West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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]

West Germany at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

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:

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

Men's 5.000 metres

  • First Round 13:58.58
  • Semi Final 13:22.71
  • Final 13:15.52 (→ 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 Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

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

Men's Javelin Throw

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

Men's Discus Throw

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

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat 77.24m
  • Final 79.16m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualifying Heat 75.84m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat 3:27.75
  • 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

  • Qualification 20.39m
  • Final 20.27m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

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

Boxing

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West 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
Women's road race

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

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
Women's team foil

Football

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Semi Finals
  • West Germany Brazil 1-1 (Brazil won 3-2 in penalty shootout)
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

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

Women's Team Competition

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

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 Medal)
  • Rainer Henkel
    1. Heat 15:14.64
    2. B-Final 15:18.19 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 200 m Backstroke

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

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition


Women's Singles Competition

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Nicola Firuio

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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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