West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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

Silver

Bronze

Total

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 competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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

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

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Track and road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat Round 1  | Heat Round 2  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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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

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Jürgen Hingsen | Result  | DQ | DNF
Points  | 0

Women
Track and road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat Round 1  | Heat Round 2  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

### Road

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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

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Jutta Niehaus | Road race | 2:00:52  |
Viola Paulitz | 2:00:52  | 13
Ines Varenkamp | 2:00:52  | 12

### Track

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Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1  | Repechage 1  | Round 2  | Repechage 2  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Robert Lechner | Time trial | 1:05.114  |

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Laps  | Points  | Rank  | Laps  | Points  | Rank
Uwe Messerschmidt | Points race | –1  | 22  | 7 Q | –2  | 28  | 6

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

### Dressage

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Dressage  | Cross-country  | Jumping  | Total

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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

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Individual
Pool stages
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage 1  | Group Stage 2  | Group Stage 3

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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

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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  |

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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

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Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

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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
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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

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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

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Mill 60', 89'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU)

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19 September 1988

17:00

Tunisia | 1–4|  West Germany

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Maaloul 26' (pen.) | [Report] | Grahammer 4'
Fach 50'
Mill 55'
Wuttke 75' (pen.)

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (ENG)

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21 September 1988

19:00

Sweden | 2–1|  West Germany

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Lönn 85' | [Report] | Walter  60'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

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Quarterfinal

25 September 1988

West Germany | 4–0|  Zambia

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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

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Penalties
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Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (GBR)

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Bronze medal match

30 September 1988

Italy | 0–3|  West Germany

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Kleppinger 18'
Schreier 68'

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

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Men
Team
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Team roster

* Christian Schliemann
* Tobias Frank
* Horst-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

Group play
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

| 18 September 1988
13:30

West Germany | 3–1  |  Canada

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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

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

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| 22 September 1988
15:15

Great Britain | 1–2  |  West Germany

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Blöcher 69'
Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

* * *

| 24 September 1988
09:00

West Germany | 1–0  |  South Korea

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

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| 26 September 1988
10:45

West Germany | 6–0  |  Soviet Union

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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

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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

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Kerly 47'
Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Santiago Deo (ESP)

### Women's tournament

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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

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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

Source: FIH

| 21 September 1988
10:45

South Korea | 4–1  |  West Germany

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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

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Bowman 68' | Report |
Umpires:
Pauline Bullock (GBR)
Jean Robertson (GBR)

* * *

| 25 September 1988
10:45

Canada | 1–2  |  West Germany

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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

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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

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Blumenberg 14', 59', 64'
Schmid 57' | Report | Forshaw 18', 52'
Umpires:
Dominique Ache (BEL)
Jean Robertson (GBR)

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3
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

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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

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Penalties  | Rank  | MP points  | Results  | Rank  | MP points  | Time  | Rank  | MP points  | Points  | Rank  | MP Points  | Time  | Rank  | MP Points
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

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Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7
Joachim Hunger
Wolfgang Hunger | 470 | 3  | 10  | 15  | ~~19~~ | 5.7  | 8  | 17  | 58.7  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7
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

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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

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Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Kurt Hillenbrand | 50 m rifle three positions | 1155  | 38  | Did not advance
50 m rifle prone | 590  | 41  | Did not advance
Arndt Kaspar | 10 m air pistol | 579  | 12  | Did not advance
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
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

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Lieselotte Breker | 10 m air pistol | 386  | 3 Q | 476.0  | 7
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  |
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

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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

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Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final A/B

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Peter Bermel | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.80  | 7 FA | 2:03.81  | 5
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
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
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
200 m butterfly | 2:02.61  | 21  | Did not advance
Frank Hoffmeister | 100 m backstroke | 56.19  | 5 FA | 56.19  | 7
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
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
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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Marion Aizpors | 50 m freestyle | 26.20  | 9 FB | 26.17  | 9
100 m backstroke | 1:03.27  | 8 FA | 1:04.19  | 8
Ina Beyermann | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.85  | 19  | Did not advance
200 m butterfly | 2:13.56  | 11 FB | 2:13.74  | 10
Britta Dahm | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.98  | 22  | Did not advance
200 m breaststroke | 2:35.06  | 17  | Did not advance
Heike Esser | 100 m breaststroke | DNS
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
100 m freestyle | 57.47  | 19  | Did not advance
Gabi Reha | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.27  | 15 FB | 1:02.63  | 15
200 m butterfly | 2:13.09  | 9 FB | 2:14.20  | 11
Alexandra Russ | 400 m freestyle | 4:18.67  | 22  | Did not advance
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
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

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Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Athlete  | Event  | Figures  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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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 |  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 |  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

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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 |  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

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Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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 |  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

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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

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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

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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

* Peter Röhle
* Dirk Jacoby
* Frank Otto
* Uwe Sterzik
* Armando Fernández
* Andreas Ehrl
* Ingo Borgmann
* Rainer Osselmann
* Hagen Stamm
* Thomas Huber
* Dirk Theismann
* René Reimann
* Werner Obschernikat
* Head coach: Nicola Firuio

Group play

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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)

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Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–3, 4–3
Otto 4  | Goals | Wybrow 4

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22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
15:15  | West Germany | 10-9  |  France | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE)

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–3
five players 2  | Goals | Garsau 3

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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)

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Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–1, 6–0, 4–1
Stamm 6  | Goals | Song, Lee 1

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26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
09:00  | West Germany | 10-7  |  Italy | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP)

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Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 2–1, 2–1
Otto, Theismann 3  | Goals | Ferretti 3

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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)

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Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–0, 4–1, 0–3
Osselmann 3  | Goals | Kotenko, Apanasenko 2

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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)

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Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–2, 5–3
Lušiċ, Milanović 4  | Goals | Otto 3

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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)

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Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–6, 4–4, 3–2
Mshvenieradze 4  | Goals | Theismann 4

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | 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 | 167.5  | 8  | 202.5  | 10  | 370.0  | 10
Eduard Ohlinger | 110 kg | 175.0  | 8  | NM | DNF
Frank Seipelt | 170.0  | 11  | 217.5  | 7  | 387.5  | 8
Manfred Nerlinger | +110 kg | 190.0  | 2  | 240.0  | 2  | 430.0  |
Martin Zawieja | 182.5  | 3  | 232.5  | 3  | 415.0  |

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Final

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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

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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

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

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