Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Germany at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.dosb.de (in German) (in English) (in French)
in Atlanta
Competitors 465 (278 men, 187 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Arnd Schmitt (fencing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
20
Silver
18
Bronze
27
Total
65
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
 East Germany (1968–1988)
 West Germany (1968–1988)

Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

In Germany's sixth archery competition, the German women's team won the silver medal. Germany's highest placing individual was Barbara Mensing, who advanced to the quarterfinal before being defeated. No Germany men competed in Atlanta.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Barbara Mensing → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1)
  • Sandra Wagner → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)
  • Cornelia Pfohl → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Mensing, Wagner, and Pfohl → Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification — 3:56.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification — 13:52.00
  • Semifinal — 14:03.75
  • Final — 13:08.81 (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 14:06.34
  • Semifinal — 13:40.94
  • Final — 13:44.64 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.18
  • Semifinals — 8:19.11
  • Final — 8:18.52 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 8:32.76
  • Semifinals — 8:27.99
  • Final — 8:30.31 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 8:36.86
  • Semifinals — 8:51.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:05.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.86m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Men's triple jump

  • Charles Friedeck

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Shot Put

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8706 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final Result — 8253 points (→ 14th place)
  • Final Result — 8045 points (→ 20th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 64.66m
  • Final — 69.40m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 62.58m
  • Final — 64.62m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 55.18m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 77.84m
  • Final — 79.78m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 74.60m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 74.20m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw


Women's 100 metres

Women's 200 metres

Women's 400 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 1,500 metres

Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification — 33:31.67 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Women's 100m Hurdles

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 55.05
  • Semifinals — 54.27
  • Final — 54.03 (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 55.33
  • Semifinals — 54.27
  • Final — 54.57 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Qualification — 3:24.08
  • Final — 3:21.14 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 60.84m
  • Final — 64.18m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 60.98m
  • Final — 60.20m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 59.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.93m
  • Final — 1.96m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 66.78m
  • Final — 69.66m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 63.94m
  • Final — 65.48m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 63.80m
  • Final — 61.16m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 19.93m
  • Final — 20.56m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 19.29m
  • Final — 19.06m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 19.02m
  • Final — 18.92m (→ 7th place)

Women's Heptathlon

Badminton

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Beach volleyball

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Boxing

  • Defeated Reynaldo Galido (Philippines) 19-2
  • Defeated David Díaz (United States) 14-6
  • Defeated Nordine Mouichi (France) 19-10
  • Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) 20-6
  • Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 13-20

Canoeing

Men's Flatwater Competition

Women's Flatwater Competition

Men's Slalom Competition

Women's Slalom Competition

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:07:08 (→ 10th place)
  • Final — 1:07:33 (→ 12th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 4th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final — 8 points (→ 9th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Ralph Berner
  • Final — 2:27:45 (→ 10th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Regina Marunde
  • Final — 1:57.21 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 358.26
  • Semi Final — 219.99
  • Final — 402.33 (→ 7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 405.33
  • Semi Final — 207.21
  • Final — 376.35 (→ 12th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Claudia Bockner
  • Preliminary Heat — 281.31
  • Semi Final — 200.19
  • Final — 255.51 (→ 11th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 239.91
  • Semi Final — 204.99 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat — 298.11
  • Semi Final — 166.14
  • Final — 313.08 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Heat — 258.93
  • Semi Final — 151.44
  • Final — 215.91 (→ 12th place)

Equestrian

Dressage

Jumping

Eventing

  • Bodo Battenberg ("Sam the Man")
  • Ralf Ehrenbrink ("Connection L" and "West Star")
  • Wolfgang Mengers ("Flaming Affair")
  • Bettina Overesch-Böker ("Watermill Stream")
  • Hendrik von Paepcke ("Amadeus")
  • Peter Thomsen ("White Girl")

Fencing

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Germany — Australia 2—3 → Fourth place
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Team Roster

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Rhythmic gymnastics

  • Nicole Bittner, Dörte Schiltz, Katharina Wildermuth, Anne Jung, Luise Stäblein, and Karin Hoffmann

Rowing

Men's competition

Women's competition

Sailing

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Shooting

Rifle

Pistol

Running Target

Trap and Skeet

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 22.68
  • Swim-off — DSQ
  • B-Final — 22.73 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 23.06 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 50.06
  • B-Final — 49.90 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 50.38
  • B-Final — 49.91 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:49.57
  • B-Final — 1:48.81 (→ 9th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:51.26
  • Final — 3:52.15 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 3:53.65
  • B-Final — 3:52.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:18.61
  • Final — 15:18.86 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 15:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 55.73
  • Final — 55.56 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 56.26
  • B-Final — 56.63 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:01.50
  • B-Final — scratched

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:01.79
  • Final — 1:01.33 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 54.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:59.87
  • B-Final — 2:00.08 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat — 2:00.48
  • B-Final — 2:01.62 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:03.82
  • B-Final — 2:02.90 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.23
  • B-Final — 2:03.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:19.27
  • Final — 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:22.17
  • Final — 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:41.30
  • Final — 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 25.45
  • Final — 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 26.00
  • B-Final — 26.16 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 55.55
  • Final — 54.88 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 55.80
  • Final — 55.59 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:59.40
  • Final — 1:58.57 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 2:00.38
  • Final — 1:59.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:11.17
  • Final — 4:08.30 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 4:08.99
  • Final — 4:09.83 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:33.55
  • Final — 8:29.91 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 8:36.33
  • Final — 8:31.06 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.68
  • Final — 1:02.52 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 1:03.05
  • B-Final — 1:02.85 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:13.58
  • Final — 2:12.06 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 2:12.73
  • B-Final — 2:12.90 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Kathrin Dumitru
  • Heat — 1:11.92 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Kathrin Dumitru
  • Heat — 2:37.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Julia Voitowitsch
  • Heat — 1:01.47
  • B-Final — 1:01.14 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:16.66 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:18.00
  • B-Final — 2:16.68 (→ 11th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:45.36
  • Final — 4:43.78 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 4:55.30 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:44.17
  • Final — 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:08.58
  • Final — 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:08.95
  • Final — 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)

Table tennis

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Sigfried Kohler

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Ingo Borgmann
  • Piotr Bukowski
  • Oliver Dahler
  • Jörg Dresel
  • Torsten Dresel
  • Davor Erjavec
  • Michael Ilgner
  • Dirk Klingenberg
  • Raul de la Peña
  • René Reimann
  • Uwe Sterzik
  • Lars Tomanek
  • Daniel Voß

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight (— 83 kg)

  • Final — 170.0 + 212.5 = 382.5 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

  • Snatch — 177.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 212.5 kg
  • Total — 390.0 kg (→ 9th place)
  • Dimitri Prochorov
  • Snatch — 175.0 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
  • Total — 390.0 kg (→ 11th place)

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Freestyle

Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ↑ "Germany at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
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