West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FRG
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	347 (244 men, 103 women)
Sports:	24
Flagbearer:	Reiner Klimke (equestrianism)
Rank:	5
Gold:	11
Silver:	14
Bronze:	15
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968
App End Year:	1988
See also:	(1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) (1952) (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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				21 September
				22 September
				22 September
				24 September
				24 September
				25 September
				25 September
				27 September
				28 September
				28 September
				1 October
				18 September
				21 September
				22 September
				24 September
				25 September
				26 September
				27 September
				27 September
				28 September
				29 September
				30 September
				30 September
				1 October
	West Germany men's national field hockey team			1 October
				20 September
				20 September
				21 September
				22 September
				25 September
				26 September
				27 September
				28 September
				29 September
				29 September
				30 September
	West Germany Olympic football team			30 September
				1 October
				1 October
				2 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	25	22	47
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	11	4	15
Cycling	12	3	15
Diving	2	4	6
Equestrian	9	3	12
Fencing	15	5	20
Field hockey	16	15	31
Football	18	–	18
Gymnastics	6	4	10
Judo	7	–	7
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	27	9	36
Sailing	13	2	15
Shooting	11	8	19
Swimming	17	13	30
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	2	3	5
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	7	–	7
Wrestling	17	–	17
Total	244	103	347

Archery

See 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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Manfred Barth	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1206	54	Did not advance
Detlef Kahlert	1254	20 Q	307	17 Q	321	8 Q	311	12	Did not advance
Bernhard Schulkowski	1199	59	Did not advance
Manfred Barth Detlef Kahlert Bernhard Schulkowski	Team	3659	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Doris Haas	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1222	32	Did not advance
Claudia Kriz	1250	17 Q	311	11 Q	322	8 Q	326	8 Q	318	6
Christa Öckl	1230	25	Did not advance
Doris Haas Claudia Kriz Christa Öckl	Team	3702	6 Q	953	6 Q	931	6

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Haas	100 metres	10.54	38 q	10.57	34	Did not advance
Norbert Dobeleit	align=left rowspan=2	200 metres	20.86	12 q	20.98	23	Did not advance
Ralf Lübke	20.81	10 Q	20.80	15 Q	21.23	16	Did not advance
Peter Braun	800 metres	1:47.32	11 Q	1:46.86	15 Q	1:47.43	16	Did not advance
Dieter Baumann	5000 metres	13:58.46	29 Q	13:22.71	3 Q	13:15.52
Ralf Salzmann	Marathon	2:16:54	23
Florian Schwarthoff	110 metres hurdles	14.13	24 Q	13.67	17	Did not advance
Edgar Itt	align=left rowspan=2	400 metres hurdles	50.10	12 Q	48.86	6 Q	48.78	8
Harald Schmid	49.77	9 Q	48.93	7 Q	48.76	7
Jens Volkmann	3000 metres steeplechase	8:36.37	12 Q	8:25.19	16	Did not advance
Fritz Heer Christian Haas Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth	4 × 100 metres relay	39.01	3 Q	38.75	6 Q	38.55	6
Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Ralf Lübke Mark Henrich (*) Bodo Kuhn (*)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:03.90	2 Q	3:00.66	2 Q	3:00.56

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dietmar Mögenburg	align=left rowspan=2	High jump	2.28	1 Q	2.34	6
Carlo Thränhardt	2.25	13 q	2.31	7
Wulf Brunner	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	57.50	22	Did not advance
Rolf Danneberg	65.70	1 Q	67.38
Alois Hannecker	61.44	11 q	63.28	8
Christoph Sahner	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	75.84	13	Did not advance
Heinz Weis	77.24	7 Q	79.16	5
Klaus Tafelmeier	Javelin throw	80.52	5 Q	82.72	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jürgen Hingsen	Result
Points	0

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabine Richter	align=left rowspan=3	100 metres	11.49	24 q	11.59	28	Did not advance
Ulrike Sarvari	11.26	15 Q	11.16	15 Q	11.12	9	Did not advance
Andrea Thomas	11.46	23 q	11.37	22	Did not advance
Karin Janke	align=left rowspan=3	200 metres	23.83	32 Q	23.87	30	Did not advance
Silke Knoll	23.51	24 Q	23.15	19	Did not advance
Andrea Thomas	22.92	7 Q	22.84	10 Q	22.91	13	Did not advance
Helga Arendt	align=left rowspan=2	400 metres	52.69	14 Q	52.08	15 Q	50.36	8 Q	51.17	7
Ute Thimm	52.79	16 Q	51.18	5 Q	50.28	10	Did not advance
Gabriela Lesch	800 metres	2:00.95	3 Q	1:59.85	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Vera Michallek	1500 metres	4:10.05	18	Did not advance
3000 metres	8:51.34	16	Did not advance
Kerstin Preßler	10,000 metres			Did not advance
Kerstin Preßler	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:34:26	21
Gabriela Wolf	2:35:11	27
Claudia Zaczkiewicz	100 metres hurdles	13.00	6 Q	12.87	5 Q	12.75	4 Q	12.75
Gudrun Abt	400 metres hurdles	55.72	8 Q	54.52	7 Q	54.04	6
Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm	4 × 100 metres relay	42.99	4 Q	42.69	4 Q	42.76	4
Ute Thimm Helga Arendt Andrea Thomas Gudrun Abt Gisela Kinzel (*) Michaela Schabinger (*)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:27.75	6 Q	3:22.49	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Heike Redetzky	High jump	1.90	13	Did not advance#
Claudia Losch	align=left rowspan=2	Shot put	20.39	1 Q	20.27	5
Iris Plotzitzka	19.06	14	Did not advance
Beate Peters	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	60.20	14	Did not advance
Ingrid Thyssen	63.32	8 Q	60.76	8

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sabine Braun	Result	13.71	1.83	13.16	24.78	6.12	44.58	2:22.82	6109	14
Points	1020	1016	738	907	887	755	786
align=left rowspan=2	Sabine Everts	Result	13.74	1.71	11.54
Points	1015	867	631

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiner Gies	Light welterweight	W w/o	W 5–0	W 3–2	W 4–1	L KO	Did not advance
Alexander Künzler	Welterweight	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Norbert Nieroba	Light middleweight	W KO	L 2–3	Did not advance
Sven Ottke	Middleweight	W 5–0	W 4–1	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Markus Bott	Light heavyweight		W RSC R3	L 0–5	Did not advance
Andreas Schnieders	Super heavyweight		W RSC R2	W 5–0	L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hartmut Faust Wolfram Faust	C-2 500 metres	1:46.52	2 SF	1:47.70	5	Did not advance
C-2 1000 metres	3:52.43	4 SF	3:52.03	3 F	3:55.62	5
Dirk Joestel	K-1 500 metres	1:45.64	1 SF	1:43.97	3 F	1:47.91	8
Dirk Ulaszewski	K-1 1000 metres	3:45.10	5 R	3:46.46	2 SF	3:44.17	4	Did not advance
Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang	K-2 500 metres	1:33.29	2 SF	1:32.73	1 F	1:34.40	4
Niels Ellwanger Carsten Lömker	K-2 1000 metres	3:37.82	6 R	3:31.95	3 SF	3:28.91	3 F	3:34.63	4
Gilbert Schneider Reiner Scholl Dirk Joestel Thomas Reineck	K-4 1000 metres	3:01.07	2 SF	3:09.67	3 F	3:05.43	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 metres	2:00.42	3 SF	1:59.04	3 SF	2:01.80	9
Claudia Österheld Andrea Martin	K-2 500 metres	1:55.25	6 R	1:56.02	3 SF	1:55.37	4	Did not advance
Andrea Martin Claudia Österheld Josefa Idem Ruth Domgörgen	K-4 500 metres	1:43.43	5 R	1:42.09	1 F	1:45.62	5

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West Germany in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bernd Gröne	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	4:32:25
Christian Henn	4:32:46
Remig Stumpf	4:32:56	14
Ernst Christl Bernd Gröne Rajmund Lehnert Remig Stumpf	Team time trial	2:00:06.3	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jutta Niehaus	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	2:00:52
Viola Paulitz	2:00:52	13
Ines Varenkamp	2:00:52	12

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Thomas Dürst	Individual pursuit	4:45.59	10 Q	L 4:45.20	Did not advance
Thomas Dürst Matthias Lange Uwe Nepp Michael Rich	Team pursuit	4:23.10	10		Did not advance

Points race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Albin Killat	align=left rowspan=2	3 metre springboard	642.60	2 Q	661.47	4
Willi Meyer	511.98	21	Did not advance
Albin Killat	align=left rowspan=2	10 metre platform	517.23	13	Did not advance
Willi Meyer	449.07	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elke Heinrichs	align=left rowspan=2	3 metre springboard	374.46	23	Did not advance
Anke Mühlbauer	400.26	17	Did not advance
Monika Kühn	align=left rowspan=2	10 metre platform	335.88	15	Did not advance
Doris Pecher	310.53	19	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Reiner Klimke	Ahlerich	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1402	7	Did not advance
Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff	Courage	1411	6 Q	1374	8
Monica Theodorescu	Ganimedes	1433	3 Q	1385	6
Nicole Uphoff	Rembrandt	1458	1 Q	1521
Reiner Klimke Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff Monica Theodorescu Nicole Uphoff	See above	Team	4302

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Matthias Baumann	Shamrock II	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	50.60	7	13.20	63.80	5	5.00	68.80	6	68.80	6
Ralf Ehrenbrink	Uncle Todd	66.20	24	39.60	105.80	12
Claus Erhorn	Justyn Thyme	39.60	2	16.00	55.60	4	6.75	62.35	4	62.35	4
Thies Kaspareit	Sherry 42	46.80	4	38.00	84.80	8	10.00	94.80	9	94.80	9
Matthias Baumann Ralf Ehrenbrink Claus Erhorn Thies Kaspareit	See above	Team	137.00	1	67.20	204.20	1	21.75	225.95	1	225.95

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Wolfgang Brinkmann	Pedro	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	39.00	36	67.50	7	106.50	19	Did not advance
Dirk Hafemeister	Orchidee	69.50	1	70.00	4	139.50	2 Q	18.00	19
Karsten Huck	Nepomuk	48.00	26	70.00	4	118.00	12 Q	4.00
Franke Sloothaak	Walzerkönig	48.00	26	56.00	16	104.00	20 q	12.00	7
Ludger Beerbaum Wolfgang Brinkmann Dirk Hafemeister Franke Sloothaak	The Freak Pedro Orchidee Walzerkönig	Team	4.25	1 Q	13.00	4	17.25

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Individual

Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1							Group Stage 2						Group Stage 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	W 5–0	W 5–1	W 5–3	L 4–5	1 Q	L 4–5	L 3–5	L 1–5	W 5–3	W 5–3	5 Q	L 3–5	L 4–5	W 5–1	W 5–1		3 Q
Mathias Gey	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–1	L 4–5	1 Q	L 2–5	W 5–3	W 5–4	W 5–2	L 4–5	2 Q	L 3–5	L 1–5	W 5–3	W 5–3		4 Q
Ulrich Schreck	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–4	W 5–2	1 Q	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–1	L 3–5	L 3–5	2 Q	L 2–5	W 5–4	W 5–2	W 5–2		2 Q
Thomas Gerull	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	W 5–3	W 5–4	W 5–2	L 4–5	1 Q	L 2–5	L 1–5	W 5–2	W 5–2		5 Q	L 2–5	L 4–5	W 5–3	W 5–3	W 5–4	3 Q
Alexander Pusch	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–1	W 5–1	1 Q	W 5–2	W 5–1	W 5–2	L 1–5		1 Q	L 2–5	L 4–5	W 5–0	W 5–4	W 5–4	3 Q
Arnd Schmitt	L 5–5	W 5–1	W 5–1	W 5–0	L 3–5		1 Q	W 5–4	W 5–2	W 5–4	W 5–4		1 Q	W 5–2	W 5–2	W 5–1	W 5–0	L 2–5	1 Q
Felix Becker	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre	L 4–5	W 5–4	W 5–0	W 5–1	L 1–5		3 Q	L 4–5	W 5–4	W 5–0	W 5–3		5 Q	L 4–5	W 5–3	W 5–3	W 5–4	L 3–5	3 Q
Jürgen Nolte	L 1–5	W 5–3	W 5–3	W 5–2	W 5–1		2 Q	L 1–5	L 1–5	W 5–3	W 5–1		3 Q	L 3–5	W 5–4	W 5–3	W 5–1	L 1–5	4 Q
Stephan Thönnessen	L 2–5	L 2–5	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–3	L 2–5	5 Q	L 1–5	L 2–5	L 2–5	W 5–0		1 Q	L 4–5	L 2–5	L 2–5	L 4–5	L 2–5	6
Sabine Bau	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	W 5–2	W 5–4	W 5–4	W 5–4	1 Q	W 5–2	W 5–1	W 5–3	W 5–4	L 0–5	2 Q	L 2–5	L 4–5	W 5–2	W 5–3	L 2–5	4 Q
Anja Fichtel	W 5–0	W 5–4	W 5–1	W 5–1	1 Q	L 4–5	W 5–3	W 5–1	W 5–0	L 3–5	2 Q	L 1–5	L 3–5	W 5–1	W 5–3	W 5–3	3 Q
Zita Funkenhauser	W 5–1	W 5–1	W 5–0	W 5–4	1 Q	L 2–5	W 5–0	W 5–3	W 5–0	L 2–5	3 Q	L 3–5	L 1–5	W 5–4	W 5–3	W 5–1	3 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
					Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr	align=left rowspan=3	Men's foil	W 10–4	L 8–10	Did not advance		L 8–10	Did not advance
Mathias Gey	W 10–7	W 10–7	W 10–6	L 8–10	Did not advance
Ulrich Schreck	W 10–5	W 10–7	W 10–9	W 10–7	L 8–10	L 8–10	4
Thomas Gerull	align=left rowspan=3	Men's épée	L 9–10	Did not advance		W 10–6	L 7–10	Did not advance
Alexander Pusch	W 10–5	W 10–7	L 6–10	L 4–10	Did not advance
Arnd Schmitt	W 10–9	L 9–10	Did not advance		W 10–2	W 10–8	W 10–2	W 10–7	W 10–9	W 10–9
Felix Becker	align=left rowspan=3	Men's sabre	W 10–6	W 10–7	L 6–10	Did not advance
Jürgen Nolte	W 10–9	W 10–7	L 7–10	Did not advance
Stephan Thönnessen	Did not advance
Sabine Bau	align=left rowspan=3	Women's foil	L 7–8	Did not advance		W 8–2	W 8–7	W 8–6	W 8–3	L 5–8
Anja Fichtel	W 8–1	W 8–4	W 8–4	W 8–5	W 8–5
Zita Funkenhauser	W 8–7	W 8–4	W 8–5	L 3–8	W 8–7

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner	Men's foil	L 8–8	W 9–0	W 9–4	2 Q		W 9–6	W 9–4	L 5–9
Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt	Men's épée	W 9–2	W 9–3		1 Q		W 8–6	W 8–7	L 3–8
Felix Becker Jörg Kempenich Jürgen Nolte Dieter Schneider Stephan Thönnessen	Men's sabre	L 5–9	W 9–3	W 9–1	2 q		L 5–9		L 4–9	6
Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber	Women's foil	W 9–1	W 9–3		1 Q		W 9–4	W 9–3	W 9–4

Football

See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team roster

width=4%	No.	width=4%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=4%	Cards yellow/red
1			27 February 1965	23	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2			3 September 1961	27	0		6	0	570	0	0	1
3			30 August 1959	29	2		5	0	445	2	0	0
4			10 August 1958	30	2		5	1	480	0	0	0
5			27 November 1956	31	4		6	0	570	0	0	2
6			8 October 1966	21	0		2	0	27	0	2	0
7			19 August 1957	31	6		1	0	5	0	1	0
8			6 September 1962	26	1		5	2	474	1	0	0
9			30 July 1964	24	9		6	4	570	0	0	0
10			17 November 1961	27	4		6	2	491	4	0	1
11			23 July 1958	30	13		5	3	421	2	0	3
12			12 June 1964	24	0		6	0	570	0	0	0
13			3 November 1963	24	0		6	1	570	0	0	0
14			30 May 1966	22	1		6	0	557	1	0	0
15			4 February 1959	29	1		4	1	72	0	4	0
16			21 July 1960	28	0		1	1	45	0	1	0
17			30 October 1961	26	?		1	0	85	1	0	0
18			1 March 1958	30	0		6	1	289	0	4	0
19			9 September 1965	23	1		1	0	29	1	0	0
20			11 June 1964	24	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

Group play------------

Quarterfinal----

Semifinal----

Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Andreas Aguilar	align=left rowspan=7	Team	18.050	18.600	19.700	18.550	19.450	19.000	113.350	73
Mike Beckmann	19.250	19.450	18.600	19.250	19.300	18.600	114.450	60
Jürgen Brümmer	19.350	18.950	19.400	19.550	19.050	17.850	114.150	64
Ralph Kern	19.150	19.000	18.400	19.300	19.300	18.750	113.900	67
Bernhard Simmelbauer	18.800	18.800	18.950	19.150	19.250	18.650	113.600	71
Daniel Winkler	19.050	18.900	18.900	19.100	19.300	19.250	114.500	59
Total	95.600	95.400	95.750	96.350	96.600	94.400	574.100	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
Michaela Ustorf	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	18.650	18.250	19.025	18.950	74.875	78
Isabella von Lospichl	18.225	18.000	9.375	9.450	55.050	85

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Marion Rothhaar	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	9.600	9.600	9.700	9.600	38.500	17 Q	19.250	9.600	9.700	9.700	9.600	57.850	19
Diana Schmiemann	9.600	9.700	9.800	9.700	38.800	10 Q	19.400	9.800	9.800	9.800	9.800	58.600	8

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
West Germany men's	Men's tournament	W 3–1	D 1–1	W 2–1	W 1–0	W 6–0	1 Q	W 2–1	L 1–3
West Germany women's	Women's tournament	L 1–3	L 0–1	W 2–1	3	W 2–1	W 4–2	5

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Christian Schliemann
• Tobias Frank
• Horst-Ulrich Hänel
• Carsten Fischer
• Andreas Mollandin
• Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper
• Dirk Brinkmann
• Heiner Dopp
• Stefan Blöcher
• Andreas Keller
• Thomas Reck
• Thomas Brinkmann
• Hanns-Henning Fastrich
• Michael Hilgers
• Volker Fried
• Michael Metz

Group play

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Semifinal

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Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Susi Schmid
• Carola Hoffmann
• Heike Gehrmann
• Dagmar Breiken-Bremer
• Gaby Uhlenbruck
• Viola Grahl
• Bettina Blumenberg
• Gaby Appel
• Martina Koch-Hallmen
• Christine Ferneck
• Silke Wehrmeister
• Caren Jungjohann
• Eva Hegener
• Susie Wollschläger
• Gabriela Schöwe

Group play

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Classification 5th-8th place----

5th place match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Helmut Dietz	60 kg		W Keikoku	W Keikoku	L Ippon	Did not advance	L Yuko	Did not advance
Guido Schumacher	65 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance
Steffen Stranz	71 kg		W Ippon	L Koka	Did not advance			W Ippon	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Frank Wieneke	78 kg	W Ippon	W Yuko	W Ippon	W Koka	W Koka	L Ippon
Michael Bazynski	86 kg	L Yuko	Did not advance
Marc Meiling	95 kg			W Chui	W Ippon	W Chui	L Chui
Alexander von der Groeben	+95 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Penalties	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Dirk Knappheide	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	66	12	1034	26–39	51	677	3:20.34	12	1272	191	22	934			0	3917	60
Marcus Marsollek	242	46	858	36–29	17	847	3:36.88	46	1140	196	4	1044	13:50.91	30	1075	4964	24
Michael Zimmermann	150	32	950	34–31	27	813	3:24.23	26	1240	186	52	824	14:30.23	49	955	4782	41
Dirk Knappheide Marcus Marsollek Michael Zimmermann	Team	458	7	2842	96–99	12	2337	10:21.45	9	3652	573	7	2802		18	2030	13663	15

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter-Michael Kolbe	Single sculls	7:12.35	3 R	7:12.27	1 SF	7:01.76	1 FA	6:54.77
Christian Händle Ralf Thienel	Double sculls	6:21.95	2 R	6:37.84	1 SF	6:23.55	2 FA	6:24.97	4
Christoph Galandi Oliver Grüner Georg Agrikola Andreas Reinke	Quadruple sculls	5:52.45	3 SF	5:50.96	3 FA	5:59.59	6
Frank Dietrich Michael Twittmann	Coxless pair	6:45.73	2 R	6:52.03	1 SF	6:54.24	4 FB	7:19.48	7
Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow	Coxless four	6:13.16	3 SF	6:04.17	1 FA	6:06.22
Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels Martin Ruppel	Coxed four	6:02.98	2 SF	6:15.87	4 FB	6:42.65	7
Thomas Möllenkamp Matthias Mellinghaus Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling Armin Eichholz Thomas Domian Wolfgang Maennig Bahne Rabe Manfred Klein	Eight	5:32.36	1 FA	5:46.05

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bettina Kämpf Cordula Keller	Coxless pair	8:19.76	5 R	8:20.13	4 FB	8:22.08	9
Inge Althoff Meike Holländer Elke Markwort Gabriele Mehl Kerstin Peters Cerstin Petersmann Katrin Petersmann Kerstin Rehders Anja Schäfer	Eight	6:38.31	3 R	6:12.70	5	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Dirk Meyer	Division II	16	15	18	13	17	32	20	99	13
Thomas Schmid	Finn	3	15	19	11.7	11.7	11.7	40	72.1	6
Alexander Hagen Fritz Girr	Star	3	11.7	10	8	28	28	11.7	72.4	10
Hans-Jürgen Pfohe Roland Gäbler	Tornado	21	14	17	30	30	30	30	142	19
Jens-Peter Wrede Matthias Adamczewski Stefan Knabe	Soling	18	24	16	20	15	13	20	102	15
Albert Batzill Peter Lang	Flying Dutchman	19	3	10	14	20	13	29	79	8

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kurt Hillenbrand	50 m rifle three positions	1155	38	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	590	41	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Arndt Kaspar	10 m air pistol	579	12	Did not advance
50 m pistol	562	7 Q	651	7
Dirk Köhler	25 m rapid fire pistol	591	8 Q	689	8
Ulrich Lind	50 m rifle three positions	1161	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alfons Messerschmitt	10 m air pistol	577	18	Did not advance
50 m pistol	554	23	Did not advance
Johann Riederer	10 m air rifle	592	3 Q	694.0
Bernd Rücker	50 m rifle prone	597	5 Q	700.5	7
Matthias Stich	10 m air rifle	587	17	Did not advance
Christian Stützinger	50 m running target	586	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lieselotte Breker	10 m air pistol	386	3 Q	476.0	7
25 m pistol	585	6 Q	685	4
Carmen Giese	10 m air rifle	389	17	Did not advance
Anetta Kalinowski	25 m pistol	581	12	Did not advance
Selma Sonnet	50 m rifle three positions	580	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Silvia Sperber	10 m air rifle	393	7 Q	497.5
50 m rifle three positions	590	1 Q	685.6
Margit Stein	10 m air pistol	376	19	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michaela Rink	align=left rowspan=3	Skeet	140	44	Did not advance
Herbert Seeberger	196	10	Did not advance
Wolfgang Trautwein	141	40	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Peter Bermel	200 m individual medley	2:04.80	7 FA	2:03.81	5
400 m individual medley	4:22.78	7 FA	4:24.02	8
align=left rowspan=4	Jens-Peter Berndt	100 m backstroke	57.08	12 FB	Withdrew
200 m backstroke	2:01.77	6 FA	2:01.84	6
200 m individual medley	2:04.80	10 FB	2:06.76	15
400 m individual medley	4:20.93	6 FA	4:21.71	6
align=left rowspan=2	Thomas Fahrner	100 m freestyle	50.78	13 FB	51.12	14
200 m freestyle	1:49.02	6 FA	1:49.19	8
align=left rowspan=3	Michael Groß	200 m freestyle	1:48.55	3 FA	1:48.59	5
100 m butterfly	53.78	4 FA	53.44	5
200 m butterfly	1:58.09	1 FA	1:56.94 OR
Stephan Güsgen	50 m freestyle	23.22	11 FB	23.55	14
align=left rowspan=2	Rainer Henkel	400 m freestyle	3:51.50	10 FB	Withdrew
1500 m freestyle	15:14.64	6 FA	15:18.19	6
Frank Henter	50 m freestyle	22.98	7 FA	23.03	7
align=left rowspan=2	Martin Herrmann	100 m butterfly	55.20	17	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:02.61	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Frank Hoffmeister	100 m backstroke	56.19	5 FA	56.19	7
200 m backstroke	2:03.34	12 FB	2:01.65	9
Alexander Mayer	100 m breaststroke	1:03.54	11 FB	1:03.85	12
align=left rowspan=2	Stefan Pfeiffer	400 m freestyle	3:49.52	2 FA	3:49.96	6
1500 m freestyle	15:07.85	3 FA	15:02.69
align=left rowspan=2	Mark Warnecke	100 m breaststroke	1:03.56	12 FB	1:03.40	11
200 m breaststroke	2:22.55	31	Did not advance
Hartmut Wedekind	200 m breaststroke	2:22.55	31	Did not advance
Torsten Wiegel	100 m freestyle	51.02	19	Did not advance
Michael Groß Thomas Fahrner Björn Zikarsky Peter Sitt Torsten Wiegel (*)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:23.19	6 FA	3:21.65	6
Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Groß Stefan Pfeiffer (*) Peter Sitt (*)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:19.38	3 FA	7:14.35
Frank Hoffmeister Alexander Mayer Michael Groß Björn Zikarsky Mark Warnecke (*)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.72	4 FA	3:42.98	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Marion Aizpors	50 m freestyle	26.20	9 FB	26.17	9
100 m backstroke	1:03.27	8 FA	1:04.19	8
align=left rowspan=2	Ina Beyermann	100 m butterfly	1:02.85	19	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:13.56	11 FB	2:13.74	10
align=left rowspan=2	Britta Dahm	100 m breaststroke	1:12.98	22	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:35.06	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Heike Esser	100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke	2:41.34	34	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	200 m freestyle	2:02.77	16 FB	2:02.32	15
200 m individual medley	2:17.46	9 FB	2:17.85	10
400 m individual medley	4:52.05	13 FB	4:50.54	10
align=left rowspan=3	Stephanie Ortwig	200 m freestyle	2:00.66	6 FA	2:00.73	7
400 m freestyle	4:12.18	7 FA	4:13.05	7
800 m freestyle	8:41.95	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christiane Pielke	50 m freestyle	26.33	12 FB	26.22	10
100 m freestyle	57.47	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gabi Reha	100 m butterfly	1:02.27	15 FB	1:02.63	15
200 m butterfly	2:13.09	9 FB	2:14.20	11
align=left rowspan=2	Alexandra Russ	400 m freestyle	4:18.67	22	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:49.31	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Svenja Schlicht	100 m backstroke	1:03.72	10 FB	1:03.68	10
200 m backstroke	2:16.81	8 FA	2:15.94	8
200 m individual medley	2:20.31	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Katja Ziliox	100 m freestyle	58.39	31	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:26.25	28	Did not advance
Stephanie Ortwig Marion Aizpors Christiane Pielke Karin Seick Katja Ziliox (*)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.03	6 FA	3:46.90	7
Svenja Schlicht Britta Dahm Gabi Reha Marion Aizpors	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:13.19	4 FA	4:12.89	7

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Final)	Rank
Doris Eisenhofer	align=left rowspan=3	Solo	80.433	36	Did not advance
Heike Friedrich	82.000	32	Did not advance
Gerlind Scheller	85.583	19 Q	88.600	174.183	8 Q	90.400	175.983	8
Heike Friedrich Gerlind Scheller	Duet	83.792	9	88.800	172.592	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georg Böhm	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 0–3	L 0–3	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–1	3	Did not advance
Jörg Roßkopf	W 3–1	W 3–0	L 0–3	L 1–3	W 3–0	W 3–2	W 3–2	3	Did not advance
Georg Böhm Jürgen Rebel	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 1–2	L 1–2	L 0–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	L 0–2	L 1–2	5		Did not advance
Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner	W 2–1	W 2–0	L 1–2	L 0–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	3		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Olga Nemes	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 3–0	L 1–3	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–2	2 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance
Katja Nolten	L 2–3	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 0–3	L 2–3	4	Did not advance
Olga Nemes Katja Nolten	Doubles	L 1–2	W 2–1	W 2–0	L 0–2	L 0–2	L 1–2		5		Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eric Jelen	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L (7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7)	Did not advance
Carl-Uwe Steeb	W (7–5, 6–4, 6–3)	W (6–3, 5–7, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5)	W (2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5)	L (6–7, 5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance
Carl-Uwe Steeb Eric Jelen	Doubles		L (4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steffi Graf	align=left rowspan=3	Singles		W (7–5, 6—1)	W (6–3, 6–0)	W (6–2, 4–6, 6–3)	W (6–2, 6–0)	W (6–3, 6–3)
Sylvia Hanika		W (6–1, 6–1)	L (6–1, 4–6, 2–6)	Did not advance
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch		L (6–4, 6–7, 3–6)	Did not advance
Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Doubles		W (6–3, 3–6, 6–2)	L (5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

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

Group play

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Semi-final----

Bronze medal match

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roland Feldhoffer	90 kg	150.0	10	200.0	4	350.0	7
Peter Immesberger	align=left rowspan=2	100 kg	175.0	4	220.0	3	395.0
Maik Nill	167.5	8	202.5	10	370.0	10
Eduard Ohlinger	align=left rowspan=2	110 kg	175.0	8
Frank Seipelt	170.0	11	217.5	7	387.5	8
Manfred Nerlinger	align=left rowspan=2	+110 kg	190.0	2	240.0	2	430.0
Martin Zawieja	182.5	3	232.5	3	415.0

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Markus Scherer	48 kg	W 10–5	L 3–15	W 13–4	L 1–15	Did not advance	3	L 6–16	6
Rifat Yildiz	57 kg	W 12–0	W 16–0	L passivity	L 5–8	Did not advance	4	L walkover	8
Peter Behl	62 kg	W 15–0	L passivity	W passivity	L 1–10	3	W 5–1	5
Claudio Passarelli	68 kg	W 7–0	W 8–1	L 3–4	L passivity	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Roger Gössner	82 kg	L passivity	W fall	W passivity	L 1–3	Did not advance			5	Did not advance
Andreas Steinbach	90 kg	W 16–0		W passivity	W 15–5	L 1–2	L 0–3		3	W passivity	5
Gerhard Himmel	100 kg	W passivity	W fall	W injury		W 7–0	W passivity		1	L 1–3
Fritz Gerdsmeier	130 kg	L passivity	L 1–2	Did not advance		7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiner Heugabel	48 kg	W fall	W fall	W 12–0	W passivity	W passivity	L 0–3		3	W passivity	5
Herbert Tutsch	52 kg	L 3–7	W fall		L fall	Did not advance			5	Did not advance
Jürgen Scheibe	57 kg	L 1–4	W 14–3	L 6–8	Did not advance				6	Did not advance
Jörg Helmdach	62 kg	W 8–4	W 4–0	W 6–0	L 2–7		L 0–5	Did not advance	3	W 5–4	5
Alexander Leipold	68 kg	W 11–1	W 3–2	L 3–11	W 5–3	L 7–11	Did not advance		4	W 14–10	7
Reiner Trik	82 kg	W 12–9	L 1–16	L 0–8	Did not advance				9	Did not advance
Bodo Lukowski	90 kg	L 2–3	W passivity	L 2–3	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Wilfried Colling	100 kg	L 0–2	L 0–4	Did not advance					9	Did not advance
Ralf Bremmer	130 kg	L 4–8	W fall	L passivity	Did not advance		4	L 5–7	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: West Germany at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRG/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-30 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG/editions/22 West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics