West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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West Germany at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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Flag of Germany
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Seoul
Competitors347 (244 men, 103 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer Reiner Klimke (equestrianism)
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
11
Silver
14
Bronze
15
Total
40
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) 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. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold[]

  • Matthias Baumann, Ralf Ehrenbrink, Claus Erhorn, and Thies Kaspareit — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
  • Ludger Beerbaum, Wolfgang Brinkmann, Dirk Hafemeister, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  • Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
  • Reiner Klimke, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff, Monica Theodorescu, and Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
  • Arnd Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
  • Anja Fichtel-Mauritz — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
  • Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Annette Klug, and Christiane Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Thomas Domian, Armin Eichholz, Manfred Klein, Wolfgang Maennig, Matthias Mellinghaus, Thomas Möllenkamp, Bahne Rabe, Eckhardt Schultz, and Ansgar Wessling — Rowing, Men's Eights
  • Sylvia Sperber — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • Steffi Graf — Tennis, Women's Singles Competition

Silver[]

Bronze[]

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

In West Germany's fourth archery competition, the six archers were not as successful as the German team had been four years earlier, but nevertheless qualified two individuals for the semifinals and ended up with 6th places in both the women's team and women's individual events.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Claudia Kriz – Final (→ 6th place)
  • Christa Oeckl – Preliminary Round (→ 25th place)
  • Doris Haas – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kriz, Oeckl, and Haas – Final (→ 6th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Kahlert, Barth, and Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 18th place)

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Dieter Baumann
  • First Round — 13:58.58
  • Semi Final — 13:22.71
  • Final — 13:15.52 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 39.01
  • Semi Final — 38.75
  • Final — 38.55 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.90
  • Semi Final — 3:00.66
  • Final — 3:00.56 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  • Jens Volkmann
  • Heat — 8:36.37
  • Semi Final — 8:25.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Klaus Tafelmeier
  • Qualification — 80.52m
  • Final — 82.72m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 65.70m
  • Final – 67.38m (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat – 61.44m
  • Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualifying Heat – 57.50m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Heinz Weis
  • Qualifying Heat — 77.24m
  • Final — 79.16m (→ 5th place)
  • Christoph Sahner
  • Qualifying Heat — 75.84m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.75
  • Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Andrea Thomas, and Gudrun Abt
  • Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place)
  • Final — 2"35.11 (→ 27th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 63.32m
  • Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification – 60.20m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Claudia Losch
  • Qualification – 20.39m
  • Final – 20.27m (→ 5th place)
  • Iris Plotzitzka
  • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Sabine Braun
  • Final Result — 6109 points (→ 14th place)
  • Final Result — 2513 points (→ 27th place)

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Markus Bott
  • First Round — Defeated René Suetovius (GDR), RSC-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), 0:5

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Tshibalabala Kadima (ZAI), RSC-2
  • Second Round — Defeated Ubola Ovvigbo (NGA), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Zarenkiewicz (POL), 2:3

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West Germany in 1988.

Men's road race
  • Bernd Gröne — 4:32:25 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Christian Henn — 4:32:46 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Remig Stumpf — 4:32:56 (→ 14th place)
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
Women's road race

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the West Germany in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
  • Anja Fichtel-Mauritz
  • Sabine Bau
  • Zita-Eva Funkenhauser
Women's team foil
  • Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Christiane Weber, Sabine Bau, Annette Klug

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • West Germany – China 3-0
  • West Germany – Tunisia 4-1
  • West Germany – Sweden 1-2
  • Quarter Finals
  • West Germany – Zambia 4-0
  • Semi Finals
  • West Germany – Brazil 1-1 (Brazil won 3-2 in penalty shootout)
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • West Germany – Italy 3-0 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Team Roster

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Semi Finals
  • Final
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:

Women's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • West Germany – South Korea 1-4
  • West Germany – Australia 0-1
  • West Germany – Canada 2-1
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: West Germany – United States 2-1
  • 5th-6th place: West Germany – Canada 4-2 (→ Fifth place)
  • Team Roster

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Marsollek, Zimmermann, and Knappheide – 14511 pts (→ 10th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics 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 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Stefan Pfeiffer
    1. Heat – 3:49.52
    2. Final – 3:49.96 (→ 6th place)
  • Rainer Henkel
    1. Heat – 3:51.50
    2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Stefan Pfeiffer
    1. Heat – 15:07.85
    2. Final – 15:02.69 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Rainer Henkel
    1. Heat – 15:14.64
    2. B-Final – 15:18.19 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Frank Hoffmeister
    1. Heat – 56.19
    2. Final – 56.19 (→ 7th place)
  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 57.08
    2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 2:01.77
    2. Final – 2:01.84 (→ 6th place)
  • Frank Hoffmeister
    1. Heat – 2:03.34
    2. B-Final – 2:01.65 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Mark Warnecke
    1. Heat – 1:03.56
    2. B-Final – 1:03.40 (→ 11th place)
  • Alexander Mayer
    1. Heat – 1:03.54
    2. B-Final – 1:03.85 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Mark Warnecke
    1. Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Hartmut Wedekind
    1. Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Peter Bermel
    1. Heat – 2:04.18
    2. Final – 2:03.81 (→ 5th place)
  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 2:04.80
    2. B-Final – 2:06.76 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 4:20.93
    2. Final – 4:21.71 (→ 6th place)
  • Peter Bermel
    1. Heat – 4:22.78
    2. Final – 4:24.02 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 2:00.66
    2. Final – 2:00.73 (→ 7th place)
  • Birgit Lohberg-Schulz
    1. Heat – 2:02.77
    2. B-Final – 2:02.32 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 4:12.18
    2. Final – 4:13.05 (→ 7th place)
  • Alexandra Russ
    1. Heat – 4:18.67 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 8:41.95 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Alexandra Russ
    1. Heat – 8:49.31 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Svenja Schlicht
    1. Heat – 2:16.81
    2. Final – 2:15.94 (→ 8th place)
  • Katja Zisiox
    1. Heat – 2:26.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Britta Dahm
    1. Heat – 1:12.98 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Britta Dahm
    1. Heat – 2:35.06 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Heike Esser
    1. Heat – 2:41.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Gabi Rehaa
    1. Heat – 1:02.27
    2. B-Final – 1:02.63 (→ 15th place)
  • Ina Beyermann
    1. Heat – 1:02.85 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Ina Beyermann
    1. Heat – 2:13.56
    2. B-Final – 2:13.74 (→ 10th place)
  • Gabi Rehaa
    1. Heat – 2:13.09
    2. B-Final – 2:14.20 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming[]

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Women's solo
  • Gerlind Scheller
  • Heike Friedrich
Women's duet
  • Gerlind Scheller
  • Heike Friedrich

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • Carl-Uwe Steeb
    1. First round — Defeated Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 7-5 6-4 6-3
    2. Second round — Defeated Wally Masur (Australia) 6-3 5-7 6-3 1-6 7-5
    3. Third round — Defeated Anders Järryd (Sweden) 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-5
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-7 5-7 3-6
  • Eric Jelen
    1. First round — Lost to Miloslav Mečíř (Czechoslovakia) 7-5 1-6 2-6 6-7


Women's Singles Competition

  • Steffi Graf → Gold Gold Medal
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Leila Meskhi (Soviet Union) 7-5 6-1
    3. Third Round – Defeated Catherine Suire (France) 6-3 6-0
    4. Quarterfinals – Defeated Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 6-2 4-6 6-3
    5. Semifinals – Defeated Zina Garrison (USA) 6-2 6-0
    6. Final – Defeated Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-3 6-3
  • Sylvia Hanika
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Julia Muir (Zimbabwe) 6-1 6-1
    3. Third Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-1 4-6 2-6
  • Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-4 6-7 3-6

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Australia (13-11)
  • Defeated France (10-9)
  • Defeated South Korea (18-2)
  • Defeated Italy (10-7)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (9-8)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "West Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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