Just 25 points separated gold and silver at the 1988 West German Decathlon Championships in Rhede on 9–10 July. Rainer Sonnenburg won with 8025 points, narrowly ahead of Karl-Heinz Fichtner on 8000, while Gerald Borchert took bronze with 7887. Stefan Haigis topped the separate J classification with 7450 points.
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