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]
| West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FRG |
| NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
| Website | www |
| in Los Angeles | |
| Competitors | 390 (267 men, 123 women) in 25 sports |
| Flag bearer | Wilhelm Kuhweide (sailing) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) Saar (1952) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) | |
Medalists edit
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:
- 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 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)
- 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 — 66.60 m (→
- 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 — 8673 points (→
- Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)
- Final Result — 8412 points (→
- 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)
- Final — 20.48 m (→
Women's Heptathlon
- Final Result — 6363 points (→
Bronze Medal)
- Final Result — 6363 points (→
- Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
- Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)
Basketball edit
- 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 edit
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Stefan Gertel
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Louis Gomis (France), retired in the second round
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Reiner Gies
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq), 4:1
- Third Round — Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
- Helmut Gertel
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Jerry Page (United States), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Alexander Künzler
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ali Aldahan (Syria), 5:0
- Third Round — Defeated Kamel Abboud (Algeria), 4:1
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Luciano Bruno (Italy), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Manfred Zielonka → Bronze Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Ambrose Mlilo (Zimbabwe), 4:1
- Third Round — Defeated Gustavo Ollo (Argentina), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Gnohery Sery (Ivory Coast), 5:0
- Semifinals — Lost to Frank Tate (United States), walkover
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Andreas Bauer
- First Round — Lost to Antonio Corti (Argentina), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Markus Bott
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 1:4
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
- Peter Hussing
- First Round — Defeated Olaf Mayer (Austria), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Aziz Salihu (Yugoslavia), 2:3
Canoeing edit
Cycling edit
Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.
- Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Final — 16 points (→
- Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
- Sandra Schumacher — 2:11:14 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Ute Enzenauer — 2:13:28 (→ 8th place)
- Ines Varenkamp — 2:13:28 (→ 12th place)
- Gabriele Altweck
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.
Field hockey edit
- 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 Medal
- Lost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time →
- 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 Medal
- Team Roster
Football edit
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
- West Germany – Morocco 2 – 0
- West Germany – Brazil 0 – 1
- West Germany – Saudi Arabia 4 – 0
- Quarter Finals
- West Germany – Yugoslavia 2 – 5
- Team Roster:
- ( 1.) Bernd Franke
- ( 2.) Manfred Bockenfeld
- ( 3.) Roland Dickgiesser
- ( 4.) Dieter Bast
- ( 5.) Bernd Wehmeyer
- ( 6.) Guido Buchwald
- ( 7.) Jürgen Groh
- ( 8.) Rudolf Bommer
- ( 9.) Dieter Schatzschneider
- (10.) Andreas Brehme
- (11.) Frank Mill
- (12.) Walter Junghans
- (13.) Alfred Schoen
- (14.) Peter Lux
- (15.) Uwe Rahn
- (16.) Christian Schreier
- (17.) Dieter Schlindwein
Gymnastics edit
Handball edit
- Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
Judo edit
Modern pentathlon edit
Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.
- Individual
- Team
- Achim Bellmann
- Michael Rehbein
- Christian Sandow
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)
- Final — 7:15.73 (→
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
- 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
Water polo edit
- 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
- Team Roster
Weightlifting edit
Wrestling edit
References edit
- ^ "West Germany at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21.