Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul

Seoul

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, South Korea

South Korea

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. Following German reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

 in 1990, a single German team

Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time the European nation participated after German reunification in 1990...

 would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

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

Gold

• Ulf Timmermann
  Ulf Timmermann
  Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres ....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Christian Schenk
  Christian Schenk
  Christian Schenk won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.Schenk also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Sigrun Wodars
  Sigrun Wodars
  Sigrun Grau is an East German former middle distance athlete, who was born Sigrun Ludwigs in Neu-Kaliß. She started out as a 400 m runner in Schwerin, and proved successful in this event in junior meets...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Martina Hellmann
  Martina Hellmann
  Martina Hellmann, née Opitz , is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.Hellmann was sixteen years old when she...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Petra Felke
  Petra Felke
  Petra Meier, nee Felke is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow was a boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Henry Maske
  Henry Maske
  Henry Maske is a German boxer, one of Germany's most popular sports figures.-Amateur career:Maske was an Olympic Gold Medalist 1988 in Seoul for East Germany...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Olaf Heukrodt
  Olaf Heukrodt
  Olaf Heukrodt is an East German-German canoer who from the late 1970s to the early 1990s....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
• Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
   and Anke Nothnagel
  Anke Nothnagel
  Anke Von Seck-Nothnagel is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
• Heike Singer
  Heike Singer
  Heike Singer is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid late 1980s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  , Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
  , Anke Nothnagel
  Anke Nothnagel
  Anke Von Seck-Nothnagel is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
  , and Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
• Lutz Heßlich
  Lutz Heßlich
  Lutz Heßlich is a racing cyclist from East Germany.He competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event where he finished in first place...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
• Olaf Ludwig
  Olaf Ludwig
  Olaf Ludwig is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Jan Schur, Uwe Ampler
  Uwe Ampler
  Uwe Ampler is a retired track and road cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann. His father, Klaus Ampler, was...
  
  , Mario Kummer
  Mario Kummer
  Mario Kummer is a retired track and road racing cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann...
  
  , and Maik Landsmann
  Maik Landsmann
  Maik Landsmann is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial , alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Mario Kummer. A year later he won the world title in...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial
• Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt is a German gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Holger Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in rings, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.-World championships:Behrend...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single scull. He was born in Eisleben....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Roland Schröder
  Roland Schröder
  Roland Schröder is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...
  
  , Ralf Brudel
  Ralf Brudel
  Ralf Brudel is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was a member of the East Germany national team. In 1990 he tried to settle in Austria, but after the reunification of Germany he came back to Potsdam where he qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics of...
  
  , Olaf Förster
  Olaf Förster
  Olaf Förster is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-External links:*...
  
  , and Thomas Greiner
  Thomas Greiner
  Thomas Greiner is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1988 Summer Olympics.He was born in Dresden.In 1988 he was a crew member of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the coxless fours event....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Hendrik Reiher
  Hendrik Reiher
  Hendrik Reiher is a German rowing cox. He competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won medals at several Summer Olympics as well as at international rowing competitions.-External links:* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Karsten Schmeling
  Karsten Schmeling
  Karsten Schmeling is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. - References :...
  
  , Bernd Eichwurzel
  Bernd Eichwurzel
  Bernd Eichwurzel is a rower who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
  , Frank Klawonn
  Frank Klawonn
  Frank Klawonn is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
  , and Bernd Niesecke
  Bernd Niesecke
  Bernd Niesecke is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Jutta Behrendt
  Jutta Behrendt
  Jutta Behrendt is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion....
  
   — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
• Birgit Peter
  Birgit Peter
  Birgit Peter is a German rower, and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.-Career:Peter competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo, and she won medals at various international rowing competitions....
  
   and Martina Schröter
  Martina Schröter
  Martina Schröter is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
• Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions. Also she won the Thomas Keller Medal.- References :...
  
  , Kerstin Förster
  Kerstin Förster
  Kerstin Förster is a German rower. She is married to Olaf Förster who also won a Gold medal at the rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Kristina Mundt
  Kristina Mundt
  Kristina Mundt is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Beate Schramm
  Beate Schramm
  Beate Schramm is a German rower and Olympic gold medalist.-Swimming career:Schramm competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She twice won the world championships, and won the Olympic gold with her team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
• Birte Siech
  Birte Siech
  Birte Siech is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Martina Walther
  Martina Walther
  Martina Walther is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Gerlinde Doberschütz
  Gerlinde Doberschütz
  Gerlinde Doberschütz is a German rower.Her husband Jens was also a successful rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Carola Hornig
  Carola Hornig
  Carola Hornig is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Sylvia Rose
  Sylvia Rose
  Sylvia Rose is a German rowing coxswain.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
• Ute Wagner-Stange, Ute Wild
  Ute Wild
  Ute Wild is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
  , Judith Zeidler
  Judith Zeidler
  Judith Ungemach née Zeidler is a German world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.-Early life and education:Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg in 1968...
  
  , Daniela Neunast
  Daniela Neunast
  Daniela Neunast is a German rower, and Olympic gold and bronze medalist in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Games, respectively. She is 5'2" and 99 lbs...
  
  , Beatrix Schröer
  Beatrix Schröer
  Beatrix Schröer is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Annegret Strauch
  Annegret Strauch
  Annegret Strauch is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Ramona Balthasar
  Ramona Balthasar
  Ramona Balthasar is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
  , Kathrin Haacker
  Kathrin Haacker
  Kathrin Haacker is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
   and Anja Kluge
  Anja Kluge
  Anja Kluge is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Eights
• Axel Wegner
  Axel Wegner
  Axel Wegner is a German sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
• Uwe Dassler — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
• Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
• Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
• Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
• Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
• Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
  , Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
  , Katrin Meissner, and Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
• Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  , Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
  , Katrin Meissner, and Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Joachim Kunz
  Joachim Kunz
  Joachim Kunz is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stollberg....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)
• Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Bernd Jäkel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...
  
  , Bernd Jäkel
  Bernd Jäkel
  Bernd Jäkel is a German sailor and Olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Thomas Flach at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...
  
  , and Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class....
  
   — Sailing, Men's Soling

Silver

• Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
• Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Torsten Voss
  Torsten Voss
  Torsten Voss is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Petra Müller — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
• Christine Wachtel
  Christine Wachtel
  Christine Wachtel , is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
• Gloria Siebert
  Gloria Siebert
  Gloria Siebert, née Kovarik, divorced Uibel is a retired East German hurdler.She won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
• Silke Möller
  Silke Möller
  Silke Möller, née Gladisch is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985...
  
  , Kerstin Behrendt
  Kerstin Behrendt
  Kerstin Behrendt is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres during her career....
  
  , Marlies Göhr
  Marlies Göhr
  Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...
  
  , and Ingrid Lange
  Ingrid Auerswald
  Ingrid Lange, née Brestrich, divorced Auerswald is a retired German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
  
  — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
• Heike Drechsler
  Heike Drechsler
  Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Diana Gansky
  Diana Gansky
  Diana Gansky, née Sachse , is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and was one of the world's best discus throwers. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 European champion...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Sabine John
  Sabine John
  Sabine John, née Mobius, divorced Paetz is a retired East German heptathlete.She won the silver medals at the 1982 European Championships and the 1983 World Championships, both times behind Ramona Neubert...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
• Andreas Tews
  Andreas Tews
  Andreas Tews was a German amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Andreas Stähle
  Andreas Stähle
  Andreas Stähle is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. He won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a silver in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Jörg Schmidt
  Jörg Schmidt
  Jörg Schmidt is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
• Olaf Heukrodt
  Olaf Heukrodt
  Olaf Heukrodt is an East German-German canoer who from the late 1970s to the early 1990s....
  
   and Ingo Spelly
  Ingo Spelly
  Ingo Spelly is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
• Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Carsten Wolf
  Carsten Wolf
  Carsten Wolf is an East German racing cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung Dynamo.He won the silver medal at the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.- References :...
  
  , Steffen Blochwitz, Roland Hennig, and Dirk Meier — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
• Christa Rothenburger — Cycling, Women's Sprint
• Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Sylvio Kroll — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
• Ralf Büchner, Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt is a German gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Holger Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in rings, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.-World championships:Behrend...
  
  , Ulf Hoffmann
  Ulf Hoffmann
  Ulf Hoffmann is a German/East German gymnast who won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo....
  
  , Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, and Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker is a former German gymnast who had a long and successful career. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
• Dagmar Kersten
  Dagmar Kersten
  Dagmar Kersten is a former East German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She is an Olympic medalist and has won many international competitions...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
• Sven Loll
  Sven Loll
  Sven Loll is a retired male judoka from Germany, who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Lightweight division after being defeated in the final by France's Marc Alexandre.-References:*...
  
   — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
• Henry Stöhr
  Henry Stöhr
  Henry Stöhr is an East German judoka, who competed for the SC Dynamo Hoppegarten/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.He was born in Reichenbach.Stöhr won medals at international competitions included over 15 national titles....
  
   — Judo, Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)
• Mario Streit
  Mario Streit
  Mario Streit is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- External links :**...
  
  , and René Rensch
  René Rensch
  René Rensch is a German rowing cox.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....
  
   — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in a time of 1:59.60....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
• Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl is a former medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
• Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  , Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , and Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
• Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• Astrid Strauss
  Astrid Strauss
  Astrid Strauss or, rarely, Strauß is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
• Katrin Zimmermann
  Katrin Zimmermann
  Katrin Zimmermann is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
• Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
• Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
• Ingo Steinhöfel
  Ingo Steinhöfel
  Ingo Steinhöfel , is a former German weightlifter who competed at five Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the Middleweight class at the 1988 Olympics....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Bronze

• Jens-Peter Herold
  Jens-Peter Herold
  Jens-Peter Herold is a retired German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over 1500 metres...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres
• Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner.His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
• Hartwig Gauder
  Hartwig Gauder
  Hartwig Gauder is a former German race walker.-Biography:In 1996 Gauda started suffering from a virus infection of his heart. After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant. He has subsequently taken part in the New York Marathon several times...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Heike Drechsler
  Heike Drechsler
  Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Heike Drechsler
  Heike Drechsler
  Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Kathrin Dörre — Athletics, Women's Marathon
• Ellen Fiedler
  Ellen Fiedler
  Ellen Fiedler, is a German hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in a career best time of 53.63 seconds...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles
• Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer, née Rübsam is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 European Championships she finished sixth in the 400 metres, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch...
  
  , Sabine Busch
  Sabine Busch
  Sabine Busch is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She was born in Erfurt.At the 1982 European Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten...
  
  , Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon , is a former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4x400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third...
  
  , and Petra Müller — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
• Beate Koch
  Beate Koch
  Beate Koch is a former German athlete who competed mainly in the women's javelin throw event during her career. She competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the bronze medal in the women's javelin throw competition.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Anke Behmer
  Anke Behmer
  Anke Behmer, née Vater is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
• André Wohllebe
  André Wohllebe
  André Wohllebe is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
• André Wohllebe
  André Wohllebe
  André Wohllebe is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
  , Hans-Jörg Bliesener
  Hans-Jörg Bliesener
  Hans-Jörg Bliesener is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  , Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
  , and Andreas Stähle
  Andreas Stähle
  Andreas Stähle is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. He won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a silver in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
• Bernd Dittert
  Bernd Dittert
  Bernd Dittert is a retired racing cyclist from East Germany, who won the bronze medal for his native country in the men's 4,000m individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he captured the gold medal in the men's team time trial , alongside Michael Rich,...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
• Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt
  Holger Behrendt is a German gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Holger Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in rings, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.-World championships:Behrend...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Sven Tippelt — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Sven Tippelt — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Ulrike Klotz
  Ulrike Klotz
  Ulrike Klotz is a former gymnast who competed for East Germany. She won a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Montreal 1985 Worlds and also won team bronze, a feat the GDR team repeated at the World Championships in 1987 and at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in 1988...
  
  , Bettina Schieferdecker, Dörte Thümmler-Pawlak, Gabriele Fähnrich, Martina Jentsch, and Dagmar Kersten
  Dagmar Kersten
  Dagmar Kersten is a former East German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She is an Olympic medalist and has won many international competitions...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
• Torsten Bréchôt
  Torsten Bréchôt
  Torsten Bréchôt is a retired male judoka from Germany, who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
   — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
• Steffen Zühlke
  Steffen Zühlke
  Steffen Zühlke is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Steffen Bogs
  Steffen Bogs
  Steffen Bogs is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Heiko Habermann
  Heiko Habermann
  Heiko Habermann is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Jens Köppen
  Jens Köppen
  Jens Köppen is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
• Uwe Dassler — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  , Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk...
  
  , and Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
• Katrin Meissner — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle
• Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
• Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was named Swimming World's European Swimmers of the Year in 1989.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
• Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
• Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
• Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
• Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)
• Andreas Schröder — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

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Men's Competition

Men's 5,000 metres

• Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner.His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea...
  
  
  1. Heat — 13:44.34
  2. Semi Final — 13:23.04
  3. Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze
  Hansjörg Kunze is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner.His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea...
  
  
  1. Heat — 28:22.09
  2. Final — 27:39.35 (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

• Jörg Peter
  Jörg Peter
  Jörg Peter is a former German long-distance runner and holder of the current German records over the marathon distance. Peter won in 1978 at the 3000 m. run...
  
  
• Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona...
  
  , Michael Schimmer, Mathias Schersing, and Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome...
  
  
• Heat — 3:08.13
• Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona...
  
  , Frank Möller
  Frank Möller (athlete)
  Frank Möller is a retired East German sprinter.He finished fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1988 Olympic Games, with teammates Jens Carlowitz, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe.-References:...
  
  , Mathias Schersing, and Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome...
  
  
• Semi Final — 3:00.60
• Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz
  Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona...
  
  , Mathias Schersing, Frank Möller
  Frank Möller (athlete)
  Frank Möller is a retired East German sprinter.He finished fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1988 Olympic Games, with teammates Jens Carlowitz, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe.-References:...
  
  , and Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome...
  
  
• Final — 3:01.13 (→ 4th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Hagen Melzer
  Hagen Melzer
  Hagen Melzer is a former German middle and long distance runner who specialized in the 3000 m steeplechase....
  
  

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

Men's Javelin Throw

• Gerald Weiss
• Qualification — 79.16m
• Final — 81.30m (→ 6th place)

• Silvio Warsönke
• Qualification — 78.22m (→ did not advance)

• Detlef Michel
  Detlef Michel
  Detlef Michel, born in Berlin, is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw...
  
  
• Qualification — 77.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat – 64.70m
• Final – 68.82m (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Shot Put

• Ulf Timmermann
  Ulf Timmermann
  Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres ....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat – 21.27m
• Final – 22.47m (→ Gold Medal)

• Udo Beyer
  Udo Beyer
  Udo Beyer is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put.- Life :Beyer is the oldest of the six children of heating mechanic Hans-Georg Beyer and his wife Eva-Marie and was born in Stalinstadt, today Eisenhüttenstadt. He grew up in Breslack, , and in Eisenhüttenstadt...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat – 20.97m
• Final – 21.40m (→ 4th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Ralf Haber
  Ralf Haber
  Ralf Haber is a retired East German hammer thrower.His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens. This is the current German record. -Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 78.16m
• Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place)

• Günther Rodehau
  Günther Rodehau
  Gerhard Günther Rodehau is a retired East German hammer thrower.Rodehau represented the sports club SC Einheit Dresden, and became East German champion in 1986 and 1990....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 78.12m
• Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Christian Schenk
  Christian Schenk
  Christian Schenk won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.Schenk also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo...
  
   — 8488 points (→ Gold Medal))

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

• Torsten Voss
  Torsten Voss
  Torsten Voss is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s....
  
   — 8399 points (→ Silver Medal))

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

• Uwe Freimuth
  Uwe Freimuth
  Uwe Freimuth is a retired decathlete from East Germany, who finished in eighth place with 7860 points at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He is still the No. 8 in the world ranking list of all times. His personal best is 8 792 Points...
  
   — 7860 points (→ 18th place)

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

• Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...
  
  
• Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver Medal)

• Axel Noack
  Axel Noack
  Axel Noack is a German former race walker. On 21 June 1987 in Chemnitz he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...
  
  
• Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver Medal

• Hartwig Gauder
  Hartwig Gauder
  Hartwig Gauder is a former German race walker.-Biography:In 1996 Gauda started suffering from a virus infection of his heart. After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant. He has subsequently taken part in the New York Marathon several times...
  
  
• Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze Medal

• Dietmar Meisch
  Dietmar Meisch
  Dietmar Meisch is a retired East German race walker.He won the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finished twentieth at the 1980 Olympic Games and ninth at the 1988 Olympic Games. Meisch represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 50 km in...
  
  
• Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 4x100m Relay

• Silke Möller
  Silke Möller
  Silke Möller, née Gladisch is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985...
  
  , Kerstin Behrendt
  Kerstin Behrendt
  Kerstin Behrendt is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres during her career....
  
  , Ingrid Lange
  Ingrid Auerswald
  Ingrid Lange, née Brestrich, divorced Auerswald is a retired German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
  
  , and Marlies Göhr
  Marlies Göhr
  Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...
  
  
• Heat — 42.92
• Semi Final — 42.23
• Final — 42.09 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
  
  , Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer, née Rübsam is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 European Championships she finished sixth in the 400 metres, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch...
  
  , Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon , is a former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4x400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third...
  
  , and Petra Müller
• Heat — 3:27.37
• Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam
  Dagmar Neubauer, née Rübsam is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 European Championships she finished sixth in the 400 metres, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch...
  
  , Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann
  Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon , is a former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4x400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third...
  
  , Sabine Busch
  Sabine Busch
  Sabine Busch is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She was born in Erfurt.At the 1982 European Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten...
  
  , and Petra Müller
• Final — 3:18.29 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Marathon

• Katrin Dörre
  Katrin Dörre
  Katrin Dörre-Heinig is a former athlete from Germany, who competed mainly in the marathon...
  
   – 2"26:21 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

• Martina Hellmann
  Martina Hellmann
  Martina Hellmann, née Opitz , is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.Hellmann was sixteen years old when she...
  
  
• Qualification – 67.12m
• Final – 72.30m (→ Gold Medal)

• Diana Gansky
  Diana Gansky
  Diana Gansky, née Sachse , is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and was one of the world's best discus throwers. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 European champion...
  
  
• Qualification – 65.40m
• Final – 71.88m (→ Silver Medal)

• Gabriele Reinsch
  Gabriele Reinsch
  Gabriele Reinsch is a German track and field athlete. She represented East Germany in the Olympic games in the discus throw....
  
  
• Qualification – 66.88m
• Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Petra Felke
  Petra Felke
  Petra Meier, nee Felke is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany....
  
  
• Qualification – 67.06m
• Final – 74.68m (→ Gold Medal)

• Beate Koch
  Beate Koch
  Beate Koch is a former German athlete who competed mainly in the women's javelin throw event during her career. She competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the bronze medal in the women's javelin throw competition.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification – 66.86m
• Final – 67.30m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Silke Renk
  Silke Renk
  Silke Renk is a retired javelin thrower from Germany.She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Qualification – 63.64m
• Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...
  
  
• Qualification – 20.18m
• Final – 21.07m (→ Silver Medal)

• Ines Müller
  Ines Müller
  Ines Müller, née Reichenbach , is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the shot put during the 1980s...
  
  
• Qualification – 19.79m
• Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place)

• Heike Hartwig
  Heike Hartwig
  Heike Hartwig is a retired East German shot putter.She represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German championships in 1987, 1989 and 1990....
  
  
• Qualification – 20.06m
• Final – 20.20m (→ 6th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Sabine John
  Sabine John
  Sabine John, née Mobius, divorced Paetz is a retired East German heptathlete.She won the silver medals at the 1982 European Championships and the 1983 World Championships, both times behind Ramona Neubert...
  
  
• Final Result — 6897 points (→ Silver Medal)

• Anke Behmer
  Anke Behmer
  Anke Behmer, née Vater is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon....
  
  
• Final Result — 6858 points (→ Bronze Medal)

• Ines Schulz
• Final Result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• René Breitbarth
  René Breitbarth
  Rene Breitbarth was a boxer from East Germany who won a Light Flyweight gold medal at the 1985 European Amateur Championships. In 1986, he won the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.-References:*...
  
  
  1. First Round — Defeated Magare Tshekiso (BTS), 5:0
  2. Second Round — Defeated Vedat Tutuk (TUR), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Lost to Jorge Julio Rocha
     Jorge Julio Rocha
     Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha is a former Colombian bantamweight boxer best known to win the WBA and later the WBO title as a pro.-Amateur:...
     
      (COL), 1:4

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Olaf Ludwig
  Olaf Ludwig
  Olaf Ludwig is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team...
  
   — 4:32:22 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place)
• Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner

Udo Wagner

Udo Wagner is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 won a silver medal in the individual foil event.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 20 to 21 1988. 68 fencers from 29 nations competed.-Results:...

• Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Jens Howe
  Jens Howe
  Jens Howe is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Aris Enkelmann
  Aris Enkelmann
  Aris Enkelmann is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 26 to 27, 1988...

• Aris Enkelmann
  Aris Enkelmann
  Aris Enkelmann is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Adrian Germanus
  Adrian Germanus
  Adrian Germanus is a German fencer. He competed in the team foil events for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jens Gusek
  Jens Gusek
  Jens Gusek is a German fencer. He competed in the team foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jens Howe
  Jens Howe
  Jens Howe is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner
  Udo Wagner is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 23 to 24 1988. 79 fencers from 33 nations competed.-Results:...

• Torsten Kühnemund
  Torsten Kühnemund
  Torsten Kühnemund is a German fencer. He competed in the individual épée event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Uwe Proske
  Uwe Proske
  Uwe Proske is a German fencer.He competed in the individual épée event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team épée event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  
  

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
  1. Heat – 50.73
  2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

• Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  
  1. Heat – 50.77
  2. B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:49.13
  2. Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place)

• Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:49.52
  2. B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

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

• Jörg Hoffmann
  Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
  Jörg Hoffmann is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
  1. Heat – 3:53.78
  2. B-Final – 3:52.13 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

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

• Jörg Hoffmann
  Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
  Jörg Hoffmann is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
  1. Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in a time of 1:59.60....
  
  
  1. Heat – 56.45
  2. Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place)

• Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat – 56.52
  2. B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch
  Frank Baltrusch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in a time of 1:59.60....
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:01.49
  2. Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver Medal)

• Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:01.54
  2. Final – 2:01.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Christian Poswiat
  1. Heat – 1:02.99
  2. Final – 1:03.43 (→ 8th place)

• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 1:04.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Christian Poswiat
  1. Heat – 2:20.99 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl is a former medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:03.77
  2. Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver Medal)

• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 2:04.03
  2. Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl
  Patrick Kühl is a former medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:18.60
  2. Final – 4:18.44 (→ 5th place)

• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 2:04.03
  2. Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter
  Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...
  
  , Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk...
  
  , and Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
  1. Heat – 3:20.47
  2. Final – 3:19.82 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Uwe Dassler, Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg
  Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk...
  
  , Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , and Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  
  1. Heat – 7:16.61
• Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski
  Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming
  Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  , and Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
  1. Final – 7:13.68 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  
  1. Heat – 25.85
  2. B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold Medal)

• Katrin Meissner
  1. Heat – 25.77
  2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  
  1. Heat – 55.80
  2. B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold Medal)

• Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
  
  1. Heat – 56.14
  2. Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:59.02
  2. B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold Medal)

• Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:00.30
  2. Final – 1:59.01 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:11.30
  2. B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver Medal)

• Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was named Swimming World's European Swimmers of the Year in 1989.-References:*...
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:10.64
  2. Final – 4:06.62 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Astrid Strauss
  Astrid Strauss
  Astrid Strauss or, rarely, Strauß is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
  1. Heat – 8:28.07
  2. B-Final – 8:22.09 (→ Silver Medal)

• Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring
  Anke Möhring is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was named Swimming World's European Swimmers of the Year in 1989.-References:*...
  
  
  1. Heat – 8:30.95
  2. Final – 8:23.09 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:01.45
  2. Final – 1:00.89 (→ Gold Medal)

• Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke...
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:01.63
  2. Final – 1:01.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Kathrin Zimmermann
  1. Heat – 2:12.81
  2. Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver Medal)

• Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:10.46
  2. Final – 2:11.45 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:08.35
  2. Final – 1:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Annett Rex
  1. Heat – 1:10.61
  2. Final – 1:10.67 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:27.63
  2. Final – 2:26.71 (→ Gold Medal)

• Susanne Boernike
  1. Heat – 2:30.71
  2. B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:00.40
  2. Final – 59.00 (→ Gold Medal)

• Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  
  1. Heat – 59.97
  2. Final – 59.45 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:11.81
  2. Final – 2:09.51 (→ Gold Medal)

• Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:11.97
  2. Final – 2:09.91 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:16.23
  2. Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:44.85
  2. Final – 4:39.76 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord
  Kathleen Nord is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:42.92
  2. Final – 4:41.64 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Katrin Meissner, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich
  Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  , and Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
  
  1. Heat – 3:43.13
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  , Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger
  Daniela Hunger is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team...
  
  , and Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
  
  1. Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch
  Cornelia Sirch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke...
  
  , Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
  , Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  , and Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach
  Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual...
  
  
  1. Heat – 4:08.53
• Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto
  Kristin Otto is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games...
  
  , Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner
  Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records...
  
  , Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang
  Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  , and Katrin Meissner
  1. Final – 4:03.74 (→ Gold Medal)

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
• Steffi Schmidt
• Susuanne Lahme
• Monika Beu
• Ariane Radfan
• Kathrin Langschwager
• Maike Arlt
• Brit Wiedemann
• Ute Steppin
• Grit Jensen
• Dörte Stüdemann
• Heike Jensen
• Ute Langenau
• Head Coach: Siegfried Köhler