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. [edit] Medalists - Matthias Baumann, Ralf Ehrenbrink, Klaus Erhorn, and Thies Kaspareit — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- Ludger Beerbaum, Wolfgang Brinkmann, Dirk Hafemeister, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
- Reiner Klimke, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff, Monica Theodorescu, and Nicole Uphoff — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
- Arnd Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
- Anja Fichtel-Mauritz — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
- Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Annette Klug, and Christiane Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Thomas Domian, Armin Eichholz, Manfred Klein, Wolfgang Maennig, Matthias Mellinghaus, Thomas Möllenkamp, Bahne Rabe, Eckhardt Schultz, and Ansgar Wessling — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Sylvia Sperber — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- Michael Gross — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Steffi Graf — Tennis, Women's Singles Competition
[edit] Silver - Dieter Baumann — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres
- Bernd Gröne — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Jutta Niehaus — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
- Matthias Behr, Thomas Endres, Matthias Gey, Ulrich Schreck, and Thorsten Weidner — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
- Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Thomas Gerull, Alexander Pusch, and Arnd Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
- Sabine Bau — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
- Frank Wieneke — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
- Mark Meiling — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
- Stefan Blöcher, Dirk Brinkmann, Thomas Brinkmann, Heiner Dopp, Hans-Henning Fastrich, Carsten Fischer, Tobias Frank, Volker Fried, Horst-Ulrich Hänel, Michael Hilgers, Andreas Keller, Michael Metz, Andreas Mollandin, Thomas Reck, Christian Schliemann, and Eckhard Schmidt-Opper — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
- Peter-Michael Kolbe — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Sylvia Sperber — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle
- Stefan Pfeiffer — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Manfred Nerlinger — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
- Gerhard Himmel — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
[edit] Bronze - Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt, Ralf Lübke, and Jörg Vaihinger — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
- Rolf Danneberg — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Claudia Zaczkiewicz — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Reiner Gies — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Robert Lechner — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
- Christian Henn — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Karsten Huck — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
- Zita-Eva Funkenhauser — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
- Guido Grabow, Volker Grabow, Norbert Keßlau, and Jörg Puttlitz — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- Johann Riederer — Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
- Uwe Kamps, Oliver Reck, Wolfgang Funkel, Roland Grahammer, Thomas Hörster, Gunnar Sauer, Michael Schulz, Rudolf Bommer, Holger Fach, Gerhard Kleppinger, Armin Görtz, Thomas Häßler, Olaf Janßen, Christian Schreier, Ralf Sievers, Wolfram Wuttke, Jürgen Klinsmann, Fritz Walter, Frank Mill, and Karlheinz Riedle — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
- Thomas Fahrner, Michael Gross, Rainer Henkel, and Erik Hochstein — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch — Tennis, Women's Doubles Competition
- Peter Immesberger — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)
- Martin Zawieja — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
[edit] Results by event In West Germany's fourth archery competition, the six archers were not as successful as the German team had been four years earlier, but nevertheless qualified two individuals for the semifinals and ended up with 6th places in both the women's team and women's individual events. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition: - Detlef Kahlert – Semifinal (→ 12th place)
- Manfred Barth – Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)
- B. Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 59th place)
Women's Team Competition: - Kriz, Oeckl, and Haas – Final (→ 6th place)
Men's Team Competition: - Kahlert, Barth, and Schulkowski – Preliminary Round (→ 18th place)
Men's 5.000 metres -
- First Round — 13:58.58
- Semi Final — 13:22.71
- Final — 13:15.52 (→
Silver Medal) Men's Marathon -
- Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 4x100m Relay -
- Heat — 39.01
- Semi Final — 38.75
- Final — 38.55 (→ 6th place)
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- Final — 3:00.56 (→
Bronze Medal) Men's 3.000m Steeplechase -
- Heat — 8:36.37
- Semi Final — 8:25.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw -
- Qualification — 80.52m
- Final — 82.72m (→ 4th place)
Men's Discus Throw -
- Qualifying Heat – 65.70m
- Final – 67.38m (→
Bronze Medal) -
- Qualifying Heat – 61.44m
- Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place)
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- Qualifying Heat – 57.50m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw -
- Qualifying Heat — 77.24m
- Final — 79.16m (→ 5th place)
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- Qualifying Heat — 75.84m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x400m Relay -
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- Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place)
Women's Marathon -
- Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place)
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- Final — 2"35.11 (→ 27th place)
Women's Javelin Throw -
- Qualification – 63.32m
- Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place)
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- Qualification – 60.20m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put -
- Qualification – 20.39m
- Final – 20.27m (→ 5th place)
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- Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon -
- Final Result — 6109 points (→ 14th place)
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- Final Result — 2513 points (→ 27th place)
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) -
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) -
Men's Individual Road Race Women's Individual Road Race - Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- West Germany – Brazil 1-1 (Brazil won 3-2 in penalty shootout)
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- 5th-8th place: West Germany – United States 2-1
- 5th-6th place: West Germany – Canada 4-2 (→ Fifth place)
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Men's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: - Marsollek, Zimmermann, and Knappheide – 14511 pts (→ 10th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 400 m Freestyle - Rainer Henkel
- Heat – 3:51.50
- B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Individual Medley Men's 400 m Individual Medley Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay Women's 50 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Freestyle Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 400 m Freestyle Women's 800 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Backstroke Women's 200 m Backstroke Women's 100 m Breaststroke - Britta Dahm
- Heat – 1:12.98 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke - Britta Dahm
- Heat – 2:35.06 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Heike Esser
- Heat – 2:41.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly - Gabi Rehaa
- Heat – 1:02.27
- B-Final – 1:02.63 (→ 15th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly - Gabi Rehaa
- Heat – 2:13.09
- B-Final – 2:14.20 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 400 m Individual Medley Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay Men's Singles Competition Women's Singles Competition Men's Team Competition - Preliminary Round (Group A)
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