# East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Uwe-Jens Mey | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 14 February |
| Gold | Jens Müller | Luge | Men's singles | 15 February |
| Gold | Steffi Walter-Martin | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February |
| Gold | Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch | Luge | Doubles | 19 February |
| Gold | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Biathlon | Individual | 20 February |
| Gold | André Hoffmann | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 20 February |
| Gold | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Biathlon | Sprint | 23 February |
| Gold | Christa Rothenburger | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 26 February |
| Gold | Katarina Witt | Figure skating | Women's singles | 27 February |
| Silver | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February |
| Silver | Uwe-Jens Mey | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 18 February |
| Silver | Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt | Luge | Doubles | 19 February |
| Silver | Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musiol | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 21 February |
| Silver | Christa Rothenburger | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 22 February |
| Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 23 February |
| Silver | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 26 February |
| Silver | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 27 February |
| Silver | Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer Bogdan Musiol Ingo Voge | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 28 February |
| Silver | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 28 February |
| Bronze | Cerstin Schmidt | Luge | Women's singles | 18 February |
| Bronze | Bernhard Lehmann Mario Hoyer | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 21 February |
| Bronze | Karin Enke-Kania | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 22 February |
| Bronze | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 23 February |
| Bronze | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 27 February |
| Bronze | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 28 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Biathlon | 6 | – | 6 |
| Bobsleigh | 10 | – | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Luge | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Nordic combined | 3 | – | 3 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Speed skating | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 53 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Frank Luck | 1 | 25:57.6 | 6 |
| 10 km Sprint | André Sehmisch | 2 | 25:52.3 | 5 |
| 10 km Sprint | Birk Anders | 2 | 25:51.8 | 4 |
| 10 km Sprint | Frank-Peter Roetsch | 1 | 25:08.1 | |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Jürgen Wirth | 57:25.9 | 3 | 1'00:25.9 | 16 |
| 20 km | Matthias Jacob | 55:20.1 | 3 | 58:20.1 | 9 |
| 20 km | André Sehmisch | 55:11.4 | 3 | 58:11.4 | 7 |
| 20 km | Frank-Peter Roetsch | 53:33.3 | 3 | 56:33.3 | |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch | 3 | 1'24:28.4 | 5 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| GDR-1 | Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musioł | Two-man | 57.06 | 1 | 59.26 | 8 | 59.45 | 1 | 58.42 | 1 | 3:54.19 | |
| GDR-2 | Bernhard Lehmann Mario Hoyer | Two-man | 57.65 | 7 | 58.67 | 2 | 59.59 | 4 | 58.73 | 3 | 3:54.64 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| GDR-1 | Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer Bogdan Musioł Ingo Voge | Four-man | 56.16 | 1 | 57.31 | 2 | 56.77 | 13 | 57.34 | 3 | 3:47.58 | |
| GDR-2 | Detlef Richter Bodo Ferl Ludwig Jahn Alexander Szelig | Four-man | 57.18 | 13 | 57.60 | 6 | 56.33 | 3 | 57.95 | 9 | 3:49.06 | 8 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km C | Holger Bauroth | 43:59.2 | 21 |
| 15 km C | Uwe Bellmann | 42:17.8 | 5 |
| 30 km C | Holger Bauroth | 1'30:03.4 | 22 |
| 30 km C | Uwe Bellmann | 1'28:37.2 | 15 |
| 50 km F | Uwe Bellmann | 2'08:18.6 | 8 |
| 50 km F | Holger Bauroth | 2'07:02.4 | 5 |
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Susann Kuhfittig | 16:41.9 | 37 |
| 5 km C | Silke Schwager-Braun | 16:22.5 | 25 |
| 5 km C | Kerstin Moring | 16:01.6 | 19 |
| 5 km C | Simone Opitz | 15:41.1 | 13 |
| 10 km C | Kerstin Moring | 32:12.8 | 25 |
| 10 km C | Susann Kuhfittig | 32:01.5 | 23 |
| 10 km C | Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 31:53.0 | 21 |
| 10 km C | Simone Opitz | 31:14.3 | 10 |
| 20 km F | Susann Kuhfittig | 1'03:05.8 | 38 |
| 20 km F | Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 59:01.2 | 15 |
| 20 km F | Kerstin Moring | 58:17.2 | 7 |
| 20 km F | Simone Opitz | 57:54.3 | 5 |
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Kerstin Moring Simone Opitz Silke Schwager-Braun Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 1'02:19.9 | 5 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Michael Huth | 21 | 25 | 23 | 45.6 | 23 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Simone Koch | 14 | 8 | 8 | 19.6 | 9 |
| Katarina Witt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Peggy Schwarz Alexander König | 11 | 6 | 11.5 | 7 |

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Michael Walter | 46.578 | 6 | 46.754 | 6 | 46.838 | 9 | 46.763 | 3 | 3:06.933 | 5 |
| Thomas Jacob | 46.426 | 4 | 46.638 | 5 | 46.433 | 1 | 46.861 | 6 | 3:06.358 | 4 |
| Jens Müller | 46.301 | 1 | 46.444 | 1 | 46.436 | 2 | 46.367 | 1 | 3:05.548 | |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch | 45.786 | 1 | 46.154 | 2 | 1:31.940 | |
| Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt | 45.886 | 2 | 46.153 | 1 | 1:32.039 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cerstin Schmidt | 46.078 | 3 | 46.020 | 1 | 46.059 | 2 | 46.024 | 3 | 3:04.181 | |
| Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | 45.906 | 2 | 46.057 | 2 | 46.150 | 3 | 45.992 | 1 | 3:04.105 | |
| Steffi Walter-Martin | 45.282 | 1 | 46.173 | 3 | 46.969 | 1 | 46.003 | 2 | 3:03.973 | |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank |
| Uwe Prenzel | Individual | 207.6 | 13 | 2:19.4 | 40:38.2 | 421.630 | 4 |
| Marko Frank | Individual | 209.4 | 10 | 2:07.4 | 41:15.6 | 416.020 | 8 |
| Thomas Prenzel | Individual | 215.5 | 5 | 1:26.7 | 41:18.1 | 415.640 | 9 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
* 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Thomas Prenzel Marko Frank Uwe Prenzel | 571.6 | 5 | 4:51.0 | 1'23:04.5 | 5 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Remo Lederer | Normal hill | 79.5 | 94.3 | 78.0 | 90.9 | 185.2 | 21 |
| Jens Weißflog | Normal hill | 81.5 | 99.5 | 80.0 | 97.1 | 196.6 | 9 |
| Jens Weißflog | Large hill | 104.5 | 95.7 | 93.5 | 76.3 | 172.0 | 31 |
| Remo Lederer | Large hill | 105.5 | 98.1 | 97.0 | 83.7 | 181.8 | 22 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Peter Adeberg | 38.11 | 28 |
| 500 m | André Hoffmann | 37.75 | 21 |
| 500 m | Uwe-Jens Mey | 36.45 WR | |
| 1000 m | André Hoffmann | 1:14.62 | 15 |
| 1000 m | Peter Adeberg | 1:14.19 | 8 |
| 1000 m | Uwe-Jens Mey | 1:13.11 | |
| 1500 m | Peter Adeberg | 1:53.57 | 8 |
| 1500 m | André Hoffmann | 1:52.06 WR | |
| 5000 m | Roland Freier | 6:51.42 | 8 |
| 10,000 m | Roland Freier | 14:19.16 | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 40.71 | 10 |
| 500 m | Angela Stahnke-Hauck | 39.68 | 4 |
| 500 m | Karin Enke-Kania | 39.24 | |
| 500 m | Christa Rothenburger | 39.12 | |
| 1000 m | Angela Stahnke-Hauck | 1:20.05 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 1:19.32 | 4 |
| 1000 m | Karin Enke-Kania | 1:17.70 | |
| 1000 m | Christa Rothenburger | 1:17.65 WR | |
| 1500 m | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann | 2:04.68 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 2:01.49 | |
| 1500 m | Karin Enke-Kania | 2:00.82 | |
| 3000 m | Karin Enke-Kania | 4:18.80 | 4 |
| 3000 m | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 4:16.92 | |
| 3000 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 4:12.09 | |
| 5000 m | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann | 7:34.59 | 7 |
| 5000 m | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | 7:21.61 | |
| 5000 m | Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich | 7:17.12 | |