East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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East Germany at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of East Germany.svg
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September2 October 1988
Competitors259 (157 men, 102 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ulf Timmermann
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
37
Silver
35
Bronze
30
Total
102
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports.[1] The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.[2]

Medalists[]

East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold medals and 102 medals overall.

Gold[]

Silver[]

  • Ronald Weigel — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
  • Ronald Weigel — Athletics, men's 50 km walk
  • Torsten Voss — Athletics, men's decathlon
  • Petra Müller — Athletics, women's 400 metres
  • Christine Wachtel — Athletics, women's 800 metres
  • Gloria Siebert — Athletics, women's 100 m hurdles
  • Silke Möller, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr and Ingrid Lange— Athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relay
  • Heike Drechsler — Athletics, women's long jump
  • Kathrin Neimke — Athletics, women's shot put
  • Diana Gansky — Athletics, women's discus throw
  • Sabine John — Athletics, women's heptathlon
  • Andreas Tews — Boxing, men's flyweight
  • Andreas Stähle — Canoeing, men's K1 500 m kayak singles
  • Jörg Schmidt — Canoeing, men's C1 1000 m Canadian singles
  • Olaf Heukrodt and Ingo Spelly — Canoeing, men's C2 1000 m Canadian pairs
  • Birgit Fischer — Canoeing, women's K1 500 m kayak singles
  • Carsten Wolf, Steffen Blochwitz, Roland Hennig and Dirk Meier — Cycling, men's 4000 m team pursuit
  • Christa Luding-Rothenburger — Cycling, women's sprint
  • Udo Wagner — Fencing, men's foil individual
  • Sylvio Kroll — Gymnastics, men's long horse vault
  • Ralf Büchner, Holger Behrendt, Ulf Hoffmann, Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt and Andreas Wecker — Gymnastics, men's team combined exercises
  • Dagmar Kersten — Gymnastics, women's asymmetrical bars
  • Sven Loll — Judo, men's lightweight (71 kg)
  • Henry Stöhr — Judo, men's heavyweight (+95 kg)
  • Mario Streit, Detlef Kirchhoff and René Rensch — Rowing, men's coxed pairs
  • Ralf Schumann — Shooting, men's rapid-fire pistol
  • Frank Baltrusch — Swimming, men's 200 m backstroke
  • Patrick Kühl — Swimming, men's 200 m individual medley
  • Steffen Zesner, Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming and Sven Lodziewski — Swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
  • Heike Friedrich — Swimming, women's 400 m freestyle
  • Astrid Strauss — Swimming, women's 800 m freestyle
  • Kathrin Zimmermann — Swimming, women's 200 m backstroke
  • Birte Weigang — Swimming, women's 100 m butterfly
  • Birte Weigang — Swimming, women's 200 m butterfly
  • Ingo Steinhöfel — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (75 kg)

Bronze[]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's competition[]

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Hansjörg Kunze
    1. Heat — 13:44.34
    2. Semifinal — 13:23.04
    3. Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's marathon

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's 3.000 m steeplechase

  • Hagen Melzer
  1. Heat — 8:36.45
  2. Semifinal — 8:16.27
  3. Final — 8:19.82 (→ 10th place)

Men's javelin throw

  • Gerald Weiss
    • Qualification — 79.16m
    • Final — 81.30 m (→ 6th place)
  • Silvio Warsönke
    • Qualification — 78.22m (→ did not advance)
  • Detlef Michel
    • Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

  • Jürgen Schult
    • Qualifying heat – 64.70 m
    • Final – 68.82m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)

Men's shot put

  • Ulf Timmermann
    • Qualifying heat – 21.27m
    • Final – 22.47m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Udo Beyer
    • Qualifying heat – 20.97m
    • Final – 21.40 m (→ 4th place)

Men's hammer throw

  • Ralf Haber
    • Qualifying heat — 78.16m
    • Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place)
  • Günther Rodehau
    • Qualifying heat — 78.12m
    • Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place)

Men's decathlon

  • Christian Schenk — 8488 points (→ Gold Gold medal))
  1. 100 metres — 11.25s
  2. Long jump — 7.43m
  3. Shot put — 15.48m
  4. High jump — 2.27m
  5. 400 metres — 48.90 s
  6. 110 m hurdles — 15.13s
  7. Discus throw — 49.28m
  8. Pole vault — 4.70 m
  9. Javelin throw — 61.32m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s
  • Torsten Voss — 8399 points (→ Silver Silver medal))
  1. 100 metres — 10.87s
  2. Long jump — 7.45m
  3. Shot put — 14.97m
  4. High jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 47.71s
  6. 110 m hurdles — 14.46s
  7. Discus throw — 44.36m
  8. Pole vault — 5.10 m
  9. Javelin throw — 61.76m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s
  • Uwe Freimuth — 7860 points (→ 18th place)
  1. 100 metres — 11.57s
  2. Long jump — 7.00 m
  3. Shot put — 15.60 m
  4. High jump — 1.94m
  5. 400 metres — 49.84s
  6. 110 m hurdles — 15.04s
  7. Discus throw — 46.66m
  8. Pole vault — 4.90 m
  9. Javelin throw — 60.20 m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s

Men's 20 km walk

  • Ronald Weigel
    • Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver medal)
  • Axel Noack
    • Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km walk

  • Ronald Weigel
    • Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver Silver medal)
  • Hartwig Gauder
    • Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
  • Dietmar Meisch
    • Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition[]

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Women's marathon

  • Katrin Dörre – 2"26:21 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
  • – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's discus throw

  • Martina Hellmann
    • Qualification – 67.12m
    • Final – 72.30 m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Diana Gansky
    • Qualification – 65.40 m
    • Final – 71.88m (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)
  • Gabriele Reinsch
    • Qualification – 66.88m
    • Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)

Women's javelin throw

  • Petra Felke
    • Qualification – 67.06m
    • Final – 74.68m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Beate Koch
    • Qualification – 66.86m
    • Final – 67.30 m (→ Med 3.png Bronze medal)
  • Silke Renk
    • Qualification – 63.64m
    • Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)

Women's shot put

  • Kathrin Neimke
    • Qualification – 20.18m
    • Final – 21.07m (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)
  • Ines Müller
    • Qualification – 19.79m
    • Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place)
  • Heike Hartwig
    • Qualification – 20.06m
    • Final – 20.20 m (→ 6th place)

Women's heptathlon

  • Sabine John
    • Final result — 6897 points (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)
  • Anke Behmer
    • Final result — 6858 points (→ Med 3.png Bronze medal)
  • Ines Schulz
    • Final result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
  • Olaf Ludwig
Women's road race
  • Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place)
  • Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's sprint
  • Christa Rothenburger-Luding

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.[3]

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Handball[]

Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 m freestyle

  • Steffen Zesner
    1. Heat – 50.73
    2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
  • Sven Lodziewski
    1. Heat – 50.77
    2. B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

  • Steffen Zesner
    1. Heat – 1:49.13
    2. Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place)
  • Thomas Flemming
    1. Heat – 1:49.52
    2. B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

  • Uwe Dassler
    1. Heat – 3:49.90
    2. Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Jörg Hoffmann
    1. Heat – 3:53.78
    2. B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

  • Uwe Dassler
    1. Heat – 15:08.91
    2. Final – 15:06.15 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
  • Jörg Hoffmann
    1. Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Frank Baltrusch
    1. Heat – 56.45
    2. Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place)
  • Dirk Richter
    1. Heat – 56.52
    2. B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

  • Frank Baltrusch
    1. Heat – 2:01.49
    2. Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver Silver medal)
  • Dirk Richter
    1. Heat – 2:01.54
    2. Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Men's 200 m breaststroke

Men's 200 m individual medley

Men's 400 m individual medley

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay


Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 25.85
    2. B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Katrin Meissner
    1. Heat – 25.77
    2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 55.80
    2. B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Manuela Stellmach
    1. Heat – 56.14
    2. Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

  • Heike Friedrich
    1. Heat – 1:59.02
    2. B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Manuela Stellmach
    1. Heat – 2:00.30
    2. Final – 1:59.01 (→ Gold Bronze medal)

Women's 400 m freestyle

  • Heike Friedrich
    1. Heat – 4:11.30
    2. B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver Silver medal)
  • Anke Möhring
    1. Heat – 4:10.64
    2. Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Women's 800 m freestyle

  • Astrid Strauss
    1. Heat – 8:28.07
    2. B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver Silver medal)
  • Anke Möhring
    1. Heat – 8:30.95
    2. Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 1:01.45
    2. Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Cornelia Sirch
    1. Heat – 1:01.63
    2. Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Women's 200 m backstroke

  • Kathrin Zimmermann
    1. Heat – 2:12.81
    2. Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver Silver medal)
  • Cornelia Sirch
    1. Heat – 2:10.46
    2. Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

  • Silke Hörner
    1. Heat – 1:08.35
    2. Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
  • Annett Rex
    1. Heat – 1:10.61
    2. Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

  • Silke Hörner
    1. Heat – 2:27.63
    2. Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Susanne Boernike
    1. Heat – 2:30.71
    2. B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 1:00.40
    2. Final – 59.00 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Birte Weigang
    1. Heat – 59.97
    2. Final – 59.45 (→ Silver Silver medal)

Women's 200 m butterfly

  • Kathleen Nord
    1. Heat – 2:11.81
    2. Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold Gold medal)
  • Birte Weigang
    1. Heat – 2:11.97
    2. Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver Silver medal)

Women's 200 m individual medley

  • Daniela Hunger
    1. Heat – 2:16.23
    2. Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold Gold medal)

Women's 400 m individual medley

  • Daniela Hunger
    1. Heat – 4:44.85
    2. Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
  • Kathleen Nord
    1. Heat – 4:42.92
    2. Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Katrin Meissner, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich and Daniela Hunger
    1. Heat – 3:43.13
  • Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger and Manuela Stellmach
    1. Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold Gold medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament[]

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "East Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Das DDR-Aufgebot für den Medaillenkampf" [The GDR squad for the medal fight]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 44, no. 209. 3 September 1988. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ "East Germany Fencing at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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