Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Diving Men's 3 m springboard , Anna Hübler Figure skating Pairs Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke , Hans Eicke,Arthur Hoffmann, Otto Trieloff Athletics Men's medley relay , Rudolf Katzer,Hermann Martens, Karl Neumer Cycling Men's team pursuit Diving Men's 3 m springboard Figure skating Ladies' singles Tennis Men's singles Athletics Men's 800 m Cycling Men's 660 yd Diving Men's 3 m springboard Rowing Men's single sculls , Martin Stahnke Rowing Men's coxless pair
Results by event
Athletics
Germany's best athletics result was a silver medal in the medley relay.
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final Men's 100 metres Heats Carl Bechler 11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 17 Did not advance Arthur Hoffmann 11.4 seconds 3rd, heat 3 Hans Eicke 11.6 seconds 3rd, heat 7 Heinrich Rehder 11.8 seconds 3rd, heat 8 Willy Kohlmey 12.0 seconds 3rd, heat 15 Hermann von Bonninghausen 12.0 seconds 5th, heat 14 — Paul Fischer Did not finish —, heat 10 Men's 200 metres Heats Arthur Hoffmann Unknown 2nd, heat 13 Did not advance Men's 400 metres Heats Otto Trieloff Unknown 2nd, heat 14 Did not advance Men's 800 metres 3rd Hanns Braun None held 1:58.0 1st, semifinal 7 1:55.2 Semi-finalist Andreas Breynck Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 Did not advance Oskar Quarg Unknown 4th, semifinal 5 Men's 1500 metres Semi-finalist Andreas Breynck None held Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 Did not advance Hanns Braun Unknown 3rd, semifinal 8 Arno Hesse Unknown 7th, semifinal 2 Men's medley relay 2nd Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun None held 3:43.2 1st, semifinal 2 3:32.4 Men's 5 miles Semi-finalist Paul Nettelbeck None held Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 Did not advance Men's marathon — Fritz Reiser None held Did not finish H. Muller Did not start Paul Nettelbeck Did not start Men's 3500 metre walk Semi-finalist Paul Gunia None held 16:38.0 4th, semifinal 1 Did not advance Richard Wilhelm 17:33.8 6th, semifinal 3 Men's 10 mile walk Semi-finalist Paul Gunia None held 1:26:09.4 7th, semifinal 1 Did not advance
Event Place Athlete Height/Distance Men's long jump 6th Albert Weinstein 6.77 metres 15th Arthur Hoffmann 6.50 metres 21-32 Hermann von Bonninghausen Unknown Ludwig Uetwiller 6.05 metres Men's standing high jump 8th Arthur Mallwitz 1.42 metres 17th Ludwig Uetwiller 1.32 metres Men's standing long jump 8-25 Arthur Mallwitz Unknown Men's discus throw 11th Emil Welz 37.02 metres 12-42 Ludwig Uetwiller Unknown Men's hammer throw 10-19 Ludwig Uetwiller Unknown Men's javelin throw 8-16 Carl Bechler Unknown Men's freestyle javelin 10-33 Ludwig Uetwiller Unknown Emil Welz Unknown
Cycling
Germany's best cycling result was the silver medal won in the team pursuit event.
Event Place Cyclist Heats Semifinals Final Men's 660 yards 3rd Karl Neumer 54.2 seconds 1st, heat 11 1:05.6 1st, semifinal 4 Unknown Heats Richard Katzer Unknown 2nd, heat 3 Did not advance Hermann Martens Unknown 2nd, heat 7 Bruno Götze Unknown 3rd, heat 10 Paul Schulze Unknown 3rd, heat 13 Men's 5000 metres Semi-finalist Hermann Martens None held Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3 Did not advance Karl Neumer Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5 Bruno Götze Unknown 4th, semifinal 3 Richard Katzer Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7 Max Götze Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5 Men's 20 kilometres Semi-finalist Hermann Martens None held 33:21.2 2nd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Max Triebsch Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 Alwin Boldt Unknown 6-7, semifinal 4 Richard Katzer Unknown 7-8, semifinal 1 Paul Schulze Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 Men's 100 kilometres Semi-finalist Alwin Boldt None held Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1 Did not advance — Richard Katzer Did not finish —, semifinal 1 Bruno Götze Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Hermann Martens Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Paul Schulze Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Max Triebsch Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Men's sprint Semi-finalist Karl Neumer 1:33.2 1st, heat 7 Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Heats Paul Schulze Unknown 3rd, heat 4 Did not advance Bruno Götze Unknown 3rd, heat 12 — Hermann Martens Time limit exceeded —, heat 6 Men's tandem Semi-finalist Max Götze Otto Götze 2:05.6 1st, heat 3 Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Heats Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens Unknown 2nd, heat 1 Did not advance Men's team pursuit 2nd Max Götze Richard Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer 2:25.4 1st, heat 4 2:31.8 1st, semifinal 2 2:28.6
Diving
Germany dominated the springboard diving in 1908, taking all three medals in the event (including a tie for third place with an American diver).
Event Place Diver Preliminary groups Semi-finals Final Men's 10 metre platform 10th Heinz Freyschmidt 67.30 points 2nd, group 3 48.80 points 5th, semifinal 2 Did not advance 22nd Fritz Nicolai 54.50 points 5th, group 5 Did not advance Men's 3 metre springboard 1st Albert Zürner 83.60 points 1st, group 2 82.80 points 2nd, semifinal 2 85.50 points 2nd Kurt Behrens 83.60 points 1st, group 3 83.00 points 1st, semifinal 1 85.30 points 3rd Gottlob Walz 81.30 points 1st, group 5 80.30 points 2nd, semifinal 1 80.80 points 5th Fritz Nicolai 67.10 points 2nd, group 4 81.80 points 3rd, semifinal 2 Did not advance 8th Heinz Freyschmidt 78.10 points 2nd, group 1 79.3 points 4th, semifinal 1
Fencing
Event Place Fencer First round Second round Semi-final Final Men's épée First round Johannes Adam 1-4 (4th in C) Did not advance Emil Schön 4-3 (4th in G) Ernst Moldenhauer 1-4 (4th in J) Julius Lichtenfels 2-3 (4th in M) Albert Naumann 1-4 (5th in F) Jakob Erckrath de Bary 4-4 (5th in H) Georg Stöhr 2-5 (6th in A) Fritz Jack 2-5 (6th in B) August Petri 2-6 (6th in I) Robert Krünert 2-6 (7th in E) Men's sabre Second round August Petri 2-2 (3rd in F) 2-2 (3rd in 7) Did not advance Emil Schön 4-2 (2nd in M) 1-3 (4th in 5) Fritz Jack 3-2 (2nd in C) 1-3 (5th in 2) First round Julius Lichtenfels 2-2 (4th in D) Did not advance Robert Krünert 2-3 (4th in H) Johannes Adam 1-3 (5th in B) Jakob Erkrath de Bary 1-4 (5th in G) Ernst Moldenhauer 1-4 (5th in K) Georg Stöhr 2-4 (6th in J) Albert Naumann 0-5 (6th in L
Event Place Fencers Play-in match First round Semi-finals Final Repechage Silver medal match Men's team épée 6th Jakob Erckrath de Bary Julius Lichtenfels August Petri Georg Stöhr Bye Lost to Great Britain 13-5 Out 6th place Did not advance Not relegated Men's team sabre 4th Jakob Erckrath de Bary Fritz Jack Robert Krünert August Petri Not held Lost to Hungary 9-0 Relegated to repechage Did not advance Lost to Italy 10-4 Out 4th place Did not advance
Figure skating
Event Place Skater Score Women's individual 2nd Elsa Rendschmidt 211.0 Mixed pairs 1st Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger 11.2
Gymnastics
Gymnast Event Score Rank Curt Steuernagel Men's all-around 273.5 4 Friedrich Wolf 267 5 Karl Borchert 246 12 Wilhelm Weber 220 28 Josef Krämer 212 33 Heinrich Siebenhaar 198.5 40 Paul Fischer 198 41 Georg Karth 186.5 50 Carl Körting 181 52 Wilhelm Kaufmann 180.5 53 August Ehrich 156.75 65
Hockey
Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final 5th/6th Men's hockey 5th Alfons Brehm, Elard Dauelsberg, Franz Diederichsen, Carl Ebert, Jules Fehr, Mauricio Galvao, Raulino Galvao, Fritz Möding, Friedrich Rahe, Albert Studemann, Friedrich Uhl Lost vs. GBR Scotland 4-0 Did not advance Won vs. France 1-0
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent France 1 0 1.000 Great Britain 0 1 .000 Total 1 1 .500
Rowing
Event Place Rowers First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Men's single sculls 3rd Bernhard von Gaza 9.35 1st, heat 1 9.47 1st, quarterfinal 1 Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Did not advance Men's coxless pair 3rd Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow None held Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2 Did not advance
Shooting
Germany had one shooter compete in one event, placing last in the 49-man field.
Event Place Shooter Score Men's 1000 yard free rifle 49th Ernst Wagner-Hohenlobbese 12
Swimming
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final Men's 100 metre backstroke 1st Arno Bieberstein 1:25.6 1st, heat 1 1:25.6 1st, semifinal 1 1:24.6 4th Gustav Aurisch 1:27.4 1st, heat 7 1:28.2 1st, semifinal 1 Unknown Semi-finalist Max Ritter 1:33.4 1st, heat 2 Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Men's 200 metre breaststroke Semi-finalist Erich Zeidel 3:17.2 1st, heat 3 Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Heats Richard Rösler 3:18.0 2nd, heat 1 Did not advance
Tennis
Germany was the second-most successful nation in tennis in 1908, winning a silver medal in the men's singles to prevent Great Britain from sweeping the silver medals as well as the 6 gold medals.
Event Place Name Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Men's singles 2nd Otto Froitzheim Defeated K. Powell Defeated Kreuzer Defeated Parke Defeated Caridia Defeated Richardson Lost to Ritchie 9th Moritz von Bissing Bye Defeated Zborzil Lost to Eaves Did not advance 16th Oscar Kreuzer Defeated Piepes Lost to Froitzheim Did not advance Heinrich Schomburgk Bye Lost to Germot 26th Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Lost to Dixon Did not advance Men's doubles 7th Otto Froitzheim Heinrich Schomburgk None held Defeated Kreuzer/Rahe Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson Did not advance 11th Oscar Kreuzer Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Lost to Froitzheim/Schomburgk Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Austria 2 0 1.000 France 0 1 .000 Great Britain 3 3 .500 South Africa 1 1 .500 Total international 6 5 .545 Germany 2 2 .500 Total 8 7 .533
Wrestling
Event Place Wrestler Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Greco-Roman middleweight 17th Wilhelm Grundmann Lost to Belmer Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Netherlands 0 1 .000 Total 0 1 .000
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