West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's slalom Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Figure skating Women's singles Luge Men's individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichael VeithDownhill1:50.0023Sepp FerstlGiant Slalom1:25.86391:27.17342:53.0334Albert Burger1:22.59241:23.53192:46.1220Frank Wörndl1:21.70131:23.88222:45.5817Sepp FerstlSlalom1:01.773057.53251:59.3025Albert Burger56.9824DSQ–DSQ–Frank Wörndl55.301351.89101:47.1910Christian Neureuther54.37550.7731:45.145
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMonika BaderDownhill1:41.9621Irene Epple1:41.6819Evi Mittermaier1:41.2617Marianne Zechmeister1:39.969Regine MösenlechnerGiant Slalom1:17.7016DNF–DNF–Maria Epple1:16.2081:29.36112:45.568Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein1:15.1931:27.4452:42.635Irene Epple1:14.7521:27.3742:42.12Regine MösenlechnerSlalomDNF–––DNF–Pamela BehrDNF–––DNF–Irene Epple45.1415DNF–DNF–Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein42.74243.7621:26.50
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintFritz Fischer436:29.8727Gerd Winkler134:24.1610Peter Angerer434:13.438
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmGerd Winkler1'10:48.5771'17:48.5730Alois Kanamüller1'11:34.8061'17:34.8029Peter Angerer1'08:07.6081'16:07.6027
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankFranz BernreiterHans EstnerPeter AngererGerd Winkler21'37:30.26
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
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Peter HellHeinz BuscheTwo-man1:03.87121:03.6371:02.9141:03.3374:13.748FRG-2Georg GroßmannAlexander WernsdorferTwo-man1:03.5071:04.93201:03.85131:03.85104:16.1312
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRG-1Peter HellHans WagnerHeinz BuscheWalter BarfußFour-man1:01.1481:01.2281:00.5781:01.47114:04.407FRG-2Alois SchnorbusLothar PongratzJürgen HofmannMartin MeinbergFour-man1:01.54141:01.47111:00.93101:01.2184:05.1510
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmDieter Notz44:54.1136Peter Zipfel44:38.2326Wolfgang Müller44:02.5421Jochen Behle43:16.051230 kmPeter Zipfel1'36:06.9540Wolfgang Müller1'35:37.4637Josef Schneider1'34:05.3331Dieter Notz1'31:58.272250 kmJosef Schneider2'40:49.6829Franz Schöbel2'40:25.9628Dieter Notz2'37:47.4122Peter Zipfel2'37:09.7421
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankPeter ZipfelWolfgang MüllerDieter NotzJochen Behle2'00:22.744
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmKarin Jäger16:38.4732Susi Riermeier16:31.073110 kmKarin Jäger33:01.7626Susi Riermeier32:37.5721
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Rudi Cerne151313159.3011613
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Christina Riegel171918149.5016218 Karin Riediger151311166.3212013 Dagmar Lurz256183.0428
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Christina RiegelAndreas Nischwitz88131.70718
Ice Dancing AthletesCDFDPointsPlacesRank Henriette FröschlChristian Steiner1010178.389410
Ice hockey
First round - Blue Division Team advanced to the Final Round Team advanced to Consolation round
Team 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).
Team roster Bernd Englbrecht Sigmund Suttner Udo Kiessling Harald Krüll Klaus Auhuber Horst-Peter Kretschmer Joachim Reil Peter Scharf Rainer Philipp Franz Reindl Martin Hinterstocker Uli Egen Gerd Truntschka Hans Zach Hermann Hinterstocker Ernst Höfner Vladimir Vacatko Martin Wild Holger Meitinger Head coach: Hans Rampf
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnton Wembacher44.3081344.549744.835944.32062:58.0128Gerhard Böhmer44.010844.741944.305544.58492:57.7697Anton Winkler43.885744.045544.310644.30542:56.545
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnton WinklerAnton Wembacher39.916640.09651:20.0126Hans BrandnerBalthasar Schwarm39.814440.24971:20.0637
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrea Fendt40.2341440.4581340.2151240.848142:43.39112Elisabeth Demleitner39.568639.460239.466339.42452:37.9184
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankHermann WeinbuchIndividual73.575.0187.81750:14.9197.44017385.24016Günther Abel72.578.5184.91850:53.7191.62022376.52020Urban Hettich75.071.5174.22348:09.0216.3254390.52514Hubert Schwarz81.084.5219.6351:54.2182.54523402.1459
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankHubert SchwarzNormal hill80.0113.272.095.9209.125Peter Leitner81.0114.377.5108.7223.019Hermann WeinbuchLarge hill85.083.280.072.2155.448Hubert Schwarz104.5115.578.066.4181.941Peter Leitner106.0116.698.0104.9221.518
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1000 mHerbert Schwarz1:44.23391500 mHerbert Schwarz1:59.5812
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mBrigitte Flierl45.2828Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug44.5925Sigrid Smuda44.11171000 mBrigitte Flierl1:33.6133Sigrid Smuda1:30.2923Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug1:30.13211500 mSigrid Smuda2:18.86223000 mSigrid Smuda4:53.5519
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com