Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Luge Men's singles 9 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 11 February Luge Women's singles 11 February Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 12 February Luge Doubles 13 February Alpine skiing Women's downhill 16 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 17 February Alpine skiing Women's slalom 19 February Biathlon Women's relay 19 February Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 20 February Biathlon Men's relay 21 February Bobsleigh Four-man 21 February Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 10 February Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 11 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 11 February Luge Women's singles 11 February Biathlon Women's sprint 15 February Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 16 February Ski jumping Large hill team 17 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 17 February Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 20 February Biathlon Women's individual 9 February Jens Müller Luge Men's singles 9 February Figure skating Pairs 10 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 11 February Biathlon Women's sprint 15 February Bobsleigh Two-man 15 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 17 February Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 20 February

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 1 6 7Biathlon 6 5 11Bobsleigh 9 – 9Cross-country skiing 5 5 10Curling 5 5 10Figure skating 3 3 6Freestyle skiing 0 3 3Ice hockey 23 0 23Luge 7 3 10Nordic combined 5 – 5Short track speed skating 1 4 5Ski jumping 4 – 4Snowboarding 3 5 8Speed skating 6 8 14 Total 78 47 125

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankMarkus EberleGiant slalom1:24.01DNFDNF–Markus EberleSlalomDNF–DNF–

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankRegina HäuslDownhillDNF–Hilde Gerg1:29.969Katrin Gutensohn1:29.969Katja Seizinger1:29.89Hilde GergSuper-G1:18.5910Martina Ertl1:18.467Katja Seizinger1:18.446Regina Häusl1:18.274Regina HäuslGiant slalom1:26.371:38.203:04.5730Hilde Gerg1:21.451:34.442:55.8913Martina Ertl1:20.381:32.342:52.724Katja Seizinger1:20.191:32.422:52.61Monika BergmannSlalom47.7847.211:34.999Martina Ertl46.2246.691:32.914Hilde Gerg45.8946.511:32.40

Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankMonika Bergmann1:33.3537.4135.082:45.8412Hilde Gerg1:29.9236.5235.062:41.50Martina Ertl1:29.7636.4534.712:40.92Katja Seizinger1:28.5237.1435.082:40.74

Biathlon

Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintCarsten Heymann230:09.634Sven Fischer229:47.129Ricco Groß129:13.917Frank Luck128:40.37

EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmJan Wüstenfeld57:07.941'01:07.932Sven Fischer56:26.1359:26.116Peter Sendel57:30.3158:30.38Ricco Groß57:15.4158:15.46

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankRicco GroßPeter SendelSven FischerFrank Luck01'21:36.2

Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintMartina Zellner225:09.830Petra Behle224:09.916Katrin Apel123:32.4Uschi Disl123:08.7

EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmKatja Beer57:26.441'01:26.439Petra Behle58:29.7159:29.727Martina Zellner52:46.3456:46.310Uschi Disl54:17.9155:17.9

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankUschi DislMartina ZellnerKatrin ApelPetra Behle01'40:13.6

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 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGER-1Christoph LangenMarkus ZimmermannTwo-man54.82754.62654.11154.3433:37.89GER-2Dirk WieseMarco JakobsTwo-man54.83854.66854.631154.76133:38.8811

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGER-1Harald CzudajTorsten VossSteffen GörmerAlexander SzeligFour-man53.12753.50753.7022:40.328GER-2Christoph LangenMarkus ZimmermannMarco JakobsOlaf HampelFour-man52.70152.90153.8182:39.41

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CJochen Behle29:55.940René Sommerfeldt29:52.538Johann Mühlegg29:12.327Andreas Schlütter28:48.01615 km pursuit1 FRené Sommerfeldt43:49.529Johann Mühlegg41:48.317Andreas Schlütter41:08.31230 km CJochen BehleDNF–Torald Rein1'49:06.757Andreas Schlütter1'40:27.12150 km FAndreas Schlütter2'17:52.136René Sommerfeldt2'16:19.926Johann Mühlegg2'07:25.37

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAndreas SchlütterJochen BehleRené SommerfeldtJohann Mühlegg1'43:16.18

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CSigrid Wille19:15.638Anke Reschwamm-Schulze19:14.737Constanze Blum19:02.430Kati Wilhelm18:56.92610 km pursuit2 FSigrid Wille34:15.154Kati Wilhelm31:54.032Anke Reschwamm-Schulze31:53.431Constanze Blum31:28.52615 km CAnke Reschwamm-Schulze51:54.038Manuela Henkel51:53.436Sigrid Wille51:19.328Constanze Blum50:30.32130 km FManuela HenkelDNF–Constanze Blum1'31:52.931Anke Reschwamm-Schulze1'30:54.626Kati Wilhelm1'28:27.716

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKati WilhelmManuela HenkelConstanze BlumAnke Reschwamm-Schulze56:55.45

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Country SkipWL Mike Harris 6 1 Eigil Ramsfjell 5 2 Patrick Hürlimann 5 2 Tim Somerville 3 4 Makoto Tsuruga 3 4 Peja Lindholm 3 4 Douglas Dryburgh 2 5 8th Andy Kapp 1 6

Contestants SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateAndy KappUli KappMichael SchäfferHolger HöhneOliver Axnick

Women's tournament

Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Country SkipWL Sandra Schmirler 6 1 Elisabet Gustafson 6 1 Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2 Kirsty Hay 4 3 Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5 Dordi Nordby 2 5 Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5 8th Andrea Schöpp 1 6

Contestants SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateAndrea SchöppMonika WagnerNatalie NesslerHeike WieländerCarina Meidele

Figure skating

Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Peggy SchwarzMirko Mueller9812.59 Mandy WötzelIngo Steuer234.0

Ice Dancing AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank Kati WinklerRené Lohse111191019.810

Freestyle skiing

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankGabriele RauscherMoguls35.2022.1112 Q34.1323.5911Sandra Schmitt33.9222.636 Q33.5023.679Tatjana Mittermayer34.6923.073 Q33.5024.62

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. Team 3201144+105 321079-24 312058-32 3021510-51

Consolation round

Team roster Olaf Kölzig Josef Heiß Klaus Merk Mirko Lüdemann Erich Goldmann Uwe Krupp Markus Wieland Daniel Kunce Brad Bergen Jochen Molling Lars Brüggemann Peter Draisaitl Jan Benda Mark MacKay Reemt Pyka Jochen Hecht Benoît Doucet Stefan Ustorf Thomas Brandl Andreas Lupzig Dieter Hegen Jürgen Rumrich Marco Sturm Head coach: George Kingston

Luge

Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKarsten Albert50.3531250.1721350.0801150.499173:21.10412Jens Müller49.954449.700349.729249.71023:19.093Georg Hackl49.619149.573149.614149.63013:18.436

(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStefan KraußeJan Behrendt50.592150.51331:41.105Steffen SkelSteffen Wöller51.4081050.81661:42.2248

Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSusi Erdmann51.475451.348550.895350.73153:24.4494Barbara Niedernhuber51.216251.103150.837250.62533:23.781Silke Kraushaar51.197151.178250.787150.61723:23.779

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankMatthias LooßIndividual187.04146:54.232Josef Buchner203.026DNF–Ronny Ackermann209.51843:52.912Jens Deimel221.01043:56.313

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events: normal hill ski jumping 5 km cross-country skiing

AthletesSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankMatthias LooßRonny AckermannThorsten SchmittJens Deimel861.0756:22.06

Short track speed skating

Men

AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankArian Nachbar500 m44.8823did not advanceArian Nachbar1000 m1:32.4933did not advance

Women

AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankYvonne Kunze500 m46.8873did not advanceSusanne Busch1:30.6074did not advanceSusanne Busch1000 m1:38.3793did not advanceYvonne Kunze1:44.8703did not advanceSusanne BuschAnne EcknerYvonne KunzeKatrin Weber3000 m relay4:38.7764 QB4:37.1108

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankHansjörg JäkleNormal hill82.099.519 Q82.5101.0200.517Martin Schmitt82.0100.018 Q82.099.5199.519Sven Hannawald83.5103.013 Q84.0104.5207.514Dieter Thoma84.5106.012 Q83.0102.5208.513Hansjörg JäkleLarge hill92.061.157did not advanceSven Hannawald100.078.048did not advanceDieter Thoma114.0105.222 Q128.0130.4235.612Martin Schmitt118.5112.311 Q123.0121.4233.714

Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankSven HannawaldMartin SchmittHansjörg JäkleDieter Thoma897.4

1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankBernd Kroschewski1:03.53DSQDSQ–Dieter Moherndl1:03.031:07.002:10.0314

Men's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankXaver Hoffmann28.33238.29did not advance

Women's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankBurgl HeckmairDNF–DNF–Sandra Farmand1:14.391:08.712:23.109Heidi Renoth1:11.921:07.252:19.17

Women's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSandra Farmand22.125DNF–did not advanceSabine Wehr-Hasler29.51530.511did not advanceNicola Thost30.61337.41 QF74.6

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mPeter Adeberg36.9231DNF–DNF–Christian Breuer36.782636.411573.1919Michael Künzel36.561536.19872.75111000 mChristian Breuer1:12.3316Peter Adeberg1:11.9091500 mRené Taubenrauch1:54.9138Frank Dittrich1:53.6433Peter Adeberg1:51.5013Christian Breuer1:50.9695000 mAlexander Baumgärtel6:39.4413René Taubenrauch6:35.216Frank Dittrich6:32.17510,000 mRené Taubenrauch13:52.1011Alexander Baumgärtel13:48.4410Frank Dittrich13:36.586

Women EventAthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mAnke Baier-Loef39.731639.751679.4815Sabine Völker39.191039.00678.197Monique Garbrecht39.11739.341078.458Franziska Schenk38.88538.57477.4541000 mFranziska SchenkDNF–Anke Baier-Loef1:19.4216Monique Garbrecht1:18.7610Sabine Völker1:17.5441500 mClaudia Pechstein1:59.467Anni Friesinger1:59.205Gunda Niemann1:58.663000 mAnni Friesinger4:09.44Claudia Pechstein4:08.47Gunda Niemann4:07.29 OR5000 mHeike Warnicke7:30.8314Gunda Niemann6:59.65Claudia Pechstein6:59.61 WR

References

Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com