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
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 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)
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