# West Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Irene Epple | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Silver | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Franz Bernreiter Hans Estner Peter Angerer Gerd Winkler | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Bronze | Dagmar Lurz | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Anton Winkler | Luge | Men's individual |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Giant Slalom | 1:22.59 | 24 | 1:23.53 | 19 | 2:46.12 | 20 |
| Frank Wörndl | Giant Slalom | 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 | Slalom | 56.98 | 24 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Frank Wörndl | Slalom | 55.30 | 13 | 51.89 | 10 | 1:47.19 | 10 |
| Christian Neureuther | Slalom | 54.37 | 5 | 50.77 | 3 | 1:45.14 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Monika Bader | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.96 | 21 |
| Irene Epple | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.68 | 19 |
| Evi Mittermaier | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.26 | 17 |
| Marianne Zechmeister | Downhill | | | | | 1:39.96 | 9 |
| Regine Mösenlechner | Giant Slalom | 1:17.70 | 16 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Maria Epple | Giant Slalom | 1:16.20 | 8 | 1:29.36 | 11 | 2:45.56 | 8 |
| Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Giant Slalom | 1:15.19 | 3 | 1:27.44 | 5 | 2:42.63 | 5 |
| Irene Epple | Giant Slalom | 1:14.75 | 2 | 1:27.37 | 4 | 2:42.12 | |
| Regine Mösenlechner | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Pamela Behr | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Irene Epple | Slalom | 45.14 | 15 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | Slalom | 42.74 | 2 | 43.76 | 2 | 1:26.50 | |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Fritz Fischer | 4 | 36:29.87 | 27 |
| 10 km Sprint | Gerd Winkler | 1 | 34:24.16 | 10 |
| 10 km Sprint | 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 |
| 20 km | Alois Kanamüller | 1'11:34.80 | 6 | 1'17:34.80 | 29 |
| 20 km | Peter Angerer | 1'08:07.60 | 8 | 1'16:07.60 | 27 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Franz Bernreiter Hans Estner Peter Angerer Gerd Winkler | 2 | 1'37:30.26 | |
$^1$A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
$^2$One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

## 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Dieter Notz | 44:54.11 | 36 |
| 15 km | Peter Zipfel | 44:38.23 | 26 |
| 15 km | Wolfgang Müller | 44:02.54 | 21 |
| 15 km | Jochen Behle | 43:16.05 | 12 |
| 30 km | Peter Zipfel | 1'36:06.95 | 40 |
| 30 km | Wolfgang Müller | 1'35:37.46 | 37 |
| 30 km | Josef Schneider | 1'34:05.33 | 31 |
| 30 km | Dieter Notz | 1'31:58.27 | 22 |
| 50 km | Josef Schneider | 2'40:49.68 | 29 |
| 50 km | Franz Schöbel | 2'40:25.96 | 28 |
| 50 km | Dieter Notz | 2'37:47.41 | 22 |
| 50 km | Peter Zipfel | 2'37:09.74 | 21 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Peter Zipfel Wolfgang Müller Dieter Notz Jochen Behle | 2'00:22.74 | 4 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Karin Jäger | 16:38.47 | 32 |
| 5 km | Susi Riermeier | 16:31.07 | 31 |
| 10 km | Karin Jäger | 33:01.76 | 26 |
| 10 km | Susi Riermeier | 32:37.57 | 21 |

## Figure skating
### 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 | |

### 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
### First round - Blue Division

* Team advanced to the Final Round
* Team advanced to Consolation round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
| United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 3 |
| West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 2 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).
* Team roster
   * Bernd Englbrecht
   * Sigmund Suttner
   * Udo Kiessling
   * Harald Krüll
   * Klaus Auhuber
   * Horst-Peter Kretschmer
   * Joachim Reil
   * Peter Scharf
   * Rainer Philipp
   * Franz Reindl
   * Martin Hinterstocker
   * Uli Egen
   * Gerd Truntschka
   * Hans Zach
   * Hermann Hinterstocker
   * Ernst Höfner
   * Vladimir Vacatko
   * Martin Wild
   * Holger Meitinger
* Head coach: Hans Rampf

## 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 |
| 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 | |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | 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 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 |
| 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

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Individual | 72.5 | 78.5 | 184.9 | 18 | 50:53.7 | 191.620 | 22 | 376.520 | 20 |
| Urban Hettich | Individual | 75.0 | 71.5 | 174.2 | 23 | 48:09.0 | 216.325 | 4 | 390.525 | 14 |
| Hubert Schwarz | Individual | 81.0 | 84.5 | 219.6 | 3 | 51:54.2 | 182.545 | 23 | 402.145 | 9 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Hubert Schwarz | Normal hill | 80.0 | 113.2 | 72.0 | 95.9 | 209.1 | 25 |
| Peter Leitner | Normal hill | 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 | Large hill | 104.5 | 115.5 | 78.0 | 66.4 | 181.9 | 41 |
| Peter Leitner | Large hill | 106.0 | 116.6 | 98.0 | 104.9 | 221.5 | 18 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 1000 m | Herbert Schwarz | 1:44.23 | 39 |
| 1500 m | Herbert Schwarz | 1:59.58 | 12 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Brigitte Flierl | 45.28 | 28 |
| 500 m | Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug | 44.59 | 25 |
| 500 m | Sigrid Smuda | 44.11 | 17 |
| 1000 m | Brigitte Flierl | 1:33.61 | 33 |
| 1000 m | Sigrid Smuda | 1:30.29 | 23 |
| 1000 m | Monika Gawenus-Holzner-Pflug | 1:30.13 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Sigrid Smuda | 2:18.86 | 22 |
| 3000 m | Sigrid Smuda | 4:53.55 | 19 |