Olympic Winter Games 1998 / Participant (Germany)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olympic Games Nagano 1998.svg

GER
Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals
12 9 8th

Germany took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 125 athletes, 78 men and 47 women, in part.

Flag bearer

The cross-country skier Jochen Behle carried the flag of Germany during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

According to the medal table, the German team was the most successful nation. The most successful participant was Katja Seizinger with two gold medals, she won three medals in total, as did Gunda Niemann and Uschi Disl .

Medal table

rank sport gold silver bronze total
1 Alpine skiing Alpine skiing 3 1 2 6th
2 Luge Luge 3 1 1 5
3 biathlon biathlon 2 1 2 5
4th Speed ​​skating Speed ​​skating 2 3 1 6th
5 Snowboard Snowboard 1 1 - 2
6th Bobsleigh bob 1 - 1 2
7th Ski jumping Ski jumping - 1 - 1
Freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing - 1 - 1
9 figure skating figure skating - - 1 1
total 12 9 8th 29

Medalist

Name / s sport competition
gold
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
biathlon 4 × 7.5 km relay
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
biathlon 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Speed ​​skating 3000 m
Silke Kraushaar Luge Single seater
Georg Hackl Luge Single seater
Stefan Krausse
Jan Behrendt
Luge Two-seater
Claudia Pechstein Speed ​​skating 5000 m
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Bobsleigh Four-man bobsleigh
Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing Departure
Alpine combination
Hilde Gerg Alpine skiing slalom
Nicola Thost Snowboard halfpipe
silver
Uschi Disl biathlon 7.5 km sprint
Sven Hannawald
Martin Schmitt
Hansjörg Jäkle
Dieter Thoma
Ski jumping Team jumping large hill
Claudia Pechstein Speed ​​skating 3000 m
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Speed ​​skating 1500 m
5000 m
Heidi Renoth Snowboard Giant slalom
Barbara Niedernhuber Luge Single seater
Martina Ertl Alpine skiing Alpine combination
Tatjana Mittermayer Freestyle skiing Mogul slope
bronze
Katrin Apel biathlon 7.5 km sprint
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Bobsleigh Two-man bobsleigh
Uschi Disl biathlon 15 km individual
Anni Friesinger Speed ​​skating 3000 m
Mandy Wötzel
Ingo Steuer
figure skating Pair skating
Jens Müller Luge Single seater
Hilde Gerg Alpine skiing Alpine combination
Katja Seizinger Alpine skiing Giant slalom

Participants by sport

Biathlon pictogram.svg biathlon

In the biathlon, both four-person seasons won gold. The individual runners did not achieve a gold triumph, for the men there were no further medals, for the women there was another silver and two bronze medals.

Athletes Competitions time error rank
Women
Katrin Apel 7.5 km sprint 23: 32.4 min 1 bronze Bronze medal
Katja Beer 15 km individual 1: 01: 26.4 h 4th 39
Petra Behle 7.5 km sprint 24: 09.9 min 2 16
15 km individual 59: 29.7 min 1 27
Uschi Disl 7.5 km sprint 23: 08.7 min 1 silver Silver medal
15 km individual 55: 17.9 min 1 bronze Bronze medal
Martina Zellner 7.5 km sprint 25: 09.8 min 2 30th
15 km individual 56: 46.3 min 4th 10
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
4 × 6 km relay 1: 40: 13.6 h 11 reloads (0 + 5 0 + 6) gold gold medal
Men
Sven Fischer 10 km sprint 29: 47.1 min 2 (1 + 1) 29
20 km individual 59: 26.1 min 3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1) 16
Ricco Great 10 km sprint 29: 13.9 min 1 (0 + 1) 17th
20 km individual 58: 15.4 min 1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) 6th
Carsten Heymann 10 km sprint 30: 09.6 min 2 (0 + 2) 34
Frank Luck 10 km sprint 28: 40.3 min 1 (1 + 0) 7th
Peter Sendel 20 km individual 58: 30.3 min 1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) 8th
Jan Wüstenfeld 20 km individual 1: 01: 07.9 h 4 (0 + 0 + 2 + 2) 32
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
4 × 7.5 km relay 1: 21: 36.2 h 6 reloads (0 + 4 0 + 2) gold gold medal

Bobsleigh pictogram.svg bob

Athletes competition Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 total
time rank time rank time rank time rank time rank
Men
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Two-man bobsleigh 54.82 s 7th 54.62 s 6th 54.11 s 1 54.34 s 3 3: 37.89 min bronze Bronze medal
Dirk Wiese
Marco Jakobs
Two-man bobsleigh 54.83 s 8th 54.66 s 8th 54.63 s 11 54.76 s 13 3: 38.88 min 11
Harald Czudaj
Torsten Voss
Steffen Görmer
Alexander Szelig
Four-man bobsleigh 53.12 s 7th 53.50 s 7th 53.70 s 2 - 2: 40.32 min 8th
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Four-man bobsleigh 52.70 s 1 52.90 s 1 53.81 s 8th 2: 39.41 min gold gold medal

Curling pictogram.svg Curling

Germany took part in the curling competitions for the first time, but finished eighth and last in both tournaments.

competition Women Men
player Carina Meidele
Natalie Nessler
Andrea Schöpp (Skip)
Monika Wagner
Heike Wieländer
Oliver Axnick
Holger Höhne
Andreas Kapp (Skip)
Ulrich Kapp
Michael Schäffer
Preliminary round DenmarkDenmark Denmark 5: 6 Japan 2: 9 United States 5: 8 Norway 7: 6 Sweden 3: 8 Great Britain 5: 6 Canada 5: 8
JapanJapan 
United StatesUnited States 
NorwayNorway 
SwedenSweden 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
CanadaCanada 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4: 7 Norway 5: 7 Sweden 6: 7 Canada 6:10 United States 5: 8 Great Britain 4: 7 Japan 5: 7
NorwayNorway 
SwedenSweden 
CanadaCanada 
United StatesUnited States 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
JapanJapan 
Tiebreaker eliminated eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement 8th. 8th.

Ice hockey pictogram.svg ice Hockey

In the group stage, the German team finished second behind Belarus, and finally finished ninth with a win against Slovakia. She was trained by George Kingston .

competition Men
player Jan Benda
Brad Bergen
Thomas Brandl
Lars Brüggemann
Benoît Doucet
Peter Draisaitl
Erich Goldmann
Jochen Hecht
Dieter Hegen
Josef Heiß
Olaf Kölzig
Uwe Krupp
Daniel Kunce
Mirko Lüdemann
Andreas Lupzig
Mark MacKay
Klaus Merk
Jochen Molling
Reemt Pyka
Michael Rumrich
Marco Sturm
Stefan Ustorf
Markus Wieland
Trainer George Kingston
Preliminary round JapanJapan Japan 3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) Belarus 2: 8 (0: 2, 2: 3, 0: 3) France 2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0 )
BelarusBelarus 
FranceFrance 
Intermediate round eliminated
Quarter finals
Semifinals
final
Play for 9th place SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 4: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0)
placement 9.

Figure skating pictogram.svg figure skating

Athletes Competitions Short program Compulsory dance Original dance Freestyle / freestyle dance total
rank rank rank rank rating rank
Mixed
Kati Winkler
René Lohse
Ice dance - 11 9 10 19.8 10
Mandy Wötzel
Ingo Steuer
Pair skating 2 - 3 4.0 bronze Bronze medal
Peggy Schwarz
Mirko Müller
Pair skating 9 8th 12.5 9

Speed ​​skating pictogram.svg Speed ​​skating

The German women were the measure of all things in speed skating, especially over the longer distances. After the 3000 meter run, only German participants stood on the winner's podium, Gunda Niemann set a new Olympic record over this distance. Claudia Pechstein even set a new world record over 5000 meters, which she was able to secure in an exciting fight against Gunda Niemann.

Athletes Competitions Run 1 Run 2 total
time rank time rank time rank
Women
Anke Baier-Loef 500 m 39.73 s 16 39.75 s 16 1: 19.48 min 15th
1000 m - 1: 19.42 min 16
Anni Friesinger 1500 m - 1: 59.20 min 5
3000 m 4: 09.44 min bronze
Monique Garbrecht 500 m 39.11 s 7th 39.34 s 10 1: 18.45 min 8th
1000 m - 1: 18.76 min 10
Gunda Niemann 1500 m - 1: 58.66 min silver
3000 m 4: 07.29 min OR gold
5000 m 6: 59.65 min silver
Claudia Pechstein 1500 m - 1: 59.46 min 7th
3000 m 4: 08.47 min silver
5000 m 6: 59.61 min WR gold
Franziska Schenk 500 m 38.88 s 5 38.57 s 4th 1: 17.45 min 4th
1000 m - DNF
Sabine Völker 500 m 39.19 s 10 39.00 s 6th 1: 18.19 min 7th
1000 m - 1: 17.54 min 4th
Heike Warnicke 5000 m - 7: 30.83 min 14th
Men
Peter Adeberg 500 m 36.92 s 31 DNF
1000 m - 1: 11.90 min 9
1500 m 1: 51.50 min 13
Alexander Baumgartel 5000 m - 6: 39.44 min 13
10,000 m 13: 48.44 min 10
Christian Breuer 500 m 36.78 s 26th 36.41 s 17th 1: 13.19 min 19th
1000 m - 1: 12.33 min 16
1500 m 1: 50.96 min 9
Frank Dittrich 1500 m - 1: 53.64 min 33
5000 m 6: 32.17 min 5
10,000 m 13: 36.58 min 6th
Michael Künzel 500 m 36.56 s 15th 36.19 s 8th 1: 12.75 min 11
René Taubenrauch 1500 m - 1: 54.91 min 38
5000 m 6: 35.21 min 6th
10,000 m 13: 52.10 min 11

Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing

Athletes Competitions qualification final rank
Points rank Points rank
Women
Tatjana Mittermayer Mogul slope 23.07 3 24.62 2 silver Silver medal
Sandra Schmitt Mogul slope 22.11 6th 23.67 9 9
Gabriele Rauscher Mogul slope 22.63 12 23.59 11 11

Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combination

Athletes competition Ski jumping Cross-country skiing rank
1st round 2nd round total time rank
Expanse Points rank Expanse Points rank Points rank
Men
Ronny Ackermann Single normal hill 84.0 m 103.5 3 85.5 m 106.0 17th 209.5 18th 43: 52.9 12 12
Josef Buchner Single normal hill 83.0 m 99.5 31 84.0 m 103.5 23 203.0 26th DNS
Jens Deimel Single normal hill 88.5 m 113.5 23 87.0 m 107.5 16 221.0 10 43: 56.3 13 13
Matthias Loess Single normal hill 75.5 m 83.0 44 85.0 m 104.0 21st 187.0 41 46: 54.2 32 32
Ronny Ackermann
Josef Buchner
Jens Deimel
Thorsten Schmitt
Team competition 347.0 m 429.0 7th 347.0 m 432.0 7th 861.0 7th 55: 07.0 6th 6th

Luge pictogram.svg Luge

athlete competition Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 total
time rank time rank time rank time rank time rank
Women
Susi Erdmann Single seater 51.475 s 4th 51,348 s 5 50.895 s 3 50.731 s 5 3: 24.449 min 4th
Silke Kraushaar Single seater 51.197 s 1 51.178 s 2 50.787 s 1 50.617 s 2 3: 23.779 min gold gold medal
Barbara Niedernhuber Single seater 51.216 s 2 51.103 s 1 50.837 s 2 50.625 s 3 3: 23.781 min silver Silver medal
Men
Karsten Albert Single seater 50.353 s 12 50.172 s 13 50.080 s 11 50.499 s 17th 3: 21.104 min 12
Georg Hackl Single seater 49.619 s 1 49.573 s 1 49.614 s 1 49.630 s 1 3: 18.436 min gold gold medal
Jens Müller Single seater 49,954 s 4th 49,700 s 3 49.729 s 2 49.710 s 2 3: 19.093 min bronze Bronze medal
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
Two-seater 50.592 s 1 50.513 s 3 - 1: 41.105 min gold gold medal
Steffen Skel
Steffen Wöller
Two-seater 51.408 s 10 50.816 s 6th 1: 42.224 min 8th

Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track

For the first time, Germany was represented on the short track for both women and men, but did not do well. Only the women's relay made it to the final.

Athletes Competitions leader Quarter finals Semifinals final rank
time rank time rank time rank time rank
Women
Susanne Busch 500 m 1: 30.607 min 4th eliminated 25th
1000 m 1: 38.379 min 3 eliminated 19th
Yvonne Kunze 500 m 46.887 s 3 eliminated 15th
1000 m 1: 44.870 min 3 eliminated 25th
Susanne Busch
Anne Eckner
Yvonne Kunze
Katrin Weber
3000 m relay - 4: 38.776 min 4th B final:
4: 37.110 min
4th 8th
Men
Arian neighbor 500 m 44,882 s 3 eliminated 22nd
1000 m 1: 32.493 min 3 eliminated 17th

Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing

While the women shone in many ways and even took all medal ranks in the Alpine Combined, the only male participant had no luck and could not finish either of the two races.

Athletes Competitions 1st run 2nd run total
time rank time rank time rank
Women
Monika Bergmann Alpine combination 1: 33.35 min 21st 1: 12.49 min 6th 2: 45.84 min 12
Super G 47.78 s 19th 47.21 s 6th 1: 34.99 min 9
Martina Ertl Alpine combination 1: 29.76 min 4th 1: 11.16 min 1 2: 40.92 min silver
Giant slalom 1: 20.38 min 7th 1: 32.34 min 3 2: 52.72 min 4th
slalom 46.22 s 5 46.69 s 3 1: 32.91 min 4th
Super G - 1: 18.46 min 7th
Hilde Gerg Departure - 1: 29.96 min 9
Alpine combination 1: 29.92 min 7th 1: 11.58 min 2 2: 41.50 min bronze
Giant slalom 1: 21.45 min 13 1: 34.44 min 13 2: 55.89 min 13
slalom 45.89 s 2 46.51 s 1 1: 32.40 min gold
Super G - 1: 18.59 min 10
Regina Häusl Departure - DNF
Giant slalom 1: 26.37 min 32 1: 38.20 min 29 3: 04.57 min 30th
Super G - 1: 18.27 min 4th
Katrin Gutensohn Departure - 1: 29.96 min 9
Katja Seizinger Departure - 1: 28.89 min gold
Alpine combination 1: 28.52 min 1 1: 12.22 min 5 2: 40.74 min gold
Giant slalom 1: 20.19 min 5 1: 32.42 min 4th 2: 52.61 min bronze
Super G - 1: 18.44 min 6th
Men
Markus Eberle Giant slalom 1: 24.01 min 26th DNF
slalom DNF

Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing

Athletes Competitions time rank
Women
Constanze Blum 5 km classic 19:02.4 min 30th
10 km freestyle pursuit 49: 05.5 min 26th
15 km classic 50: 30.3 min 21st
30 km freestyle 1: 31: 52.9 h 31
Manuela Henkel 15 km classic 51: 53.4 min 36
30 km freestyle DNF
Anke Schulze 5 km classic 19: 14.7 min 37
10 km freestyle pursuit 49: 30.4 min 31
15 km classic 51: 54.0 min 38
30 km freestyle 1:30: 54.6 h
Kati Wilhelm 5 km classic 18: 56.9 min 26th
10 km freestyle pursuit 49: 31.0 min 32
30 km freestyle 1: 28: 27.7 h 16
Sigrid Wille 5 km classic 19: 15.6 min 38
10 km freestyle pursuit 51: 52.1 min 54
15 km classic 51: 19.3 min 28
Kati Wilhelm
Manuela Henkel
Constanze Blum
Anke Schulze
4 × 5 km relay 56: 55.4 min 5
Men
Jochen Behle 10 km classic 29: 55.9 min 40
15 km freestyle pursuit DNS
30 km classic DNF
Johann Mühlegg 10 km classic 29: 12.3 min 27
15 km freestyle pursuit 1: 09: 12.3 h 17th
50 km freestyle 2:07:25.3 h 7th
Torald Rein 30 km classic 1: 49: 06.7 h 57
Andreas Schluetter 10 km classic 28: 48.0 min 16
15 km freestyle pursuit 1:08:32.3 h 12
30 km classic 1: 40: 27.1 h 21st
50 km freestyle 2: 17: 52.1 h 36
René Sommerfeldt 10 km classic 29: 52.5 min 38
15 km freestyle pursuit 1: 11: 13.5 h 29
30 km classic DNS
50 km freestyle 2: 16: 19.9 h 26th
Andreas Schlütter
Jochen Behle
René Sommerfeldt
Johann Mühlegg
4 × 10 km relay 1: 43: 16.1 h 8th

Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping

Athletes competition 1st round 2nd round total
Expanse Points rank Expanse Points rank Points rank
Men
Sven Hannawald Normal hill 83.5 m 103.0 13 84.0 m 104.5 10 207.5 14th
Large hill 92.0 m 61.1 57 eliminated
Hansjörg Jäkle Normal hill 82.0 m 99.5 19th 82.5 m 101.0 17th 200.5 17th
Large hill 92.0 m 61.1 57 eliminated
Martin Schmitt Normal hill 82.0 m 100.0 18th 82.0 m 99.5 19th 199.5 19th
Large hill 118.5 m 112.3 11 123.0 m 121.4 11 233.7 14th
Dieter Thoma Normal hill 84.5 m 106.0 12 83.0 m 102.5 15th 208.5 13
Large hill 114.0 m 105.2 22nd 128.0 m 130.4 6th 235.6 12
Sven Hannawald
Hansjörg Jäkle
Martin Schmitt
Dieter Thoma
Large hill team 449.5 m 401.1 2 498.5 m 496.3 2 897.4 silver Silver medal

Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboard

In 1998 snowboarding was Olympic for the first time. Germany immediately won two medals.

Athletes Competitions qualification final rank
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 total
Points rank Points rank Points rank Points rank Points
Women
Sandra Farmand halfpipe 22.1 25th DNF eliminated 26th
Nicola Thost halfpipe 30.6 13 37.4 1 37.50 2 37.10 2 74.60 gold
Sabine Wehr-Hasler halfpipe 29.5 15th 30.5 11 eliminated 15th
Men
Xaver Hoffmann halfpipe 28.3 32 38.2 9 eliminated 17th
Athletes Competitions Run 1 Run 2 total
time rank time rank time rank
Women
Sandra Farmand Giant slalom 1: 14.39 min 10 1: 08.71 min 12 2: 23.10 min 9
Burgi Heckmair Giant slalom DNF eliminated
Heidi Renoth Giant slalom 1: 14.39 min 10 1: 08.71 min 12 2: 19.17 min silver
Men
Bernd Kroschewski Giant slalom 1: 03.53 min 23 DSQ
Dieter Moherndl Giant slalom 1: 03.03 min 19th 1: 07.00 min 12 2: 10.03 min 14th

Web links