West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.

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

Archery
In West Germany's fourth archery competition, the six archers were not as successful as the German team had been four years earlier, but nevertheless qualified two individuals for the semifinals and ended up with 6th places in both the women's team and women's individual events.


 * Men


 * Women

Athletics

 * Men
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined event – Heptathlon

Canoeing

 * Men


 * Women

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

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Time trial


 * Pursuit


 * Points race

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Fencing

 * Individual
 * Pool stages


 * Elimination phase


 * Team

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.


 * Team roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Women

Hockey
Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Christian Schliemann
 * Tobias Frank
 * Horst-Ulrich Hänel
 * Carsten Fischer
 * Andreas Mollandin
 * Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper
 * Dirk Brinkmann
 * Heiner Dopp
 * Stefan Blöcher
 * Andreas Keller
 * Thomas Reck
 * Thomas Brinkmann
 * Hanns-Henning Fastrich
 * Michael Hilgers
 * Volker Fried
 * Michael Metz


 * Group play


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal match

Women's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Susi Schmid
 * Carola Hoffmann
 * Heike Gehrmann
 * Dagmar Breiken-Bremer
 * Gaby Uhlenbruck
 * Viola Grahl
 * Bettina Blumenberg
 * Gaby Appel
 * Martina Koch-Hallmen
 * Christine Ferneck
 * Silke Wehrmeister
 * Caren Jungjohann
 * Eva Hegener
 * Susie Wollschläger
 * Gabriela Schöwe


 * Group play


 * Classification 5th-8th place


 * 5th place match

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented West Germany in 1988.

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women


 * Open

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented West Germany in 1988.

Table tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Water polo
Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.


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


 * Group play


 * Semi-final


 * Bronze medal match

Wrestling

 * Greco-Roman


 * Freestyle