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 (â Bronze medal)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Hansjörg Kunze
- # Heat — 28:22.09
- # Final — 27:39.35 (â 6th place)
Men's marathon
Men's 4 ÃÂ 400 m relay
Men's 3.000 m steeplechase
# Heat — 8:36.45
# Semifinal — 8:16.27
# Final — 8:19.82 (â 10th place)
Men's javelin throw
- Gerald Weiss
- Qualification — 79.16m
- Final — 81.30 m (â 6th place)
- Silvio Warsönke
- Qualification — 78.22m (â did not advance)
- Detlef Michel
- Qualification — 77.70 m (â did not advance)
Men's discus throw
- Jürgen Schult
- Qualifying heat – 64.70 m
- Final – 68.82m (â Gold medal)
Men's shot put
- Ulf Timmermann
- Qualifying heat – 21.27m
- Final – 22.47m (â Gold medal)
- Udo Beyer
- Qualifying heat – 20.97m
- Final – 21.40 m (â 4th place)
Men's hammer throw
- Ralf Haber
- Qualifying heat — 78.16m
- Final — 80.44m (â 4th place)
- Günther Rodehau
- Qualifying heat — 78.12m
- Final — 72.36m (â 12th place)
Men's decathlon
# 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
# 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
# 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
Men's 50 km walk
Women's competition
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m relay
Women's 4 ÃÂ 400 m relay
Women's marathon
Women's discus throw
- Martina Hellmann
- Qualification – 67.12m
- Final – 72.30 m (â Gold medal)
- Diana Gansky
- Qualification – 65.40 m
- Final – 71.88m (â Silver medal)
- Gabriele Reinsch
- Qualification – 66.88m
- Final – 67.26m (â 7th place)
Women's javelin throw
- Petra Felke
- Qualification – 67.06m
- Final – 74.68m (â Gold medal)
- Beate Koch
- Qualification – 66.86m
- Final – 67.30 m (â Bronze medal)
- Silke Renk
- Qualification – 63.64m
- Final – 66.38m (â 5th place)
Women's shot put
- Kathrin Neimke
- Qualification – 20.18m
- Final – 21.07m (â Silver medal)
- Ines Müller
- Qualification – 19.79m
- Final – 20.37m (â 4th place)
- Heike Hartwig
- Qualification – 20.06m
- Final – 20.20 m (â 6th place)
Women's heptathlon
- Sabine John
- Final result — 6897 points (â Silver medal)
- Anke Behmer
- Final result — 6858 points (â Bronze medal)
- Ines Schulz
- Final result — 6411 points (â 6th place)
Boxing
Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988.
Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint
Diving
Men
Women
Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Men:
:Roland Müller (=18th place)
Open:
:Jürgen Raabe (6th place); Bernhard Hochwald (=11th place)
Women:
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle
- Steffen Zesner
- # Heat – 50.73
- # Final – scratched (â did not advance, no ranking)
- Sven Lodziewski
- # Heat – 50.77
- # B-Final – 51.00 (â 12th place)
Men's 200 m freestyle
- Steffen Zesner
- # Heat – 1:49.13
- # Final – 1:48.77 (â 6th place)
- Thomas Flemming
- # Heat – 1:49.52
- # B-Final – 1:50.18 (â 10th place)
Men's 400 m freestyle
- Uwe Dassler
- # Heat – 3:49.90
- # Final – 3:46.95 (â Gold medal)
- Jörg Hoffmann
- # Heat – 3:53.78
- # B-Final – 3:52.13 (â 9th place)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
- Uwe Dassler
- # Heat – 15:08.91
- # Final – 15:06.15 (â Bronze medal)
- Jörg Hoffmann
- # Heat – 15:14.13 (â did not advance, 6th place)
Men's 100 m backstroke
- Frank Baltrusch
- # Heat – 56.45
- # Final – 56.10 (â 6th place)
- Dirk Richter
- # Heat – 56.52
- # B-Final – 56.66 (â 9th place)
Men's 200 m backstroke
- Frank Baltrusch
- # Heat – 2:01.49
- # Final – 1:59.60 (â Silver medal)
- Dirk Richter
- # Heat – 2:01.54
- # Final – 2:01.67 (â 5th place)
Men's 100 m breaststroke
- Christian Poswiat
- # Heat – 1:02.99
- # Final – 1:03.43 (â 8th place)
- Raik Hannemann
- # Heat – 1:04.46 (â did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Men's 200 m individual medley
- Patrick Kühl
- # Heat – 2:03.77
- # Final – 2:01.61 (â Silver medal)
- Raik Hannemann
- # Heat – 2:04.03
- # Final – 2:04.82 (â 7th place)
Men's 400 m individual medley
- Patrick Kühl
- # Heat – 4:18.60
- # Final – 4:18.44 (â 5th place)
- Raik Hannemann
- # Heat – 2:04.03
- # Final – 2:04.82 (â 7th place)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m freestyle relay
Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m freestyle relay
<br> Women's 50 m freestyle
- Kristin Otto
- # Heat – 25.85
- # B-Final – 25.49 (â Gold medal)
- Katrin Meissner
- # Heat – 25.77
- # Final – 25.71 (â Bronze medal)
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Kristin Otto
- # Heat – 55.80
- # B-Final – 54.93 (â Gold medal)
- Manuela Stellmach
- # Heat – 56.14
- # Final – 55.52 (â 4th place)
Women's 200 m freestyle
- Heike Friedrich
- # Heat – 1:59.02
- # B-Final – 1:57.65 (â Gold medal)
- Manuela Stellmach
- # Heat – 2:00.30
- # Final – 1:59.01 (â Bronze medal)
Women's 400 m freestyle
- Heike Friedrich
- # Heat – 4:11.30
- # B-Final – 4:05.94 (â Silver medal)
- Anke Möhring
- # Heat – 4:10.64
- # Final – 4:06.62 (â Bronze medal)
Women's 800 m freestyle
- Astrid Strauss
- # Heat – 8:28.07
- # B-Final – 8:22.09 (â Silver medal)
- Anke Möhring
- # Heat – 8:30.95
- # Final – 8:23.09 (â 4th place)
Women's 100 m backstroke
- Kristin Otto
- # Heat – 1:01.45
- # Final – 1:00.89 (â Gold medal)
- Cornelia Sirch
- # Heat – 1:01.63
- # Final – 1:01.57 (â Bronze medal)
Women's 200 m backstroke
- Kathrin Zimmermann
- # Heat – 2:12.81
- # Final – 2:10.61 (â Silver medal)
- Cornelia Sirch
- # Heat – 2:10.46
- # Final – 2:11.45 (â Bronze medal)
Women's 100 m breaststroke
- Silke Hörner
- # Heat – 1:08.35
- # Final – 1:08.83 (â Bronze medal)
- Annett Rex
- # Heat – 1:10.61
- # Final – 1:10.67 (â 8th place)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
- Silke Hörner
- # Heat – 2:27.63
- # Final – 2:26.71 (â Gold medal)
- Susanne Boernike
- # Heat – 2:30.71
- # B-Final – 2:28.55 (â 9th place)
Women's 100 m butterfly
- Kristin Otto
- # Heat – 1:00.40
- # Final – 59.00 (â Gold medal)
- Birte Weigang
- # Heat – 59.97
- # Final – 59.45 (â Silver medal)
Women's 200 m butterfly
- Kathleen Nord
- # Heat – 2:11.81
- # Final – 2:09.51 (â Gold medal)
- Birte Weigang
- # Heat – 2:11.97
- # Final – 2:09.91 (â Silver medal)
Women's 200 m individual medley
- Daniela Hunger
- # Heat – 2:16.23
- # Final – 2:12.59 (â Gold medal)
Women's 400 m individual medley
- Daniela Hunger
- # Heat – 4:44.85
- # Final – 4:39.76 (â Bronze medal)
- Kathleen Nord
- # Heat – 4:42.92
- # Final – 4:41.64 (â 5th place)
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m freestyle relay
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m medley relay
Volleyball
Women's tournament
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References