West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Germany
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
		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
		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[edit]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		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		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		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
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dietmar Mögenburg	High jump	2.28	1 Q	2.34	6
Carlo Thränhardt		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		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
	Points	0

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		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		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
	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		—	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
		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		19.06	14	Did not advance
Beate Peters	Javelin throw	60.20	14	Did not advance
Ingrid Thyssen		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
	Points	1020	1016	738	907	887	755	786
Sabine Everts	Result	13.74	1.71	11.54	DNF
	Points	1015	867	631

Boxing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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
	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
		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[edit]

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

Road[edit]

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[edit]

Sprint

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

Diving[edit]

Men

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

Women

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

Equestrian[edit]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			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[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			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[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total
			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[edit]

Individual

Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1							Group Stage 2						Group Stage 3
		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 4
		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
		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[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		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 2–3P 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

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Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Bronze medal match

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Men

Team

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

Rhythmic[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		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		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[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		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[edit]

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
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	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

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)

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20 September 1988 13:30 West Germany  1–1  India Hilgers  39' Report Sebastian  31' Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Alain Renaud (FRA)

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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)

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24 September 1988 09:00 West Germany  1–0  South Korea Fischer  62' Report Umpires: Louismichel Gillet (FRA) K Bajwa (PAK)

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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)

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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)

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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[edit]

Team roster

• Susi Schmid
• Carola Hoffmann
• Heike Gehrmann
• Dagmar Breiken-Bremer
• Gaby Uhlenbruck
• Viola Grahl
• Bettina Blumenberg
• Gaby Appel
• Martina Koch-Hallmen
• Christine Ferneck
• Silke Wehrmeister
• Caren Jungjohann
• Eva Hegener
• Susie Wollschläger
• Gabriela Schöwe

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
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

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)

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23 September 1988 09:00 Australia  1–0  West Germany Bowman  68' Report Umpires: Pauline Bullock (GBR) Jean Robertson (GBR)

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25 September 1988 10:45 Canada  1–2  West Germany Lyn  49' Report Blumenberg  26' Jungjohann  51' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) A Poelmans (NED)

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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)

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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[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals