# 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. The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.

## Medalists

| 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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| 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
### Men's competition

Men's 5,000 metres
* Hansjörg Kunze
** Heat — 13:44.34
** Semifinal — 13:23.04
** Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze medal)
Men's 10,000 metres
* Hansjörg Kunze
** Heat — 28:22.09
** 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
   * Heat — 8:36.45
   * Semifinal — 8:16.27
   * 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))
   * 100 metres — 11.25s
   * Long jump — 7.43m
   * Shot put — 15.48m
   * High jump — 2.27m
   * 400 metres — 48.90 s
   * 110 m hurdles — 15.13s
   * Discus throw — 49.28m
   * Pole vault — 4.70 m
   * Javelin throw — 61.32m
   * 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s
* Torsten Voss — 8399 points (→ Silver medal))
   * 100 metres — 10.87s
   * Long jump — 7.45m
   * Shot put — 14.97m
   * High jump — 1.97m
   * 400 metres — 47.71s
   * 110 m hurdles — 14.46s
   * Discus throw — 44.36m
   * Pole vault — 5.10 m
   * Javelin throw — 61.76m
   * 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s
* Uwe Freimuth — 7860 points (→ 18th place)
   * 100 metres — 11.57s
   * Long jump — 7.00 m
   * Shot put — 15.60 m
   * High jump — 1.94m
   * 400 metres — 49.84s
   * 110 m hurdles — 15.04s
   * Discus throw — 46.66m
   * Pole vault — 4.90 m
   * Javelin throw — 60.20 m
   * 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
** First round — defeated Magare Tshekiso (BTS), 5–0
** Second round — defeated Vedat Tutuk (TUR), 5–0
** Third round — lost to Jorge Julio Rocha (COL), 1–4

## 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

## Fencing

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

### 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

## Shooting

Men:
* 10 metre air pistol - Gernot Eder (9th place); Jens Potteck (10th place)
* 25 metre rapid fire pistol - Ralf Schumann (2nd place) Silver medal
       Roland Müller (=18th place)
* 50 metre pistol - Gernot Eder (5th place); Uwe Potteck (9th place)
* 10 metre air rifle - Andreas Wolfram (8th place)
* 50 metre rifle three positions - Andreas Wolfram (10th place); Olaf Heß otherwise Olaf Hess (=18th place)
* 50 metre rifle prone - Olaf Heß otherwise Olaf Hess (=15th place); Andreas Wolfram (=15th place)
* 50 metre running target - Thomas Pfeffer (7th place); Mike Herrmann (=15th place)
Open:
* Trap - Jörg Damme (=15th place)
* Skeet - Axel Wegner - (1st place) Gold medal
       Jürgen Raabe (6th place); Bernhard Hochwald (=11th place)
Women:
* 10 metre air pistol - Anke Völker (5th place)
* 25 metre pistol - Anke Völker (=24th place)
* 10 metre air rifle - Katja Klepp (37th place)
* 50 metre rifle three positions - Katja Klepp (4th place)

## Swimming

Men's 100 m freestyle
* Steffen Zesner
** Heat – 50.73
** Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
* Sven Lodziewski
** Heat – 50.77
** B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)
Men's 200 m freestyle
* Steffen Zesner
** Heat – 1:49.13
** Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place)
* Thomas Flemming
** Heat – 1:49.52
** B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place)
Men's 400 m freestyle
* Uwe Dassler
** Heat – 3:49.90
** Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold medal)
* Jörg Hoffmann
** Heat – 3:53.78
** B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
* Uwe Dassler
** Heat – 15:08.91
** Final – 15:06.15 (→ Bronze medal)
* Jörg Hoffmann
** Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place)
Men's 100 m backstroke
* Frank Baltrusch
** Heat – 56.45
** Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place)
* Dirk Richter
** Heat – 56.52
** B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m backstroke
* Frank Baltrusch
** Heat – 2:01.49
** Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver medal)
* Dirk Richter
** Heat – 2:01.54
** Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100 m breaststroke
* Christian Poswiat
** Heat – 1:02.99
** Final – 1:03.43 (→ 8th place)
* Raik Hannemann
** Heat – 1:04.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m breaststroke
* Christian Poswiat
** Heat – 2:20.99 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m individual medley
* Patrick Kühl
** Heat – 2:03.77
** Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver medal)
* Raik Hannemann
** Heat – 2:04.03
** Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)
Men's 400 m individual medley
* Patrick Kühl
** Heat – 4:18.60
** Final – 4:18.44 (→ 5th place)
* Raik Hannemann
** Heat – 2:04.03
** Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
* Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg and Steffen Zesner
** Heat – 3:20.47
** Final – 3:19.82 (→ Bronze medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
* Uwe Dassler, Lars Hinneburg, Sven Lodziewski and Thomas Flemming
** Heat – 7:16.61
* Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming and Steffen Zesner
** Final – 7:13.68 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 50 m freestyle
* Kristin Otto
** Heat – 25.85
** B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold medal)
* Katrin Meissner
** Heat – 25.77
** Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 100 m freestyle
* Kristin Otto
** Heat – 55.80
** B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold medal)
* Manuela Stellmach
** Heat – 56.14
** Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200 m freestyle
* Heike Friedrich
** Heat – 1:59.02
** B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold medal)
* Manuela Stellmach
** Heat – 2:00.30
** Final – 1:59.01 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 400 m freestyle
* Heike Friedrich
** Heat – 4:11.30
** B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver medal)
* Anke Möhring
** Heat – 4:10.64
** Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 800 m freestyle
* Astrid Strauss
** Heat – 8:28.07
** B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver medal)
* Anke Möhring
** Heat – 8:30.95
** Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m backstroke
* Kristin Otto
** Heat – 1:01.45
** Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold medal)
* Cornelia Sirch
** Heat – 1:01.63
** Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 200 m backstroke
* Kathrin Zimmermann
** Heat – 2:12.81
** Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver medal)
* Cornelia Sirch
** Heat – 2:10.46
** Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 100 m breaststroke
* Silke Hörner
** Heat – 1:08.35
** Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze medal)
* Annett Rex
** Heat – 1:10.61
** Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
* Silke Hörner
** Heat – 2:27.63
** Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold medal)
* Susanne Boernike
** Heat – 2:30.71
** B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)
Women's 100 m butterfly
* Kristin Otto
** Heat – 1:00.40
** Final – 59.00 (→ Gold medal)
* Birte Weigang
** Heat – 59.97
** Final – 59.45 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 200 m butterfly
* Kathleen Nord
** Heat – 2:11.81
** Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold medal)
* Birte Weigang
** Heat – 2:11.97
** Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 200 m individual medley
* Daniela Hunger
** Heat – 2:16.23
** Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold medal)
Women's 400 m individual medley
* Daniela Hunger
** Heat – 4:44.85
** Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze medal)
* Kathleen Nord
** Heat – 4:42.92
** Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
* Katrin Meissner, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich and Daniela Hunger
** Heat – 3:43.13
* Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger and Manuela Stellmach
** Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
* Cornelia Sirch, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Manuela Stellmach
** Heat – 4:08.53
* Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Katrin Meissner
** 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