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West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Los Angeles
Competitors390 (267 men, 123 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Wilhelm Kuhweide (sailing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
17
Silver
19
Bronze
23
Total
59
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
Saar (1952)
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. West Germany had joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics four years previously. 390 competitors, 267 men and 123 women, took part in 194 events in 25 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

  • Dietmar Mögenburg — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Rolf Danneberg — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Ulrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Claudia Losch — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
  • Ulrich Eicke — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
  • Fredy Schmidtke — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
  • Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
  • Reiner Klimke, Herbert Krug, and Uwe Sauer — Equestrian, Dressage Team
  • Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Gerhard Heer, Rafael Nickel, and Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Sabine Bischoff, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Cornelia Hanisch, Christiane Weber, and Ute Wessel-Kirchels — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
  • Frank Wieneke — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
  • Michael Dürsch, Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, and Dieter Wiedenmann — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
  • Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Karl-Heinz Radschinsky — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
  • Rolf Milser — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)
  • Pasquale Passarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Silver

Bronze

  • Harald Schmid — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Klaus Ploghaus — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
  • Siegfried Wentz — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Gaby Bußmann, Heide-Elke Gaugel, Heike Schulte-Mattler, and Ute Thimm — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Sabine Everts — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
  • Manfred Zielonka — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Josefa Idem and Barbara Schüttpelz — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
  • Reinhard Alber, Rolf Gölz, Roland Günther, and Michael Marx — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Sandra Schumacher — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
  • Claus Erhorn, Dietmar Hogrefe, Bettina Overesch, and Burkhard Tesdorpf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
  • Fritz Ligges, Peter Luther, Paul Schockemöhle, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Regina Weber — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
  • Günther Neureuther — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
  • Arthur Schnabel — Judo, Men's Open Class
  • Ellen Becker and Iris Völkner — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
  • Thomas Fahrner — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Stefan Pfeiffer — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Karin Seick — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Ina Beyermann — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Petra Zindler — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
  • Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick, and Iris Zscherpe — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Peter Röhle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Rainer Hoppe, Armando Fernandez, Thomas Huber, Jürgen Schroder, Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm, Roland Freund, Dirk Theismann, Santiago Chalmovsky, and Werner Obschernikat — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
  • Manfred Nerlinger — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

All five of the German archers posted solid scores in the nation's third Olympic archery competition, with none placing lower than 15th.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Manuela Dachner — 2508 points (→ 6th place)
  • Doris Haas — 2480 points (→ 11th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Harry Wittig — 2497 points (→ 9th place)
  • Armin Garnreiter — 2494 points (→ 10th place)
  • Detlef Kahlert — 2486 points (1→ 5th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 45.94
  • Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:46.35
  • Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)
  • Uwe Mönkemeyer
  • Heat — 13:48.66
  • Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:30.28
  • Final — 28:08.21 (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.24 m
  • Final — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal)Med 1.png
  • Qualification — 2.24 m
  • Final — 2.15 m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Final — 16.77 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 82.98 m
  • Final — 82.46 m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Karsten Stolz
  • Qualifying Round — 18.98 m
  • Final — 18.31 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)Med 1.png
  • Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.50 m
  • Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png
  • Qualification — 74.68m
  • Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Qualification — 72.88 m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png
  • Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Dieter Hoffmann
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,000 metres

  • Moira Thurnden
  • Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Roswitha Gerdes
  • Heat — 4:10.64
  • Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8:57.53
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

  • Charlotte Teske
  • Final — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 2.02m (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Heike Redetzky
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
  • Brigitte Holzapfel
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Ingra Manecke
  • Qualification — 56.20m
  • Final — 58.56m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Ingrid Thyssen
  • Qualification — 60.86m
  • Final — 63.26m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 61.56m
  • Final — 62.34m (→ 7th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 20.48 m (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
  • Birgit Dressel
  • Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (83-96)
  • Lost to Italy (72-80)
  • Lost to Australia (66-66)
  • Defeated Egypt (85-58)
  • Defeated Brazil (78-75)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to United States (67-78)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th place
  • Team Roster

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Stefan Gertel
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Louis Gomis (France), retired in the second round

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Reiner Gies
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq), 4:1
    3. Third Round — Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada), 5:0
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Helmut Gertel
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Jerry Page (United States), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Alexander Künzler
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ali Aldahan (Syria), 5:0
    3. Third Round — Defeated Kamel Abboud (Algeria), 4:1
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Luciano Bruno (Italy), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Manfred Zielonka → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ambrose Mlilo (Zimbabwe), 4:1
    3. Third Round — Defeated Gustavo Ollo (Argentina), 5:0
    4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Gnohery Sery (Ivory Coast), 5:0
    5. Semifinals — Lost to Frank Tate (United States), walk-over

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Andreas Bauer
    1. First Round — Lost to Antonio Corti (Argentina), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Markus Bott
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 1:4

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Peter Hussing
    1. First Round — Defeated Olaf Mayer (Austria), 5:0
    2. Quarterfinals — Lost to Aziz Salihu (Yugoslavia), 2:3

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
  • Reinhard Alber
  • Rolf Gölz
  • Roland Günther
  • Michael Marx
Points race
  • Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png
  • Manfred Donike
  • Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
Women's individual road race
  • Sandra Schumacher — 2:11:14 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Ute Enzenauer — 2:13:28 (→ 8th place)
  • Ines Varenkamp — 2:13:28 (→ 12th place)
  • Gabriele Altweck

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Albin Killat
  • Preliminary Round — 549.39
  • Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)
  • Dieter Dörr
  • Preliminary Round — 533.61
  • Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1984.

Men's foil
  • Matthias Behr
  • Matthias Gey
  • Harald Hein
Men's team foil
  • Harald Hein, Matthias Behr, Matthias Gey, Klaus Reichert, Frank Beck
Men's épée
  • Elmar Borrmann
  • Alexander Pusch
  • Volker Fischer
Men's team épée
  • Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Gerhard Heer, Rafael Nickel, Alexander Pusch
Men's sabre
  • Freddy Scholz
  • Jürgen Nolte
  • Jörg Stratmann
Men's team sabre
  • Dieter Schneider, Jürgen Nolte, Freddy Scholz, Jörg Stratmann, Jörg Volkmann
Women's foil
  • Cornelia Hanisch
  • Sabine Bischoff
  • Christiane Weber
Women's team foil
  • Christiane Weber, Cornelia Hanisch, Sabine Bischoff, Ute Kircheis-Wessel, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser

Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Team Roster:

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Maike Becker
  • Elke Blumauer
  • Sabine Erbs
  • Astrid Huhn
  • Kerstin Jonsson
  • Sabrina Koschella
  • Corinna Kunze
  • Roswitha Mroczynski
  • Petra Platen
  • Vanadis Putzke
  • Silvia Schmitt
  • Dagmar Stelberg
  • Claudia Sturm

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Spain (3-1)
  • Defeated United States (4-0)
  • Lost to Australia (0-3)
  • Defeated Malaysia (5-0)
  • Drew with India (0-0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Great Britain (1-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver MedalSilver
  • Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Drew with Australia (2-2)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Lost to The Netherlands (2-6)
  • Defeated New Zealand (1-0)
  • Drew with United States (1-1) → Silver MedalSilver
  • Team Roster
  • Susanne Schmid (gk)
  • Ursula Thielemann (gk)
  • Christina Moser
  • Hella Roth
  • Dagmar Breiken
  • Sigrid Landgraf
  • Elke Drüll
  • Corinna Lingnau
  • Andrea Weiermann-Lietz
  • Gaby Appel
  • Birgit Hagen
  • Birgit Hahn
  • Beate Deininger
  • Patricia Ott
  • Martina Koch
  • Gabi Schley

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.

Individual
  • Achim Bellmann
  • Michael Rehbein
  • Christian Sandow
Team
  • Achim Bellmann
  • Michael Rehbein
  • Christian Sandow

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Dirk Korthals
  • Heat — 51.02
  • Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place)
  • Alexander Schowtka
  • Heat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:48.03
  • Final — 1:47.44 (→ Gold Medal)Med 1.png
  • Heat — 1:50.00
  • Final — 1:49.69 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:53.41
  • Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 3:55.26
  • B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:21.95
  • Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Heat — 15:23.60
  • Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Stefan Peter
  • Heat — 57.90
  • B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
  • Nicolai Klapkarek
  • Heat — 58.19
  • B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Nicolai Klapkarek
  • Heat — 2:04.45
  • Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place)
  • Stefan Peter
  • Heat — 2:05.22
  • B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Gerald Mörken
  • Heat — 1:03.53
  • Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place)
  • Peter Lang
  • Heat — 1:04.40
  • B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Gerald Mörken
  • Heat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Peter Lang
  • Heat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 54.02
  • Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)Med 1.png
  • Andreas Behrend
  • Heat — 55.22
  • Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:58.72
  • Final — 1:57.40 (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png
  • Andreas Behrend
  • Heat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Nicolai Klapkarek
  • Heat — 2:06.07
  • Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place)
  • Ralf Diegel
  • Heat — 2:06.41
  • Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Ralf Diegel
  • Heat — 4:28.10
  • B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, Nicolai Klapkarek, and Andreas Schmidt
  • Heat — 3:24.69
  • Dirk Korthals, Andreas Schmidt, Alexander Schowtka, and Michael Groß
  • Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:25.29
  • Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Stefan Peter, Gerald Mörken, Andreas Behrend, and Alexander Schowtka
  • Heat — 3:49.75
  • Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Susanne Schuster
  • Heat — 56.85
  • Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place)
  • Iris Zscherpe
  • Heat — 57.31
  • B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Ina Beyermann
  • Heat — 2:02.42
  • Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place)
  • Iris Zscherpe
  • Heat — 2:03.95
  • B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Birgit Kowalczik
  • Heat — 4:17.92
  • Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place)
  • Ina Beyermann
  • Heat — 4:18.94
  • B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Birgit Kowalczik
  • Heat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, and Karin Seick
  • Heat — 3:46.49
  • Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, and Karin Seick
  • Heat — 4:13.58
  • Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Svenja Schlicht
  • Heat — 1:04.02
  • Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place)
  • Sandra Dahlmann
  • Heat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Svenja Schlicht
  • Heat — 2:15.69
  • Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place)
  • Sandra Dahlmann
  • Heat — 2:19.59
  • B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Ina Beyermann
  • Heat — 2:13.26
  • Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Petra Zindler
  • Heat — 2:15.20
  • B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Christiane Pielke
  • Heat — 2:19.17
  • Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place)
  • Petra Zindler
  • Heat — 2:20.05
  • Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Petra Zindler
  • Heat — 4:52.49
  • Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Lost to China (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Ruth Holzhausen
  • Birgitta Rühmer
  • Gudrun Witte
  • Beate Bühler
  • Regina Vossen
  • Sigrid Terstegge
  • Andrea Sauvigny
  • Renate Riek
  • Marina Staden
  • Almut Kemperdick
  • Terry Place-Brandel
  • Ute Hankers

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Australia (10-6)
  • Defeated Japan (15-8)
  • Defeated Italy (10-4)
  • Final Round (Group D)
  • Drew with Spain (8-8)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
  • Lost to United States (7-8)
  • Defeated Netherlands (15-2) → Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Peter Röhle
  • Thomas Loebb
  • Frank Otto
  • Rainer Hoppe
  • Armando Fernández
  • Thomas Huber
  • Jürgen Schroder
  • Rainer Osselmann
  • Hagen Stamm
  • Roland Freund
  • Dirk Theismann
  • Werner Obschernikat

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "West Germany at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
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