1988 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Canmore
Competition venue	Canmore Nordic Center
Nations	22nd
Athletes	90 (90 )
date	20.-26. February 1988
decisions	3
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At the XV. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , three biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the Canmore Nordic Center in Canmore .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	GDR	2	-	-	2
2	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4th
3	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
4th	Italy	-	-	2	2

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Sprint 10 km	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Valery Medvedzew	Sergei Chepikov
Single 20 km	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Valery Medvedzew	Johann Passler
Relay 4 × 7.5 km	Dmitri Wassiljew , Sergei Tschepikow , Aljaksandr Papou , Valeri Medvedzew	Ernst Reiter , Stefan Höck , Peter Angerer , Fritz Fischer	Werner Kiem , Gottlieb Taschler , Johann Passler , Andreas Zingerle

Results

Sprint 10 km

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	GDR	Frank-Peter Roetsch	25: 08.1	1
2	URS	Valery Medvedzew	25: 23.7	0
3	URS	Sergei Chepikov	25: 29.4	0
4th	GDR	Birk Anders	25: 51.8	2
5	GDR	André Sehmisch	25: 52.3	2
6th	GDR	Frank Luck	25: 57.6	1
7th	FIN	Tapio Piipponen	26: 02.2	1
8th	ITA	Johann Passler	26: 07.7	2
9	URS	Dmitri Vasiliev	26: 09.7	1
10	FRG	Peter Angerer	26: 13.2	2
12	FRG	Fritz Fischer	26: 25.9	1
15th	ITA	Andreas Zingerle	26: 33.0	2
17th	AUT	Franz Schuler	26: 45.0	1
19th	FRG	Ernst Reiter	26: 50.2	2
23	AUT	Bruno Hofstätter	27: 02.8	1
26th	FRG	Stefan Höck	27: 26.2	3
37	AUT	Egon Leitner	27: 42.4	2
40	AUT	Alfred Eder	27: 57.3	2

Date: February 23, 1988, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 380 m, maximum ascent: 55 m, difference in altitude: 103 m

72 participants from 22 countries, all in the ranking.

Single 20 km

space	country	athlete	Time (h)	error
1	GDR	Frank-Peter Roetsch	0: 56: 33.3	3
2	URS	Valery Medvedzew	0: 56: 54.6	2
3	ITA	Johann Passler	0: 57: 10.1	2
4th	URS	Sergei Chepikov	0: 57: 17.5	1
5	URS	Yuri Kashkarov	0: 57: 43.3	2
6th	NOR	Eirik Kvalfoss	0: 57: 54.6	3
7th	GDR	André Sehmisch	0: 58: 11.4	3
8th	FIN	Tapio Piipponen	0: 58: 18.3	3
9	GDR	Matthias Jacob	0: 58: 20.1	3
10	FRG	Peter Angerer	0: 58: 46.7	3
11	ITA	Gottlieb Taschler	0: 58: 53.6	3
16	GDR	Jürgen Wirth	1: 00: 25.9	3
17th	FRG	Herbert Fritzenwenger	1: 00: 27.8	4th
23	FRG	Fritz Fischer	1: 01: 04.5	5
24	AUT	Bruno Hofstätter	1: 01: 05.1	4th
26th	AUT	Alfred Eder	1: 01: 39.7	6th
27	AUT	Egon Leitner	1: 01: 52.3	3
29	FRG	Ernst Reiter	1: 01: 54.8	5
36	AUT	Franz Schuler	1: 03: 24.5	8th
43	ITA	Werner Kiem	1: 04: 00.3	7th

Date: February 20, 1988, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 380 m, maximum ascent: 55 m, difference in altitude: 103 m

71 participants from 21 countries, 68 of them in the rating. Disqualified: Andreas Zingerle (ITA).

Despite the three missed shots, Roetsch was in a class of its own because many others had even more problems shooting. Austria's Eder went well, but six misses were too many. Defending champion Angerer only came in 10th. The Passler from Antholz confirmed his good World Cup results. His team-mate Gottlieb Taschler finished eleventh, 2: 20.3 minutes behind. Double world champion and Olympic champion Kvalfoss missed his chances for a medal in shooting, because in running he was as fast as silver winner Medvedzew.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country sportsman	time	error
1	Soviet Union Dmitri Wassiljew Sergei Tschepikow Aljaksandr Papou Valeri Medvedzew	1: 22: 30.0	0
2	Federal Republic of Germany Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer	1: 23: 37.4	0
3	Italy Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	1: 23: 51.6	0
4th	Austria Anton Lengauer-Stockner Bruno Hofstätter Franz Schuler Alfred Eder	1: 24: 17.6	0
5	GDR Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch	1: 24: 28.4	3
6th	Norway Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	1: 25: 57.0	0
7th	Sweden Peter Sjöden Mikael Löfgren Roger Westling Leif Andersson	1: 29: 11.9	3
8th	Bulgaria Wassil Bojilow Vladimir Welitschkow Krassimir Widenow Christo Wodenitscharow	1: 29: 24.9	7th

Date: February 26, 1988, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 294 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 44 m

16 relays at the start, all at the finish.

The goal of the Austrians was modest because of the poor shooting performance, but 6th place seemed possible. Unexpectedly, starting runner Lengauer was even in the lead, and final runner Eder managed to intercept the GDR rival Sehmisch. With a better shot performance, bronze would have been possible. The victory of the Soviet Union was safe, the FRG defeated Italy in the battle for silver.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1988 Winter Olympics (PDF; 11.1 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Austrians shot badly too . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1988, p. 18 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ «Roetsch ran away from everyone» and «OLYMPIA TOTAL». In: Sport Zürich, February 22, 1988, pp. 13 and 15.
3. ↑ Sixth place for the season would be a good end . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1988, p. 31 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ Austria's biathletes rehabilitated with fourth place . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1988, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).