West Germany 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:

• Detlef Kahlert – Semifinal (→ 12th place)
• Manfred Barth – Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)
• Bernhard Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 59th place)

Women's Team Competition:

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

Men's Team Competition:

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

Men's 5.000 metres

• Dieter Baumann

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

Men's Marathon

• Ralf Salzmann

• Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Christian Haas, Fritz Heer, Peter Klein, and Dirk Schweisfurth

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

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Bodo Kuhn, Mark Henrich, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke

• Heat — 3:03.90

• Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke

• Semi Final — 3:00.66

• Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke

• Final — 3:00.56 (→ 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

• Rolf Danneberg

• Qualifying Heat – 65.70m
• Final – 67.38m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Alois Hannecker

• Qualifying Heat – 61.44m
• Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place)

• Wulf Brunner

• 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

• Helga Arendt, Michaela Schabinger, Gisela Kinzel, and Gudrun Abt

• Heat — 3:27.75

• Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Andrea Thomas, and Gudrun Abt

• Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon

• Kerstin Preßler

• Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place)

• Gabriela Wolf

• Final — 2"35.11 (→ 27th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ingrid Thyssen

• Qualification – 63.32m
• Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place)

• Beate Peters

• 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)

• Sabine Everts

• Final Result — 2513 points (→ 27th place)

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)

• Andreas Schnieders

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

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

• Ernst Christl
• Bernd Gröne
• Rajmund Lehnert
• Remig Stumpf

Men's sprint

• Frank Weber

Men's 1 km time trial

• Robert Lechner

Men's individual pursuit

• Thomas Dürst

Men's team pursuit

• Thomas Dürst
• Matthias Lange
• Uwe Nepp
• Michael Rich

Men's points race

• Uwe Messerschmidt

Women's road race

• Jutta Niehaus — 2:00:52 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ines Varenkamp — 2:00:52 (→ 12th place)

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

Men's foil

• Ulrich Schreck
• Matthias Gey
• Matthias Behr

Men's team foil

• Matthias Gey, Thorsten Weidner, Matthias Behr, Ulrich Schreck, Thomas Endres

Men's épée

• Arnd Schmitt
• Alexander Pusch
• Thomas Gerull

Men's team épée

• Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Thomas Gerull, Alexander Pusch, Arnd Schmitt

Men's sabre

• Felix Becker
• Jürgen Nolte
• Stephan Thönnessen

Men's team sabre

• Felix Becker, Jörg Kempenich, Jürgen Nolte, Dieter Schneider, Stephan Thönnessen

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

• 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 Medal)

• Team Roster

• Uwe Kamps
• Oliver Reck
• Wolfgang Funkel
• Roland Grahammer
• Thomas Hörster
• Gunnar Sauer
• Michael Schulz
• Rudolf Bommer
• Holger Fach
• Gerhard Kleppinger
• Armin Görtz
• Thomas Häßler
• Olaf Janßen
• Christian Schreier
• Ralf Sievers
• Wolfram Wuttke
• Jürgen Klinsmann
• Fritz Walter
• Frank Mill
• Karlheinz Riedle

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Marcus Marsollek – 4964 pts (→ 24th place)
• Michael Zimmermann – 4782 pts (→ 41st place)
• Dirk Knappheide – 4765 pts (→ 42nd place)

Men's Team Competition:

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

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Frank Henter
  1. Heat – 22.98
  2. Final – 23.03 (→ 7th place)
• Stephan Güsgen
  1. Heat – 23.22
  2. B-Final – 23.55 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Thomas Fahrner
  1. Heat – 50.78
  2. B-Final – 51.12 (→ 14th place)
• Torsten Wiegel
  1. Heat – 51.02 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Michael Groß
  1. Heat – 1:48.55
  2. Final – 1:48.59 (→ 5th place)
• Thomas Fahrner
  1. Heat – 1:49.02
  2. Final – 1:49.19 (→ 8th place)

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

• 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

• Michael Groß
  1. Heat – 53.78
  2. Final – 53.44 (→ 5th place)
• Martin Herrmann
  1. Heat – 55.20 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Michael Groß
  1. Heat – 1:58.09
  2. Final – 1:56.94 (→ Gold Medal)
• Martin Herrmann
  1. Heat – 2:02.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

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

• Björn Zikarsky, Peter Sitt, Torsten Wiegel, and Thomas Fahrner
  1. Heat – 3:23.19
• Michael Groß, Thomas Fahrner, Björn Zikarsky, and Peter Sitt
  1. Final – 3:21.65 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Peter Sitt, Rainer Henkel, Stefan Pfeiffer, and Erik Hochstein
  1. Heat – 7:19.38
• Erik Hochstein, Thomas Fahrner, Rainer Henkel, and Michael Groß
  1. Final – 7:14.35 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Frank Hoffmeister, Mark Warnecke, Michael Groß, and Björn Zikarsky
  1. Heat – 3:44.72
• Frank Hoffmeister, Alexander Mayer, Michael Groß, and Björn Zikarsky
  1. Final – 3:42.98 (→ 4th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Marion Aizpors
  1. Heat – 26.20
  2. B-Final – 26.17 (→ 9th place)
• Christiane Pielke
  1. Heat – 26.33
  2. B-Final – 26.22 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Christiane Pielke
  1. Heat – 57.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Katja Ziliox
  1. Heat – 58.39 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

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

• Marion Aizpors
  1. Heat – 1:03.27
  2. Final – 1:04.19 (→ 8th place)
• Svenja Schlicht
  1. Heat – 1:03.72
  2. B-Final – 1:03.68 (→ 10th place)

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

• Birgit Lohberg-Schulz
  1. Heat – 2:17.46
  2. B-Final – 2:17.85 (→ 10th place)
• Svenja Schlicht
  1. Heat – 2:20.31 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Karin Seick, Christiane Pielke, Katja Ziliox, and Marion Aizpors
  1. Heat – 3:48.03
• Stephanie Ortwig, Marion Aizpors, Christiane Pielke, and Karin Seick
  1. Final – 3:46.90 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Birgit Lohberg-Schulz
  1. Heat – 4:52.05
  2. B-Final – 4:50.54 (→ 10th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Svenja Schlicht, Britta Dahm, Gabi Rehaa, and Marion Aizpors
  1. Heat – 4:13.19
  2. Final – 4:12.89 (→ 7th place)

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Women's solo

• Gerlind Scheller
• Doris Eisenhofer
• Heike Friedrich

Women's duet

• Gerlind Scheller
• Heike Friedrich

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 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

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

• Lost to Yugoslavia (10-14)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Lost to Soviet Union (13-14) → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Peter Röhle
• Dirk Jacoby
• Frank Otto
• Uwe Sterzik
• Armando Fernández
• Andreas Ehrl
• Ingo Borgmann
• Rainer Osselmann
• Hagen Stamm
• Thomas Huber
• Dirk Theismann
• René Reimann
• Werner Obschernikat

• Head Coach: Nicola Firuio