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(Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the

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. Following

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in 1990, a single German team would compete in the

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Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing

;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined

Biathlon

;Men ;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay ¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Men C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs ;Ice Dancing

Ice hockey

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round. * West Germany 2-1 Czechoslovakia * West Germany 7-3 Norway * Austria 1-3 West Germany * West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union * West Germany 4-1 USA

Final round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over. * Finland 8-0 West Germany * Canada 8-1 West Germany * Sweden 3-2 West Germany

Leading scorers

Team roster :*

Ron Fischer Ronald Alexander Fischer (born April 12, 1959) is a Canadian-born German former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played eighteen games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres between the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons, reco ...

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:* Horst-Peter Kretschmer :*

Dieter Medicus Dieter Medicus (9 May 1929 – 6 June 2015) was a German jurist. Until his retirement in 1994 he was professor of Private Law and history of Ancient law at the University of Munich. Life Medicus was born 1929 in Berlin. His father was a chemist ...

:* Andreas Niederberger :*

Harold Kreis Harold Kreis (born January 19, 1959) is a German-Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional player. He is a member of the German ice hockey hall of fame. Playing career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Kreis played junior ice hockey ...

:* Manfred Schuster :* Manfred Wolf :* Christian Brittig :*

Peter Draisaitl Peter Draisaitl (born 7 December 1965) is a German former professional ice hockey centre, and head coach. He is the current head coach of Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL2. He was previously the head coach of Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the Deu ...

:* Georg Franz :*

Dieter Hegen Dieter Hegen (born April 29, 1962 in Kaufbeuren, West Germany) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Eishockey-Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Playing career Hegen began playing for his hometown ...

:* Georg Holzmann :* Peter Obresa :* Roy Roedger :* Peter Schiller :* Helmut Steiger :* Gerd Truntschka :* Bernd Truntschka :* Joachim Reil :* Helmut de Raaf :* Josef Schlickenrieder :*

Karl Friesen Karl Heinz Friesen (born June 30, 1958) is a Canadian-born German former professional ice hockey goaltender. Friesen spent most of his career in Germany, playing in the Eishockey-Bundesliga and Deutsche Eishockey Liga, but he also played four ga ...

*Head coach:

Xaver Unsinn Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the Germany men's national ice hockey team, German national tea ...

Luge

;Men (Men's) Doubles ;Women

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.) 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.)

Ski jumping

;Men's team large hill ¹Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

;Men ;Women

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database

1988 Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics Germany, West

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