Germany at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GER |
NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 153 in 15 sports |
Flag bearers | Maria Höfl-Riesch (opening) [1] Felix Loch (closing) [2] |
Medals Ranked 6th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Germany competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The first round of nominations was on 18 December, [3] the second round on 23 January. Germany sent 153 athletes (76 men, 77 women). [4] [5] Chef de Mission was Michael Vesper. The outfitting was held in January at the Erding Air Base.
During the Games, Germany had a German House, that was located in the village of Estosadok, on the Mzymta River, 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) upstream from Krasnaya Polyana (Mountain Cluster). [6]
German president Joachim Gauck did not attend the 2014 Winter Olympics. He has not said publicly that the decision was a political gesture. [7]
On 21 February it was announced that biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle had tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi. [8]
Medals by sport | ||||
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Sport | Total | |||
Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Biathlon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Figure skating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Luge | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Nordic combined | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ski jumping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
Medals by date | |||||
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Day | Date | Total | |||
Day 1 | 8 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day 2 | 9 February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Day 3 | 10 February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Day 4 | 11 February | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Day 5 | 12 February | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Day 6 | 13 February | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Day 7 | 14 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day 8 | 15 February | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Day 9 | 16 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day 10 | 17 February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Day 11 | 18 February | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Day 12 | 19 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day 13 | 20 February | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Day 14 | 21 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day 15 | 22 February | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Day 16 | 23 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
Multiple medalists | ||||||
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Name | Sport | Total | ||||
Maria Höfl-Riesch | Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Erik Lesser | Biathlon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Felix Loch | Luge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Natalie Geisenberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Tobias Wendl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Tobias Arlt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Eric Frenzel | Nordic Combined | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Fabian Rießle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
Germany qualified seven quota places in alpine skiing.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Fritz Dopfer | Giant slalom | 1:22.59 | 11 | 1:24.38 | =17 | 2:46.97 | 12 |
Slalom | 48.46 | 14 | 54.26 | 4 | 1:42.72 | =4 | |
Stefan Luitz | Giant slalom | DSQ | |||||
Slalom | 50.79 | 37 | DNF | ||||
Felix Neureuther | Giant slalom | 1:22.51 | 8 | 1:24.08 | =11 | 2:46.59 | 8 |
Slalom | 47.57 | 7 | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Christina Geiger | Slalom | DSQ | |||||
Maria Höfl-Riesch | Downhill | — | 1:42.74 | 13 | |||
Super-G | — | 1:26.07 | |||||
Combined | 1:43.72 | 5 | 50.90 | 3 | 2:34.62 | ||
Giant slalom | DNS | ||||||
Slalom | 53.11 | 2 | 52.62 | 9 | 1:45.73 | 4 | |
Viktoria Rebensburg | Downhill | — | 1:42.76 | 15 | |||
Super-G | — | 1:27.08 | 9 | ||||
Giant slalom | 1:19.24 | 6 | 1:17.90 | 1 | 2:37.14 | ||
Barbara Wirth | Giant slalom | 1:21.35 | 21 | 1:20.38 | 27 | 2:41.73 | 25 |
Slalom | 56.31 | 16 | 52.69 | 11 | 1:49.00 | 14 |
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Germany qualified 6 men and 6 women. [9]
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Andreas Birnbacher | Individual | 52:17.9 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 22 |
Daniel Böhm | 51:09.4 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 10 | |
Erik Lesser | Sprint | 25:26.7 | 1 (0+1) | 21 |
Pursuit | 34:53.1 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 16 | |
Individual | 49:43.9 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | ||
Mass start | 45:34.2 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | 26 | |
Arnd Peiffer | Sprint | 26:01.2 | 3 (2+1) | 34 |
Pursuit | 34:53.1 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 19 | |
Mass start | 44:35.0 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | 18 | |
Simon Schempp | Sprint | 25:16.4 | 0 (0+0) | 15 |
Pursuit | 34:14.5 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 6 | |
Individual | 51:50.3 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 16 | |
Mass start | 43:48.3 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 13 | |
Christoph Stephan | Sprint | 26:55.4 | 2 (1+1) | 58 |
Pursuit | 37:18.8 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 43 | |
Daniel Böhm Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | Team relay | 1:12:19.4 | 2 (0+2) |
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Laura Dahlmeier | Sprint | 23:03.2 | 2 (0+2) | 46 |
Pursuit | 32:38.8 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 30 | |
Individual | 46:45.7 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 13 | |
Andrea Henkel | Sprint | 22:01.5 | 1 (0+1) | 22 |
Pursuit | 32:30.4 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 29 | |
Mass start | 37:19.2 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 17 | |
Franziska Hildebrand | Individual | 49:06.4 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 38 |
Mass start | 39:09.5 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 28 | |
Franziska Preuß | Sprint | 22:53.1 | 2 (2+0) | 41 |
Pursuit | 33:34.0 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 40 | |
Individual | DNF | 5 (2+3) | DNF | |
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Sprint | 21:40.8 | 1 (0+1) | 11 |
Pursuit | 32:16.6 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | 27 | |
Individual | 47:30.4 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | 20 | |
Mass start | 35:25.6 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | DSQ | |
Laura Dahlmeier Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß | Team relay | 1:13:44.2 | 6 (0+6) | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Laura Dahlmeier Daniel Böhm Simon Schempp | Team relay | 1:10:58.3 | 9 (0+9) | DSQ |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Maximilian Arndt* Alexander Rödiger | Two-man | 56.98 | 14 | 56.92 | 12 | 57.22 | 16 | 57.08 | =16 | 3:48.20 | 15 |
Jannis Bäcker Francesco Friedrich* | 56.50 | 5 | 56.88 | 10 | 56.63 | 9 | 56.84 | =10 | 3:46.85 | 8 | |
Thomas Florschütz* Kevin Kuske | 56.63 | 9 | 56.89 | 11 | 56.77 | 11 | 56.71 | 5 | 3:47.00 | 11 | |
Maximilian Arndt* Marco Hübenbecker Martin Putze Alexander Rödiger | Four-man | 54.88 | 1 | 55.47 | =7 | 55.47 | 4 | 55.60 | =7 | 3:41.42 | 4 |
Jannis Bäcker Gregor Bermbach Francesco Friedrich* Thorsten Margis | 55.15 | 5 | 55.43 | =5 | 55.81 | 8 | 55.41 | 5 | 3:41.80 | 8 | |
Joshua Bluhm Thomas Florschütz* Kevin Kuske Christian Poser | 55.06 | 2 | 55.42 | 4 | 55.50 | 5 | 55.53 | 6 | 3:41.51 | 5 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Franziska Fritz Sandra Kiriasis* | Two-woman | 57.95 | 6 | 58.08 | 5 | 58.06 | 4 | 58.20 | 6 | 3:52.29 | 5 |
Cathleen Martini* Christin Senkel | 57.99 | 7 | 58.42 | 11 | 58.17 | 5 | 58.13 | =3 | 3:52.71 | 7 | |
Stephanie Schneider Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel* | 58.17 | 9 | 58.30 | 8 | 58.53 | 11 | 58.74 | 12 | 3:53.74 | 10 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Germany had 20 quota places, but only 15 achieved the national criteria.
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Tobias Angerer | 30 km skiathlon | 36:00.6 | 4 | 32:17.6 | 15 | 1:08:49.7 | +34.3 | 15 |
Thomas Bing | 30 km skiathlon | 36:27.7 | 20 | 34:34.1 | 46 | 1:11:32.9 | +3:17.5 | 37 |
50 km freestyle | — | 1:49:56.1 | +3:00.9 | 36 | ||||
Hannes Dotzler | 15 km classical | — | 39:49.9 | +1:20.2 | 11 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 36:04.3 | 12 | 32:09.2 | 11 | 1:08:44.8 | +29.4 | 13 | |
Jens Filbrich | 15 km classical | — | 40:08.5 | +1:38.8 | 14 | |||
Erik Lesser | 50 km freestyle | — | 1:51:55.8 | +5:00.6 | 42 | |||
Arnd Peiffer | — | 1:51:31.5 | +4:36.3 | 40 | ||||
Axel Teichmann | 15 km classical | — | 39:42.4 | +1:12.7 | 8 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 36:20.4 | 19 | 33:21.4 | 32 | 1:10:13.3 | +1:57.9 | 23 | |
50 km freestyle | — | 1:51:03.4 | +4:08.2 | 39 | ||||
Tim Tscharnke | 15 km classical | — | 40:41.3 | +2:11.6 | 26 | |||
Tobias Angerer Hannes Dotzler Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann | 4×10 km relay | — | 1:31:18.8 | +2:36.8 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Stefanie Böhler | 10 km classical | — | 29:04.3 | +46.5 | 6 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 20:00.8 | 26 | 20:39.7 | 37 | 41:20.0 | +2:46.4 | 35 | |
Nicole Fessel | 10 km classical | — | 30:27.0 | +2:09.2 | 23 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 19:24.8 | 9 | 20:09.3 | 26 | 40:11.4 | +1:37.8 | 14 | |
30 km freestyle | — | DNF | ||||||
Claudia Nystad | 15 km skiathlon | 20:40.7 | 44 | 20:52.0 | 42 | 42:08.8 | +3:35.2 | 43 |
Katrin Zeller | 10 km classical | — | 30:38.5 | +2:20.7 | 25 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 19:57.6 | 23 | 20:16.7 | 29 | 40:49.7 | +2:16.1 | 26 | |
30 km freestyle | — | 1:12:41.4 | +1:36.2 | 12 | ||||
Stefanie Böhler Nicole Fessel Denise Herrmann Claudia Nystad | 4×5 km relay | — | 53:03.6 | +0.9 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Thomas Bing | Sprint | 3:38.30 | 32 | did not advance | |||||
Sebastian Eisenlauer | 3:39.00 | 35 | did not advance | ||||||
Tim Tscharnke | 3:37.75 | 28 Q | 3:46.81 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
Josef Wenzl | 3:38.10 | 31 | did not advance | ||||||
Hannes Dotzler Tim Tscharnke | Team sprint | — | 23:36.23 | 1 Q | 23:57.02 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Lucia Anger | Sprint | 2:40.22 | 31 | did not advance | |||||
Denise Herrmann | 2:35.11 | 8 Q | 2:34.87 | 1 Q | 2:36.94 | 4 | did not advance | ||
Hanna Kolb | 2:40.17 | 30 Q | 2:38.43 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
Claudia Nystad | 2:41.13 | 35 | did not advance | ||||||
Stefanie Böhler Denise Herrmann | Team sprint | — | 16:58.98 | 4 q | 16:24.97 | 4 |
Germany qualified a men's team by winning the final qualification tournament. [10]
Team | Skip | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | S% | Qualification |
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Sweden | Niklas Edin | 9 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 86% | Playoffs |
Canada | Brad Jacobs | 9 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 53 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 84% | |
China | Liu Rui | 9 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 85% | |
Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 9 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 53 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 86% | Tiebreaker |
Great Britain | David Murdoch | 9 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 49 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 83% | |
Denmark | Rasmus Stjerne | 9 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 61 | 32 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 81% | |
Russia | Andrey Drozdov | 9 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 70 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 77% | |
Switzerland | Sven Michel | 9 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 46 | 31 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 83% | |
United States | John Shuster | 9 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 58 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 80% | |
Germany | John Jahr | 9 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 74 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 76% |
Monday, February 10, 9:00 am
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Canada (Jacobs) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Great Britain (Murdoch) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Wednesday, February 12, 9:00 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Norway (Ulsrud) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
China (Liu) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Friday, February 14, 9:00 am
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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United States (Shuster) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
Friday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Switzerland (Michel) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Saturday, February 15, 2:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Sweden (Edin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sunday, February 16, 7:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Denmark (Stjerne) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Monday, February 17, 2:00 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Russia (Drozdov) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Germany will compete in all events.
Athlete | Event | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Peter Liebers | Men's singles | 86.04 | 5 Q | 153.83 | 9 | 239.87 | 8 |
Nathalie Weinzierl | Ladies' singles | 57.63 | 10 Q | 89.73 | 21 | 147.36 | 18 |
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Pairs | 79.64 | 2 Q | 136.14 | 4 | 215.78 | |
Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende | 59.25 | 12 Q | 107.00 | 13 | 166.25 | 13 | |
Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso | Ice dancing | 54.43 | 19 Q | 76.13 | 19 | 130.56 | 19 |
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | 60.91 | 10 Q | 89.86 | 12 | 150.77 | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Short program/Short dance | Free skate/Free dance | ||||||||||
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Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | ||||
Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points | Rank | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points | Rank | ||
Peter Liebers (M) Nathalie Weinzierl (L) Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende (P) Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi (ID) | Team trophy | 79.61 5 | 52.16 2 | 60.82 5 | 58.04 5 | 17 | 8 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Sabrina Cakmakli | Women's halfpipe | 64.80 | 16.60 | 64.80 | 14 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Laura Grasemann | Women's moguls | 37.72 | 3.54 | 6.81 | 26 | 33.46 | 11.10 | 15.76 | 12 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Daniel Bohnacker | Men's ski cross | 1:17.59 | 13 | 3 | did not advance | 19 | ||
Florian Eigler | 1:18.91 | 26 | 2 Q | 2 Q | 3 FB | 4 | 8 | |
Thomas Fischer | 1:18.06 | 19 | 2 Q | DNF | did not advance | 16 | ||
Andreas Schauer | DNF | 31 | 2 Q | 3 | did not advance | 12 | ||
Anna Wörner | Women's ski cross | 1:22.95 | 9 | 2 Q | 3 | did not advance | 9 | |
Heidi Zacher | 1:24.24 | 15 | 3 | did not advance | 18 |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Benedikt Mayr | Men's slopestyle | 67.60 | 7.20 | 67.60 | 20 | did not advance | |||
Lisa Zimmermann | Women's slopestyle | 20.00 | 67.20 | 67.20 | 14 | did not advance |
Germany qualified a women's team by winning a qualification tournament. [11] [12]
On 15 January 2014, head coach Klaus Kathan nominated the following roster: [13] [14]
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2013–14 team |
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3 | F | Sophie Kratzer | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 20 April 1989 | Landshut | ESC Planegg-Würmtal (DFEL) |
4 | D | Jessica Hammerl | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 10 July 1988 | Landshut | TSV Erding II (EBB) |
5 | F | Manuela Anwander | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 9 January 1992 | Gräfelfing | ERC Ingolstadt (DFEL) |
6 | D | Bettina Evers | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 17 August 1981 | Hannover | ESC Planegg-Würmtal (DFEL) |
7 | F | Nina Kamenik | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | 57 kg (126 lb) | 27 April 1985 | Berlin | OSC Berlin (DFEL) |
8 | F | Julia Zorn | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 6 February 1990 | Gräfelfing | ESC Planegg-Würmtal (DFEL) |
10 | D | Anja Weisser | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 2 October 1991 | Marktoberdorf | University of Prince Edward Island (CIS) |
12 | D | Susann Götz | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 14 December 1982 | Bad Muskau | OSC Berlin (DFEL) |
13 | G | Ivonne Schröder | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 25 July 1988 | Bad Muskau | ELV Tornado Niesky (OLO) |
14 | F | Jacqueline Janzen | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 29 November 1993 | Villingen | ECDC Memmingen Indians (DFEL) |
15 | F | Andrea Lanzl | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 8 October 1987 | Starnberg | ERC Ingolstadt (DFEL) |
17 | F | Sara Seiler | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 25 January 1983 | Hausham | ERC Ingolstadt (DFEL) |
18 | D | Susanne Fellner | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 26 February 1985 | Ravensburg | ECDC Memmingen Indians (DFEL) |
22 | F | Kerstin Spielberger | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 14 December 1995 | Burghausen | EHC Klostersee U18 (JBL) |
23 | D | Tanja Eisenschmid | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 20 April 1993 | Marktoberdorf | University of North Dakota (NCAA) |
24 | D | Lisa Schuster | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 28 May 1987 | Munich | OSC Berlin (DFEL) |
25 | F | Franziska Busch | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 20 October 1985 | Seesen | ECDC Memmingen Indians (DFEL) |
26 | F | Monika Bittner | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 29 January 1988 | Peißenberg | ESC Planegg-Würmtal (DFEL) |
27 | G | Viona Harrer | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | 55 kg (121 lb) | 5 November 1986 | Rosenheim | EC Bad Tölz (OLS) |
30 | G | Jennifer Harß | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 14 July 1987 | Füssen | ERC Sonthofen (EBL) |
81 | F | Maritta Becker | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 11 March 1981 | Heilbronn | ERC Ingolstadt (DFEL) |
Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
9 February 2014 17:00 | Russia | 4–1 (0–0, 0–1, 4–0) | Germany | Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 5,048 |
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37 | Shots | 15 |
11 February 2014 14:00 | Germany | 0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3) | Sweden | Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,015 |
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Jennifer Harß | Goalies | Kim Martin Hasson | Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Michaela Kúdelová | |||||||||||
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21 | Shots | 29 |
13 February 2014 12:00 | Japan | 0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2) | Germany | Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,618 |
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Nana Fujimoto | Goalies | Viona Harrer | Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Carlotte Girard | |||||||||||
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30 | Shots | 25 |
16 February 2014 12:00 | Finland | 2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Germany | Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,009 |
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Noora Räty | Goalies | Jennifer Harß | Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Zuzana Svobodová | ||||||||
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27 | Shots | 21 |
18 February 2014 12:00 | Germany | 3–2 (1–1, 2–0 , 0–1) | Japan | Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,012 |
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Viona Harrer | Goalies | Nana Fujimoto Akane Konishi | Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Michaela Kúdeľová | ||||||||||||||
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23 | Shots | 29 |
Germany earned the maximum quota of ten spots.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Andi Langenhan | Singles | 52.707 | 8 | 52.480 | 4 | 52.073 | 7 | 52.095 | 4 | 3:29.355 | 4 |
Felix Loch | 52.185 | 2 | 51.964 | 1 | 51.613 | 1 | 51.764 | 1 | 3:27.526 | ||
David Möller | 52.781 | 13 | 52.865 | 16 | 52.312 | 14 | 52.281 | 15 | 3:30.239 | 14 | |
Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Doubles | 49.373 | 1 | 49.560 | 1 | — | 1:38.933 | ||||
Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | 50.274 | 10 | 49.944 | 4 | — | 1:40.218 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Natalie Geisenberger | Singles | 49.891 | 1 | 49.923 | 1 | 49.765 | 1 | 50.189 | 1 | 3:19.768 | |
Tatjana Hüfner | 50.393 | 3 | 50.187 | 2 | 50.048 | 2 | 50.279 | 2 | 3:20.907 | ||
Anke Wischnewski | 50.490 | 7 | 50.476 | 9 | 50.462 | 7 | 50.532 | 7 | 3:21.960 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Tobias Arlt Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl | Team relay | 54.095 | 1 | 55.639 | 1 | 55.915 | 1 | 2:45.649 |
Germany qualified a maximum of five athletes and a spot in the team relay. [15]
Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Tino Edelmann | Normal hill/10 km | 98.0 | 124.0 | =5 | 23:57.2 | 16 | 24:27.2 | 9 |
Eric Frenzel | Normal hill/10 km | 103.0 | 131.5 | 1 | 23:50.2 | 12 | 23:50.2 | |
Large hill/10 km | 139.5 | 129.0 | 1 | 23:57.9 | 30 | 23:57.9 | 10 | |
Björn Kircheisen | Large hill/10 km | 129.0 | 113.2 | 11 | 22:26.6 | 4 | 23:29.6 | 4 |
Fabian Rießle | Normal hill/10 km | 95.5 | 116.5 | 19 | 23:19.6 | 6 | 24:19.6 | 8 |
Large hill/10 km | 130.0 | 115.1 | 9 | 22:33.1 | 8 | 23:29.1 | ||
Johannes Rydzek | Normal hill/10 km | 98.0 | 121.2 | 12 | 23:26.5 | 8 | 24:07.5 | 6 |
Large hill/10 km | 129.5 | 112.7 | 12 | 22:46.4 | 13 | 23:51.4 | 8 | |
Fabian Rießle Björn Kircheisen Johannes Rydzek Eric Frenzel | Team large hill/4×5 km | 516.5 | 481.7 | 1 | 47:13.8 | 3 | 47:13.8 |
Germany qualified 1 man and 1 woman during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Robert Seifert | 500 m | 41.624 | 3 | did not advance | 17 | ||||
1000 m | 1:29.468 | 4 | did not advance | 29 | |||||
1500 m | 2:16.555 | 4 | — | did not advance | 22 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Anna Seidel | 1500 m | 2:25.700 | 3 Q | 2:20.405 | 5 | Did not advance | 17 |
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alexander Kröckel | Men's | 57.21 | 8 | 57.36 | 17 | 57.03 | 10 | 56.69 | 4 | 3:48.29 | 9 |
Frank Rommel | 57.19 | 7 | 56.95 | 5 | 57.33 | 15 | 57.00 | 13 | 3:48.47 | 11 | |
Sophia Griebel | Women's | 59.43 | 11 | 59.20 | 9 | 58.74 | 13 | 58.75 | 17 | 3:56.12 | 10 |
Anja Huber | 59.17 | 8 | 59.13 | 7 | 58.63 | 9 | 58.31 | 5 | 3:55.24 | 8 | |
Marion Thees | 59.25 | 9 | 59.42 | 15 | 58.89 | 18 | 58.67 | 15 | 3:56.23 | 13 |
Germany qualified nine quota places in ski jumping.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | Total | |||||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Richard Freitag | Normal hill | 94.0 | 114.4 | =16 Q | 100.5 | 121.4 | 26 Q | 97.5 | 122.3 | 16 | 243.7 | 20 |
Large hill | 118.5 | 104.4 | 21 Q | 122.5 | 118.6 | 22 Q | 126.5 | 123.5 | 17 | 242.1 | 21 | |
Severin Freund | Normal hill | BYE | 99.5 | 108.9 | 44 QR | 93.5 | 108.8 | 30 | 217.7 | 31 | ||
Large hill | BYE | 138.0 | 140.2 | 3 Q | 129.5 | 132.0 | 6 | 272.2 | 4 | |||
Marinus Kraus | Large hill | 130.0 | 120.2 | 4 Q | 131.0 | 117.7 | 24 Q | 140.0 | 139.7 | 2 | 257.4 | 6 |
Andreas Wank | Normal hill | 102.5 | 127.9 | 2 Q | 101.0 | 132.6 | =5 Q | 97.0 | 120.8 | 19 | 253.4 | 10 |
Andreas Wellinger | Normal hill | BYE | 96.0 | 125.8 | 14 Q | 101.5 | 131.3 | 2 | 257.1 | 6 | ||
Large hill | BYE | 117.0 | 96.6 | 45 | did not advance | |||||||
Severin Freund Marinus Kraus Andreas Wank Andreas Wellinger | Team large hill | — | 533.0 | 519.0 | 1 Q | 528.0 | 522.1 | 2 | 1041.1 |
Athlete | Event | First round | Final | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Katharina Althaus | Normal hill | 90.5 | 103.2 | 24 | 92.5 | 108.6 | 17 | 211.8 | 23 |
Gianina Ernst | 90.5 | 100.3 | 27 | 87.5 | 92.4 | 29 | 192.7 | 28 | |
Ulrike Gräßler | 94.0 | 110.5 | 21 | 91.5 | 104.4 | 24 | 214.9 | 22 | |
Carina Vogt | 103.0 | 126.8 | 1 | 97.5 | 120.6 | 5 | 247.4 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Stefan Baumeister | Giant slalom | 1:40.72 | 20 | did not advance | ||||
Slalom | 59.72 | 14 Q | Mathies (AUT) L +0.45 | did not advance | ||||
Alexander Bergmann | Giant slalom | 1:38.49 | 11 Q | Flander (SLO) L −0.34 | did not advance | |||
Slalom | 1:00.60 | 24 | did not advance | |||||
Patrick Bussler | Giant slalom | 1:36.94 | 3 Q | Morison (CAN) W −0.30 | Flander (SLO) W −0.40 | Wild (RUS) L +2.61 | Košir (SLO) L +2.26 | 4 |
Slalom | 59.01 | 5 Q | Marguč (SLO) W −0.84 | Karl (AUT) L +0.15 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Selina Jörg | Giant slalom | 1:49.26 | 11 Q | Zavarzina (RUS) L +13.53 | did not advance | |||
Slalom | 1:04.47 | 7 Q | Karstens (GER) L+0.02 | did not advance | ||||
Anke Karstens | Giant slalom | 1:59.29 | 25 | did not advance | ||||
Slalom | 1:05.14 | 10 Q | Jörg (GER) W −0.02 | Ledecká (CZE) W −0.30 | Kober (GER) W −0.09 | Dujmovits (AUT) L +0.12 | ||
Amelie Kober | Giant slalom | DSQ | did not advance | |||||
Slalom | 1:05.46 | 14 Q | Kummer (SUI) W −0.10 | Meschik (AUT) W −0.01 | Karstens (GER) L +0.09 | Boccacini (ITA) W −0.13 | ||
Isabella Laböck | Giant slalom | 1:52.01 | 18 | did not advance | ||||
Slalom | 1:04.44 | 6 Q | Meschik (AUT) L +0.24 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Johannes Hoepfl | Men's halfpipe | 61.25 | 65.50 | 65.50 | 22 | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Paul Berg | Men's snowboard cross | CAN | 1 Q | 4 | did not advance | =13 | ||
Konstantin Schad | CAN | 1 Q | 4 | did not advance | =13 |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final
Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Germany earned the following start quotas:
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alexej Baumgärtner | 5000 m | — | 6:34.34 | 21 | |||
10000 m | — | 13:44.39 | 13 | ||||
Patrick Beckert | 1500 m | — | 1:48.08 | 23 | |||
5000 m | — | 6:21.18 | 8 | ||||
10000 m | — | 13:14.26 | 6 | ||||
Moritz Geisreiter | 5000 m | — | 6:24.79 | 10 | |||
10000 m | — | 13:20.26 | 8 | ||||
Nico Ihle | 500 m | 34.99 | 7 | 35.11 | 9 | 70.1 | 8 |
1000 m | — | 1:08.86 | 4 | ||||
Robert Lehmann | 1500 m | — | 1:48.24 | 27 | |||
Samuel Schwarz | 500 m | 35.69 | 34 | 35.68 | 34 | 71.37 | 34 |
1000 m | — | 1:08.89 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Monique Angermüller | 1000 m | — | DSQ | ||||
1500 m | — | 2:00.32 | 24 | ||||
Stephanie Beckert | 3000 m | — | 4:13.54 | 17 | |||
5000 m | — | 7:07.79 | 8 | ||||
Judith Hesse | 500 m | DSQ | |||||
1000 m | — | 1:15.84 | 11 | ||||
Gabriele Hirschbichler | 500 m | 39.82 | 34 | 39.69 | 34 | 79.51 | 34 |
1000 m | — | 1:18.00 | 26 | ||||
1500 m | — | 2:01.18 | 30 | ||||
Bente Kraus | 3000 m | — | 4:10.16 | 11 | |||
5000 m | — | 7:10.66 | 11 | ||||
Claudia Pechstein | 1500 m | — | 1:59.47 | 19 | |||
3000 m | — | 4:05.26 | 4 | ||||
5000 m | — | 6:58.39 | 5 | ||||
Denise Roth | 500 m | 39.08 | 23 | 38.69 | 15 | 77.78 | 21 |
Jenny Wolf | 500 m | 37.93 | 8 | 37.73 | 5 | 75.67 | 6 |
1000 m | — | 1:17.99 | 25 |
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