West Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

West Germany at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Lake Placid
Competitors80 (61 men, 19 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearerUrban Hettich (Nordic combined)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverIrene EppleAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
 SilverChrista Kinshofer-GüthleinAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 BronzeFranz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerd Winkler		BiathlonMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 BronzeDagmar LurzFigure skatingWomen's singles
 BronzeAnton WinklerLugeMen's individual

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michael Veith Downhill 1:50.00 23
Sepp Ferstl Giant Slalom 1:25.86 39 1:27.17 34 2:53.03 34
Albert Burger 1:22.59 24 1:23.53 19 2:46.12 20
Frank Wörndl 1:21.70 13 1:23.88 22 2:45.58 17
Sepp Ferstl Slalom 1:01.77 30 57.53 25 1:59.30 25
Albert Burger 56.98 24 DSQ – DSQ –
Frank Wörndl 55.30 13 51.89 10 1:47.19 10
Christian Neureuther 54.37 5 50.77 3 1:45.14 5
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Monika Bader Downhill 1:41.96 21
Irene Epple 1:41.68 19
Evi Mittermaier 1:41.26 17
Marianne Zechmeister 1:39.96 9
Regine Mösenlechner Giant Slalom 1:17.70 16 DNF – DNF –
Maria Epple 1:16.20 8 1:29.36 11 2:45.56 8
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein 1:15.19 3 1:27.44 5 2:42.63 5
Irene Epple 1:14.75 2 1:27.37 4 2:42.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Regine Mösenlechner Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Pamela Behr DNF – – – DNF –
Irene Epple 45.14 15 DNF – DNF –
Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein 42.74 2 43.76 2 1:26.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Fritz Fischer 4 36:29.87 27
Gerd Winkler 1 34:24.16 10
Peter Angerer 4 34:13.43 8
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Gerd Winkler 1'10:48.57 7 1'17:48.57 30
Alois Kanamüller 1'11:34.80 6 1'17:34.80 29
Peter Angerer 1'08:07.60 8 1'16:07.60 27
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Franz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerd Winkler		 2 1'37:30.26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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 Peter Hell
Heinz Busche		 Two-man 1:03.87 12 1:03.63 7 1:02.91 4 1:03.33 7 4:13.74 8
FRG-2 Georg Großmann
Alexander Wernsdorfer		 Two-man 1:03.50 7 1:04.93 20 1:03.85 13 1:03.85 10 4:16.13 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
FRG-1 Peter Hell
Hans Wagner
Heinz Busche
Walter Barfuß		 Four-man 1:01.14 8 1:01.22 8 1:00.57 8 1:01.47 11 4:04.40 7
FRG-2 Alois Schnorbus
Lothar Pongratz
Jürgen Hofmann
Martin Meinberg		 Four-man 1:01.54 14 1:01.47 11 1:00.93 10 1:01.21 8 4:05.15 10

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Dieter Notz 44:54.11 36
Peter Zipfel 44:38.23 26
Wolfgang Müller 44:02.54 21
Jochen Behle 43:16.05 12
30 km Peter Zipfel 1'36:06.95 40
Wolfgang Müller 1'35:37.46 37
Josef Schneider 1'34:05.33 31
Dieter Notz 1'31:58.27 22
50 km Josef Schneider 2'40:49.68 29
Franz Schöbel 2'40:25.96 28
Dieter Notz 2'37:47.41 22
Peter Zipfel 2'37:09.74 21
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Peter Zipfel
Wolfgang Müller
Dieter Notz
Jochen Behle		 2'00:22.74 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Karin Jäger 16:38.47 32
Susi Riermeier 16:31.07 31
10 km Karin Jäger 33:01.76 26
Susi Riermeier 32:37.57 21

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Rudi Cerne 15 13 13 159.30 116 13
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Christina Riegel 17 19 18 149.50 162 18
Karin Riediger 15 13 11 166.32 120 13
Dagmar Lurz 2 5 6 183.04 28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Christina Riegel
Andreas Nischwitz		 8 8 131.70 71 8
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Henriette Fröschl
Christian Steiner		 10 10 178.38 94 10

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

First round - Blue Division
     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to Consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Sweden 54012679
 United States 540125109
 Czechoslovakia 532034166
 Romania 513113293
 West Germany 514021302
 Norway 50419361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
16:30		Romania 6 – 4
(1–1, 2–3, 3–0)		 West GermanyOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Costea (Moroşan) (PP) - 5:151 – 0
1 – 111:50 - Vacatko (Philipp, Krüll)
1 – 222:37 - Truntschka (Egen, Kiessling)
Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) (PP) - 24:462 – 2
2 – 326:13 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Philipp)
2 – 435:34 - Egen (Scharf) (PP)
Tureanu (Gall, Costea) - 37:463 – 4
Tureanu (Costea) - 44:124 – 4
Tureanu (Gall) - 46:305 – 4
Olenici - 53:176 – 4
16 minPenalties16 min
38Shots53
14 February 1980
13:30		Norway 4 – 10
(2–5, 1–3, 1–2)		 West GermanyOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Dombrovski
Andresen (M. Johansen) - 6:031 – 0
1 – 107:51 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Reil)
1 – 208:49 - Kiessling (Truntschka, Meitinger)
1 – 309:08 - Zach (Scharf, M. Hinterstocker)
1 – 409:33 - Kretschmer (M. Hinterstocker, H. Hinterstocker)
1 – 510:18 - Höfner (Reindl)
Falk Nilsen (Myhre) - 12:132 – 5
V. Johansen (Myhre) - 25:263 – 5
3 – 630:52 - Truntschka (Krüll, Kiessling)
3 – 734:01 - Vacatko (Philipp, Kuhl)
3 – 839:53 - Truntschka (Egen, Meitinger)
3 – 940:42 - Kuhl (Vacatko, Krüll)
3 – 1050:49 - Kretschmer (Wild, Scharf)
Sethereng (M. Johansen, Lundenes) - 52:414 – 10
13 minPenalties15 min
20Shots51
16 February 1980
20:00		Sweden 5 – 2
(1–0, 4–1, 0–1)		 West GermanyOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Dombrovski
Berglund (Molin, Lundqvist) - 09:521 – 0
Näslund (Åhlberg) - 26:502 – 0
Lundqvist (Berglund, Samuelsson) - 28:353 – 0
Söderström (Åhlberg) - 32:364 – 0
Söderström (H. Eriksson) (PP) - 36:035 – 0
5 – 137:06 - Egen (Truntschka)
5 – 256:43 - Reil (SH)
24 minPenalties31 min
33Shots25
18 February 1980
20:00		West Germany 3 – 11
(1–5, 0–5, 2–1)		 CzechoslovakiaOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Finland Karl-Gustav Kaisla
0 – 101:33 - Nový (Ebermann) (PP)
0 – 202:28 - P. Šťastný (A. Šťastný, M. Šťastný)
0 – 305:45 - P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) (SH)
Krüll (Truntschka, Kretschmer) - 19:041 – 3
1 – 419:32 - Pouzar (Kaberle, Nový)
1 – 519:49 - A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný)
1 – 622:17 - Nový (Lukáč)
1 – 727:10 - Pouzar (Fryčer, Nový)
1 – 833:30 - Pouzar
1 – 938:36 - Ebermann (Novák)
1 – 1039:22 - Nový (Pouzar)
M. Hinterstocker (Zach, Auhuber) - 46:282 – 10
Höfner (Kuhl, Philipp) - 48:363 – 10
3 – 1150:22 - P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný)
20 minPenalties19 min
22Shots39
20 February 1980
20:30		West Germany 2 – 4
(2–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 United StatesOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Kretschmer - 01:501 – 0
Kiessling (Höfner, Kretschmer) (PP) - 19:452 – 0
2 – 127:40 - McClanahan (Johnson, Christian)
2 – 238:31 - Broten (Strobel, Eruzione)
2 – 341:17 - McClanahan (Johnson, Christian)
2 – 444:17 - Verchota (Christian, Wells)
8 minPenalties16 min
26Shots32
  • Team roster

Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anton Wembacher 44.308 13 44.549 7 44.835 9 44.320 6 2:58.012 8
Gerhard Böhmer 44.010 8 44.741 9 44.305 5 44.584 9 2:57.769 7
Anton Winkler 43.885 7 44.045 5 44.310 6 44.305 4 2:56.545 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anton Winkler
Anton Wembacher		 39.916 6 40.096 5 1:20.012 6
Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm		 39.814 4 40.249 7 1:20.063 7
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrea Fendt 40.234 14 40.458 13 40.215 12 40.848 14 2:43.391 12
Elisabeth Demleitner 39.568 6 39.460 2 39.466 3 39.424 5 2:37.918 4

Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Hermann Weinbuch Individual 73.5 75.0 187.8 17 50:14.9 197.440 17 385.240 16
Günther Abel 72.5 78.5 184.9 18 50:53.7 191.620 22 376.520 20
Urban Hettich 75.0 71.5 174.2 23 48:09.0 216.325 4 390.525 14
Hubert Schwarz 81.0 84.5 219.6 3 51:54.2 182.545 23 402.145 9

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Hubert Schwarz Normal hill 80.0 113.2 72.0 95.9 209.1 25
Peter Leitner 81.0 114.3 77.5 108.7 223.0 19
Hermann Weinbuch Large hill 85.0 83.2 80.0 72.2 155.4 48
Hubert Schwarz 104.5 115.5 78.0 66.4 181.9 41
Peter Leitner 106.0 116.6 98.0 104.9 221.5 18

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1000 m Herbert Schwarz 1:44.23 39
1500 m Herbert Schwarz 1:59.58 12
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Brigitte Flierl 45.28 28
Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 44.59 25
Sigrid Smuda 44.11 17
1000 m Brigitte Flierl 1:33.61 33
Sigrid Smuda 1:30.29 23
Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug 1:30.13 21
1500 m Sigrid Smuda 2:18.86 22
3000 m Sigrid Smuda 4:53.55 19

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