Athletes from East Germany (

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) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. Following

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in 1990, a single German team would compete in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports. The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.

Medalists

Competitors

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Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 5,000 metres *

Hansjörg Kunze Hansjörg Kunze (born 28 December 1959) is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner. His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, ...

*# Heat — 13:44.34 *# Semifinal — 13:23.04 *# Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze medal) Men's 10,000 metres *

*# Heat — 28:22.09 *# Final — 27:39.35 (→ 6th place) Men's marathon *

Jörg Peter Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German former long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015. Biography Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the 1978 European Indoor Champio ...

** Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Men's 4 × 400 m relay * Jens Carlowitz, Michael Schimmer, Mathias Schersing and

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still ...

** Heat — 3:08.13 * Jens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing and

** Semifinal — 3:00.60 * Jens Carlowitz, Mathias Schersing, Frank Möller and

** Final — 3:01.13 (→ 4th place) Men's 3.000 m steeplechase *

Hagen Melzer Hagen Melzer (born 16 June 1959, in Bautzen) is a former East German middle and long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 m steeplechase. He won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. A year later he won t ...

:# Heat — 8:36.45 :# Semifinal — 8:16.27 :# 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 Detlef Michel (born October 13, 1955 in Berlin), is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Champ ...

** Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance) Men's discus throw *

Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult (, ; born 11 May 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and, as of September 2021, the world record holder in the discus. Dating from 1986, this is the longest-standing record in men's track and field. Schult represent ...

** Qualifying heat – 64.70 m ** Final – 68.82m (→ Gold medal) Men's shot put *

Ulf Timmermann Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The f ...

** Qualifying heat – 21.27m ** Final – 22.47m (→ Gold medal) *

Udo Beyer Udo Beyer (born 9 August 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. Beyer has admitted to knowingly taking part in doping while he competed for East Germany. He was a Stasi informer under the codename ...

** Qualifying heat – 20.97m ** Final – 21.40 m (→ 4th place) Men's hammer throw *

Ralf Haber Ralf Haber (born 18 August 1962 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East German hammer thrower. His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai ...

** Qualifying heat — 78.16m ** Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place) *

Günther Rodehau Gerhard Günther Rodehau (born 6 July 1959 in Meißen, Saxony) is a retired East German hammer thrower. Rodehau represented the sports club SC Einheit Dresden, and became East German champion in 1986 and 1990. His personal best throw was 82.64 m ...

** Qualifying heat — 78.12m ** Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place) Men's decathlon *

Christian Schenk Christian Schenk (; born 9 February 1965 in Rostock, East Germany) is a former decathlete who competed for East Germany and Germany. He won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea. Sc ...

— 8488 points (→ Gold medal)) :# 100 metres — 11.25s :# Long jump — 7.43m :# Shot put — 15.48m :# High jump — 2.27m :# 400 metres — 48.90 s :# 110 m hurdles — 15.13s :# Discus throw — 49.28m :# Pole vault — 4.70 m :# Javelin throw — 61.32m :# 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s *

Torsten Voss Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. His biggest success w ...

— 8399 points (→ Silver medal)) :# 100 metres — 10.87s :# Long jump — 7.45m :# Shot put — 14.97m :# High jump — 1.97m :# 400 metres — 47.71s :# 110 m hurdles — 14.46s :# Discus throw — 44.36m :# Pole vault — 5.10 m :# Javelin throw — 61.76m :# 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s *

Uwe Freimuth Uwe Freimuth (; born 10 September 1961 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired decathlete from East Germany, who finished in eighteenth place with 7860 points at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Biography He is ranked tenth in t ...

— 7860 points (→ 18th place) :# 100 metres — 11.57s :# Long jump — 7.00 m :# Shot put — 15.60 m :# High jump — 1.94m :# 400 metres — 49.84s :# 110 m hurdles — 15.04s :# Discus throw — 46.66m :# Pole vault — 4.90 m :# Javelin throw — 60.20 m :# 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s Men's 20 km walk *

Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel (born 8 August 1959 in Hildburghausen, Thuringia) is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany (and then Germany after 1990) as one of world's ...

** Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver medal) *

Axel Noack Axel Noack (born 23 September 1961 in Görlitz) is a German former race walker. On 21 June 1987 in Chemnitz he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours. International competitions References * 1961 bir ...

** Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place) Men's 50 km walk *

** Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver medal) * Hartwig Gauder ** Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze medal) *

Dietmar Meisch Dietmar Meisch (born 10 February 1959 in Weida, Bezirk Gera) is a retired East German race walker. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finished twentieth at the 1980 Olympic Games and ninth at the 1988 Olympic Games ...

** Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 100 m relay *

Silke Möller Silke Möller ( Gladisch, born 20 June 1964) is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. She was a member of the East German quartet that broke the world record in ...

Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt (born 2 September 1967 in Leisnig) is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 m during her career. Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, where she wo ...

, Ingrid Lange and

Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner, born 21 March 1958 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world r ...

** Heat — 42.92 ** Semifinal — 42.23 ** Final — 42.09 (→ Silver medal) Women's 4 × 400 m relay *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. She has received injuries as ...

, Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam,

Kirsten Emmelmann Kirsten Emmelmann ( Siemon; born 19 April 1961 in Warnemünde, Bezirk Rostock) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4 ...

and

Petra Müller Petra Schersing (née Müller, born 18 October 1965 in Quedlinburg) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented sports club SC Chemie Halle and was coached by Harold Werner. At the 1988 Olympic Games i ...

** Heat — 3:27.37 * Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam,

Sabine Busch Sabine Busch (later Ascui; born 21 November 1962, in Erfurt) is a retired East German athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. In 1987, she became the World Champion at 400 m hurdles and the World ...

and

** Final — 3:18.29 (→ Bronze medal) Women's marathon *

Katrin Dörre Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to: Sports * Katrin Apel (born 1973), German biathlete * Katrin Beinroth (born 1981), German judoka *Katrin Borchert (born 1969), German- ...

– 2"26:21 (→ Bronze medal) * Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's discus throw * Martina Hellmann ** Qualification – 67.12m ** Final – 72.30 m (→ Gold medal) *

Diana Gansky Diana Gansky ( Sachse; born 14 December 1963 in Bergen auf Rügen, Bezirk Rostock) is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and was one of the world's best discus throwers. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 Eu ...

** Qualification – 65.40 m ** Final – 71.88m (→ Silver medal) *

Gabriele Reinsch Gabriele "Gabi" Reinsch (born 23 September 1963 in Cottbus) is a German track and field athlete. She represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic Games in discus throw. On 9 July 1988 at the East Germany – Italy tournament in Neubrandenb ...

** Qualification – 66.88m ** Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place) Women's javelin throw * Petra Felke ** Qualification – 67.06m ** Final – 74.68m (→ Gold medal) *

Beate Koch Beate Koch (born 18 August 1967) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of ...

** Qualification – 66.86m ** Final – 67.30 m (→ Bronze medal) *

Silke Renk Silke Renk (born 30 June 1967 in Querfurt, Bezirk Halle) is a retired German javelin thrower. She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth ...

** Qualification – 63.64m ** Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place) Women's shot put *

Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. She won two Olympic medals, t ...

** Qualification – 20.18m ** Final – 21.07m (→ Silver medal) *

Ines Müller Ines Müller, (born 2 January 1959 in Grimma, Muldentalkreis, Saxony), is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republ ...

** Qualification – 19.79m ** Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place) *

Heike Hartwig Heike Hartwig (born 30 December 1962 in Bernburg, Bezirk Halle) is a retired East German shot putter. She represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German championships in 1987, 1989 and 1990. Her personal best throw was 21 ...

** Qualification – 20.06m ** Final – 20.20 m (→ 6th place) Women's heptathlon *

Sabine John The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divide ...

** Final result — 6897 points (→ Silver medal) * Anke Behmer ** Final result — 6858 points (→ Bronze medal) * Ines Schulz ** Final result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

Boxing

Men's bantamweight (54 kg) *

René Breitbarth Rene Breitbarth (born 24 April 1966 in Mühlhausen) is a former boxer from East Germany who won a Light Flyweight gold medal at the 1985 European Amateur Championships. In 1986, he won the bantamweight silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur ...

*# First round — defeated Magare Tshekiso (BTS), 5–0 *# Second round — defeated Vedat Tutuk (TUR), 5–0 *# Third round — lost to Jorge Julio Rocha (COL), 1–4

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988. ; Men's road race * Olaf Ludwig — 4:32:22 (→ Gold medal) *

Uwe Raab Uwe Raab (born 26 July 1962) is a German former professional cyclist born in Wittenberg, East Germany. He is most known for winning the Points classification in the 1990 and 1991 Vuelta a Españas. He also competed in the road race at the 198 ...

Uwe Ampler Uwe Ampler (born 11 October 1964) is a retired track and road cyclist who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kumm ...

; Men's team time trial *

* Mario Kummer *

Maik Landsmann Maik Landsmann (born 25 October 1967) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial (100 km), ...

* Jan Schur ; Men's sprint * Lutz Heßlich ; Men's 1 km time trial *

Maic Malchow Maic Malchow (born 11 October 1962) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the 1 km time trial event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

; Men's individual pursuit *

Bernd Dittert Bernd Dittert (born 6 February 1961) is a retired racing cyclist from East Germany who won the bronze medal for his native country in the men's 4,000m individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), off ...

; Men's team pursuit * Steffen Blochwitz * Roland Hennig * Carsten Wolf *

Dirk Meier Dirk Meier (born 28 January 1964) is a retired East German cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m team pursuit, winning silver medals at the world championships of 1986 and 1987 and at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a road racer, he ...

* Uwe Preißler ; Men's points race * Olaf Ludwig ; Women's road race * Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place) *

Petra Rossner Petra Rossner (born 14 November 1966) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the same event she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989. ...

— DNF (→ no ranking) ; Women's sprint * Christa Rothenburger-Luding

Diving

Fencing

Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event. ; Men's foil * Udo Wagner * Jens Howe * Aris Enkelmann ; Men's team foil * Aris Enkelmann, Adrian Germanus, Jens Gusek, Jens Howe, Udo Wagner ; Men's épée * Torsten Kühnemund * Uwe Proske

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m freestyle *

Steffen Zesner Steffen Zesner (born 28 September 1967) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside U ...

*# Heat – 50.73 *# Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking) * Sven Lodziewski *# Heat – 50.77 *# B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place) Men's 200 m freestyle *

*# Heat – 1:49.13 *# Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place) *

Thomas Flemming Thomas Flemming (born 14 July 1967, in Bad Schlema) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. There he won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle, alongside Uwe ...

*# Heat – 1:49.52 *# B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place) Men's 400 m freestyle *

Uwe Dassler Uwe Daßler (born 11 February 1967), commonly spelled Uwe Dassler in English, is a former middle- and long-distance swimmer from Germany, who represented East Germany (GDR) in international competition. He was European champion in the 400-metr ...

*# Heat – 3:49.90 *# Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold medal) * Jörg Hoffmann *# Heat – 3:53.78 *# B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place) Men's 1500 m freestyle *

*# Heat – 15:08.91 *# Final – 15:06.15 (→ Bronze medal) * Jörg Hoffmann *# Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place) Men's 100 m backstroke *

Frank Baltrusch Frank Baltrusch (born 21 March 1964 in Magdeburg) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known a ...

*# Heat – 56.45 *# Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place) *

Dirk Richter Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964 in Cottbus, Bezirk Cottbus) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alon ...

*# Heat – 56.52 *# B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place) Men's 200 m backstroke *

*# Heat – 2:01.49 *# Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver medal) *

*# Heat – 2:01.54 *# Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place) Men's 100 m breaststroke * Christian Poswiat *# Heat – 1:02.99 *# Final – 1:03.43 (→ 8th place) * Raik Hannemann *# Heat – 1:04.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200 m breaststroke * Christian Poswiat *# Heat – 2:20.99 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 200 m individual medley * Patrick Kühl *# Heat – 2:03.77 *# Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver medal) * Raik Hannemann *# Heat – 2:04.03 *# Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place) Men's 400 m individual medley * Patrick Kühl *# Heat – 4:18.60 *# Final – 4:18.44 (→ 5th place) * Raik Hannemann *# Heat – 2:04.03 *# Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place) Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay *

Lars Hinneburg Lars Hinneburg (born 15 June 1965 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze m ...

and

*# Heat – 3:20.47 *# Final – 3:19.82 (→ Bronze medal) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay *

, Sven Lodziewski and

*# Heat – 7:16.61 *

, Sven Lodziewski,

and

*# Final – 7:13.68 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 50 m freestyle *

Kristin Otto Kristin Otto (; born 7 February 1966) is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.

*# Heat – 25.85 *# B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold medal) *

Katrin Meissner Katrin Meissner (german: Katrin Meißner, born 17 January 1973) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Specia ...

*# Heat – 25.77 *# Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 100 m freestyle *

*# Heat – 55.80 *# B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold medal) *

Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach (born 22 February 1970 in Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, ...

*# Heat – 56.14 *# Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place) Women's 200 m freestyle *

Heike Friedrich Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1 ...

*# Heat – 1:59.02 *# B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold medal) *

*# Heat – 2:00.30 *# Final – 1:59.01 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 400 m freestyle *

*# Heat – 4:11.30 *# B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver medal) * Anke Möhring *# Heat – 4:10.64 *# Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 800 m freestyle *

Astrid Strauss Astrid Strauss or, rarely, Strauß (born 24 December 1968 in Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In May 1992, she tes ...

*# Heat – 8:28.07 *# B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver medal) * Anke Möhring *# Heat – 8:30.95 *# Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place) Women's 100 m backstroke *

*# Heat – 1:01.45 *# Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold medal) * Cornelia Sirch *# Heat – 1:01.63 *# Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 200 m backstroke *

Kathrin Zimmermann Kathrin Zimmermann (born 22 December 1966 in Gera) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany who won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Gam ...

*# Heat – 2:12.81 *# Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver medal) * Cornelia Sirch *# Heat – 2:10.46 *# Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze medal) Women's 100 m breaststroke *

Silke Hörner Silke Hörner (born 12 September 1965) is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East Germany, East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay ...

*# Heat – 1:08.35 *# Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze medal) *

Annett Rex Annett Rex (born 13 December 1969) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known ...

*# Heat – 1:10.61 *# Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place) Women's 200 m breaststroke *

*# Heat – 2:27.63 *# Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold medal) * Susanne Boernike *# Heat – 2:30.71 *# B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place) Women's 100 m butterfly *

*# Heat – 1:00.40 *# Final – 59.00 (→ Gold medal) *

Birte Weigang Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team ...

*# Heat – 59.97 *# Final – 59.45 (→ Silver medal) Women's 200 m butterfly *

Kathleen Nord Kathleen Nord (later Schwartz, 26 December 1965 – 24 February 2022) was a butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany. She won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 400 m individua ...

*# Heat – 2:11.81 *# Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold medal) *

*# Heat – 2:11.97 *# Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver medal) Women's 200 m individual medley * Daniela Hunger *# Heat – 2:16.23 *# Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold medal) Women's 400 m individual medley * Daniela Hunger *# Heat – 4:44.85 *# Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze medal) *

*# Heat – 4:42.92 *# Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place) Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay *

Sabina Schulze Sabina Schulze (born 19 March 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships, setting a new world record. Two years later she won a gold medal in the same event a ...

and Daniela Hunger *# Heat – 3:43.13 *

, Daniela Hunger and

*# Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold medal) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay * Cornelia Sirch,

and

*# Heat – 4:08.53 *

and

*# Final – 4:03.74 (→ Gold medal)

Volleyball

Women's tournament

* Preliminary round (Group A) ** Lost to South Korea (1–3) ** Defeated Japan (3–2) ** Lost to Soviet Union (0–3) * Classification matches ** 5th/8th place: defeated United States (3–1) ** 5th/6th place: defeated Brazil (3–0) → Fifth place * Team roster ** Steffi Schmidt **

Susanne Lahme Susanne Lahme (born 10 September 1968 in Luckenwalde) is a former German indoor and beach volleyball player. Indoor volleyball career Lahme began her career in the indoor volleyball in 1980 playing at SC Dynamo Berlin and was eight times East ...

** Monika Beu ** Ariane Radfan ** Kathrin Langschwager ** Maike Arlt ** Brit Wiedemann **

Ute Steppin Ute Steppin (born ) was a German female volleyball player. She was part of the East Germany women's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and of the Germany women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics T ...

** Grit Jensen ** Dörte Stüdemann ** Heike Jensen ** Ute Langenau *Head coach: Siegfried Köhler

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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