  | 9
Markus Wasmeier | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Armin Bittner | 1:07.77  | DNF  | DNF  | -
Peter Roth | 1:07.68  | DSQ  | DSQ  | -
Peter Roth | Slalom  | 54.07  | 54.68  | 1:48.75  | 16
Armin Bittner | 53.19  | DNF  | DNF  | -

Men's combined

Athlete  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Points  | Rank
Markus Wasmeier | 1:45.91  | 52.29  | 52.86  | 32.77  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Downhill  |  | 1:54.99  | 18
Miriam Vogt |  | 1:53.89  | 9
Katrin Gutensohn |  | 1:53.71  | 6
Katja Seizinger |  | 1:52.67  | 4
Miriam Vogt | Super-G  |  | 1:25.40  | 18
Regine Mösenlechner |  | 1:24.85  | 14
Michaela Gerg-Leitner |  | 1:23.77  | 7
Katja Seizinger |  | 1:23.19  |
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Giant Slalom  | 1:08.69  | DNF  | DNF  | -
Christina Meier-Höck | 1:08.07  | 1:07.26  | 2:15.33  | 11
Katja Seizinger | 1:07.40  | 1:07.56  | 2:14.96  | 8
Traudl Hächer-Gavet | 1:07.26  | 1:08.87  | 2:16.13  | 14
Martina Ertl-Renz | Slalom  | 50.29  | 46.12  | 1:36.41  | 15

Women's combined

Athlete  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Points  | Rank
Regina Häusl | 1:27.95  | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Miriam Vogt | 1:27.35  | 36.61  | 36.29  | 48.52  | 9
Michaela Gerg-Leitner | 1:27.26  | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Katja Seizinger | 1:26.42  | 36.23  | DNF  | DNF  | -

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Frank-Peter Roetsch | 2  | 26:54.1  | 9
Jens Steinigen | 0  | 26:34.8  | 6
Ricco Groß | 1  | 26:18.0  |
Mark Kirchner | 0  | 26:02.3  |
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Frank-Peter Roetsch | 56:43.8  | 7  | 1'03:43.8  | 53
Jens Steinigen | 58:01.8  | 3  | 1'01:01.8  | 29
Steffen Hoos | 59:17.7  | 1  | 1'00:17.7  | 18
Mark Kirchner | 54:40.8  | 3  | 57:40.8  |

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer | 0  | 1'24:43.5  |

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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7.5 km Sprint  | Uschi Disl | 2  | 25:58.9  | 11
Inga Kesper | 2  | 25:57.3  | 10
Petra Schaaf | 1  | 25:10.4  | 6
Antje Misersky | 2  | 24:45.1  |
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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15 km  | Uschi Disl | 50:40.2  | 6  | 56:40.2  | 24
Inga Kesper | 51:42.3  | 3  | 54:42.3  | 15
Petra Schaaf | 50:56.3  | 3  | 53:56.3  | 13
Antje Misersky | 50:47.2  | 1  | 51:47.2  |

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf | 1  | 1'16:18.4  |

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 1992 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
GER-1  | Rudi Lochner
Markus Zimmermann | Two-man  | 1:00.69  | 11  | 1:01.00  | 4  | 1:00.90  | 2  | 1:00.96  | 1  | 4:03.55  |
GER-2  | Christoph Langen
Günther Eger | Two-man  | 1:00.33  | 4  | 1:01.06  | 5  | 1:01.14  | 5  | 1:01.10  | 3  | 4:03.63  |
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
GER-1  | Wolfgang Hoppe
Bogdan Musioł
Axel Kühn
René Hannemann | Four-man  | 58.00  | 3  | 58.52  | 1  | 58.68  | 7  | 58.72  | 2  | 3:53.92  |
GER-2  | Harald Czudaj
Tino Bonk
Axel Jang
Alexander Szelig | Four-man  | 58.54  | 9  | 58.55  | 2  | 58.62  | 5  | 58.71  | 1  | 3:54.42  | 6

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
10 km
C  | Janko Neuber | 30:29.8  | 32
Johann Mühlegg | 30:29.4  | 31
Torald Rein | 30:25.1  | 29
Jochen Behle | 29:58.2  | 24
15 km
pursuit1
F  | Janko Neuber | 42:10.4  | 23
Torald Rein | 41:48.1  | 21
Johann Mühlegg | 41:11.8  | 16
30 km
C  | Janko Neuber | 1'31:57.8  | 47
Torald Rein | 1'29:08.5  | 30
Holger Bauroth | 1'28:58.1  | 28
Jochen Behle | 1'25:59.8  | 15
50 km
F  | Janko Neuber | 2'14:37.1  | 29
Holger Bauroth | 2'13:49.8  | 26
Johann Mühlegg | 2'07:45.2  | 7

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Holger Bauroth
Jochen Behle
Torald Rein
Johann Mühlegg | 1'43:41.7  | 6

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km
C  | Manuela Oschmann | 16:01.7  | 42
Simone Opitz | 15:24.9  | 27
Heike Wezel | 15:04.1  | 17
Gabriele Heß | 15:03.7  | 16
10 km
pursuit2
F  | Manuela Oschmann | 30:52.5  | 38
Heike Wezel | 29:08.6  | 25
Gabriele Heß | 28:19.2  | 14
Simone Opitz | 28:17.3  | 12
15 km
C  | Heike Wezel | 45:50.6  | 19
Manuela Oschmann | 45:28.8  | 15
30 km
F  | Ina Kümmel | 1'36:48.2  | 46
Heike Wezel | 1'33:34.2  | 32
Gabriele Heß | 1'29:43.8  | 15
Simone Opitz | 1'27:17.4  | 8

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Heike Wezel
Gabriele Heß
Simone Opitz
Ina Kümmel | 1'02:22.6  | 8

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Patricia Neske | 16  | 11  | 18.0  | 13
Marina Kielmann | 15  | 19  | 16.5  | 10

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Mandy Wötzel
Axel Rauschenbach | 10  | 8  | 13.0  | 8
Peggy Schwartz
Alexander König | 8  | 7  | 11.5  | 7

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Klaus Weese | Moguls  | 33.16  | 21.63  | 19  | did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Yvonne Seifert | Moguls  | 39.84  | 20.17  | 9  | did not advance
Birgit Keppler-Stein | 42.27  | 21.32  | 8 Q | 41.79  | 21.44  | 5
Tatjana Mittermayer | 42.57  | 21.90  | 6 Q | 40.84  | 22.33  | 4

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

### Group A

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Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

| Team advanced to the Final Round

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| Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round
Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | DIF  | PTS

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United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 9
Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 8
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7
Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 4
Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 2
Poland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | -26 | 0
Finland | 5:1 |  Germany

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United States | 2:0 |  Germany
Sweden | 3:1 |  Germany
Germany | 5:2 |  Italy
Germany | 4:0 |  Poland

### Final round

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Quarter-finals

Canada | 4:3 |  Germany

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Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

France | 4:5 |  Germany

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5th Place Match

Sweden | 4:3 |  Germany 6th

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* Team Roster
* Karl Friesen
* Helmut de Raaf
* Josef Heiß
* Mike Heidt
* Udo Kiessling
* Rick Amann
* Uli Hiemer
* Mike Schmidt
* Jörg Mayr
* Ron Fischer
* Michael Rumrich
* Georg Holzmann
* Jürgen Rumrich
* Bernd Truntschka
* Gerd Truntschka
* Dieter Hegen
* Ernst Köpf
* Peter Draisaitl
* Andreas Brockmann
* Raimund Hilger
* Thomas Brandl
* Axel Kammerer
* Andreas Niederberger
* Head Coaches: Ludĕk Bukač and Franz Reindl

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1992 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
René Friedl | 45.609  | 8  | 45.503  | 6  | 46.274  | 9  | 46.157  | 9  | 3:03.543  | 8
Jens Müller | 45.435  | 4  | 45.598  | 8  | 46.028  | 2  | 46.136  | 8  | 3:03.197  | 5
Georg Hackl | 45.190  | 1  | 45.351  | 3  | 46.026  | 1  | 45.796  | 1  | 3:02.363  |

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt | 46.060  | 1  | 45.993  | 1  | 1:32.053  |
Yves Mankel
Thomas Rudolph | 46.125  | 3  | 46.114  | 2  | 1:32.239  |

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
Gabi Kohlisch | 47.206  | 11  | 47.072  | 7  | 46.911  | 5  | 46.791  | 4  | 3:07.980  | 6
Sylke Otto | 47.089  | 7  | 47.460  | 19  | 47.394  | 16  | 47.056  | 11  | 3:08.999  | 13
Susi Erdmann | 47.020  | 6  | 46.866  | 3  | 46.627  | 2  | 46.602  | 1  | 3:07.115  |

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 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  | Rank
Sven Leonhardt | Individual  | 197.2  | 26  | +3:28.7  | 52:28.6  | 35
Thomas Dufter | 210.8  | 10  | +1:58.0  | 47:52.9  | 12
Hans-Peter Pohl | 212.5  | 8  | +1:46.7  | 48:41.7  | 16

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were 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
Hans-Peter Pohl
Jens Deimel
Thomas Dufter | 609.7  | 3  | 2:57.0  | 1'28:21.9  | 5

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Jens Deimel | Normal hill  | 80.0  | 92.0  | 81.5  | 94.4  | 186.4  | 34
Dieter Thoma | 79.5  | 93.2  | 82.0  | 96.2  | 189.4  | 27
Jens Weißflog | 84.0  | 104.9  | 83.5  | 103.6  | 208.5  | 9
Heiko Hunger | 87.0  | 108.7  | 84.0  | 102.9  | 211.6  | 7
Heiko Hunger | Large hill  | 72.0  | -2.2  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Jens Weißflog | 90.0  | 60.5  | 99.5  | 80.8  | 141.3  | 33
Dieter Thoma | 96.0  | 68.9  | 93.0  | 63.7  | 132.6  | 39
Christof Duffner | 112.0  | 98.3  | 100.0  | 78.0  | 176.3  | 11

Men's team large hill
Athletes  | Result

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Points 1 | Rank
Dieter Thoma
Heiko Hunger
Jens Weißflog
Christof Duffner | 544.6  | 5

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

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Olaf Zinke | 38.40  | 25
Peter Adeberg | 38.33  | 23
Uwe-Jens Mey | 37.14  |
1000 m  | Peter Adeberg | 1:15.04  | 5
Olaf Zinke | 1:14.85  |
1500 m  | Peter Adeberg | 1:57.54  | 15
Markus Tröger | 1:57.42  | 13
Olaf Zinke | 1:56.74  | 6
5000 m  | Rudi Jeklic | 7:33.15  | 34
Markus Tröger | 7:17.62  | 15
Frank Dittrich | 7:06.33  | 4
10,000 m  | Rudi Jeklic | 14:51.89  | 23
Frank Dittrich | 14:50.23  | 20
Markus Tröger | 14:45.41  | 15

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Anke Baier | 41.30  | 10
Angela Hauck | 41.10  | 8
Monique Garbrecht | 40.63  | 4
Christa Luding-Rothenburger | 40.57  |
1000 m  | Angela Hauck | 1:24.11  | 14
Anke Baier | 1:23.31  | 9
Christa Luding-Rothenburger | 1:23.06  | 8
Monique Garbrecht | 1:22.10  |
1500 m  | Heike Warnicke | 2:08.52  | 8
Monique Garbrecht | 2:07.24  | 5
Gunda Niemann | 2:05.92  |
Jacqueline Börner | 2:05.87  |
3000 m  | Jacqueline Börner | 4:28.52  | 8
Heike Warnicke | 4:22.88  |
Gunda Niemann | 4:19.90  |
5000 m  | Claudia Pechstein | 7:39.80  |
Heike Warnicke | 7:37.59  |
Gunda Niemann | 7:31.57  |

## References

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1. ^ Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

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