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(Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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. West Germany had joined the

American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its allies late ...

four years previously. 390 competitors, 267 men and 123 women, took part in 194 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Archery

All five of the German archers posted solid scores in the nation's third Olympic archery competition, with none placing lower than 15th. Women's Individual Competition: * Manuela Dachner — 2508 points (→ 6th place) *

Doris Haas Doris Haas (born 27 December 1964 in Gengenbach) is a German former archer. Archery Haas won a silver medal in the women's team event at the 1983 World Archery Championships and a bronze at the 1985 World Archery Championships representing West ...

— 2480 points (→ 11th place) Men's Individual Competition: * Harry Wittig — 2497 points (→ 9th place) * Armin Garnreiter — 2494 points (→ 10th place) * Detlef Kahlert — 2486 points (1→ 5th place)

Athletics

;Men's Competition Men's 400 metres * Erwin Skamrahl :* Heat — 45.94 :* Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres *

Christoph Herle Christoph Herle (born 19 November 1955 in Königstein im Taunus, Hessen) is a retired West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10000 metres and cross-country running. His first major international track race occurred in the 1978 Eu ...

:* Heat — 13:46.35 :* Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance) * Uwe Mönkemeyer :* Heat — 13:48.66 :* Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres *

:* Qualifying Heat — 28:30.28 :* Final — 28:08.21 (→ 5th place) Men's Marathon * Ralf Salzmann :* Final — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place) Men's High Jump *

Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg (, ; born 15 August 1961) is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens. Career On 26 May 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenb ...

:* Qualification — 2.24 m :* Final — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt (, ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 meters ranks him second on the indoor ...

:* Qualification — 2.24 m :* Final — 2.15 m (→ 10th place) *

Gerd Nagel Gerd Nagel (born 22 October 1957 in Sulingen, Lower Saxony) is a retired West German high jumper. Biography He won the 1979 University Games and finished fourteenth at the 1987 World Championships. At the European Indoor Championships he won ...

:* Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Peter Bouschen :* Final — 16.77 m (→ 5th place) Men's Javelin Throw * Wolfram Gambke :* Qualification — 82.98 m :* Final — 82.46 m (→ 4th place) * Klaus Tafelmeier :* Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's Shot Put *

Karsten Stolz Karsten Stolz (born 23 July 1964 in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German shot putter. Career Stolz represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid, and became West German champion in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989. His perso ...

:* Qualifying Round — 18.98 m :* Final — 18.31 m (→ 12th place) Men's Discus Throw * Rolf Danneberg :* Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Alwin Wagner Alwin Josef Wagner (born 11 August 1950 in Melsungen, Hessen) is a West German discus thrower and weight lifter, who was affiliated with ''University Sportclub Mainz'' ( USC Mainz). He finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In Germany he i ...

:* Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place) Men's Hammer Throw * Karl-Hans Riehm :* Qualification — 75.50 m :* Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal) *

Klaus Ploghaus Klaus Dieter Ploghaus (31 January 1956 – 11 January 2022) was a West German hammer thrower. He was born in Gelnhausen, Hesse. His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the bronze meda ...

:* Qualification — 74.68m :* Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal) *

Christoph Sahner Christoph Sahner (born September 23, 1963 in Illingen) is a retired male hammer thrower, who represented West Germany during his career. His personal best throw was 81.78 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Wemmetsweiler. This ranks him sixt ...

:* Qualification — 72.88 m :* Final — no mark (→ no ranking) Men's Decathlon *

Jürgen Hingsen Jürgen Hingsen (; born 25 January 1958) is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984. His rivalr ...

:* Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal) *

Siegfried Wentz Siegfried "Siggi" Wentz (; born 7 March 1960) is a German former track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medallist, and a two-time World Championship medallist. Career Wentz was born in Rothenbach ...

:* Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal) *

Guido Kratschmer Guido Kratschmer (; born 10 January 1953 in Klotzenhof, West Germany) is a retired West German decathlete. His sports club was the USC Mainz. Kratschmer competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won the silver medal in the me ...

:* Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place) Men's 20 km Walk * Dieter Hoffmann :* Final — did not start (→ no ranking) ;Women's Competition Women's 1,000 metres * Moira Thurnden :* Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 1,500 metres *

Roswitha Gerdes Roswitha Gerdes (born 28 June 1961) is a German middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ...

:* Heat — 4:10.64 :* Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place) * Margrit Klinger :* Heat — did not start (→ no ranking) Women's 3,000 metres * Brigitte Kraus :* Heat — 8:57.53 :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's Marathon * Charlotte Teske :* Final — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place) Women's High Jump *

Ulrike Meyfarth Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (; born 4 May 1956) is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she also was the o ...

:* Qualification — 1.90m :* Final — 2.02m (→ Gold Medal) * Heike Redetzky :* Qualification — 1.90m :* Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place) * Brigitte Holzapfel :* Qualification — 1.90m :* Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place) Women's Discus Throw * Ingra Manecke :* Qualification — 56.20m :* Final — 58.56m (→ 6th place) Women's Javelin Throw *

Ingrid Thyssen Ingrid Anna Thyssen (born 9 September 1956 in Aachen) is a retired West German javelin thrower. Competition Results She finished seventh at the 1978 European Championships. She competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the fina ...

:* Qualification — 60.86m :* Final — 63.26m (→ 6th place) *

Beate Peters Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959) is a retired West German javelin thrower. Biography She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics. She then won bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships ...

:* Qualification — 61.56m :* Final — 62.34m (→ 7th place) Women's Shot Put *

Claudia Losch Claudia Losch (born 10 January 1960) is a retired German shot putter. She is the 1984 Olympic Champion. Shortly after the Olympics, she competed in the 100 metres at the Friendship Games in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; ...

:* Final — 20.48 m (→ Gold Medal) Women's Heptathlon * Sabine Everts :* Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal) *

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

:* Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place) * Birgit Dressel :* Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :*Lost to Yugoslavia (83-96) :*Lost to Italy (72-80) :*Lost to Australia (66-66) :*Defeated Egypt (85-58) :*Defeated Brazil (78-75) *Quarterfinals :*Lost to United States (67-78) *Classification Matches :*5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98) :*7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th place *Team Roster :* Christoph Komer :*

Vladimir Kadlec Vladimir Kadlec (born 9 July 1957) is a former German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

:* Uwe Brauer :* Uwe Sauer :* Ulrich Peters :*

Klaus Zander Klaus Zander (born 6 September 1956) is a former West German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angele ...

Michael Pappert Michael Pappert (born 15 August 1957) is a former West German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angel ...

Armin Sowa Armin Sowa (born 2 August 1959) is a West German former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1959 births Living people German men's basketball players Olympi ...

Detlef Schrempf Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963) is a German-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the ...

Uwe Blab Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962) is a German former professional basketball player who had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). High School and College Blab attended Effingham High School in Illinois, which ...

Ingo Mendel Ingo Mendel (born 24 June 1960) is a former West German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 198 ...

:* Christian Welp

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Stefan Gertel *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Louis Gomis (France), retired in the second round Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Reiner Gies *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq), 4:1 *# Third Round — Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Sr. (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, ligh ...

(United States), 0:5 Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) *

Helmut Gertel Helmut Gertel (born 27 April 1961) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Jerry Page Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, O ...

*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to

Jerry Page Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games. Amateur career Jerry ...

(United States), 0:5 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Alexander Künzler *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ali Aldahan (Syria), 5:0 *# Third Round — Defeated

Kamel Abboud Kamel Abboud (born 30 September 1961) is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division. He tied for ninth place with seven other competitors. Early life Kamel trained at the Béjaïa boxing schoo ...

(Algeria), 4:1 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Luciano Bruno Luciano Bruno (born 23 May 1963 in Foggia) is a retired Italy, Italian boxing, boxer, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Olympic results *1/16: 1st round bye *1 ...

(Italy), 0:5 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

Manfred Zielonka Manfred Zielonka (born 24 January 1960 in Krzyżowa Dolina, Poland) is a retired boxer from West Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's light middleweight division (– 71 kg). In the semifinals he ...

→ Bronze Medal *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Ambrose Mlilo (Zimbabwe), 4:1 *# Third Round — Defeated Gustavo Ollo (Argentina), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Gnohery Sery (Ivory Coast), 5:0 *# Semifinals — Lost to Frank Tate (United States), walkover Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Andreas Bauer *# First Round — Lost to

Antonio Corti Hugo Antonio Corti (born June 3, 1963 in San Martin, Santa Fé) is a retired boxer from Argentina, who competed in the middleweight division (– 71 kg). He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Cali ...

(Argentina), 0:5 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Markus Bott *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to

Anton Josipović Anton "Ante" Josipović (born 22 October 1961) is a former Yugoslav boxing, boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia). He won the Olympic medalists in boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though Cr ...

(Yugoslavia), 1:4 Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) *

Peter Hussing Peter Hussing (15 May 1948 – 8 September 2012) was a West German heavyweight boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics and placed fifth in 1976 and 1984; he missed the 1980 Moscow Games due to their boycott by West Germany. Huss ...

*# First Round — Defeated Olaf Mayer (Austria), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Aziz Salihu Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1954 in Pristina, Kosovo) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze ...

(Yugoslavia), 2:3

Canoeing

Cycling

Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984. ; Men's individual road race *

Thomas Freienstein Thomas Freienstein (born 9 March 1960) is a German former cyclist. He won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1982 and 1984. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (o ...

* Achim Stadler * Werner Stauff *

Andreas Kappes Andreas Kappes (23 December 1965 – 31 July 2018) was a German cyclist, who was a professional from 1987 to 2009, active on the road and on the track, collecting in total 133 wins, and, as an amateur, represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer ...

;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Hartmut Bölts *

* Bernd Gröne *

Michael Maue Michael Maue (born 18 May 1960) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an ...

; Sprint * Gerhard Scheller *

Fredy Schmidtke Fredy Schmidtke (1 July 1961 – 1 December 2017) was a German track cyclist. He won a gold medal in the 1000 metres time trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known ...

; 1000m time trial *

;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Rolf Gölz Rolf Gölz (born 30 September 1962) is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985 and narrowly missed the podium in the 1987 UCI World Championship ...

* Ingo Wittenborn ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Reinhard Alber *

Roland Günther Roland Günther (born 11 December 1962) is a German cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the team pursuit along with Rolf Gölz, Reinhard Alber and Michael Marx in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of t ...

Michael Marx Michael Marx (born July 7, 1958) is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by ...

;

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...

Uwe Messerschmidt Uwe Messerschmidt (born 22 January 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 1997. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

:* Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal) *

Manfred Donike Manfred Donike (23 August 1933, Köttingen, Rhine Province – 21 August 1995, on a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Johannesburg) was a German cyclist and chemist, known for his research on doping. Donike lived in Rölsdorf. Donike stud ...

:* Final — 3 points (→ 19th place) ; Women's individual road race *

Sandra Schumacher Sandra Schumacher (born 25 December 1966) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer, who represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los ...

— 2:11:14 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Ute Enzenauer Ute Enzenauer (born 18 January 1965) is a former West German road racing cyclist active from 1981 to 1987. Born in Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Enzenauer was selected from school at age 9 as a cyclist. She won the West German Nat ...

— 2:13:28 (→ 8th place) *

Ines Varenkamp Ines Varenkamp (born 15 November 1963) is a German former professional racing cyclist. She won the German National Road Race Championship in 1988. She also rode at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics ...

— 2:13:28 (→ 12th place) * Gabriele Altweck

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Albin Killat :* Preliminary Round — 549.39 :* Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place) * Dieter Dörr :* Preliminary Round — 533.61 :* Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1984. ; Men's foil *

Matthias Behr Matthias Behr (born 1 April 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a former German foil fencer. He won a gold medal and three silvers at three Olympic Games. Biography Matthias Behr attended the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofs ...

Matthias Gey Matthias Gey (born 7 July 1960) is a German fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

Harald Hein Harald Hein (19 April 1950 – 20 May 2008) was a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal in the team event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXI ...

; Men's team foil *

, Klaus Reichert, Frank Beck ; Men's épée *

Elmar Borrmann Elmar Borrmann (born 18 January 1957) is a German fencer. He won a gold and silver medal in the team épée event for West Germany in 1984 and 1988 and a gold in the same event for Germany in 1992. Biography Elmar Borrmann attended the Kaufm� ...

Alexander Pusch Alexander Pusch (born 15 May 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography Alexander Pusch fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. He won a gold medal in the in ...

Volker Fischer Volker Fischer (born 15 August 1950) is a German fencer. He won a gold medal and two silvers at three Olympic Games. He keeps fencing in the Veterans category, with excellent results. For example, he won the World Veterans Championship at Debre ...

; Men's team épée *

Gerhard Heer Gerhard Heer (born 19 December 1955) is a German former fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

, Rafael Nickel,

; Men's sabre * Freddy Scholz * Jürgen Nolte * Jörg Stratmann ; Men's team sabre * Dieter Schneider, Jürgen Nolte, Freddy Scholz, Jörg Stratmann, Jörg Volkmann ; Women's foil *

Cornelia Hanisch Cornelia Hanisch (; born 12 June 1952) is a retired German fencer. She won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad a ...

Sabine Bischoff Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer. Biography Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics ( ...

* Christiane Weber ; Women's team foil * Christiane Weber,

Ute Kircheis-Wessel Ute Kircheis-Wessel (born Ute Kircheis on 18 May 1953) is a retired German fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Internatio ...

, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser

Football

;Men's Team Competition * Preliminary Round (Group C) :*

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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2 – 5 *Team Roster: :* ( 1.)

Bernd Franke Bernd Franke (born 12 February 1948) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Also an outfield player in his youth, young Bernd Franke made his steps towards the professional game following his impressiveness in the ranks of Sa ...

:* ( 2.)

Manfred Bockenfeld Manfred Bockenfeld (born 23 July 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Honours Werder Bremen *UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92 *Bundesliga: 1992–93 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Mo ...

:* ( 3.) Roland Dickgiesser :* ( 4.) Dieter Bast :* ( 5.)

Bernd Wehmeyer Bernd Wehmeyer (born 6 June 1952 in Herford) is a retired German footballer. He spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and Hamburger SV. Honours Hamburger SV * European Cup winner: 1982–83 * European Cup r ...

:* ( 6.)

Guido Buchwald Guido Ulrich Buchwald (born 24 January 1961) is a German former professional football player. Throughout his career he played as a defender. He is currently director of football of Stuttgarter Kickers. The best game of Buchwald's career was th ...

:* ( 7.)

Jürgen Groh Jürgen Groh (born 17 July 1956) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He represented Germany in two friendlies. Honours Hamburger ...

:* ( 8.)

Rudolf Bommer Rudolf "Rudi" Bommer (born 19 August 1957) is a German former footballer, who played as a midfielder, and current football manager. Playing career Born in Aschaffenburg, Bommer played 417 games between 1976 and 1996 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bay ...

:* ( 9.)

Dieter Schatzschneider Dieter Schatzschneider (born 26 April 1958) is a German former footballer who formerly held the record for the highest number of 2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was impleme ...

:* (10.)

Andreas Brehme Andreas "Andy" Brehme (; born 9 November 1960) is a German football coach and former football defender. At international level, he is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina from a ...

:* (11.)

Frank Mill Frank Mill (born 23 July 1958) is a German former professional footballer who was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 and at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze ...

:* (12.)

Walter Junghans Walter Junghans (born 26 October 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played goalkeeper. Career Born in Hamburg, Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the back up for Sepp Maier. In 19 ...

:* (13.) Alfred Schoen :* (14.) Peter Lux :* (15.)

Uwe Rahn Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career, scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight ...

:* (16.)

Christian Schreier Christian Schreier (born 4 February 1959) is a German former professional footballer who is the general manager of SC Paderborn. He played as an midfielder, most notably with VfL Bochum and Bayer Leverkusen, and won one cap for West Germany, in ...

:* (17.) Dieter Schlindwein

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition *Team Roster :*

Jochen Fraatz Jochen Fraatz (born 14 May 1963 in Cuxhaven) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal A ...

Thomas Happe Thomas Happe (born March 25, 1958) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the West German handball team which won the silver medal. He played five matches. Happe is the son of Olym ...

Arnulf Meffle Arnulf Meffle (born 1 December 1957) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internati ...

Rüdiger Neitzel Rüdiger Neitzel (born 16 March 1963) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Therefore he and all players of the team were awarded with the Silver Lorel Leaf, Germany's highest sport award. He was a me ...

:* Michael Paul :*

Dirk Rauin Dirk Rauin (born 16 March 1957 in Hückeswagen) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were a ...

Siegfried Roch Siegfried Roch (born 26 March 1959) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internation ...

:* Michael Roth :*

Ulrich Roth Uli Jon Roth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of the earliest contributors to the neoclassical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky A ...

Martin Schwalb Martin Schwalb (born 4 May 1963) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches Rhein-Neckar Löwen. In 2013 he led his team to its first win of the EHF Cha ...

Uwe Schwenker Uwe Schenker (born 24 March 1959 in Bremen) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an in ...

:* Thomas Springel :*

Andreas Thiel Andreas Thiel (born March 3, 1960) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympia ...

:* Klaus Wöller :*

Erhard Wunderlich Erhard "Sepp" Wunderlich (14 December 1956 – 4 October 2012) was a German handball player. Wunderlich was born in Augsburg. As a member of the West German handball team, he won the 1978 World Men's Handball Championship and the silver medal a ...

;Women's Team Competition *Team Roster :* Maike Becker :* Elke Blumauer :* Sabine Erbs :* Astrid Huhn :* Kerstin Jonsson :* Sabrina Koschella :* Corinna Kunze :* Roswitha Mroczynski :* Petra Platen :* Vanadis Putzke :* Silvia Schmitt :* Dagmar Stelberg :* Claudia Sturm

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Defeated Spain (3-1) :* Defeated United States (4-0) :* Lost to Australia (0-3) :* Defeated Malaysia (5-0) :* Drew with India (0-0) *Semi Finals :* Defeated Great Britain (1-0) *Final :* Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver Medal *Team Roster :*

Tobias Frank Tobias Frank (born 5 April 1958, in Worms) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympi ...

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Christian Bassemir Christian Bassemir (born 13 March 1956) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from West Germany, who was a member of the West German team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ...

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Michael Peter Michael Peter (7 May 1949 – 23 October 1997) was a field hockey player from West Germany, who captained the West German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Twelve years later, at age 35, he was a member of the ...

:* Horst-Ulrich Hänel :* Carsten Fischer :*

Markku Slawyk Markku Slawyk (born 8 May 1962) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West German team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ánge ...

:* Thomas Gunst :*

Volker Fried Volker Fried (born 1 February 1961 in Osnabrück, Niedersachsen) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four consecutive Summer Olympics for West and the reunified Germany. He won the gold medal with his team at the ...

:* Eckhard Schmidt-Opper :* Joachim Hürter :*

Andreas Keller Andreas Keller (born 1 October 1965) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the gold medal with Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after securing silv ...

Dirk Brinkmann Dirk Brinkmann (born 2 October 1964) is a former West German field hockey player who competed at two Summer Olympics. On both occasions he won the silver medal with his team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in ...

:* Stefan Blöcher :*

Thomas Reck Thomas Werner Reck (born 16 January 1964 in Ulm) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Ol ...

Heiner Dopp Heiner Dopp (born 27 June 1956 in Bad Dürkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 (Los Angeles) and ...

Reinhard Krull Reinhard Krull (born 2 October 1954) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West German team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Á ...

;Women's Team Competition *Round Robin :* Drew with Australia (2-2) :* Defeated Canada (3-0) :* Lost to The Netherlands (2-6) :* Defeated New Zealand (1-0) :* Drew with United States (1-1) → Silver Medal *Team Roster :* Susanne Schmid (gk) :* Ursula Thielemann (gk) :* Christina Moser :* Hella Roth :* Dagmar Breiken :* Sigrid Landgraf :* Elke Drüll :* Corinna Lingnau :* Andrea Weiermann-Lietz :* Gaby Appel :* Birgit Hagen :* Birgit Hahn :* Beate Deininger :* Patricia Ott :* Martina Koch :* Gabi Schley

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984. ;Individual * Achim Bellmann * Michael Rehbein * Christian Sandow ;Team * Achim Bellmann * Michael Rehbein * Christian Sandow

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men's Competition Men's 100m Freestyle * Dirk Korthals :* Heat — 51.02 :* Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place) * Alexander Schowtka :* Heat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200m Freestyle *

Michael Groß Michael Groß (, ; born 17 June 1964), usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 ...

:* Heat — 1:48.03 :* Final — 1:47.44 (→ image:Med 1.png Gold Medal) * Thomas Fahrner :* Heat — 1:50.00 :* Final — 1:49.69 (→ image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal) Men's 400m Freestyle * Stefan Pfeiffer :* Heat — 3:53.41 :* Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place) * Thomas Fahrner :* Heat — 3:55.26 :* B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place) Men's 1500m Freestyle * Stefan Pfeiffer :* Heat — 15:21.95 :* Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Rainer Henkel Rainer Henkel (born 27 February 1964 in Opladen) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Stefan Peter :* Heat — 57.90 :* B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place) * Nicolai Klapkarek :* Heat — 58.19 :* B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Nicolai Klapkarek :* Heat — 2:04.45 :* Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place) * Stefan Peter :* Heat — 2:05.22 :* B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place) Men's 100m Breaststroke *

Gerald Mörken Gerald Mörken (born 2 November 1959 in Dortmund) is a German former Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. References

1959 births Living people German male swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic s ...

:* Heat — 1:03.53 :* Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place) * Peter Lang :* Heat — 1:04.40 :* B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke *

Gerald Mörken Gerald Mörken (born 2 November 1959 in Dortmund) is a German former Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. References

1959 births Living people German male swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic s ...

:* Heat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place) * Peter Lang :* Heat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100m Butterfly *

:* Heat — 54.02 :* Final — 53.08 (→ image:Med 1.png Gold Medal) * Andreas Behrend :* Heat — 55.22 :* Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place) Men's 200m Butterfly *

:* Heat — 1:58.72 :* Final — 1:57.40 (→ image:Med 2.png Silver Medal) * Andreas Behrend :* Heat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Nicolai Klapkarek :* Heat — 2:06.07 :* Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place) * Ralf Diegel :* Heat — 2:06.41 :* Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place) Men's 400m Individual Medley * Ralf Diegel :* Heat — 4:28.10 :* B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, Nicolai Klapkarek, and Andreas Schmidt :* Heat — 3:24.69 * Dirk Korthals, Andreas Schmidt, Alexander Schowtka, and

:* Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

Rainer Henkel Rainer Henkel (born 27 February 1964 in Opladen) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and Thomas Fahrner :* Heat — 7:25.29 * Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and

:* Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Stefan Peter,

Gerald Mörken Gerald Mörken (born 2 November 1959 in Dortmund) is a German former Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. References

1959 births Living people German male swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic s ...

, Andreas Behrend, and Alexander Schowtka :* Heat — 3:49.75 * Stefan Peter,

Gerald Mörken Gerald Mörken (born 2 November 1959 in Dortmund) is a German former Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. References

1959 births Living people German male swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic s ...

, and Dirk Korthals :* Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place) ;Women's Competition Women's 100m Freestyle * Susanne Schuster :* Heat — 56.85 :* Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place) * Iris Zscherpe :* Heat — 57.31 :* B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place) Women's 200m Freestyle * Ina Beyermann :* Heat — 2:02.42 :* Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place) * Iris Zscherpe :* Heat — 2:03.95 :* B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place) Women's 400m Freestyle * Birgit Kowalczik :* Heat — 4:17.92 :* Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place) * Ina Beyermann :* Heat — 4:18.94 :* B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place) Women's 800m Freestyle * Birgit Kowalczik :* Heat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, and Karin Seick :* Heat — 3:46.49 :* Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, and Karin Seick :* Heat — 4:13.58 :* Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 100m Backstroke * Svenja Schlicht :* Heat — 1:04.02 :* Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place) * Sandra Dahlmann :* Heat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200m Backstroke * Svenja Schlicht :* Heat — 2:15.69 :* Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place) * Sandra Dahlmann :* Heat — 2:19.59 :* B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place) Women's 200m Butterfly * Ina Beyermann :* Heat — 2:13.26 :* Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal) * Petra Zindler :* Heat — 2:15.20 :* B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley * Christiane Pielke :* Heat — 2:19.17 :* Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place) * Petra Zindler :* Heat — 2:20.05 :* Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place) Women's 400m Individual Medley * Petra Zindler :* Heat — 4:52.49 :* Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Volleyball

;Women's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Lost to United States (0-3) :* Lost to China (0-3) :* Defeated Brazil (3-0) *Classification Matches :* 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0) :* 5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth place *Team Roster :* Ruth Holzhausen :* Birgitta Rühmer :*

Gudrun Witte Gudrun Witte (born 4 January 1962) is a German former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 19 ...

Beate Bühler Beate Bühler (born 8 April 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. There she ended up in sixth place wit ...

:* Regina Vossen :* Sigrid Terstegge :* Andrea Sauvigny :*

Renate Riek Renate Riek (born 11 March 1960) is a German former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

:* Marina Staden :*

Almut Kemperdick Almut Kemperdick (born 11 May 1963) is a German volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) we ...

:* Terry Place-Brandel :* Ute Hankers

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group C) :* Defeated Australia (10-6) :* Defeated Japan (15-8) :* Defeated Italy (10-4) *Final Round (Group D) :* Drew with Spain (8-8) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10) :* Lost to United States (7-8) :* Defeated Netherlands (15-2) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster :* Peter Röhle :* Thomas Loebb :* Frank Otto :* Rainer Hoppe :* Armando Fernández :*

Thomas Huber Thomas Huber (born 18 November 1966 in Palling, Bavaria) is a German climber and mountaineer. He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and climbing partner is Alexander Huber and the two are called "Huberbuam" (Huberboys) in the B ...

:* Jürgen Schroder :*

Rainer Osselmann Rainer Osselmann (25 July 1960 – 23 April 2023) was a German water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Osselmann was born in Duisburg. His father, Friedrich Osselmann, played water polo fo ...

Hagen Stamm Hagen Stamm (born 12 June 1960 in Berlin) is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and two Eur ...

:* Roland Freund :*

Dirk Theismann Dirk Theismann (born 8 June 1963 in Hamm) is a German former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) ...

:* Werner Obschernikat

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:West Germany At The 1984 Summer Olympics Germany, West

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...