East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
East Germany at the Flag bearer | Ulf Timmermann | |
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Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Athletes from East Germany (
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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
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
- 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
Men's shot put
- Ulf Timmermann
- 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
- Axel Noack
- Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km walk
- Ronald Weigel
- Hartwig Gauder
- Dietmar Meisch
- Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)
Women's competition
Women's 4 × 100 m relay
Women's 4 × 400 m relay
Women's marathon
- Bronze medal)
- Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's discus throw
- Martina Hellmann
- Diana Gansky
- Gabriele Reinsch
- Qualification – 66.88m
- Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)
Women's javelin throw
- Petra Felke
- Beate Koch
- Silke Renk
- Qualification – 63.64m
- Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)
Women's shot put
- Kathrin Neimke
- 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
- Anke Behmer
- 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.
- Olaf Ludwig — 4:32:22 (→ Gold medal)
- Uwe Raab
- Uwe Ampler
- Men's 1 km time trial
- Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place)
- Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)
- 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.[4]
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
- Jörg Hoffmann
- Heat – 3:53.78
- B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
- Uwe Dassler
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
Women's 50 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Kristin Otto
- Manuela Stellmach
- Heat – 56.14
- Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200 m freestyle
Women's 400 m freestyle
Women's 800 m freestyle
- Astrid Strauss
- Anke Möhring
- Heat – 8:30.95
- Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m backstroke
Women's 200 m backstroke
Women's 100 m breaststroke
- Silke Hörner
- Annett Rex
- Heat – 1:10.61
- Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
- Silke Hörner
- Susanne Boernike
- Heat – 2:30.71
- B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)
Women's 100 m butterfly
Women's 200 m butterfly
Women's 200 m individual medley
Women's 400 m individual medley
- Daniela Hunger
- 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
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
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
- Head coach: Siegfried Köhler
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "East Germany at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Das DDR-Aufgebot für den Medaillenkampf" [The GDR squad for the medal fight]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 44, no. 209. 3 September 1988. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- ^ "East Germany Fencing at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.