West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	FRG
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Seoul
Competitors	347 (244 men, 103 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Reiner Klimke (equestrianism)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 11 Silver 14 Bronze 15 Total 40
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
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 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. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Silvia Sperber	Shooting	Women's 50 metre rifle three positions	21 September
Gold	Matthias Baumann Ralf Ehrenbrink Claus Erhorn Thies Kaspareit	Equestrian	Team eventing	22 September
Gold	Anja Fichtel	Fencing	Women's foil	22 September
Gold	Arnd Schmitt	Fencing	Men's épée	24 September
Gold	Michael Groß	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	24 September
Gold	Thomas Domian Armin Eichholz Manfred Klein Wolfgang Maennig Matthias Mellinghaus Thomas Möllenkamp Bahne Rabe Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling	Rowing	Men's eight	25 September
Gold	Reiner Klimke Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff Monica Theodorescu Nicole Uphoff	Equestrian	Team dressage	25 September
Gold	Nicole Uphoff	Equestrian	Individual dressage	27 September
Gold	Ludger Beerbaum Wolfgang Brinkmann Dirk Hafemeister Franke Sloothaak	Equestrian	Team jumping	28 September
Gold	Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber	Fencing	Women's team foil	28 September
Gold	Steffi Graf	Tennis	Women's singles	1 October
Silver	Silvia Sperber	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air rifle	18 September
Silver	Gerhard Himmel	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg	21 September
Silver	Sabine Bau	Fencing	Women's foil	22 September
Silver	Peter-Michael Kolbe	Rowing	Men's single sculls	24 September
Silver	Stefan Pfeiffer	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	25 September
Silver	Jutta Niehaus	Cycling	Men's individual road race	26 September
Silver	Bernd Gröne	Cycling	Men's individual road race	27 September
Silver	Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner	Fencing	Men's team foil	27 September
Silver	Frank Wieneke	Judo	Men's 78 kg	28 September
Silver	Manfred Nerlinger	Weightlifting	Men's +110 kg	29 September
Silver	Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt	Fencing	Men's team épée	30 September
Silver	Marc Meiling	Judo	Men's 95 kg	30 September
Silver	Dieter Baumann	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	1 October
Silver	West Germany men's national field hockey team Christian Schliemann Tobias Frank Ulrich Hänel Carsten Fischer Andreas Mollandin Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper Dirk Brinkmann Heiner Dopp Stefan Blöcher Andreas Keller Thomas Reck Thomas Brinkmann Hanns-Henning Fastrich Michael Hilgers Volker Fried Michael Metz	Field hockey	Men's tournament	1 October
Bronze	Johann Riederer	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air rifle	20 September
Bronze	Robert Lechner	Cycling	Men's track time trial	20 September
Bronze	Thomas Fahrner Michael Groß Rainer Henkel Erik Hochstein Stefan Pfeiffer Peter Sitt	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	21 September
Bronze	Zita Funkenhauser	Fencing	Women's foil	22 September
Bronze	Guido Grabow Volker Grabow Norbert Keßlau Jörg Puttlitz	Rowing	Men's coxless four	25 September
Bronze	Peter Immesberger	Weightlifting	Men's 100 kg	26 September
Bronze	Christian Henn	Cycling	Men's individual road race	27 September
Bronze	Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Tennis	Women's doubles	28 September
Bronze	Martin Zawieja	Weightlifting	Men's +110 kg	29 September
Bronze	Reiner Gies	Boxing	Light welterweight	29 September
Bronze	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	30 September
Bronze	West Germany Olympic football team Michael Schulz Armin Görtz Wolfgang Funkel Thomas Hörster Olaf Janßen Rudi Bommer Holger Fach Jürgen Klinsmann Wolfram Wuttke Frank Mill Uwe Kamps Roland Grahammer Thomas Häßler Christian Schreier Fritz Walter Ralf Sievers Gerhard Kleppinger Karl-Heinz Riedle	Football	Men's tournament	30 September
Bronze	Rolf Danneberg	Athletics	Men's discus throw	1 October
Bronze	Norbert Dobeleit Mark Henrich Edgar Itt Bodo Kuhn Ralf Lübke Jörg Vaihinger	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	1 October
Bronze	Karsten Huck	Equestrian	Individual jumping	2 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	25	22	47
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	11	4	15
Cycling	12	3	15
Diving	2	4	6
Equestrian	9	3	12
Fencing	15	5	20
Field hockey	16	15	31
Football	18	–	18
Gymnastics	6	4	10
Judo	7	–	7
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	27	9	36
Sailing	13	2	15
Shooting	11	8	19
Swimming	17	13	30
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	2	3	5
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	7	–	7
Wrestling	17	–	17
Total	244	103	347

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Manfred Barth	Individual	1206	54	Did not advance
Detlef Kahlert		1254	20 Q	307	17 Q	321	8 Q	311	12	Did not advance
Bernhard Schulkowski		1199	59	Did not advance
Manfred Barth Detlef Kahlert Bernhard Schulkowski	Team	3659	18	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Doris Haas	Individual	1222	32	Did not advance
Claudia Kriz		1250	17 Q	311	11 Q	322	8 Q	326	8 Q	318	6
Christa Öckl		1230	25	Did not advance
Doris Haas Claudia Kriz Christa Öckl	Team	3702	6 Q	—	953	6 Q	931	6

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Haas	100 metres	10.54	38 q	10.57	34	Did not advance
Norbert Dobeleit	200 metres	20.86	12 q	20.98	23	Did not advance
Ralf Lübke	200 metres	20.81	10 Q	20.80	15 Q	21.23	16	Did not advance
Peter Braun	800 metres	1:47.32	11 Q	1:46.86	15 Q	1:47.43	16	Did not advance
Dieter Baumann	5000 metres	13:58.46	29 Q	—	13:22.71	3 Q	13:15.52
Ralf Salzmann	Marathon	—	2:16:54	23
Florian Schwarthoff	110 metres hurdles	14.13	24 Q	13.67	17	Did not advance
Edgar Itt	400 metres hurdles	50.10	12 Q	—	48.86	6 Q	48.78	8
Harald Schmid	400 metres hurdles	49.77	9 Q	—	48.93	7 Q	48.76	7
Jens Volkmann	3000 metres steeplechase	8:36.37	12 Q	—	8:25.19	16	Did not advance
Fritz Heer Christian Haas Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth	4 × 100 metres relay	39.01	3 Q	—	38.75	6 Q	38.55	6
Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Ralf Lübke Mark Henrich () Bodo Kuhn ()	4 × 400 metres relay	3:03.90	2 Q	—	3:00.66	2 Q	3:00.56

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dietmar Mögenburg	High jump	2.28	1 Q	2.34	6
Carlo Thränhardt	High jump	2.25	13 q	2.31	7
Wulf Brunner	Discus throw	57.50	22	Did not advance
Rolf Danneberg		65.70	1 Q	67.38
Alois Hannecker		61.44	11 q	63.28	8
Christoph Sahner	Hammer throw	75.84	13	Did not advance
Heinz Weis	Hammer throw	77.24	7 Q	79.16	5
Klaus Tafelmeier	Javelin throw	80.52	5 Q	82.72	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Jürgen Hingsen	Result	DQ	DNF
Jürgen Hingsen	Points	0	DNF

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabine Richter	100 metres	11.49	24 q	11.59	28	Did not advance
Ulrike Sarvari		11.26	15 Q	11.16	15 Q	11.12	9	Did not advance
Andrea Thomas		11.46	23 q	11.37	22	Did not advance
Karin Janke	200 metres	23.83	32 Q	23.87	30	Did not advance
Silke Knoll		23.51	24 Q	23.15	19	Did not advance
Andrea Thomas		22.92	7 Q	22.84	10 Q	22.91	13	Did not advance
Helga Arendt	400 metres	52.69	14 Q	52.08	15 Q	50.36	8 Q	51.17	7
Ute Thimm	400 metres	52.79	16 Q	51.18	5 Q	50.28	10	Did not advance
Gabriela Lesch	800 metres	2:00.95	3 Q	—	1:59.85	9	Did not advance
Vera Michallek	1500 metres	4:10.05	18	—	Did not advance
Vera Michallek	3000 metres	8:51.34	16	—	Did not advance
Kerstin Preßler	10,000 metres	DNS		—	Did not advance
Kerstin Preßler	Marathon	—	2:34:26	21
Gabriela Wolf	Marathon	—	2:35:11	27
Claudia Zaczkiewicz	100 metres hurdles	13.00	6 Q	12.87	5 Q	12.75	4 Q	12.75
Gudrun Abt	400 metres hurdles	55.72	8 Q	—	54.52	7 Q	54.04	6
Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm	4 × 100 metres relay	42.99	4 Q	—	42.69	4 Q	42.76	4
Ute Thimm Helga Arendt Andrea Thomas Gudrun Abt Gisela Kinzel () Michaela Schabinger ()	4 × 400 metres relay	3:27.75	6 Q	—	3:22.49	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Heike Redetzky	High jump	1.90	13	Did not advance#
Claudia Losch	Shot put	20.39	1 Q	20.27	5
Iris Plotzitzka	Shot put	19.06	14	Did not advance
Beate Peters	Javelin throw	60.20	14	Did not advance
Ingrid Thyssen	Javelin throw	63.32	8 Q	60.76	8

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Sabine Braun	Result	13.71	1.83	13.16	24.78	6.12	44.58	2:22.82	6109	14
Sabine Braun	Points	1020	1016	738	907	887	755	786	6109	14
Sabine Everts	Result	13.74	1.71	11.54	DNF
Sabine Everts	Points	1015	867	631	DNF

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiner Gies	Light welterweight	Maelagi (SOL) W w/o	Szabó (HUN) W 5–0	Carew (GUY) W 3–2	Altansükh (MGL) W 4–1	Yanovsky (URS) L KO	Did not advance
Alexander Künzler	Welterweight	Omona (UGA) W 5–0	Song G-s (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Norbert Nieroba	Light middleweight	Felix (GRN) W KO	Downey (CAN) L 2–3	Did not advance
Sven Ottke	Middleweight	Jacobashvili (ISR) W 5–0	Ha J-h (KOR) W 4–1	Taramov (URS) W 5–0	Marcus (CAN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Markus Bott	Light heavyweight	—	Suetovius (GDR) W RSC R3	Shanavazov (URS) L 0–5	Did not advance
Andreas Schnieders	Super heavyweight	—	Kadima (ZAI) W RSC R2	Uba (NGR) W 5–0	Zarenkiewicz (POL) L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hartmut Faust Wolfram Faust	C-2 500 metres	1:46.52	2 SF	Bye	1:47.70	5	Did not advance
Hartmut Faust Wolfram Faust	C-2 1000 metres	3:52.43	4 SF	Bye	3:52.03	3 F	3:55.62	5
Dirk Joestel	K-1 500 metres	1:45.64	1 SF	Bye	1:43.97	3 F	1:47.91	8
Dirk Ulaszewski	K-1 1000 metres	3:45.10	5 R	3:46.46	2 SF	3:44.17	4	Did not advance
Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang	K-2 500 metres	1:33.29	2 SF	Bye	1:32.73	1 F	1:34.40	4
Niels Ellwanger Carsten Lömker	K-2 1000 metres	3:37.82	6 R	3:31.95	3 SF	3:28.91	3 F	3:34.63	4
Gilbert Schneider Reiner Scholl Dirk Joestel Thomas Reineck	K-4 1000 metres	3:01.07	2 SF	Bye	3:09.67	3 F	3:05.43	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 metres	2:00.42	3 SF	—	1:59.04	3 SF	2:01.80	9
Claudia Österheld Andrea Martin	K-2 500 metres	1:55.25	6 R	1:56.02	3 SF	1:55.37	4	Did not advance
Andrea Martin Claudia Österheld Josefa Idem Ruth Domgörgen	K-4 500 metres	1:43.43	5 R	1:42.09	1 F	—	1:45.62	5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West Germany in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bernd Gröne	Road race	4:32:25
Christian Henn		4:32:46
Remig Stumpf		4:32:56	14
Ernst Christl Bernd Gröne Rajmund Lehnert Remig Stumpf	Team time trial	2:00:06.3	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jutta Niehaus	Road race	2:00:52
Viola Paulitz		2:00:52	13
Ines Varenkamp		2:00:52	12

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Frank Weber	Men's sprint	10.919	7 Q	Schoefs (BEL) Smith (CAY) L	Pons (ECU) Becerra (BOL) Abrams (GUY) W 11.55	Kovsh (URS) Colas (FRA) L	Harnett (CAN) W 11.39	Heßlich (GDR) L, L	Did not advance	Šustr (TCH) Schoefs (BEL) Cheeseman (TRI) L	7

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Robert Lechner	Time trial	1:05.114

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Thomas Dürst	Individual pursuit	4:45.59	10 Q	Beltrami (ITA) L 4:45.20	Did not advance
Thomas Dürst Matthias Lange Uwe Nepp Michael Rich	Team pursuit	4:23.10	10	—	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Uwe Messerschmidt	Points race	–1	22	7 Q	–2	28	6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Albin Killat	3 metre springboard	642.60	2 Q	661.47	4
Willi Meyer	3 metre springboard	511.98	21	Did not advance
Albin Killat	10 metre platform	517.23	13	Did not advance
Willi Meyer	10 metre platform	449.07	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elke Heinrichs	3 metre springboard	374.46	23	Did not advance
Anke Mühlbauer	3 metre springboard	400.26	17	Did not advance
Monika Kühn	10 metre platform	335.88	15	Did not advance
Doris Pecher	10 metre platform	310.53	19	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Reiner Klimke	Ahlerich	Individual	1402	7	Did not advance
Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff	Courage		1411	6 Q	1374	8
Monica Theodorescu	Ganimedes		1433	3 Q	1385	6
Nicole Uphoff	Rembrandt		1458	1 Q	1521
Reiner Klimke Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff Monica Theodorescu Nicole Uphoff	See above	Team	—	4302

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Matthias Baumann	Shamrock II	Individual	50.60	7	13.20	63.80	5	5.00	68.80	6	68.80	6
Ralf Ehrenbrink	Uncle Todd		66.20	24	39.60	105.80	12	EL			DNF
Claus Erhorn	Justyn Thyme		39.60	2	16.00	55.60	4	6.75	62.35	4	62.35	4
Thies Kaspareit	Sherry 42		46.80	4	38.00	84.80	8	10.00	94.80	9	94.80	9
Matthias Baumann Ralf Ehrenbrink Claus Erhorn Thies Kaspareit	See above	Team	137.00	1	67.20	204.20	1	21.75	225.95	1	225.95

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Wolfgang Brinkmann	Pedro	Individual	39.00	36	67.50	7	106.50	19	Did not advance
Dirk Hafemeister	Orchidee		69.50	1	70.00	4	139.50	2 Q	18.00	19
Karsten Huck	Nepomuk		48.00	26	70.00	4	118.00	12 Q	4.00
Franke Sloothaak	Walzerkönig		48.00	26	56.00	16	104.00	20 q	12.00	7
Ludger Beerbaum Wolfgang Brinkmann Dirk Hafemeister Franke Sloothaak	The Freak Pedro Orchidee Walzerkönig	Team	4.25	1 Q	13.00	4	—	17.25

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Individual
Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1							Group Stage 2						Group Stage 3
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr	Men's foil	Mamedov (URS) W 5–0	Enkelmann (GDR) W 5–1	Al-Awadhi (KUW) W 5–3	Kajbjer (SWE) L 4–5	—	1 Q	Zhang (CHN) L 4–5	Marx (USA) L 3–5	Turiace (ARG) L 1–5	García (ESP) W 5–3	Borella (ITA) W 5–3	5 Q	Gátai (HUN) L 3–5	Emura (JPN) L 4–5	Howe (GDR) W 5–1	Groc (FRA) W 5–1	—	3 Q
Mathias Gey		El-Husseini (EGY) W 5–3	Turiace (ARG) W 5–1	Fonseca (BRA) W 5–1	Strand (SWE) L 4–5	—	1 Q	Cerioni (ITA) L 2–5	Groc (FRA) W 5–3	Soumagne (BEL) W 5–4	Davidson (AUS) W 5–2	Enkelmann (GDR) L 4–5	2 Q	Cerioni (ITA) L 3–5	Szekeres (HUN) L 1–5	Wagner (GDR) W 5–3	El-Husseini (EGY) W 5–3	—	4 Q
Ulrich Schreck		Érsek (HUN) W 5–3	Lewison (USA) W 5–1	Umezawa (JPN) W 5–4	Åkerberg (SWE) W 5–2	—	1 Q	Érsek (HUN) W 5–3	Liu (CHN) W 5–1	Umezawa (JPN) W 5–1	Numa (ITA) L 3–5	Wendt (AUT) L 3–5	2 Q	Mamedov (URS) L 2–5	Wendt (AUT) W 5–4	Glasson (CAN) W 5–2	Kajbjer (SWE) W 5–2	—	2 Q
Thomas Gerull	Men's épée	Bergström (SWE) W 5–3	Pinto (COL) W 5–4	Pereira (ESP) W 5–2	Kolczonay (HUN) L 4–5	—	1 Q	Mazzoni (ITA) L 2–5	Ganeff (NED) L 1–5	Yun (KOR) W 5–2	Soumagne (BEL) W 5–2	—	5 Q	Henry (FRA) L 2–5	Yun (KOR) L 4–5	Du (CHN) W 5–3	Chronowski (POL) W 5–3	Stull (USA) W 5–4	3 Q
Alexander Pusch		Yun (KOR) W 5–3	Chronowski (POL) W 5–1	Stull (USA) W 5–1	Youssef (LIB) W 5–1	—	1 Q	Brill (NZL) W 5–2	Strohmeyer (AUT) W 5–1	Turiace (ARG) W 5–2	Ma (CHN) L 1–5	—	1 Q	Shuvalov (URS) L 2–5	Pantano (ITA) L 4–5	Nagele (AUT) W 5–0	Pásztor (HUN) W 5–4	Kuhn (SUI) W 5–4	3 Q
Arnd Schmitt		Kardolus (NED) L 5–5	Siess (POL) W 5–1	Bandeira (POR) W 5–1	Bogarín (PAR) W 5–0	di Tella (ARG) L 3–5	—	1 Q	Henry (FRA) W 5–4	Kuhn (SUI) W 5–2	Siess (POL) W 5–4	Al-Mashmoum (KUW) W 5–4	—	1 Q	Székely (HUN) W 5–2	Poffet (SUI) W 5–2	di Tella (ARG) W 5–1	Birnbaum (AUT) W 5–0	Lee (KOR) L 2–5	1 Q
Felix Becker	Men's sabre	Dalla Barba (ITA) L 4–5	Mindirgasov (URS) W 5–4	Balk (CAN) W 5–0	Lee (KOR) W 5–1	Kościelniakowski (POL) L 1–5	—	3 Q	Alshan (URS) L 4–5	Guichot (FRA) W 5–4	Zheng (CHN) W 5–0	Lee (KOR) W 5–3	—	5 Q	Alshan (URS) L 4–5	Guichot (FRA) W 5–3	Bujdosó (HUN) W 5–3	Banos (CAN) W 5–4	Scalzo (ITA) L 3–5	3 Q
Jürgen Nolte		Lamour (FRA) L 1–5	Scalzo (ITA) W 5–3	Piguła (POL) W 5–3	Lee (KOR) W 5–2	Martini (MON) W 5–1	—	2 Q	Etropolski (BUL) L 1–5	Delrieu (FRA) L 1–5	Piguła (POL) W 5–3	Banos (CAN) W 5–1	—	3 Q	Delrieu (FRA) L 3–5	Olech (POL) W 5–4	Nébald (HUN) W 5–3	Zheng (CHN) W 5–1	Mindirgasov (URS) L 1–5	4 Q
Stephan Thönnessen		Bujdosó (HUN) L 2–5	Marin (ITA) L 2–5	Mormando (USA) W 5–3	Wang (CHN) W 5–1	Yan (TPE) W 5–3	Marincheshki (BUL) L 2–5	5 Q	Olech (POL) L 1–5	Dalla Barba (ITA) L 2–5	Bujdosó (HUN) L 2–5	Wang (CHN) W 5–0	—	1 Q	Dalla Barba (ITA) L 4–5	Etropolski (BUL) L 2–5	Mormando (USA) L 2–5	Lamour (FRA) L 4–5	Kościelniakowski (POL) L 2–5	6
Sabine Bau	Women's foil	Glikina (URS) W 5–2	Palm (SWE) W 5–4	Lazăr (ROM) W 5–4	López (MEX) W 5–4	—	1 Q	Zalaffi (ITA) W 5–2	Kovács (HUN) W 5–1	Gaudin (FRA) W 5–3	Dubrawska (POL) W 5–4	Lazăr (ROM) L 0–5	2 Q	Sin (KOR) L 2–5	Vaccaroni (ITA) L 4–5	Glikina (URS) W 5–2	McIntosh (GBR) W 5–3	Philion (CAN) L 2–5	4 Q
Anja Fichtel		Sun (CHN) W 5–0	Dubrawska (POL) W 5–4	McIntosh (GBR) W 5–1	Park (KOR) W 5–1	—	1 Q	Tak (KOR) L 4–5	Sobczak (POL) W 5–3	Gandolfi (ITA) W 5–1	Tremblay (CAN) W 5–0	Spennato (FRA) L 3–5	2 Q	Zalaffi (ITA) L 1–5	Sadovskaya (URS) L 3–5	Jánosi (HUN) W 5–1	Lazăr (ROM) W 5–3	Sobczak (POL) W 5–3	3 Q
Zita Funkenhauser		Gaudin (FRA) W 5–1	Oka (JPN) W 5–1	Kovács (HUN) W 5–0	Koeswandi (INA) W 5–4	—	1 Q	Glikina (URS) L 2–5	Sun (CHN) W 5–0	Palm (SWE) W 5–3	O'Neill (USA) W 5–0	Oka (JPN) L 2–5	3 Q	Stefanek (HUN) L 3–5	Bilodeaux (USA) L 1–5	Królikowska (POL) W 5–4	Thurley (GBR) W 5–3	Spennato (FRA) W 5–1	3 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr	Men's foil	Zhang (CHN) W 10–4	Wagner (GDR) L 8–10	Did not advance	—	Cerioni (ITA) L 8–10	Did not advance
Mathias Gey		Gosbee (GBR) W 10–7	Zych (POL) W 10–7	Howe (GDR) W 10–6	—	Cerioni (ITA) L 8–10	Did not advance
Ulrich Schreck		Liu (CHN) W 10–5	Mamedov (URS) W 10–7	Enkelmann (GDR) W 10–9	—	Howe (GDR) W 10–7	Wagner (GDR) L 8–10	Romankov (URS) L 8–10	4
Thomas Gerull	Men's épée	Lee (KOR) L 9–10	Did not advance		Mazzoni (ITA) W 10–6	Brill (NZL) L 7–10	Did not advance
Alexander Pusch		Vánky (SWE) W 10–5	Poffet (SUI) W 10–7	Shuvalov (URS) L 6–10	—	Cuomo (ITA) L 4–10	Did not advance
Arnd Schmitt		Machado (BRA) W 10–9	Reznichenko (URS) L 9–10	Did not advance	—	Nagele (AUT) W 10–2	Poffet (SUI) W 10–8	Rivas (COL) W 10–2	Bergström (SWE) W 10–7	Shuvalov (URS) W 10–9	Riboud (FRA) W 10–9
Felix Becker	Men's sabre	Gedõvári (HUN) W 10–6	Olech (POL) W 10–7	—	Lamour (FRA) L 6–10	Did not advance
Jürgen Nolte		Etropolski (BUL) W 10–9	Pogosov (URS) W 10–7	—	Olech (POL) L 7–10	Did not advance
Stephan Thönnessen		Did not advance
Sabine Bau	Women's foil	Stefanek (HUN) L 7–8	Did not advance	—	Voshchakina (URS) W 8–2	Zalaffi (ITA) W 8–7	—	Stefanek (HUN) W 8–6	Funkenhauser (FRG) W 8–3	Fichtel (FRG) L 5–8
Anja Fichtel		Bilodeaux (USA) W 8–1	Sadovskaya (URS) W 8–4	—	Sun (CHN) W 8–4	Jánosi (HUN) W 8–5	Bau (FRG) W 8–5
Zita Funkenhauser		Vaccaroni (ITA) W 8–7	Jánosi (HUN) W 8–4	—	Sadovskaya (URS) W 8–5	Bau (FRG) L 3–8	Jánosi (HUN) W 8–7

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner	Men's foil	France L 8–8	Sweden W 9–0	United States W 9–4	2 Q	—	Italy W 9–6	East Germany W 9–4	Soviet Union L 5–9
Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt	Men's épée	United States W 9–2	Brazil W 9–3	—	1 Q	Bye	South Korea W 8–6	Italy W 8–7	France L 3–8
Felix Becker Jörg Kempenich Jürgen Nolte Dieter Schneider Stephan Thönnessen	Men's sabre	Italy L 5–9	United States W 9–3	South Korea W 9–1	2 q	—	France L 5–9	—	Poland L 4–9	6
Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber	Women's foil	United States W 9–1	Great Britain W 9–3	—	1 Q	—	France W 9–4	Soviet Union W 9–3	Italy W 9–4

Football

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
West Germany men's	Men's tournament	China W 3–0	Tunisia W 4–1	Sweden L 1–2	2 Q	Zambia W 4–0	Brazil L 2–3^P 1–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy W 3–0

Team roster

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Oliver Reck	27 February 1965	23	0	SV Werder Bremen	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Michael Schulz	3 September 1961	27	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	0	570	0	0	1
3	DF	Armin Görtz	30 August 1959	29	2	1. FC Köln	5	0	445	2	0	0
4	DF	Wolfgang Funkel	10 August 1958	30	2	Bayer Uerdingen	5	1	480	0	0	0
5	DF	Thomas Hörster	27 November 1956	31	4	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	0	570	0	0	2
6	MF	Olaf Janßen	8 October 1966	21	0	1. FC Köln	2	0	27	0	2	0
7	MF	Rudi Bommer	19 August 1957	31	6	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1	0	5	0	1	0
8	MF	Holger Fach	6 September 1962	26	1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5	2	474	1	0	0
9	FW	Jürgen Klinsmann	30 July 1964	24	9	VfB Stuttgart	6	4	570	0	0	0
10	MF	Wolfram Wuttke	17 November 1961	27	4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	2	491	4	0	1
11	FW	Frank Mill	23 July 1958	30	13	Borussia Dortmund	5	3	421	2	0	3
12	GK	Uwe Kamps	12 June 1964	24	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	0	570	0	0	0
13	DF	Roland Grahammer	3 November 1963	24	0	Bayern München	6	1	570	0	0	0
14	MF	Thomas Häßler	30 May 1966	22	1	1. FC Köln	6	0	557	1	0	0
15	MF	Christian Schreier	4 February 1959	29	1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4	1	72	0	4	0
16	FW	Fritz Walter	21 July 1960	28	0	VfB Stuttgart	1	1	45	0	1	0
17	MF	Ralf Sievers	30 October 1961	26	?	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	0	85	1	0	0
18	DF	Gerhard Kleppinger	1 March 1958	30	0	Bayer Uerdingen	6	1	289	0	4	0
19	FW	Karl-Heinz Riedle	9 September 1965	23	1	SV Werder Bremen	1	0	29	1	0	0
20	DF	Gunnar Sauer	11 June 1964	24	0	SV Werder Bremen	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
2	West Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
3	Tunisia	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	China	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: FIFA

17 September 1988

17:00

China	0–3	West Germany
	[Report]	Wuttke 31' Mill 60', 89'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU)

19 September 1988

17:00

Tunisia	1–4	West Germany
Maaloul 26' (pen.)	[Report]	Grahammer 4' Fach 50' Mill 55' Wuttke 75' (pen.)

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (ENG)

21 September 1988

19:00

Sweden	2–1	West Germany
Engqvist 64' Lönn 85'	[Report]	Walter 60'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

Quarterfinal

25 September 1988

West Germany	4–0	Zambia
Funkel 18' Klinsmann 34', 42', 89'	Report

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

Semifinal

27 September 1988

Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Romário 79'	Report	Fach 50'
Penalties
	3–2

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (GBR)

Bronze medal match

30 September 1988

Italy	0–3	West Germany
	Report	Klinsmann 5' Kleppinger 18' Schreier 68'

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Andreas Aguilar	Team	18.050	18.600	19.700	18.550	19.450	19.000	113.350	73
Mike Beckmann		19.250	19.450	18.600	19.250	19.300	18.600	114.450	60
Jürgen Brümmer		19.350	18.950	19.400	19.550	19.050	17.850	114.150	64
Ralph Kern		19.150	19.000	18.400	19.300	19.300	18.750	113.900	67
Bernhard Simmelbauer		18.800	18.800	18.950	19.150	19.250	18.650	113.600	71
Daniel Winkler		19.050	18.900	18.900	19.100	19.300	19.250	114.500	59
Total		95.600	95.400	95.750	96.350	96.600	94.400	574.100	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Michaela Ustorf	Individual	18.650	18.250	19.025	18.950	74.875	78
Isabella von Lospichl	Individual	18.225	18.000	9.375	9.450	55.050	85

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Marion Rothhaar	Individual	9.600	9.600	9.700	9.600	38.500	17 Q	19.250	9.600	9.700	9.700	9.600	57.850	19
Diana Schmiemann	Individual	9.600	9.700	9.800	9.700	38.800	10 Q	19.400	9.800	9.800	9.800	9.800	58.600	8

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
West Germany men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 3–1	India D 1–1	Great Britain W 2–1	South Korea W 1–0	Soviet Union W 6–0	1 Q	Netherlands W 2–1	Great Britain L 1–3
West Germany women's	Women's tournament	South Korea L 1–3	Australia L 0–1	Canada W 2–1	—	3	United States W 2–1	Canada W 4–2	5

Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	7	Semi-finals
3	India	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	5	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	5	10	−5	5	5–8th place semi-finals
5	South Korea (H)	5	0	2	3	5	10	−5	2	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Canada	5	0	2	3	3	12	−9	2	9–12th place semi-finals

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

18 September 1988
13:30

West Germany	3–1	Canada
Fisher 23' Blöcher 29' Reck 50'	Report	Gifford 8'

Umpires:
K Bajwa (PAK)
Ron Lathouwers (NED)

20 September 1988
13:30

West Germany	1–1	India
Hilgers 39'	Report	Sebastian 31'

Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Alain Renaud (FRA)

22 September 1988
15:15

Great Britain	1–2	West Germany
Barber 2'	Report	Fischer 59' Blöcher 69'

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

24 September 1988
09:00

West Germany	1–0	South Korea
Fischer 62'	Report

Umpires:
Louismichel Gillet (FRA)
K Bajwa (PAK)

26 September 1988
10:45

West Germany	6–0	Soviet Union
Mollandin 5' Blöcher 19' Dopp 41' Fischer 45' Keller 53' Hilgers 59'	Report

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Amjarit Dhak (KEN)

Semifinal

28 September 1988
13:00

West Germany	2–1	Netherlands
Dopp 40' Reck 47'	Report	Cruico 10'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Alain Renaud (FRA)

Gold medal match

1 October 1988
15:15

West Germany	1–3	Great Britain
Dopp 59'	Report	Sherwani 20', 53' Kerly 47'

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Santiago Deo (ESP)

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	5	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	4	Semi-finals
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2	5th–8th place classification
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	5th–8th place classification

Source: FIH

21 September 1988
10:45

South Korea	4–1	West Germany
Lim 3', 35+' Chung S. 61' Seo K. 70+'	Report	Gehrmann 13'

Umpires:
Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
Pauline Bullock (GBR)

23 September 1988
09:00

Australia	1–0	West Germany
Bowman 68'	Report

Umpires:
Pauline Bullock (GBR)
Jean Robertson (GBR)

25 September 1988
10:45

Canada	1–2	West Germany
Lyn 49'	Report	Blumenberg 26' Jungjohann 51'

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
A Poelmans (NED)

Classification 5th-8th place

27 September 1988
09:00

United States	1–2	West Germany
Donnelly 19'	Report	Wollschläger 41' Blumenberg 49'

Umpires:
Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

5th place match

29 September 1988
09:00

West Germany	4–2	Canada
Blumenberg 14', 59', 64' Schmid 57'	Report	Forshaw 18', 52'

Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Jean Robertson (GBR)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Helmut Dietz	60 kg	Bye	Kiejda (POL) W Keikoku	Berenstein (NED) W Keikoku	Kim (KOR) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Totikashvili (URS) L Yuko	Did not advance
Guido Schumacher	65 kg	Bye	Kostadinov (BUL) L Ippon	Did not advance
Steffen Stranz	71 kg	Bye	Dossou (BEN) W Ippon	Loll (GDR) L Koka	Did not advance		—	Wohlwend (LIE) W Ippon	Swain (USA) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Frank Wieneke	78 kg	Reiter (AUT) W Ippon	Adolfsson (SWE) W Yuko	González (ESP) W Ippon	Tayot (FRA) W Koka	Bréchôt (GDR) W Koka	—	Legień (POL) L Ippon
Michael Bazynski	86 kg	Spijkers (NED) L Yuko	Did not advance
Marc Meiling	95 kg	—	Bye	Berland (USA) W Chui	Van de Walle (BEL) W Ippon	Beutler (POL) W Chui	—	Miguel (BRA) L Chui
Alexander von der Groeben	+95 kg	—	Cho (KOR) L Ippon	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Dirk Knappheide	Individual	66	12	1034	26–39	51	677	3:20.34	12	1272	191	22	934	DNF		0	3917	60
Marcus Marsollek		242	46	858	36–29	17	847	3:36.88	46	1140	196	4	1044	13:50.91	30	1075	4964	24
Michael Zimmermann		150	32	950	34–31	27	813	3:24.23	26	1240	186	52	824	14:30.23	49	955	4782	41
Dirk Knappheide Marcus Marsollek Michael Zimmermann	Team	458	7	2842	96–99	12	2337	10:21.45	9	3652	573	7	2802	DNF	18	2030	13663	15

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter-Michael Kolbe	Single sculls	7:12.35	3 R	7:12.27	1 SF	7:01.76	1 FA	6:54.77
Christian Händle Ralf Thienel	Double sculls	6:21.95	2 R	6:37.84	1 SF	6:23.55	2 FA	6:24.97	4
Christoph Galandi Oliver Grüner Georg Agrikola Andreas Reinke	Quadruple sculls	5:52.45	3 SF	—	5:50.96	3 FA	5:59.59	6
Frank Dietrich Michael Twittmann	Coxless pair	6:45.73	2 R	6:52.03	1 SF	6:54.24	4 FB	7:19.48	7
Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow	Coxless four	6:13.16	3 SF	—	6:04.17	1 FA	6:06.22
Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels Martin Ruppel	Coxed four	6:02.98	2 SF	—	6:15.87	4 FB	6:42.65	7
Thomas Möllenkamp Matthias Mellinghaus Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling Armin Eichholz Thomas Domian Wolfgang Maennig Bahne Rabe Manfred Klein	Eight	5:32.36	1 FA	—	5:46.05

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bettina Kämpf Cordula Keller	Coxless pair	8:19.76	5 R	8:20.13	4 FB	—	8:22.08	9
Inge Althoff Meike Holländer Elke Markwort Gabriele Mehl Kerstin Peters Cerstin Petersmann Katrin Petersmann Kerstin Rehders Anja Schäfer	Eight	6:38.31	3 R	6:12.70	5	—	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Joachim Hunger Wolfgang Hunger	470	3	10	15	19	5.7	8	17	58.7	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Katrin Adlkofer Susanne Meyer	470	17	18	5.7	5.7	28	0	10	56.4	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Dirk Meyer	Division II	16	15	18	13	17	32	20	99	13
Thomas Schmid	Finn	3	15	19	11.7	11.7	11.7	40	72.1	6
Alexander Hagen Fritz Girr	Star	3	11.7	10	8	28	28	11.7	72.4	10
Hans-Jürgen Pfohe Roland Gäbler	Tornado	21	14	17	30	30	30	30	142	19
Jens-Peter Wrede Matthias Adamczewski Stefan Knabe	Soling	18	24	16	20	15	13	20	102	15
Albert Batzill Peter Lang	Flying Dutchman	19	3	10	14	20	13	29	79	8

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kurt Hillenbrand	50 m rifle three positions	1155	38	Did not advance
Kurt Hillenbrand	50 m rifle prone	590	41	Did not advance
Arndt Kaspar	10 m air pistol	579	12	Did not advance
Arndt Kaspar	50 m pistol	562	7 Q	651	7
Dirk Köhler	25 m rapid fire pistol	591	8 Q	689	8
Ulrich Lind	50 m rifle three positions	1161	28	Did not advance
Alfons Messerschmitt	10 m air pistol	577	18	Did not advance
Alfons Messerschmitt	50 m pistol	554	23	Did not advance
Johann Riederer	10 m air rifle	592	3 Q	694.0
Bernd Rücker	50 m rifle prone	597	5 Q	700.5	7
Matthias Stich	10 m air rifle	587	17	Did not advance
Christian Stützinger	50 m running target	586	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lieselotte Breker	10 m air pistol	386	3 Q	476.0	7
Lieselotte Breker	25 m pistol	585	6 Q	685	4
Carmen Giese	10 m air rifle	389	17	Did not advance
Anetta Kalinowski	25 m pistol	581	12	Did not advance
Selma Sonnet	50 m rifle three positions	580	11	Did not advance
Silvia Sperber	10 m air rifle	393	7 Q	497.5
Silvia Sperber	50 m rifle three positions	590	1 Q	685.6
Margit Stein	10 m air pistol	376	19	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michaela Rink	Skeet	140	44	Did not advance
Herbert Seeberger		196	10	Did not advance
Wolfgang Trautwein		141	40	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Bermel	200 m individual medley	2:04.80	7 FA	2:03.81	5
Peter Bermel	400 m individual medley	4:22.78	7 FA	4:24.02	8
Jens-Peter Berndt	100 m backstroke	57.08	12 FB	Withdrew
	200 m backstroke	2:01.77	6 FA	2:01.84	6
	200 m individual medley	2:04.80	10 FB	2:06.76	15
	400 m individual medley	4:20.93	6 FA	4:21.71	6
Thomas Fahrner	100 m freestyle	50.78	13 FB	51.12	14
Thomas Fahrner	200 m freestyle	1:49.02	6 FA	1:49.19	8
Michael Groß	200 m freestyle	1:48.55	3 FA	1:48.59	5
	100 m butterfly	53.78	4 FA	53.44	5
	200 m butterfly	1:58.09	1 FA	1:56.94 OR
Stephan Güsgen	50 m freestyle	23.22	11 FB	23.55	14
Rainer Henkel	400 m freestyle	3:51.50	10 FB	Withdrew
Rainer Henkel	1500 m freestyle	15:14.64	6 FA	15:18.19	6
Frank Henter	50 m freestyle	22.98	7 FA	23.03	7
Martin Herrmann	100 m butterfly	55.20	17	Did not advance
Martin Herrmann	200 m butterfly	2:02.61	21	Did not advance
Frank Hoffmeister	100 m backstroke	56.19	5 FA	56.19	7
Frank Hoffmeister	200 m backstroke	2:03.34	12 FB	2:01.65	9
Alexander Mayer	100 m breaststroke	1:03.54	11 FB	1:03.85	12
Stefan Pfeiffer	400 m freestyle	3:49.52	2 FA	3:49.96	6
Stefan Pfeiffer	1500 m freestyle	15:07.85	3 FA	15:02.69
Mark Warnecke	100 m breaststroke	1:03.56	12 FB	1:03.40	11
Mark Warnecke	200 m breaststroke	2:22.55	31	Did not advance
Hartmut Wedekind	200 m breaststroke	2:22.55	31	Did not advance
Torsten Wiegel	100 m freestyle	51.02	19	Did not advance
Michael Groß Thomas Fahrner Björn Zikarsky Peter Sitt Torsten Wiegel (*)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:23.19	6 FA	3:21.65	6
Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Groß Stefan Pfeiffer () Peter Sitt ()	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:19.38	3 FA	7:14.35
Frank Hoffmeister Alexander Mayer Michael Groß Björn Zikarsky Mark Warnecke (*)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.72	4 FA	3:42.98	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marion Aizpors	50 m freestyle	26.20	9 FB	26.17	9
Marion Aizpors	100 m backstroke	1:03.27	8 FA	1:04.19	8
Ina Beyermann	100 m butterfly	1:02.85	19	Did not advance
Ina Beyermann	200 m butterfly	2:13.56	11 FB	2:13.74	10
Britta Dahm	100 m breaststroke	1:12.98	22	Did not advance
Britta Dahm	200 m breaststroke	2:35.06	17	Did not advance
Heike Esser	100 m breaststroke	DNS
Heike Esser	200 m breaststroke	2:41.34	34	Did not advance
Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	200 m freestyle	2:02.77	16 FB	2:02.32	15
	200 m individual medley	2:17.46	9 FB	2:17.85	10
	400 m individual medley	4:52.05	13 FB	4:50.54	10
Stephanie Ortwig	200 m freestyle	2:00.66	6 FA	2:00.73	7
	400 m freestyle	4:12.18	7 FA	4:13.05	7
	800 m freestyle	8:41.95	14	Did not advance
Christiane Pielke	50 m freestyle	26.33	12 FB	26.22	10
Christiane Pielke	100 m freestyle	57.47	19	Did not advance
Gabi Reha	100 m butterfly	1:02.27	15 FB	1:02.63	15
Gabi Reha	200 m butterfly	2:13.09	9 FB	2:14.20	11
Alexandra Russ	400 m freestyle	4:18.67	22	Did not advance
Alexandra Russ	800 m freestyle	8:49.31	17	Did not advance
Svenja Schlicht	100 m backstroke	1:03.72	10 FB	1:03.68	10
	200 m backstroke	2:16.81	8 FA	2:15.94	8
	200 m individual medley	2:20.31	18	Did not advance
Katja Ziliox	100 m freestyle	58.39	31	Did not advance
Katja Ziliox	200 m backstroke	2:26.25	28	Did not advance
Stephanie Ortwig Marion Aizpors Christiane Pielke Karin Seick Katja Ziliox (*)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.03	6 FA	3:46.90	7
Svenja Schlicht Britta Dahm Gabi Reha Marion Aizpors	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:13.19	4 FA	4:12.89	7

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Final)	Rank
Doris Eisenhofer	Solo	80.433	36	Did not advance
Heike Friedrich		82.000	32	Did not advance
Gerlind Scheller		85.583	19 Q	88.600	174.183	8 Q	90.400	175.983	8
Heike Friedrich Gerlind Scheller	Duet	83.792	9	88.800	172.592	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georg Böhm	Singles	Maringgi (INA) W 3–0	Griffiths (NZL) W 3–1	Waldner (SWE) L 0–3	Xu (CHN) L 0–3	Hosnani (MRI) W 3–0	Birocheau (FRA) W 3–0	Chih (TPE) W 3–1	3	Did not advance
Jörg Roßkopf	Singles	Haberl (AUS) W 3–1	Ghorpade (IND) W 3–0	Grubba (POL) L 0–3	Primorac (YUG) L 1–3	López (VEN) W 3–0	Miyazaki (JPN) W 3–2	Musa (NGR) W 3–2	3	Did not advance
Georg Böhm Jürgen Rebel	Doubles	Douglas / Andrew (GBR) L 1–2	Chih / Chih (TPE) L 1–2	Ding / Bär (AUT) L 0–2	Griffiths / Jackson (NZL) W 2–0	Álvarez / Fermín (DOM) W 2–0	Waldner / Appelgren (SWE) L 0–2	Kim / Kim (KOR) L 1–2	5	—	Did not advance
Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner	Doubles	Lo / Vong (HKG) W 2–1	Gambra / Núñez (CHI) W 2–0	An / Yu (KOR) L 1–2	Grubba / Kucharski (POL) L 0–2	Adeyemo / Bankole (NGR) W 2–0	Saito / Watanabe (JPN) W 2–0	Kano / Kawai (BRA) W 2–1	3	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Olga Nemes	Singles	Díaz (CHI) W 3–0	Hong (KOR) L 1–3	Akanmu (NGR) W 3–0	Kloppenburg (NED) W 3–0	Bátorfi (HUN) W 3–2	—	2 Q	Li (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Katja Nolten	Singles	Fazlić (YUG) L 2–3	Liyau (PER) W 3–2	Owolabi (NGR) W 3–2	Hyun (KOR) L 0–3	Hoshino (JPN) L 2–3	—	4	Did not advance
Olga Nemes Katja Nolten	Doubles	Ishida / Hoshino (JPN) L 1–2	Gee / Bhushan (USA) W 2–1	Leong / Lau (MAS) W 2–0	Chen / Jiao (CHN) L 0–2	Hrachová / Kasalová (TCH) L 0–2	Vriesekoop / Kloppenburg (NED) L 1–2	—	5	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eric Jelen	Singles	Mečíř (TCH) L (7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7)	Did not advance
Carl-Uwe Steeb	Singles	Volkov (URS) W (7–5, 6–4, 6–3)	Masur (AUS) W (6–3, 5–7, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5)	Järryd (SWE) W (2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5)	Mayotte (USA) L (6–7, 5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance
Carl-Uwe Steeb Eric Jelen	Doubles	—	Edberg / Järryd (SWE) L (4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steffi Graf	Singles	Bye	Meskhi (URS) W (7–5, 6—1)	Suire (FRA) W (6–3, 6–0)	Savchenko (URS) W (6–2, 4–6, 6–3)	Garrison (USA) W (6–2, 6–0)	Sabatini (ARG) W (6–3, 6–3)
Sylvia Hanika		Bye	Muir (ZIM) W (6–1, 6–1)	Sabatini (ARG) L (6–1, 4–6, 2–6)	Did not advance
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch		Bye	Reggi (ITA) L (6–4, 6–7, 3–6)	Did not advance
Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Doubles	—	Bye	Bassett-Seguso / Hetherington (CAN) W (6–3, 3–6, 6–2)	Novotná / Suková (TCH) L (5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
West Germany men's	Men's tournament	Australia W 13–11	France W 10–9	South Korea W 18–2	Italy W 10–7	Soviet Union W 9–8	1 Q	Yugoslavia L 10–14	Soviet Union L 13–14	4

Team roster

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	5	5	0	0	60	37	+23	10
Soviet Union	5	3	1	1	63	30	+33	7
Italy	5	3	1	1	48	33	+15	7
Australia	5	2	0	3	40	39	+1	4
France	5	1	0	4	43	54	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	14	75	−61	0

Source: https://www.olympedia.org/results/38727

21 September 1988 (1988-09-21) 16:30	West Germany	13–11	Australia	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Luis Cillero (ESP), Robert Lee (USA)
	Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–3, 4–3
	Otto 4	Goals	Wybrow 4

22 September 1988 (1988-09-22) 15:15	West Germany	10–9	France	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–3
	five players 2	Goals	Garsau 3

23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) 14:00	West Germany	18–2	South Korea	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Robert Lee (USA), He Liangde (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–1, 6–0, 4–1
	Stamm 6	Goals	Song, Lee 1

26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 09:00	West Germany	10–7	Italy	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 2–1, 2–1
	Otto, Theismann 3	Goals	Ferretti 3

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 11:30	West Germany	9–8	Soviet Union	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Tom Hermstad (USA), Antal Vuszek (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–0, 4–1, 0–3
	Osselmann 3	Goals	Kotenko, Apanasenko 2

Semi-final

30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) 20:15	Yugoslavia	14–10	West Germany	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Pietro Di Stefano (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–2, 5–3
	Lušiċ, Milanović 4	Goals	Otto 3

Bronze medal match

1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 16:00	Soviet Union	14–13	West Germany	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–6, 4–4, 3–2
	Mshvenieradze 4	Goals	Theismann 4

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Roland Feldhoffer	90 kg	150.0	10	200.0	4	350.0	7
Peter Immesberger	100 kg	175.0	4	220.0	3	395.0
Maik Nill	100 kg	167.5	8	202.5	10	370.0	10
Eduard Ohlinger	110 kg	175.0	8	NM		DNF
Frank Seipelt	110 kg	170.0	11	217.5	7	387.5	8
Manfred Nerlinger	+110 kg	190.0	2	240.0	2	430.0
Martin Zawieja	+110 kg	182.5	3	232.5	3	415.0

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Markus Scherer	48 kg	Simkhah (IRI) W 10–5	Tsenov (BUL) L 3–15	Yang (CHN) W 13–4	Maenza (ITA) L 1–15	Did not advance	—	3	Al-Faraj (SYR) L 6–16	6
Rifat Yildiz	57 kg	Chaambi (TUN) W 12–0	Mena (PAN) W 16–0	Sike (HUN) L passivity	Yang (CHN) L 5–8	Did not advance	—	4	Shestakov (URS) L walkover	8
Peter Behl	62 kg	Fernández (ESP) W 15–0	Dietsche (SUI) L passivity	Şahin (TUR) W passivity	Bódi (HUN) L 1–10	—	3	Anderson (USA) W 5–1	5
Claudio Passarelli	68 kg	Abrial (FRA) W 7–0	Zhao (CHN) W 8–1	Sabo (YUG) L 3–4	Kim (KOR) L passivity	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Roger Gössner	82 kg	Komáromi (HUN) L passivity	N'Gom (SEN) W fall	Kleven (NOR) W passivity	Fredriksson (SWE) L 1–3	Did not advance		—	5	Did not advance
Andreas Steinbach	90 kg	Cox (CAN) W 16–0	Bye	Youmbi (CMR) W passivity	Foy (USA) W 15–5	Koskela (FIN) L 1–2	Popov (URS) L 0–3	—	3	Pitschmann (AUT) W passivity	5
Gerhard Himmel	100 kg	Claeson (SWE) W passivity	Sarr (SEN) W fall	Gáspár (HUN) W injury	Bye	Yu (KOR) W 7–0	Georgiev (BUL) W passivity	—	1	Wroński (POL) L 1–3
Fritz Gerdsmeier	130 kg	Klauz (HUN) L passivity	Johansson (SWE) L 1–2	Did not advance		—	7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Reiner Heugabel	48 kg	Sükhbaatar (MGL) W fall	Liang (CHN) W fall	Kumar (IND) W 12–0	Karamchakov (URS) W passivity	Anger (GDR) W passivity	Tsonov (BUL) L 0–3	—	3	Şükrüoğlu (TUR) W passivity	5
Herbert Tutsch	52 kg	Nasir (AFG) L 3–7	Sharif (JOR) W fall	Bye	Bíró (HUN) L fall	Did not advance			5	Did not advance
Jürgen Scheibe	57 kg	Beloglazov (URS) L 1–4	Ogden (GBR) W 14–3	Holmes (CAN) L 6–8	Did not advance				6	Did not advance
Jörg Helmdach	62 kg	Kim (KOR) W 8–4	Rincón (COL) W 4–0	Küng (SUI) W 6–0	Sargsyan (URS) L 2–7	Bye	Fallah (IRI) L 0–5	Did not advance	3	Enkhee (MGL) W 5–4	5
Alexander Leipold	68 kg	Satyawan (IND) W 11–1	Kubiak (POL) W 3–2	Carr (USA) L 3–11	Amaraa (MGL) W 5–3	McKay (CAN) L 7–11	Did not advance		4	Yassenov (BUL) W 14–10	7
Reiner Trik	82 kg	Radomski (POL) W 12–9	Schultz (USA) L 1–16	Gençalp (TUR) L 0–8	Did not advance				9	Did not advance
Bodo Lukowski	90 kg	Tupchi (IRI) L 2–3	Nieć (POL) W passivity	Alabakov (BUL) L 2–3	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Wilfried Colling	100 kg	Karadushev (BUL) L 0–2	Pușcașu (ROU) L 0–4	Did not advance				—	9	Did not advance
Ralf Bremmer	130 kg	Obata (JPN) L 4–8	Luberda (TCH) W fall	Gobejishvili (URS) L passivity	Did not advance		—	4	Sandurski (POL) L 5–7	8

References

^ "West Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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