West Germany at The 1988 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Dieter Baumann
  • First Round — 13:58.58
  • Semi Final — 13:22.71
  • Final — 13:15.52 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Ralf Salzmann
  • Final — 2:16.54 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Christian Haas, Fritz Heer, Peter Klein, and Dirk Schweisfurth
  • Heat — 39.01
  • Semi Final — 38.75
  • Final — 38.55 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Bodo Kühn, Mark Henrich, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke
  • Heat — 3:03.90
  • Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke
  • Semi Final — 3:00.66
  • Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt, Jörg Vaihinger, and Ralf Lübke
  • Final — 3:00.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  • Jens Volkmann
  • Heat — 8:36.37
  • Semi Final — 8:25.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Klaus Tafelmeier
  • Qualification — 80.52m
  • Final — 82.72m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Rolf Danneberg
  • Qualifying Heat – 65.70m
  • Final – 67.38m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Alois Hannecker
  • Qualifying Heat – 61.44m
  • Final – 64.94m (→ 8th place)
  • Wulf Brunner
  • Qualifying Heat – 57.50m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Heinz Weis
  • Qualifying Heat — 77.24m
  • Final — 79.16m (→ 5th place)
  • Christoph Sahner
  • Qualifying Heat — 75.84m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4x400m Relay

  • Helga Arendt, Michaela Schabinger, Gisela Kinzel, and Gudrun Abt
  • Heat — 3:27.75
  • Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Andrea Thomas, and Gudrun Abt
  • Final — 3:22.49 (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Kerstin Preßler
  • Final — 2"34.26 (→ 21st place)
  • Gabriela Wolf
  • Final — 2"35.11 (→ 27th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Ingrid Thyssen
  • Qualification – 63.32m
  • Final – 60.76m (→ 8th place)
  • Beate Peters
  • Qualification – 60.20m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Claudia Losch
  • Qualification – 20.39m
  • Final – 20.27m (→ 5th place)
  • Iris Plotzitzka
  • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Sabine Braun
  • Final Result — 6109 points (→ 14th place)
  • Sabine Everts
  • Final Result — 2513 points (→ 27th place)

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