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West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. West Germany had joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics four years previously. 390 competitors, 267 men and 123 women, took part in 194 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Archery

All five of the German archers posted solid scores in the nation's third Olympic archery competition, with none placing lower than 15th.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

* Heat — 45.94
* Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

* Heat — 13:46.35
* Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)
* Heat — 13:48.66
* Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

* Qualifying Heat — 28:30.28
* Final — 28:08.21 (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

* Final — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place)

Men's High Jump

* Qualification — 2.24 m
* Final — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal)
* Qualification — 2.24 m
* Final — 2.15 m (→ 10th place)
* Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

* Final — 16.77 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

* Qualification — 82.98 m
* Final — 82.46 m (→ 4th place)
* Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Shot Put

* Qualifying Round — 18.98 m
* Final — 18.31 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Discus Throw

* Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)
* Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

* Qualification — 75.50 m
* Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)
* Qualification — 74.68 m
* Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)
* Qualification — 72.88 m
* Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

* Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)
* Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

* Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition

Women's 1000 metres

* Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 1500 metres

* Heat — 4:10.64
* Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)
* Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's 3000 metres

* Heat — 8:57.53
* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

* Final — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place)

Women's High Jump

* Qualification — 1.90 m
* Final — 2.02 m (→ Gold Medal)
* Qualification — 1.90 m
* Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)
* Qualification — 1.90 m
* Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

* Qualification — 56.20 m
* Final — 58.56 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

* Qualification — 60.86 m
* Final — 63.26 m (→ 6th place)
* Qualification — 61.56 m
* Final — 62.34 m (→ 7th place)

Women's Shot Put

* Final — 20.48 m (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Heptathlon

* Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal)
* Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
* Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
*Lost to Yugoslavia (83-96)
*Lost to Italy (72-80)
*Lost to Australia (66-66)
*Defeated Egypt (85-58)
*Defeated Brazil (78-75)
  • Quarterfinals
*Lost to United States (67-78)
  • Classification Matches
*5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98)
*7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
*Christoph Komer
*Vladimir Kadlec
*Uwe Brauer
*Uwe Sauer
*Ulrich Peters
*Klaus Zander
*Michael Pappert
*Armin Sowa
*Detlef Schrempf
*Uwe Blab
*Ingo Mendel
*Christian Welp

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Stefan Gertel
  • # First Round — Bye
  • # Second Round — Lost to Louis Gomis (France), retired in the second round

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Reiner Gies
  • # First Round — Bye
  • # Second Round — Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq), 4:1
  • # Third Round — Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada), 5:0
  • # Quarterfinals — Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Helmut Gertel
  • # First Round — Bye
  • # Second Round — Lost to Jerry Page (United States), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Manfred Zielonka → Bronze Medal
  • # First Round — Bye
  • # Second Round — Defeated Ambrose Mlilo (Zimbabwe), 4:1
  • # Third Round — Defeated Gustavo Ollo (Argentina), 5:0
  • # Quarterfinals — Defeated Gnohery Sery (Ivory Coast), 5:0
  • # Semifinals — Lost to Frank Tate (United States), walkover

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Andreas Bauer
  • # First Round — Lost to Antonio Corti (Argentina), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000 m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
* Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
Women's individual road race

Diving

Men's 3 m Springboard

* Preliminary Round — 549.39
* Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)
* Preliminary Round — 533.61
* Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Field hockey

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
* Defeated Spain (3-1)
* Defeated United States (4-0)
* Lost to Australia (0-3)
* Defeated Malaysia (5-0)
* Drew with India (0-0)
  • Semi Finals
* Defeated Great Britain (1-0)
  • Final
* Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
* Tobias Frank (gk)
* Christian Bassemir (gk)
* Michael Peter
* Horst-Ulrich Hänel
* Carsten Fischer
* Markku Slawyk
* Thomas Gunst
* Volker Fried
* Eckhard Schmidt-Opper
* Joachim Hürter
* Andreas Keller
* Dirk Brinkmann
* Stefan Blöcher
* Thomas Reck
* Heiner Dopp
* Reinhard Krull
Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
* Drew with Australia (2-2)
* Defeated Canada (3-0)
* Lost to The Netherlands (2-6)
* Defeated New Zealand (1-0)
* Drew with United States (1-1) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
* Susanne Schmid (gk)
* Ursula Thielemann (gk)
* Christina Moser
* Hella Roth
* Dagmar Breiken
* Sigrid Landgraf
* Elke Drüll
* Corinna Lingnau
* Andrea Weiermann-Lietz
* Gaby Appel
* Birgit Hagen
* Birgit Hahn
* Beate Deininger
* Patricia Ott
* Martina Koch
* Gabi Schley

Football

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
* West Germany – Morocco 2 – 0
* West Germany – Brazil 0 – 1
* West Germany – Saudi Arabia 4 – 0
  • Quarter Finals
* West Germany – Yugoslavia 2 – 5
  • Team Roster:
* ( 1.) Bernd Franke
* ( 2.) Manfred Bockenfeld
* ( 3.) Roland Dickgiesser
* ( 4.) Dieter Bast
* ( 5.) Bernd Wehmeyer
* ( 6.) Guido Buchwald
* ( 7.) Jürgen Groh
* ( 8.) Rudolf Bommer
* ( 9.) Dieter Schatzschneider
* (10.) Andreas Brehme
* (11.) Frank Mill
* (12.) Walter Junghans
* (13.) Alfred Schoen
* (14.) Peter Lux
* (15.) Uwe Rahn
* (16.) Christian Schreier
* (17.) Dieter Schlindwein

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
*Jochen Fraatz
*Thomas Happe
*Arnulf Meffle
*Rüdiger Neitzel
*Michael Paul
*Dirk Rauin
*Siegfried Roch
*Michael Roth
*Ulrich Roth
*Martin Schwalb
*Uwe Schwenker
*Thomas Springel
*Andreas Thiel
*Klaus Wöller
*Erhard Wunderlich
Women's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
*Maike Becker
*Elke Blumauer
*Sabine Erbs
*Astrid Huhn
*Kerstin Jonsson
*Sabrina Koschella
*Corinna Kunze
*Roswitha Mroczynski
*Petra Platen
*Vanadis Putzke
*Silvia Schmitt
*Dagmar Stelberg
*Claudia Sturm

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.

Individual
Team
  • Achim Bellmann, Michael Rehbein, Christian Sandow

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat — 51.02
* Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place)
* Heat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat — 1:48.03
* Final — 1:47.44 (→ Gold Medal)
* Heat — 1:50.00
* Final — 1:49.69 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat — 3:53.41
* Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place)
* Heat — 3:55.26
* B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* Heat — 15:21.95
* Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Heat — 15:23.60
* Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat — 57.90
* B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
* Heat — 58.19
* B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:04.45
* Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place)
* Heat — 2:05.22
* B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 1:03.53
* Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place)
* Heat — 1:04.40
* B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
* Heat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat — 54.02
* Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)
* Heat — 55.22
* Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 1:58.72
* Final — 1:57.40 (→ Silver Medal)
* Heat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 2:06.07
* Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place)
* Heat — 2:06.41
* Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:28.10
* B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 3:24.69
* Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 7:25.29
* Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 3:49.75
* Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat — 56.85
* Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place)
* Heat — 57.31
* B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat — 2:02.42
* Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place)
* Heat — 2:03.95
* B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat — 4:17.92
* Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place)
* Heat — 4:18.94
* B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Heat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 3:46.49
* Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 4:13.58
* Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat — 1:04.02
* Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place)
* Heat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:15.69
* Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place)
* Heat — 2:19.59
* B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 2:13.26
* Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Heat — 2:15.20
* B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 2:19.17
* Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place)
* Heat — 2:20.05
* Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:52.49
* Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Lost to United States (0-3)
* Lost to China (0-3)
* Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Classification Matches
* 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0)
* 5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
* Ruth Holzhausen
* Birgitta Rühmer
* Gudrun Witte
* Beate Bühler
* Regina Vossen
* Sigrid Terstegge
* Andrea Sauvigny
* Renate Riek
* Marina Staden
* Almut Kemperdick
* Terry Place-Brandel
* Ute Hankers

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
* Defeated Australia (10-6)
* Defeated Japan (15-8)
* Defeated Italy (10-4)
  • Final Round (Group D)
* Drew with Spain (8-8)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
* Lost to United States (7-8)
* Defeated Netherlands (15-2) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
* Peter Röhle
* Thomas Loebb
* Frank Otto
* Rainer Hoppe
* Armando Fernández
* Thomas Huber
* Jürgen Schroder
* Rainer Osselmann
* Hagen Stamm
* Roland Freund
* Dirk Theismann
* Werner Obschernikat

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References