Bahne Rabe also stroked the German M8+ crew that won the gold medal at OG Seoul 1988.

In 2012 Evi Simeoni published the book "Schlagmann" which was inspired by the long illness and death (2001) of this athlete. 

                   Frank Richter, Ike Landvoigt, Detlev Kirchhoff,

                   Dieter Sator, Stefan Forster, Marc Weber,

                   Jochen Lerche, Roland Baar, Kox Peter Thiede

       Postmark on the day of their victory