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.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July Cycling Men's track time trial 30 July Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 30 July Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 2 August Athletics Women's shot put 3 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 3 August Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 5 August Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 6 August Fencing Women's team foil 7 August Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August Equestrian Team dressage 9 August Equestrian Individual dressage 10 August Athletics Women's high jump 10 August Athletics Men's discus throw 10 August Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 11 August Fencing Men's team épée 11 August Athletics Men's high jump 11 August (*) Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July Cycling Men's individual pursuit 1 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 1 August Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 2 August Fencing Men's foil 2 August Cycling Men's points race 3 August Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 3 August Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3 August Fencing Women's foil 3 August Rowing Men's single sculls 5 August Fencing Men's team foil 5 August Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August Sailing Star 8 August Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August West Germany women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament 10 August Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August West Germany men's national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August West Germany men's national handball team Handball Men's tournament 11 August Cycling Women's individual road race 29 July Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 29 July Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 29 July Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 31 July Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 2 August Equestrian Team eventing 3 August Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August Rowing Women's coxless pair 4 August Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 4 August Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 4 August Athletics Women's heptathlon 4 August Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 5 August Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August Equestrian Team jumping 7 August Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 8 August Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August Judo Men's 95 kg 9 August Boxing Men's light-middleweight 9 August Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 10 August West Germany men's national water polo team Water polo Men's tournament 10 August (*) (*) Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August Judo Men's open category 11 August Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 11 August
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: 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
Men's Competition Men's 400 metres Erwin Skamrahl Heat — 45.94 Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres Christoph Herle 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 Christoph Herle Qualifying Heat — 28:30.28 Final — 28:08.21 (→ 5th place)
Men's Marathon Ralf Salzmann Final — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place)
Men's High Jump Dietmar Mögenburg Qualification — 2.24 m Final — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal)
Carlo Thränhardt Qualification — 2.24 m Final — 2.15 m (→ 10th place)
Gerd Nagel Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Peter Bouschen Final — 16.77 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Javelin Throw Wolfram Gambke Qualification — 82.98 m Final — 82.46 m (→ 4th place)
Klaus Tafelmeier 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 Rolf Danneberg Final — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)
Alwin Wagner Final — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Karl-Hans Riehm Qualification — 75.50 m Final — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)
Klaus Ploghaus Qualification — 74.68 m Final — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Christoph Sahner Qualification — 72.88 m Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Decathlon Jürgen Hingsen Final Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)
Siegfried Wentz Final Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Guido Kratschmer Final Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Dieter Hoffmann Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Competition Women's 1000 metres Moira Thurnden Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 1500 metres Roswitha Gerdes Heat — 4:10.64 Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)
Margrit Klinger Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's 3000 metres Brigitte Kraus 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 Ulrike Meyfarth Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 2.02 m (→ Gold Medal)
Heike Redetzky Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)
Brigitte Holzapfel Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw Ingra Manecke Qualification — 56.20 m Final — 58.56 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Ingrid Thyssen Qualification — 60.86 m Final — 63.26 m (→ 6th place)
Beate Peters Qualification — 61.56 m Final — 62.34 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Shot Put Claudia Losch Final — 20.48 m (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Heptathlon Sabine Everts Final Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Sabine Braun Final Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)
Birgit Dressel Final Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)
Basketball
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 Christoph Komer Vladimir Kadlec Uwe Brauer Uwe Sauer Ulrich Peters Klaus Zander Michael Pappert Armin Sowa Detlef Schrempf Uwe Blab Ingo Mendel Christian Welp
Boxing
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
Cycling
Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.
Men's individual road race Thomas Freienstein Achim Stadler Werner Stauff Andreas Kappes
Team time trial Hartmut Bölts Thomas Freienstein Bernd Gröne Michael Maue
Sprint Gerhard Scheller Fredy Schmidtke
1000 m time trial Fredy Schmidtke
Individual pursuit Rolf Gölz Ingo Wittenborn
Team pursuit Reinhard Alber Rolf Gölz Roland Günther Michael Marx
Points race Uwe Messerschmidt Final — 16 points (→ Silver Medal) Manfred Donike Final — 3 points (→ 19th place)
Women's individual road race Sandra Schumacher — 2:11:14 (→ Bronze Medal) Ute Enzenauer — 2:13:28 (→ 8th place) Ines Varenkamp — 2:13:28 (→ 12th place) Gabriele Altweck
Diving
Men's 3 m Springboard Albin Killat Preliminary Round — 549.39 Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)
Dieter Dörr 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 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
Field hockey
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
Team Roster Tobias Frank (gk) Christian Bassemir (gk) Michael Peter Horst-Ulrich Hänel Carsten Fischer Markku Slawyk Thomas Gunst Volker Fried Eckhard Schmidt-Opper Joachim Hürter Andreas Keller Dirk Brinkmann Stefan Blöcher Thomas Reck Heiner Dopp Reinhard Krull
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 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
Football
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.) Rudi 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
Handball
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Jochen Fraatz Thomas Happe Arnulf Meffle Rüdiger Neitzel Michael Paul Dirk Rauin Siegfried Roch Michael Roth Ulrich Roth Martin Schwalb Uwe Schwenker Thomas Springel Andreas Thiel Klaus Wöller Erhard Wunderlich
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
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.
Individual Achim Bellmann Michael Rehbein Christian Sandow
Team