East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) 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. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports.^[1] The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.^[2]

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 5,000 metres

• Hansjörg Kunze
  1. Heat — 13:44.34
  2. Semifinal — 13:23.04
  3. Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Hansjörg Kunze
  1. Heat — 28:22.09
  2. Final — 27:39.35 (→ 6th place)

Men's marathon

• Jörg Peter
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

• Jens Carlowitz, Michael Schimmer, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe
  • Heat — 3:08.13
• Jens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe
  • Semifinal — 3:00.60
• Jens Carlowitz, Mathias Schersing, Frank Möller and Thomas Schönlebe
  • Final — 3:01.13 (→ 4th place)

Men's 3.000 m steeplechase

• Hagen Melzer

1. Heat — 8:36.45
2. Semifinal — 8:16.27
3. Final — 8:19.82 (→ 10th place)

Men's javelin throw

• Gerald Weiss
  • Qualification — 79.16m
  • Final — 81.30 m (→ 6th place)
• Silvio Warsönke
  • Qualification — 78.22m (→ did not advance)
• Detlef Michel
  • Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

• Jürgen Schult
  • Qualifying heat – 64.70 m
  • Final – 68.82m (→ Gold medal)

Men's shot put

• Ulf Timmermann
  • Qualifying heat – 21.27m
  • Final – 22.47m (→ Gold medal)
• Udo Beyer
  • Qualifying heat – 20.97m
  • Final – 21.40 m (→ 4th place)

Men's hammer throw

• Ralf Haber
  • Qualifying heat — 78.16m
  • Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place)
• Günther Rodehau
  • Qualifying heat — 78.12m
  • Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place)

Men's decathlon

• Christian Schenk — 8488 points (→ Gold medal))

1. 100 metres — 11.25s
2. Long jump — 7.43m
3. Shot put — 15.48m
4. High jump — 2.27m
5. 400 metres — 48.90 s
6. 110 m hurdles — 15.13s
7. Discus throw — 49.28m
8. Pole vault — 4.70 m
9. Javelin throw — 61.32m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s

• Torsten Voss — 8399 points (→ Silver medal))

1. 100 metres — 10.87s
2. Long jump — 7.45m
3. Shot put — 14.97m
4. High jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 47.71s
6. 110 m hurdles — 14.46s
7. Discus throw — 44.36m
8. Pole vault — 5.10 m
9. Javelin throw — 61.76m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s

• Uwe Freimuth — 7860 points (→ 18th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.57s
2. Long jump — 7.00 m
3. Shot put — 15.60 m
4. High jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 49.84s
6. 110 m hurdles — 15.04s
7. Discus throw — 46.66m
8. Pole vault — 4.90 m
9. Javelin throw — 60.20 m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s

Men's 20 km walk

• Ronald Weigel
  • Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver medal)
• Axel Noack
  • Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km walk

• Ronald Weigel
  • Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver medal)
• Hartwig Gauder
  • Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze medal)
• Dietmar Meisch
  • Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

• Silke Möller, Kerstin Behrendt, Ingrid Lange and Marlies Göhr
  • Heat — 42.92
  • Semifinal — 42.23
  • Final — 42.09 (→ Silver medal)

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

• Grit Breuer, Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam, Kirsten Emmelmann and Petra Müller
  • Heat — 3:27.37
• Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch and Petra Müller
  • Final — 3:18.29 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's marathon

• Katrin Dörre – 2"26:21 (→ Bronze medal)
• Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's discus throw

• Martina Hellmann
  • Qualification – 67.12m
  • Final – 72.30 m (→ Gold medal)
• Diana Gansky
  • Qualification – 65.40 m
  • Final – 71.88m (→ Silver medal)
• Gabriele Reinsch
  • Qualification – 66.88m
  • Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)

Women's javelin throw

• Petra Felke
  • Qualification – 67.06m
  • Final – 74.68m (→ Gold medal)
• Beate Koch
  • Qualification – 66.86m
  • Final – 67.30 m (→ Bronze medal)
• Silke Renk
  • Qualification – 63.64m
  • Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)

Women's shot put

• Kathrin Neimke
  • Qualification – 20.18m
  • Final – 21.07m (→ Silver medal)
• Ines Müller
  • Qualification – 19.79m
  • Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place)
• Heike Hartwig
  • Qualification – 20.06m
  • Final – 20.20 m (→ 6th place)

Women's heptathlon

• Sabine John
  • Final result — 6897 points (→ Silver medal)
• Anke Behmer
  • Final result — 6858 points (→ Bronze medal)
• Ines Schulz
  • Final result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

Boxing

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

• René Breitbarth
  1. First round — defeated Magare Tshekiso (BTS), 5–0
  2. Second round — defeated Vedat Tutuk (TUR), 5–0
  3. Third round — lost to Jorge Julio Rocha (COL), 1–4

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988.

Men's road race

• Olaf Ludwig — 4:32:22 (→ Gold medal)
• Uwe Raab
• Uwe Ampler

Men's team time trial

• Uwe Ampler
• Mario Kummer
• Maik Landsmann
• Jan Schur

Men's sprint

• Lutz Heßlich

Men's 1 km time trial

• Maic Malchow

Men's individual pursuit

• Bernd Dittert

Men's team pursuit

• Steffen Blochwitz
• Roland Hennig
• Carsten Wolf
• Dirk Meier
• Uwe Preißler

Men's points race

• Olaf Ludwig

Women's road race

• Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place)
• Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's sprint

• Christa Rothenburger-Luding

Diving

Fencing

Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.^[4]

Men's foil

• Udo Wagner
• Jens Howe
• Aris Enkelmann

Men's team foil

• Aris Enkelmann, Adrian Germanus, Jens Gusek, Jens Howe, Udo Wagner

Men's épée

• Torsten Kühnemund
• Uwe Proske

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Steffen Zesner
  1. Heat – 50.73
  2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
• Sven Lodziewski
  1. Heat – 50.77
  2. B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Steffen Zesner
  1. Heat – 1:49.13
  2. Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place)
• Thomas Flemming
  1. Heat – 1:49.52
  2. B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

• Uwe Dassler
  1. Heat – 3:49.90
  2. Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold medal)
• Jörg Hoffmann
  1. Heat – 3:53.78
  2. B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

• Uwe Dassler
  1. Heat – 15:08.91
  2. Final – 15:06.15 (→ Bronze medal)
• Jörg Hoffmann
  1. Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  1. Heat – 56.45
  2. Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place)
• Dirk Richter
  1. Heat – 56.52
  2. B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  1. Heat – 2:01.49
  2. Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver medal)
• Dirk Richter
  1. Heat – 2:01.54
  2. Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Christian Poswiat
  1. Heat – 1:02.99
  2. Final – 1:03.43 (→ 8th place)
• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 1:04.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

• Christian Poswiat
  1. Heat – 2:20.99 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

• Patrick Kühl
  1. Heat – 2:03.77
  2. Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver medal)
• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 2:04.03
  2. Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

• Patrick Kühl
  1. Heat – 4:18.60
  2. Final – 4:18.44 (→ 5th place)
• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 2:04.03
  2. Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg and Steffen Zesner
  1. Heat – 3:20.47
  2. Final – 3:19.82 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Uwe Dassler, Lars Hinneburg, Sven Lodziewski and Thomas Flemming
  1. Heat – 7:16.61
• Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming and Steffen Zesner
  1. Final – 7:13.68 (→ Silver medal)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 25.85
  2. B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold medal)
• Katrin Meissner
  1. Heat – 25.77
  2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 55.80
  2. B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold medal)
• Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 56.14
  2. Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  1. Heat – 1:59.02
  2. B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold medal)
• Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 2:00.30
  2. Final – 1:59.01 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 400 m freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  1. Heat – 4:11.30
  2. B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver medal)
• Anke Möhring
  1. Heat – 4:10.64
  2. Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 800 m freestyle

• Astrid Strauss
  1. Heat – 8:28.07
  2. B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver medal)
• Anke Möhring
  1. Heat – 8:30.95
  2. Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 1:01.45
  2. Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold medal)
• Cornelia Sirch
  1. Heat – 1:01.63
  2. Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 200 m backstroke

• Kathrin Zimmermann
  1. Heat – 2:12.81
  2. Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver medal)
• Cornelia Sirch
  1. Heat – 2:10.46
  2. Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

• Silke Hörner
  1. Heat – 1:08.35
  2. Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze medal)
• Annett Rex
  1. Heat – 1:10.61
  2. Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

• Silke Hörner
  1. Heat – 2:27.63
  2. Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold medal)
• Susanne Boernike
  1. Heat – 2:30.71
  2. B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 1:00.40
  2. Final – 59.00 (→ Gold medal)
• Birte Weigang
  1. Heat – 59.97
  2. Final – 59.45 (→ Silver medal)

Women's 200 m butterfly

• Kathleen Nord
  1. Heat – 2:11.81
  2. Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold medal)
• Birte Weigang
  1. Heat – 2:11.97
  2. Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver medal)

Women's 200 m individual medley

• Daniela Hunger
  1. Heat – 2:16.23
  2. Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold medal)

Women's 400 m individual medley

• Daniela Hunger
  1. Heat – 4:44.85
  2. Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze medal)
• Kathleen Nord
  1. Heat – 4:42.92
  2. Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Katrin Meissner, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich and Daniela Hunger
  1. Heat – 3:43.13
• Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger and Manuela Stellmach
  1. Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Cornelia Sirch, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 4:08.53
• Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Katrin Meissner
  1. Final – 4:03.74 (→ Gold medal)

Volleyball

Women's tournament

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Lost to South Korea (1–3)
  • Defeated Japan (3–2)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)
• Classification matches
  • 5th/8th place: defeated United States (3–1)
  • 5th/6th place: defeated Brazil (3–0) → Fifth place
• Team roster
  • Steffi Schmidt
  • Susanne Lahme
  • Monika Beu
  • Ariane Radfan
  • Kathrin Langschwager
  • Maike Arlt
  • Brit Wiedemann
  • Ute Steppin
  • Grit Jensen
  • Dörte Stüdemann
  • Heike Jensen
  • Ute Langenau
• Head coach: Siegfried Köhler

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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2. "Das DDR-Aufgebot für den Medaillenkampf" [The GDR squad for the medal fight]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 44, no. 209. 3 September 1988. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
3. East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
4. "East Germany Fencing at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.