West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics

West Germany at the Olympic Games

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IOC code   FRG
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 390 (267 men, 123 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Wilhelm Kuhweide (sailing)
Medals
Rank: 3		 Gold
17		 Silver
19		 Bronze
23		 Total
59
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Unified 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

Silver

Bronze

Archery

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

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

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

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

Cycling

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

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Football

Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition
  • 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

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 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 Medal

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

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 4x100m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4x100m 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 4x100m Freestyle Relay

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

Women's 4x100m 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

Volleyball

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
  • 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

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

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "West Germany at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
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