Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was the country's last appearance until 1928.

Medalists Gold Paul Günther — Diving, Men's 3 m Springboard Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Otto Fickeisen, Rudolf Fickeisen and Karl Leister — Rowing, Men's coxed fours Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 200 m breaststroke Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 400 m breaststroke Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk — Tennis, Mixed doubles outdoor

Silver Hanns Braun — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hans Liesche — Athletics, Men's high jump Albert Zürner — Diving, Men's 10 m Platform Hans Luber — Diving, Men's 3 m Springboard Friedrich von Rochow — Equestrian, Individual eventing Friedrich von Rochow, Richard Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim, Eduard von Lütcken and Carl von Moers — Equestrian, Team eventing Rabod von Kröcher — Equestrian, Individual jumping Alfred Goeldel — Shooting, Men's Trap Otto Fahr — Swimming, Men's 100 m backstroke Wilhelm Lützow — Swimming, Men's 200 m breaststroke Wally Dressel, Louise Otto, Hermine Stindt and Grete Rosenberg — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Dorothea Köring — Tennis, Women's singles outdoor Georg Gerstäcker — Wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight

Bronze Kurt Behrens — Diving, Men's 3 m Springboard Sigismund Freyer, Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau, Ernst Deloch and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia — Equestrian, Team jumping Otto Liebing, Max Bröske, Fritz Bartholomae, Willi Bartholomae, Werner Dehn, Rudolf Reichelt, Hans Matthiae, Kurt Runge and Max Vetter — Rowing, Men's eights Erich Graf von Bernstorff, Franz von Zedlitz und Leipe, Horst Goeldel, Albert Preuß, Erland Koch and Alfred Goeldel — Shooting, Men's Team clay pigeons Paul Kellner — Swimming, Men's 100 m backstroke Paul Malisch — Swimming, Men's 200 m breaststroke Oscar Kreuzer — Tennis, Men's singles outdoor

Aquatics Swimming

17 swimmers, including four women, competed for Germany at the 1912 Games. It was the fourth time the nation had competed in swimming, having missed only the 1896 swimming events.

The German men took six medals, four in breaststroke events and two in backstroke. The breaststroke trio swept the 200 meter breaststroke medals, and Bathe added a second gold medal in the 400 meter event. The four women took silver in the inaugural women's relay event. None of the women won an individual medal, with Rosenberg finishing 0.2 seconds behind the bronze medalist in the final to take fourth place.

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Walter Bathe200 m breaststroke N/A 3:03.4 OR 1 Q 3:02.2 OR 1 Q 3:01.8 OR 400 m breaststroke N/A 6:34.6 OR 1 Q 6:32.0 OR 1 Q 6:29.6 OR Walther Binner100 m freestyle Unknown 4–6 did not advance Kurt Bretting100 m freestyle 1:07.0 2 Q 1:04.2 1 Q 1:04.6 1 Q 1:05.8 4 Otto Fahr100 m backstroke N/A 1:22.0 1 Q 1:21.8 2 Q 1:22.4 Otto Groß100 m backstroke N/A 1:24.0 2 Q 1:26.0 1 Q 1:25.8 5 Paul Kellner100 m backstroke N/A 1:26.0 2 Q 1:26.2 2 Q 1:24.0 Georg Kunisch100 m freestyle Unknown 5 did not advance Wilhelm Lützow200 m breaststroke N/A 3:07.4 OR 1 Q 3:04.4 2 Q 3:05.0 400 m breaststroke N/A 6:49.8 1 Q 6:44.6 1 Q did not finish Paul Malisch200 m breaststroke N/A 3:08.8 1 Q 3:09.6 1 Q 3:08.0 400 m breaststroke N/A 6:47.0 OR 1 Q 6:47.6 2 Q 6:37.0 4 Walter Ramme100 m freestyle 1:10.2 1 Q 1:07.8 2 Q 1:05.8 2 Q 1:06.4 5 Max Ritter100 m freestyle 1:08.0 2 Q 1:08.8 3 did not advance400 m freestyle N/A 5:44.6 1 Q did not start did not advance Oscar Schiele100 m freestyle N/A 5:57.0 3 did not advance100 m backstroke N/A Disqualified did not advance Erich Schultze100 m backstroke N/A 1:27.2 2 Q Unknown 5 did not advance Kurt Bretting Georg Kunisch Max Ritter Oscar Schiele4 × 200 m free relay N/A 10:42.2 2 Q 10:37.0 4

Women SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Wally Dressel100 m freestyle N/A 1:28.6 3 q 1:33.4 4 did not advance Louise Otto100 m freestyle N/A 1:34.4 2 Q 1:32.0 6 did not advance Grete Rosenberg100 m freestyle N/A 1:25.0 1 Q 1:29.2 3 q 1:27.2 4 Hermine Stindt100 m freestyle N/A 1:29.2 3 did not advance Wally Dressel Louise Otto Grete Rosenberg Hermine Stindt4 × 100 m free relay N/A 6:04.6

Athletics

24 athletes represented Germany. It was the fifth appearance of the nation in athletics, which Germany had appeared each time the Olympics had been held. The nation finished with two medals, both silver. Hanns Braun finished with the silver in the 400 metres and Hans Liesche won the silver medal in the high jump; these silvers were Germany's best results in the 1912 athletics competition and tied Germany's best results in athletics in Olympic history to that point.

The 4 × 100 metre relay team tied for the best time in the preliminary heats, matching the Olympic record set earlier in that round by the Swedish team. It then had the fastest time in the semifinals, taking sole possession of the Olympic record. This new record stood even after the finals as none of the finalist teams ran a better time; Germany committed a fault passing the baton and was disqualified in the final.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events. AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Alexander AbrahamDecathlon N/A 2323.200 23 Georg Amberger1500 m N/A 4:27.0 3 did not advance Otto BäurleTriple jump N/A 13.52 14 did not advancePentathlon N/A Elim-3 38 13 Hermann von Bönninghausen110 m hurdles 17.0 2 16.0 3 did not advance Hanns Braun400 m 50.6 1 49.2 1 48.3 800 m ? 2 1:54.6 2 1:53.0 6 Heinrich Burkowitz400 m 51.7 3 did not advance Karl HaltShot put N/A 41.99 22 did not advanceJavelin throw N/A 43.71 19 did not advancePentathlon N/A did not finishDecathlon N/A 6682.445 9 Max Herrmann100 m ? 3 did not advance200 m 22.9 1 ? 4 did not advance400 m ? 3 did not advance Willie Jahn800 m 2:02.4 4 did not advance Erwin Kern100 m ? 2 ? 5 did not advance Emil Ketterer100 m did not finish did not advance Erich Lehmann400 m ? 4 did not advance800 m ? 3 did not advance Hans LiescheHigh jump N/A 1.83 1 1.91 Georg Mickler1500 m N/A ? 5 did not advance Robert PasemannLong jump N/A 6.82 9 did not advancePole vault N/A 3.40 11 did not advance Jacques Person400 m 55.4 1 did not finish did not advance800 m ? 4 did not advance Richard Rau100 m 11.5 1 10.9 2 did not advance200 m 22.5 1 22.1 1 22.2 4 Otto RöhrHigh jump N/A 1.75 13 did not advanceDecathlon N/A 2844.750 20 Erwin von Sigel1500 m N/A 4:09.3 1 ? 9-14 Gregor Vietz5000 m N/A did not finish did not advance10000 m N/A did not finish did not advanceInd. cross country N/A 54:40.6 27 Josef WaitzerDiscus throw N/A 38.44 16 did not advanceJavelin throw N/A 43.71 19 did not advancePentathlon N/A did not finish Emil WelzDiscus throw N/A 37.24 24 did not advance Heinrich Wenseler200 m ? 4 did not advance400 m ? 3 did not advance Paul WillführShot put N/A 10.90 18 did not advanceDiscus throw N/A No mark 41 did not advanceJavelin throw N/A 41.05 23 did not advance Georg Amberger Alfred Mickler Erwin von Sigel Gregor Vietz3000 m team N/A 12 2 did not advance Hanns Braun Heinrich Burkowitz Max Herrmann Erich Lehmann4 × 400 m N/A 3:28.5 2 did not advance Karl Halt Max Herrmann Erwin Kern Richard Rau4 × 100 m 43.6 1 42.3 1 Disqualified

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented Germany. It was the fourth appearance of the nation in cycling, which had only not competed in cycling in 1904. Franz Lemnitz had the best time in the time trial, the only race held, placing 26th. The top four German cyclists had a combined time that placed them 6th of the 15 teams.

Road cycling CyclistEventsFinalResultRank Rudolf BaierInd. time trial 11:35:01.5 27 Robert BirkerInd. time trial 12:19:27.6 62 Martin KochInd. time trial 12:18:22.5 61 Franz LemnitzInd. time trial 11:34:32.2 26 Carl LüthjeInd. time trial 13:00:31.8 79 Otto MännelInd. time trial 11:53:27.4 44 Wilhelm RabeInd. time trial 12:06:55.8 55 Oswald RathmannInd. time trial 11:40:18.4 33 Joseph RiederInd. time trial 12:12:32.4 57 Hermann SmielInd. time trial 12:49:01.6 76 Georg WarsowInd. time trial 11:45:24.0 36 Rudolf Baier Franz Lemnitz Oswald Rathmann Georg WarsowTeam time trial 46:35:16.1 6

Diving

Four divers, all men, represented Germany. It was Germany's third appearance in diving, with two of the top divers who had represented the nation in 1908 returning. The German men dominated the 3 metre springboard event with its second straight medal sweep in the event, taking the top four places in 1912. The team was less successful in the other two events, with only one of the four men advancing to the final in each. Zürner, the defending champion who finished fourth in the springboard, got a silver medal in the 10 metre platform event; this gave each of the four Germans a medal.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

Men DiverEventsHeatsFinalResultRankResultRank Kurt Behrens3 m board 80.14 1 Q 73.73 10 m platform 58.35 8 did not advancePlain high dive 35.1 7 did not advance Paul Günther3 m board 78.14 2 Q 79.23 Plain high dive 36.1 1 Q did not finish Hans Luber3 m board 77.5 1 Q 76.78 10 m platform 61.66 3 did not advancePlain high dive 36.2 6 did not advance Albert Zürner3 m board 74.64 2 Q 73.33 410 m platform 65.04 2 Q 72.6 Plain high dive 31.7 6 did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage RiderHorseEventFinalPenaltiesRank Felix Bürkner King Individual 51 7 Andreas von Flotow Senta Individual 77 11 Carl von Moers New Bank Individual 83 12 Friedrich von Oesterley Condor Individual 36 4

Eventing (The maximum score in each of the five events was 10.00 points. Ranks given are for the cumulative score after each event. Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.) RiderHorseEventLong distanceCross countrySteeplechaseShow jumpingDressageTotalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank Eduard von Lütcken Blue Boy Individual 10.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1 9.27 6 6.63 8 45.90 8 Carl von Moers May-Queen Individual 10.00 1 10.00 1 8.20 18 8.67 16 7.56 15 44.43 15 Friedrich von Rochow Idealist Individual 10.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1 9.53 1 6.89 2 46.42 Richard Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim Grundsee Individual 10.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1 9.40 3 6.76 5 46.16 5 Eduard von Lütcken Friedrich von Rochow Richard von Schaesberg Carl von Moers Blue Boy Idealist Grundsee May-Queen Team 30.00 30.00 30.00 28.20 20.28 138.48

Jumping (Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.) RiderHorseEventFinalPenaltiesRank Ernst Deloch Hubertus Individual 10 9 Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Gibson Boy Individual 16 18 Sigismund Freyer Ultimus Individual 7 5 Friedrich von Grote Polyphem Individual 16 18 Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau Pretty Girl Individual 9 6 Rabod von Kröcher Dohna Individual 4 Ernst Deloch Sigismund Freyer Wilhelm von Hohenau Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Hubertus Ultimus Pretty Girl Gibson Boy Team 40

Fencing

Fifteen fencers represented Germany. It was the fourth appearance of the nation in fencing, in which Germany had not competed only in 1896. None of the Germans were able to advance to the finals of any event.