Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Christian Klees Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 25 July Ralf Schumann Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 25 July Udo Quellmalz Judo Men's 65 kg 25 July Jana SorgersKatrin RutschowKathrin BoronKerstin Köppen Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 28 July André SteinerAndreas HajekStephan VolkertAndré Willms Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 28 July Oliver Fix Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 28 July Jens Fiedler Cycling Men's sprint 28 July Isabell WerthMonica TheodorescuKlaus BalkenholMartin Schaudt Equestrian Team dressage 28 July Ilke Wyludda Athletics Women's discus throw 29 July Andreas Wecker Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 29 July Lars Riedel Athletics Men's discus throw 31 July Ludger BeerbaumUlrich KirchhoffLars NiebergFranke Sloothaak Equestrian Team jumping 1 August Jochen SchümannThomas FlachBernd Jäkel Sailing Soling 2 August Astrid Kumbernuss Athletics Women's shot put 2 August Ramona PortwichManuela MuckeBirgit FischerAnett Schuck Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 3 August Andreas DittmerGunar Kirchbach Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 3 August Detlef HofmannOlaf WinterThomas ReineckMark Zabel Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 3 August Isabell Werth Equestrian Individual dressage 3 August Kay BluhmTorsten Gutsche Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 4 August Ulrich Kirchhoff Equestrian Individual jumping 4 August Petra Horneber Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle 20 July Sandra Völker Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 20 July Thomas Zander Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 21 July Franziska van Almsick Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 July Dagmar Hase Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 22 July Susanne Kiermayer Shooting Women's double trap 23 July Dagmar Hase Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 25 July Franziska van AlmsickKerstin KielgaßAnke ScholzDagmar HaseSimone Osygus (*)Meike Freitag (*) Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 25 July Marc Huster Weightlifting Men's 83 kg 26 July Annika Walter Diving Women's 10 metre platform 27 July Frank RichterMark KleinschmidtWolfram HuhnMarc WeberDetlef KirchhoffThorsten StreppelhoffUlrich ViefersRoland BaarPeter Thiede Rowing Men's eight 28 July Ronny Weller Weightlifting Men's +108 kg 30 July Frank Busemann Athletics Men's decathlon 1 August Barbara MensingCornelia PfohlSandra Wagner Archery Women's team 2 August Jan Hempel Diving Men's 10 metre platform 2 August Kay BluhmTorsten Gutsche Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 3 August Ramona PortwichBirgit Fischer Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 4 August Oktay Urkal Boxing Light welterweight 4 August Johanna Hagn Judo Women's +72 kg 20 July Frank Möller Judo Men's +95 kg 20 July Mark Warnecke Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 20 July Dagmar Hase Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 July Aimo HeilmannChristian KellerChristian TrögerSteffen ZesnerKonstantin Dubrovin (*)Oliver Lampe (*) Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 21 July Marko Spittka Judo Men's 86 kg 22 July Sandra VölkerSimone OsygusAntje BuschschulteFranziska van AlmsickMeike Freitag (*) Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 22 July Maik Bullmann Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 23 July Christian TrögerBengt ZikarskyBjörn ZikarskyMark PingerAlexander Lüderitz (*) Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 July Anja Fichtel-MauritzMonika Weber-KosztoSabine Bau Fencing Women's team foil 25 July Cathleen Rund Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 July Richard Trautmann Judo Men's 60 kg 26 July Sandra Völker Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 26 July Thomas Lange Rowing Men's single sculls 27 July Oliver Caruso Weightlifting Men's 91 kg 27 July André EhrenbergMichael Senft Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 28 July Thomas Becker Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 28 July Judith Arndt Cycling Women's individual pursuit 28 July Florian Schwarthoff Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 29 July Arawat Sabejew Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 31 July Jörg Roßkopf Table tennis Men's singles 1 August Marc-Kevin GoellnerDavid Prinosil Tennis Men's doubles 1 August Luan Krasniqi Boxing Heavyweight 1 August Andrej Tiwontschik Athletics Men's pole vault 2 August Zoltan Lunka Boxing Flyweight 2 August Thomas Ulrich Boxing Light heavyweight 2 August Uta RohländerLinda KisabakaAnja RückerGrit Breuer Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 3 August

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 3 3Athletics 49 36 85Badminton 3 3 6Boxing 8 – 8Canoeing 21 6 27 Cycling 14 4 18Diving 3 4 7Equestrian 12 4 16Fencing 9 6 15Field hockey 16 16 32Football 0 15 15Gymnastics 7 10 17 Handball 15 15 30Judo 7 6 13Rowing 28 20 48Sailing 12 3 15Shooting 17 5 22Swimming 16 12 28Table tennis 3 4 7Tennis 2 1 3Volleyball 2 14 16Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 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 AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBarbara MensingIndividual63242W 150–145W 144–141W 163–158L 93–103Did not advanceCornelia Pfohl62147L 152–158Did not advanceSandra Wagner64024L 158–162Did not advanceBarbara MensingCornelia PfohlSandra WagnerTeam189311colspan=2W 245–236W 232–231W 239–237L 235–245

Athletics

Men Track and road events

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMarc Blume100 metres10.3323 Q10.3326Did not advanceJoachim Dehmel800 metres1:47.1225colspan=2Did not advanceNico Motchebon1:45.827 Qcolspan=21:45.408 Q1:43.915Michael Gottschalk1500 metres3:56.4653colspan=2Did not advanceDieter Baumann5000 metres13:52.006 Qcolspan=214:03.7512 Q13:08.814Stéphane Franke14:06.3427 qcolspan=213:40.949 q13:44.641410,000 metres28:24.3017 Qcolspan=427:59.089Konrad DoblerMarathoncolspan=62:21:1248Stephan Freigangcolspan=6Claude Edorh110 metres hurdles13.7428 q13.6423Did not advanceEric Kaiser13.6417 Qq13.5914Did not advanceFlorian Schwarthoff13.395 Q13.272 Q13.132 Q13.17Kim Bauermeister3000 metres steeplechase8:36.8623 qcolspan=28:51.8324Did not advanceSteffen Brand8:31.1812 Qcolspan=28:19.113 Q8:18.526Martin Strege8:32.7621 Qcolspan=28:27.9912 Q8:30.3110Michael HukeMarc BlumeHolger BlumeFlorian SchwarthoffAndreas Ruth (*)4 × 100 metres relay38.773 Qcolspan=2Did not advanceRico LiederAndreas HeinKai KarstenThomas Schönlebe4 × 400 metres relay3:05.1617colspan=2Did not advanceNischan Daimer20 kilometres walkcolspan=61:23:2314Andreas Ermcolspan=61:25:0823Robert Ihlycolspan=61:23:4716Axel Noack50 kilometres walkcolspan=63:51:5512Thomas Wallstabcolspan=63:54:4815Ronald Weigelcolspan=6

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionWolfgang KreißigHigh jump2.2811 Q2.299Tim LobingerPole vault5.701 Q5.807Michael Stolle5.7010 Q5.709Andrej Tiwontschik5.709 Q5.92Georg AckermannLong jump7.8621Did not advanceHans-Peter LottDid not advanceCharles FriedekTriple jump16.7114Did not advanceOliver-Sven BuderShot put20.433 Q20.515Michael Mertens19.0716Did not advanceDirk Urban19.3913Did not advanceMichael MöllenbeckDiscus throw55.1835Did not advanceLars Riedel64.661 Q69.40 ORJürgen Schult62.588 Q64.626Claus DethloffHammer throw74.6014Did not advanceKarsten Kobs74.2018Did not advanceHeinz Weis77.844 Q79.785Peter BlankJavelin throw82.689 q81.829Raymond Hecht83.247 Q86.884Boris Henry83.228 Q85.685

Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankFrank BusemannResult10.608.07 OB13.602.0448.3413.47 OB45.044.8066.864:31.418706Points95210797048408931044768849842735Frank MüllerResult10.957.2514.691.9549.0514.8645.905.1066.104:37.50825314Points872874771758859867785941830696Dirk-Achim PajonkResult10.677.5014.461.9548.8114.7941.944.5054.164:21.62804520Points935935757758870875704760650801

Women Track and road events

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSilke Lichtenhagen100 metres11.3014 Q11.5325Did not advanceMelanie Paschke11.2713 Q11.188 Q11.1410Did not advanceAndrea Philipp11.3215 Q11.3817Did not advanceMelanie Paschke200 metres22.9311 Q22.8412 Q22.8112Did not advanceGrit Breuer400 metres52.2019 Q50.572 Q50.758 Q50.718Linda Kisabaka800 metres1:59.568 qcolspan=21:59.2311Did not advanceSylvia Kühnemund1500 metres4:14.3523 qcolspan=24:16.8521Did not advanceCarmen Wüstenhagen4:10.0612 Qcolspan=24:11.4715Did not advanceClaudia Lokar5000 metres15:28.3516colspan=4Did not advancePetra Wassiluk15:37.7319colspan=4Did not advanceKathrin Weßel10,000 metres33:31.6728colspan=4Did not advanceKatrin Dörre-HeinigMarathoncolspan=62:28:454Sonja Krolikcolspan=62:31:168Uta Pippigcolspan=6Kristin Patzwahl100 metres hurdles12.9816 Q12.9113 Q13.0515Did not advanceBirgit Wolf13.1627 q13.0826Did not advanceHeike Meißner400 metres hurdles55.054 Qcolspan=254.274 Q54.035Silvia Rieger55.338 Qcolspan=254.274 Q54.578Andrea PhilippSilke LichtenhagenMelanie PaschkeSilke Knoll4 × 100 metres relaycolspan=4Did not advanceUta RohländerLinda KisabakaAnja RückerGrit Breuer4 × 400 metres relay3:24.083 Qcolspan=43:21.14Kathrin Boyde10 kilometres walkcolspan=644:5015Beate Gummeltcolspan=6

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAlina AstafeiHigh jump1.931 q1.965Petra LobingerTriple jumpDid not advanceAstrid KumbernussShot put19.931 Q20.56Kathrin Neimke19.028 Q18.927Stephanie Storp19.293 Q19.066Franka DietzschDiscus throw63.943 Q65.484Anja Gündler63.804 Q61.1611Ilke Wyludda66.781 Q69.66Karen ForkelJavelin throw60.8411 q64.186Steffi Nerius60.9810 q60.209Silke Renk59.7013Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon AthleteEvent200 m800 mTotalRankPeggy BeerResult13.521.7413.6524.646.0946.722:13.15623413Points1047903771920877797919Sabine BraunResult13.551.8314.4824.896.2148.722:22.8763177Points10431016826897915835785Mona SteigaufResult13.221.7712.3524.506.4742.402:15.44624611Points1091941684933997713887

Badminton

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMichael HelberSinglesW 15–12, 15–1L 15–8, 0–15, 2–15Did not advanceOliver PongratzL 5–15, 15–12, 1–15Did not advanceMichael HelberMichael KeckDoublesW 15–8, 15–13L 1–15, 7–15Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKatrin SchmidtKerstin UbbenDoublesW 15–1, 15–2L 3–15, 6–15Did not advance

Mixed AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKaren StechmannMichael KeckDoublesL 10–15, 14–18Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankZoltan LunkaFlyweightW 13–7W 18–12W 19–6L 18–23Did not advanceFalk HusteFeatherweightW 13–9W 8–4L 6–14Did not advanceOktay UrkalLight welterweightW 19–2W 14–6W 19–10W 20–6L 13–20Markus BeyerLight middleweightW 17–12W 14–6L 9–19Did not advanceSven OttkeMiddleweightW 11–4L 0–5Did not advanceThomas UlrichLight heavyweightW 21–7W 24–9W 14–7L 8–12Did not advanceLuan KrasniqiHeavyweightW 12–4W 10–2W 10–5L walkoverDid not advanceRené MonseSuper heavyweightW 12–9L 5–9Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom