West Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

(Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...

in Lake Placid

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, United States

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington from February 14–23, 1980....	Women's giant slalom
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington from February 14–23, 1980....	Women's slalom
		Biathlon Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics -10 km:-20 km:-4 x 7.5 km relay:Tikhonov announced his retirement after his fourth straight biathlon relay gold medal and fifth medal overall.-References:*...	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics These are the 1980 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Elemér Terták...	Women's singles
		Luge Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***...	Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Veith	Downhill					1:50.00	23
Sepp Ferstl	Giant Slalom	1:25.86	39	1:27.17	34	2:53.03	34
Albert Burger Albert Bürger Albert Bürger was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...		1:22.59	24	1:23.53	19	2:46.12	20
Frank Wörndl Frank Wörndl Frank Wörndl is a German former Alpine skier.He has only won one World Cup competition, the 1987 World Championships Slalom in Crans Montana. The following year at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, he won a silver medal in the slalom competition-References:...		1:21.70	13	1:23.88	22	2:45.58	17
Sepp Ferstl	Slalom	1:01.77	30	57.53	25	1:59.30	25
Albert Burger Albert Bürger Albert Bürger was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...		56.98	24	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Frank Wörndl Frank Wörndl Frank Wörndl is a German former Alpine skier.He has only won one World Cup competition, the 1987 World Championships Slalom in Crans Montana. The following year at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, he won a silver medal in the slalom competition-References:...		55.30	13	51.89	10	1:47.19	10
Christian Neureuther		54.37	5	50.77	3	1:45.14	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monika Bader	Downhill					1:41.96	21
Irene Epple Irene Epple Irene Epple-Waigel is a German former alpine skier.She was born in Seeg, Bavarian Swabia .She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in Giant Slalom and Combined...						1:41.68	19
Evi Mittermaier						1:41.26	17
Marianne Zechmeister						1:39.96	9
Regine Möschenlechner	Giant Slalom	1:17.70	16	DNF	–	DNF	–
Maria Epple Maria Epple Maria Epple Beck is a retired Alpine skier of Germany. In 1978 she was World champions in women's giant slalom. She is the sister of Irene Epple.- External links :** - Results - Maria Epple...		1:16.20	8	1:29.36	11	2:45.56	8
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein		1:15.19	3	1:27.44	5	2:42.63	5
Irene Epple Irene Epple Irene Epple-Waigel is a German former alpine skier.She was born in Seeg, Bavarian Swabia .She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in Giant Slalom and Combined...		1:14.75	2	1:27.37	4	2:42.12
Regine Mösenlechner Regine Mösenlechner Regine Mösenlechner is a retired German alpine skier. She is married to Armin Bittner.- World Cup victories :-Reference:...	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Pamela Behr		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Irene Epple Irene Epple Irene Epple-Waigel is a German former alpine skier.She was born in Seeg, Bavarian Swabia .She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in Giant Slalom and Combined...		45.14	15	DNF	–	DNF	–
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein		42.74	2	43.76	2	1:26.50

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century.-Biography:Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His...	4	36:29.87	27
	Gerd Winkler	1	34:24.16	10
	Peter Angerer Peter Angerer Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team...	4	34:13.43	8

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Gerd Winkler	1'10:48.57	7	1'17:48.57	30
	Alois Kanamüller	1'11:34.80	6	1'17:34.80	29
	Peter Angerer Peter Angerer Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team...	1'08:07.60	8	1'16:07.60	27

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Franz Bernreiter Hans Estner Peter Angerer Peter Angerer Peter Angerer is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team... Gerd Winkler	2	1'37:30.26

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

²One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

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
FRG-1	Peter Hell Heinz Busche Heinz Busche Heinz Busche is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee....	Two-man	1:03.87	12	1:03.63	7	1:02.91	4	1:03.33	7	4:13.74	8
FRG-2	Georg Großmann Alexander Wernsdorfer	Two-man	1:03.50	7	1:04.93	20	1:03.85	13	1:03.85	10	4:16.13	12

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
FRG-1	Peter Hell Hans Wagner Heinz Busche Heinz Busche Heinz Busche is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.... Walter Barfuß	Four-man	1:01.14	8	1:01.22	8	1:00.57	8	1:01.47	11	4:04.40	7
FRG-2	Alois Schnorbus Lothar Pongratz Jürgen Hofmann Martin Meinberg	Four-man	1:01.54	14	1:01.47	11	1:00.93	10	1:01.21	8	4:05.15	10

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Dieter Notz	44:54.11	36
	Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel was a West German cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1984. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lake Placid, New York in 1980....	44:38.23	26
	Wolfgang Müller	44:02.54	21
	Jochen Behle Jochen Behle Jochen Behle is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1998.Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.Behle's best...	43:16.05	12
30 km	Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel was a West German cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1984. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lake Placid, New York in 1980....	1'36:06.95	40
	Wolfgang Müller	1'35:37.46	37
	Josef Schneider	1'34:05.33	31
	Dieter Notz	1'31:58.27	22
50 km	Josef Schneider	2'40:49.68	29
	Franz Schöbel Franz Schöbel Franz Schöbel is a West German cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1984. He finished sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....	2'40:25.96	28
	Dieter Notz	2'37:47.41	22
	Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel was a West German cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1984. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lake Placid, New York in 1980....	2'37:09.74	21

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel Peter Zipfel was a West German cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1984. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lake Placid, New York in 1980.... Wolfgang Müller Dieter Notz Jochen Behle Jochen Behle Jochen Behle is a former German cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1998.Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.Behle's best...	2'00:22.74	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Karin Jäger	16:38.47	32
5 km	Susi Riermeier	16:31.07	31
10 km	Karin Jäger	33:01.76	26
10 km	Susi Riermeier	32:37.57	21

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Rudi Cerne Rudi Cerne Rudi Cerne was a German figure skater and now works as a TV presenter....	15	13	13	159.30	116	13

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Christina Riegel Christina Riegel Christina Riegel is a former German figure skater who competed in pair skating and ladies singles at the 1980 Winter Olympics....	17	19	18	149.50	162	18
Karin Riediger Karin Riediger Karin Riediger-Heintges is a former German figure skater. She represented the Duisburger SCK and is the 1981 German Ladies Figure Skating champion. Between 1978 and 1982 she won five medals at the West Germany Figure Skating Championships....	15	13	11	166.32	120	13
Dagmar Lurz Dagmar Lurz Dagmar Lurz is a former German figure skater. She is the 1980 Olympic bronze medalist.-Biography:...	2	5	6	183.04	28

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Christina Riegel Christina Riegel Christina Riegel is a former German figure skater who competed in pair skating and ladies singles at the 1980 Winter Olympics.... Andreas Nischwitz Andreas Nischwitz Andreas Nischwitz is a former West German pair skater. With partner Susanne Scheibe, he won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships in 1977 and 1978, finishing eighth at both the European Figure Skating Championships and World Figure Skating Championships in both years...	8	8	131.70	71	8

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Henriette Fröschl Christian Steiner Christian Steiner Private Christian Steiner was a German-born American soldier in the U.S. Army who served as a saddler with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars in the Arizona Territory...	10	10	178.38	94	10

Ice hockey

First round - Blue Division

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round


5	4	0	1	26	7	9
5	4	0	1	25	10	9
5	3	2	0	34	16	6
5	1	3	1	13	29	3
5	1	4	0	21	30	2
5	0	4	1	9	36	1

All times are local (UTC-5

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Team Roster
Bernd Englbrecht
Sigmund Suttner
Udo Kiessling
Udo Kiessling
Udo Kiessling is a retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of...
Harald Krüll
Klaus Auhuber
Horst-Peter Kretschmer
Joachim Reil
Peter Scharf
Rainer Philipp
Franz Reindl
Franz Reindl
Franz Reindl is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the German Bundesliga. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany....
Martin Hinterstocker
Uli Egen
Gerd Truntschka
Gerd Truntschka
Gerhard Truntschka is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice hockey Bundesliga....
Hans Zach
Hermann Hinterstocker
Ernst Höfner
Vladimir Vacatko
Martin Wild
Holger Meitinger
Head Coach: Hans Rampf
Hans Rampf
Johannes Rampf was a German ice hockey player. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2001.-Biography:Rampf was born in Bad Tölz, Upper Bavaria...

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anton Wembacher	44.308	13	44.549	7	44.835	9	44.320	6	2:58.012	8
Gerhard Böhmer	44.010	8	44.741	9	44.305	5	44.584	9	2:57.769	7
Anton Winkler Anton Winkler Anton Winkler is a West German former luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s...	43.885	7	44.045	5	44.310	6	44.305	4	2:56.545

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anton Winkler Anton Winkler Anton Winkler is a West German former luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s... Anton Wembacher	39.916	6	40.096	5	1:20.012	6
Hans Brandner Hans Brandner Hans Brandner is a West German former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s... Balthasar Schwarm Balthasar Schwarm Balthasar Schwarm is a West German former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s...	39.814	4	40.249	7	1:20.063	7

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Fendt Andrea Fendt Andrea Fendt is a West German luger who competed during the 1970s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1978 FIL World Luge Championships in Imst, Austria....	40.234	14	40.458	13	40.215	12	40.848	14	2:43.391	12
Elisabeth Demleitner Elisabeth Demleitner Elisabeth Demleitner is a West German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.Demleitner also won four medals in the women's singles event at the FIL...	39.568	6	39.460	2	39.466	3	39.424	5	2:37.918	4

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hermann Weinbuch Hermann Weinbuch Hermann Weinbuch is a former West German nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships during the 1980s...	Individual	73.5	75.0	187.8	17	50:14.9	197.440	17	385.240	16
Günther Abel		72.5	78.5	184.9	18	50:53.7	191.620	22	376.520	20
Urban Hettich Urban Hettich Urban Hettich is a West German nordic combined and skier who competed during the 1970s. His best known finish was a silver at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in the Individual event....		75.0	71.5	174.2	23	48:09.0	216.325	4	390.525	14
Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz . is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary after having won the gold medal in that same event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.- External...		81.0	84.5	219.6	3	51:54.2	182.545	23	402.145	9

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz . is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary after having won the gold medal in that same event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.- External...	Normal hill	80.0	113.2	72.0	95.9	209.1	25
Peter Leitner	Normal hill	81.0	114.3	77.5	108.7	223.0	19
Hermann Weinbuch Hermann Weinbuch Hermann Weinbuch is a former West German nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships during the 1980s...	Large hill	85.0	83.2	80.0	72.2	155.4	48
Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz Hubert Schwarz . is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the 1980s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary after having won the gold medal in that same event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.- External...		104.5	115.5	78.0	66.4	181.9	41
Peter Leitner		106.0	116.6	98.0	104.9	221.5	18

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1000 m	Herbert Schwarz	1:44.23	39
1500 m	Herbert Schwarz	1:59.58	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Brigitte Flierl	45.28	28
	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	44.59	25
	Sigrid Smuda	44.11	17
1000 m	Brigitte Flierl	1:33.61	33
	Sigrid Smuda	1:30.29	23
	Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug	1:30.13	21
1500 m	Sigrid Smuda	2:18.86	22
3000 m	Sigrid Smuda	4:53.55	19

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