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 MedalNameSportEventDate Speed skating Men's 500 metres 14 February Luge Men's singles 15 February Luge Women's singles 18 February Luge Doubles 19 February Biathlon Individual 20 February Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 20 February Biathlon Sprint 23 February Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 26 February Figure skating Women's singles 27 February Luge Women's singles 18 February Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 18 February Luge Doubles 19 February Bobsleigh Two-man 21 February Speed skating Women's 500 metres 22 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 23 February Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 26 February Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 27 February Bobsleigh Four-man 28 February Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 28 February Luge Women's singles 18 February Bobsleigh Two-man 21 February Speed skating Women's 500 metres 22 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 23 February Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 27 February Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 28 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalBiathlon 6 – 6Bobsleigh 10 – 10Cross-country skiing 2 5 7Figure skating 2 3 5Luge 7 3 10Nordic combined 3 – 3Ski jumping 2 – 2Speed skating 4 6 10 Total 36 17 53
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintFrank Luck125:57.66André Sehmisch225:52.35Birk Anders225:51.84Frank-Peter Roetsch125:08.1
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmJürgen Wirth57:25.931'00:25.916Matthias Jacob55:20.1358:20.19André Sehmisch55:11.4358:11.47Frank-Peter Roetsch53:33.3356:33.3
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankJürgen WirthFrank-Peter RoetschMatthias JacobAndré Sehmisch31'24:28.45
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGDR-1Wolfgang HoppeBogdan MusiołTwo-man57.06159.26859.45158.4213:54.19GDR-2Bernhard LehmannMario HoyerTwo-man57.65758.67259.59458.7333:54.64
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGDR-1Wolfgang HoppeDietmar SchauerhammerBogdan MusiołIngo VogeFour-man56.16157.31256.771357.3433:47.58GDR-2Detlef RichterBodo FerlLudwig JahnAlexander SzeligFour-man57.181357.60656.33357.9593:49.068
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CHolger Bauroth43:59.221Uwe Bellmann42:17.8530 km CHolger Bauroth1'30:03.422Uwe Bellmann1'28:37.21550 km FUwe Bellmann2'08:18.68Holger Bauroth2'07:02.45
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CSusann Kuhfittig16:41.937Silke Braun16:22.525Kerstin Moring16:01.619Simone Opitz15:41.11310 km CKerstin Moring32:12.825Susann Kuhfittig32:01.523Simone Greiner-Petter31:53.021Simone Opitz31:14.31020 km FSusann Kuhfittig1'03:05.838Simone Greiner-Petter59:01.215Kerstin Moring58:17.27Simone Opitz57:54.35
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKerstin MoringSimone OpitzSilke BraunSimone Greiner-Petter1'02:19.95
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Michael Huth21252345.623
Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Simone Koch148819.69 Katarina Witt3124.2
Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Peggy SchwarzAlexander König11611.57
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichael Walter46.578646.754646.838946.76333:06.9335Thomas Jacob46.426446.638546.433146.86163:06.3584Jens Müller46.301146.444146.436246.36713:05.548
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJörg HoffmannJochen Pietzsch45.786146.15421:31.940Stefan KraußeJan Behrendt45.886246.15311:32.039
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCerstin Schmidt46.078346.020146.059246.02433:04.181Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß45.906246.057246.150345.99213:04.105Steffi Walter-Martin45.282146.173346.969146.00323:03.973
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankUwe PrenzelIndividual207.6132:19.440:38.2421.6304Marko Frank209.4102:07.441:15.6416.0208Thomas Prenzel215.551:26.741:18.1415.6409
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankThomas PrenzelMarko FrankUwe Prenzel571.654:51.01'23:04.55
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankRemo LedererNormal hill79.594.378.090.9185.221Jens Weißflog81.599.580.097.1196.69Jens WeißflogLarge hill104.595.793.576.3172.031Remo Lederer105.598.197.083.7181.822
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mPeter Adeberg38.1128André Hoffmann37.7521Uwe-Jens Mey36.45 WR1000 mAndré Hoffmann1:14.6215Peter Adeberg1:14.198Uwe-Jens Mey1:13.111500 mPeter Adeberg1:53.578André Hoffmann1:52.06 WR5000 mRoland Freier6:51.42810,000 mRoland Freier14:19.168
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mAndrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich40.7110Angela Stahnke-Hauck39.684Karin Enke-Kania39.24Christa Rothenburger39.121000 mAngela Stahnke-Hauck1:20.056Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich1:19.324Karin Enke-Kania1:17.70Christa Rothenburger1:17.65 WR1500 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann2:04.687Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich2:01.49Karin Enke-Kania2:00.823000 mKarin Enke-Kania4:18.804Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn4:16.92Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich4:12.095000 mGunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann7:34.597Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn7:21.61Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich7:17.12
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com