West Germany at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Los Angeles
Competitors390 (267 men, 123 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Wilhelm Kuhweide (sailing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
17
Silver
19
Bronze
23
Total
59
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. West Germany had joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics four years previously. 390 competitors, 267 men and 123 women, took part in 194 events in 25 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Michael Groß Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July
 Gold Fredy Schmidtke Cycling Men's track time trial 30 July
 Gold Michael Groß Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 30 July
 Gold Karl-Heinz Radschinsky Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 2 August
 Gold Claudia Losch Athletics Women's shot put 3 August
 Gold Pasquale Passarelli Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 3 August
 Gold Michael Dürsch
Albert Hedderich
Raimund Hörmann
Dieter Wiedenmann
Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 5 August
 Gold Rolf Milser Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 6 August
 Gold Sabine Bischoff
Zita Funkenhauser
Cornelia Hanisch
Christiane Weber
Ute Wessel
Fencing Women's team foil 7 August
 Gold Frank Wieneke Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August
 Gold Reiner Klimke
Herbert Krug
Uwe Sauer
Equestrian Team dressage 9 August
 Gold Reiner Klimke Equestrian Individual dressage 10 August
 Gold Ulrike Meyfarth Athletics Women's high jump 10 August
 Gold Rolf Danneberg Athletics Men's discus throw 10 August
 Gold Ulrich Eicke Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 11 August
 Gold Elmar Borrmann
Volker Fischer
Gerhard Heer
Rafael Nickel
Alexander Pusch
Fencing Men's team épée 11 August
 Gold Dietmar Mögenburg Athletics Men's high jump 11 August
 Silver Thomas Fahrner
Michael Groß
Rainer Henkel (*)
Dirk Korthals
Alexander Schowtka
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July
 Silver Rolf Gölz Cycling Men's individual pursuit 1 August
 Silver Markus Scherer Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 1 August
 Silver Ulrike Holmer Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 2 August
 Silver Matthias Behr Fencing Men's foil 2 August
 Silver Uwe Messerschmidt Cycling Men's points race 3 August
 Silver Michael Groß Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 3 August
 Silver Ina Beyermann
Ute Hasse
Svenja Schlicht
Karin Seick
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3 August
 Silver Cornelia Hanisch Fencing Women's foil 3 August
 Silver Peter-Michael Kolbe Rowing Men's single sculls 5 August
 Silver Frank Beck
Matthias Behr
Mathias Gey
Harald Hein
Klaus Reichert
Fencing Men's team foil 5 August
 Silver Karl-Hans Riehm Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
 Silver Joachim Griese
Michael Marcour
Sailing Star 8 August
 Silver Jürgen Hingsen Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
 Silver Barbara Schüttpelz Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August
 Silver West Germany women's national field hockey team
Field hockey Women's tournament 10 August
 Silver Martin Knosp Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August
 Silver West Germany men's national field hockey team
Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August
 Silver West Germany men's national handball team
Handball Men's tournament 11 August
 Bronze Sandra Schumacher Cycling Women's individual road race 29 July
 Bronze Petra Zindler Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 29 July
 Bronze Thomas Fahrner Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July
 Bronze Christiane Pielke
Susanne Schuster
Karin Seick
Iris Zscherpe
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 31 July
 Bronze Karin Seick Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 2 August
 Bronze Claus Erhorn
Dietmar Hogrefe
Bettina Overesch
Burkhard Tesdorpf
Equestrian Team eventing 3 August
 Bronze Reinhard Alber
Rolf Gölz
Roland Günther
Michael Marx
Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August
 Bronze Ellen Becker
Iris Völkner
Rowing Women's coxless pair 4 August
 Bronze Ina Beyermann Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 4 August
 Bronze Stefan Pfeiffer Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 4 August
 Bronze Sabine Everts Athletics Women's heptathlon 4 August
 Bronze Harald Schmid Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 5 August
 Bronze Klaus Ploghaus Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
 Bronze Fritz Ligges
Peter Luther
Paul Schockemöhle
Franke Sloothaak
Equestrian Team jumping 7 August
 Bronze Manfred Nerlinger Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 8 August
 Bronze Siegfried Wentz Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
 Bronze Günther Neureuther Judo Men's 95 kg 9 August
 Bronze Manfred Zielonka Boxing Men's light-middleweight 9 August
 Bronze Josefa Idem
Barbara Schüttpelz
Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 10 August
 Bronze West Germany men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament 10 August
 Bronze Gaby Bußmann
Heide-Elke Gaugel
Nicole Leistenschneider (*)
Heike Schulte-Mattler
Christina Sussiek (*)
Ute Thimm
Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August
 Bronze Arthur Schnabel Judo Men's open category 11 August
 Bronze Regina Weber Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 11 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 45.94
  • Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:46.35
  • Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)
  • 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

  • Final — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.24 m
  • Final — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 2.24 m
  • Final — 2.15 m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Final — 16.77 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 82.98 m
  • Final — 82.46 m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Round — 18.98 m
  • Final — 18.31 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.50 m
  • Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification — 74.68m
  • Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 72.88 m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,000 metres

  • Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:10.64
  • Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8:57.53
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 2.02m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 56.20m
  • Final — 58.56m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 60.86m
  • Final — 63.26m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 61.56m
  • Final — 62.34m (→ 7th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 20.48 m (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (83-96)
  • Lost to Italy (72-80)
  • Lost to Australia (66-66)
  • Defeated Egypt (85-58)
  • Defeated Brazil (78-75)
  • Lost to United States (67-78)
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
  • Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
Women's individual road race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 549.39
  • Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 533.61
  • Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
  • Defeated Spain (3-1)
  • Defeated United States (4-0)
  • Lost to Australia (0-3)
  • Defeated Malaysia (5-0)
  • Drew with India (0-0)
  • Defeated Great Britain (1-0)
  • Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver Silver Medal
Women's Team Competition
  • 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 Silver Medal

Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 51.02
  • Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:48.03
  • Final — 1:47.44 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 1:50.00
  • Final — 1:49.69 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:53.41
  • Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 3:55.26
  • B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:21.95
  • Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 15:23.60
  • Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 57.90
  • B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 58.19
  • B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:04.45
  • Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 2:05.22
  • B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:03.53
  • Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 1:04.40
  • B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 54.02
  • Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 55.22
  • Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:58.72
  • Final — 1:57.40 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:06.07
  • Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 2:06.41
  • Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:28.10
  • B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:24.69
  • Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:25.29
  • Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:49.75
  • Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 56.85
  • Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 57.31
  • B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:02.42
  • Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 2:03.95
  • B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:17.92
  • Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:18.94
  • B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:46.49
  • Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:13.58
  • Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:04.02
  • Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.69
  • Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 2:19.59
  • B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:13.26
  • Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 2:15.20
  • B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:19.17
  • Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:20.05
  • Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:52.49
  • Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Lost to China (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth place

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
  • Defeated Australia (10-6)
  • Defeated Japan (15-8)
  • Defeated Italy (10-4)
  • Drew with Spain (8-8)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
  • Lost to United States (7-8)
  • Defeated Netherlands (15-2) → Bronze Medal

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "West Germany at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21.