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Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Germany at the
1992 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGER
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Albertville
Competitors111 (75 men, 36 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Wolfgang Hoppe (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
10
Silver
10
Bronze
6
Total
26
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
 East Germany (1968–1988)
 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
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
 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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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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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Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch 2 26:54.1 9
Jens Steinigen 0 26:34.8 6
Ricco Groß 1 26:18.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mark Kirchner 0 26:02.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
0 1'24:43.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf
1 1'16:18.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, 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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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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Men
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Holger Bauroth
Jochen Behle
Torald Rein
Johann Mühlegg
1'43:41.7 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Heike Wezel
Gabriele Heß
Simone Opitz
Ina Kümmel
1'02:22.6 8

Figure skating

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Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Patricia Neske 16 11 18.0 13
Marina Kielmann 15 19 16.5 10
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Mandy Wötzel
Axel Rauschenbach
10 8 13.0 8
Peggy Schwartz
Alexander König
8 7 11.5 7

Freestyle skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Klaus Weese Moguls 33.16 21.63 19 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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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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
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round
Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
 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
 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

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

 France 4:5  Germany

5th Place Match

 Sweden 4:3  Germany 6th

Luge

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

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
46.060 1 45.993 1 1:32.053 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yves Mankel
Thomas Rudolph
46.125 3 46.114 2 1:32.239 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Nordic combined

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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 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
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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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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
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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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Olaf Zinke 38.40 25
Peter Adeberg 38.33 23
Uwe-Jens Mey 37.14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1000 m Peter Adeberg 1:15.04 5
Olaf Zinke 1:14.85 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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
Time Rank
500 m Anke Baier 41.30 10
Angela Hauck 41.10 8
Monique Garbrecht 40.63 4
Christa Luding-Rothenburger 40.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Heike Warnicke 2:08.52 8
Monique Garbrecht 2:07.24 5
Gunda Niemann 2:05.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jacqueline Börner 2:05.87 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3000 m Jacqueline Börner 4:28.52 8
Heike Warnicke 4:22.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gunda Niemann 4:19.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Claudia Pechstein 7:39.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Heike Warnicke 7:37.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gunda Niemann 7:31.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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