West_Germany_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics

West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


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 would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.[1]

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Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

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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.

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Women
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Athletics

Men
Track and road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women
Track and road events
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Field events
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Combined event – Heptathlon
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Boxing

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Canoeing

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Women
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Cycling

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

Road

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Women
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Track

Sprint
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Time trial
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Pursuit
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Points race
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Diving

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Women
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Equestrian

Dressage

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Eventing

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Jumping

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Fencing

Individual
Pool stages
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Elimination phase
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Team
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Football

Summary

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Group play
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Source: FIFA
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Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU)

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Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (ENG)

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Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

Quarterfinal
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

Semifinal
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Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (GBR)

Bronze medal match
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Attendance: 61,000

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
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Women
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Rhythmic

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Hockey

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Men's tournament

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Group play
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Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
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Semifinal
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Gold medal match
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Women's tournament

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Classification 5th-8th place
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5th place match
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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

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Rowing

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Women
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Sailing

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Women
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Open
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Shooting

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Women
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Mixed
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Swimming

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Women
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Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

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Table tennis

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Women
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Tennis

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Water polo

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21 September 1988 (1988-09-21)
16:30
West Germany  1311  Australia Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Luis Cillero (ESP), Robert Lee (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 3–3, 4–3
Otto 4 Goals Wybrow 4

22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
15:15
West Germany  109  France Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Antal Vuszek (HUN), Apostolos Tsantas (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–3
five players 2 Goals Garsau 3

23 September 1988 (1988-09-23)
14:00
West Germany  182  South Korea Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Robert Lee (USA), He Liangde (CHN)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–1, 6–0, 4–1
Stamm 6 Goals Song, Lee 1

26 September 1988 (1988-09-26)
09:00
West Germany  107  Italy Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Željko Klarić (YUG), Eugeni Asencio (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 2–1, 2–1
Otto, Theismann 3 Goals Ferretti 3

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:30
West Germany  98  Soviet Union Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Tom Hermstad (USA), Antal Vuszek (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–0, 4–1, 0–3
Osselmann 3 Goals Kotenko, Apanasenko 2

Semi-final
30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
20:15
Yugoslavia  1410  West Germany Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Fred van Dorp (NED), Pietro Di Stefano (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–2, 5–3
Lušiċ, Milanović 4 Goals Otto 3

Bronze medal match
1 October 1988 (1988-10-01)
16:00
Soviet Union  1413  West Germany Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
Fred van Dorp (NED), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–6, 4–4, 3–2
Mshvenieradze 4 Goals Theismann 4

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

Greco-Roman
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Freestyle
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References

  1. "West Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

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