West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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West Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of Germany
IOC code   FRG
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors
Flag bearer Reiner Klimke
Medals
Rank: 5		 Gold
11		 Silver
14		 Bronze
15		 Total
40
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
Winter Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

*With GDR as the Unified Team of Germany
Other related appearances
Germany Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
Saar Saar (1952)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Matthias Baumann, Ralf Ehrenbrink, Klaus Erhorn, and Thies Kaspareit — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
  • Ludger Beerbaum, Wolfgang Brinkmann, Dirk Hafemeister, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  • Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
  • Reiner Klimke, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff, Monica Theodorescu, and Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
  • Arnd Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
  • Anja Fichtel-Mauritz — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
  • Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Annette Klug, and Christiane Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Thomas Domian, Armin Eichholz, Manfred Klein, Wolfgang Maennig, Matthias Mellinghaus, Thomas Möllenkamp, Bahne Rabe, Eckhardt Schultz, and Ansgar Wessling — Rowing, Men's Eights
  • Sylvia Sperber — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Michael Gross — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • Steffi Graf — Tennis, Women's Singles Competition

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)
  • B. 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

  1. First Round — 13:58.58
  2. Semi Final — 13:22.71
  3. Final — 13:15.52 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 4x100m Relay

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

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.90
  • Semi Final — 3:00.66
  • Final — 3:00.56 (→ Bronze 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

  • Qualification — 80.52m
  • Final — 82.72m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 65.70m
  • Final – 67.38m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat – 61.44m
  • Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualifying Heat – 57.50m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 77.24m
  • Final — 79.16m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 75.84m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.75
  • 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

  • Qualification – 63.32m
  • Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification – 60.20m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 20.39m
  • Final – 20.27m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6109 points (→ 14th place)
  • Final Result — 2513 points (→ 27th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated René Suetovius (GDR), RSC-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), 0:5

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

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

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Bernd Gröne — 4:32:25 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Christian Henn — 4:32:46 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Remig Stumpf — 4:32:56 (→ 14th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Jutta Niehaus — 2:00:52 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Ines Varenkamp — 2:00:52 (→ 12th place)

[edit] Football (soccer)

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Semi Finals
  • West Germany – Brazil 1-1 (Brazil won 3-2 in penalty shootout)
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Team Roster

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Semi Finals
  • Final
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Klaus Kleiter

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • 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
  • ( 5.) Dagmar Breiken
  • ( 6.) Gabriele Uhlenbruck
  • ( 7.) Viola Grahl
  • ( 8.) Bettina Blumenberg
  • ( 9.) Gaby Appel
  • (10.) Martina Hallmen
  • (11.) Christine Ferneck
  • (12.) Silke Wehrmeister
  • (13.) Caren Jungjohann
  • (14.) Eva Hegener
  • (15.) Susie Wollschläger (gk)
  • (16.) Gabriela Schöwe

[edit] Modern pentathlon

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)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

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

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Torsten Wiegel
    1. Heat – 51.02 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Michael Gross
    1. Heat – 1:48.55
    2. Final – 1:48.59 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Rainer Henkel
    1. Heat – 3:51.50
    2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Rainer Henkel
    1. Heat – 15:14.64
    2. B-Final – 15:18.19 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Frank Hoffmeister
    1. Heat – 56.19
    2. Final – 56.19 (→ 7th place)
  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 57.08
    2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 2:01.77
    2. Final – 2:01.84 (→ 6th place)
  • Frank Hoffmeister
    1. Heat – 2:03.34
    2. B-Final – 2:01.65 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Mark Warnecke
    1. Heat – 1:03.56
    2. B-Final – 1:03.40 (→ 11th place)
  • Alexander Mayer
    1. Heat – 1:03.54
    2. B-Final – 1:03.85 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Mark Warnecke
    1. Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Hartmut Wedekind
    1. Heat – 2:22.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Martin Herrmann
    1. Heat – 55.20 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Peter Bermel
    1. Heat – 2:04.18
    2. Final – 2:03.81 (→ 5th place)
  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 2:04.80
    2. B-Final – 2:06.76 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Jens-Peter Berndt
    1. Heat – 4:20.93
    2. Final – 4:21.71 (→ 6th place)
  • Peter Bermel
    1. Heat – 4:22.78
    2. Final – 4:24.02 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

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

Women's 100 m Freestyle

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

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 2:00.66
    2. Final – 2:00.73 (→ 7th place)
  • Birgit Lohberg-Schulz
    1. Heat – 2:02.77
    2. B-Final – 2:02.32 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 4:12.18
    2. Final – 4:13.05 (→ 7th place)
  • Alexandra Russ
    1. Heat – 4:18.67 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Ortwig
    1. Heat – 8:41.95 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Alexandra Russ
    1. Heat – 8:49.31 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

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

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Svenja Schlicht
    1. Heat – 2:16.81
    2. Final – 2:15.94 (→ 8th place)
  • Katja Zisiox
    1. Heat – 2:26.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Britta Dahm
    1. Heat – 1:12.98 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Britta Dahm
    1. Heat – 2:35.06 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Heike Esser
    1. Heat – 2:41.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Gabi Rehaa
    1. Heat – 1:02.27
    2. B-Final – 1:02.63 (→ 15th place)
  • Ina Beyermann
    1. Heat – 1:02.85 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Ina Beyermann
    1. Heat – 2:13.56
    2. B-Final – 2:13.74 (→ 10th place)
  • Gabi Rehaa
    1. Heat – 2:13.09
    2. B-Final – 2:14.20 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

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

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

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

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

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

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition


Women's Singles Competition

  • Sylvia Hanika
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Defeated Julia Muir (Zimbabwe) 6-1 6-1
    3. Third Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-1 4-6 2-6

[edit] Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Team Roster
  • Peter Röhle
  • Dirk Jacoby
  • Frank Otto
  • Uwe Sterzik
  • Armando Fernandez
  • Andreas Ehrl
  • Ingo Borgmann
  • Rainer Osselmann
  • Hagen Stamm
  • Thomas Huber
  • Dirk Theismann
  • René Reimann
  • Werner Obschernikat
  • Head Coach: Nicola Firuio