# West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Silvia Sperber | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | 21 September |
| Gold | Matthias Baumann Ralf Ehrenbrink Claus Erhorn Thies Kaspareit | Equestrian | Team eventing | 22 September |
| Gold | Anja Fichtel | Fencing | Women's foil | 22 September |
| Gold | Arnd Schmitt | Fencing | Men's épée | 24 September |
| Gold | Michael Groß | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 24 September |
| Gold | Thomas Domian Armin Eichholz Manfred Klein Wolfgang Maennig Matthias Mellinghaus Thomas Möllenkamp Bahne Rabe Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling | Rowing | Men's eight | 25 September |
| Gold | Reiner Klimke Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff Monica Theodorescu Nicole Uphoff | Equestrian | Team dressage | 25 September |
| Gold | Nicole Uphoff | Equestrian | Individual dressage | 27 September |
| Gold | Ludger Beerbaum Wolfgang Brinkmann Dirk Hafemeister Franke Sloothaak | Equestrian | Team jumping | 28 September |
| Gold | Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber | Fencing | Women's team foil | 28 September |
| Gold | Steffi Graf | Tennis | Women's singles | 1 October |
| Silver | Silvia Sperber | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air rifle | 18 September |
| Silver | Gerhard Himmel | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | 21 September |
| Silver | Sabine Bau | Fencing | Women's foil | 22 September |
| Silver | Peter-Michael Kolbe | Rowing | Men's single sculls | 24 September |
| Silver | Stefan Pfeiffer | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | 25 September |
| Silver | Jutta Niehaus | Cycling | Men's individual road race | 26 September |
| Silver | Bernd Gröne | Cycling | Men's individual road race | 27 September |
| Silver | Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner | Fencing | Men's team foil | 27 September |
| Silver | Frank Wieneke | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 28 September |
| Silver | Manfred Nerlinger | Weightlifting | Men's +110 kg | 29 September |
| Silver | Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt | Fencing | Men's team épée | 30 September |
| Silver | Marc Meiling | Judo | Men's 95 kg | 30 September |
| Silver | Dieter Baumann | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres | 1 October |
| Silver | West Germany men's national field hockey team Christian SchliemannTobias FrankUlrich HänelCarsten FischerAndreas MollandinEkkhard Schmidt-OpperDirk BrinkmannHeiner DoppStefan BlöcherAndreas KellerThomas ReckThomas BrinkmannHanns-Henning FastrichMichael HilgersVolker FriedMichael Metz | Field hockey | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Bronze | Johann Riederer | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle | 20 September |
| Bronze | Robert Lechner | Cycling | Men's track time trial | 20 September |
| Bronze | Thomas Fahrner Michael Groß Rainer Henkel Erik Hochstein Stefan Pfeiffer Peter Sitt | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 21 September |
| Bronze | Zita Funkenhauser | Fencing | Women's foil | 22 September |
| Bronze | Guido Grabow Volker Grabow Norbert Keßlau Jörg Puttlitz | Rowing | Men's coxless four | 25 September |
| Bronze | Peter Immesberger | Weightlifting | Men's 100 kg | 26 September |
| Bronze | Christian Henn | Cycling | Men's individual road race | 27 September |
| Bronze | Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Tennis | Women's doubles | 28 September |
| Bronze | Martin Zawieja | Weightlifting | Men's +110 kg | 29 September |
| Bronze | Reiner Gies | Boxing | Light welterweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 30 September |
| Bronze | West Germany Olympic football team Michael SchulzArmin GörtzWolfgang FunkelThomas HörsterOlaf JanßenRudi BommerHolger FachJürgen KlinsmannWolfram WuttkeFrank MillUwe KampsRoland GrahammerThomas HäßlerChristian SchreierFritz WalterRalf SieversGerhard KleppingerKarl-Heinz Riedle | Football | Men's tournament | 30 September |
| Bronze | Rolf Danneberg | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 1 October |
| Bronze | Norbert Dobeleit Mark Henrich Edgar Itt Bodo Kuhn Ralf Lübke Jörg Vaihinger | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1 October |
| Bronze | Karsten Huck | Equestrian | Individual jumping | 2 October |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Athletics | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| Boxing | 6 | – | 6 |
| Canoeing | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Cycling | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| Diving | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Fencing | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| Football | 18 | – | 18 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Judo | 7 | – | 7 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 27 | 9 | 36 |
| Sailing | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| Shooting | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Swimming | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Tennis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 7 | – | 7 |
| Wrestling | 17 | – | 17 |
| Total | 244 | 103 | 347 |

## Archery

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.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Manfred Barth | Individual | 1206 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Detlef Kahlert | Individual | 1254 | 20 Q | 307 | 17 Q | 321 | 8 Q | 311 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bernhard Schulkowski | Individual | 1199 | 59 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manfred Barth Detlef Kahlert Bernhard Schulkowski | Team | 3659 | 18 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Doris Haas | Individual | 1222 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudia Kriz | Individual | 1250 | 17 Q | 311 | 11 Q | 322 | 8 Q | 326 | 8 Q | 318 | 6 |
| Christa Öckl | Individual | 1230 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Doris Haas Claudia Kriz Christa Öckl | Team | 3702 | 6 Q | — | 953 | 6 Q | 931 | 6 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Christian Haas | 100 metres | 10.54 | 38 q | 10.57 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norbert Dobeleit | 200 metres | 20.86 | 12 q | 20.98 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ralf Lübke | 200 metres | 20.81 | 10 Q | 20.80 | 15 Q | 21.23 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Braun | 800 metres | 1:47.32 | 11 Q | 1:46.86 | 15 Q | 1:47.43 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dieter Baumann | 5000 metres | 13:58.46 | 29 Q | — | 13:22.71 | 3 Q | 13:15.52 | |
| Ralf Salzmann | Marathon | — | 2:16:54 | 23 |
| Florian Schwarthoff | 110 metres hurdles | 14.13 | 24 Q | 13.67 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edgar Itt | 400 metres hurdles | 50.10 | 12 Q | — | 48.86 | 6 Q | 48.78 | 8 |
| Harald Schmid | 400 metres hurdles | 49.77 | 9 Q | — | 48.93 | 7 Q | 48.76 | 7 |
| Jens Volkmann | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:36.37 | 12 Q | — | 8:25.19 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fritz Heer Christian Haas Peter Klein Dirk Schweisfurth | 4 × 100 metres relay | 39.01 | 3 Q | — | 38.75 | 6 Q | 38.55 | 6 |
| Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Ralf Lübke Mark Henrich (*) Bodo Kuhn (*) | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:03.90 | 2 Q | — | 3:00.66 | 2 Q | 3:00.56 | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dietmar Mögenburg | High jump | 2.28 | 1 Q | 2.34 | 6 |
| Carlo Thränhardt | High jump | 2.25 | 13 q | 2.31 | 7 |
| Wulf Brunner | Discus throw | 57.50 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rolf Danneberg | Discus throw | 65.70 | 1 Q | 67.38 | |
| Alois Hannecker | Discus throw | 61.44 | 11 q | 63.28 | 8 |
| Christoph Sahner | Hammer throw | 75.84 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heinz Weis | Hammer throw | 77.24 | 7 Q | 79.16 | 5 |
| Klaus Tafelmeier | Javelin throw | 80.52 | 5 Q | 82.72 | 4 |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Jürgen Hingsen | Result | DQ | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Jürgen Hingsen | Points | 0 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sabine Richter | 100 metres | 11.49 | 24 q | 11.59 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ulrike Sarvari | 100 metres | 11.26 | 15 Q | 11.16 | 15 Q | 11.12 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Thomas | 100 metres | 11.46 | 23 q | 11.37 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karin Janke | 200 metres | 23.83 | 32 Q | 23.87 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Silke Knoll | 200 metres | 23.51 | 24 Q | 23.15 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Thomas | 200 metres | 22.92 | 7 Q | 22.84 | 10 Q | 22.91 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helga Arendt | 400 metres | 52.69 | 14 Q | 52.08 | 15 Q | 50.36 | 8 Q | 51.17 | 7 |
| Ute Thimm | 400 metres | 52.79 | 16 Q | 51.18 | 5 Q | 50.28 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Lesch | 800 metres | 2:00.95 | 3 Q | — | 1:59.85 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vera Michallek | 1500 metres | 4:10.05 | 18 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vera Michallek | 3000 metres | 8:51.34 | 16 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kerstin Preßler | 10,000 metres | DNS | DNS | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kerstin Preßler | Marathon | — | 2:34:26 | 21 |
| Gabriela Wolf | Marathon | — | 2:35:11 | 27 |
| Claudia Zaczkiewicz | 100 metres hurdles | 13.00 | 6 Q | 12.87 | 5 Q | 12.75 | 4 Q | 12.75 | |
| Gudrun Abt | 400 metres hurdles | 55.72 | 8 Q | — | 54.52 | 7 Q | 54.04 | 6 |
| Sabine Richter Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Ute Thimm | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.99 | 4 Q | — | 42.69 | 4 Q | 42.76 | 4 |
| Ute Thimm Helga Arendt Andrea Thomas Gudrun Abt Gisela Kinzel (*) Michaela Schabinger (*) | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:27.75 | 6 Q | — | 3:22.49 | 4 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Heike Redetzky | High jump | 1.90 | 13 | Did not advance# | Did not advance# |
| Claudia Losch | Shot put | 20.39 | 1 Q | 20.27 | 5 |
| Iris Plotzitzka | Shot put | 19.06 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Beate Peters | Javelin throw | 60.20 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ingrid Thyssen | Javelin throw | 63.32 | 8 Q | 60.76 | 8 |

### Combined event – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Total | Rank |
| Sabine Braun | Result | 13.71 | 1.83 | 13.16 | 24.78 | 6.12 | 44.58 | 2:22.82 | 6109 | 14 |
| Sabine Braun | Points | 1020 | 1016 | 738 | 907 | 887 | 755 | 786 | 6109 | 14 |
| Sabine Everts | Result | 13.74 | 1.71 | 11.54 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Sabine Everts | Points | 1015 | 867 | 631 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Reiner Gies | Light welterweight | Maelagi (SOL) W w/o | Szabó (HUN) W 5–0 | Carew (GUY) W 3–2 | Altansükh (MGL) W 4–1 | Yanovsky (URS) L KO | Did not advance | |
| Alexander Künzler | Welterweight | Omona (UGA) W 5–0 | Song G-s (KOR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norbert Nieroba | Light middleweight | Felix (GRN) W KO | Downey (CAN) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sven Ottke | Middleweight | Jacobashvili (ISR) W 5–0 | Ha J-h (KOR) W 4–1 | Taramov (URS) W 5–0 | Marcus (CAN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Markus Bott | Light heavyweight | — | Suetovius (GDR) W RSC R3 | Shanavazov (URS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andreas Schnieders | Super heavyweight | — | Kadima (ZAI) W RSC R2 | Uba (NGR) W 5–0 | Zarenkiewicz (POL) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hartmut Faust Wolfram Faust | C-2 500 metres | 1:46.52 | 2 SF | Bye | 1:47.70 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hartmut Faust Wolfram Faust | C-2 1000 metres | 3:52.43 | 4 SF | Bye | 3:52.03 | 3 F | 3:55.62 | 5 |
| Dirk Joestel | K-1 500 metres | 1:45.64 | 1 SF | Bye | 1:43.97 | 3 F | 1:47.91 | 8 |
| Dirk Ulaszewski | K-1 1000 metres | 3:45.10 | 5 R | 3:46.46 | 2 SF | 3:44.17 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang | K-2 500 metres | 1:33.29 | 2 SF | Bye | 1:32.73 | 1 F | 1:34.40 | 4 |
| Niels Ellwanger Carsten Lömker | K-2 1000 metres | 3:37.82 | 6 R | 3:31.95 | 3 SF | 3:28.91 | 3 F | 3:34.63 | 4 |
| Gilbert Schneider Reiner Scholl Dirk Joestel Thomas Reineck | K-4 1000 metres | 3:01.07 | 2 SF | Bye | 3:09.67 | 3 F | 3:05.43 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Josefa Idem | K-1 500 metres | 2:00.42 | 3 SF | — | 1:59.04 | 3 SF | 2:01.80 | 9 |
| Claudia Österheld Andrea Martin | K-2 500 metres | 1:55.25 | 6 R | 1:56.02 | 3 SF | 1:55.37 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Martin Claudia Österheld Josefa Idem Ruth Domgörgen | K-4 500 metres | 1:43.43 | 5 R | 1:42.09 | 1 F | — | 1:45.62 | 5 |

## Cycling

Fifteen cyclists, twelve men and three women, represented West Germany in 1988.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Bernd Gröne | Road race | 4:32:25 | |
| Christian Henn | Road race | 4:32:46 | |
| Remig Stumpf | Road race | 4:32:56 | 14 |
| Ernst Christl Bernd Gröne Rajmund Lehnert Remig Stumpf | Team time trial | 2:00:06.3 | 6 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jutta Niehaus | Road race | 2:00:52 | |
| Viola Paulitz | Road race | 2:00:52 | 13 |
| Ines Varenkamp | Road race | 2:00:52 | 12 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Frank Weber | Men's sprint | 10.919 | 7 Q | Schoefs (BEL) Smith (CAY) L | Pons (ECU) Becerra (BOL) Abrams (GUY) W 11.55 | Kovsh (URS) Colas (FRA) L | Harnett (CAN) W 11.39 | Heßlich (GDR) L, L | Did not advance | Šustr (TCH) Schoefs (BEL) Cheeseman (TRI) L | 7 |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Robert Lechner | Time trial | 1:05.114 | |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Thomas Dürst | Individual pursuit | 4:45.59 | 10 Q | Beltrami (ITA) L 4:45.20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Dürst Matthias Lange Uwe Nepp Michael Rich | Team pursuit | 4:23.10 | 10 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Laps | Points | Rank | Laps | Points | Rank |
| Uwe Messerschmidt | Points race | –1 | 22 | 7 Q | –2 | 28 | 6 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Albin Killat | 3 metre springboard | 642.60 | 2 Q | 661.47 | 4 |
| Willi Meyer | 3 metre springboard | 511.98 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Albin Killat | 10 metre platform | 517.23 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Willi Meyer | 10 metre platform | 449.07 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Elke Heinrichs | 3 metre springboard | 374.46 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anke Mühlbauer | 3 metre springboard | 400.26 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Monika Kühn | 10 metre platform | 335.88 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Doris Pecher | 10 metre platform | 310.53 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Reiner Klimke | Ahlerich | Individual | 1402 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff | Courage | Individual | 1411 | 6 Q | 1374 | 8 |
| Monica Theodorescu | Ganimedes | Individual | 1433 | 3 Q | 1385 | 6 |
| Nicole Uphoff | Rembrandt | Individual | 1458 | 1 Q | 1521 | |
| Reiner Klimke Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff Monica Theodorescu Nicole Uphoff | See above | Team | — | 4302 | |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Matthias Baumann | Shamrock II | Individual | 50.60 | 7 | 13.20 | 63.80 | 5 | 5.00 | 68.80 | 6 | 68.80 | 6 |
| Ralf Ehrenbrink | Uncle Todd | Individual | 66.20 | 24 | 39.60 | 105.80 | 12 | EL | EL | EL | DNF | DNF |
| Claus Erhorn | Justyn Thyme | Individual | 39.60 | 2 | 16.00 | 55.60 | 4 | 6.75 | 62.35 | 4 | 62.35 | 4 |
| Thies Kaspareit | Sherry 42 | Individual | 46.80 | 4 | 38.00 | 84.80 | 8 | 10.00 | 94.80 | 9 | 94.80 | 9 |
| Matthias Baumann Ralf Ehrenbrink Claus Erhorn Thies Kaspareit | See above | Team | 137.00 | 1 | 67.20 | 204.20 | 1 | 21.75 | 225.95 | 1 | 225.95 | |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total | | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Wolfgang Brinkmann | Pedro | Individual | 39.00 | 36 | 67.50 | 7 | 106.50 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dirk Hafemeister | Orchidee | Individual | 69.50 | 1 | 70.00 | 4 | 139.50 | 2 Q | 18.00 | 19 |
| Karsten Huck | Nepomuk | Individual | 48.00 | 26 | 70.00 | 4 | 118.00 | 12 Q | 4.00 | |
| Franke Sloothaak | Walzerkönig | Individual | 48.00 | 26 | 56.00 | 16 | 104.00 | 20 q | 12.00 | 7 |
| Ludger Beerbaum Wolfgang Brinkmann Dirk Hafemeister Franke Sloothaak | The Freak Pedro Orchidee Walzerkönig | Team | 4.25 | 1 Q | 13.00 | 4 | — | 17.25 | |

## Fencing
### Pool stages

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Matthias Behr | Men's foil | Mamedov (URS) W 5–0 | Enkelmann (GDR) W 5–1 | Al-Awadhi (KUW) W 5–3 | Kajbjer (SWE) L 4–5 | — | 1 Q | Zhang (CHN) L 4–5 | Marx (USA) L 3–5 | Turiace (ARG) L 1–5 | García (ESP) W 5–3 | Borella (ITA) W 5–3 | 5 Q | Gátai (HUN) L 3–5 | Emura (JPN) L 4–5 | Howe (GDR) W 5–1 | Groc (FRA) W 5–1 | — | 3 Q |
| Mathias Gey | Men's foil | El-Husseini (EGY) W 5–3 | Turiace (ARG) W 5–1 | Fonseca (BRA) W 5–1 | Strand (SWE) L 4–5 | — | 1 Q | Cerioni (ITA) L 2–5 | Groc (FRA) W 5–3 | Soumagne (BEL) W 5–4 | Davidson (AUS) W 5–2 | Enkelmann (GDR) L 4–5 | 2 Q | Cerioni (ITA) L 3–5 | Szekeres (HUN) L 1–5 | Wagner (GDR) W 5–3 | El-Husseini (EGY) W 5–3 | — | 4 Q |
| Ulrich Schreck | Men's foil | Érsek (HUN) W 5–3 | Lewison (USA) W 5–1 | Umezawa (JPN) W 5–4 | Åkerberg (SWE) W 5–2 | — | 1 Q | Érsek (HUN) W 5–3 | Liu (CHN) W 5–1 | Umezawa (JPN) W 5–1 | Numa (ITA) L 3–5 | Wendt (AUT) L 3–5 | 2 Q | Mamedov (URS) L 2–5 | Wendt (AUT) W 5–4 | Glasson (CAN) W 5–2 | Kajbjer (SWE) W 5–2 | — | 2 Q |
| Thomas Gerull | Men's épée | Bergström (SWE) W 5–3 | Pinto (COL) W 5–4 | Pereira (ESP) W 5–2 | Kolczonay (HUN) L 4–5 | — | 1 Q | Mazzoni (ITA) L 2–5 | Ganeff (NED) L 1–5 | Yun (KOR) W 5–2 | Soumagne (BEL) W 5–2 | — | 5 Q | Henry (FRA) L 2–5 | Yun (KOR) L 4–5 | Du (CHN) W 5–3 | Chronowski (POL) W 5–3 | Stull (USA) W 5–4 | 3 Q |
| Alexander Pusch | Men's épée | Yun (KOR) W 5–3 | Chronowski (POL) W 5–1 | Stull (USA) W 5–1 | Youssef (LIB) W 5–1 | — | 1 Q | Brill (NZL) W 5–2 | Strohmeyer (AUT) W 5–1 | Turiace (ARG) W 5–2 | Ma (CHN) L 1–5 | — | 1 Q | Shuvalov (URS) L 2–5 | Pantano (ITA) L 4–5 | Nagele (AUT) W 5–0 | Pásztor (HUN) W 5–4 | Kuhn (SUI) W 5–4 | 3 Q |
| Arnd Schmitt | Men's épée | Kardolus (NED) L 5–5 | Siess (POL) W 5–1 | Bandeira (POR) W 5–1 | Bogarín (PAR) W 5–0 | di Tella (ARG) L 3–5 | — | 1 Q | Henry (FRA) W 5–4 | Kuhn (SUI) W 5–2 | Siess (POL) W 5–4 | Al-Mashmoum (KUW) W 5–4 | — | 1 Q | Székely (HUN) W 5–2 | Poffet (SUI) W 5–2 | di Tella (ARG) W 5–1 | Birnbaum (AUT) W 5–0 | Lee (KOR) L 2–5 | 1 Q |
| Felix Becker | Men's sabre | Dalla Barba (ITA) L 4–5 | Mindirgasov (URS) W 5–4 | Balk (CAN) W 5–0 | Lee (KOR) W 5–1 | Kościelniakowski (POL) L 1–5 | — | 3 Q | Alshan (URS) L 4–5 | Guichot (FRA) W 5–4 | Zheng (CHN) W 5–0 | Lee (KOR) W 5–3 | — | 5 Q | Alshan (URS) L 4–5 | Guichot (FRA) W 5–3 | Bujdosó (HUN) W 5–3 | Banos (CAN) W 5–4 | Scalzo (ITA) L 3–5 | 3 Q |
| Jürgen Nolte | Men's sabre | Lamour (FRA) L 1–5 | Scalzo (ITA) W 5–3 | Piguła (POL) W 5–3 | Lee (KOR) W 5–2 | Martini (MON) W 5–1 | — | 2 Q | Etropolski (BUL) L 1–5 | Delrieu (FRA) L 1–5 | Piguła (POL) W 5–3 | Banos (CAN) W 5–1 | — | 3 Q | Delrieu (FRA) L 3–5 | Olech (POL) W 5–4 | Nébald (HUN) W 5–3 | Zheng (CHN) W 5–1 | Mindirgasov (URS) L 1–5 | 4 Q |
| Stephan Thönnessen | Men's sabre | Bujdosó (HUN) L 2–5 | Marin (ITA) L 2–5 | Mormando (USA) W 5–3 | Wang (CHN) W 5–1 | Yan (TPE) W 5–3 | Marincheshki (BUL) L 2–5 | 5 Q | Olech (POL) L 1–5 | Dalla Barba (ITA) L 2–5 | Bujdosó (HUN) L 2–5 | Wang (CHN) W 5–0 | — | 1 Q | Dalla Barba (ITA) L 4–5 | Etropolski (BUL) L 2–5 | Mormando (USA) L 2–5 | Lamour (FRA) L 4–5 | Kościelniakowski (POL) L 2–5 | 6 |
| Sabine Bau | Women's foil | Glikina (URS) W 5–2 | Palm (SWE) W 5–4 | Lazăr (ROM) W 5–4 | López (MEX) W 5–4 | — | 1 Q | Zalaffi (ITA) W 5–2 | Kovács (HUN) W 5–1 | Gaudin (FRA) W 5–3 | Dubrawska (POL) W 5–4 | Lazăr (ROM) L 0–5 | 2 Q | Sin (KOR) L 2–5 | Vaccaroni (ITA) L 4–5 | Glikina (URS) W 5–2 | McIntosh (GBR) W 5–3 | Philion (CAN) L 2–5 | 4 Q |
| Anja Fichtel | Women's foil | Sun (CHN) W 5–0 | Dubrawska (POL) W 5–4 | McIntosh (GBR) W 5–1 | Park (KOR) W 5–1 | — | 1 Q | Tak (KOR) L 4–5 | Sobczak (POL) W 5–3 | Gandolfi (ITA) W 5–1 | Tremblay (CAN) W 5–0 | Spennato (FRA) L 3–5 | 2 Q | Zalaffi (ITA) L 1–5 | Sadovskaya (URS) L 3–5 | Jánosi (HUN) W 5–1 | Lazăr (ROM) W 5–3 | Sobczak (POL) W 5–3 | 3 Q |
| Zita Funkenhauser | Women's foil | Gaudin (FRA) W 5–1 | Oka (JPN) W 5–1 | Kovács (HUN) W 5–0 | Koeswandi (INA) W 5–4 | — | 1 Q | Glikina (URS) L 2–5 | Sun (CHN) W 5–0 | Palm (SWE) W 5–3 | O'Neill (USA) W 5–0 | Oka (JPN) L 2–5 | 3 Q | Stefanek (HUN) L 3–5 | Bilodeaux (USA) L 1–5 | Królikowska (POL) W 5–4 | Thurley (GBR) W 5–3 | Spennato (FRA) W 5–1 | 3 Q |

### Elimination phase

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Matthias Behr | Men's foil | Zhang (CHN) W 10–4 | Wagner (GDR) L 8–10 | Did not advance | — | Cerioni (ITA) L 8–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mathias Gey | Men's foil | Gosbee (GBR) W 10–7 | Zych (POL) W 10–7 | Howe (GDR) W 10–6 | — | Cerioni (ITA) L 8–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ulrich Schreck | Men's foil | Liu (CHN) W 10–5 | Mamedov (URS) W 10–7 | Enkelmann (GDR) W 10–9 | — | Howe (GDR) W 10–7 | Wagner (GDR) L 8–10 | Romankov (URS) L 8–10 | 4 |
| Thomas Gerull | Men's épée | Lee (KOR) L 9–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Mazzoni (ITA) W 10–6 | Brill (NZL) L 7–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexander Pusch | Men's épée | Vánky (SWE) W 10–5 | Poffet (SUI) W 10–7 | Shuvalov (URS) L 6–10 | — | Cuomo (ITA) L 4–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arnd Schmitt | Men's épée | Machado (BRA) W 10–9 | Reznichenko (URS) L 9–10 | Did not advance | — | Nagele (AUT) W 10–2 | Poffet (SUI) W 10–8 | Rivas (COL) W 10–2 | Bergström (SWE) W 10–7 | Shuvalov (URS) W 10–9 | Riboud (FRA) W 10–9 | |
| Felix Becker | Men's sabre | Gedõvári (HUN) W 10–6 | Olech (POL) W 10–7 | — | Lamour (FRA) L 6–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jürgen Nolte | Men's sabre | Etropolski (BUL) W 10–9 | Pogosov (URS) W 10–7 | — | Olech (POL) L 7–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephan Thönnessen | Men's sabre | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sabine Bau | Women's foil | Stefanek (HUN) L 7–8 | Did not advance | — | Voshchakina (URS) W 8–2 | Zalaffi (ITA) W 8–7 | — | Stefanek (HUN) W 8–6 | Funkenhauser (FRG) W 8–3 | Fichtel (FRG) L 5–8 | |
| Anja Fichtel | Women's foil | Bilodeaux (USA) W 8–1 | Sadovskaya (URS) W 8–4 | — | Sun (CHN) W 8–4 | Jánosi (HUN) W 8–5 | Bau (FRG) W 8–5 | |
| Zita Funkenhauser | Women's foil | Vaccaroni (ITA) W 8–7 | Jánosi (HUN) W 8–4 | — | Sadovskaya (URS) W 8–5 | Bau (FRG) L 3–8 | Jánosi (HUN) W 8–7 | |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Matthias Behr Thomas Endres Mathias Gey Ulrich Schreck Thorsten Weidner | Men's foil | France L 8–8 | Sweden W 9–0 | United States W 9–4 | 2 Q | — | Italy W 9–6 | East Germany W 9–4 | Soviet Union L 5–9 | |
| Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt | Men's épée | United States W 9–2 | Brazil W 9–3 | — | 1 Q | Bye | South Korea W 8–6 | Italy W 8–7 | France L 3–8 | |
| Felix Becker Jörg Kempenich Jürgen Nolte Dieter Schneider Stephan Thönnessen | Men's sabre | Italy L 5–9 | United States W 9–3 | South Korea W 9–1 | 2 q | — | France L 5–9 | — | Poland L 4–9 | 6 |
| Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel Zita Funkenhauser Annette Klug Christiane Weber | Women's foil | United States W 9–1 | Great Britain W 9–3 | — | 1 Q | — | France W 9–4 | Soviet Union W 9–3 | Italy W 9–4 | |

## Football
### Summary

Key:
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| West Germany men's | Men's tournament | China W 3–0 | Tunisia W 4–1 | Sweden L 1–2 | 2 Q | Zambia W 4–0 | Brazil L 2–3$^P$ 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy W 3–0 | |

### Team roster

| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | Oliver Reck | 27 February 1965 | 23 | 0 | SV Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Schulz | 3 September 1961 | 27 | 0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | 0 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Armin Görtz | 30 August 1959 | 29 | 2 | 1. FC Köln | 5 | 0 | 445 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Wolfgang Funkel | 10 August 1958 | 30 | 2 | Bayer Uerdingen | 5 | 1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Thomas Hörster | 27 November 1956 | 31 | 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 0 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Olaf Janßen | 8 October 1966 | 21 | 0 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Rudi Bommer | 19 August 1957 | 31 | 6 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Holger Fach | 6 September 1962 | 26 | 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 | 2 | 474 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jürgen Klinsmann | 30 July 1964 | 24 | 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 4 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Wolfram Wuttke | 17 November 1961 | 27 | 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | 2 | 491 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Frank Mill | 23 July 1958 | 30 | 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 3 | 421 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | Uwe Kamps | 12 June 1964 | 24 | 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 0 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Roland Grahammer | 3 November 1963 | 24 | 0 | Bayern München | 6 | 1 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Thomas Häßler | 30 May 1966 | 22 | 1 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 0 | 557 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Christian Schreier | 4 February 1959 | 29 | 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Fritz Walter | 21 July 1960 | 28 | 0 | VfB Stuttgart | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ralf Sievers | 30 October 1961 | 26 | ? | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Gerhard Kleppinger | 1 March 1958 | 30 | 0 | Bayer Uerdingen | 6 | 1 | 289 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Karl-Heinz Riedle | 9 September 1965 | 23 | 1 | SV Werder Bremen | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Gunnar Sauer | 11 June 1964 | 24 | 0 | SV Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |

### Bronze medal match
## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Andreas Aguilar | Team | 18.050 | 18.600 | 19.700 | 18.550 | 19.450 | 19.000 | 113.350 | 73 |
| Mike Beckmann | Team | 19.250 | 19.450 | 18.600 | 19.250 | 19.300 | 18.600 | 114.450 | 60 |
| Jürgen Brümmer | Team | 19.350 | 18.950 | 19.400 | 19.550 | 19.050 | 17.850 | 114.150 | 64 |
| Ralph Kern | Team | 19.150 | 19.000 | 18.400 | 19.300 | 19.300 | 18.750 | 113.900 | 67 |
| Bernhard Simmelbauer | Team | 18.800 | 18.800 | 18.950 | 19.150 | 19.250 | 18.650 | 113.600 | 71 |
| Daniel Winkler | Team | 19.050 | 18.900 | 18.900 | 19.100 | 19.300 | 19.250 | 114.500 | 59 |
| Total | Team | 95.600 | 95.400 | 95.750 | 96.350 | 96.600 | 94.400 | 574.100 | 12 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Michaela Ustorf | Individual | 18.650 | 18.250 | 19.025 | 18.950 | 74.875 | 78 |
| Isabella von Lospichl | Individual | 18.225 | 18.000 | 9.375 | 9.450 | 55.050 | 85 |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Rope | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Qualification | Hoop | Rope | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Marion Rothhaar | Individual | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 38.500 | 17 Q | 19.250 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 57.850 | 19 |
| Diana Schmiemann | Individual | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 38.800 | 10 Q | 19.400 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 58.600 | 8 |

## Hockey
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| West Germany men's | Men's tournament | Canada W 3–1 | India D 1–1 | Great Britain W 2–1 | South Korea W 1–0 | Soviet Union W 6–0 | 1 Q | Netherlands W 2–1 | Great Britain L 1–3 | |
| West Germany women's | Women's tournament | South Korea L 1–3 | Australia L 0–1 | Canada W 2–1 | — | 3 | United States W 2–1 | Canada W 4–2 | 5 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Christian Schliemann
* Tobias Frank
* Horst-Ulrich Hänel
* Carsten Fischer
* Andreas Mollandin
* Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper
* Dirk Brinkmann
* Heiner Dopp
* Stefan Blöcher
* Andreas Keller
* Thomas Reck
* Thomas Brinkmann
* Hanns-Henning Fastrich
* Michael Hilgers
* Volker Fried
* Michael Metz

#### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | South Korea (H) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 18 September 1988 13:30
| West Germany | 3–1 | Canada |
| Fisher 23' Blöcher 29' Reck 50' | Report | Gifford 8' |
* Umpires: K Bajwa (PAK) Ron Lathouwers (NED)
* 20 September 1988 13:30
| West Germany | 1–1 | India |
| Hilgers 39' | Report | Sebastian 31' |
* Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Alain Renaud (FRA)
* 22 September 1988 15:15
| Great Britain | 1–2 | West Germany |
| Barber 2' | Report | Fischer 59' Blöcher 69' |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 24 September 1988 09:00
| West Germany | 1–0 | South Korea |
| Fischer 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Louismichel Gillet (FRA) K Bajwa (PAK)
* 26 September 1988 10:45
| West Germany | 6–0 | Soviet Union |
| Mollandin 5' Blöcher 19' Dopp 41' Fischer 45' Keller 53' Hilgers 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Amjarit Dhak (KEN)

#### Semifinal

* 28 September 1988 13:00
| West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Dopp 40' Reck 47' | Report | Cruico 10' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Alain Renaud (FRA)

#### Gold medal match

* 1 October 1988 15:15
| West Germany | 1–3 | Great Britain |
| Dopp 59' | Report | Sherwani 20', 53' Kerly 47' |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Santiago Deo (ESP)

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

* Susi Schmid
* Carola Hoffmann
* Heike Gehrmann
* Dagmar Breiken-Bremer
* Gaby Uhlenbruck
* Viola Grahl
* Bettina Blumenberg
* Gaby Appel
* Martina Koch-Hallmen
* Christine Ferneck
* Silke Wehrmeister
* Caren Jungjohann
* Eva Hegener
* Susie Wollschläger
* Gabriela Schöwe

#### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | 5th–8th place classification |
* 21 September 1988 10:45
| South Korea | 4–1 | West Germany |
| Lim 3', 35+' Chung S. 61' Seo K. 70+' | Report | Gehrmann 13' |
* Umpires: Salobrar Hernandez (ESP) Pauline Bullock (GBR)
* 23 September 1988 09:00
| Australia | 1–0 | West Germany |
| Bowman 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pauline Bullock (GBR) Jean Robertson (GBR)
* 25 September 1988 10:45
| Canada | 1–2 | West Germany |
| Lyn 49' | Report | Blumenberg 26' Jungjohann 51' |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) A Poelmans (NED)

#### Classification 5th-8th place

* 27 September 1988 09:00
| United States | 1–2 | West Germany |
| Donnelly 19' | Report | Wollschläger 41' Blumenberg 49' |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Naomi Kato (JPN)

#### 5th place match

* 29 September 1988 09:00
| West Germany | 4–2 | Canada |
| Blumenberg 14', 59', 64' Schmid 57' | Report | Forshaw 18', 52' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Jean Robertson (GBR)

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Helmut Dietz | 60 kg | Bye | Kiejda (POL) W Keikoku | Berenstein (NED) W Keikoku | Kim (KOR) L Ippon | Did not advance | — | Totikashvili (URS) L Yuko | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guido Schumacher | 65 kg | Bye | Kostadinov (BUL) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steffen Stranz | 71 kg | Bye | Dossou (BEN) W Ippon | Loll (GDR) L Koka | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | Wohlwend (LIE) W Ippon | Swain (USA) L Yusei-gachi | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Frank Wieneke | 78 kg | Reiter (AUT) W Ippon | Adolfsson (SWE) W Yuko | González (ESP) W Ippon | Tayot (FRA) W Koka | Bréchôt (GDR) W Koka | — | Legień (POL) L Ippon | |
| Michael Bazynski | 86 kg | Spijkers (NED) L Yuko | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marc Meiling | 95 kg | — | Bye | Berland (USA) W Chui | Van de Walle (BEL) W Ippon | Beutler (POL) W Chui | — | Miguel (BRA) L Chui | |
| Alexander von der Groeben | +95 kg | — | Cho (KOR) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Dirk Knappheide | Individual | 66 | 12 | 1034 | 26–39 | 51 | 677 | 3:20.34 | 12 | 1272 | 191 | 22 | 934 | DNF | DNF | 0 | 3917 | 60 |
| Marcus Marsollek | Individual | 242 | 46 | 858 | 36–29 | 17 | 847 | 3:36.88 | 46 | 1140 | 196 | 4 | 1044 | 13:50.91 | 30 | 1075 | 4964 | 24 |
| Michael Zimmermann | Individual | 150 | 32 | 950 | 34–31 | 27 | 813 | 3:24.23 | 26 | 1240 | 186 | 52 | 824 | 14:30.23 | 49 | 955 | 4782 | 41 |
| Dirk Knappheide Marcus Marsollek Michael Zimmermann | Team | 458 | 7 | 2842 | 96–99 | 12 | 2337 | 10:21.45 | 9 | 3652 | 573 | 7 | 2802 | DNF | 18 | 2030 | 13663 | 15 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter-Michael Kolbe | Single sculls | 7:12.35 | 3 R | 7:12.27 | 1 SF | 7:01.76 | 1 FA | 6:54.77 | |
| Christian Händle Ralf Thienel | Double sculls | 6:21.95 | 2 R | 6:37.84 | 1 SF | 6:23.55 | 2 FA | 6:24.97 | 4 |
| Christoph Galandi Oliver Grüner Georg Agrikola Andreas Reinke | Quadruple sculls | 5:52.45 | 3 SF | — | 5:50.96 | 3 FA | 5:59.59 | 6 |
| Frank Dietrich Michael Twittmann | Coxless pair | 6:45.73 | 2 R | 6:52.03 | 1 SF | 6:54.24 | 4 FB | 7:19.48 | 7 |
| Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow | Coxless four | 6:13.16 | 3 SF | — | 6:04.17 | 1 FA | 6:06.22 | |
| Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels Martin Ruppel | Coxed four | 6:02.98 | 2 SF | — | 6:15.87 | 4 FB | 6:42.65 | 7 |
| Thomas Möllenkamp Matthias Mellinghaus Eckhardt Schultz Ansgar Wessling Armin Eichholz Thomas Domian Wolfgang Maennig Bahne Rabe Manfred Klein | Eight | 5:32.36 | 1 FA | — | 5:46.05 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bettina Kämpf Cordula Keller | Coxless pair | 8:19.76 | 5 R | 8:20.13 | 4 FB | — | 8:22.08 | 9 |
| Inge Althoff Meike Holländer Elke Markwort Gabriele Mehl Kerstin Peters Cerstin Petersmann Katrin Petersmann Kerstin Rehders Anja Schäfer | Eight | 6:38.31 | 3 R | 6:12.70 | 5 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Joachim Hunger Wolfgang Hunger | 470 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 5.7 | 8 | 17 | 58.7 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Katrin Adlkofer Susanne Meyer | 470 | 17 | 18 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 56.4 | 5 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Dirk Meyer | Division II | 16 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 20 | 99 | 13 |
| Thomas Schmid | Finn | 3 | 15 | 19 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 40 | 72.1 | 6 |
| Alexander Hagen Fritz Girr | Star | 3 | 11.7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11.7 | 72.4 | 10 |
| Hans-Jürgen Pfohe Roland Gäbler | Tornado | 21 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 142 | 19 |
| Jens-Peter Wrede Matthias Adamczewski Stefan Knabe | Soling | 18 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 102 | 15 |
| Albert Batzill Peter Lang | Flying Dutchman | 19 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 79 | 8 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kurt Hillenbrand | 50 m rifle three positions | 1155 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kurt Hillenbrand | 50 m rifle prone | 590 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arndt Kaspar | 10 m air pistol | 579 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arndt Kaspar | 50 m pistol | 562 | 7 Q | 651 | 7 |
| Dirk Köhler | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 591 | 8 Q | 689 | 8 |
| Ulrich Lind | 50 m rifle three positions | 1161 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfons Messerschmitt | 10 m air pistol | 577 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alfons Messerschmitt | 50 m pistol | 554 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Johann Riederer | 10 m air rifle | 592 | 3 Q | 694.0 | |
| Bernd Rücker | 50 m rifle prone | 597 | 5 Q | 700.5 | 7 |
| Matthias Stich | 10 m air rifle | 587 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Stützinger | 50 m running target | 586 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lieselotte Breker | 10 m air pistol | 386 | 3 Q | 476.0 | 7 |
| Lieselotte Breker | 25 m pistol | 585 | 6 Q | 685 | 4 |
| Carmen Giese | 10 m air rifle | 389 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anetta Kalinowski | 25 m pistol | 581 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Selma Sonnet | 50 m rifle three positions | 580 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Silvia Sperber | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 7 Q | 497.5 | |
| Silvia Sperber | 50 m rifle three positions | 590 | 1 Q | 685.6 | |
| Margit Stein | 10 m air pistol | 376 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Michaela Rink | Skeet | 140 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Herbert Seeberger | Skeet | 196 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wolfgang Trautwein | Skeet | 141 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter Bermel | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.80 | 7 FA | 2:03.81 | 5 |
| Peter Bermel | 400 m individual medley | 4:22.78 | 7 FA | 4:24.02 | 8 |
| Jens-Peter Berndt | 100 m backstroke | 57.08 | 12 FB | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Jens-Peter Berndt | 200 m backstroke | 2:01.77 | 6 FA | 2:01.84 | 6 |
| Jens-Peter Berndt | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.80 | 10 FB | 2:06.76 | 15 |
| Jens-Peter Berndt | 400 m individual medley | 4:20.93 | 6 FA | 4:21.71 | 6 |
| Thomas Fahrner | 100 m freestyle | 50.78 | 13 FB | 51.12 | 14 |
| Thomas Fahrner | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.02 | 6 FA | 1:49.19 | 8 |
| Michael Groß | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.55 | 3 FA | 1:48.59 | 5 |
| Michael Groß | 100 m butterfly | 53.78 | 4 FA | 53.44 | 5 |
| Michael Groß | 200 m butterfly | 1:58.09 | 1 FA | 1:56.94 OR | |
| Stephan Güsgen | 50 m freestyle | 23.22 | 11 FB | 23.55 | 14 |
| Rainer Henkel | 400 m freestyle | 3:51.50 | 10 FB | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Rainer Henkel | 1500 m freestyle | 15:14.64 | 6 FA | 15:18.19 | 6 |
| Frank Henter | 50 m freestyle | 22.98 | 7 FA | 23.03 | 7 |
| Martin Herrmann | 100 m butterfly | 55.20 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martin Herrmann | 200 m butterfly | 2:02.61 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Frank Hoffmeister | 100 m backstroke | 56.19 | 5 FA | 56.19 | 7 |
| Frank Hoffmeister | 200 m backstroke | 2:03.34 | 12 FB | 2:01.65 | 9 |
| Alexander Mayer | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.54 | 11 FB | 1:03.85 | 12 |
| Stefan Pfeiffer | 400 m freestyle | 3:49.52 | 2 FA | 3:49.96 | 6 |
| Stefan Pfeiffer | 1500 m freestyle | 15:07.85 | 3 FA | 15:02.69 | |
| Mark Warnecke | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.56 | 12 FB | 1:03.40 | 11 |
| Mark Warnecke | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.55 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hartmut Wedekind | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.55 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Torsten Wiegel | 100 m freestyle | 51.02 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Groß Thomas Fahrner Björn Zikarsky Peter Sitt Torsten Wiegel (*) | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:23.19 | 6 FA | 3:21.65 | 6 |
| Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Groß Stefan Pfeiffer (*) Peter Sitt (*) | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:19.38 | 3 FA | 7:14.35 | |
| Frank Hoffmeister Alexander Mayer Michael Groß Björn Zikarsky Mark Warnecke (*) | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:44.72 | 4 FA | 3:42.98 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marion Aizpors | 50 m freestyle | 26.20 | 9 FB | 26.17 | 9 |
| Marion Aizpors | 100 m backstroke | 1:03.27 | 8 FA | 1:04.19 | 8 |
| Ina Beyermann | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.85 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ina Beyermann | 200 m butterfly | 2:13.56 | 11 FB | 2:13.74 | 10 |
| Britta Dahm | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.98 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Britta Dahm | 200 m breaststroke | 2:35.06 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heike Esser | 100 m breaststroke | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Heike Esser | 200 m breaststroke | 2:41.34 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.77 | 16 FB | 2:02.32 | 15 |
| Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | 200 m individual medley | 2:17.46 | 9 FB | 2:17.85 | 10 |
| Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | 400 m individual medley | 4:52.05 | 13 FB | 4:50.54 | 10 |
| Stephanie Ortwig | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.66 | 6 FA | 2:00.73 | 7 |
| Stephanie Ortwig | 400 m freestyle | 4:12.18 | 7 FA | 4:13.05 | 7 |
| Stephanie Ortwig | 800 m freestyle | 8:41.95 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christiane Pielke | 50 m freestyle | 26.33 | 12 FB | 26.22 | 10 |
| Christiane Pielke | 100 m freestyle | 57.47 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabi Reha | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.27 | 15 FB | 1:02.63 | 15 |
| Gabi Reha | 200 m butterfly | 2:13.09 | 9 FB | 2:14.20 | 11 |
| Alexandra Russ | 400 m freestyle | 4:18.67 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexandra Russ | 800 m freestyle | 8:49.31 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svenja Schlicht | 100 m backstroke | 1:03.72 | 10 FB | 1:03.68 | 10 |
| Svenja Schlicht | 200 m backstroke | 2:16.81 | 8 FA | 2:15.94 | 8 |
| Svenja Schlicht | 200 m individual medley | 2:20.31 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katja Ziliox | 100 m freestyle | 58.39 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katja Ziliox | 200 m backstroke | 2:26.25 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephanie Ortwig Marion Aizpors Christiane Pielke Karin Seick Katja Ziliox (*) | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:48.03 | 6 FA | 3:46.90 | 7 |
| Svenja Schlicht Britta Dahm Gabi Reha Marion Aizpors | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:13.19 | 4 FA | 4:12.89 | 7 |

## Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Figures | Figures | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (Figures + Qualification) | Rank | Points | Total (Figures + Final) | Rank |
| Doris Eisenhofer | Solo | 80.433 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heike Friedrich | Solo | 82.000 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerlind Scheller | Solo | 85.583 | 19 Q | 88.600 | 174.183 | 8 Q | 90.400 | 175.983 | 8 |
| Heike Friedrich Gerlind Scheller | Duet | 83.792 | 9 | 88.800 | 172.592 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Georg Böhm | Singles | Maringgi (INA) W 3–0 | Griffiths (NZL) W 3–1 | Waldner (SWE) L 0–3 | Xu (CHN) L 0–3 | Hosnani (MRI) W 3–0 | Birocheau (FRA) W 3–0 | Chih (TPE) W 3–1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jörg Roßkopf | Singles | Haberl (AUS) W 3–1 | Ghorpade (IND) W 3–0 | Grubba (POL) L 0–3 | Primorac (YUG) L 1–3 | López (VEN) W 3–0 | Miyazaki (JPN) W 3–2 | Musa (NGR) W 3–2 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georg Böhm Jürgen Rebel | Doubles | Douglas / Andrew (GBR) L 1–2 | Chih / Chih (TPE) L 1–2 | Ding / Bär (AUT) L 0–2 | Griffiths / Jackson (NZL) W 2–0 | Álvarez / Fermín (DOM) W 2–0 | Waldner / Appelgren (SWE) L 0–2 | Kim / Kim (KOR) L 1–2 | 5 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner | Doubles | Lo / Vong (HKG) W 2–1 | Gambra / Núñez (CHI) W 2–0 | An / Yu (KOR) L 1–2 | Grubba / Kucharski (POL) L 0–2 | Adeyemo / Bankole (NGR) W 2–0 | Saito / Watanabe (JPN) W 2–0 | Kano / Kawai (BRA) W 2–1 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Olga Nemes | Singles | Díaz (CHI) W 3–0 | Hong (KOR) L 1–3 | Akanmu (NGR) W 3–0 | Kloppenburg (NED) W 3–0 | Bátorfi (HUN) W 3–2 | — | 2 Q | Li (CHN) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katja Nolten | Singles | Fazlić (YUG) L 2–3 | Liyau (PER) W 3–2 | Owolabi (NGR) W 3–2 | Hyun (KOR) L 0–3 | Hoshino (JPN) L 2–3 | — | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olga Nemes Katja Nolten | Doubles | Ishida / Hoshino (JPN) L 1–2 | Gee / Bhushan (USA) W 2–1 | Leong / Lau (MAS) W 2–0 | Chen / Jiao (CHN) L 0–2 | Hrachová / Kasalová (TCH) L 0–2 | Vriesekoop / Kloppenburg (NED) L 1–2 | — | 5 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Eric Jelen | Singles | Mečíř (TCH) L (7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carl-Uwe Steeb | Singles | Volkov (URS) W (7–5, 6–4, 6–3) | Masur (AUS) W (6–3, 5–7, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5) | Järryd (SWE) W (2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5) | Mayotte (USA) L (6–7, 5–7, 3–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carl-Uwe Steeb Eric Jelen | Doubles | — | Edberg / Järryd (SWE) L (4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Steffi Graf | Singles | Bye | Meskhi (URS) W (7–5, 6—1) | Suire (FRA) W (6–3, 6–0) | Savchenko (URS) W (6–2, 4–6, 6–3) | Garrison (USA) W (6–2, 6–0) | Sabatini (ARG) W (6–3, 6–3) | |
| Sylvia Hanika | Singles | Bye | Muir (ZIM) W (6–1, 6–1) | Sabatini (ARG) L (6–1, 4–6, 2–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Singles | Bye | Reggi (ITA) L (6–4, 6–7, 3–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Doubles | — | Bye | Bassett-Seguso / Hetherington (CAN) W (6–3, 3–6, 6–2) | Novotná / Suková (TCH) L (5–7, 3–6) | Did not advance | |

## Water polo
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| West Germany men's | Men's tournament | Australia W 13–11 | France W 10–9 | South Korea W 18–2 | Italy W 10–7 | Soviet Union W 9–8 | 1 Q | Yugoslavia L 10–14 | Soviet Union L 13–14 | 4 |

### Team roster

   * Peter Röhle
   * Dirk Jacoby
   * Frank Otto
   * Uwe Sterzik
   * Armando Fernández
   * Andreas Ehrl
   * Ingo Borgmann
   * Rainer Osselmann
   * Hagen Stamm
   * Thomas Huber
   * Dirk Theismann
   * René Reimann
   * Werner Obschernikat
   * Head coach: Nicola Firuio

### Group play

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 10 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 7 |
| Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 7 |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 4 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 2 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 75 | −61 | 0 |
| 21 September 1988 (1988-09-21) 16:30 | West Germany | 13–11 | Australia | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Luis Cillero (ESP), Robert Lee (USA) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Luis Cillero (ESP), Robert Lee (USA) |||
| 21 September 1988 (1988-09-21) 16:30 | Otto 4 | Goals | Wybrow 4 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Luis Cillero (ESP), Robert Lee (USA) |
| 22 September 1988 (1988-09-22) 15:15 | West Germany | 10–9 | France | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE) |||
| 22 September 1988 (1988-09-22) 15:15 | five players 2 | Goals | Garsau 3 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE) |
| 23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) 14:00 | West Germany | 18–2 | South Korea | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Robert Lee (USA), He Liangde (CHN) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Robert Lee (USA), He Liangde (CHN) |||
| 23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) 14:00 | Stamm 6 | Goals | Song, Lee 1 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Robert Lee (USA), He Liangde (CHN) |
| 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 09:00 | West Germany | 10–7 | Italy | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP) |||
| 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 09:00 | Otto, Theismann 3 | Goals | Ferretti 3 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP) |
| 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 11:30 | West Germany | 9–8 | Soviet Union | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Tom Hermstad (USA), Antal Vuszek (HUN) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Tom Hermstad (USA), Antal Vuszek (HUN) |||
| 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 11:30 | Osselmann 3 | Goals | Kotenko, Apanasenko 2 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Tom Hermstad (USA), Antal Vuszek (HUN) |

### Semi-final

| 30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) 20:15 | Yugoslavia | 14–10 | West Germany | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Pietro Di Stefano (ITA) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Pietro Di Stefano (ITA) |||
| 30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) 20:15 | Lušiċ, Milanović 4 | Goals | Otto 3 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Pietro Di Stefano (ITA) |

### Bronze medal match

| 1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 16:00 | Soviet Union | 14–13 | West Germany | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA) |
| Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA) |||
| 1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 16:00 | Mshvenieradze 4 | Goals | Theismann 4 | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: Fred van Dorp (NED), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA) |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Roland Feldhoffer | 90 kg | 150.0 | 10 | 200.0 | 4 | 350.0 | 7 |
| Peter Immesberger | 100 kg | 175.0 | 4 | 220.0 | 3 | 395.0 | |
| Maik Nill | 100 kg | 167.5 | 8 | 202.5 | 10 | 370.0 | 10 |
| Eduard Ohlinger | 110 kg | 175.0 | 8 | NM | NM | DNF | DNF |
| Frank Seipelt | 110 kg | 170.0 | 11 | 217.5 | 7 | 387.5 | 8 |
| Manfred Nerlinger | +110 kg | 190.0 | 2 | 240.0 | 2 | 430.0 | |
| Martin Zawieja | +110 kg | 182.5 | 3 | 232.5 | 3 | 415.0 | |

## Wrestling
### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Markus Scherer | 48 kg | Simkhah (IRI) W 10–5 | Tsenov (BUL) L 3–15 | Yang (CHN) W 13–4 | Maenza (ITA) L 1–15 | Did not advance | — | 3 | Al-Faraj (SYR) L 6–16 | 6 |
| Rifat Yildiz | 57 kg | Chaambi (TUN) W 12–0 | Mena (PAN) W 16–0 | Sike (HUN) L passivity | Yang (CHN) L 5–8 | Did not advance | — | 4 | Shestakov (URS) L walkover | 8 |
| Peter Behl | 62 kg | Fernández (ESP) W 15–0 | Dietsche (SUI) L passivity | Şahin (TUR) W passivity | Bódi (HUN) L 1–10 | — | 3 | Anderson (USA) W 5–1 | 5 |
| Claudio Passarelli | 68 kg | Abrial (FRA) W 7–0 | Zhao (CHN) W 8–1 | Sabo (YUG) L 3–4 | Kim (KOR) L passivity | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roger Gössner | 82 kg | Komáromi (HUN) L passivity | N'Gom (SEN) W fall | Kleven (NOR) W passivity | Fredriksson (SWE) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andreas Steinbach | 90 kg | Cox (CAN) W 16–0 | Bye | Youmbi (CMR) W passivity | Foy (USA) W 15–5 | Koskela (FIN) L 1–2 | Popov (URS) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Pitschmann (AUT) W passivity | 5 |
| Gerhard Himmel | 100 kg | Claeson (SWE) W passivity | Sarr (SEN) W fall | Gáspár (HUN) W injury | Bye | Yu (KOR) W 7–0 | Georgiev (BUL) W passivity | — | 1 | Wroński (POL) L 1–3 | |
| Fritz Gerdsmeier | 130 kg | Klauz (HUN) L passivity | Johansson (SWE) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Reiner Heugabel | 48 kg | Sükhbaatar (MGL) W fall | Liang (CHN) W fall | Kumar (IND) W 12–0 | Karamchakov (URS) W passivity | Anger (GDR) W passivity | Tsonov (BUL) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Şükrüoğlu (TUR) W passivity | 5 |
| Herbert Tutsch | 52 kg | Nasir (AFG) L 3–7 | Sharif (JOR) W fall | Bye | Bíró (HUN) L fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jürgen Scheibe | 57 kg | Beloglazov (URS) L 1–4 | Ogden (GBR) W 14–3 | Holmes (CAN) L 6–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jörg Helmdach | 62 kg | Kim (KOR) W 8–4 | Rincón (COL) W 4–0 | Küng (SUI) W 6–0 | Sargsyan (URS) L 2–7 | Bye | Fallah (IRI) L 0–5 | Did not advance | 3 | Enkhee (MGL) W 5–4 | 5 |
| Alexander Leipold | 68 kg | Satyawan (IND) W 11–1 | Kubiak (POL) W 3–2 | Carr (USA) L 3–11 | Amaraa (MGL) W 5–3 | McKay (CAN) L 7–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 4 | Yassenov (BUL) W 14–10 | 7 |
| Reiner Trik | 82 kg | Radomski (POL) W 12–9 | Schultz (USA) L 1–16 | Gençalp (TUR) L 0–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bodo Lukowski | 90 kg | Tupchi (IRI) L 2–3 | Nieć (POL) W passivity | Alabakov (BUL) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wilfried Colling | 100 kg | Karadushev (BUL) L 0–2 | Pușcașu (ROU) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ralf Bremmer | 130 kg | Obata (JPN) L 4–8 | Luberda (TCH) W fall | Gobejishvili (URS) L passivity | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 4 | Sandurski (POL) L 5–7 | 8 |