Olympic Winter Games 1994 / Participant (Germany)

GER

9	7th	8th

Germany took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, with a delegation of 112 athletes, 79 men and 33 women.

The biathlete Mark Kirchner carried the flag of Germany during the opening ceremony in the ski jumping stadium.

Medals

The German team took third place in the medal table . The most successful participants were Markus Wasmeier and Jens Weißflog , each with two gold medals.

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Alpine skiing	3	1	-	4th
2	Ski jumping	2	-	1	3
3	biathlon	1	3	2	6th
4th	Speed ​​skating	1	2	3	6th
5	Luge	1	1	1	3
6th	bob	1	-	1	2
total		9	7th	8th	24

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	biathlon	Men 4 × 7.5 km relay
Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig	bob	Four-man bobsleigh
Claudia Pechstein	Speed ​​skating	5000 m
Georg Hackl	Luge	Single seater
Markus Wasmeier	Alpine skiing	Super G
		Giant slalom
Katja Seizinger	Alpine skiing	Departure
Jens Weißflog	Ski jumping	Large hill
Jens Weißflog Dieter Thoma Hansjörg Jäkle Christof Duffner	Ski jumping	Team jumping
silver
Ricco Great	biathlon	10 km sprint
Frank Luck	biathlon	20 km individual
Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	biathlon	4 × 7.5 km relay
Anke Baier	Speed ​​skating	1000 m
Gunda Niemann	Speed ​​skating	5000 m
Susi Erdmann	Luge	Single seater
Martina Ertl	Alpine skiing	Giant slalom
bronze
Sven Fischer	biathlon	20 km individual
Uschi Disl	biathlon	15 km individual
Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach	bob	Four-man bobsleigh
Franziska Schenk	Speed ​​skating	500 m
Gunda Niemann	Speed ​​skating	1500 m
Claudia Pechstein	Speed ​​skating	3000 m
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Luge	Two-seater
Dieter Thoma	Ski jumping	Normal hill

Participants by sport

biathlon

Both the men and women built on the successes of the last Winter Olympics, so both seasons won medals and there were three individual medals.

Athletes	Competitions	time	error	rank
Women
Uschi Disl	7.5 km sprint	27: 04.1 min	2 (1 + 1)	13
	15 km individual	53: 15.3 min	3 (2 + 0 + 0 + 1)	bronze
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	7.5 km sprint	26: 46.5 min	3 (3 + 0)	8th
	15 km individual	58: 06.5 min	7 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2)	36
Antje Harvey	7.5 km sprint	27: 46.5 min	3 (0 + 3)	26th
	15 km individual	54: 12.4 min	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	9
Petra Schaaf	7.5 km sprint	26: 33.6 min	2 (2 + 0)	5
	15 km individual	54: 52.9 min	5 (2 + 2 + 0 + 1)	15th
Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	4 × 6 km relay	1: 51: 16.5 h	6 (3 + 3)	silver
Men
Sven Fischer	10 km sprint	29: 16.0 min	1 (1 + 0)	7th
	20 km individual	57: 41.9 min	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	bronze
Ricco Great	10 km sprint	28: 13.0 min	0 (0 + 0)	silver
Mark Kirchner	10 km sprint	29: 51.7 min	2 (1 + 1)	12
	20 km individual	59: 16.4 min	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)	7th
Frank Luck	10 km sprint	29: 09.7 min	2 (1 + 1)	6th
	20 km individual	57: 28.7 min	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	silver
Jens Steinigen	20 km individual	58: 18.1 min	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)	5
Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	4 × 7.5 km relay	1: 30: 22.1 h	0 (0 + 0)	gold

bob

Germany won two medals in the four-man bobsleigh this time, and missed the medal ranks in the two-man bobsleigh.

Athletes	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Josef Dostthaler Bogdan Musiol	Two-man bobsleigh	53.02 s	14th	53.48 s	15th	53.10 s	10	53.24 s	6th	3: 32.84 min	12
Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann	Two-man bobsleigh	52.74 s	7th	53.09 s	5	52.76 s	3	53.19 s	4th	3: 31.78 min	4th
Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig	Four-man bobsleigh	51.67 s	1	51.88 s	2	52.07 s	2	52.16 s	3	3: 27.78 min	gold
Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach	Four-man bobsleigh	51.82 s	5	51.91 s	3	52.14 s	3	52.14 s	2	3: 28.01 min	bronze

ice Hockey

After they were able to take second place in the group stage, the German team clearly lost to the later gold winners from Sweden in the quarter-finals and ultimately took seventh place among twelve teams. She was trained by Luděk Bukač and Franz Reindl .

competition	Men
player	Rick Amann Jan Benda Thomas Brandl Benoît Doucet Georg Franz Jörg Handrick Dieter Hegen Josef Heiß Uli Hiemer Raimund Hilger Torsten Kienass Wolfgang Kummer Mirko Lüdemann Jörg Mayr Klaus Merk Jayson Meyer Andreas Niederberger Helmut de Raaf Michael Rumrich Alexander Serikow Leo Stefan Bernd Truntschka Stefan Ustorf
Trainer	Luděk Bukač
Preliminary round	Austria 4: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 3: 2) Norway 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) Czech Republic 0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1 ) Russia 4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) Finland 1: 7 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 2)
Quarter finals	Sweden 0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)
Placement round	Slovakia 5: 6 a.d. (3: 0, 0: 3, 2: 2, 0: 1)
Game for 7th place	United States 4: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)
placement	7th

figure skating

Katarina Witt celebrated her comeback in Lillehammer. Although she was unable to build on her old successes, she, like Tanja Szewczenko, took a single-digit position. The couples were less successful.

Athletes	Competitions	Compulsory dance 1		Compulsory dance 2		Original dance		Short program		Freestyle / freestyle dance		total
		rating	rank	rating	rank	rating	rank	rating	rank	rating	rank	rating	rank
Women
Tanja Szewczenko	singles	-						2.5	5	6.0	6th	8.5	6th
Katarina Witt	singles							3.0	6th	8.0	8th	11.0	7th
Mixed
Jennifer Goolsbee Hendryk Schamberger	Ice dance	1.8	9	1.8	9	5.4	9	-		9.0	9	18.0	9
Anuschka glasses Axel Rauschenbach	Pair skating	-						6.0	12	13.0	13	19.0	13
Peggy Schwarz Alexander King	Pair skating							3.5	7th	8.0	8th	11.5	7th
Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer	Pair skating							4.0	8th	DNF

Speed ​​skating

The German women won at least one medal over all five distances. Franziska Schenk was only one hundredth of a second ahead of fourth place over 500 meters, and missed bronze by three hundredths of a second over 1000 meters. The men were far less successful, with only two runners achieving single-digit placements.

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Women
Ulrike Adeberg	1500 m	2: 06.40 min	14th
Anke Baier	500 m	40.59 s	15th
	1000 m	1: 20.12 min	silver
	1500 m	2: 05.97 min	11
Monique Garbrecht	500 m	39.95 s	6th
	1000 m	1: 20.32 min	5
Angela Hauck	500 m	40.38 s	12
	1000 m	1: 20.93 min	12
Gunda Niemann	1500 m	2: 03.41 min	bronze
	3000 m	DNF
	5000 m	7: 14.88 min	silver
Claudia Pechstein	3000 m	4: 18.34 min	bronze
	5000 m	7: 14.37 min	gold
Franziska Schenk	500 m	39.70 s	bronze
	1000 m	1: 20.25 min	4th
Heike Warnicke	1500 m	2: 09.53 min	26th
	3000 m	4: 28.43 min	15th
Men
Peter Adeberg	500 m	37.35 s	18th
	1000 m	1: 14.15 min	13
	1500 m	1: 53.50 min	6th
Alexander Baumgartel	5000 m	6: 59.64 min	23
Frank Dittrich	5000 m	6: 52.27 min	8th
	10,000 m	14:04:33 min	6th
Lars Funke	500 m	37.80 s	28
	1000 m	1: 15.44 min	28
Thomas Kumm	1500 m	1: 55.35 min	19th
	5000 m	7: 02.18 min	29
Michael Spielmann	500 m	38.58 s	39
	1000 m	1: 15.41 min	27
	1500 m	1: 55.36 min	20th
Olaf Zinke	5000 m	1: 54.66 min	13

Freestyle skiing

After the moguls became officially Olympic in 1992, jumping was added in 1994. In both disciplines, one starter made it into the top ten.

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Birgit Stein	Mogul slope	21.39	20th	eliminated		20th
Tatjana Mittermayer	Mogul slope	23.81	7th	24.43	6th	6th
Sonja Reichart	Aerials	38.00	22nd	eliminated		22nd
Elfie Simchen	Aerials	146.70	10	136.46	9	9
Men
Klaus Weese	Mogul slope	22.67	23	eliminated		23

Nordic combination

Just like two years before, Germany was a long way off the medal ranks in Lillehammer.

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping		Cross-country skiing		rank
		Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Thomas Abratis	Gundersen competition normal hill	194.0	24	46: 48.7 min	22nd	22nd
Roland Braun	Gundersen competition normal hill	209.0	12	47: 30.0 min	35	35
Thomas Dufter	Gundersen competition normal hill	197.5	21st	46: 48.8 min	23	23
Falk Schwaar	Gundersen competition normal hill	168.5	44	49: 36.8 min	42	42
Thomas Abratis Thomas Dufter Roland Braun	Team competition	595.0	8th	1: 38: 25.4 h	10	10

Luge

This time Germany won a gold, silver and bronze medal in tobogganing.

athlete	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Jana Bode	Single seater	50.099 s	18th	49.296 s	7th	49.467 s	14th	49.239 s	3	3: 18.101 min	14th
Susi Erdmann	Single seater	48,989 s	4th	48.893 s	2	49.340 s	11	49.054 s	2	3: 16.276 min	silver
Gabriele Kohlisch	Single seater	48.988 s	3	49.323 s	9	49,301 s	6th	49.585 s	15th	3: 17.197 min	6th
Men
Alexander construction	Single seater	51.020 s	14th	51.078 s	13	50.885 s	14th	51.430 s	17th	3: 24.413 min	15th
Georg Hackl	Single seater	50.296 s	1	50.560 s	1	50.224 s	2	50.491 s	2	3: 21.571 min	gold
Jens Müller	Single seater	50.563 s	5	50.858 s	9	50.297 s	3	50.862 s	11	3: 22.580 min	8th
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Two-seater	48,364 s	3	48.581 s	3	-				1: 36.945 min	bronze
Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Two-seater	49.217 s	15th	49.091 s	12					1: 38.308 min	14th

Alpine skiing

There was light and shadow for the women: Katja Seizinger, who would later become Sportswoman of the Year , won gold in downhill skiing, but was unable to successfully complete the other three competitions. Markus Wasmeier was the most successful in the men with two gold medals, other starters were eliminated early.

Athletes	Competitions	1st run		2nd run		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Martina Ertl	Departure	-				1: 37.10 min	4th
	Alpine combination	1: 29.38 min	13	1: 39.40 min	6th	3: 08.78 min	5
	Giant slalom	1: 21.34 min	5	1: 10.85 min	2	2: 32.19 min	silver
	slalom	1: 01.23 min	16	58.42 s	15th	1: 59.65 min	14th
Hilde Gerg	Alpine combination	1: 29.02 min	9	1: 41.08 min	11	3: 10.10 min	8th
	Giant slalom	1: 21.00 min	2	DNF
	slalom	1: 02.48 min	26th	DNF
	Super G	-				1: 23.63 min	18th
Michaela Gerg-Leitner	Super G	-				1: 25.19 min	31
Katharina Gutensohn	Departure	-				1: 38.14 min	18th
	Super G					1: 22.84 min	6th
Christina Meier-Höck	Giant slalom	1: 22.02 min	11	1: 13.20 min	11	2: 35.22 min	10
Edda mother	slalom	DNF
Katja Seizinger	Departure	-				1: 35.93 min	gold
	Alpine combination	1: 27.28 min	1	DNF
	Giant slalom	1: 21.62 min	7th	DNF
	Super G	DNF
Miriam Vogt	Departure	-				1: 37.86 min	12
	Alpine combination	1: 29.61 min	15th	1: 40.53 min	9	3: 10.14 min	9
	slalom	DNF
Men
Tobias Barnerssoi	Alpine combination	1: 40.56 min	33	1: 41.93 min	14th	3: 22.49 min	14th
	Giant slalom	1: 29.96 min	15th	1: 24.53 min	13	2: 54.49 min	15th
	Super G	DNF
Bernhard Bauer	slalom	DNF
Armin Bittner	slalom	DNF
Peter Roth	slalom	1: 01.84 min	3	DNF
Hansjörg Tauscher	Departure	-				1: 47.30 min	25th
	Super G					1: 34.71 min	21st
Markus Wasmeier	Departure	-				1: 48.53 min	36
	Alpine combination	1: 39.04 min	20th	DNF
	Giant slalom	1: 28.71 min	3	1: 23.75 min	3	2: 52.46 min	gold
	Super G	-				1: 32.53 min	gold

Cross-country skiing

Germany was only represented by male athletes in cross-country skiing. The season of four was by far the most successful, but it clearly missed the medal ranks with a gap of around two minutes.

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Women
Jochen Behle	10 km classic	25: 29.4 min	11
	10/15 km pursuit	38: 03.1 min	14th
	50 km classic	DNF
Johann Mühlegg	10 km classic	25: 50.6 min	17th
	10/15 km pursuit	36: 42.1 min	8th
	30 km freestyle	1: 15: 42.8 h	9
Janko Neuber	10 km classic	27: 27.4 min	61
	10/15 km pursuit	38: 12.6 min	35
	30 km freestyle	1: 19: 57.5 h	33
	50 km classic	DNF
Torald Rein	10 km classic	26: 38.7 min	32
	10/15 km pursuit	39: 24.3 min	38
Peter Schlickenrieder	30 km freestyle	1: 20: 08.8 h	35
	50 km classic	2: 25: 22.4 h	56
Torald Rein Jochen Behle Peter Schlickenrieder Johann Mühlegg	4 × 10 km relay	1: 44: 26.7 h	4th

Ski jumping

The German ski jumpers were able to make up for the defeat in Albertville, twice gold was won, once bronze. They were the only medals that Germany won in Nordic skiing. Jens Weißflog missed the bronze medal on the normal hill by half a point.

Athletes	competition	1st round			2nd round			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Christof Duffner	Normal hill	88.5 m	110.5	29	92.5 m	119.0	14th	229.5	18th
	Large hill	122.5 m	120.5	6th	107.5 m	92.5	14th	213.0	11
Hansjörg Jäkle	Normal hill	109.0 m	94.2	18th	99.5 m	75.6	27	169.8	24
Gerd Siegmund	Normal hill	94.5 m	123.5	8th	92.0 m	119.5	12	243.0	11
Dieter Thoma	Normal hill	98.5 m	127.5	7th	102.5 m	133.0	2	260.5	bronze
	Large hill	112.5 m	102.0	15th	106.5 m	90.7	15th	192.7	15th
Jens Weißflog	Normal hill	98.0 m	132.0	5	96.5 m	128.0	5	260.0	4th
	Large hill	129.5 m	134.1	2	133.0 m	140.4	1	274.5	gold
Jens Weißflog Dieter Thoma Hansjörg Jäkle Christof Duffner	Large hill team	-	486.8	1	-	483.3	1	970.1	gold

Web links

• Team list on www.sports-reference.com