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 Jump
Rolf Danneberg — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Ulrike Meyfarth — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Claudia Losch — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Ulrich Eicke — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Fredy Schmidtke — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Reiner Klimke — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
Reiner Klimke, Herbert Krug, and Uwe Sauer — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Gerhard Heer, Rafael Nickel, and Alexander Pusch — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Sabine Bischoff, Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Cornelia Hanisch, Christiane Weber, and Ute Wessel-Kirchels — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Frank Wieneke — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
Michael Dürsch, Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, and Dieter Wiedenmann — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly
Karl-Heinz Radschinsky — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
Rolf Milser — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)
Pasquale Passarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Karl-Hans Riehm — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Jürgen Hingsen — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Barbara Schüttpelz — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Uwe Messerschmidt — Cycling, Men's Points Race
Rolf Gölz — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Matthias Behr — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Cornelia Hanisch — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Frank Beck, Matthias Behr, Matthias Gey, Harald Hein, and Klaus Reichert — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
Christian 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 Competition
Gaby 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 Competition
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, and Erhard Wunderlich — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Peter-Michael Kolbe — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Ulrike Holmer — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Michael Groß — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
Thomas Fahrner, Michael Groß, Dirk Korthals, and Alexander Schowtka — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Ina Beyermann, Ute Hasse, Svenja Schlicht, and Karin Seick — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Markus Scherer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
Martin Knosp — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)
Joachim Griese and Michael Marcour — Sailing, Men's Star Competition
Harald Schmid — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Klaus Ploghaus — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Siegfried Wentz — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Gaby Bußmann, Heide-Elke Gaugel, Heike Schulte-Mattler, and Ute Thimm — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Sabine Everts — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
Manfred Zielonka — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Josefa Idem and Barbara Schüttpelz — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
Reinhard Alber, Rolf Gölz, Roland Günther, and Michael Marx — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Sandra Schumacher — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
Claus Erhorn, Dietmar Hogrefe, Bettina Overesch, and Burkhard Tesdorpf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Fritz Ligges, Peter Luther, Paul Schockemöhle, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Regina Weber — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
Günther Neureuther — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
Arthur Schnabel — Judo, Men's Open Class
Ellen Becker and Iris Völkner — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
Thomas Fahrner — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
Stefan Pfeiffer — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Karin Seick — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Ina Beyermann — Swimming, Women's 200m Butterfly
Petra Zindler — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick, and Iris Zscherpe — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Peter 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 Competition
Manfred Nerlinger — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
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)
Men's Competition
Men's 400 metres
Erwin Skamrahl
Heat — 45.94
Quarterfinals — 46.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 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 — 74.68m
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 1,000 metres
Moira Thurnden
Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 1,500 metres
Roswitha Gerdes
Heat — 4:10.64
Final — 4:04.41 (→ 4th place)
Margrit Klinger
Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 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 — 1.90m
Final — 2.02m (→ Gold Medal)
Heike Redetzky
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Brigitte Holzapfel
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Ingra Manecke
Qualification — 56.20m
Final — 58.56m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Ingrid Thyssen
Qualification — 60.86m
Final — 63.26m (→ 6th place)
Beate Peters
Qualification — 61.56m
Final — 62.34m (→ 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)
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
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), 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 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
1000m 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
Men's 3m Springboard
Albin Killat
Preliminary Round — 549.39
Final — 569.52 (→ 7th place)
Dieter Dörr
Preliminary Round — 533.61
Final — 549.33 (→ 10th place)
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
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
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
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
Three male modern pentathletes represented West Germany in 1984.
Individual
Achim Bellmann
Michael Rehbein
Christian Sandow
Team
Achim Bellmann
Michael Rehbein
Christian Sandow
Men's Competition
Men's 100m Freestyle
Dirk Korthals
Heat — 51.02
Final — 50.93 (→ 8th place)
Alexander Schowtka
Heat — 51.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Michael Groß
Heat — 1:48.03
Final — 1:47.44 (→ Gold Medal)
Thomas Fahrner
Heat — 1:50.00
Final — 1:49.69 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Stefan Pfeiffer
Heat — 3:53.41
Final — 3:52.91 (→ 4th place)
Thomas Fahrner
Heat — 3:55.26
B-Final — 3:50.91 (→ 9th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Stefan Pfeiffer
Heat — 15:21.95
Final — 15:12.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
Rainer Henkel
Heat — 15:23.60
Final — 15:20.03 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Stefan Peter
Heat — 57.90
B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
Nicolai Klapkarek
Heat — 58.19
B-Final — 58.56 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Nicolai Klapkarek
Heat — 2:04.45
Final — 2:03.95 (→ 6th place)
Stefan Peter
Heat — 2:05.22
B-Final — 2:05.66 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Gerald Mörken
Heat — 1:03.53
Final — 1:03.95 (→ 7th place)
Peter Lang
Heat — 1:04.40
B-Final — 1:04.43 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Gerald Mörken
Heat — 2:22.99 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Peter Lang
Heat — 2:24.60 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Michael Groß
Heat — 54.02
Final — 53.08 (→ Gold Medal)
Andreas Behrend
Heat — 55.22
Final — 54.95 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Michael Groß
Heat — 1:58.72
Final — 1:57.40 (→ Silver Medal)
Andreas Behrend
Heat — 2:06.06 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Nicolai Klapkarek
Heat — 2:06.07
Final — 2:05.88 (→ 7th place)
Ralf Diegel
Heat — 2:06.41
Final — 2:06.66 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Ralf Diegel
Heat — 4:28.10
B-Final — 4:28.94 (→ 12th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, Nicolai Klapkarek, and Andreas Schmidt
Heat — 3:24.69
Dirk Korthals, Andreas Schmidt, Alexander Schowtka, and Michael Groß
Final — 3:22.98 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Rainer Henkel, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and Thomas Fahrner
Heat — 7:25.29
Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, and Michael Groß
Final — 7:15.73 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Stefan Peter, Gerald Mörken, Andreas Behrend, and Alexander Schowtka
Heat — 3:49.75
Stefan Peter, Gerald Mörken, Michael Groß, and Dirk Korthals
Final — 3:44.26 (→ 4th place)
Women's Competition
Women's 100m Freestyle
Susanne Schuster
Heat — 56.85
Final — 56.90 (→ 6th place)
Iris Zscherpe
Heat — 57.31
B-Final — 57.19 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Ina Beyermann
Heat — 2:02.42
Final — 2:01.89 (→ 7th place)
Iris Zscherpe
Heat — 2:03.95
B-Final — 2:03.42 (→ 10th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Birgit Kowalczik
Heat — 4:17.92
Final — 4:16.33 (→ 7th place)
Ina Beyermann
Heat — 4:18.94
B-Final — scratched (→ 17th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Birgit Kowalczik
Heat — 8:53.34 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, and Karin Seick
Heat — 3:46.49
Final — 3:45.56 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, and Karin Seick
Heat — 4:13.58
Final — 4:11.97 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Svenja Schlicht
Heat — 1:04.02
Final — 1:03.46 (→ 6th place)
Sandra Dahlmann
Heat — 1:05.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Svenja Schlicht
Heat — 2:15.69
Final — 2:15.93 (→ 6th place)
Sandra Dahlmann
Heat — 2:19.59
B-Final — 2:16.93 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
Ina Beyermann
Heat — 2:13.26
Final — 2:11.91 (→ Bronze Medal)
Petra Zindler
Heat — 2:15.20
B-Final — 2:16.50 (→ 14th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Christiane Pielke
Heat — 2:19.17
Final — 2:17.82 (→ 5th place)
Petra Zindler
Heat — 2:20.05
Final — 2:19.86 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Petra Zindler
Heat — 4:52.49
Final — 4:48.57 (→ Bronze Medal)
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
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
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
Peter Röhle
Thomas Loebb
Frank Otto
Rainer Hoppe
Armando Fernández
Thomas Huber
Jürgen Schroder
Rainer Osselmann
Hagen Stamm
Roland Freund
Dirk Theismann
Werner Obschernikat