West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) 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 ...

in Seoul, South Korea. Following

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

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 ...

. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

In West Germany's fourth archery competition, the six archers were not as successful as the German team had been four years earlier, but nevertheless qualified two individuals for the semifinals and ended up with 6th places in both the women's team and women's individual events. Women's Individual Competition: * Claudia Kriz – Final (→ 6th place) * Christa Oeckl – Preliminary Round (→ 25th place) * Doris Haas – Preliminary Round (→ 32nd place) Men's Individual Competition: * Detlef Kahlert – Semifinal (→ 12th place) * Manfred Barth – Preliminary Round (→ 54th place) * Bernhard Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 59th place) Women's Team Competition: * Kriz, Oeckl, and Haas – Final (→ 6th place) Men's Team Competition: * Kahlert, Barth, and Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 18th place)

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres * Dieter Baumann :* First Round — 13:58.58 :* Semi Final — 13:22.71 :* Final — 13:15.52 (→ Med 2

Silver Medal) Men's Marathon *

Ralf Salzmann Ralf Salzmann (born February 6, 1955 in Kassel, Hesse) is a former long-distance runner from Germany, who represented West Germany in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángel ...

:* Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Christian Haas,

Fritz Heer Fritz Heer (born 9 May 1959) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

, Peter Klein, and Dirk Schweisfurth :* Heat — 39.01 :* Semi Final — 38.75 :* Final — 38.55 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Bodo Kuhn Bodo Kuhn (born 9 August 1967) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seo ...

Mark Henrich Mark Henrich (born 22 July 1961) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly ...

, Jörg Vaihinger, and

Ralf Lübke Ralf Lübke (born 17 June 1965 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 × 400 metres relay bronze meda ...

:* Heat — 3:03.90 * Norbert Dobeleit,

, Jörg Vaihinger, and

:* Semi Final — 3:00.66 * Norbert Dobeleit,

Edgar Itt Edgar Itt (born 8 June 1967) is a retired West German athlete. He competed 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, ...

, Jörg Vaihinger, and

:* Final — 3:00.56 (→ Med 3

Bronze Medal) Men's 3.000m Steeplechase * Jens Volkmann :* Heat — 8:36.37 :* Semi Final — 8:25.19 (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw *

Klaus Tafelmeier Klaus-Dieter Tafelmeier (born 12 April 1958 in Singen, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In September 1986, Tafelmeier threw 85.74 metres in Como to record the first official world reco ...

:* Qualification — 80.52m :* Final — 82.72m (→ 4th place) Men's Discus Throw *

Rolf Danneberg Rolf Danneberg (born 1 March 1953 in Hamburg) is a former German athlete who, representing West Germany, won the gold medal in discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics with 66.60 metres. He won the Olympic bronze medal in 1988 in Seoul. Biography ...

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

Alois Hannecker Alois Hannecker (born 10 July 1961) is a retired (West) German discus thrower. Hannecker represented the sports clubs MTV Ingolstadt and LC Olympiapark München, and became West German champion in 1986 and 1987. His personal best throw was 65. ...

:* Qualifying Heat – 61.44m :* Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place) * Wulf Brunner :* Qualifying Heat – 57.50m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Heinz Weis :* Qualifying Heat — 77.24m :* Final — 79.16m (→ 5th place) * Christoph Sahner :* Qualifying Heat — 75.84m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Helga Arendt Helga Arendt (24 April 1964 – 11 March 2013) was a West German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Biography Arendt was born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1987 she finished fourth at the 1987 European Indoor Cha ...

, Michaela Schabinger,

Gisela Kinzel Gisela Kinzel, née Gottwald (born 17 May 1961 in Kirchhellen) is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in 400 metres, and competed for the clubs VfL Gladbeck and SC Eintracht Hamm. Competition Results Her biggest succes ...

, and

Gudrun Abt Gudrun Maria Abt (born 3 August 1962) is a retired German hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds. This ranks her fifth amon ...

:* Heat — 3:27.75 *

Ute Thimm Ute Thimm, née Finger (born 10 July 1958 in Bochum) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metres where she w ...

, Andrea Thomas, and

:* Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place) Women's Marathon * Kerstin Preßler :* Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place) * Gabriela Wolf :* Final — 2"35.11 (→ 27th place) Women's Javelin Throw * Ingrid Thyssen :* Qualification – 63.32m :* Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place) * Beate Peters :* Qualification – 60.20m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * Claudia Losch :* Qualification – 20.39m :* Final – 20.27m (→ 5th place) * Iris Plotzitzka :* Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon * Sabine Braun :* Final Result — 6109 points (→ 14th place) *

Sabine Everts Sabine Everts (born 4 March 1961) is a former West German heptathlete. Biography She won a bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in the long jump.Markus Bott Markus Bott (born 13 January 1962 in Pforzheim, West Germany) is a former boxer. He held the WBO world cruiserweight title in 1993. Amateur career *1984 represented West Germany at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Results were: **1st round h ...

:* First Round — Defeated René Suetovius (GDR), RSC-3 :* Second Round — Lost to

Nuramgomed Shanavazov Nurmagomed Magomedsandovich Shanavazov (russian: Нурмагомед Магомедсандович Шанавазов) (born February 19, 1965), is a Soviet Russian former boxer. He is best known for handing Riddick Bowe his first defeat at an i ...

(URS), 0:5 Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) * Andreas Schnieders :* First Round — Defeated

Tshibalabala Kadima Tshibalabala Kadima (born 18 January 1962) is a boxer from Zaire, who competed in the super-heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Kadima lost his opening bout to Andreas Schnieders of West Germany. Kadima won the silver med ...

(ZAI), RSC-2 :* Second Round — Defeated

Ubola Ovvigbo Ovwigbo Uba (born 21 January 1962) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost to Andreas Schnieders Andreas Schnieders (22 December 1966 – 6 Octob ...

(NGA), 5:0 :* Quarterfinals — Lost to Janusz Zarenkiewicz (POL), 2:3

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West Germany in 1988. ; Men's road race *

Bernd Gröne Bernd Gröne (born 19 February 1963) is a retired road racing cyclist from Germany, who won the silver medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a professional rider from ...

— 4:32:25 (→ Silver Medal) *

Christian Henn Christian Henn (born 11 March 1964) is a German former road racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also won the German National Road Race ...

— 4:32:46 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Remig Stumpf Remig Stumpf (25 March 1966 – 14 May 2019)Men's team time trial *

Ernst Christl Ernst Christl (born 31 March 1964) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

Rajmund Lehnert Rajmund Lehnert (born 14 March 1965) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seou ...

Remig Stumpf Remig Stumpf (25 March 1966 – 14 May 2019)Men's sprint *

Frank Weber Frank Weber (born 12 March 1963) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ...

; Men's 1 km time trial *

Robert Lechner Robert Lechner (born 22 January 1967) is a retired track cyclist who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South ...

; Men's individual pursuit *

Thomas Dürst Thomas Dürst (born 22 June 1967) is a former German cyclist. He competed in two events 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 ...

; Men's team pursuit *

* Matthias Lange *

Uwe Nepp Uwe Nepp (born 1 December 1966) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Two years later, Nepp placed 21st at the 1990 Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: ...

* Michael Rich ; Men's points race *

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 ...

; Women's road race *

Jutta Niehaus Judith ("Jutta") Niehaus (born 1 October 1964) is a retired racing cyclist from West Germany, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the silver medal in the women's individual road r ...

— 2:00:52 (→ Silver Medal) * Ines Varenkamp — 2:00:52 (→ 12th place)

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the West Germany in 1988. ; Men's foil * Ulrich Schreck * Matthias Gey * Matthias Behr ; Men's team foil * Matthias Gey, Thorsten Weidner, Matthias Behr, Ulrich Schreck,

Thomas Endres Thomas Endres (born 12 September 1969) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

; Men's épée *

Arnd Schmitt Arnd Schmitt (born 13 July 1965 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition. He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

* Alexander Pusch *

Thomas Gerull Thomas Gerull (born 2 January 1962) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as S ...

; Men's team épée * Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer,

, Alexander Pusch,

; Men's sabre * Felix Becker *

Jürgen Nolte Jürgen Nolte (born 19 November 1959) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events for West Germany at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles, 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympic ...

Stephan Thönnessen Stephan Thönnessen (born 20 March 1962) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly ...

; Men's team sabre * Felix Becker, Jörg Kempenich,

, Dieter Schneider,

; Women's foil * Anja Fichtel-Mauritz *

Sabine Bau Sabine Bau (born 19 July 1969) is a former German foil fencer. Biography Sabine Bau fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim The Tauberbischofsheim Fencing Club (in German ''Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim eingetragener Verein''; commonl ...

* Zita-Eva Funkenhauser ; Women's team foil * Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Christiane Weber,

, Annette Klug

Football

*Preliminary round (group A) :* West Germany – China 3-0 :* West Germany – Tunisia 4-1 :* West Germany – Sweden 1-2 *Quarter Finals :* West Germany – Zambia 4-0 *Semi Finals :* West Germany – Brazil 1-1 (Brazil won 3-2 in penalty shootout) *Bronze Medal Game :* West Germany – Italy 3-0 (→ Bronze Medal) *Team roster :* Uwe Kamps :* Oliver Reck :* Wolfgang Funkel :*

Roland Grahammer Roland Grahammer (born 3 November 1963) is a German former footballer. Honours * Bundesliga: 1988–89, 1989–90 * DFL-Supercup: 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human ...

:* Thomas Hörster :*

Gunnar Sauer Gunnar Sauer (born 11 June 1964) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a central defender, most notably with Werder Bremen. Over the course of 13 seasons (12 with his main club), he amassed Bundesliga totals of 134 games and ...

Michael Schulz Michael Schulz (born 3 September 1961) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He played 243 matches in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen and 1. FC Kaiserslautern and scored eight goals. C ...

:* Rudolf Bommer :* Holger Fach :*

Gerhard Kleppinger Gerhard Kleppinger (born 1 March 1958) is a German football manager of SV Sandhausen and former player. References External links * 1958 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germa ...

Armin Görtz Armin Görtz (born 30 August 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...

:* Thomas Häßler :* Olaf Janßen :* Christian Schreier :* Ralf Sievers :* Wolfram Wuttke :* Jürgen Klinsmann :* Fritz Walter :* Frank Mill :* Karlheinz Riedle

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* West Germany – Canada 3-1 :* West Germany – India 1-1 :* West Germany – Great Britain 2-1 :* West Germany – South Korea 1-0 :* West Germany – Soviet Union 6-0 *Semi Finals :* West Germany – Netherlands 2-1 *Final :* West Germany – Great Britain 1-3 (→ Silver Medal) *Team roster :* ( 1.) Christian Schliemann (gk) :* ( 2.) Tobias Frank (gk) :* ( 3.) Ulrich Hänel :* ( 4.)

Carsten Fischer Carsten "Calle" Fischer (born 29 August 1961) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the golden medal with his team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after s ...

:* ( 5.) Andreas Mollandin :* ( 6.) Eckhard Schmidt-Opper :* ( 7.) Dirk Brinkmann :* ( 8.) Heiner Dopp (captain) :* ( 9.)

Stefan Blöcher Stefan Blöcher (born 25 February 1960 in Wiesbaden, Hessen) is a former field hockey player from (West-)Germany, who competed at two Summer Olympics for his native country. On both occasions he won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 (Los A ...

:* (10.) Andreas Keller :* (11.) Thomas Reck :* (12.) Thomas Brinkmann :* (13.)

Hans-Henning Fastrich Hanns-Henning Fartrich (born 23 August 1963) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who won the silver medal with the West German team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Speci ...

:* (14.)

Michael Hilgers Michael Hilgers (born 6 August 1966) is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Men's Nati ...

:* (15.) Volker Fried :* (16.) Michael Metz *Head coach: Klaus Kleiter

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* West Germany – South Korea 1-4 :* West Germany –

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0-1 :* West Germany – Canada 2-1 *Classification Matches :* 5th-8th place: West Germany – United States 2-1 :* 5th-6th place: West Germany – Canada 4-2 (→ Fifth place) *Team roster :* ( 1.) Pia Büchel (gk) :* ( 2.) Susanne Schmid :* ( 3.) Carola Hoffmann :* ( 4.)

Heike Gehrmann Heike Gehrmann (born 18 May 1968 in Bremen) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ...

:* ( 5.) Dagmar Breiken :* ( 6.) Gabriele Uhlenbruck :* ( 7.)

Viola Grahl Viola Grahl (born 29 March 1966) is a German former field hockey player who competed in 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 ...

:* ( 8.)

Bettina Blumenberg Bettina Heinicke née Blumenberg (born 20 November 1962, in Braunschweig, Germany) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olym ...

:* ( 9.)

Gaby Appel Gabriele Marion "Gaby" Appel (born 17 January 1958 in Viersen) 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 t ...

:* (10.) Martina Hallmen :* (11.) Christine Ferneck :* (12.) Silke Wehrmeister :* (13.)

Caren Jungjohann Caren Jungjohann (born 23 December 1967 in Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She ...

:* (14.) Eva Hegener :* (15.) Susie Wollschläger (gk) :* (16.) Gabriela Schöwe *Head coach: Wolfgang Strödter

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: * Marcus Marsollek – 4964 pts (→ 24th place) * Michael Zimmermann – 4782 pts (→ 41st place) * Dirk Knappheide – 4765 pts (→ 42nd place) Men's Team Competition: * Marsollek, Zimmermann, and Knappheide – 14511 pts (→ 10th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *

Frank Henter Frank Henter (born 30 January 1964) is a former freestyle swimmer from West Germany. Frank competed in the 50 metres freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () ...

*# Heat – 22.98 *# Final – 23.03 (→ 7th place) *

Stephan Güsgen Stephan Güsgen (born 26 March 1962 in Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and also became a member of and a res ...

*# Heat – 23.22 *# B-Final – 23.55 (→ 14th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle *

Thomas Fahrner Thomas Fahrner (born 7 February 1963 in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Fahrner earned two medals bronze in the 200 m freestyle and silver in 4×200 ...

*# Heat – 50.78 *# B-Final – 51.12 (→ 14th place) * Torsten Wiegel *# Heat – 51.02 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Men's 200 m 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 – 1:48.55 *# Final – 1:48.59 (→ 5th place) *

*# Heat – 1:49.02 *# Final – 1:49.19 (→ 8th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle *

Stefan Pfeiffer Stefan Pfeiffer (born 15 November 1965 in Hamburg) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle event. Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seou ...

*# Heat – 3:49.52 *# Final – 3:49.96 (→ 6th place) * Rainer Henkel *# Heat – 3:51.50 *# B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 1500 m Freestyle *

*# Heat – 15:07.85 *# Final – 15:02.69 (→ Silver Medal) * Rainer Henkel *# Heat – 15:14.64 *# B-Final – 15:18.19 (→ 6th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *

Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister, born 9 October 1965, is a former backstroke swimmer from West Germany. Frank competed in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the X ...

*# Heat – 56.19 *# Final – 56.19 (→ 7th place) * Jens-Peter Berndt *# Heat – 57.08 *# Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Jens-Peter Berndt *# Heat – 2:01.77 *# Final – 2:01.84 (→ 6th place) *

*# Heat – 2:03.34 *# B-Final – 2:01.65 (→ 9th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Mark Warnecke *# Heat – 1:03.56 *# B-Final – 1:03.40 (→ 11th place) * Alexander Mayer *# Heat – 1:03.54 *# B-Final – 1:03.85 (→ 12th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Mark Warnecke *# Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place) * Hartmut Wedekind *# Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

*# Heat – 53.78 *# Final – 53.44 (→ 5th place) * Martin Herrmann *# Heat – 55.20 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

*# Heat – 1:58.09 *# Final – 1:56.94 (→ Gold Medal) * Martin Herrmann *# Heat – 2:02.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Peter Bermel Peter Bermel (born 25 June 1967) is a retired German swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1985 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished fifth and eights in the 200 m and 400 m medley events, respe ...

*# Heat – 2:04.18 *# Final – 2:03.81 (→ 5th place) * Jens-Peter Berndt *# Heat – 2:04.80 *# B-Final – 2:06.76 (→ 15th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley * Jens-Peter Berndt *# Heat – 4:20.93 *# Final – 4:21.71 (→ 6th place) *

*# Heat – 4:22.78 *# Final – 4:24.02 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Björn Zikarsky,

Peter Sitt Peter Sitt (born 7 December 1969) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), o ...

, Torsten Wiegel, and

*# Heat – 3:23.19 *

, Björn Zikarsky, and

*# Final – 3:21.65 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

, Rainer Henkel,

, and

Erik Hochstein Erik Hochstein (born 1 October 1968 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officiall ...

*# Heat – 7:19.38 *

, Rainer Henkel, and

*# Final – 7:14.35 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Mark Warnecke,

, and Björn Zikarsky *# Heat – 3:44.72 *

, Alexander Mayer,

, and Björn Zikarsky *# Final – 3:42.98 (→ 4th place) Women's 50 m Freestyle * Marion Aizpors *# Heat – 26.20 *# B-Final – 26.17 (→ 9th place) *

Christiane Pielke Christiane Pielke (born 12 May 1963 in Hannover) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seou ...

*# Heat – 26.33 *# B-Final – 26.22 (→ 10th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

*# Heat – 57.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place) *

Katja Ziliox Katja Ziliox (also Zillox; born 25 April 1970) is a retired German swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as th ...

*# Heat – 58.39 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Women's 200 m Freestyle *

Stephanie Ortwig Stephanie Ortwig (born 28 January 1973) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), ...

*# Heat – 2:00.66 *# Final – 2:00.73 (→ 7th place) *

Birgit Lohberg-Schulz Birgit Lohberg-Schulz (also Schulz-Lohberg, Lohberg or Schulz; born 3 December 1965) is a retired German freestyle swimmer who won two bronze relay medals at the 1987 and 1989 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Ol ...

*# Heat – 2:02.77 *# B-Final – 2:02.32 (→ 15th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle *

*# Heat – 4:12.18 *# Final – 4:13.05 (→ 7th place) *

Alexandra Russ Alexandra Russ (born 1 May 1970) is a German former swimmer. She competed in two events 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, ...

*# Heat – 4:18.67 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 800 m Freestyle *

*# Heat – 8:41.95 (→ did not advance, 16th place) *

*# Heat – 8:49.31 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Marion Aizpors *# Heat – 1:03.27 *# Final – 1:04.19 (→ 8th place) *

Svenja Schlicht Svenja Schlicht (born 26 June 1967 in Neumünster) is a German former swimmer 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 Olympiad () a ...

*# Heat – 1:03.72 *# B-Final – 1:03.68 (→ 10th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

*# Heat – 2:16.81 *# Final – 2:15.94 (→ 8th place) * Katja Zisiox *# Heat – 2:26.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *

Britta Dahm Britta Dahm (born 21 September 1968) is a retired German breaststroke swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m m ...

*# Heat – 1:12.98 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *

*# Heat – 2:35.06 (→ did not advance, 17th place) * Heike Esser *# Heat – 2:41.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Gabi Rehaa *# Heat – 1:02.27 *# B-Final – 1:02.63 (→ 15th place) *

Ina Beyermann Ina Beyermann (born 11 April 1965 in Leverkusen) is a German former swimmer 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 Olympiad () and co ...

*# Heat – 1:02.85 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly *

*# Heat – 2:13.56 *# B-Final – 2:13.74 (→ 10th place) * Gabi Rehaa *# Heat – 2:13.09 *# B-Final – 2:14.20 (→ 11th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

*# Heat – 2:17.46 *# B-Final – 2:17.85 (→ 10th place) *

*# Heat – 2:20.31 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Karin Seick,

, and Marion Aizpors *# Heat – 3:48.03 *

, Marion Aizpors,

, and Karin Seick *# Final – 3:46.90 (→ 7th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

*# Heat – 4:52.05 *# B-Final – 4:50.54 (→ 10th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Gabi Rehaa, and Marion Aizpors *# Heat – 4:13.19 *# Final – 4:12.89 (→ 7th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988. ;Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's solo, Women's solo * Gerlind Scheller * Doris Eisenhofer * Heike Friedrich (synchronised swimmer), Heike Friedrich ;Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's duet, Women's duet * Gerlind Scheller * Heike Friedrich (synchronised swimmer), Heike Friedrich

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition * Carl-Uwe Steeb *# First round — Defeated Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov, Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 7-5 6-4 6-3 *# Second round — Defeated Wally Masur (Australia) 6-3 5-7 6-3 1-6 7-5 *# Third round — Defeated Anders Järryd (Sweden) 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-5 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-7 5-7 3-6 * Eric Jelen *# First round — Lost to Miloslav Mečíř (Czechoslovakia) 7-5 1-6 2-6 6-7
Women's Singles Competition * Steffi Graf → Gold Medal *# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Defeated Leila Meskhi (Soviet Union) 7-5 6-1 *# Third Round – Defeated Catherine Suire (France) 6-3 6-0 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 6-2 4-6 6-3 *# Semifinals – Defeated Zina Garrison (USA) 6-2 6-0 *# Final – Defeated Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-3 6-3 * Sylvia Hanika *# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Defeated Julia Muir (Zimbabwe) 6-1 6-1 *# Third Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-1 4-6 2-6 * Claudia Kohde-Kilsch *# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-4 6-7 3-6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition * Preliminary round (group A) :* Defeated

(13-11) :* Defeated France at the 1988 Summer Olympics, France (10-9) :* Defeated South Korea (18-2) :* Defeated Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Italy (10-7) :* Defeated Soviet Union (9-8) * Semi Finals :* Lost to Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Yugoslavia (10-14) * Bronze Medal Match :* Lost to Soviet Union (13-14) → 4th place * Team roster :* Peter Röhle :* Dirk Jacoby :* Frank Otto (water polo), Frank Otto :* Uwe Sterzik :* Armando Fernández (water polo), Armando Fernández :* Andreas Ehrl :* Ingo Borgmann :* Rainer Osselmann :* Hagen Stamm :* Thomas Huber (water polo), Thomas Huber :* Dirk Theismann :* René Reimann :* Werner Obschernikat *Head coach: Nicola Firuio

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:West Germany At The 1988 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Germany, West West Germany at the Summer Olympics by year, 1988 1988 in West German sport, Summer Olympics