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.
Dietmar Mögenburg — Athletics, Men's High JumpRolf Danneberg — Athletics, Men's Discus ThrowUlrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High JumpClaudia Losch — Athletics, Women's Shot PutUlrich Eicke — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian SinglesFredy Schmidtke — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time TrialReiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage IndividualReiner Klimke, Herbert Krug, and Uwe Sauer — Equestrian, Dressage TeamElmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Gerhard Heer, Rafael Nickel, and Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Men's Épée TeamSabine Bischoff, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Cornelia Hanisch, Christiane Weber, and Ute Wessel-Kirchels — Fencing, Women's Foil TeamFrank Wieneke — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)Michael Dürsch, Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, and Dieter Wiedenmann — Rowing, Men's Quadruple ScullsMichael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200m FreestyleMichael Groß — Swimming, Men's 100m ButterflyKarl-Heinz Radschinsky — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)Rolf Milser — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)Pasquale Passarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman BantamweightKarl-Hans Riehm — Athletics, Men's Hammer ThrowJürgen Hingsen — Athletics, Men's DecathlonBarbara Schüttpelz — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak SinglesUwe Messerschmidt — Cycling, Men's Points RaceRolf Gölz — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual PursuitMatthias Behr — Fencing, Men's Foil IndividualCornelia Hanisch — Fencing, Women's Foil IndividualFrank Beck, Matthias Behr, Matthias Gey, Harald Hein, and Klaus Reichert — Fencing, Men's Foil TeamChristian Bassemir, Stefan Blöcher, Dirk Brinkmann, Heiner Dopp, Carsten Fischer, Tobias Frank, Volker Fried, Thomas Gunst, Joachim Hürter, Horst-Ulrich Hänel, Andreas Keller, Reinhard Krull, Michael Peter, Thomas Reck, Eckhard Schmidt-Opper, and Markku Slawyk — Field Hockey, Men's Team CompetitionGaby Appel, Dagmar Breiken, Beate Deininger, Elke Drüll, Birgit Hagen, Birgit Hahn, Martina Koch, Sigrid Landgraf, Corinna Lingnau, Christina Moser, Patricia Ott, Hella Roth, Gabi Schley, Susanne Schmid, Ursula Thielemann, and Andrea Weiermann-Lietz — Field Hockey, Women's Team CompetitionJochen 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, and Erhard Wunderlich — Handball, Men's Team CompetitionPeter-Michael Kolbe — Rowing, Men's Single ScullsUlrike Holmer — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three PositionsMichael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200m ButterflyThomas Fahrner, Michael Groß, Dirk Korthals, and Alexander Schowtka — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle RelayIna Beyermann, Ute Hasse, Svenja Schlicht, and Karin Seick — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley RelayMarkus Scherer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light FlyweightMartin Knosp — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)Joachim Griese and Michael Marcour — Sailing, Men's Star CompetitionHarald Schmid — Athletics, Men's 400m HurdlesKlaus Ploghaus — Athletics, Men's Hammer ThrowSiegfried Wentz — Athletics, Men's DecathlonGaby Bußmann, Heide-Elke Gaugel, Heike Schulte-Mattler, and Ute Thimm — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m RelaySabine Everts — Athletics, Women's HeptathlonManfred Zielonka — Boxing, Men's Light MiddleweightJosefa Idem and Barbara Schüttpelz — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak PairsReinhard Alber, Rolf Gölz, Roland Günther, and Michael Marx — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team PursuitSandra Schumacher — Cycling, Women's Individual Road RaceClaus Erhorn, Dietmar Hogrefe, Bettina Overesch, and Burkhard Tesdorpf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event TeamFritz Ligges, Peter Luther, Paul Schockemöhle, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping TeamRegina Weber — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-AroundGünther Neureuther — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)Arthur Schnabel — Judo, Men's Open ClassEllen Becker and Iris Völkner — Rowing, Women's Coxless PairsThomas Fahrner — Swimming, Men's 200m FreestyleStefan Pfeiffer — Swimming, Men's 1500m FreestyleKarin Seick — Swimming, Women's 100m ButterflyIna Beyermann — Swimming, Women's 200m ButterflyPetra Zindler — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual MedleySusanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick, and Iris Zscherpe — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle RelayPeter 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 CompetitionManfred Nerlinger — Weightlifting, Men's Super HeavyweightAll 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)Men's CompetitionMen's 400 metres
Erwin SkamrahlHeat — 45.94Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)Men's 5,000 metres
Christoph HerleHeat — 13:46.35Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)Uwe MönkemeyerHeat — 13:48.66Semifinals — did not finish (→ did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Christoph HerleQualifying Heat — 28:30.28Final — 28:08.21 (→ 5th place)Men's Marathon
Ralf SalzmannFinal — 2:15:29 (→ 18th place)Men's High Jump
Dietmar MögenburgQualification — 2.24 mFinal — 2.35 m (→ Gold Medal)Carlo ThränhardtQualification — 2.24 mFinal — 2.15 m (→ 10th place)Gerd NagelQualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)Men's Triple Jump
Peter BouschenFinal — 16.77 m (→ 5th place)Men's Javelin Throw
Wolfram GambkeQualification — 82.98 mFinal — 82.46 m (→ 4th place)Klaus TafelmeierQualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's Shot Put
Karsten StolzQualifying Round — 18.98 mFinal — 18.31 m (→ 12th place)Men's Discus Throw
Rolf DannebergFinal — 66.60 m (→ Gold Medal)Alwin WagnerFinal — 64.72 m (→ 6th place)Men's Hammer Throw
Karl-Hans RiehmQualification — 75.50 mFinal — 77.98 m (→ Silver Medal)Klaus PloghausQualification — 74.68mFinal — 76.68 m (→ Bronze Medal)Christoph SahnerQualification — 72.88 mFinal — no mark (→ no ranking)Men's Decathlon
Jürgen HingsenFinal Result — 8673 points (→ Silver Medal)Siegfried WentzFinal Result — 8412 points (→ Bronze Medal)Guido KratschmerFinal Result — 8326 points (→ 4th place)Men's 20 km Walk
Dieter HoffmannFinal — did not start (→ no ranking)Women's CompetitionWomen's 1,000 metres
Moira ThurndenHeat — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 1,500 metres
Roswitha GerdesHeat — 4:10.64Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)Margrit KlingerHeat — did not start (→ no ranking)Women's 3,000 metres
Brigitte KrausHeat — 8:57.53Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's Marathon
Charlotte TeskeFinal — 2:35:56 (→ 16th place)Women's High Jump
Ulrike MeyfarthQualification — 1.90mFinal — 2.02m (→ Gold Medal)Heike RedetzkyQualification — 1.90mFinal — 1.85m (→ 11th place)Brigitte HolzapfelQualification — 1.90mFinal — 1.85m (→ 11th place)Women's Discus Throw
Ingra ManeckeQualification — 56.20mFinal — 58.56m (→ 6th place)Women's Javelin Throw
Ingrid ThyssenQualification — 60.86mFinal — 63.26m (→ 6th place)Beate PetersQualification — 61.56mFinal — 62.34m (→ 7th place)Women's Shot Put
Claudia LoschFinal — 20.48 m (→ Gold Medal)Women's Heptathlon
Sabine EvertsFinal Result — 6363 points (→ Bronze Medal)Sabine BraunFinal Result — 6236 points (→ 6th place)Birgit DresselFinal Result — 6082 points (→ 9th place)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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)QuarterfinalsLost to United States (67-78)Classification Matches5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (71-98)7th/8th place: Lost to Australia (76-83) → 8th placeTeam RosterChristoph KomerVladimir KadlecUwe BrauerUwe SauerUlrich PetersKlaus ZanderMichael PappertArmin SowaDetlef SchrempfUwe BlabIngo MendelChristian WelpMen'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), walk-over
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
Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented West Germany in 1984.
Men's individual road raceThomas FreiensteinAchim StadlerWerner StauffAndreas KappesTeam time trialHartmut BöltsThomas FreiensteinBernd GröneMichael MaueSprintGerhard SchellerFredy Schmidtke1000m time trialFredy SchmidtkeIndividual pursuitRolf GölzIngo WittenbornTeam pursuitReinhard AlberRolf GölzRoland GüntherMichael MarxPoints raceUwe MesserschmidtFinal — 16 points (→ Silver Medal)Manfred DonikeFinal — 3 points (→ 19th place)Women's individual road raceSandra Schumacher — 2:11:14 (→ Bronze Medal)Ute Enzenauer — 2:13:28 (→ 8th place)Ines Varenkamp — 2:13:28 (→ 12th place)Gabriele AltweckMen's 3m Springboard
Albin KillatPreliminary Round — 549.39Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)Dieter DörrPreliminary Round — 533.61Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented West Germany in 1984.
Men's foilMatthias BehrMatthias GeyHarald HeinMen's team foilHarald Hein, Matthias Behr, Matthias Gey, Klaus Reichert, Frank BeckMen's épéeElmar BorrmannAlexander PuschVolker FischerMen's team épéeElmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Gerhard Heer, Rafael Nickel, Alexander PuschMen's sabreFreddy ScholzJürgen NolteJörg StratmannMen's team sabreDieter Schneider, Jürgen Nolte, Freddy Scholz, Jörg Stratmann, Jörg VolkmannWomen's foilCornelia HanischSabine BischoffChristiane WeberWomen's team foilChristiane Weber, Cornelia Hanisch, Sabine Bischoff, Ute Kircheis-Wessel, Zita-Eva FunkenhauserMen's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group C)West Germany – Morocco 2 – 0West Germany – Brazil 0 – 1West Germany – Saudi Arabia 4 – 0Quarter FinalsWest Germany – Yugoslavia 2 – 5Team 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 SchlindweinHandball
Men's Team CompetitionTeam RosterJochen FraatzThomas HappeArnulf MeffleRüdiger NeitzelMichael PaulDirk RauinSiegfried RochMichael RothUlrich RothMartin SchwalbUwe SchwenkerThomas SpringelAndreas ThielKlaus WöllerErhard WunderlichWomen's Team CompetitionTeam RosterMaike BeckerElke BlumauerSabine ErbsAstrid HuhnKerstin JonssonSabrina KoschellaCorinna KunzeRoswitha MroczynskiPetra PlatenVanadis PutzkeSilvia SchmittDagmar StelbergClaudia SturmMen's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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 FinalsDefeated Great Britain (1-0)FinalLost to Pakistan (1-2) after extra time → Silver MedalTeam RosterTobias Frank (gk)Christian Bassemir (gk)Michael PeterHorst-Ulrich HänelCarsten FischerMarkku SlawykThomas GunstVolker FriedEckhard Schmidt-OpperJoachim HürterAndreas KellerDirk BrinkmannStefan BlöcherThomas ReckHeiner DoppReinhard KrullWomen's Team CompetitionRound RobinDrew 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 MedalTeam RosterSusanne Schmid (gk)Ursula Thielemann (gk)Christina MoserHella RothDagmar BreikenSigrid LandgrafElke DrüllCorinna LingnauAndrea Weiermann-LietzGaby AppelBirgit HagenBirgit HahnBeate DeiningerPatricia OttMartina KochGabi SchleyThree male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.
IndividualAchim BellmannMichael RehbeinChristian SandowTeamAchim BellmannMichael RehbeinChristian SandowMen's CompetitionMen's 100m Freestyle
Dirk KorthalsHeat — 51.02Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place)Alexander SchowtkaHeat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)Men's 200m Freestyle
Michael GroßHeat — 1:48.03Final — 1:47.44 (→ Gold Medal)Thomas FahrnerHeat — 1:50.00Final — 1:49.69 (→ Bronze Medal)Men's 400m Freestyle
Stefan PfeifferHeat — 3:53.41Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place)Thomas FahrnerHeat — 3:55.26B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place)Men's 1500m Freestyle
Stefan PfeifferHeat — 15:21.95Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal)Rainer HenkelHeat — 15:23.60Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)Men's 100m Backstroke
Stefan PeterHeat — 57.90B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)Nicolai KlapkarekHeat — 58.19B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place)Men's 200m Backstroke
Nicolai KlapkarekHeat — 2:04.45Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place)Stefan PeterHeat — 2:05.22B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Gerald MörkenHeat — 1:03.53Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place)Peter LangHeat — 1:04.40B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Gerald MörkenHeat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place)Peter LangHeat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's 100m Butterfly
Michael GroßHeat — 54.02Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)Andreas BehrendHeat — 55.22Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)Men's 200m Butterfly
Michael GroßHeat — 1:58.72Final — 1:57.40 (→ Silver Medal)Andreas BehrendHeat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Nicolai KlapkarekHeat — 2:06.07Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place)Ralf DiegelHeat — 2:06.41Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place)Men's 400m Individual Medley
Ralf DiegelHeat — 4:28.10B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, Nicolai Klapkarek, and Andreas SchmidtHeat — 3:24.69Dirk Korthals, Andreas Schmidt, Alexander Schowtka, and Michael GroßFinal — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Rainer Henkel, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and Thomas FahrnerHeat — 7:25.29Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and Michael GroßFinal — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Stefan Peter, Gerald Mörken, Andreas Behrend, and Alexander SchowtkaHeat — 3:49.75Stefan Peter, Gerald Mörken, Michael Groß, and Dirk KorthalsFinal — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)Women's CompetitionWomen's 100m Freestyle
Susanne SchusterHeat — 56.85Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place)Iris ZscherpeHeat — 57.31B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place)Women's 200m Freestyle
Ina BeyermannHeat — 2:02.42Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place)Iris ZscherpeHeat — 2:03.95B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place)Women's 400m Freestyle
Birgit KowalczikHeat — 4:17.92Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place)Ina BeyermannHeat — 4:18.94B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)Women's 800m Freestyle
Birgit KowalczikHeat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, and Karin SeickHeat — 3:46.49Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, and Karin SeickHeat — 4:13.58Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)Women's 100m Backstroke
Svenja SchlichtHeat — 1:04.02Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place)Sandra DahlmannHeat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Women's 200m Backstroke
Svenja SchlichtHeat — 2:15.69Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place)Sandra DahlmannHeat — 2:19.59B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place)Women's 200m Butterfly
Ina BeyermannHeat — 2:13.26Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)Petra ZindlerHeat — 2:15.20B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)Women's 200m Individual Medley
Christiane PielkeHeat — 2:19.17Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place)Petra ZindlerHeat — 2:20.05Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place)Women's 400m Individual Medley
Petra ZindlerHeat — 4:52.49Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)Women's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group B)Lost to United States (0-3)Lost to China (0-3)Defeated Brazil (3-0)Classification Matches5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-0)5th/6th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3) → Sixth placeTeam RosterRuth HolzhausenBirgitta RühmerGudrun WitteBeate BühlerRegina VossenSigrid TersteggeAndrea SauvignyRenate RiekMarina StadenAlmut KemperdickTerry Place-BrandelUte HankersMen's Team CompetitionPreliminary 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 MedalTeam RosterPeter RöhleThomas LoebbFrank OttoRainer HoppeArmando FernándezThomas HuberJürgen SchroderRainer OsselmannHagen StammRoland FreundDirk TheismannWerner Obschernikat 
