Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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, English, and French)
in Atlanta, United States; 19 July–4 August 1996
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)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920–1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Christian Klees	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	25 July
Gold	Ralf Schumann	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	25 July
Gold	Udo Quellmalz	Judo	Men's 65 kg	25 July
Gold	Jana Sorgers Katrin Rutschow Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	28 July
Gold	André Steiner Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Willms	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	28 July
Gold	Oliver Fix	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	28 July
Gold	Jens Fiedler	Cycling	Men's sprint	28 July
Gold	Isabell Werth Monica Theodorescu Klaus Balkenhol Martin Schaudt	Equestrian	Team dressage	28 July
Gold	Ilke Wyludda	Athletics	Women's discus throw	29 July
Gold	Andreas Wecker	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	29 July
Gold	Lars Riedel	Athletics	Men's discus throw	31 July
Gold	Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Lars Nieberg Franke Sloothaak	Equestrian	Team jumping	1 August
Gold	Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	Sailing	Soling	2 August
Gold	Astrid Kumbernuss	Athletics	Women's shot put	2 August
Gold	Ramona Portwich Manuela Mucke Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres	3 August
Gold	Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	3 August
Gold	Detlef Hofmann Olaf Winter Thomas Reineck Mark Zabel	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	3 August
Gold	Isabell Werth	Equestrian	Individual dressage	3 August
Gold	Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres	4 August
Gold	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Equestrian	Individual jumping	4 August
Silver	Petra Horneber	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air rifle	20 July
Silver	Sandra Völker	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	20 July
Silver	Thomas Zander	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg	21 July
Silver	Franziska van Almsick	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 July
Silver	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	22 July
Silver	Susanne Kiermayer	Shooting	Women's double trap	23 July
Silver	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	25 July
Silver	Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgaß Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Simone Osygus () Meike Freitag ()	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	25 July
Silver	Marc Huster	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg	26 July
Silver	Annika Walter	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	27 July
Silver	Frank Richter Mark Kleinschmidt Wolfram Huhn Marc Weber Detlef Kirchhoff Thorsten Streppelhoff Ulrich Viefers Roland Baar Peter Thiede	Rowing	Men's eight	28 July
Silver	Ronny Weller	Weightlifting	Men's +108 kg	30 July
Silver	Frank Busemann	Athletics	Men's decathlon	1 August
Silver	Barbara Mensing Cornelia Pfohl Sandra Wagner	Archery	Women's team	2 August
Silver	Jan Hempel	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	2 August
Silver	Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres	3 August
Silver	Ramona Portwich Birgit Fischer	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 metres	4 August
Silver	Oktay Urkal	Boxing	Light welterweight	4 August
Bronze	Johanna Hagn	Judo	Women's +72 kg	20 July
Bronze	Frank Möller	Judo	Men's +95 kg	20 July
Bronze	Mark Warnecke	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	20 July
Bronze	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 July
Bronze	Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin () Oliver Lampe ()	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	21 July
Bronze	Marko Spittka	Judo	Men's 86 kg	22 July
Bronze	Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag (*)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	22 July
Bronze	Maik Bullmann	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg	23 July
Bronze	Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz (*)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	23 July
Bronze	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz Monika Weber-Koszto Sabine Bau	Fencing	Women's team foil	25 July
Bronze	Cathleen Rund	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	25 July
Bronze	Richard Trautmann	Judo	Men's 60 kg	26 July
Bronze	Sandra Völker	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	26 July
Bronze	Thomas Lange	Rowing	Men's single sculls	27 July
Bronze	Oliver Caruso	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg	27 July
Bronze	André Ehrenberg Michael Senft	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	28 July
Bronze	Thomas Becker	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	28 July
Bronze	Judith Arndt	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	28 July
Bronze	Florian Schwarthoff	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	29 July
Bronze	Arawat Sabejew	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	31 July
Bronze	Jörg Roßkopf	Table tennis	Men's singles	1 August
Bronze	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Tennis	Men's doubles	1 August
Bronze	Luan Krasniqi	Boxing	Heavyweight	1 August
Bronze	Andrej Tiwontschik	Athletics	Men's pole vault	2 August
Bronze	Zoltan Lunka	Boxing	Flyweight	2 August
Bronze	Thomas Ulrich	Boxing	Light heavyweight	2 August
Bronze	Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	49	36	85
Badminton	3	3	6
Boxing	8	–	8
Canoeing	21	6	27
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	3	4	7
Equestrian	12	4	16
Fencing	9	6	15
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	0	15	15
Gymnastics	7	10	17
Handball	15	15	30
Judo	7	6	13
Rowing	28	20	48
Sailing	12	3	15
Shooting	17	5	22
Swimming	16	12	28
Table tennis	3	4	7
Tennis	2	1	3
Volleyball	2	14	16
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	12	–	12
Total	279	187	466

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Barbara Mensing	Individual	632	42	Tutatchikova (RUS) W 150–145	Lantang (INA) W 144–141	Valeeva (MDA) W 163–158	He (CHN) L 93–103	Did not advance
Cornelia Pfohl		621	47	Zabugina (BLR) L 152–158	Did not advance
Sandra Wagner		640	24	Lin (TPE) L 158–162	Did not advance
Barbara Mensing Cornelia Pfohl Sandra Wagner	Team	1893	11	—	Italy W 245–236	China W 232–231	Turkey W 239–237	South Korea L 235–245

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marc Blume	100 metres	10.33	23 Q	10.33	26	Did not advance
Joachim Dehmel	800 metres	1:47.12	25	—	Did not advance
Nico Motchebon	800 metres	1:45.82	7 Q	—	1:45.40	8 Q	1:43.91	5
Michael Gottschalk	1500 metres	3:56.46	53	—	Did not advance
Dieter Baumann	5000 metres	13:52.00	6 Q	—	14:03.75	12 Q	13:08.81	4
Stéphane Franke	5000 metres	14:06.34	27 q	—	13:40.94	9 q	13:44.64	14
Stéphane Franke	10,000 metres	28:24.30	17 Q	—	27:59.08	9
Konrad Dobler	Marathon	—	2:21:12	48
Stephan Freigang	Marathon	—	DNF
Claude Edorh	110 metres hurdles	13.74	28 q	13.64	23	Did not advance
Eric Kaiser		13.64	17 Q	DNF	q	13.59	14	Did not advance
Florian Schwarthoff		13.39	5 Q	13.27	2 Q	13.13	2 Q	13.17
Kim Bauermeister	3000 metres steeplechase	8:36.86	23 q	—	8:51.83	24	Did not advance
Steffen Brand		8:31.18	12 Q	—	8:19.11	3 Q	8:18.52	6
Martin Strege		8:32.76	21 Q	—	8:27.99	12 Q	8:30.31	10
Michael Huke Marc Blume Holger Blume Florian Schwarthoff Andreas Ruth (*)	4 × 100 metres relay	38.77	3 Q	—	DNF		Did not advance
Rico Lieder Andreas Hein Kai Karsten Thomas Schönlebe	4 × 400 metres relay	3:05.16	17	—	Did not advance
Nischan Daimer	20 kilometres walk	—	1:23:23	14
Andreas Erm		—	1:25:08	23
Robert Ihly		—	1:23:47	16
Axel Noack	50 kilometres walk	—	3:51:55	12
Thomas Wallstab		—	3:54:48	15
Ronald Weigel		—	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Wolfgang Kreißig	High jump	2.28	11 Q	2.29	9
Tim Lobinger	Pole vault	5.70	1 Q	5.80	7
Michael Stolle		5.70	10 Q	5.70	9
Andrej Tiwontschik		5.70	9 Q	5.92
Georg Ackermann	Long jump	7.86	21	Did not advance
Hans-Peter Lott	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Charles Friedek	Triple jump	16.71	14	Did not advance
Oliver-Sven Buder	Shot put	20.43	3 Q	20.51	5
Michael Mertens		19.07	16	Did not advance
Dirk Urban		19.39	13	Did not advance
Michael Möllenbeck	Discus throw	55.18	35	Did not advance
Lars Riedel		64.66	1 Q	69.40 OR
Jürgen Schult		62.58	8 Q	64.62	6
Claus Dethloff	Hammer throw	74.60	14	Did not advance
Karsten Kobs		74.20	18	Did not advance
Heinz Weis		77.84	4 Q	79.78	5
Peter Blank	Javelin throw	82.68	9 q	81.82	9
Raymond Hecht		83.24	7 Q	86.88	4
Boris Henry		83.22	8 Q	85.68	5

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Frank Busemann	Result	10.60	8.07 OB	13.60	2.04	48.34	13.47 OB	45.04	4.80	66.86	4:31.41	8706
Frank Busemann	Points	952	1079	704	840	893	1044	768	849	842	735	8706
Frank Müller	Result	10.95	7.25	14.69	1.95	49.05	14.86	45.90	5.10	66.10	4:37.50	8253	14
Frank Müller	Points	872	874	771	758	859	867	785	941	830	696	8253	14
Dirk-Achim Pajonk	Result	10.67	7.50	14.46	1.95	48.81	14.79	41.94	4.50	54.16	4:21.62	8045	20
Dirk-Achim Pajonk	Points	935	935	757	758	870	875	704	760	650	801	8045	20

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Silke Lichtenhagen	100 metres	11.30	14 Q	11.53	25	Did not advance
Melanie Paschke		11.27	13 Q	11.18	8 Q	11.14	10	Did not advance
Andrea Philipp		11.32	15 Q	11.38	17	Did not advance
Melanie Paschke	200 metres	22.93	11 Q	22.84	12 Q	22.81	12	Did not advance
Grit Breuer	400 metres	52.20	19 Q	50.57	2 Q	50.75	8 Q	50.71	8
Linda Kisabaka	800 metres	1:59.56	8 q	—	1:59.23	11	Did not advance
Sylvia Kühnemund	1500 metres	4:14.35	23 q	—	4:16.85	21	Did not advance
Carmen Wüstenhagen	1500 metres	4:10.06	12 Q	—	4:11.47	15	Did not advance
Claudia Lokar	5000 metres	15:28.35	16	—	Did not advance
Petra Wassiluk	5000 metres	15:37.73	19	—	Did not advance
Kathrin Weßel	10,000 metres	33:31.67	28	—	Did not advance
Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Marathon	—	2:28:45	4
Sonja Krolik		—	2:31:16	8
Uta Pippig		—	DNF
Kristin Patzwahl	100 metres hurdles	12.98	16 Q	12.91	13 Q	13.05	15	Did not advance
Birgit Wolf	100 metres hurdles	13.16	27 q	13.08	26	Did not advance
Heike Meißner	400 metres hurdles	55.05	4 Q	—	54.27	4 Q	54.03	5
Silvia Rieger	400 metres hurdles	55.33	8 Q	—	54.27	4 Q	54.57	8
Andrea Philipp Silke Lichtenhagen Melanie Paschke Silke Knoll	4 × 100 metres relay	DNF		—	Did not advance
Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	4 × 400 metres relay	3:24.08	3 Q	—	3:21.14
Kathrin Boyde	10 kilometres walk	—	44:50	15
Beate Gummelt	10 kilometres walk	—	DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alina Astafei	High jump	1.93	1 q	1.96	5
Petra Lobinger	Triple jump	NM		Did not advance
Astrid Kumbernuss	Shot put	19.93	1 Q	20.56
Kathrin Neimke		19.02	8 Q	18.92	7
Stephanie Storp		19.29	3 Q	19.06	6
Franka Dietzsch	Discus throw	63.94	3 Q	65.48	4
Anja Gündler		63.80	4 Q	61.16	11
Ilke Wyludda		66.78	1 Q	69.66
Karen Forkel	Javelin throw	60.84	11 q	64.18	6
Steffi Nerius		60.98	10 q	60.20	9
Silke Renk		59.70	13	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Peggy Beer	Result	13.52	1.74	13.65	24.64	6.09	46.72	2:13.15	6234	13
Peggy Beer	Points	1047	903	771	920	877	797	919	6234	13
Sabine Braun	Result	13.55	1.83	14.48	24.89	6.21	48.72	2:22.87	6317	7
Sabine Braun	Points	1043	1016	826	897	915	835	785	6317	7
Mona Steigauf	Result	13.22	1.77	12.35	24.50	6.47	42.40	2:15.44	6246	11
Mona Steigauf	Points	1091	941	684	933	997	713	887	6246	11

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Helber	Singles	Korshuk (BLR) W 15–12, 15–1	Liu (TPE) L 15–8, 0–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Oliver Pongratz	Singles	Yu (CHN) L 5–15, 15–12, 1–15	Did not advance
Michael Helber Michael Keck	Doubles	—	Axelsson / Jönsson (SWE) W 15–8, 15–13	Antropov / Zuyev (RUS) L 1–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	Doubles	—	de Souza / Jean-Pierre (MRI) W 15–1, 15–2	Ge / Gu (CHN) L 3–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Karen Stechmann Michael Keck	Doubles	—	Wright / Ponting (GBR) L 10–15, 14–18	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoltan Lunka	Flyweight	Castillo (MEX) W 13–7	Ballo (INA) W 18–12	Assous (ALG) W 19–6	Jumadilov (KAZ) L 18–23	Did not advance
Falk Huste	Featherweight	Burke (GBR) W 13–9	Ibragimov (UZB) W 8–4	Todorov (BUL) L 6–14	Did not advance
Oktay Urkal	Light welterweight	Galido (PHI) W 19–2	Diaz (USA) W 14–6	Mouchi (FRA) W 19–10	Missaoui (TUN) W 20–6	Vinent (CUB) L 13–20
Markus Beyer	Light middleweight	Vaștag (ROU) W 17–12	Mizsei (HUN) W 14–6	Ibraimov (KAZ) L 9–19	Did not advance
Sven Ottke	Middleweight	Mendy (FRA) W 11–4	Hernández (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Thomas Ulrich	Light heavyweight	Timperi (AUS) W 21–7	Koné (SWE) W 24–9	Bispo (BRA) W 14–7	Lee (KOR) L 8–12	Did not advance
Luan Krasniqi	Heavyweight	Chagaev (UZB) W 12–4	Kshinin (RUS) W 10–2	Dychkov (BLR) W 10–5	Savón (CUB) L walkover	Did not advance
René Monse	Super heavyweight	Bye	El-Said (EGY) W 12–9	Lezin (RUS) L 5–9	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Vitus Husek	Men's C-1	167.48	14	164.29	7	164.29	12
Sören Kaufmann		168.43	15	177.25	15	168.43	17
Martin Lang		159.91	5	167.24	11	159.91	7
Manfred Berro Michael Trummer	Men's C-2	180.55	6	163.72	4	163.72	4
André Ehrenberg Michael Senft	Men's C-2	167.33	1	163.72	3	163.72
Thomas Becker	Men's K-1	144.48	2	142.79	2	142.79
Oliver Fix		141.22	1	209.75	37	141.22
Jochen Lettmann		145.99	5	150.97	12	145.99	8
Elisabeth Micheler-Jones	Women's K-1	176.56	5	461.73	29	176.56	10
Kordula Striepecke	Women's K-1	326.63	24	176.98	8	176.98	11

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Zereske	C-1 500 metres	1:53.840	1 F	—	Bye	1:52.358	5
Patrick Schulze	C-1 1000 metres	4:21.114	2 F	—	Bye	3:57.778	4
Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach	C-2 500 metres	1:45.145	2 SF	Bye	1:43.650	2 F	1:41.760	4
Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach	C-2 1000 metres	4:00.851	1 F	—	Bye	3:31.870
Lutz Liwowski	K-1 500 metres	1:41.079	2 SF	Bye	1:40.319	1 F	1:39.307	5
Lutz Liwowski	K-1 1000 metres	3:44.776	3 SF	Bye	3:42.657	3 F	3:30.025	4
Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	K-2 500 metres	1:31.361	1 SF	Bye	1:29.883	1 F	1:28.697
Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	K-2 1000 metres	3:39.388	1 SF	Bye	3:19.394	3 F	3:10.518
Detlef Hofmann Olaf Winter Thomas Reineck Mark Zabel	K-4 1000 metres	3:07.908	1 F	—	Bye	2:51.528

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Birgit Fischer	K-1 500 metres	1:54.880	3 SF	Bye	1:51.863	3 F	1:49.383	4
Ramona Portwich Birgit Fischer	K-2 500 metres	1:45.504	1 SF	Bye	1:43.069	2 F	1:39.689
Ramona Portwich Manuela Mucke Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck	K-4 500 metres	1:37.895	1 F	—	Bye	1:31.077 OB

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rolf Aldag	Road race	4:56:44	28
Olaf Ludwig	Road race	4:56:32	16
Uwe Peschel	Road race	DNF
Uwe Peschel	Time trial	1:07:33	12
Michael Rich	Road race	DNF
Michael Rich	Time trial	1:07:08	10
Erik Zabel	Road race	4:56:43	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vera Hohlfeld	Road race	2:37:06	4

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	rRepechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jens Fiedler	Men's sprint	10.232	4	Capitano (ITA) W 11.722	Bye	Escuredo (ESP) W 10.597	Bye	Bērziņš (LAT) W 10.808	Bye	Rousseau (FRA) W, W	Neiwand (AUS) W, W	Nothstein (USA) W, W
Eyk Pokorny	Men's sprint	10.233	5	Bazálik (SVK) W 10.995	Bye	Moreno (ESP) W 10.966	Bye	Rousseau (FRA) L	Chiappa (ITA), Moreno (ESP) W 10.982	Neiwand (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	Hill (AUS), Magné (FRA), Rousseau (FRA) L	7
Annett Neumann	Women's sprint	11.536	6 Q	Paraskevin-Young (USA) W 12.078	Bye	—	Grishina (RUS) L, W, W	Ballanger (FRA) L, L	Haringa (NED) W, L, L	4

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sören Lausberg	Time trial	1:03.514	4

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Heiko Szonn	Men's individual pursuit	4:29.931	6 Q	Markov (RUS) L 4:31.583	Did not advance
Judith Arndt	Women's individual pursuit	3:40.335	5 Q	Twigg (USA) W 3:38.898	Clignet (FRA) L 3:38.744	Did not advance
Robert Bartko Guido Fulst Danilo Hondo Heiko Szonn	Men's team pursuit	4:15.140	9	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank
Guido Fulst	Men's points race	–1 lap	7	10
Judith Arndt	Women's points race	±0 laps	2	13

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ralph Berner	Men's cross-country	2:27:43	10
Mike Kluge	Men's cross-country	DNF
Regina Marunde	Women's cross-country	1:57:21	7

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jan Hempel	3 metre springboard	358.26	13 Q	578.25	10 Q	622.32	7
Andreas Wels	3 metre springboard	405.33	5 Q	612.54	6 Q	583.56	12
Jan Hempel	10 metre platform	394.17	7 Q	591.39	5 Q	663.27
Michael Kühne	10 metre platform	375.27	11 Q	544.38	11 Q	583.98	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claudia Bockner	3 metre springboard	281.31	5 Q	481.50	8 Q	455.70	11
Simona Koch	3 metre springboard	239.91	16 Q	444.90	16	Did not advance
Annika Walter	10 metre platform	298.11	5 Q	464.25	5 Q	479.22
Ute Wetzig	10 metre platform	258.93	11 Q	410.37	11 Q	367.35	12

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Klaus Balkenhol	Goldstern	Individual	71.72	6 Q	73.81	145.53	6 Q	76.28	5	221.81	6
Martin Schaudt	Durgo		71.24	8 Q	70.98	142.22	9 Q	70.53	12	212.75	9
Monica Theodorescu	Grunox		73.80	5 Q	73.91	147.71	5 Q	76.85	3	224.56	4
Nicole Uphoff-Becker	Rembrandt		70.04	9 Q	73.02	143.06	8 Q	DNS
Isabell Werth	Gigolo		76.60	1 Q	75.49	152.09	2 Q	83.00	1	235.09
Klaus Balkenhol Martin Schaudt Monica Theodorescu Isabell Werth	Goldstern	Team	5553	1	—	5553

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Herbert Blöcker	Kiwi Dream	Individual	42.40	6	111.20	153.60	18	6.50	8	160.10	16
Peter Thomsen	White Girl 3		53.60	18	Withdrawn
Hendrik von Paepcke	Amadeus 18		56.20	23	26.00	82.20	10	5.00	5	87.20	7
Bodo Battenberg Jürgen Blum Ralf Ehrenbrink Bettina Overesch-Böker	Sam the Man Brownie McGee Connection L Watermill Stream	Team	145.00	5	1091.60	1192.40	EL	11.75	EL	1204.15	9

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina Z	Individual	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.25	10	0.25	1	Did not start
Ulrich Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes		4.00	14	0.75	10	0.75	12	5.50	5 Q	0.00	1	1.00	6	1.00
Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure		8.00	40	0.00	1	12.00	47	20.00	29 q	0.00	1	16.00	24	16.00	20
Franke Sloothaak	Joly		4.00	14	60.25	75	DNF
Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Lars Nieberg Franke Sloothaak	See above	Team	—	0.75	1	1.00	1	1.75

Fencing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexander Koch	Foil	Bye	Ye (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Uwe Römer		Bye	Wendt (AUT) W 15–7	Kim (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Wolfgang Wienand		Bye	Marchetti (ARG) W 15–1	Kiełpikowski (POL) W 15–11	Tucker (CUB) W 15–12	Plumenail (FRA) L 9–15	Boidin (FRA) L 11–15	4
Alexander Koch Uwe Römer Wolfgang Wienand	Team foil	—	Bye	Poland L 44–45	Italy W 45–36	Hungary L 44–45	6
Elmar Borrmann	Épée	Lee (KOR) W 15–14	Randazzo (ITA) W 15–14	Imre (HUN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Arnd Schmitt		Bye	Chang (KOR) W 15–13	Trevejo (CUB) L 8–15	Did not advance
Marius Strzalka		Pantelimon (ROU) W 15–12	Chouinard (CAN) W 15–12	Mazzoni (ITA) W 15–13	Kovács (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Elmar Borrmann Arnd Schmitt Marius Strzalka	Team épée	—	Bye	Estonia W 45–39	Italy L 44–45	France L 42–45	4
Felix Becker	Sabre	Bye	Cox Jr. (USA) W 15–12	Ducheix (FRA) W 15–8	Navarrete (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Frank Bleckmann		Bye	Jaskot (POL) L 10–15	Did not advance
Steffen Wiesinger		Bye	Köves (HUN) W 15–10	Terenzi (ITA) W 15–8	Sharikov (RUS) L 6–15	Did not advance
Felix Becker Frank Bleckmann Steffen Wiesinger	Team sabre	—	Bye	Italy L 42–45	Spain L 34–45	Romania L 42–45	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabine Bau	Foil	Bye	Ohayon (ISR) W 15–10	Marsh (USA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz		Bye	Liang (CHN) W 15–10	Mohamed (HUN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Monika Weber-Koszto		Bye	Felusiak (POL) W 15–14	Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) W 15–13	Modaine-Cessac (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel-Mauritz Monika Weber-Koszto	Team foil	—	Bye	Poland W 45–35	Romania L 33–45	Hungary W 45–42
Claudia Bokel	Épée	Bye	Sidiropoulou (GRE) W 15–10	Zalaffi (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Eva-Maria Ittner		Bye	Vybornova (UKR) W 15–7	Moressée-Pichot (FRA) W 15–10	Zalaffi (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Katja Nass		Bye	Rohi (EST) W 15–12	Hormay (HUN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Claudia Bokel Eva-Maria Ittner Katja Nass	Team épée	—	Bye	Russia L 37–45	Cuba L 40–45	United States W 45–37	7

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 0–1	India D 1–1	Pakistan W 3–1	Argentina W 3–0	United States W 3–0	—	2 Q	Netherlands L 1–3	Bronze Medal Match Australia L 2–3	4
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Argentina W 2–0	Spain W 2–1	Australia L 0–1	Netherlands L 3–4	United States D 1–1	Great Britain L 2–3	South Korea L 0–1	6	Did not advance

Men's team competition

Team roster

Head coach: Paul Lissek

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	India	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	6
4	Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
6	United States (H)	5	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996
09:00

Spain	1–0	Germany
Arnau 50'	Report

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Craig Madden (GBR)

22 July 1996
17:30

Germany	1–1	India
Saliger 66'	Report	Mukesh 62'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Floris Idenburg (NED)

24 July 1996
20:00

Germany	3–1	Pakistan
Becker 6', 49' Meinhardt 39'	Report	Khalid 62'

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

26 July 1996
09:00

Germany	3–0	Argentina
Saliger 16' Becker 19' Bellenbaum 64'	Report

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Don Prior (AUS)

28 July 1996
17:30

United States	0–3	Germany
	Report	Fischer 11', 22' Blunck 23'

Umpires:
Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Semifinal

31 July 1996
20:00

Germany	1–3	Netherlands
Meinhardt 60'	Report	Van den Honert 3', 45', 53'

Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Bronze medal match

2 August 1996
17:00

Australia	3–2	Germany
Stacy 14', 63' Choppy 69'	Report	Meinhardt 40' Domke 46'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	+20	13	Gold medal match
2	South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	+9	10	Gold medal match
3	Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Bronze medal match
4	Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	0	8	Bronze medal match
5	United States (H)	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
6	Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	−1	5
7	Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	−14	5
8	Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996
17:30

Argentina	0–2	Germany
	Report	van Kooperan 17' Lätzsch 39'

Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

21 July 1996
17:30

Spain	1–2	Germany
Tellería 31'	Report	Hentschel 15' van Kooperen 56'

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

23 July 1996
09:00

Australia	1–0	Germany
Roche 25'	Report

Umpires:
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

25 July 1996
11:00

Netherlands	4–3	Germany
Dubbeldam 3' de Ruiter 21' Donners 52', 63'	Report	Becker 27', 43' Cremer 55'

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)

26 July 1996
17:30

United States	1–1	Germany
Werley 54'	Report	Cremer 3'

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Janice McDonald (GBR)

28 July 1996
09:00

Germany	2–3	Great Britain
Hentschel 29' Becker 38'	Report	Atkins 51', 69' Sixsmith 61'

Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Laura Crespo (ARG)

30 July 1996
11:00

Germany	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Chang Eun-jung 31'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Japan W 3–2	Norway L 2–3	Brazil D 1–1	3	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Gero Bisanz

Germany named a squad of 16 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Manuela Goller	(1971-01-05)5 January 1971 (aged 25)	42	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
2	2DF	Jutta Nardenbach	(1968-08-13)13 August 1968 (aged 27)	56	TuS Ahrbach
3	2DF	Birgitt Austermühl	(1965-10-08)8 October 1965 (aged 30)	55	FSV Frankfurt
4	2DF	Kerstin Stegemann	(1977-09-29)29 September 1977 (aged 18)	9	FC Eintracht Rheine
5	2DF	Doris Fitschen	(1968-10-25)25 October 1968 (aged 27)	81	TSV Siegen
6	3MF	Dagmar Pohlmann	(1972-02-07)7 February 1972 (aged 24)	36	FSV Frankfurt
7	3MF	Martina Voss	(1967-12-22)22 December 1967 (aged 28)	89	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
8	3MF	Bettina Wiegmann	(1971-10-07)7 October 1971 (aged 24)	67	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
9	4FW	Heidi Mohr	(1967-05-29)29 May 1967 (aged 29)	101	TuS Niederkirchen
10	3MF	Silvia Neid (captain)	(1964-05-02)2 May 1964 (aged 32)	108	TSV Siegen
11	4FW	Patricia Brocker	(1966-04-07)7 April 1966 (aged 30)	43	TuS Niederkirchen
12	1GK	Katja Kraus	(1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 25)	6	FSV Frankfurt
13	2DF	Sandra Minnert	(1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 23)	28	FSV Frankfurt
14	3MF	Pia Wunderlich	(1975-01-26)26 January 1975 (aged 21)	19	SG Praunheim
15	4FW	Birgit Prinz	(1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 18)	25	FSV Frankfurt
16	3MF	Renate Lingor	(1975-10-11)11 October 1975 (aged 20)	5	SC Klinge Seckach

Unenrolled alternate players
No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
17	2DF	Tina Wunderlich	(1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 18)	6	SG Praunheim
18	4FW	Katja Bornschein	(1972-03-16)16 March 1972 (aged 24)	31	FSV Frankfurt
19	3MF	Sandra Smisek	(1977-07-03)3 July 1977 (aged 19)	9	FSV Frankfurt
20	1GK	Christine Francke	(1974-06-12)12 June 1974 (aged 22)	2

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Semi-finals
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

21 July 1996

13:30

Germany	3–2	Japan
Wiegmann 5' Tomei 29' (o.g.) Mohr 52'	Report (FIFA)	Kioka 18' Noda 33'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 44,211^[4]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

23 July 1996

18:30

Norway	3–2	Germany
Aarønes 5' Medalen 34' Riise 65'	Report (FIFA)	Wiegmann 32' Prinz 62'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 28,000^[5]

Referee: Edward McGregor Lennie (Australia)

25 July 1996

18:30

Brazil	1–1	Germany
Sissi 53'	Report (FIFA)	Wunderlich 4'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 28,319^[6]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Valeri Belenki	Team	19.150	18.425	19.137	19.149	18.862	19.187	113.910	13 Q
Uwe Billerbeck		18.662	—	18.937	18.850	18.950	75.399	101
Jan-Peter Nikiferow		19.112	18.837	18.850	18.912	18.375	19.112	113.198	24 Q
Karsten Oelsch		9.275	17.225	18.662	18.587	17.550	19.162	100.461	75
Marius Tobă		9.225	16.525	19.350 Q	—	45.100	110
Oliver Walther		18.675	18.750	19.025	18.700	18.450	18.962	112.562	32
Andreas Wecker		18.975	18.650	19.350 Q	19.162	18.950	19.387 Q	114.474	9 Q
Total		94.649	92.437	95.712	94.935	93.862	95.810	567.405	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Valeri Belenki	All-around	9.612	9.762	9.612	9.600	9.625	9.637	57.848	6
Jan-Peter Nikiferow	All-around	9.587	9.450	9.575	9.400	9.437	9.375	56.824	23
Marius Tobă	Rings	—	9.737	—	9.737	7
Andreas Wecker	All-around	9.600	9.025	9.750	9.662	9.600	9.775	57.412	13
	Rings	—	9.762	—	9.762	5
	Horizontal bar	—	9.850	9.850

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Yvonne Pioch	Individual	17.925	18.187	16.475	17.100	69.687	72
Kathleen Stark	Individual	18.900	18.525	17.487	18.625	73.537	55

Rhythmic

Group all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Nicole Bittner Katrin Hoffmann Anne Jung Dörte Schiltz Luise Stäblein Katharina Wildermuth	Group all-around	19.050	18.832	37.882	8	Did not advance

Individual all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Semifinal						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Magdalena Brzeska	Individual	9.566	8.933	9.533	9.583	37.615	15 Q	9.550	9.583	9.516	9.583	38.232	10 Q	9.516	9.600	9.566	9.633	38.315	10
Kristin Sroka	Individual	9.432	9.450	9.399	9.416	37.697	14 Q	9.283	9.550	8.900	9.400	37.133	16	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Brazil W 30–20	Spain L 20–22	Egypt L 22–24	Algeria W 25–23	France W 24–23	4	—	7th Place Match Switzerland W 23–16	7
Germany women's	Women's tournament	South Korea L 20–33	Norway L 23–28	Angola W 27–12	—	3	—	5th Place Match China L 26–28	6

Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Seventh place game
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Eleventh place game

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1 2 France 27–25 Spain
1 2 Germany 22–24 Egypt
1 2 Algeria 20–20 Brazil

24 July 1996 20:45	Germany	30–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
	Löhr 7	(12–7)	Barros 4

25 July 1996 16:15	Spain	22–20	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Garralda, Urdiales 5	(11–10)	Zerbe 6

27 July 1996 16:15	Germany	22–24	Egypt	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
	Schwalb 6	(9–11)	El-Attar 5

29 July 1996 14:30	Germany	25–23	Algeria	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Kretzschmar 5	(13–12)	Saidi 6

31 July 1996 16:15	France	23–24	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Prandi, Stoecklin 6	(10–12)	Fegter 7

7th place match

2 August 1996 14:30	Switzerland	16–23	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	Scharer 6	(10–12)	Scheffler, Stephan 5

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	83	60	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	1	79	66	+13	4	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	70	73	−3	2	Fifth place game
4	Angola	3	0	3	49	82	−33	0	Seventh place game

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 1996 16:30	South Korea	33–20	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	Lim 7	(17–12)	Erler, Luca 4

28 July 1996 16:30	Germany	23–28	Norway	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Ritskiavitchius 8	(11–15)	Grini 10

30 July 1996 12:00	Germany	27–12	Angola	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Jurack, Waelzer 5	(10–6)	Webba 5

5th place match

1 August 1996 14:30	Germany	26–28	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Heinz 7	(12–16)	Shi 12

Judo

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Trautmann	–60 kg	Bye	Sunada (USA) W Ippon	Bagirov (BLR) W Shido	Kim (KOR) W Ippon	Giovinazzo (ITA) L Ippon	Bye	Ozhegin (RUS) W Ippon
Udo Quellmalz	–65 kg	Bye	Figuereo (DOM) W Ippon	Hernández (CUB) W Ippon	Almeida (POR) W Ippon	Laats (BEL) W Ippon	Bye	Nakamura (JPN) W Yusei-gachi
Martin Schmidt	–71 kg	Bye	Wojdan (POL) W Ippon	Hajtós (HUN) W Ippon	Nakamura (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance	Bye	Schleicher (AUT) W Waza-ari	Pedro (USA) L Ippon	Did not advance
Stefan Dott	–78 kg	Bye	Dixon (NCA) W Ippon	Laats (BEL) W Ippon	Uznadze (TUR) W Ippon	Bouras (FRA) L Keikoku	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) L Ippon	5
Marko Spittka	–86 kg	Bye	Alimzhanov (KAZ) W Ippon	Zanol (BRA) W Keikoku	Gill (CAN) W Ippon	Jeon (KOR) L Ippon	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) W Yusei-gachi
Detlef Knorrek	–95 kg	Bye	Soares (POR) L Ippon	Did not advance
Frank Möller	+95 kg	Bye	Ebbers (NED) W Ippon	Pérez (ESP) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance		Tataroğlu (TUR) W Ippon	Csősz (HUN) W Ippon	Kosorotov (RUS) W Ippon	Ogawa (JPN) W Ippon

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jana Perlberg	–48 kg	Bye	Roszkowska (POL) L Koka	Did not advance
Alexa von Schwichow	–52 kg	Bye	Verdecia (CUB) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Sugawara (JPN) L Chui	Did not advance
Susann Singer	–61 kg	Jung (KOR) L Yuko	Did not advance			Pace (MLT) W Ippon	Kobaş (TUR) L Ippon	Did not advance
Anja von Rekowski	–66 kg	Pierantozzi (ITA) W Ippon	Sweatman (GBR) L Koka	Did not advance
Hannah Ertel	–72 kg	Bacher (USA) W Ippon	Tanabe (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Howey (GBR) W Shido	Luna (CUB) L Ippon	Did not advance
Johanna Hagn	+72 kg	Seriese (NED) W Ippon	Burgatta (ITA) W Yusei-gachi	Sun (CHN) L Yuko	Did not advance	—	Rogers (GBR) W Shido	da Silva (BRA) W Yuko	Maksymow (POL) W Yuko

Rowing

Men's competition

Thomas Lange (Single sculls → Bronze medal)
Sebastian Mayer / Roland Opfer (Double sculls)
Colin von Ettingshausen / Matthias Ungemach (Coxless pair)
André Steiner, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms (Quadruple sculls → Gold medal)
Ike Landvoigt, Stefan Forster, Claas-Peter Fischer, and Stefan Scholz (Coxless four)
Wolfram Huhn, Marc Weber, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Ulrich Viefers, Frank Richter, Roland Baar and Peter Thiede (coxswain) (Eight → Silver medal)
Peter Uhrig / Ingo Euler (Lightweight double sculls)
Tobias Rose, Martin Weis, Michael Buchheit, and Bernhard Stomporowski (Lightweight coxless four)

Women's competition

Meike Evers (Single sculls)
Jana Thieme / Manuela Lutze (Double sculls)
Kathrin Haacker / Stefani Werremeier (Coxless pair)
Kathrin Boron, Jana Sorgers, Katrin Rutschow, and Kerstin Köppen (Quadruple sculls → Gold medal)
Anja Pyritz, Antje Rehaag, Andrea Gesch, Ina Justh, Kathlen Naser, Dana Pyritz, Michaela Schmidt, Ute Schell and Daniela Neunast (coxswain) (Eight)
Michelle Darvill / Ruth Kaps (Lightweight double sculls)

Sailing

Men's Competition

Michael Fellmann (Finn-Dinghi)
Frank Butzmann / Kai Falkenthal (Star)
Jochen Schümann / Bernd Jäkel / Thomas Flach (Soling → Gold Medal)
Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland (470er)
Stefan Warkalla (Laser)
Matthias Bornhäuser (Mistral)
Roland Gäbler / Frank Parlow (Tornado)

Women's Competition

Sibylle Powarzynski (Europe)
Susanne Bauckholt / Katrin Adlkofer (470er)

Shooting

Rifle

Maik Eckhard, Christian Klees, Bernd Rücker, Johann Riederer, Petra Horneber, Bettina Knells, and Kirsten Obel

Pistol

Ralf Schumann, Hans-Jürgen Neumaier, Daniel Leonhardt, Artur Gevorgian, and Anke Völker

Running Target

Michael Jakosits and Jens Zimmermann

Trap and Skeet

Uwe Möller, Jörg Damme, Bernhard Hochwald, Jan-Henrik Heinrich, Axel Wegner, Waldemar Schanz, Karsten Bindrich, and Susanne Kirchmayer

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Bengt Zikarsky

Heat — 22.68
Swim-off — DSQ
B-Final — 22.73 (→ 10th place)

Alexander Lüderitz

Heat — 23.06 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Christian Tröger

Heat — 50.06
B-Final — 49.90 (→ 10th place)

Björn Zikarsky

Heat — 50.38
B-Final — 49.91 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Aimo Heilmann

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

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Jörg Hoffmann

Heat — 3:51.26
Final — 3:52.15 (→ 7th place)

Sebastian Wiese

Heat — 3:53.65
B-Final — 3:52.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Jörg Hoffmann

Heat — 15:18.61
Final — 15:18.86 (→ 7th place)

Steffen Zesner

Heat — 15:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Ralf Braun

Heat — 55.73
Final — 55.56 (→ 7th place)

Stev Theloke

Heat — 56.26
B-Final — 56.63 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Ralf Braun

Heat — 2:01.50
B-Final — scratched

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Mark Warnecke

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Oliver Lampe

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

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Oliver Lampe

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

Chris-Carol Bremer

Heat — 2:00.48
B-Final — 2:01.62 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Christian Keller

Heat — 2:03.82
B-Final — 2:02.90 (→ 9th place)

Stev Theloke

Heat — 2:04.23
B-Final — 2:03.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Mark Pinger, Alexander Lüderitz, Bengt Zikarsky, and Björn Zikarsky

Heat — 3:19.27

Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger

Final — 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Konstantin Dubrovin, Christian Keller, Oliver Lampe, and Steffen Zesner

Heat — 7:22.17

Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner

Final — 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Stev Theloke, Mark Warnecke, Oliver Lampe, and Bengt Zikarsky

Heat — 3:41.30

Ralf Braun, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller, and Björn Zikarsky

Final — 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Sandra Völker

Heat — 25.45
Final — 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal)

Simone Osygus

Heat — 26.00
B-Final — 26.16 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Sandra Völker

Heat — 55.55
Final — 54.88 (→ Silver Medal)

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 55.80
Final — 55.59 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 1:59.40
Final — 1:58.57 (→ Silver Medal)

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 2:00.38
Final — 1:59.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 4:11.17
Final — 4:08.30 (→ Silver Medal)

Kerstin Kielgass

Heat — 4:08.99
Final — 4:09.83 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 8:33.55
Final — 8:29.91 (→ Silver Medal)

Kerstin Kielgass

Heat — 8:36.33
Final — 8:31.06 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Antje Buschschulte

Heat — 1:02.68
Final — 1:02.52 (→ 6th place)

Anke Scholz

Heat — 1:03.05
B-Final — 1:02.85 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Cathleen Rund

Heat — 2:13.58
Final — 2:12.06 (→ Bronze Medal)

Anke Scholz

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

Sabine Herbst

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

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Sabine Herbst

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

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Sabine Herbst

Heat — 4:45.36
Final — 4:43.78 (→ 4th place)

Cathleen Rund

Heat — 4:55.30 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Meike Freitag, and Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 3:44.17

Sandra Völker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, and Franziska van Almsick

Final — 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Simone Osygus, Meike Freitag, Anke Scholz, and Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 8:08.58

Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Anke Scholz, and Dagmar Hase

Final — 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker

Heat — 4:08.95

Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker

Final — 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)

Table tennis

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Marc-Kevin Goellner

First Round — Lost to Thomas Enqvist (SWE), 6-7 6-4 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

David Prinosil and Marc-Kevin Goellner

Women's Singles Competition

Anke Huber

First Round — Defeated Cătălina Cristea (ROM), 2-6 6-4 6-2
Second Round — Defeated Mariaan de Swardt (RSA), 3-6 6-1 6-4
Third Round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA), 1-6 6-3, 3-6

Volleyball

Team roster

Head coach: Sigfried Kohler

Water polo

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Andreas Behm (Lightweight)
Ingo Steinhöfel and Andrey Poitschke (Middleweight)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (— 83 kg)

Marc Huster

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

Oliver Caruso (Middle-heavyweight)
Igor Sadykov (Heavyweight)
Manfred Nerlinger and Ronny Weller (Super-heavyweight)

Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

Mario Kalinke

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

Oleg Kutscherenko (— 48 kg)
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (— 52 kg)
Rifat Yildiz (— 57 kg)
Erik Hahn (— 74 kg)
Thomas Zander (— 82 kg)
Mike Bullmann (— 90 kg)
Rene Schiekel (— 130 kg)

Freestyle

Jürgen Scheibe (— 62 kg)
Alexander Leipold (— 74 kg)
Heiko Balz (— 90 kg)
Aravat Sabejev (— 100 kg)
Sven Thiele (— 130 kg)

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. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

↑ "Germany at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
↑ Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
↑ "Germany – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "Germany - Japan". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "Norway - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "Brazil - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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

[2] Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

[3] "Germany – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[Germany_-_Japan-4] "Germany - Japan". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[Norway_-_Germany-5] "Norway - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[Brazil_-_Germany-6] "Brazil - Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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