40.GDR National Championships - Gera - December 1988
Finals:
| 48kg | Rico Kubat | Mario Loch | 3:2 |
| 51kg | Myrko Schade | Popinga | RSC 2 |
| 54kg | Dieter Berg | Heiko Hinz | 5:0 |
| 57kg | Markus Beyer | Diego Drumm | 5:0 |
| 60kg | Andreas Zuelow | Joerg Heidenreich | 5:0 |
| 63,5kg | Joerg Boehme | Andreas Otto | 5:0 |
| 67kg | Siegfried Mehnert | Jochen Pohle | AB 3 |
| 71kg | Enrico Richter | Mike Olesch | 5:0 |
| 75kg | Henry Maske | Torsten Schmitz | 4:1 |
| 81kg | Sven Lange | Rene Suetovius | 3:2 |
| 91kg | Axel Schulz | Ralf Markert | 5:0 |
| +91kg | Ulli Kaden | Pfeiffer | RSC 1 |
Medallists:
| Weight | Rank | Name | Club |
| 48kg | 1 | Rico Kubat | SC Cottbus |
| 2 | Mario Loch | Wismut Gera | |
| 3 | Jens Meukow | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| Jan Quast | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O | ||
| 51kg | 1 | Myrko Schade | SC Cottbus |
| 2 | Popinga | Wismut Gera | |
| 3 | Eichhorst | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| Roland Schmidt | SC Traktor Schwerin | ||
| 54kg | 1 | Dieter Berg | SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 2 | Heiko Hinz | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| 3 | L.Eichhorn | Motor Mitte Magdeburg | |
| Frank Sygmund | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O | ||
| 57kg | 1 | Markus Beyer | Wismut Gera |
| 2 | Diego Drumm | SC Cottbus | |
| 3 | Mathias Rohde | SC Dynamo Berlin | |
| Rene Breitbarth | SC Traktor Schwerin | ||
| 60kg | 1 | Andreas Zülow | SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 2 | Joerg Heidenreich | SC Chemie Halle | |
| 3 | Frank Schmidt | TSC Berlin | |
| Scharf | SC Chemie Halle | ||
| 63,5kg | 1 | Joerg Boehme | SC Cottbus |
| 2 | Andreas Otto | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O | |
| 3 | Frank Kleinsorg | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| Olaf Trenn | SC Traktor Schwerin | ||
| 67kg | 1 | Siegfried Mehnert | SC Chemie Halle |
| 2 | Jochen Pohle | SC Cottbus | |
| 3 | Tino Kipping | SC Chemie Halle | |
| Andreas Mehnert | SC Chemie Halle | ||
| 71kg | 1 | Enrico Richter | Wismut Gera |
| 2 | Maik Olesch | SC Chemie Halle | |
| 3 | Thomas Hensel | Chemie PCK Schwedt | |
| Cornel Ladewig | TSC Berlin | ||
| 75kg | 1 | Henry Maske | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O |
| 2 | Torsten Schmitz | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| 3 | Wolf Preiss | SC Traktor Schwerin | |
| Dirk Eigenbrodt | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O | ||
| 81kg | 1 | Sven Lange | SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 2 | Rene Suetovius | SC Chemie Halle | |
| 3 | Born | Carl Zeiss Saalfeld | |
| Mario Nesemann | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||
| 91kg | 1 | Axel Schulz | ASK Vorwaerts Frankfurt/O |
| 2 | Ralf Markert | Wismut Gera | |
| 3 | Klaus-Dieter Schmid | Chemie PCK Schwedt | |
| Kupka | ASG Grenze Rostock | ||
| +91kg | 1 | Ulli Kaden | Wismut Gera |
| 2 | Pfeiffer | Saalfeld | |
| 3 | Guido Wesp | Motor Mitte Magdeburg | |
| Lutz Philipp | Stahl Hennigsdorf |