East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Cycling	Men's team time trial	18 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	19 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	21 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	21 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	22 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	22 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's shot put	23 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	23 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	23 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Women's coxed four	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Women's double sculls	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Men's coxed four	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Men's single sculls	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Gymnastics	Men's rings	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Shooting	Skeet	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Cycling	Men's sprint	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	24 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Women's single sculls	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Women's eight	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Rowing	Men's coxless four	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	25 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's 800 metres	26 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's javelin throw	26 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Cycling	Men's individual road race	27 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Sailing	Soling	27 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's discus throw	29 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's decathlon	29 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres	30 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 metres	30 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres	1 October
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boxing	Lightweight	1 October
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boxing	Middleweight	1 October
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's discus throw	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	20 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	21 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Fencing	Men's foil	21 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 200 metre backstroke	22 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	22 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	22 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	23 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk	23 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	23 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Gymnastics	Men's vault	24 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's heptathlon	24 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Cycling	Women's sprint	24 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Cycling	Men's team pursuit	24 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	24 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Rowing	Men's coxed pair	25 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	25 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	25 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	25 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	25 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 800 metres	26 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 400 metres	26 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Judo	Men's 71 kg	27 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's long jump	29 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's discus throw	29 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's decathlon	29 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	30 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 metres	30 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 50 kilometres walk	30 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	30 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's shot put	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Judo	Men's +95 kg	1 October
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Boxing	Flyweight	2 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 400 metre individual medley	19 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	21 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	22 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	22 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	22 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's marathon	23 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	23 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	23 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Gymnastics	Men's rings	24 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	24 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	24 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's heptathlon	24 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	25 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 100 metres	25 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	25 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	25 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	25 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's javelin throw	26 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Weightlifting	Men's 110 kg	27 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	28 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Judo	Men's 78 kg	28 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 200 metres	29 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 50 kilometres walk	30 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	1 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	1 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	1 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	1 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	1 October
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg	1 October

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	25	33	58
Boxing	11	–	11
Canoeing	11	4	15
Cycling	14	3	17
Diving	2	2	4
Fencing	7	0	7
Gymnastics	6	6	12
Handball	13	0	13
Judo	4	–	4
Rowing	21	23	44
Sailing	7	2	9
Shooting	13	2	15
Swimming	11	15	26
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	8	–	8
Total	157	102	259

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 5,000 metres

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

Men's 10,000 metres

• Hansjörg Kunze
  1. Heat — 28:22.09
  2. 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

1. Heat — 8:36.45
2. Semifinal — 8:16.27
3. 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 (→ File:Med 1.png Gold medal)

Men's shot put

• Ulf Timmermann
  • Qualifying heat – 21.27m
  • Final – 22.47m (→ File:Med 1.png 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 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 — 48.90 s
6. 110 m hurdles — 15.13s
7. Discus throw — 49.28m
8. Pole vault — 4.70 m
9. Javelin throw — 61.32m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.95s

• Torsten Voss — 8399 points (→ Silver 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. 110 m hurdles — 14.46s
7. Discus throw — 44.36m
8. Pole vault — 5.10 m
9. Javelin throw — 61.76m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:33.02s

• Uwe Freimuth — 7860 points (→ 18th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.57s
2. Long jump — 7.00 m
3. Shot put — 15.60 m
4. High jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 49.84s
6. 110 m hurdles — 15.04s
7. Discus throw — 46.66m
8. Pole vault — 4.90 m
9. Javelin throw — 60.20 m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:46.04s

Men's 20 km walk

• Ronald Weigel
  • Final — 1:20:00 (→ File:Silver medal.svg Silver medal)
• Axel Noack
  • Final — 1:21:14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km walk

• Ronald Weigel
  • Final — 3'38:56 (→ Silver Silver medal)
• Hartwig Gauder
  • Final — 3'39:45 (→ Bronze 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 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 Bronze medal)

Women's marathon

• Katrin Dörre – 2"26:21 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
• Birgit Stephan – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's discus throw

• Martina Hellmann
  • Qualification – 67.12m
  • Final – 72.30 m (→ File:Med 1.png Gold medal)
• Diana Gansky
  • Qualification – 65.40 m
  • Final – 71.88m (→ File:Med 2.png Silver medal)
• Gabriele Reinsch
  • Qualification – 66.88m
  • Final – 67.26m (→ 7th place)

Women's javelin throw

• Petra Felke
  • Qualification – 67.06m
  • Final – 74.68m (→ File:Med 1.png Gold medal)
• Beate Koch
  • Qualification – 66.86m
  • Final – 67.30 m (→ File:Med 3.png Bronze medal)
• Silke Renk
  • Qualification – 63.64m
  • Final – 66.38m (→ 5th place)

Women's shot put

• Kathrin Neimke
  • Qualification – 20.18m
  • Final – 21.07m (→ File:Med 2.png 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 (→ File:Med 2.png Silver medal)
• Anke Behmer
  • Final result — 6858 points (→ File:Med 3.png Bronze medal)
• Ines Schulz
  • Final result — 6411 points (→ 6th place)

Boxing

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

• René Breitbarth
  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 (COL), 1–4

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jan Hempel	10 m platform	558.03	5 Q	583.77	5
Steffen Haage		529.68	8 Q	541.02	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brita Baldus	3 m springboard	464.01	6 Q	479.19	7
Silke Abicht	10 m platform	393.99	7 Q	350.61	8

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

Shooting

Men:

• 10 metre air pistol - Gernot Eder (9th place); Jens Potteck (10th place)
• 25 metre rapid fire pistol - Ralf Schumann (2nd place) File:Silver medal.svg 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) File:Gold medal.svg 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
  1. Heat – 50.73
  2. Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
• Sven Lodziewski
  1. Heat – 50.77
  2. B-Final – 51.00 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Steffen Zesner
  1. Heat – 1:49.13
  2. Final – 1:48.77 (→ 6th place)
• Thomas Flemming
  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 Gold medal)
• Jörg Hoffmann
  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 Bronze medal)
• Jörg Hoffmann
  1. Heat – 15:14.13 (→ did not advance, 6th place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  1. Heat – 56.45
  2. Final – 56.10 (→ 6th place)
• Dirk Richter
  1. Heat – 56.52
  2. B-Final – 56.66 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

• Frank Baltrusch
  1. Heat – 2:01.49
  2. Final – 1:59.60 (→ Silver Silver medal)
• Dirk Richter
  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
  1. Heat – 2:03.77
  2. Final – 2:01.61 (→ Silver Silver medal)
• Raik Hannemann
  1. Heat – 2:04.03
  2. Final – 2:04.82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

• Patrick Kühl
  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 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg and Steffen Zesner
  1. Heat – 3:20.47
  2. Final – 3:19.82 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Uwe Dassler, Lars Hinneburg, Sven Lodziewski and Thomas Flemming
  1. Heat – 7:16.61
• Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming and Steffen Zesner
  1. Final – 7:13.68 (→ Silver Silver medal)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 25.85
  2. B-Final – 25.49 (→ Gold Gold medal)
• Katrin Meissner
  1. Heat – 25.77
  2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Kristin Otto
  1. Heat – 55.80
  2. B-Final – 54.93 (→ Gold Gold medal)
• Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 56.14
  2. Final – 55.52 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  1. Heat – 1:59.02
  2. B-Final – 1:57.65 (→ Gold Gold medal)
• Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 2:00.30
  2. Final – 1:59.01 (→ Gold Bronze medal)

Women's 400 m freestyle

• Heike Friedrich
  1. Heat – 4:11.30
  2. B-Final – 4:05.94 (→ Silver Silver medal)
• 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

• Kathrin Zimmermann
  1. Heat – 2:12.81
  2. Final – 2:10.61 (→ Silver Silver medal)
• 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)
• Susanne Boernike
  1. Heat – 2:30.71
  2. B-Final – 2:28.55 (→ 9th place)

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

• Daniela Hunger
  1. Heat – 2:16.23
  2. Final – 2:12.59 (→ Gold Gold medal)

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 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Katrin Meissner, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich and Daniela Hunger
  1. Heat – 3:43.13
• Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger and Manuela Stellmach
  1. Final – 3:40.63 (→ Gold Gold medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Cornelia Sirch, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Manuela Stellmach
  1. Heat – 4:08.53
• Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang and Katrin Meissner
  1. Final – 4:03.74 (→ Gold Gold medal)

Volleyball

Women's tournament

• 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
  • Susanne 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