East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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
Gold
9
Silver
10
Bronze
6
Total
25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 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

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldFrank-Peter RoetschBiathlonMen's 10 km sprint
 GoldFrank-Peter RoetschBiathlonMen's 20 km
 GoldKatarina WittFigure skatingWomen's singles
 GoldJens MüllerLugeMen's individual
 GoldJörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
LugeMen's doubles
 GoldSteffi Walter-MartinLugeWomen's individual
 GoldUwe-Jens MeySpeed skatingMen's 500m
 GoldAndré HoffmannSpeed skatingMen's 1500m
 GoldChrista RothenburgerSpeed skatingWomen's 1000m
 SilverWolfgang Hoppe
Bogdan Musiol
BobsleighTwo-man
 SilverWolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Bogdan Musiol
Ingo Voge
BobsleighFour-man
 SilverStefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
LugeMen's doubles
 SilverUte Oberhoffner-WeißLugeWomen's individual
 SilverUwe-Jens MeySpeed skatingMen's 1000m
 SilverChrista RothenburgerSpeed skatingWomen's 500m
 SilverKarin Enke-KaniaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000m
 SilverKarin Enke-KaniaSpeed skatingWomen's 1500m
 SilverAndrea Ehrig-Schöne-MitscherlichSpeed skatingWomen's 3000m
 SilverAndrea Ehrig-Schöne-MitscherlichSpeed skatingWomen's 5000m
 BronzeBernhard Lehmann
Mario Hoyer
BobsleighTwo-man
 BronzeCerstin SchmidtLugeWomen's individual
 BronzeKarin Enke-KaniaSpeed skatingWomen's 500m
 BronzeAndrea Ehrig-Schöne-MitscherlichSpeed skatingWomen's 1500m
 BronzeGabi Zange-SchönbrunnSpeed skatingWomen's 3000m
 BronzeGabi Zange-SchönbrunnSpeed skatingWomen's 5000m

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
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 1st, gold medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
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 1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
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

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Wolfgang Hoppe
Bogdan Musiol
Two-man 57.06 1 59.26 8 59.45 1 58.42 1 3:54.19 2nd, silver medalist(s)
GDR-2 Bernhard Lehmann
Mario Hoyer
Two-man 57.65 7 58.67 2 59.59 4 58.73 3 3:54.64 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Bogdan Musiol
Ingo Voge
Four-man 56.16 1 57.31 2 56.77 13 57.34 3 3:47.58 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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

Men
Event Athlete Race
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
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
Time Rank
Kerstin Moring
Simone Opitz
Silke Schwager-Braun
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
1'02:19.9 5

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Michael Huth 21 25 23 45.6 23
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Simone Koch 14 8 8 19.6 9
Katarina Witt 3 1 2 4.2 1st, gold medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Peggy Schwarz
Alexander König
11 6 11.5 7

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 1st, gold medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
45.786 1 46.154 2 1:31.940 1st, gold medalist(s)
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
45.886 2 46.153 1 1:32.039 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß 45.906 2 46.057 2 46.150 3 45.992 1 3:04.105 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Steffi Walter-Martin 45.282 1 46.173 3 46.969 1 46.003 2 3:03.973 1st, gold medalist(s)

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.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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
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

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Peter Adeberg 38.11 28
André Hoffmann 37.75 21
Uwe-Jens Mey 36.45 WR 1st, gold medalist(s)
1000 m André Hoffmann 1:14.62 15
Peter Adeberg 1:14.19 8
Uwe-Jens Mey 1:13.11 2nd, silver medalist(s)
1500 m Peter Adeberg 1:53.57 8
André Hoffmann 1:52.06 WR 1st, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Roland Freier 6:51.42 8
10,000 m Roland Freier 14:19.16 8
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 40.71 10
Angela Stahnke-Hauck 39.68 4
Karin Enke-Kania 39.24 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Christa Rothenburger 39.12 2nd, silver medalist(s)
1000 m Angela Stahnke-Hauck 1:20.05 6
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 1:19.32 4
Karin Enke-Kania 1:17.70 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Christa Rothenburger 1:17.65 WR 1st, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann 2:04.68 7
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 2:01.49 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Karin Enke-Kania 2:00.82 2nd, silver medalist(s)
3000 m Karin Enke-Kania 4:18.80 4
Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn 4:16.92 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 4:12.09 2nd, silver medalist(s)
5000 m Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann 7:34.59 7
Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn 7:21.61 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 7:17.12 2nd, silver medalist(s)

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