Germany competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
,
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. A total of 439 athletes were nominated to participate in the Games. The
German Olympic Sports Confederation
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates ...
(german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, ''DOSB'') nominated athletes on 29 May, 23 June and 15 July 2008.
Reaching the qualification standard set by the relevant sport's international governing body did not automatically mean that the athlete was nominated for Beijing, as the DOSB had stricter qualification standards. An athlete needed to have a somewhat realistic chance for a top 12 position. An exception to this are the team events, as the number of competing teams is already very limited through the IOC standards, and a chance for a respective place is already given by the qualification.
Medalists
Archery
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska
Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...
of the Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, tested positive for a banned substance.
Badminton
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium
Mountain biking
;Men
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Dressage
After the Grand Prix, the score of each individual rider is cleared, meaning only the scores of the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle add up to the final score and are relevant for the rank of a rider in the individual competition. Only the 15 best riders of the Grand Prix Special advance to the Freestyle.
Eventing
# - Indicates that points do not count in team total
Only a certain number of individual riders are allowed to advance to the final and of one nation, maximal three individual riders can advance. The riders who did not advance to the individual final are ranked after all of the riders who did, their final rank being determined by their total penalties gained in the competition up to that point (dressage, cross-country and jumping qualifier).
Show jumping
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Field hockey
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Semifinal
;Gold medal match
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match
Football
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Bronze medal game
;Final rank
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Judo
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
;Singles
;Team
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Germany entered a team in the men's tournament. The team lost all games but one in the group play, and did not advance, finishing tied for 9th place.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
Water polo
Germany participated in the men's tournament, where the team finished in 10th place.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
All times are China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
;Classification round
;Classification semi-final
;Classification 9th–10th
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle
See also
*
External links
DOSB Qualification criteria (in German)
References
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...