Sporting event delegation
West Germany 1988 Summer Olympics 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]
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:
Men's Individual Competition:
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
First Round — 13:58.58
Semi Final — 13:22.71
Final — 13:15.52 (→ Silver Medal ) Men's Marathon
Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Heat — 39.01
Semi Final — 38.75
Final — 38.55 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Final — 3:00.56 (→ Bronze Medal ) Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
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 (→ 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 4 × 400 m Relay
Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place) Women's Marathon
Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place) 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)
Boxing
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Marsollek, Zimmermann, and Knappheide – 14511 pts (→ 10th place)
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Stefan Pfeiffer
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
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Britta Dahm
Heat – 1:12.98 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Britta Dahm
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
Heat – 1:02.85 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly
Ina Beyermann
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
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.
Women's solo Women's duet
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
Women's Singles Competition
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
Saar (1952)
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
