# 1988 West German Athletics Championships

The 1988 West German Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften 1988) was the 88th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for West Germany. It was held on 22–24 July at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. It served as the selection meeting for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

## Championships

As in previous years, national championship titles were awarded in various places besides the main track and field championship.
* Cross country running – Waiblingen, 12 March, with individual and team rankings in long and short course races
* Marathon – Hamburg, 24 April, incorporated into the Hamburg Marathon with individual and team rankings
* Racewalking – Eschborn, 24 April, with individual and team rankings in 10 km walk for women and 50 km walk for men
* Mountain running – Bühlertal in the Black Forest, 1 October, incorporated into the Hundseck-Berglaufs
* Relay – Lübeck, 10 July, incorporated in the German Junior Championships with 3 × 800 m relay for women and 4 × 800 m and 4 × 1500 m for men
* Combined events – Rhede, 9–10 July, with individual and team rankings in men's decathlon and women's heptathlon
* Road running – Herten, 11 September, with individual and team rankings in women's 15 km and men's 25 km
* 100K run – Hamm-Heessen, 8 October with individual rankings for men and women, and a men's team ranking

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Andreas Maul LG Wipperfürth | 10.50 s | Fritz Heer TV Wattenscheid | 10.50 s | Werner Zaske TV Wattenscheid | 10.54 s |
| 200 metres | Ralf Lübke LG Bayer Leverkusen | 20.76 s | Norbert Dobeleit TV Wattenscheid | 20.88 s | Peter Klein SV Salamander Kornwestheim | 20.90 s |
| 400 metres | Ralf Lübke LG Bayer Leverkusen | 45.89 s | Mark Henrich VfL Kamen | 46.21 s | Jörg Vaihinger VfL Sindelfingen | 46.25 s |
| 800 metres | Thomas Giessing LAZ bellanett Rhede | 1:47.52 min | Peter Braun LG Tuttlingen | 1:47.75 min | Rainer Thau LC Mengerskirchen | 1:47.88 min |
| 1500 metres | Dieter Baumann VfL Waiblingen | 3:45.60 min | Eckhardt Rüter VfL Wolfsburg | 3:46.02 min | Klaus-Peter Nabein LAC Quelle Fürth | 3:46.44 min |
| 5000 metres | Dieter Baumann VfL Waiblingen | 13:38.31 min | Steffen Brand TV Wattenscheid | 13:38.99 min | Martin Grüning LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen | 13:46.88 min |
| 10,000 metres | Ralf Salzmann PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel | 29:01.53 min | Michael Scheytt LAC München | 29:04.55 min | Herbert Steffny Post-SV Jahn Freiburg | 29:04.67 min |
| 25 kilometres | Herbert Steffny Post-SV Jahn Freiburg | 1:15:58 | Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg | 1:16:40 | Guido Dold Post-SV Jahn Freiburg | 1:18:04 |
| 25 kilometres team | Post-SV Jahn Freiburg Herbert Steffny Guido Dold Markus Keller | 3:56:44 | VfL Waldkraiburg Konrad Dobler Uwe Hartmann Joachim Heim | 3:57:33 | LG Frankfurt Achim Bourmer Wolfgang Mü Hans Pfisterer | 3:59:28 |
| Marathon | Udo Reh VfL Waldkraiburg | 2:14:56 | Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg | 2:15:04 | Roland Szymaniak Gut-Heil Neumünster | 2:17:08 |
| Marathon team | VfL Waldkraiburg Udo Reh Konrad Dobler Joachim Heim | 6:48:28 h | TF Feuerbach Daniel Bartsch Peter Maier Friedrich Mößner | 7:12:04 h | TV Geiselhöring Winfried Ahlmann Peter Kiefl Reinhold Hierlmeier | 7:13:02 h |
| 100 kilometres | Heinz Hüglin LV Ettenheim | 6:41:41 | Herbert Cuntz TV Offenbach/Queich | 6:53:40 | Manfred Träger Triathlon Hub/Nürnberg | 6:59:30 |
| 100 kilometres team | SV Vogt Richard Fröhlich Gebhard Bleyer Willi Thurner | 23:55:07 | SCC Berlin Hans-Jürgen Seydler Heinz-Günter Schmidt Lothar Preißler | 24:22:09 | SuS Schalke 96 Wolfgang Thamm Bernd Orlowski Anton Bierner | 24:24:11 |
| 110 m hurdles | Florian Schwarthoff LG Erlangen | 13.50 s NR | Dietmar Koszewski SCC Berlin | 13.76 s | Jürgen Schoch SV Salamander Kornwestheim | 13.76 s |
| 400 m hurdles | Harald Schmid TV Gelnhausen | 48.23 s | Edgar Itt TV Gelnhausen | 49.10 s | Uwe Schmitt Eintracht Frankfurt | 50.44 s |
| 3000 m s'chase | Patriz Ilg LAC Quelle Fürth | 8:23.19 min | Jens Volkmann SCC Berlin | 8:23.88 min | Andreas Fischer Hamburger SV | 8:33.22 min |
| 4 × 100 m relay | LT 1985 Hannover Dietmar Schulte Ingo Todt Holger Isenbart Volker Nitsch | 39.76 s | SV Salamander Kornwestheim Jürgen Schoch Andreas Zügel Peter Klein Holger Lutz | 39.87 s | VfL Wolfsburg Bernd Rebischke Markus Kessler Markus Stärk Erwin Skamrahl | 39.99 s |
| 4 × 400 m relay | LG Bayer Leverkusen Carsten Fischer Thomas Geuyen Michael Grün Ralf Lübke | 3:06.78 min | VfL Sindelfingen Peter Mayer Claus Krafzik Martin Bürkle Jörg Vaihinger | 3:07.18 min | Eintracht Frankfurt Lars Klingenberg Frank Seybold Uwe Schmitt Bodo Kuhn | 3:07.26 min |
| 4 × 800 m relay | LG Nord Berlin Ingo Plucinski Helge Loska Bernd Müller Holger Böttcher | 7:19.13 min | ASV Köln Martin Stötzel Blieschies Dirk Cordier Alexander Adam | 7:19.57 min | TV Wattenscheid Knut Vollenbröker Torsten Rostock Michael Schreckenberger Harald Andrä | 7:19.99 min |
| 4 × 1500 m relay | VfL Wolfsburg Dehlke Wolfgang Schreiber Jens Becker Eckhard Rüter | 15:19.63 min | TV Wattenscheid Christof Blum Brehm Volker Welzel Steffen Brand | 15:20.88 min | LG Bayer Leverkusen Burkhard Dahm Ernst Ludwig Mathias Kohls Frank Casper | 15:21.69 min |
| 20 km walk | Torsten Zervas Eintracht Frankfurt | 1:30:01 | Volkmar Scholz Berliner SV 1892 | 1:30:16 | Wolfgang Wiedemann LAC Quelle Fürth | 1:32:52 |
| 20 km walk team | LAC Quelle Fürth Wolfgang Wiedemann Robert Mildenberger Alfons Schwarz | 4:52:06 | Berliner SV 1892 Volkmar Scholz Andreas Hühmer Detlev Winkler | 4:42:33 | Eintracht Frankfurt Torsten Zervas Franz-Josef Weber Hans Michalski | 4:51:06 |
| 50 km walk | Alfons Schwarz LAC Quelle Fürth | 3:56:14 | Detlef Heitmann LGU Brake | 4:05:32 | Robert Mildenberger LAC Quelle Fürth | 4:06:27 |
| 50 km walk team | LAC Quelle Fürth Alfons Schwarz Robert Mildenberger Wolfgang Wiedemann | 12:26:19 | Eintracht Frankfurt Torsten Zervas Hans Michalski Heinrich Hänsel | 12:54:50 | Meiendorfer SV Fritz Helms Braun Steinhardt | 13:50:15 |
| High jump | Dietmar Mögenburg OSC Berlin | 2.25 m | Gerd Nagel Eintracht Frankfurt | 2.25 m | André Schneider-Laub TV Wattenscheid | 2.22 m |
| Pole vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz TK Hannover | 5.40 m | Bernhard Zintl LG München | 5.30 m | Jürgen Winkler TV Wattenscheid | 5.30 m |
| Long jump | Dietmar Haaf SV Salamander Kornwestheim | 7.83 m | Christian Thomas TV Heppenheim | 7.82 m | Heiko Reski LG Bayer Leverkusen | 7.73 m |
| Triple jump | Wolfgang Knabe TV Wattenscheid | 17.31 m | Wolfgang Zinser TV Wattenscheid | 17.00 m | Wolfgang Mai FC Schalke 04 | 16.39 m |
| Shot put | Karsten Stolz TV Wattenscheid | 20.18 m | Wolfgang Schmidt Stuttgarter Kickers | 19.41 m | Udo Gelhausen LG Bayer Leverkusen | 19.37 m |
| Discus throw | Rolf Danneberg LG Wedel Pinneberg | 67.20 m | Wolfgang Schmidt Stuttgarter Kickers | 65.08 m | Alwin Wagner USC Mainz | 64.70 m |
| Hammer throw | Heinz Weis LG Bayer Leverkusen | 79.58 m | Norbert Radefeld VfL Wolfsburg | 77.48 m | Jörg Schaefer TV Wattenscheid | 76.44 m |
| Javelin throw | Peter Blank LG Frankfurt | 80.84 m | Peter Schreiber LG Bayer Leverkusen | 75.42 m | Knut Hempel Hamburger SV | 75.14 m |
| Decathlon | Rainer Sonnenburg LG Wedel Pinneberg | 8025 pts | Karl-Heinz Fichtner LC Olympiapark München | 8000 pts | Gerald Borchert Hamburger SV | 7887 pts |
| Decathlon team | LC Olympiapark München Karl-Heinz Fichtner Bruno Chirco Stefan Winkler | 22,904 pts | SG Ulm Norbert Demmel Ralf Oberhofer Hans Joachim Häberle | 22,331 pts | Hamburger SV Gerald Borchert Torsten Bielert Andreas Kortmann | 22,101 pts |
| Cross country short course – 3.4 km | Uwe Mönkemeyer TV Wattenscheid | 10:51 min | Steffen Brand TV Wattenscheid | 10:54 min | Klaus Heiserer Stuttgarter Kickers | 10:56 min |
| Cross country short course, Team | TV Wattenscheid Uwe Mönkemeyer Steffen Brand Volker Welzel | 8 | LG Frankfurt Ulrich Keil Peter Wagner Tölke | 73 | TV Bad Bergzabern Michael Spindler Stephan Werling Markus Schwamm | 73 |
| Cross country long course – 10.2 km | Christoph Herle VfL Waldkraiburg | 33:18 min | Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg | 33:25 min | Franz Engelbert VfL Waldkraiburg | 33:29 min |
| Cross country long course, Team | VfL Waldkraiburg Christoph Herle Konrad Dobler Engelbert Franz | 6 | LAC München Michael Scheytt Winfried Prohl Michael Spöttel | 53 | LG Bayer Leverkusen Axel Hardy Mathias Kohls Ernst Ludwig | 61 |
| Mountain running | Charly Doll Freiburger FC | 40:25 min | Wolfgang Münzel LG Frankfurt | 40:56 min | Meinrad Beha FC Unterkirnach | 41:07 min |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ulrike Sarvari VfL Sindelfingen | 11.28 s | Andrea Thomas VfL Sindelfingen | 11.35 s | Sabine Richter Eintracht Frankfurt | 11.50 s |
| 200 metres | Andrea Thomas VfL Sindelfingen | 22.82 s | Ute Thimm TV Wattenscheid | 23.00 s | Helga Arendt SC Eintracht Hamm | 23.13 s |
| 400 metres | Helga Arendt SC Eintracht Hamm | 50.77 s | Ute Thimm TV Wattenscheid | 51.33 s | Karin Janke VfL Wolfsburg | 52.59 s |
| 800 metres | Gabriela Lesch Eintracht Frankfurt | 2:02.07 min | Ute Lix TV Gelnhausen | 2:04.45 min | Astrid Bartels LG Nordwest Hamburg | 2:04.77 min |
| 1500 metres | Vera Michallek LG Frankfurt | 4:12.41 min | Brigitte Kraus ASV Köln | 4:15.84 min | Susanne Niemeyer TG Schweinfurt | 4:23.68 min |
| 3000 metres | Vera Michallek LG Frankfurt | 9:05.77 min | Claudia Borgschulze SC Eintracht Hamm | 9:07.44 min | Sabine Kunkel VfL Wolfsburg | 9:10.87 min |
| 10,000 metres | Kerstin Preßler Neuköllner Sportfreunde | 33:31.37 min | Claudia Borgschulze SC Eintracht Hamm | 33:43.36 min | Antje Winkelmann LG Göttingen | 34:10.05 min |
| 15 kilometres | Christa Vahlensieck Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal | 51:31 min | Iris Biba DJK Freigericht | 52:16 min | Annabel Holtkamp ASV Köln | 52:53 min |
| 15 kilometres team | LG Bayer Leverkusen Britta Lorch Sabine Knetsch Silvia Merten | 2:43:22 | LG Seesen Ursula Starke Doris Grossert Karola Weiglein | 2:46:04 | SKV Eglosheim Veronika Manz Inge Röhrnbacher Sabine Kauf | 2:49:10 |
| Marathon | Charlotte Teske ASC Darmstadt | 2:30:23 | Kerstin Preßler Neuköllner Sportfreunde | 2:30:27 | Gabriela Wolf LAV co op Dortmund | 2:31:56 |
| Marathon team | LAV co op Dortmund Gabriela Wolf Jutta Karsch Bernadette Hudy | 8:12:05 h | SKV Eglosheim Inge Röhrnbacher Monika Bösing Sabine Kauf | 8:18:28 h | LG Seesen Ursula Starke Doris Grossert Gudrun Tünnermann | 8:36:34 h |
| 100 kilometres | Birgit Lennartz ASV Sankt Augustin | 7:42:00 h | Iris Reuter SSC Hanau-Rodenbach | 7:56:20 h | Sigrid Lomsky SCC Berlin | 8:13:20 h |
| 100 m hurdles | Claudia Zaczkiewicz MTG Mannheim | 12.87 s | Ulrike Denk LG Bayer Leverkusen | 12.95 s | Gabi Lippe MTG Mannheim | 13.10 s |
| 400 m hurdles | Gudrun Abt TSV Genkingen | 55.16 s | Sabine Alber LG Kappelberg | 56.75 s | Sandra Seuser SC Brandenburg Berlin | 57.13 s |
| 4 × 100 m relay | VfL Sindelfingen Margrit Schiller Anke Köninger Andrea Thomas Ulrike Sarvari | 43.52 s | SC Eintracht Hamm Andrea Hannemann Mechthild Kluth Silke-Beate Knoll Andrea Arendt | 43.58 s | LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen Steffen Ina Cordes Britta Knickenberg Karin Wiesel | 45.34 s |
| 4 × 400 m relay | SC Eintracht Hamm Mechthild Kluth Silke-Beate Knoll Gaby Bußmann Helga Arendt | 3:35.24 min | LG Kappelberg Heike Bek Silke Fischer Astrid Rinklef Sabine Alber | 3:40.55 min | LG Nord Berlin Cornelia Bahls Claudia Beulke Marlies Keil Ines Conradi | 3:40.88 min |
| 3 × 800 m relay | ASV Köln Roswitha Gerdes Sonja Kaufmann Brigitte Kraus | 6:19.08 min | Eintracht Frankfurt Maren Isigkeit Uta Eckhardt Gabriela Lesch | 6:25.58 min | LG Nord Berlin Mann Claudia Beulke Cornelia Bahls | 6:28.45 min |
| 10 km walk | Barbara Kollorz LG OSC/TSG Osnabrück | 49:24 min | Catrin Rudolph Eintracht Frankfurt | 49:26 min | Brigitte Buck LG Mainburg-Niederaichbach | 49:47 min |
| 10 km walk team | LG Mainburg-Niederaichbach Brigitte Buck Renate Warz Gabi Daffner | 2:34:45 h | LAV co op Dortmund Adelheid Zschieschang Cirsten Verleger Margot Jessat | 2:39:32 h | TV 1846 Groß-Gerau Leni Demmel Ellen Maus Nicole Best | 2:47:36 h |
| High jump | Heike Redetzky LG Bayer Leverkusen | 1.97 m | Silvia Oswald LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen | 1.88 m | Christiane Mergemann MTV Celle | 1.88 m |
| Long jump | Andrea Hannemann SC Eintracht Hamm | 6.55 m | Stephanie Hühn LG Nordwest Hamburg | 6.45 m | Silke Harms TV Stelle | 6.39 m |
| Shot put | Claudia Losch LAC Quelle Fürth | 19.84 m | Stephanie Storp TV Wattenscheid | 19.73 m | Vera Schmidt MTV Ingolstadt | 19.46 m |
| Discus throw | Dagmar Galler LG Bayer Leverkusen | 62.60 m | Barbara Beuge MTV Ingolstadt | 59.52 m | Ursula Kreutel Stuttgarter Kickers | 58.76 m |
| Javelin throw | Ingrid Thyssen LG Bayer Leverkusen | 63.68 m | Brigitte Graune LG Bayer Leverkusen | 62.84 m | Manuela Alizadeh LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen | 60.90 m |
| Heptathlon | Sabine Everts LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen | 6306 pts | Birgit Clarius MTV Ingolstadt | 6204 pts | Sabine Braun TV Wattenscheid | 6202 pts |
| Heptathlon team | LG Bayer Leverkusen Renate Pfeil Antje Schmuck Dagmar Federwisch | 17,276 pts | LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen Sabine Everts Karin Wiesel Christiane Blum | 16,961 pts | LG Nordwest Hamburg Stefanie Hühn Ute Niendorf Schmidt | 16,650 pts |
| Cross country short course – 2.7 km | Ursula Starke LG Seesen | 9:11 min | Ute Haak LAC Quelle Fürth | 9:12 min | Sabine Kunkel VfL Wolfsburg | 9:15 min |
| Cross country short course, Team | LG Frankfurt Heidrun Vetter Vera Michallek Gabriele Huber | 24 | ASV Köln Roswitha Gerdes Annabel Holtkamp Braun | 43 | LC Olympiapark München Rita Marquardt Birgit Wiedenmann Simone Lang | 70 |
| Cross country long course – 6.8 km | Antje Winkelmann LG Göttingen | 25:29 min | Astrid Schmidt LAV Aschaffenburg | 25:48 min | Sabine Knetsch LG Bayer Leverkusen | 25:50 min |
| Cross country long course, Team | LAV co op Dortmund Jutta Hellmich Gabriela Wolf Christina Mai | 22 | LG Göttingen Antje Winkelmann Almut Potschka Christiane Finke | 23 | SCC Berlin Edith Krause Angela Wilhelm Hohenhaus | 35 |
| Mountain running | Birgit Lennartz ASV Sankt Augustin | 48:47 min | Bernadette Hudy LAV co op Dortmund | 51:06 min | Christiane Fladt TV Isny | 51:32 min |