West Germany at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
7 February 1984 (1984-02-07) – 19 February 1984 (1984-02-19)
Competitors84 (69 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Monika Pflug (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The German Ice Skating Union president Wolf-Dieter Montag served as the head of mission for West Germany.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Peter Angerer Biathlon Individual 11 February
 Gold Hans Stanggassinger
Franz Wembacher		 Luge Doubles 15 February
 Silver Peter Angerer Biathlon Sprint 14 February
 Bronze Ernst Reiter
Walter Pichler
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer		 Biathlon Relay 17 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Dürr Downhill DNF –
Herbert Renoth 1:48.39 22
Klaus Gattermann 1:47.12 12
Sepp Wildgruber 1:46.53 7
Egon Hirt Giant Slalom 1:22.45 14 1:21.66 11 2:44.11 13
Egon Hirt Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Florian Beck 53.49 18 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Irene Epple Downhill 1:15.65 23
Regine Mösenlechner 1:15.16 17
Heidi Wiesler 1:14.98 14
Marina Kiehl 1:14.30 6
Michaela Gerg-Leitner Giant Slalom 1:12.18 32 1:14.10 24 2:26.58 24
Irene Epple 1:11.64 22 1:13.88 22 2:25.52 21
Maria Epple 1:10.40 10 1:13.25 14 2:23.65 13
Marina Kiehl 1:09.70 5 1:12.33 5 2:22.03 5
Maria Epple Slalom 49.63 11 49.14 11 1:38.77 12

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Walter Pichler 1 32:30.2 16
Fritz Fischer 2 32:04.7 8
Peter Angerer 1 31:02.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Ernst Reiter 1'15:37.4 5 1'20:37.4 22
Fritz Fischer 1'11:49.7 4 1'15:49.7 7
Peter Angerer 1'09:52.7 2 1'11:52.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ernst Reiter
Walter Pichler
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer 		1 1'39:05.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Anton Fischer
Hans Metzler 		Two-man 52.29 7 52.25 7 52.18 9 52.46 11 3:29.18 8
FRG-2 Andreas Weikenstorfer
Hans-Jürgen Hartmann 		Two-man 52.31 8 53.05 15 52.60 15 52.45 10 3:30.41 11
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Klaus Kopp
Gerhard Oechsle
Günter Neuburger
Hans-Joachim Schumacher 		Four-man 50.71 9 51.09 9 51.01 7 51.34 11 3:24.15 9
FRG-2 Anton Fischer
Franz Nießner
Hans Metzler
Uwe Eisenreich 		Four-man 51.08 14 51.39 16 51.48 14 51.36 12 3:25.31 14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Jochen Behle DNF –
Josef Schneider 45:08.7 37
Franz Schöbel 44:11.1 33
Stefan Dotzler 44:02.6 30
30 km Stefan Dotzler 1'37:39.9 37
Peter Zipfel 1'36:26.6 33
Jochen Behle 1'32:58.7 15
50 km Peter Zipfel 2'30:57.7 38
Franz Schöbel 2'30:30.2 37
Josef Schneider 2'29:29.5 35
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jochen Behle
Stefan Dotzler
Franz Schöbel
Peter Zipfel 		1'59:30.2 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Karin Jäger 35:05.2 33
20 km Karin Jäger 1'06:20.2 19

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Heiko Fischer 6 10 12 19.6 10
Norbert Schramm 9 7 8 16.2 9
Rudi Cerne 3 6 4 8.2 4
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Claudia Leistner 9 10 8 17.4 9
Manuela Ruben 6 11 7 15.0 7
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Claudia Massari
Leonardo Azzola 		11 13 18.5 13
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Petra Born
Rainer Schönborn 		9 9 9 18.0 9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 42 5 10
 Sweden 5 3 1 1 34 15 7
 West Germany 5 3 1 1 27 17 7
 Poland 5 1 4 0 16 37 2
 Italy 5 1 4 0 15 31 2
 Yugoslavia 5 1 4 0 8 37 2

Game for 5th Place

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 West Germany 7–4  Finland

Leading scorer

Rk Team GP G A Pts
1st Erich Kuhnhackl 6 8 6 14

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Johannes Schettel 47.318 16 47.071 15 46.947 13 DSQ – DSQ –
Thomas Rzeznizok 46.704 11 46.970 12 47.154 16 46.539 12 3:07.367 12

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Stanggassinger
Franz Wembacher 		41.880 2 41.740 1 1:23.620 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Thomas Schwab
Wolfgang Staudinger 		42.267 8 42.367 9 1:24.634 8
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrea Hatle 43.397 14 42.072 4 42.102 6 41.920 5 2:49.491 8
Constanze Zeitz 42.707 10 42.679 12 42.300 11 42.150 11 2:49.836 9

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Dirk Kramer Individual 78.5 79.5 189.0 19 49:43.7 191.245 13 380.245 18
Thomas Müller 85.0 87.0 209.1 3 49:32.7 192.895 12 401.995 5
Hubert Schwarz 72.5 88.0 181.6 23 51:42.0 173.500 26 355.100 24
Hermann Weinbuch 83.0 85.0 201.6 10 49:13.4 195.790 10 397.390 8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Thomas Klauser Normal hill 77.0 83.2 73.5 76.1 159.3 47
Peter Rohwein 83.0 94.3 69.0 66.9 161.2 44
Georg Waldvogel 83.0 96.8 80.0 91.0 187.8 22
Andi Bauer 87.0 104.7 83.0 97.3 202.0 11
Peter Rohwein Large hill 92.5 77.7 95.0 80.7 158.4 35
Georg Waldvogel 95.0 82.7 89.0 71.8 154.5 38
Andi Bauer 105.0 102.2 100.5 92.4 194.6 7

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Uwe Streb 39.78 26
Hans-Peter Oberhuber 39.39 19
1000 m Andreas Lemcke 1:19.39 26
Hans-Peter Oberhuber 1:19.13 23
Uwe Streb 1:18.65 15
1500 m Andreas Lemcke 2:03.13 27
Hansjörg Baltes 2:02.68 26
Wolfgang Scharf 2:02.64 25
5000 m Hansjörg Baltes 7:50.33 37
Andreas Lemcke 7:41.69 29
Wolfgang Scharf 7:40.90 28
10,000 m Wolfgang Scharf 15:40.74 28
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sigrid Smuda 43.74 20
Monika Pflug 42.40 7
1000 m Sigrid Smuda 1:27.05 15
Monika Pflug 1:25.87 8
1500 m Sigrid Smuda 2:10.55 10
3000 m Sigrid Smuda 4:53.22 18

References

  1. ^ "Wolf-Dieter Montag – Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (in German). 19 November 2014. p. 4.
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