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.[1]

Germany at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGER
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Atlanta
Competitors465 (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)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
 East Germany (1968–1988)
 West Germany (1968–1988)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Mensing, Wagner, and Pfohl → Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification 3:56.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification 13:52.00
  • Semifinal 14:03.75
  • Final 13:08.81 (→ 4th place)
  • Stephane Franke
  • Qualification 14:06.34
  • Semifinal 13:40.94
  • Final 13:44.64 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Stephane Franke

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat 8:31.18
  • Semifinals 8:19.11
  • Final 8:18.52 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat 8:32.76
  • Semifinals 8:27.99
  • Final 8:30.31 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat 8:36.86
  • Semifinals 8:51.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat 3:05.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification 7.86m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Men's triple jump

  • Charles Friedeck

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Shot Put

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result 8706 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final Result 8253 points (→ 14th place)
  • Final Result 8045 points (→ 20th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 64.66m
  • Final 69.40m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification 62.58m
  • Final 64.62m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification 55.18m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification 77.84m
  • Final 79.78m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification 74.60m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification 74.20m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw


Women's 100 metres

Women's 200 metres

Women's 400 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 1,500 metres

Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification 33:31.67 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Women's 100m Hurdles

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification 55.05
  • Semifinals 54.27
  • Final 54.03 (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification 55.33
  • Semifinals 54.27
  • Final 54.57 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Qualification 3:24.08
  • Final 3:21.14 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 60.84m
  • Final 64.18m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification 60.98m
  • Final 60.20m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification 59.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification 1.93m
  • Final 1.96m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 66.78m
  • Final 69.66m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification 63.94m
  • Final 65.48m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification 63.80m
  • Final 61.16m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification 19.93m
  • Final 20.56m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification 19.29m
  • Final 19.06m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification 19.02m
  • Final 18.92m (→ 7th place)

Women's Heptathlon

Badminton

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Beach volleyball

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Boxing

Canoeing

Men's Flatwater Competition

Women's Flatwater Competition

Men's Slalom Competition

Women's Slalom Competition

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final 1:07:08 (→ 10th place)
  • Final 1:07:33 (→ 12th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final 02:37:06 (→ 4th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final 8 points (→ 9th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final 2:27:45 (→ 10th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Final 1:57.21 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat 358.26
  • Semi Final 219.99
  • Final 402.33 (→ 7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 405.33
  • Semi Final 207.21
  • Final 376.35 (→ 12th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat 281.31
  • Semi Final 200.19
  • Final 255.51 (→ 11th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 239.91
  • Semi Final 204.99 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat 298.11
  • Semi Final 166.14
  • Final 313.08 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Heat 258.93
  • Semi Final 151.44
  • Final 215.91 (→ 12th place)

Equestrian

Dressage

Jumping

Eventing

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Germany Australia 23 → Fourth place
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Team Roster

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Rhythmic gymnastics

  • Nicole Bittner, Dörte Schiltz, Katharina Wildermuth, Anne Jung, Luise Stäblein, and Karin Hoffmann

Rowing

Men's competition

Women's competition

Sailing

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Shooting

Rifle

Pistol

Running Target

Trap and Skeet

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat 22.68
  • Swim-off DSQ
  • B-Final 22.73 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat 23.06 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat 50.06
  • B-Final 49.90 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat 50.38
  • B-Final 49.91 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

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

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat 3:51.26
  • Final 3:52.15 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat 3:53.65
  • B-Final 3:52.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat 15:18.61
  • Final 15:18.86 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat 15:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat 55.73
  • Final 55.56 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat 56.26
  • B-Final 56.63 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:01.50
  • B-Final scratched

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat 1:59.87
  • B-Final 2:00.08 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat 2:00.48
  • B-Final 2:01.62 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat 2:03.82
  • B-Final 2:02.90 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat 2:04.23
  • B-Final 2:03.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:19.27
  • Final 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 7:22.17
  • Final 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat 3:41.30
  • Final 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat 25.45
  • Final 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat 26.00
  • B-Final 26.16 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat 55.55
  • Final 54.88 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 55.80
  • Final 55.59 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:59.40
  • Final 1:58.57 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 2:00.38
  • Final 1:59.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat 4:11.17
  • Final 4:08.30 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 4:08.99
  • Final 4:09.83 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat 8:33.55
  • Final 8:29.91 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 8:36.33
  • Final 8:31.06 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat 1:02.68
  • Final 1:02.52 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat 1:03.05
  • B-Final 1:02.85 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:13.58
  • Final 2:12.06 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat 2:12.73
  • B-Final 2:12.90 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat 1:11.92 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat 2:37.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat 1:01.47
  • B-Final 1:01.14 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

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

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

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

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat 4:45.36
  • Final 4:43.78 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat 4:55.30 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:44.17
  • Final 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 8:08.58
  • Final 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat 4:08.95
  • Final 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)

Table tennis

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Sigfried Kohler

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight ( 83 kg)

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

Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

  • 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

Freestyle

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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

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