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8 Diving  





9 Equestrianism  





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20 Shooting  





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West Germany at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
inLos 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)
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 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 OlympicsinLos 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[edit]

    Medal Name Sport Event Date
     Gold Michael Groß Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July
     Gold Fredy Schmidtke Cycling Men's track time trial 30 July
     Gold Michael Groß Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 30 July
     Gold Karl-Heinz Radschinsky Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 2 August
     Gold Claudia Losch Athletics Women's shot put 3 August
     Gold Pasquale Passarelli Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 3 August
     Gold Michael Dürsch
    Albert Hedderich
    Raimund Hörmann
    Dieter Wiedenmann
    Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 5 August
     Gold Rolf Milser Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 6 August
     Gold Sabine Bischoff
    Zita Funkenhauser
    Cornelia Hanisch
    Christiane Weber
    Ute Wessel
    Fencing Women's team foil 7 August
     Gold Frank Wieneke Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August
     Gold Reiner Klimke
    Herbert Krug
    Uwe Sauer
    Equestrian Team dressage 9 August
     Gold Reiner Klimke Equestrian Individual dressage 10 August
     Gold Ulrike Meyfarth Athletics Women's high jump 10 August
     Gold Rolf Danneberg Athletics Men's discus throw 10 August
     Gold Ulrich Eicke Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 11 August
     Gold Elmar Borrmann
    Volker Fischer
    Gerhard Heer
    Rafael Nickel
    Alexander Pusch
    Fencing Men's team épée 11 August
     Gold Dietmar Mögenburg Athletics Men's high jump 11 August
     Silver Thomas Fahrner
    Michael Groß
    Rainer Henkel (*)
    Dirk Korthals
    Alexander Schowtka
    Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July
     Silver Rolf Gölz Cycling Men's individual pursuit 1 August
     Silver Markus Scherer Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 1 August
     Silver Ulrike Holmer Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 2 August
     Silver Matthias Behr Fencing Men's foil 2 August
     Silver Uwe Messerschmidt Cycling Men's points race 3 August
     Silver Michael Groß Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 3 August
     Silver Ina Beyermann
    Ute Hasse
    Svenja Schlicht
    Karin Seick
    Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3 August
     Silver Cornelia Hanisch Fencing Women's foil 3 August
     Silver Peter-Michael Kolbe Rowing Men's single sculls 5 August
     Silver Frank Beck
    Matthias Behr
    Mathias Gey
    Harald Hein
    Klaus Reichert
    Fencing Men's team foil 5 August
     Silver Karl-Hans Riehm Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
     Silver Joachim Griese
    Michael Marcour
    Sailing Star 8 August
     Silver Jürgen Hingsen Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
     Silver Barbara Schüttpelz Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August
     Silver West Germany women's national field hockey team
  • Beate Deininger
  • Christina Moser
  • Hella Roth
  • Dagmar Breiken
  • Birgit Hagen
  • Birgit Hahn
  • Gaby Appel
  • Andrea Weiermann-Lietz
  • Corinna Lingnau
  • Martina Koch
  • Gabriela Schley
  • Patricia Ott
  • Susi Schmid
  • Sigrid Landgraf
  • Elke Drüll
  • Field hockey Women's tournament 10 August
     Silver Martin Knosp Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August
     Silver West Germany men's national field hockey team
  • Ulrich Hänel
  • Carsten Fischer
  • Karl-Joachim Hürter
  • Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper
  • Felix Krull
  • Michael Peter
  • Stefan Blöcher
  • Andreas Keller
  • Thomas Reck
  • Markku Slawyk
  • Thomas Gunst
  • Heiner Dopp
  • Volker Fried
  • Dirk Brinkmann
  • Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August
     Silver West Germany men's national handball team
  • Rüdiger Neitzel
  • Martin Schwalb
  • Dirk Rauin
  • Michael Paul
  • Michael Roth
  • Thomas Happe
  • Erhard Wunderlich
  • Thomas Springel
  • Klaus Wöller
  • Jochen Fraatz
  • Uwe Schwenker
  • Siegfried Roch
  • Ulrich Roth
  • Handball Men's tournament 11 August
     Bronze Sandra Schumacher Cycling Women's individual road race 29 July
     Bronze Petra Zindler Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 29 July
     Bronze Thomas Fahrner Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July
     Bronze Christiane Pielke
    Susanne Schuster
    Karin Seick
    Iris Zscherpe
    Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 31 July
     Bronze Karin Seick Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 2 August
     Bronze Claus Erhorn
    Dietmar Hogrefe
    Bettina Overesch
    Burkhard Tesdorpf
    Equestrian Team eventing 3 August
     Bronze Reinhard Alber
    Rolf Gölz
    Roland Günther
    Michael Marx
    Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August
     Bronze Ellen Becker
    Iris Völkner
    Rowing Women's coxless pair 4 August
     Bronze Ina Beyermann Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 4 August
     Bronze Stefan Pfeiffer Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 4 August
     Bronze Sabine Everts Athletics Women's heptathlon 4 August
     Bronze Harald Schmid Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 5 August
     Bronze Klaus Ploghaus Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
     Bronze Fritz Ligges
    Peter Luther
    Paul Schockemöhle
    Franke Sloothaak
    Equestrian Team jumping 7 August
     Bronze Manfred Nerlinger Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 8 August
     Bronze Siegfried Wentz Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
     Bronze Günther Neureuther Judo Men's 95 kg 9 August
     Bronze Manfred Zielonka Boxing Men's light-middleweight 9 August
     Bronze Josefa Idem
    Barbara Schüttpelz
    Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 10 August
     Bronze West Germany men's national water polo team
  • Frank Otto
  • Rainer Hoppe
  • Armando Fernández
  • Thomas Huber
  • Jürgen Schröder
  • Rainer Osselmann
  • Hagen Stamm
  • Roland Freund
  • Dirk Theismann
  • Werner Obschernikat
  • Water polo Men's tournament 10 August
     Bronze Gaby Bußmann
    Heide-Elke Gaugel
    Nicole Leistenschneider (*)
    Heike Schulte-Mattler
    Christina Sussiek (*)
    Ute Thimm
    Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August
     Bronze Arthur Schnabel Judo Men's open category 11 August
     Bronze Regina Weber Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 11 August

    Archery[edit]

    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:

    Men's Individual Competition:

    Athletics[edit]

    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)
    • 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)
    • 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

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

    Men's Discus Throw

    • Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)
    • Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)

    Men's Hammer Throw

    • Qualification — 75.50 m
    • Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)
    • Qualification — 74.68m
    • Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)
    • Qualification — 72.88 m
    • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

    Men's Decathlon

    • Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)
    • Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)
    • Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)

    Men's 20 km Walk

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

    Women's 1,000 metres

    • Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    Women's 1,500 metres

    • 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

    • Final — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place)

    Women's High Jump

    • Qualification — 1.90m
    • Final — 2.02m (→ Gold Medal)
    • Qualification — 1.90m
    • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
    • Qualification — 1.90m
    • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

    Women's Discus Throw

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

    Women's Javelin Throw

    • 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)

    Women's Heptathlon

    • Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal)
    • Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
    • Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)

    Basketball[edit]

    Men's Team Competition
    • Lost to Yugoslavia (83-96)
    • Lost to Italy (72-80)
    • Lost to Australia (66-66)
    • Defeated Egypt (85-58)
    • Defeated Brazil (78-75)
    • Lost to United States (67-78)
    • 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98)
    • 7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th place

    Boxing[edit]

    Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

    Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

    Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

    Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

    Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

    Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

    Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

    Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

    Canoeing[edit]

    Cycling[edit]

    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
    Points race
    • Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)
    • Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
    Women's individual road race

    Diving[edit]

    Men's 3m Springboard

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

    Equestrianism[edit]

    Fencing[edit]

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

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    Women's foil
    Women's team foil

    Field hockey[edit]

    Men's Team Competition
    • Defeated Spain (3-1)
    • Defeated United States (4-0)
    • Lost to Australia (0-3)
    • Defeated Malaysia (5-0)
    • Drew with India (0-0)
    • Defeated Great Britain (1-0)
    • Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver Silver Medal
    Women's Team Competition
    • 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 Silver Medal

    Football[edit]

    Men's Team Competition

    Gymnastics[edit]

    Handball[edit]

    Men's Team Competition
    Women's Team Competition

    Judo[edit]

    Modern pentathlon[edit]

    Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.

    Individual
    Team

    Rhythmic gymnastics[edit]

    Rowing[edit]

    Sailing[edit]

    Shooting[edit]

    Swimming[edit]

    Men's Competition

    Men's 100m Freestyle

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

    Men's 200m Freestyle

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

    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)
    • Heat — 15:23.60
    • Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)

    Men's 100m Backstroke

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

    Men's 200m Backstroke

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

    Men's 100m Breaststroke

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

    Men's 200m Breaststroke

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

    Men's 100m Butterfly

    • Heat — 54.02
    • Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)
    • Heat — 55.22
    • Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)

    Men's 200m Butterfly

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

    Men's 200m Individual Medley

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

    Men's 400m Individual Medley

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

    Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

    • Heat — 3:24.69
    • Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)

    Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

    • Heat — 7:25.29
    • Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)

    Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

    • Heat — 3:49.75
    • Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)
    Women's Competition

    Women's 100m Freestyle

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

    Women's 200m Freestyle

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

    Women's 400m Freestyle

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

    Women's 800m Freestyle

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

    Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

    • Heat — 3:46.49
    • Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

    Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

    • Heat — 4:13.58
    • Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)

    Women's 100m Backstroke

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

    Women's 200m Backstroke

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

    Women's 200m Butterfly

    • Heat — 2:13.26
    • Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
    • Heat — 2:15.20
    • B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)

    Women's 200m Individual Medley

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

    Women's 400m Individual Medley

    • Heat — 4:52.49
    • Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

    Synchronized swimming[edit]

    Volleyball[edit]

    Women's Team Competition
    • Lost to United States (0-3)
    • Lost to China (0-3)
    • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
    • 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0)
    • 5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth place

    Water polo[edit]

    Men's Team Competition
    • Defeated Australia (10-6)
    • Defeated Japan (15-8)
    • Defeated Italy (10-4)
    • Drew with Spain (8-8)
    • Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
    • Lost to United States (7-8)
    • Defeated Netherlands (15-2) → Bronze Medal

    Weightlifting[edit]

    Wrestling[edit]

    References[edit]

    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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