East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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]

East Germany at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September – 2 October 1988
Competitors259 (157 men, 102 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ulf Timmermann
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
37
Silver
35
Bronze
30
Total
102
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Uwe Ampler
Mario Kummer
Maik Landsmann
Jan Schur
Cycling Men's team time trial 18 September
  Gold Kristin Otto Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September
  Gold Heike Friedrich Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 September
  Gold Silke Hörner Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September
  Gold Joachim Kunz Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September
  Gold Heike Friedrich
Daniela Hunger
Katrin Meißner
Kristin Otto
Sabina Schulze
Manuela Stellmach
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 22 September
  Gold Kristin Otto Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September
  Gold Ulf Timmermann Athletics Men's shot put 23 September
  Gold Uwe Daßler Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 23 September
  Gold Kristin Otto Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September
  Gold Gerlinde Doberschütz
Carola Hornig
Sylvia Rose
Birte Siech
Martina Walther
Rowing Women's coxed four 24 September
  Gold Birgit Peter
Martina Schröter
Rowing Women's double sculls 24 September
  Gold Bernd Eichwurzel
Frank Klawonn
Bernd Niesecke
Hendrik Reiher
Karsten Schmeling
Rowing Men's coxed four 24 September
  Gold Thomas Lange Rowing Men's single sculls 24 September
  Gold Holger Behrendt Gymnastics Men's rings 24 September
  Gold Axel Wegner Shooting Skeet 24 September
  Gold Lutz Heßlich Cycling Men's sprint 24 September
  Gold Daniela Hunger Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 24 September
  Gold Silke Hörner
Katrin Meißner
Kristin Otto
Cornelia Sirch
Manuela Stellmach
Birte Weigang
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 24 September
  Gold Jutta Behrendt Rowing Women's single sculls 25 September
  Gold Kerstin Förster
Kristina Mundt
Beate Schramm
Jana Sorgers
Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 25 September
  Gold Ramona Balthasar
Kathrin Haacker
Anja Kluge
Daniela Neunast
Beatrix Schröer
Ute Stange
Annegret Strauch
Ute Wild
Judith Zeidler
Rowing Women's eight 25 September
  Gold Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner
Roland Schröder
Rowing Men's coxless four 25 September
  Gold Kristin Otto Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September
  Gold Kathleen Nord Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 25 September
  Gold Sigrun Wodars Athletics Women's 800 metres 26 September
  Gold Petra Felke Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September
  Gold Olaf Ludwig Cycling Men's individual road race 27 September
  Gold Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel
Jochen Schümann
Sailing Soling 27 September
  Gold Martina Hellmann Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September
  Gold Christian Schenk Athletics Men's decathlon 29 September
  Gold Olaf Heukrodt Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 September
  Gold Anke Nothnagel
Birgit Schmidt
Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 30 September
  Gold Anke Nothnagel
Ramona Portwich
Birgit Schmidt
Heike Singer
Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October
  Gold Andreas Zülow Boxing Lightweight 1 October
  Gold Henry Maske Boxing Middleweight 1 October
  Gold Jürgen Schult Athletics Men's discus throw 1 October
  Silver Holger Behrendt
Ralf Büchner
Ulf Hoffmann
Sylvio Kroll
Sven Tippelt
Andreas Wecker
Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 20 September
  Silver Uwe Daßler
Thomas Flemming
Lars Hinneburg
Sven Lodziewski
Steffen Zesner
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 21 September
  Silver Udo Wagner Fencing Men's foil 21 September
  Silver Frank Baltrusch Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 22 September
  Silver Heike Friedrich Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 22 September
  Silver Ingo Steinhöfel Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September
  Silver Ralf Schumann Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 23 September
  Silver Ronald Weigel Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 23 September
  Silver Birte Weigang Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September
  Silver Sylvio Kroll Gymnastics Men's vault 24 September
  Silver Sabine John Athletics Women's heptathlon 24 September
  Silver Christa Rothenburger Cycling Women's sprint 24 September
  Silver Steffen Blochwitz
Roland Hennig
Dirk Meier
Uwe Preißler
Carsten Wolf
Cycling Men's team pursuit 24 September
  Silver Astrid Strauß Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 24 September
  Silver Detlef Kirchhoff
René Rensch
Mario Streit
Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September
  Silver Dagmar Kersten Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 25 September
  Silver Patrick Kühl Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 25 September
  Silver Kathrin Zimmermann Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September
  Silver Birte Weigang Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 25 September
  Silver Christine Wachtel Athletics Women's 800 metres 26 September
  Silver Petra Müller Athletics Women's 400 metres 26 September
  Silver Sven Loll Judo Men's 71 kg 27 September
  Silver Heike Drechsler Athletics Women's long jump 29 September
  Silver Diana Gansky Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September
  Silver Torsten Voss Athletics Men's decathlon 29 September
  Silver Andreas Stähle Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 30 September
  Silver Birgit Schmidt Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 30 September
  Silver Ronald Weigel Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 30 September
  Silver Gloria Siebert Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 30 September
  Silver Jörg Schmidt Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 1 October
  Silver Olaf Heukrodt
Ingo Spelly
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 1 October
  Silver Kerstin Behrendt
Marlies Göhr
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Silke Möller
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October
  Silver Kathrin Neimke Athletics Women's shot put 1 October
  Silver Henry Stöhr Judo Men's +95 kg 1 October
  Silver Andreas Tews Boxing Flyweight 2 October
  Bronze Daniela Hunger Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 19 September
  Bronze Manuela Stellmach Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 September
  Bronze Gabi Fähnrich
Martina Jentsch
Dagmar Kersten
Ulrike Klotz
Bettina Schieferdecker
Dörte Thümmler
Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 21 September
  Bronze Bernd Dittert Cycling Men's individual pursuit 22 September
  Bronze Anke Möhring Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 22 September
  Bronze Cornelia Sirch Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September
  Bronze Katrin Dörre Athletics Women's marathon 23 September
  Bronze Thomas Flemming
Lars Hinneburg
Dirk Richter
Steffen Zesner
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 September
  Bronze Silke Hörner Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September
  Bronze Sven Tippelt Gymnastics Men's rings 24 September
  Bronze Sven Tippelt Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 24 September
  Bronze Holger Behrendt Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 24 September
  Bronze Anke Behmer Athletics Women's heptathlon 24 September
  Bronze Steffen Bogs
Heiko Habermann
Jens Köppen
Steffen Zühlke
Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 25 September
  Bronze Heike Drechsler Athletics Women's 100 metres 25 September
  Bronze Uwe Daßler Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 25 September
  Bronze Katrin Meißner Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September
  Bronze Cornelia Sirch Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September
  Bronze Beate Koch Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September
  Bronze Ronny Weller Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 27 September
  Bronze Ellen Fiedler Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 28 September
  Bronze Torsten Bréchôt Judo Men's 78 kg 28 September
  Bronze Heike Drechsler Athletics Women's 200 metres 29 September
  Bronze Hartwig Gauder Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 30 September
  Bronze André Wohllebe Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 1 October
  Bronze Hans-Jörg Bliesener
Kay Bluhm
Andreas Stähle
André Wohllebe
Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 1 October
  Bronze Jens-Peter Herold Athletics Men's 1500 metres 1 October
  Bronze Hansjörg Kunze Athletics Men's 5000 metres 1 October
  Bronze Grit Breuer
Sabine Busch
Kirsten Emmelmann
Petra Müller
Dagmar Neubauer
Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 1 October
  Bronze Andreas Schröder Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg 1 October

Competitors edit

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 25 33 58
Boxing 11 11
Canoeing 11 4 15
Cycling 14 3 17
Diving 2 2 4
Fencing 7 0 7
Gymnastics 6 6 12
Handball 13 0 13
Judo 4 4
Rowing 21 23 44
Sailing 7 2 9
Shooting 13 2 15
Swimming 11 15 26
Volleyball 0 12 12
Weightlifting 4 4
Wrestling 8 8
Total 157 102 259

Athletics edit

Men's competition edit

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

Men's marathon

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's 3.000 m steeplechase

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

Men's javelin throw

Men's discus throw

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

  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
  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
  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

Men's 50 km walk

Women's competition edit

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Women's marathon

Women's discus throw

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

Boxing edit

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

Canoeing edit

Cycling edit

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

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving edit

Fencing edit

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée

Gymnastics edit

Handball edit

Judo edit

Rowing edit

Sailing edit

Shooting edit

Swimming edit

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

Men's 400 m freestyle

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

Men's 200 m backstroke

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Men's 200 m breaststroke

Men's 200 m individual medley

Men's 400 m individual medley

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay


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

  • 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

Women's 100 m butterfly

Women's 200 m butterfly

Women's 200 m individual medley

Women's 400 m individual medley

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Volleyball edit

Women's tournament edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

References edit

  1. ^ "East Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  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.