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competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Lars Riedel Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967, in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50 m. Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic. H ...

— Athletics, Men's Discus Throw * Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put * Ilke Wyludda — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw *

Kay Bluhm Kay Bluhm (born 13 October 1968 in Brandenburg) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, 1996; ...

and

Torsten Gutsche Torsten René Gutsche (born 8 June 1968, in Eisenhüttenstadt) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three golds (K-2 500 m: ...

— Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs * Detlef Hofmann, Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter and Mark Zabel — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours *

Andreas Dittmer Andreas Dittmer (born 16 April 1972 in Neustrelitz, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German sprint canoeist. The dominant sprint canoeist of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals. Dittmer ...

and

Gunar Kirchbach Gunar Kirchbach (born 12 October 1971) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-to-late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Andreas Dittmer. Kirchbach also ...

— Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs * Oliver Fix — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles *

Birgit Fischer Birgit Fischer (; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich and Isabell Werth, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East ...

Manuela Mucke Manuela Mucke (born 30 January 1975 in Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a German sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-4 500 ...

Anett Schuck Anett Schuck (born 11 April 1970 in Leipzig, Sachsen) is a German sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold me ...

and

Ramona Portwich Ramona Portwich (born 5 January 1967 in Rostock) is an East German-German sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won five medals with three golds (K-2 500 ...

— Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours * Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) * Ulrich Kirchhoff — Equestrian, Jumping Individual *

Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum (, ; born 26 August 1963 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an internationally successful German equestrian who competes in show jumping and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasi ...

, Ulrich Kirchhoff,

Lars Nieberg Lars Nieberg (born 24 July 1963 in Wittingen, Lower Saxony) is a German equestrian. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in show jumping competition. Olympic record Nigberg participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlant ...

, and

Franke Sloothaak Franke Sloothaak (born 2 February 1958 in Heerenveen, the Netherlands) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1988 and 1996. Olympic Record Sloothaak competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ...

— Equestrian, Jumping Team *

Isabell Werth Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics six times (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) ...

— Equestrian, Dressage Individual * Klaus Balkenhol,

Martin Schaudt Martin Schaudt (born 7 December 1958 in Balingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in ''team dressage'' at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and ...

Monica Theodorescu Monica Theodorescu (born 2 March 1963) is a German retired equestrian and dressage rider. Biography Born in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monica Theodorescu is the daughter of the German, former Romanian, dressage rider George Theodorescu ...

, and

Isabell Werth Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics six times (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) ...

— Equestrian, Dressage Team * Andreas Wecker — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar * Udo Quellmalz — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg) *

Andreas Hajek Andreas Hajek (born 16 April 1968 in Weißenfels) is a retired German rower. At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he replaced a sick Thomas Lange Thomas Lange (born 27 February 1964) is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze O ...

, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, and

André Willms André Willms (born 18 September 1972 in Burg bei Magdeburg) is a retired German rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are a ...

— Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls *

Kathrin Boron Kathrin Boron (born 4 November 1969 in Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany) is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medallist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo / SG Dynamo Potsdam. Boron won the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Oly ...

Kerstin Köppen Kerstin Köppen (later Köppen-Kosbab now Holtmeyer, born 24 November 1967 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a former German rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning in 1992 and 1996. In addition, she has also w ...

, Katrin Rutschow, and Jana Sorgers — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls *

Thomas Flach Thomas Flach (born 3 June 1956) is a German sailor and Olympic champion, born in Potsdam. He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Bernd Jäkel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The ...

, Bernd Jäkel, and

Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann (, ; born 8 June 1954 in East Berlin) is a German sailor and three-time Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the ''finn class''. He competed in the Soling class a ...

— Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition *

Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann (born 10 June 1962) is a former German 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice the World Champion. One of the most decorated shooters of the modern era, he is the first of two sport shooters to ...

— Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol * Christian Klees — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

Silver

* Barbara Mensing, Sandra Wagner, and

Cornelia Pfohl Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) is a German archer who contested four consecutive Summer Olympic Games from 1992 to 2004. She is a two-time Olympic medalist in the women's team event, winning silver medal in 1996 and bronze medal in 200 ...

— Archery, Women's Team Competition *

Frank Busemann Frank Busemann (; born 26 February 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste. Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior ...

— Athletics, Men's Decathlon *

Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal (born 15 January 1970) is a Turkish-German former professional boxer. He is a former European super lightweight and welterweight champion, and a multiple time world title challenger. Amateur career As an amateur, Urkal won the silve ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg) *

and

— Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs *

and

— Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs *

Jan Hempel Jan Hempel (born 21 August 1971) is a German diver who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic medals. Hempel won a silver in 10 m Platform and a bronze medal in 10 m synchronized platform. ...

— Diving, Men's Platform * Annika Walter — Diving, Women's Platform *

Roland Baar Roland Baar (; 12 April 1965 – 23 June 2018) was a German rower who competed for his nation at several Olympic Games. After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the Thomas Keller Medal in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of ...

, Wolfram Huhn, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Peter Thiede, Ulrich Viefers, and Marc Weber — Rowing, Men's Eights * Petra Horneber — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle * Susanne Kiermayer — Shooting, Women's Double Trap *

Sandra Völker Sandra Völker (born 1 April 1974) is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three (one silver, two bronze) medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she made her second Olymp ...

— Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle * Franziska van Almsick — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle * Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle * Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle * Dagmar Hase,

Kerstin Kielgass Kerstin Kielgass (German spelling: Kerstin Kielgaß; born 6 December 1969) is a German former swimmer. Kielgass won her first major title in 1985 in the East German 4×100 m relay team at the World Championships. She also won as a member ...

, Franziska van Almsick,

, Meike Freitag (heats), and Simone Osygus (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

Marc Huster Marc Huster (born 1 July 1970 in Altdöbern) is a German weightlifter and sports commentator. World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999. World records in clean and jerk 1993 ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg) * Ronny Weller — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (> 108 kg) * Thomas Zander — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)

Bronze

* Florian Schwarthoff — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles * Andrej Tiwontschik — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. She has received injuries a ...

, Linda Kisabaka,

Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer, nee Fromm (born 30 June 1969 in Merseburg) is a retired German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kis ...

, and Anja Rücker — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay * Zoltan Lunka — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (51 kg) *

Thomas Ulrich Thomas Ulrich (born 11 July 1975, in Berlin) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. He challenged twice for a light-heavyweight world title: the WBC title in 2005, and the WBO/ lineal titles in 2006. He also held t ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) *

Luan Krasniqi Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is a German actor and former professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title and also challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title. Background Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovar ...

— Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg) * Thomas Becker — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles *

André Ehrenberg André Ehrenberg (born 2 January 1972 in Braunschweig) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2003. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C2 event in Atlanta in 1996. Ehrenberg ...

and

Michael Senft Michael Senft (born 28 September 1972 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C2 event in 1996 in Atlanta. Sen ...

— Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs *

Judith Arndt Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional sports, professional cycle sport, cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the Track cycling, 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 S ...

— Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit * Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, and Monika Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition * Richard Trautmann — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) * Marko Spittka — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg) * Frank Möller — Judo, Men's Heavyweight * Johanna Hagn — Judo, Women's Heavyweight *

Thomas Lange Thomas Lange (born 27 February 1964) is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single sculls. Lange is one of six rowers (along with Mahé Drysdale, Pertti Karppinen, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Ondřej Synek and ...

— Rowing, Men's Single Sculls *

Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke (born 15 February 1970 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. That made hi ...

— Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky,

Björn Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in Erlangen) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian T ...

, and Alexander Lüderitz (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger,

Steffen Zesner Steffen Zesner (born 28 September 1967) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside U ...

, Konstantin Dubrovin (heats), and Oliver Lampe (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle *

— Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Cathleen Rund Cathleen Großmann (born Cathleen Rund, 3 November 1977 in Berlin), formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 199 ...

— Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke * Antje Buschschulte, Simone Osygus, Franziska van Almsick,

, and Meike Freitag (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

Jörg Roßkopf Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in Dieburg, Hesse) is a former professional German table tennis player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team. As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 1989 Wo ...

— Table Tennis, Men's Singles *

Marc-Kevin Goellner Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a Bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of Worl ...

and

David Prinosil David Prinosil ( cz, David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 ...

— Tennis, Men's Doubles *

Oliver Caruso Oliver Caruso is a German weightlifter. He won the Bronze medal in the 91 kg in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg) * Maik Bullmann — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight (90 kg) * Arawat Sabejew — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

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: * Barbara Mensing → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1) * Sandra Wagner → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1) *

→ Round of 64, 40th place (0-1) Women's Team Competition: * Mensing, Wagner, and Pfohl → Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Marc Blume Men's 800 metres * Nico Motchebon * Joachim Dehmel Men's 1,500 metres * Michael Gottschalk :* Qualification — 3:56.46 (→ did not advance) * Rüdiger Stenzel Men's 5,000 metres *

Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann (, ; born 9 February 1965) is a former German athlete and winner of the 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won the silver medal in the same event (5000 m) at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1999 Baumann tested positive for na ...

:* 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 * Steffen Brand :* Heat — 8:31.18 :* Semifinals — 8:19.11 :* Final — 8:18.52 (→ 6th place) * Martin Strege :* Heat — 8:32.76 :* Semifinals — 8:27.99 :* Final — 8:30.31 (→ 10th place) *

Kim Bauermeister Kim Bauermeister (born 20 November 1970, in Stuttgart) is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the bronze medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships and the gold medal in 3000 metres at the 1994 Eur ...

:* Heat — 8:36.86 :* Semifinals — 8:51.83 (→ did not advance) Men's 110m Hurdles * Florian Schwarthoff * Claude Edorh * Eric Kaiser Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Marc Blume, Holger Blume, Michael Huke, Robert Kurnicki, and Andreas Ruth Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Rico Lieder, Andreas Hein, Kai Karsten, and Thomas Schönlebe :* Heat — 3:05.16 (→ did not advance) * Alternate member: Uwe Jahn Men's Marathon * Konrad Dobler — 2:21.12 (→ 48th place) * Stephan Freigang — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 20 km Walk * Robert Ihly * Nischan Daimer *

Andreas Erm Andreas Erm (born 12 March 1976, in Berlin (East)) is a former German race walker. (german) At the 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships Erm won the ''Men's 10 kilometres walk'' aged 19. Almost one year later at the 1996 Olympic Summer Gam ...

Men's 50 km Walk * Axel Noack — 3:51:55 (→ 12th place) * Thomas Wallstab — 3:54:48 (→ 15th place) *

Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel (born 8 August 1959 in Hildburghausen, Thuringia) is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany (and then Germany after 1990) as one of world's ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Long Jump * Georg Ackermann :* Qualification — 7.86m (→ did not advance) * Hans-Peter Lott :* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Wolfgang Kreißig Men's triple jump * Charles Friedeck Men's Pole Vault * Tim Lobinger *

Michael Stolle Michael Stolle (born 17 December 1974 in Buxtehude) is a German pole vaulter. His personal best was 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Monaco. This ranks him third among German pole vaulters, only behind Tim Lobinger and Andrei Tivontchik ...

* André Tiwontschik Men's Shot Put * Oliver-Sven Buder * Dirk Urban * Michael Mertens Men's Decathlon *

:* Final Result — 8706 points (→ Silver Medal) * Frank Müller :* Final Result — 8253 points (→ 14th place) * Dirk-Achim Pajonk :* Final Result — 8045 points (→ 20th place) Men's Discus Throw *

:* Qualification — 64.66m :* Final — 69.40m (→ Gold Medal) * Jürgen Schult :* Qualification — 62.58m :* Final — 64.62m (→ 6th place) *

Michael Möllenbeck Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck (12 December 1969 – 2 November 2022) was a German discus thrower. Möllenbeck's greatest achievements were two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially wel ...

:* Qualification — 55.18m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

Heinz Weis Heinz Weis (born 14 July 1963) is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990. Weis was born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, and at club level represented TV 1863 Germania Trier. He was coached initially b ...

:* Qualification — 77.84m :* Final — 79.78m (→ 5th place) * Claus Dethloff :* Qualification — 74.60m (→ did not advance) *

Karsten Kobs Karsten Kobs (born 16 September 1971 in Dortmund) is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber Ralf Haber ( ...

:* Qualification — 74.20m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw *

Raymond Hecht Raymond Hecht (born 11 November 1968) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 92.60 m, achieved in 1995. This places him eighth on the all-time rankings. During his career, Hecht set fiv ...

Peter Blank Peter Blank (born 10 April 1962) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Early on in his career, he was a decathlete. In 1992, he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon with a distance of 79. ...

Boris Henry Boris Obergföll (' Henry; born 14 December 1973) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won a bronze medal in the World Championships twice (1995 and 2003). His personal best throw was 90.44 metres, ...

Women's 100 metres * Melanie Paschke *

Andrea Philipp Andrea Philipp (born 29 July 1971) is a retired German sprinter. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships (tied with Merlene Frazer), and a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1990 Worl ...

* Silke Lichtenhagen Women's 200 metres * Melanie Paschke * Silke Knoll Women's 400 metres *

Women's 800 metres * Linda Kisabaka Women's 1,500 metres * Silvia Kühnemund * Carmen Wüstenhagen Women's 5,000 metres * Petra Wassiluk * Claudia Lokar Women's 10,000 metres *

Kathrin Weßel Kathrin Wessel (née Ullrich; born 14 August 1967) is a retired German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. She was the 1987 World Championship bronze medallist, the 1990 European Championship silver medallist, and won the ...

:* Qualification — 33:31.67 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Katrin Dörre-Heinig — 2:28.45 (→ 4th place) * Sonja Krolik — 2:31.16 (→ 8th place) * Uta Pippig — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 10 km Walk * Kathrin Born-Boyde — 44:50 (→ 15th place) * Beate Gummelt — dsq (→ no ranking) Women's 100m Hurdles * Kristin Patzwahl * Birgit Wolf Women's 400m Hurdles * Heike Meißner :* Qualification — 55.05 :* Semifinals — 54.27 :* Final — 54.03 (→ 5th place) * Silvia Rieger :* Qualification — 55.33 :* Semifinals — 54.27 :* Final — 54.57 (→ 8th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Relay * Melanie Paschke,

, Silke Lichtenhagen, Silke Knoll, and

Birgit Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier (born 29 November 1973 in Moosburg) is a former German Sprint (running), sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. Rockmeier's personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart. She represented the sports ...

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay *

, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker, and

:* Qualification — 3:24.08 :* Final — 3:21.14 (→ Bronze Medal) *Alternate member: Karin Janke Women's Javelin Throw * Karen Forkel :* Qualification — 60.84m :* Final — 64.18m (→ 6th place) * Steffi Nerius :* Qualification — 60.98m :* Final — 60.20m (→ 9th place) * Silke Renk :* Qualification — 59.70m (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Alina Astafei :* Qualification — 1.93m :* Final — 1.96m (→ 6th place) Women's Discus Throw * Ilke Wyludda :* Qualification — 66.78m :* Final — 69.66m (→ Gold Medal) * Franka Dietzsch :* Qualification — 63.94m :* Final — 65.48m (→ 4th place) *

Anja Gündler Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an Indian name that means inexhaustible, limitless ...

:* Qualification — 63.80m :* Final — 61.16m (→ 11th place) Women's Shot Put * Astrid Kumbernuss :* Qualification — 19.93m :* Final — 20.56m (→ Gold Medal) * Stephanie Storp :* Qualification — 19.29m :* Final — 19.06m (→ 6th place) * Kathrin Neimke :* Qualification — 19.02m :* Final — 18.92m (→ 7th place) Women's Heptathlon *

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

* Mona Steigauf * Peggy Beer

Badminton

Men's Competition *

Michael Keck Michael Keck (born 8 February 1969) is a German badminton player. Keck clinched nine titles at the National Championships, won the first time in 1990. He was the bronze medallists at the 1996 European Championships, winning the mixed doubles eve ...

Michael Helber Michael Helber (born 4 October 1970) is a German badminton player. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. Helber was the bronze medalist at the 1989 European Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Kerstin We ...

Oliver Pongratz Oliver Pongratz (born 14 April 1973) is a German former badminton player. He competed in the men's singles tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta ...

Women's Competition * Katrin Schmidt * Kerstin Ubben *

Karen Stechmann Karen Neumann (born 15 September 1971; née Stechmann) is a German badminton player. She competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In the national event, Neumann who played for the FC Langenfeld had won eight titles at the National Champio ...

Beach volleyball

Men's Competition

* Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager — 9th place overall

Women's Competition

* Beate Bühler and Danja Müsch

Boxing

* Zoltan Lunka (— 51 kg) :*Defeated Martín Castillo (Mexico) 13-7 :*Defeated Hermensen Ballo (Indonesia) 18-12 :*Defeated Mehdi Assous (Algeria) 19-6 :*Lost to Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 18-23 *

Falk Huste Falk Huste (born November 6, 1971 in Greiz, Thüringen) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. He is the ...

(— 57 kg) *

(— 63,5 kg) :*Defeated

Reynaldo Galido Reynaldo Galido (born 1 May 1975) is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and com ...

(Philippines) 19-2 :*Defeated David Díaz (United States) 14-6 :*Defeated

Nordine Mouichi Nordine Mouchi (born 3 June 1972) is a French boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commo ...

(France) 19-10 :*Defeated

Fathi Missaoui Fethi Missaoui ( ar, فتحي الميساوي, born January 8, 1974) was a Tunisian boxer. Missaoui won the light welterweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olympic results *Defeated Lee Trautsch (Australia) 25-9 *Defeated Fran ...

(Tunisia) 20-6 :*Lost to

Hector Vinent In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

(Cuba) 13-20 * Markus Beyer (— 71 kg) *

Sven Ottke Sven Ottke (born 3 June 1967) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He was a unified super-middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2004, and the WBA (Unified) title from 2003 to 2004. ...

(— 75 kg) *

(— 81 kg) *

(— 91 kg) *

René Monse René Monse (28 September 1968 in Potsdam – 8 June 2017) was a German heavyweight boxer best known for having won a bronze medal at the world championships in 1995. Monse died in 2017 after what his former promoter described as a lengthy illn ...

(+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Men's Flatwater Competition * Lutz Liwoski,

, Detlef Hofmann,

, Thomas Reineck, Jan Schäfer,

Patrick Schulze Patrick Schulze (born 2 January 1973) is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. He won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-2 1000 m (1999) and C-4 1000 m (1995) events. Schu ...

, Olaf Winter, Mark Zabel, and Thomas Zereske Women's Flatwater Competition *

, Daniela Gleue,

, Men's Slalom Competition * Jochen Lettmann, Oliver Fix, Thomas Becker,

Sören Kaufmann Sören Kaufmann (born 8 May 1971 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 1995), two silvers (C1: 19 ...

, Martin Lang, and

Vitus Husek Vitus Husek (later known as Vitus Gesser, born 2 February 1973 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2000. He won a gold medal in the C1 team event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Champi ...

Manfred Berro Manfred Berro (born 16 May 1966 in Zeitz) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to late 1990s. He won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in the C2 team event ( 1991, 1995, 1997). He also won a ...

Michael Trummer Michael Trummer (born 31 May 1962 in Zeitz) is a German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to late 1990s. He won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in the C2 team event ( 1991, 1995, 1997). He also won ...

Women's Slalom Competition *

Elisabeth Micheler-Jones Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (born 30 April 1966 in Augsburg) is a West Germany, West German-Germany, German slalom canoeing, slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in ...

, and Kordula Striepecke

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial * Michael Rich :* Final — 1:07:08 (→ 10th place) *

Uwe Peschel Uwe Peschel (born 4 November 1968) is a former German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. Peschel was born in Berlin in 1968. His father, Axel Peschel, had represented East Germany at the 1968 Olympic men's team time trial ...

:* Final — 1:07:33 (→ 12th place) Women's Individual Road Race * Vera Hohlfeld :* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 4th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race *

Guido Fulst Guido Fulst (born 7 June 1970) is a former German racing cyclist, who competed for the '' SG Dynamo Wernigerode'', SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won many titles during his career. He won two gold medals and a bronze at t ...

:* Final — 8 points (→ 9th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country * Ralph Berner :* Final — 2:27:45 (→ 10th place) Women's Cross Country * Regina Marunde :* Final — 1:57.21 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard *

:* Preliminary Heat — 358.26 :* Semi Final — 219.99 :* Final — 402.33 (→ 7th place) *

Andreas Wels Andreas Wels (born 1 January 1975) is a German competitive and synchronized diver. He has competed at three Olympic Games. In 1997 he won his first international title, European Champion in competitive diving on the 1 m springboard. In 19 ...

:* Preliminary Heat — 405.33 :* Semi Final — 207.21 :* Final — 376.35 (→ 12th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Claudia Bockner :* Preliminary Heat — 281.31 :* Semi Final — 200.19 :* Final — 255.51 (→ 11th place) * Simona Koch :* Preliminary Heat — 239.91 :* Semi Final — 204.99 (→ did not advance, 16th place) Women's 10m Platform * Annika Walter :* Preliminary Heat — 298.11 :* Semi Final — 166.14 :* Final — 313.08 (→ Silver Medal) * Ute Wetzig :* Preliminary Heat — 258.93 :* Semi Final — 151.44 :* Final — 215.91 (→ 12th place)

Equestrian

Dressage *

Isabell Werth Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics six times (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) ...

("Gigolo") * Monica Teodorescu ("Grunox") *

("Durgo 2") * Klaus Balkenhol ("Goldstern") * Nicole Uphoff-Becker ("Rembrandt") Jumping *

("Ratina Z" and "Gaylord") * Ulrich Kirchhof ("Jus de Pommes") *

("Joly" and "Weihaiweij") *

("For Pleasure") Eventing * Bodo Battenberg ("Sam the Man") * Ralf Ehrenbrink ("Connection L" and "West Star") * Wolfgang Mengers ("Flaming Affair") * Bettina Overesch-Böker ("Watermill Stream") * Hendrik von Paepcke ("Amadeus") *

Peter Thomsen Peter Thomsen (born 4 April 1961 in Flensburg, West Germany) is a German eventing rider. He won the gold medal in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his horse The Ghost of Hamish, and again at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

("White Girl")

Fencing

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1996. ; Men's foil * Wolfgang Wienand * Uwe Römer * Alexander Koch ; Men's team foil * Alexander Koch, Uwe Römer, Wolfgang Wienand ; Men's épée * Marius Strzalka * Arnd Schmitt *

Elmar Borrmann Elmar Borrmann (born 18 January 1957) is a German fencer. He won a gold and silver medal in the team épée event for West Germany in 1984 and 1988 and a gold in the same event for Germany in 1992. Biography Elmar Borrmann attended the Kaufm� ...

; Men's team épée *

, Arnd Schmitt, Marius Strzalka ; Men's sabre * Felix Becker * Steffen Wiesinger * Frank Bleckmann ; Men's team sabre * Felix Becker, Frank Bleckmann, Steffen Wiesinger ; Women's foil *

Monika Weber-Koszto Monika Weber-Koszto ( hu, Weber-Kosztó Mónika; born 7 February 1966) is a Romanian-born German fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics competing for Romania. She then won a silver in the sam ...

* Anja Fichtel-Mauritz * Sabine Bau ; Women's team foil * Anja Fichtel-Mauritz,

, Sabine Bau ; Women's épée * Eva-Maria Ittner *

Claudia Bokel Claudia Bokel (born 30 August 1973, in Ter Apel, the Netherlands) is a German épée fencer. Biography Claudia Bokel fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the épée competiti ...

Katja Nass Katja Nass (born 26 November 1968) is a German former fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and als ...

; Women's team épée *

, Eva-Maria Ittner,

Football

Women's Team Competition

*Team Roster :* Manuela Goller (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler) :*

Katja Kraus Katja Kraus (born 23 November 1970, in Offenbach am Main) is a German former football player and official. She was the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV. Early life Kraus was born in Offenbach ...

(FSV Frankfurt) :* Jutta Nardenbach (TuS Ahrbach) :* Birgitt Austermühl (FSV Frankfurt) :* Doris Fitschen (TSV Siegen) :*

Sandra Minnert Sandra Minnert (born 7 April 1973) is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team. Honours ;FSV Frankfurt * Bundesliga: Winner 1994–95, 1997–98 *DFB-Pokal: Winner 1991–92, 1994� ...

(FSV Frankfurt) :*

Kerstin Stegemann Kerstin Stegemann (born 29 September 1977) is a German former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Career Born in Rheine- Mesum, she made her football debut at age 15 in 1993, playing for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen-Bunde ...

(FC Eintracht Rheine) :* Dagmar Pohlmann (FSV Frankfurt) :*

Martina Voss Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born Martina Voss; 22 December 1967) is a German football manager and former player who coaches the German national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena. As a player, she played as a midfiel ...

(FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen) :*

Bettina Wiegmann Bettina Wiegmann (born 7 October 1971) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Wiegmann scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the Germany national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997, she was selected '' German Female Footballer of ...

(Grün-Weiß Brauweiler) :*

Silvia Neid Silvia Edith Maria Neid (born 2 May 1964) is a retired professional German football player and manager. She is one of the most successful players in German women's football, having won seven national championships and six DFB-Pokal trophies. Bet ...

(TSV Siegen) :*

Pia Wunderlich Pia Wunderlich (born 26 January 1975 in Schwarzenau) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. She played solely for 1. FFC Frankfurt at professional club level and was selected for the German national team 102 times, winni ...

(SG Praunheim) :*

Renate Lingor Renate Lingor (born 11 October 1975) is a retired female German international footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward. Club career Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth t ...

(SC Klinge Seckach) :*

Heidi Mohr Heidi Mohr (29 May 1967 – 7 February 2019) was a German footballer who played as a forward. She was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century. Club career Mohr pl ...

(TuS Niederkirchen) :* Patricia Brocker (TuS Niederkirchen) :*

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

(FSV Frankfurt) *Head Coach: Gero Bisanz

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Competition * Uwe Billerbeck, Valeri Belenki, Oliver Walther, Karsten Oelsch, Marius Toba, Jan-Peter Nikiferov, and Andreas Wecker Women's Competition * Kathleen Stark and Yvonne Pioch

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Markus Baur Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a former German handball player now turned trainer. He is considered one of the world's best players on his position. Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, makin ...

* Jan Fegter *

Henning Fritz Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired handball goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year. Sports career At , Fritz is a relativ ...

* Jan Holpert * Holger Löhr *

Thomas Knorr Thomas Knorr (born 16 May 1971) is a German retired handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. His son, Juri Knorr is a professional handball player. Individual awards * Top Scorer of the European Champ ...

* Karsten Kohlhaas * Stephan Kretschmar * Klaus-Dieter Petersen * Christian Scheffler * Martin Schmidt *

Martin Schwalb Martin Schwalb (born 4 May 1963) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches Rhein-Neckar Löwen. In 2013 he led his team to its first win of the EHF Cha ...

Christian Schwarzer Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer (born 23 October 1969) is a now-retired professional German handball player and present-day coach. As a member of the Germany men's national handball team, he won the world championship in 2007 and the silver meda ...

* Daniel Stephan *

Andreas Thiel Andreas Thiel (born March 3, 1960) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympia ...

Volker Zerbe Volker Zerbe (born 30 June 1968) is a former German team handball player and current club manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai ...

Women's Team Competition

Kathrin Blacha Kathrin or ''Katrin'' or ''Kathryn'' or ''Kathrine'' is a female given name. Persons with the name * Ann-Kathrin Kramer (born 1966), German writer and actress * Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff (born 1960), German athlete in equestrian * Kathryn Adams (1 ...

Andrea Bölk Andrea Bölk (born 10 November 1968) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...

Eike Bram Eike Bram (born 20 March 1965) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games ...

* Csilla Elekes *

Michaela Erler Michaela Erler (born 29 June 1965) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Ga ...

Franziska Heinz Franziska Heinz (born 21 November 1972) is a former East German and German female handball player. She was a member of the Germany women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing 4 matches. On club ...

* Grit Jurack * Eva Kiss-Györi * Christine Lindemann * Emilia Luca *

Heike Murrweiss Heike Murrweiss (born 1 January 1966) is a German former handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 ...

* Miroslava Ritskiavitchius * Michaela Schanze * Melanie Schliecker * Bianca Urbanke * Marlies Waelzer

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) :*

— Spain 0—1 :*

— India 1—1 :*

— Pakistan 3—1 :*

— Argentina 3—0 :*

— United States 3—0 *Semi Finals :*

— Netherlands 1—3 *Bronze Medal Game :*

— Australia 2—3 → Fourth place *Team Roster :* Christopher Reitz (gk) :*

Jan-Peter Tewes Jan-Peter Tewes (born 20 November 1968 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a former field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His older ...

:* Carsten Fischer :* Christian Blunck :*

Björn Emmerling Björn Emmerling (born 16 November 1975 in Würzburg) is a field hockey player from Germany, who played for Harvestehuder THC and Hanauer THC in his native country. The defender made his international senior debut for the German team ...

:* Patrick Bellenbaum :* Sven Meinhardt :* Christoph Bechmann :*

Oliver Domke Oliver Domke (born 22 March 1976) is a German former field hockey player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2 ...

:* Andreas Becker :* Michael Green :*

Klaus Michler Klaus Michler (born 15 May 1970 in Stuttgart) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known a ...

:* Volker Fried :*

Christian Mayerhöfer Christian Mayerhöfer (born 16 June 1971 in Mainz) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games ...

:* Stefan Saliger :*

Michael Knauth Michael Knauth (born 24 June 1965, in Wolfsburg) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also ...

(gk) Head Coach:

Paul Lissek Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round Robin :*

— Argentina 2—0 :*

— Spain 2—1 :*

— Australia 0—1 :*

— Netherlands 3—4 :*

— United States 1—1 :*

— Great Britain 2—3 :*

— South Korea 0—1 → Sixth place *Team Roster :*(01.) Susie Wollschläger (gk) :*(02.) Birgit Beyer (gk) :*(03.) Vanessa van Kooperen :*(04.) Philippa Suxdorf :*(05.)

Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 5 February 1974 in Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is one of the most ...

:*(06.) Simone Thomaschinski :*(07.) Irina Kuhnt :*(08.) Melanie Cremer :*(09.) Franziska Hentschel :*(10.) Tanja Dickenscheid :*(11.) Eva Hagenbäumer :*(12.)

Britta Becker Britta Becker (born 11 May 1973 in Rüsselsheim) is a German former field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a ro ...

:*(13.)

Natascha Keller Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olymp ...

:*(14.) Tina Peters :*(15.)

Heike Lätzsch Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch (born 19 December 1973 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a former field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She made her i ...

:*(16.) Katrin Kauschke Men's Competition * Richard Trautmann (— 60 kg) * Udo Quellmalz (— 65 kg) * Martin Schmidt (— 71 kg) * Stefan Dott (— 78 kg) * Marko Spittka (— 86 kg) *

Detlef Knorrek Detlef Knorrek (born 6 July 1965) is a German judoka. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Detlef Knorrek won the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 and 1994. He competed at Olympic Games and won bronze at the Eur ...

(— 95 kg) * Frank Möller (+ 95 kg) Women's Competition * Jana Perlberg (— 48 kg) * Alexa von Schwichow (— 52 kg) * Susanne Singer (— 61 kg) * Anja von Rekowski (— 66 kg) * Hannah Ertel (— 72 kg) * Johanna Hagn (+ 72 kg)

Rhythmic gymnastics

* Nicole Bittner, Dörte Schiltz, Katharina Wildermuth, Anne Jung, Luise Stäblein, and Katrin Hoffmann

Rowing

Men's competition *

(

Single sculls A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minim ...

→ Bronze medal) *

Sebastian Mayer (Friedrich) Sebastian Mayer (actually Meier, 1773 – 9 May 1835) was a bass singer and stage director of the Classical era. Life Mayer was born at Benediktbeuern. In 1793, he joined the theater company of Emanuel Schikaneder. On 23 Dec ...

/ Roland Opfer (

Double sculls A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ...

) * Colin von Ettingshausen /

Matthias Ungemach Matthias Ungemach (born 21 May 1968 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German rower (6'6"; 100 kg), double World Champion and Olympian. Ungemach, Armin Weyrauch, Armin Eichholz, Bahne Rabe and Jorg Dederding won the 1991 ...

(

Coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right ...

) * André Steiner,

, Stephan Volkert, and

( Quadruple sculls → Gold medal) * Ike Landvoigt, Stefan Forster, Claas-Peter Fischer, and Stefan Scholz (

Coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on t ...

) * Wolfram Huhn, Marc Weber, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Ulrich Viefers, Frank Richter,

and Peter Thiede (coxswain) ( Eight → Silver medal) * Peter Uhrig / Ingo Euler ( Lightweight double sculls) * Tobias Rose, Martin Weis, Michael Buchheit, and Bernhard Stomporowski ( Lightweight coxless four) Women's competition *

Meike Evers Meike Evers (born 6 June 1977 in Berlin) is a German rower who was co-winner of two Olympic gold medals. She is currently a police detective and member of the "Athlete Committee" of the World Anti-Doping Agency. References External links

...

(

) *

Jana Thieme Jana Thieme (born 6 July 1970) is a German rower and Olympic champion. Thieme travelled to Barcelona for the 1992 Summer Olympics as a substitute but did not compete. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal in double scul ...

/ Manuela Lutze (

) * Kathrin Haacker / Stefani Werremeier (

) *

, Jana Sorgers, Katrin Rutschow, and

( Quadruple sculls → Gold medal) * Anja Pyritz, Antje Rehaag, Andrea Gesch, Ina Justh, Kathlen Naser, Dana Pyritz, Michaela Schmidt, Ute Schell and Daniela Neunast (coxswain) ( Eight) * Michelle Darvill / Ruth Kaps ( Lightweight double sculls)

Sailing

Men's Competition * Michael Fellmann (Finn-Dinghi) * Frank Butzmann / Kai Falkenthal (Star) *

/ Bernd Jäkel /

(Soling → Gold Medal) * Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland (470er) * Stefan Warkalla (Laser) * Matthias Bornhäuser (Mistral) * Roland Gäbler / Frank Parlow (Tornado) Women's Competition * Sibylle Powarzynski (Europe) * Susanne Bauckholt / Katrin Adlkofer (470er)

Shooting

Rifle * Maik Eckhard, Christian Klees, Bernd Rücker, Johann Riederer, Petra Horneber, Bettina Knells, and Kirsten Obel Pistol *

, Hans-Jürgen Neumaier, Daniel Leonhardt, Artur Gevorgian, and Anke Völker Running Target * Michael Jakosits and Jens Zimmermann Trap and Skeet * Uwe Möller,

Jörg Damme Jörg Damme (born 9 May 1959 in Pretzsch) is a German former sport shooter who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics ...

, Bernhard Hochwald, Jan-Henrik Heinrich, Axel Wegner, Waldemar Schanz,

Karsten Bindrich Karsten Bindrich (born 15 April 1973 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a German sport shooter who specializes in the trap. At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in joint fourteenth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, w ...

, and Susanne Kirchmayer

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Bengt Zikarsky :* Heat — 22.68 :* Swim-off — DSQ :* B-Final — 22.73 (→ 10th place) * Alexander Lüderitz :* Heat — 23.06 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Christian Tröger :* Heat — 50.06 :* B-Final — 49.90 (→ 10th place) *

:* Heat — 50.38 :* B-Final — 49.91 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Aimo Heilmann :* Heat — 1:49.57 :* B-Final — 1:48.81 (→ 9th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Jörg Hoffmann :* Heat — 3:51.26 :* Final — 3:52.15 (→ 7th place) * Sebastian Wiese :* Heat — 3:53.65 :* B-Final — 3:52.37 (→ 10th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Jörg Hoffmann :* Heat — 15:18.61 :* Final — 15:18.86 (→ 7th place) *

:* Heat — 15:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Ralf Braun :* Heat — 55.73 :* Final — 55.56 (→ 7th place) * Stev Theloke :* Heat — 56.26 :* B-Final — 56.63 (→ 14th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Ralf Braun :* 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 * Oliver Lampe :* Heat — 54.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 200 m Butterfly * Oliver Lampe :* Heat — 1:59.87 :* B-Final — 2:00.08 (→ 12th place) * Chris-Carol Bremer :* Heat — 2:00.48 :* B-Final — 2:01.62 (→ 16th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley * Christian Keller :* Heat — 2:03.82 :* B-Final — 2:02.90 (→ 9th place) * Stev Theloke :* Heat — 2:04.23 :* B-Final — 2:03.94 (→ 12th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Mark Pinger, Alexander Lüderitz, Bengt Zikarsky, and

:* Heat — 3:19.27 * Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky,

, and Mark Pinger :* Final — 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Konstantin Dubrovin, Christian Keller, Oliver Lampe, and

:* Heat — 7:22.17 * Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and

:* Final — 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Stev Theloke,

, Oliver Lampe, and Bengt Zikarsky :* Heat — 3:41.30 * Ralf Braun,

, Christian Keller, and

:* Final — 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle *

:* Heat — 25.45 :* Final — 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal) * Simone Osygus :* Heat — 26.00 :* B-Final — 26.16 (→ 14th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

:* Heat — 55.55 :* Final — 54.88 (→ Silver Medal) * Franziska van Almsick :* Heat — 55.80 :* Final — 55.59 (→ 5th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Franziska van Almsick :* Heat — 1:59.40 :* Final — 1:58.57 (→ Silver Medal) * Dagmar Hase :* Heat — 2:00.38 :* Final — 1:59.56 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Dagmar Hase :* 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 * Dagmar Hase :* 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 * Antje Buschschulte :* Heat — 1:02.68 :* Final — 1:02.52 (→ 6th place) *

Anke Scholz Anke Scholz (born 25 November 1978 in Berlin) is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 200m freestyle e ...

:* 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 * Kathrin Dumitru :* Heat — 1:11.92 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Kathrin Dumitru :* Heat — 2:37.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Julia Voitowitsch :* Heat — 1:01.47 :* B-Final — 1:01.14 (→ 12th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Sabine Herbst :* Heat — 2:16.66 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley * Sabine Herbst :* Heat — 2:18.00 :* B-Final — 2:16.68 (→ 11th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley * Sabine Herbst :* 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 * Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Meike Freitag, and Franziska van Almsick :* Heat — 3:44.17 *

, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, and Franziska van Almsick :* Final — 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Simone Osygus, Meike Freitag,

, and Franziska van Almsick :* Heat — 8:08.58 * Franziska van Almsick,

, and Dagmar Hase :* Final — 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and

:* Heat — 4:08.95 * Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and

:* Final — 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)

Table tennis

Men's Competition *

* Steffen Fetzner * Peter Franz Women's Competition * Jie Schöpp * Nicole Struse *

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* Elke Schall

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

:* First Round — Lost to

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(SWE), 6-7 6-4 4-6 Men's Doubles Competition *

and

Women's Singles Competition *

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:* First Round — Defeated

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(ROM), 2-6 6-4 6-2 :* Second Round — Defeated

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(RSA), 3-6 6-1 6-4 :* Third Round — Lost to

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(USA), 1-6 6-3, 3-6

Volleyball

*Team Roster :* Nancy Celis :*

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:* Karin Horninger :* Silvia Roll :* Susanne Lahme :* Grit Naumann :* Hanka Pachale :* Ines Pianka :* Constanze Radfan :* Christine Schultz :* Ute Steppin :* Claudia Wilke *Head Coach: Sigfried Kohler

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

* Ingo Borgmann * Piotr Bukowski * Oliver Dahler * Jörg Dresel * Torsten Dresel * Davor Erjavec * Michael Ilgner * Dirk Klingenberg * Raul de la Peña * René Reimann * Uwe Sterzik * Lars Tomanek * Daniel Voß

Weightlifting

* Andreas Behm (Lightweight) * Ingo Steinhöfel and Andrey Poitschke (Middleweight) Men's Light-Heavyweight (— 83 kg) *

:* Final — 170.0 + 212.5 = 382.5 (→ Silver Medal) *

(Middle-heavyweight) * Igor Sadykov (Heavyweight) * Manfred Nerlinger and Ronny Weller (Super-heavyweight) Men's Heavyweight (108 kg) * Mario Kalinke :*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 * Oleg Kutscherenko (— 48 kg) * Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (— 52 kg) * Rifat Yildiz (— 57 kg) * Erik Hahn (— 74 kg) * Thomas Zander (— 82 kg) * Mike Bullmann (— 90 kg) * Rene Schiekel (— 130 kg) Freestyle * Jürgen Scheibe (— 62 kg) *

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(— 74 kg) * Heiko Balz (— 90 kg) * Aravat Sabejev (— 100 kg) * Sven Thiele (— 130 kg)

Notes

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References

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