Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Germany at the
1992 Winter Olympics

IOC code

GER

NOC

German Olympic Sports Confederation

Website

www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)

in Albertville

Competitors

111 (75 men, 36 women) in 11 sports

Flag bearer

Wolfgang Hoppe (bobsleigh)

Medals
Ranked 1st

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
10	10	6	26

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

Saar (1952)

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. Previously, West Germany and East Germany had sent independent teams to the Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Kirchner, MarkMark Kirchner	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
01 ! Gold	Groß, RiccoRicco Groß Steinigen, JensJens Steinigen Kirchner, MarkMark Kirchner Fischer, FritzFritz Fischer	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
01 ! Gold	Misersky, AntjeAntje Misersky	Biathlon	Women's 15 km
01 ! Gold	Hackl, GeorgGeorg Hackl	Luge	Men's individual
01 ! Gold	Krauße, StefanStefan Krauße Behrendt, JanJan Behrendt	Luge	Men's doubles
01 ! Gold	Mey, Uwe-JensUwe-Jens Mey	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
01 ! Gold	Zinke, OlafOlaf Zinke	Speed skating	Men's 1000 m
01 ! Gold	Börner, JacquelineJacqueline Börner	Speed skating	Women's 1500 m
01 ! Gold	Niemann, GundaGunda Niemann	Speed skating	Women's 3000 m
01 ! Gold	Niemann, GundaGunda Niemann	Speed skating	Women's 5000m
02 ! Silver	Groß, RiccoRicco Groß	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
02 ! Silver	Kirchner, MarkMark Kirchner	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
02 ! Silver	Misersky, AntjeAntje Misersky	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km
02 ! Silver	Disl, UschiUschi Disl Misersky, AntjeAntje Misersky Schaaf, PetraPetra Schaaf	Biathlon	Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
02 ! Silver	Lochner, RudiRudi Lochner Zimmermann, MarkusMarkus Zimmermann	Bobsleigh	Two-man
02 ! Silver	Hoppe, WolfgangWolfgang Hoppe Musioł, BogdanBogdan Musioł Kühn, AxelAxel Kühn Hannemann, RenéRené Hannemann	Bobsleigh	Four-man
02 ! Silver	Mankel, YvesYves Mankel Rudolph, ThomasThomas Rudolph	Luge	Men's doubles
02 ! Silver	Niemann, GundaGunda Niemann	Speed skating	Women's 1500 m
02 ! Silver	Warnicke, HeikeHeike Warnicke	Speed skating	Women's 3000 m
02 ! Silver	Warnicke, HeikeHeike Warnicke	Speed skating	Women's 5000 m
03 ! Bronze	Seizinger, KatjaKatja Seizinger	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
03 ! Bronze	Langen, ChristophChristoph Langen Eger, GüntherGünther Eger	Bobsleigh	Two-man
03 ! Bronze	Erdmann, SusiSusi Erdmann	Luge	Women's individual
03 ! Bronze	Luding, ChristaChrista Luding	Speed skating	Women's 500 m
03 ! Bronze	Garbrecht, MoniqueMonique Garbrecht	Speed skating	Women's 1000 m
03 ! Bronze	Pechstein, ClaudiaClaudia Pechstein	Speed skating	Women's 5000 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	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	Slalom	53.19	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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	03 !
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
Athlete	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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	02 !
	Mark Kirchner	0	26:02.3	01 !

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	02 !

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Ricco Groß Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer	0	1'24:43.5	01 !

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	02 !

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	01 !

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf	1	1'16:18.4	02 !

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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	02 !
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	03 !

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musiol Axel Kühn René Hannemann	Four-man	58.00	3	58.52	1	58.68	7	58.72	2	3:53.92	02 !
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

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Holger Bauroth Jochen Behle Torald Rein Johann Mühlegg	1'43:41.7	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
15 km C	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Heike Wezel Gabriele Heß Simone Opitz Ina Kümmel	1'02:22.6	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Klaus Weese	Moguls	33.16	21.63	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

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

Quarter-finals

Canada

4:3

Germany

Consolation Round 5th-8th Places

France

4:5

Germany

5th Place Match

Sweden

4:3

Germany 6th

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

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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	01 !

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	46.060	1	45.993	1	1:32.053	01 !
Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph	46.125	3	46.114	2	1:32.239	02 !

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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	03 !

Nordic combined

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athletes	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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athletes	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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Olaf Zinke	38.40	25
	Peter Adeberg	38.33	23
	Uwe-Jens Mey	37.14	01 !
1000 m	Peter Adeberg	1:15.04	5
1000 m	Olaf Zinke	1:14.85	01 !
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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Anke Baier	41.30	10
	Angela Hauck	41.10	8
	Monique Garbrecht	40.63	4
	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	40.57	03 !
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	03 !
1500 m	Heike Warnicke	2:08.52	8
	Monique Garbrecht	2:07.24	5
	Gunda Niemann	2:05.92	02 !
	Jacqueline Börner	2:05.87	01 !
3000 m	Jacqueline Börner	4:28.52	8
	Heike Warnicke	4:22.88	02 !
	Gunda Niemann	4:19.90	01 !
5000 m	Claudia Pechstein	7:39.80	03 !
	Heike Warnicke	7:37.59	02 !
	Gunda Niemann	7:31.57	01 !

References

Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France

Africa	Algeria Morocco Senegal Swaziland

America	Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands

Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Other	Unified Team

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