West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

 * Men

Men's combined


 * Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

 * Men


 * Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
 * Women


 * Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

 * Men


 * Women


 * Pairs


 * Ice Dancing

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
 * Udo Kiessling
 * Horst-Peter Kretschmer
 * Dieter Medicus
 * Andreas Niederberger
 * Harold Kreis
 * Manfred Schuster
 * Manfred Wolf
 * Christian Brittig
 * Peter Draisaitl
 * Georg Franz
 * Dieter Hegen
 * Georg Holzmann
 * Peter Obresa
 * Roy Roedger
 * Peter Schiller
 * Helmut Steiger
 * Gerd Truntschka
 * Bernd Truntschka
 * Joachim Reil
 * Helmut de Raaf
 * Josef Schlickenrieder
 * Karl Friesen


 * Head coach: Xaver Unsinn

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

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women