East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988.
Men's road race
Olaf Ludwig — 4:32:22 (→ Gold medal)
Uwe Raab
Uwe Ampler
Men's team time trial
Uwe Ampler
Mario Kummer
Maik Landsmann
Jan Schur
Men's sprint
Lutz Heßlich
Men's 1 km time trial
Maic Malchow
Men's individual pursuit
Bernd Dittert
Men's team pursuit
Steffen Blochwitz
Roland Hennig
Carsten Wolf
Dirk Meier
Uwe Preißler
Men's points race
Olaf Ludwig
Women's road race
Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place)
Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's sprint
Christa Rothenburger-Luding
Diving
Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.
Men's foil
Udo Wagner
Jens Howe
Aris Enkelmann
Men's team foil
Aris Enkelmann, Adrian Germanus, Jens Gusek, Jens Howe, Udo Wagner
Men's épée
Torsten Kühnemund
Uwe Proske
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle
Steffen Zesner
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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Germany, East
1988
Summer Olympics
1988 in German sport