East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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East Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of the German Democratic RepublicFlag bearers
IOC code  GDR
NOC Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Ostdeutschland
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 259 (157 men, 102 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ulf Timmermann
Medals
Rank: 2
Gold
37
Silver
35
Bronze
30
Total
102
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
Winter Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

*With FRG as the Unified Team of Germany

Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)

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.[1]

Contents

[edit] Medalists

East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold medals and 102 medals overall.

[edit] Med 1.png Gold

[edit] Med 2.png Silver

[edit] Med 3.png Bronze


[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Hansjörg Kunze
    1. Heat — 13:44.34
    2. Semi Final — 13:23.04
    3. Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Marathon

  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:08.13
  • Semi Final — 3:00.60
  • Final — 3:01.13 (→ 4th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  1. Heat — 8:36.45
  2. Semi Final — 8:16.27
  3. Final — 8:19.82 (→ 10th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 79.16m
  • Final — 81.30m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 78.22m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 77.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 64.70m
  • Final – 68.82m (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Heat – 21.27m
  • Final – 22.47m (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat – 20.97m
  • Final – 21.40m (→ 4th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 78.16m
  • Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 78.12m
  • Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.25s
  2. Long Jump — 7.43m
  3. Shot Put — 15.48m
  4. High Jump — 2.27m
  5. 400 metres — 48.90s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.13s
  7. Discus Throw — 49.28m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.70m
  9. Javelin Throw — 61.32m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s
  1. 100 metres — 10.87s
  2. Long Jump — 7.45m
  3. Shot Put — 14.97m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 47.71s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.46s
  7. Discus Throw — 44.36m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.10m
  9. Javelin Throw — 61.76m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s
  1. 100 metres — 11.57s
  2. Long Jump — 7.00m
  3. Shot Put — 15.60m
  4. High Jump — 1.94m
  5. 400 metres — 49.84s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.04s
  7. Discus Throw — 46.66m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
  9. Javelin Throw — 60.20m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver Silver Medal
  • Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal
  • Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — 42.92
  • Semi Final — 42.23
  • Final — 42.09 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Women's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.37
  • Final — 3:18.29 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification – 67.12m
  • Final – 72.30m (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Qualification – 65.40m
  • Final – 71.88m (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 66.88m
  • Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 67.06m
  • Final – 74.68m (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Qualification – 66.86m
  • Final – 67.30m (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification – 63.64m
  • Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 20.18m
  • Final – 21.07m (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 19.79m
  • Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification – 20.06m
  • Final – 20.20m (→ 6th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6897 points (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Final Result — 6858 points (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Final Result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Women's Individual Road Race

[edit] Diving

[edit] Fencing

Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.[2]

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Handball

[edit] Judo

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Steffen Zesner
    1. Heat – 50.73
    2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Uwe Dassler
    1. Heat – 3:49.90
    2. Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Uwe Dassler
    1. Heat – 15:08.91
    2. Final – 15:06.15 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Dirk Richter
    1. Heat – 56.52
    2. B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Dirk Richter
    1. Heat – 2:01.54
    2. Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Patrick Kühl
    1. Heat – 2:03.77
    2. Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Patrick Kühl
    1. Heat – 4:18.60
    2. Final – 4:18.44 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 25.85
    2. B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 55.80
    2. B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Anke Möhring
    1. Heat – 4:10.64
    2. Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Astrid Strauss
    1. Heat – 8:28.07
    2. B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Anke Möhring
    1. Heat – 8:30.95
    2. Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 1:01.45
    2. Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Cornelia Sirch
    1. Heat – 1:01.63
    2. Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Cornelia Sirch
    1. Heat – 2:10.46
    2. Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Silke Hörner
    1. Heat – 1:08.35
    2. Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Annett Rex
    1. Heat – 1:10.61
    2. Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Silke Hörner
    1. Heat – 2:27.63
    2. Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Kristin Otto
    1. Heat – 1:00.40
    2. Final – 59.00 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Birte Weigang
    1. Heat – 59.97
    2. Final – 59.45 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Kathleen Nord
    1. Heat – 2:11.81
    2. Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Birte Weigang
    1. Heat – 2:11.97
    2. Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Daniela Hunger
    1. Heat – 4:44.85
    2. Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Kathleen Nord
    1. Heat – 4:42.92
    2. Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • 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

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] References

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