Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Germany at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany.svg
IOC code GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
in Nagano
Competitors125 (78 men, 47 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Jochen Behle (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
12
Silver
9
Bronze
8
Total
29
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (1968–1988)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (1968–1988)

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

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Georg Hackl Luge Men's individual9 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Speed skating Women's 3000 m11 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Silke Kraushaar Luge Women's individual11 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nicola Thost Snowboarding Women's halfpipe12 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
Luge Men's doubles13 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing Women's downhill16 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing Women's combined17 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hilde Gerg Alpine skiing Women's slalom19 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
Biathlon Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay19 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Claudia Pechstein Speed skating Women's 5000 m20 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Bobsleigh Four-man21 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Heidi Renoth Snowboarding Women's giant slalom10 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tatjana Mittermayer Freestyle skiing Women's moguls11 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Claudia Pechstein Speed skating Women's 3000 m11 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Barbara Niedernhuber Luge Women's individual11 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Uschi Disl Biathlon Women's 7.5 km sprint15 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Speed skating Women's 1500 m16 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sven Hannawald
Martin Schmitt
Hansjörg Jäkle
Dieter Thoma
Ski jumping Men's team large hill (K120)17 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Martina Ertl Alpine skiing Women's combined17 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Speed skating Women's 5000 m20 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Uschi Disl Biathlon Women's 15 km9 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jens Müller Luge Men's individual9 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mandy Wötzel
Ingo Steuer
Figure skating Pairs10 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anni Friesinger Speed skating Women's 3000 m11 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Katrin Apel Biathlon Women's 7.5 km sprint15 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Bobsleigh Two-man15 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hilde Gerg Alpine skiing Women's combined17 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom20 February

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Markus Eberle Giant slalom1:24.01DNFDNF
Markus Eberle SlalomDNFDNF
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Regina Häusl DownhillDNF
Hilde Gerg 1:29.969
Katrin Gutensohn 1:29.969
Katja Seizinger 1:29.89Gold medal icon.svg
Hilde Gerg Super-G1:18.5910
Martina Ertl 1:18.467
Katja Seizinger 1:18.446
Regina Häusl 1:18.274
Regina Häusl Giant slalom1:26.371:38.203:04.5730
Hilde Gerg 1:21.451:34.442:55.8913
Martina Ertl 1:20.381:32.342:52.724
Katja Seizinger 1:20.191:32.422:52.61Bronze medal icon.svg
Monika Bergmann Slalom47.7847.211:34.999
Martina Ertl 46.2246.691:32.914
Hilde Gerg 45.8946.511:32.40Gold medal icon.svg

Women's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRank
Monika Bergmann 1:33.3537.4135.082:45.8412
Hilde Gerg 1:29.9236.5235.062:41.50Bronze medal icon.svg
Martina Ertl 1:29.7636.4534.712:40.92Silver medal icon.svg
Katja Seizinger 1:28.5237.1435.082:40.74Gold medal icon.svg

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Carsten Heymann 230:09.634
Sven Fischer 229:47.129
Ricco Groß 129:13.917
Frank Luck 128:40.37
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Jan Wüstenfeld 57:07.941'01:07.932
Sven Fischer 56:26.1359:26.116
Peter Sendel 57:30.3158:30.38
Ricco Groß 57:15.4158:15.46
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
01'21:36.2Gold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km Sprint Martina Zellner 225:09.830
Petra Behle 224:09.916
Katrin Apel 123:32.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Uschi Disl 123:08.7Silver medal icon.svg
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 km Katja Beer 57:26.441'01:26.439
Petra Behle 58:29.7159:29.727
Martina Zellner 52:46.3456:46.310
Uschi Disl 54:17.9155:17.9Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
01'40:13.6Gold medal icon.svg
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 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Two-man54.82754.62654.11154.3433:37.89Bronze medal icon.svg
GER-2 Dirk Wiese
Marco Jakobs
Two-man54.83854.66854.631154.76133:38.8811
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Harald Czudaj
Torsten Voss
Steffen Görmer
Alexander Szelig
Four-man53.12753.50753.7022:40.328
GER-2 Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Four-man52.70152.90153.8182:39.41Gold medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Jochen Behle 29:55.940
René Sommerfeldt 29:52.538
Johann Mühlegg 29:12.327
Andreas Schlütter 28:48.016
15 km
pursuit1
F
René Sommerfeldt 43:49.529
Johann Mühlegg 41:48.317
Andreas Schlütter 41:08.312
30 km
C
Jochen Behle DNF
Torald Rein 1'49:06.757
Andreas Schlütter 1'40:27.121
50 km
F
Andreas Schlütter 2'17:52.136
René Sommerfeldt 2'16:19.926
Johann Mühlegg 2'07:25.37
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Andreas Schlütter
Jochen Behle
René Sommerfeldt
Johann Mühlegg
1'43:16.18
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Sigrid Wille 19:15.638
Anke Reschwamm-Schulze 19:14.737
Constanze Blum 19:02.430
Kati Wilhelm 18:56.926
10 km
pursuit2
F
Sigrid Wille 34:15.154
Kati Wilhelm 31:54.032
Anke Reschwamm-Schulze 31:53.431
Constanze Blum 31:28.526
15 km
C
Anke Reschwamm-Schulze 51:54.038
Manuela Henkel 51:53.436
Sigrid Wille 51:19.328
Constanze Blum 50:30.321
30 km
F
Manuela Henkel DNF
Constanze Blum 1'31:52.931
Anke Reschwamm-Schulze 1'30:54.626
Kati Wilhelm 1'28:27.716
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Kati Wilhelm
Manuela Henkel
Constanze Blum
Anke Reschwamm-Schulze
56:55.45

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mike Harris 61
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 52
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 52
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tim Somerville 34
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Makoto Tsuruga 34
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peja Lindholm 34
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Douglas Dryburgh 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8th Andy Kapp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4–7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6–7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6–10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4–7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Contestants

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Andy Kapp Uli Kapp Michael Schäffer Holger Höhne Oliver Axnick

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sandra Schmirler 61
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 61
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 52
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kirsty Hay 43
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 25
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 25
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lisa Schoeneberg 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8th Andrea Schöpp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–8Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6–7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3–8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Contestants

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Andrea Schöpp Monika Wagner Natalie Nessler Heike Wieländer Carina Meidele

Figure skating

Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Peggy Schwarz
Mirko Mueller
9812.59
Mandy Wötzel
Ingo Steuer
234.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Ice Dancing
AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank
Kati Winkler
René Lohse
111191019.810

Freestyle skiing

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Gabriele Rauscher Moguls35.2022.1112 Q34.1323.5911
Sandra Schmitt 33.9222.636 Q33.5023.679
Tatjana Mittermayer 34.6923.073 Q33.5024.62Silver medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

TeamGP W L T GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3201144+105
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 321079-24
Flag of France.svg  France 312058-32
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3021510-51

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3 – 1
(0-0, 1-0, 2-1)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,861
9 February 1998 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2 – 8
(0-2, 2-3, 0-3)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,063
10 February 1998 France  Flag of France.svg0 – 2
(0-0, 0-1, 0-1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,916

Consolation round

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg9th4 – 2
(0-1, 1-1, 3-0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,670
  • Team roster

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Karsten Albert 50.3531250.1721350.0801150.499173:21.10412
Jens Müller 49.954449.700349.729249.71023:19.093Bronze medal icon.svg
Georg Hackl 49.619149.573149.614149.63013:18.436Gold medal icon.svg

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
50.592150.51331:41.105Gold medal icon.svg
Steffen Skel
Steffen Wöller
51.4081050.81661:42.2248
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Susi Erdmann 51.475451.348550.895350.73153:24.4494
Barbara Niedernhuber 51.216251.103150.837250.62533:23.781Silver medal icon.svg
Silke Kraushaar 51.197151.178250.787150.61723:23.779Gold medal icon.svg

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Matthias Looß Individual187.04146:54.232
Josef Buchner 203.026DNF
Ronny Ackermann 209.51843:52.912
Jens Deimel 221.01043:56.313

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:

AthletesSki jumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Matthias Looß
Ronny Ackermann
Thorsten Schmitt
Jens Deimel
861.0756:22.06

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Arian Nachbar 500 m44.8823did not advance
Arian Nachbar 1000 m1:32.4933did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Yvonne Kunze 500 m46.8873did not advance
Susanne Busch 1:30.6074did not advance
Susanne Busch 1000 m1:38.3793did not advance
Yvonne Kunze 1:44.8703did not advance
Susanne Busch
Anne Eckner
Yvonne Kunze
Katrin Weber
3000 m relay4:38.7764 QB4:37.1108

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRank
Hansjörg Jäkle Normal hill82.099.519 Q82.5101.0200.517
Martin Schmitt 82.0100.018 Q82.099.5199.519
Sven Hannawald 83.5103.013 Q84.0104.5207.514
Dieter Thoma 84.5106.012 Q83.0102.5208.513
Hansjörg Jäkle Large hill92.061.157did not advance
Sven Hannawald 100.078.048did not advance
Dieter Thoma 114.0105.222 Q128.0130.4235.612
Martin Schmitt 118.5112.311 Q123.0121.4233.714
Men's team large hill
AthletesResult
Points 1Rank
Sven Hannawald
Martin Schmitt
Hansjörg Jäkle
Dieter Thoma
897.4Silver medal icon.svg
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Bernd Kroschewski 1:03.53DSQDSQ
Dieter Moherndl 1:03.031:07.002:10.0314
Men's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Xaver Hoffmann 28.33238.29did not advance
Women's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Burgl Heckmair DNFDNF
Sandra Farmand 1:14.391:08.712:23.109
Heidi Renoth 1:11.921:07.252:19.17Silver medal icon.svg
Women's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Sandra Farmand 22.125DNFdid not advance
Sabine Wehr-Hasler 29.51530.511did not advance
Nicola Thost 30.61337.41 QF74.6Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Peter Adeberg 36.9231DNFDNF
Christian Breuer 36.782636.411573.1919
Michael Künzel 36.561536.19872.7511
1000 m Christian Breuer 1:12.3316
Peter Adeberg 1:11.909
1500 m René Taubenrauch 1:54.9138
Frank Dittrich 1:53.6433
Peter Adeberg 1:51.5013
Christian Breuer 1:50.969
5000 m Alexander Baumgärtel 6:39.4413
René Taubenrauch 6:35.216
Frank Dittrich 6:32.175
10,000 m René Taubenrauch 13:52.1011
Alexander Baumgärtel 13:48.4410
Frank Dittrich 13:36.586
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Anke Baier-Loef 39.731639.751679.4815
Sabine Völker 39.191039.00678.197
Monique Garbrecht 39.11739.341078.458
Franziska Schenk 38.88538.57477.454
1000 m Franziska Schenk DNF
Anke Baier-Loef 1:19.4216
Monique Garbrecht 1:18.7610
Sabine Völker 1:17.544
1500 m Claudia Pechstein 1:59.467
Anni Friesinger 1:59.205
Gunda Niemann 1:58.66Silver medal icon.svg
3000 m Anni Friesinger 4:09.44Bronze medal icon.svg
Claudia Pechstein 4:08.47Silver medal icon.svg
Gunda Niemann 4:07.29 ORGold medal icon.svg
5000 m Heike Warnicke 7:30.8314
Gunda Niemann 6:59.65Silver medal icon.svg
Claudia Pechstein 6:59.61 WRGold medal icon.svg

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