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West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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.

Men
Women

Athletics

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

Boxing

Canoeing

Men
Women

Cycling

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

Road

Men
Women

Track

Sprint
Time trial
Pursuit
Points race

Diving

Men
Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Individual
Pool stages
Elimination phase
Team

Football

Summary
Team roster
Group play



Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
Women

Rhythmic

Hockey

Summary

Men's tournament

Team roster
Group play





Semifinal

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Team roster
Group play



Classification 5th-8th place

5th place match

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Rowing

Men
Women

Sailing

Men
Women
Open

Shooting

Men
Women
Mixed

Swimming

Men
Women

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Table tennis

Men
Women

Tennis

Men
Women

Water polo

Summary
Team roster
* Peter Röhle
* Dirk Jacoby
* Frank Otto
* Uwe Sterzik
* Armando Fernández
* Andreas Ehrl
* Ingo Borgmann
* Rainer Osselmann
* Hagen Stamm
* Thomas Huber
* Dirk Theismann
* René Reimann
* Werner Obschernikat
* Head coach: Nicola Firuio
Group play





Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Greco-Roman
Freestyle

References