Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990.

Medalists

The following German competitors won medals at the Games.

| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Michael Jung Equestrian Individual eventing Philipp WendeLauritz SchoofKarl SchulzeHans Gruhne Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Annekatrin ThieleCarina BärJulia LierLisa Schmidla Rowing Women's quadruple sculls Barbara Engleder Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions Henri Junghänel Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Kristina Bröring-SpreheSönke RothenbergerDorothee SchneiderIsabell Werth Equestrian Team dressage Christoph Harting Athletics Men's discus throw Christian Reitz Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Sebastian Brendel Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Fabian Hambüchen Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Kristina Vogel Cycling Women's sprint Laura LudwigKira Walkenhorst Volleyball Women's beach volleyball Max RendschmidtMarcus Gross Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 m Germany women's national football team Football Women's tournament Sebastian BrendelJan Vandrey Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres Max RendschmidtTom LiebscherMax HoffMarcus Gross Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres Thomas Röhler Athletics Men's javelin throw Sandra AuffarthMichael JungIngrid KlimkeJulia Krajewski Equestrian Team eventing Monika Karsch Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Lisa Unruh Archery Women's individual Felix DrahottaMalte JakschikEric JohannesenAndreas KuffnerMaximilian MunskiHannes OcikMaximilian ReineltRichard SchmidtMartin Sauer (cox) Rowing Men's eight Angelique Kerber Tennis Women's singles Isabell Werth Equestrian Individual dressage Franziska WeberTina Dietze Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres Han YingPetrissa SoljaShan Xiaona Table tennis Women's team Sabrina HeringFranziska WeberSteffi KriegersteinTina Dietze Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres Germany Olympic football team Football Men's tournament Laura Vargas Koch Judo Women's 70 kg Kristina VogelMiriam Welte Cycling Women's team sprint Daniel Jasinski Athletics Men's discus throw Sophie Scheder Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Equestrian Individual dressage Denis Kudla Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg Patrick Hausding Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Christian AhlmannMeredith Michaels-BeerbaumDaniel DeusserLudger Beerbaum Equestrian Team jumping Dimitrij OvtcharovTimo BollBastian Steger Table tennis Men's team Germany men's national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament Erik HeilThomas Plößel Sailing 49er Germany women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament Artem Harutyunyan Boxing Men's light welterweight Ronald Rauhe Canoeing Men's K-1 200 m Germany men's national handball team Handball Men's tournament | width=22% align=left valign=top |

Medals by sportSport TotalCanoeing 4 2 1 7Shooting 3 1 0 4Equestrian 2 2 2 6Rowing 2 1 0 3Athletics 2 0 1 3Football 1 1 0 2Cycling 1 0 1 2Gymnastics 1 0 1 2Volleyball 1 0 0 1Table tennis 0 1 1 2Archery 0 1 0 1Tennis 0 1 0 1Field hockey 0 0 2 2Boxing 0 0 1 1Diving 0 0 1 1Handball 0 0 1 1Judo 0 0 1 1Sailing 0 0 1 1Wrestling 0 0 1 1Total 17 10 15 42 | width=22% align=left valign=top |

Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 2 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 3 8 August 0 0 0 0 Day 4 9 August 1 2 0 3 Day 5 10 August 0 0 1 1 Day 6 11 August 3 1 0 4 Day 7 12 August 2 0 1 3 Day 8 13 August 2 2 1 5 Day 9 14 August 0 0 1 1 Day 10 15 August 0 1 3 4 Day 11 16 August 3 2 1 6 Day 12 17 August 1 0 2 3 Day 13 18 August 1 0 2 3 Day 14 19 August 1 0 2 3 Day 15 20 August 3 2 1 6 0 0 1 1Total 17 10 15 42

Medals by genderGender TotalMale102921Female56515Mixed2226 Total171015 42

Multiple medalistsNameSport Total Sebastian Brendel Canoeing 2 0 0 2 Marcus Groß 2 0 0 2 Max Rendschmidt 2 0 0 2 Tina Dietze 0 2 2 2 Franziska Weber 0 2 0 2 Kristina Vogel Cycling 1 0 1 2 Isabell Werth Equestrian 1 1 0 2 Kristina Bröring-Sprehe 1 0 1 2 Michael Jung 1 1 0 2

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 37 48 85Badminton 3 4 7Boxing 6 0 6Canoeing 12 9 21Cycling 15 14 29Diving 4 4 8Equestrian 7 5 12Fencing 3 1 4Field hockey 16 16 32Football 18 19 37Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 5 12 17Handball 14 0 14Judo 7 6 13Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 25 10 35Sailing 7 5 12Shooting 9 6 15Swimming 17 12 29Table tennis 3 3 6Taekwondo 2 1 3Tennis 3 5 8Triathlon 0 2 2Volleyball 2 4 6Weightlifting 4 1 5Wrestling 3 4 7 Total 227 196 423

Archery

Two German archers qualified for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Following the completion of internal selections, Florian Floto and Lisa Unruh were named to the German archery team on 23 June 2016.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFlorian FlotoMen's individual67711W 6–0W 6–4L 4–6Did not advanceLisa UnruhWomen's individual64021W 6–4W 6–4W 6–2W 6–5W 6–2L 2–6

Athletics

German athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team will select its athletes with a specific qualifying standard based on the results at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, the 2016 European Championships, Olympic trials, and other events approved by the German Athletics Association.

On 31 May 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender), highlighted by London 2012 Olympian Arne Gabius, were the first batch of German track and field athletes to be selected to the Olympic roster. On 28 July 2016, Arne Gabius declared his withdrawal from the Games due to a hip injury.

Following the end of the qualifying period, a total of 86 athletes (38 men and 48 women) were named to the track and field team for the Games; 28 of them managed to achieve their results at the German Championships (19 to 26 June), while the remainder were added through a discretionary selection criteria by the German Athletics Association. Notable German athletes featured reigning Olympic discus throw champion Robert Harting and his younger brother Christoph, shot put runner-up David Storl, hammer thrower Betty Heidler, pole vaulter Raphael Holzdeppe, Worlds medalists Rico Freimuth, Gesa Felicitas Krause and Christina Schwanitz, and javelin thrower and current world leader Thomas Röhler.

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNils Brembach20 km walkcolspan=6 1:23:4638Matthias Bühler110 m hurdles13.904colspan=2 Did not advanceCarl Dohmann50 km walkcolspan=6 Robin Erewa200 m20.615colspan=2 Did not advanceJulian FlügelMarathoncolspan=6 2:20:4771Lucas Jakubczyk100 mcolspan=2 10.295Did not advanceAlexander John110 m hurdles14.135colspan=2 Did not advanceChristopher Linke20 km walkcolspan=6 1:20:005Aleixo-Platini Menga200 m20.805colspan=2 Did not advanceFlorian Orth5000 m13:28.8814colspan=4 Did not advanceHagen Pohle20 km walkcolspan=6 1:21:441850 km walkcolspan=6 Philipp PfliegerMarathoncolspan=6 2:18:5655Julian Reus100 mcolspan=2 10.347Did not advance200 m20.39 SB3colspan=2 Did not advanceRichard Ringer5000 m14:05.0120colspan=4 Did not advanceHomiyu Tesfaye1500 m3:47:447colspan=2 Did not advanceGregor Traber110 m hurdles13.503 Qcolspan=2 13.435Did not advanceRobin ErewaRobert HeringSven KnipphalsLucas JakubczykJulian ReusAlexander KosenkowRoy Schmidt4 × 100 m relay38.266colspan=4 Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankJackie Baumann400 m hurdles59.046colspan=2 Did not advancePamela Dutkiewicz100 m hurdles12.903 Qcolspan=2 12.924Did not advanceNadine Gonska200 m23.034colspan=2 Did not advanceRebekka Haase100 mcolspan=2 11.415Did not advanceAnna HahnerMarathoncolspan=6 2:45:3281Lisa Hahnercolspan=6 2:45:3382Christina Hering800 m2:01.047colspan=2 Did not advanceNadine Hildebrand100 m hurdles12.842 Qcolspan=2 12.954Did not advanceKonstanze Klosterhalfen1500 m4:11.766 Qcolspan=2 4:07.2610Did not advanceFabienne Kohlmann800 m2:05.367colspan=2 Did not advanceSanaa Koubaa3000 m steeplechase9:35.15 PB9colspan=4 Did not advanceGesa Felicitas Krause9:19.703 Qcolspan=4 9:18.416Gina Lückenkemper200 m22.803 qcolspan=2 22.735Did not advanceLisa Mayer22.862 Qcolspan=2 22.907Did not advanceTatjana Pinto100 mcolspan=2 11.312 Q11.327Did not advanceMaya Rehberg3000 m steeplechase9:51.7315colspan=4 Did not advanceCindy Roleder100 m hurdles12.861 Qcolspan=2 12.693 q12.745Anja ScherlMarathoncolspan=6 2:37:2344Ruth Spelmeyer400 m51.43 PB3 qcolspan=2 51.616Did not advanceDiana Sujew1500 m4:09.0710 qcolspan=2 4:10.159Did not advanceAlexandra BurghardtRebekka HaaseYasmin KwadwoTatjana Pinto4 × 100 m relay42.181 Qcolspan=4 42.104Lara HoffmannFriederike MöhlenkampLaura MüllerRuth Spelmeyer4 × 400 m relay3:26.025colspan=4 Did not advance

Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAlyn CamaraLong jump5.1630Did not advanceTobias DahmShot put19.6222Did not advanceKarsten DillaPole vault5.3028Did not advanceChristoph HartingDiscus throw65.413 Q68.37 PBRobert Harting62.2115Did not advanceFabian HeinleLong jump7.7918Did not advanceMax HeßTriple jump16.5615Did not advanceRaphael HolzdeppePole vault5.4525Did not advanceDaniel JasinskiDiscus throw62.8311 Q67.08Eike OnnenHigh jump2.2624Did not advanceMateusz Przybylko2.2228Did not advanceThomas RöhlerJavelin throw83.019 Q90.30Tobias ScherbarthPole vault5.4526Did not advanceDavid StorlShot put20.4710 q20.647Johannes VetterJavelin throw85.962 Q85.324Julian Weber84.463 Q81.369

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionShanice CraftDiscus throw60.2312 q59.8311Jenny ElbeTriple jump14.0213Did not advanceJulia FischerDiscus throw61.839 q62.679Sara GambettaShot put17.2420Did not advanceKristin GierischTriple jump14.264 q13.9611Betty HeidlerHammer throw71.176 q73.714Christin HussongJavelin throw62.1711 q57.7012Marie-Laurence JungfleischHigh jump1.9412 Q1.93=7Kathrin KlaasHammer throw67.9218Did not advanceMalaika MihamboLong jump6.822 Q6.95 PB4Sosthene Moguenara6.5511 q6.6110Nadine MüllerDiscus throw63.675 Q63.136Christina ObergföllJavelin throw62.1810 q62.928Annika RoloffPole vault4.4521Did not advanceLisa Ryzih4.602 Q4.5010Christina SchwanitzShot put19.182 Q19.036Linda StahlJavelin throw63.954 Q59.7111Martina StrutzPole vault4.607 Q4.609Lena UrbaniakShot put16.6229Did not advanceAlexandra WesterLong jump5.9834Did not advanceCharlene WoithaHammer throw62.5029Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankArthur Abele Result10.876.9715.031.9849.0214.1244.664.5064.134:53.07801315Points890807792785860959760760800600Rico Freimuth Result10.737.17 SB13.27——————Points9228546840——————Kai Kazmirek Result10.787.69 PB14.202.1046.7514.6243.255.0064.604:31.2585804Points910982741896971896731910807736

Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankJennifer OeserResult13.691.86 PB14.28 SB24.996.19 SB47.222:13.82 SB6401 SB9Points10231054813888908806909Claudia RathResult13.631.7412.8324.486.5539.392:07.22 SB627014Points103190371693510236561006Carolin SchäferResult13.12 PB1.83 SB14.57 PB23.996.2047.992:16.52 SB65405Points11061016832982912821871

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