Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 259 competitors, 157 men and 102 women, took part in 157 events in 16 sports. The team was officially announced on 3 September 1988.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Cycling Men's team time trial 18 September Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 September Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 22 September Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September Athletics Men's shot put 23 September Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 23 September Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September Rowing Women's coxed four 24 September Rowing Women's double sculls 24 September Rowing Men's coxed four 24 September Rowing Men's single sculls 24 September Gymnastics Men's rings 24 September Shooting Skeet 24 September Cycling Men's sprint 24 September Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 24 September Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 24 September Rowing Women's single sculls 25 September Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 25 September Rowing Women's eight 25 September Rowing Men's coxless four 25 September Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 25 September Athletics Women's 800 metres 26 September Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September Cycling Men's individual road race 27 September Sailing Soling 27 September Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September Athletics Men's decathlon 29 September Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 September Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 30 September Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October Boxing Lightweight 1 October Boxing Middleweight 1 October Athletics Men's discus throw 1 October Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 20 September Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 21 September Fencing Men's foil 21 September Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 22 September Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 22 September Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 23 September Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 23 September Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September Gymnastics Men's vault 24 September Athletics Women's heptathlon 24 September Cycling Women's sprint 24 September Cycling Men's team pursuit 24 September Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 24 September Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 25 September Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 25 September Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 25 September Athletics Women's 800 metres 26 September Athletics Women's 400 metres 26 September Judo Men's 71 kg 27 September Athletics Women's long jump 29 September Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September Athletics Men's decathlon 29 September Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 30 September Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 30 September Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 30 September Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 30 September Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 1 October Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 1 October Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October Athletics Women's shot put 1 October Judo Men's +95 kg 1 October Boxing Flyweight 2 October Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 19 September Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 September Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 21 September Cycling Men's individual pursuit 22 September Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 22 September Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September Athletics Women's marathon 23 September Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 September Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September Gymnastics Men's rings 24 September Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 24 September Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 24 September Athletics Women's heptathlon 24 September Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 25 September Athletics Women's 100 metres 25 September Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 25 September Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 27 September Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 28 September Judo Men's 78 kg 28 September Athletics Women's 200 metres 29 September Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 30 September Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 1 October Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 1 October Athletics Men's 1500 metres 1 October Athletics Men's 5000 metres 1 October Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 1 October Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg 1 October
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 25 33 58Boxing 11 – 11Canoeing 11 4 15Cycling 14 3 17Diving 2 2 4Fencing 7 0 7Gymnastics 6 6 12Handball 13 0 13Judo 4 – 4Rowing 21 23 44Sailing 7 2 9Shooting 13 2 15Swimming 11 15 26Volleyball 0 12 12Weightlifting 4 – 4Wrestling 8 – 8 Total 157 102 259
Athletics
Men's competition Men's 5,000 metres Hansjörg Kunze Heat — 13:44.34 Semifinal — 13:23.04 Final — 13:15.73 (→ Bronze medal)
Men's 10,000 metres Hansjörg Kunze Heat — 28:22.09 Final — 27:39.35 (→ 6th place)
Men's marathon Jörg Peter Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Men's 4 × 400 m relay Jens Carlowitz, Michael Schimmer, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe Heat — 3:08.13 Jens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing and Thomas Schönlebe Semifinal — 3:00.60 Jens Carlowitz, Mathias Schersing, Frank Möller and Thomas Schönlebe Final — 3:01.13 (→ 4th place)
Men's 3.000 m steeplechase Hagen Melzer Heat — 8:36.45 Semifinal — 8:16.27 Final — 8:19.82 (→ 10th place)
Men's javelin throw Gerald Weiss Qualification — 79.16m Final — 81.30 m (→ 6th place) Silvio Warsönke Qualification — 78.22m (→ did not advance) Detlef Michel Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance)
Men's discus throw Jürgen Schult Qualifying heat – 64.70 m Final – 68.82m (→ Gold medal)
Men's shot put Ulf Timmermann Qualifying heat – 21.27m Final – 22.47m (→ Gold medal) Udo Beyer Qualifying heat – 20.97m Final – 21.40 m (→ 4th place)
Men's hammer throw Ralf Haber Qualifying heat — 78.16m Final — 80.44m (→ 4th place) Günther Rodehau Qualifying heat — 78.12m Final — 72.36m (→ 12th place)
Men's decathlon Christian Schenk — 8488 points (→ Gold medal)) 100 metres — 11.25s Long jump — 7.43m Shot put — 15.48m High jump — 2.27m 400 metres — 48.90 s 110 m hurdles — 15.13s Discus throw — 49.28m Pole vault — 4.70 m Javelin throw — 61.32m 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s
Torsten Voss — 8399 points (→ Silver medal)) 100 metres — 10.87s Long jump — 7.45m Shot put — 14.97m High jump — 1.97m 400 metres — 47.71s 110 m hurdles — 14.46s Discus throw — 44.36m Pole vault — 5.10 m Javelin throw — 61.76m 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s
Uwe Freimuth — 7860 points (→ 18th place) 100 metres — 11.57s Long jump — 7.00 m Shot put — 15.60 m High jump — 1.94m 400 metres — 49.84s 110 m hurdles — 15.04s Discus throw — 46.66m Pole vault — 4.90 m Javelin throw — 60.20 m 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s
Men's 20 km walk Ronald Weigel Final — 1:20:00 (→ Silver medal) Axel Noack Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km walk Ronald Weigel Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver medal) Hartwig Gauder Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze medal) Dietmar Meisch Final — 3'46:31 (→ 9th place)
Women's competition Women's 4 × 100 m relay Silke Möller, Kerstin Behrendt, Ingrid Lange and Marlies Göhr Heat — 42.92 Semifinal — 42.23 Final — 42.09 (→ Silver medal)
Women's 4 × 400 m relay Grit Breuer, Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam, Kirsten Emmelmann and Petra Müller Heat — 3:27.37 Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam, Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch and Petra Müller Final — 3:18.29 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's marathon Katrin Dörre – 2"26:21 (→ Bronze medal) Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's discus throw Martina Hellmann Qualification – 67.12m Final – 72.30 m (→ Gold medal) Diana Gansky Qualification – 65.40 m Final – 71.88m (→ Silver medal) Gabriele Reinsch Qualification – 66.88m Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)
Women's javelin throw Petra Felke Qualification – 67.06m Final – 74.68m (→ Gold medal) Beate Koch Qualification – 66.86m Final – 67.30 m (→ Bronze medal) Silke Renk Qualification – 63.64m Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)
Women's shot put Kathrin Neimke Qualification – 20.18m Final – 21.07m (→ Silver medal) Ines Müller Qualification – 19.79m Final – 20.37m (→ 4th place) Heike Hartwig Qualification – 20.06m Final – 20.20 m (→ 6th place)
Women's heptathlon Sabine John Final result — 6897 points (→ Silver medal) Anke Behmer Final result — 6858 points (→ Bronze medal) Ines Schulz Final result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)
Boxing
Men's bantamweight (54 kg) René Breitbarth First round — defeated Magare Tshekiso (BTS), 5–0 Second round — defeated Vedat Tutuk (TUR), 5–0 Third round — lost to Jorge Julio Rocha (COL), 1–4
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, fourteen men and three women, represented East Germany in 1988.
Men's road race Olaf Ludwig — 4:32:22 (→ Gold medal) Uwe Raab Uwe Ampler
Men's team time trial Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann Jan Schur
Men's sprint Lutz Heßlich
Men's 1 km time trial Maic Malchow
Men's individual pursuit Bernd Dittert
Men's team pursuit Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Carsten Wolf Dirk Meier Uwe Preißler
Men's points race Olaf Ludwig
Women's road race Angela Ranft — 2:00:52 (→ 25th place) Petra Rossner — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's sprint Christa Rothenburger-Luding
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankJan Hempel10 m platform558.035 Q583.775Steffen Haage529.688 Q541.027
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankBrita Baldus3 m springboard464.016 Q479.197Silke Abicht10 m platform393.997 Q350.618
Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented East Germany in 1988. Udo Wagner won a silver medal in the individual foil event.
Men's foil Udo Wagner Jens Howe Aris Enkelmann
Men's team foil Aris Enkelmann, Adrian Germanus, Jens Gusek, Jens Howe, Udo Wagner
Men's épée Torsten Kühnemund Uwe Proske
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Men: 10 metre air pistol - Gernot Eder (9th place); Jens Potteck (10th place) 25 metre rapid fire pistol - Ralf Schumann (2nd place) Silver medal Roland Müller (=18th place) 50 metre pistol - Gernot Eder (5th place); Uwe Potteck (9th place) 10 metre air rifle - Andreas Wolfram (8th place) 50 metre rifle three positions - Andreas Wolfram (10th place); Olaf Heß otherwise Olaf Hess (=18th place) 50 metre rifle prone - Olaf Heß otherwise Olaf Hess (=15th place); Andreas Wolfram (=15th place) 50 metre running target - Thomas Pfeffer (7th place); Mike Herrmann (=15th place)
Open: Trap - Jörg Damme (=15th place) Skeet - Axel Wegner - (1st place) Gold medal Jürgen Raabe (6th place); Bernhard Hochwald (=11th place)
Women: 10 metre air pistol - Anke Völker (5th place) 25 metre pistol - Anke Völker (=24th place) 10 metre air rifle - Katja Klepp (37th place) 50 metre rifle three positions - Katja Klepp (4th place)
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle Steffen Zesner Heat – 50.73 Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking) Sven Lodziewski Heat – 50.77 B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)
Men's 200 m freestyle Steffen Zesner Heat – 1:49.13 Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place) Thomas Flemming Heat – 1:49.52 B-Final – 1:50.18 (→ 10th place)
Men's 400 m freestyle Uwe Dassler Heat – 3:49.90 Final – 3:46.95 (→ Gold medal) Jörg Hoffmann