# Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Medalists

Germany finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and nine medals overall.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ernst Hoppenberg | Swimming | Men's 200m backstroke |
| Gold | Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg | Rowing | Coxed four |
| Gold | Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin | Swimming | men's 200m team swimming |
| Gold | Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner | Sailing | 1-2 ton race 2 |
| Silver | Karl Duill | Cycling | points race |
| Silver | Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner | Sailing | open class |
| Silver | SC 1880 Frankfurt | Rugby | men's competition |
| Bronze | Favorite Hammonia | Rowing | Coxed four |
| Bronze | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | Rowing | Coxed four |

## Results by event
### Aquatics
#### Swimming

Germany's first appearance in swimming came in 1900. The German team took gold in the team event. Hoppenberg also earned a gold medal in the backstroke.
| Swimmer | Event | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Julius Frey | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 2:50.4 | 3 q | 2:58.2 | 8 |
| Max Hainle | Men's 1000 metre freestyle | 15:54.0 | 1 Q | 15:22.6 | 4 |
| Ernst Hoppenberg | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 2:54.4 | 1 Q | 2:47.0 | |
| Hans Aniol | Men's underwater swimming | — | — | 103.9 | 6 |
| German Swimming Federation Julius FreyMax HainleErnst HoppenbergHerbert von PetersdorffMax Schöne | Men's 200 metre team swimming | — | — | 33 | |

#### Water polo

Germany competed in the inaugural men's water polo tournament. The German team was defeated in its first game, splitting 5th place with the other 2 quarterfinal losers.
| Team | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Berliner Swimming Club Otter Hans AniolPaul GebauerMax HainleGeorg HaxGustav LexauHerbert von PetersdorffFritz Schneider | Men's water polo | Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) L 3-2 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

### Athletics

Six German athletes had 10 entries in nine athletics events, not winning any medals.

#### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Kurt Doerry | 100 m | 11.5 | 2 Q | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julius Keyl | 100 m | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Albert Werkmüller | 200 m | Unknown | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gustav Rau | 200 m hurdles | Unknown | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Franz Duhne | 2500 m steeplechase | — | — | — | — | Unknown | 6 |
| Franz Duhne | 4000 m steeplechase | — | — | — | — | Unknown | 6 |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Waldemar Steffen | High jump | n/a | n/a | 1.70 | 4 |
| Waldemar Steffen | Long jump | 6.30 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waldemar Steffen | Triple jump | n/a | n/a | Unknown | Unknown |
| Waldemar Steffen | Standing triple jump | n/a | n/a | Unknown | 5–10 |

### Cycling

The second Olympic cycling competition saw Germany appear for its second time. Duill won a silver medal in the points race.
| Cyclist | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Georg Drescher | Men's sprint | Unknown | 4–8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Karl Duill | Men's sprint | 1:35.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Gottron | Men's sprint | 1:32.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Gottron | Men's 25 kilometres | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| Cyclist | Event | Prime 1 | Prime 2 | Prime 3 | Prime 4 | Prime 5 | Prime 6 | Prime 7 | Prime 8 | Prime 9 | Prime 10 | Total | Rank |
| Karl Duill | Men's points race | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |

### Equestrian

Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Result | Rank |
| Max Guilleaume | — | Mail coach | Unknown | 5–31 |

### Fencing

Germany first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer and sometimes claims a second—Willy Sulzbacher was a French national living in France, but competed for German fencing club Deutscher und Österreichischer Fechterbund.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Alfons Schöne | Men's sabre | Unknown | 5–6 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Gymnastics

Germany, which had dominated the first gymnastics competitions four years earlier, failed to win a medal in the second Olympic gymnastics competition.
| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
| Franz Abbé | Men's artistic individual all-around | 219 | 77 |
| Fritz Danner | Men's artistic individual all-around | 216 | 79 |
| Gustav Felix Flatow | Men's artistic individual all-around | 204 | 102 |
| Eugen Fürstenberger | Men's artistic individual all-around | 240 | 53 |
| Richard Genserowski | Men's artistic individual all-around | 238 | 54 |
| Erwin Willi Kurtz | Men's artistic individual all-around | 216 | 79 |
| Fritz Manteuffel | Men's artistic individual all-around | 223 | 72 |
| Oscar Naumann | Men's artistic individual all-around | DNF | – |
| Julius Nuninger | Men's artistic individual all-around | 199 | 107 |
| Hugo Peitsch | Men's artistic individual all-around | 252 | 29 |
| Emil Rotong | Men's artistic individual all-around | 234 | 59 |
| Fritz Sauer | Men's artistic individual all-around | 214 | 84 |
| Adolf Tannert | Men's artistic individual all-around | 180 | 118 |
| Carl Wiegand | Men's artistic individual all-around | 224 | 71 |

### Rowing

Germany competed in the first Olympic rowing events, represented by 4 boats. In the coxed four, where two separate finals were held, the 3 German boats took one gold and one bronze in the "B" final and another bronze in the "A" final. The eight boat placed 4th.
| Boat | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Boat | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav GoßlerOscar GoßlerWalther KatzensteinWaldemar TietgensCarl Heinrich Goßler (cox) | Men's coxed four | — | — | 5:56.2 | 1 QB | 5:59.0 | |
| Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm CarstensJulius KörnerAdolf MöllerHugo RüsterMax Ammermann (cox) | Men's coxed four | — | — | 6:03.0 | 3 QA | 7:18.2 | |
| Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Ernst FelleOtto FickeisenCarl LehleHermann WilkerFranz Kröwerath (cox) | Men's coxed four | — | — | 6:14.0 | 1 QB | 6:05.0 | |
| Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav GoßlerOscar GoßlerErnst JencquelEdgar KatzensteinWalther KatzensteinTheodor LaurezzariWaldemar TietgensArthur WarnckeAlexander Gleichmannunknown cox | Men's eight | — | — | 5:04.8 | 3 Q | 6:33.0 | 4 |

### Rugby

Germany was one of three teams to compete in the first Olympic rugby games. Germany lost its only game, against France. The game against Great Britain was cancelled due to travel plans.

#### Summary

| Team | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Rank |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | Men's rugby | France L 27-17 | — | |

#### Match 1

* 14 Oct
| France | 27–17 | Germany |
| | Report | Try: E Ludwig, Reitz, Schmierer Con: Schmierer (2) Drop: Schmierer |
* Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris Attendance: 3,500 Referee: FC Potter-Irwin (England)
Team details :
| France | Germany |
| Alexandre Pharamond | 15 | Hermann Kreuzer |
| Frantz Reichel | 14 | Arnold Landvoigt |
| Jean Collas | 13 | Heinrich Reitz |
| Constantin Henriquez | 12 | Jacob Hermann |
| Andre Rischmann | 11 | Erich Ludwig |
| A. Albert | 10 | Hugo Betting |
| Leon Binoche | 9 | August Schmierer |
| Jean Herve | 8 | Albert Amrhein (c) |
| Victor Lardanchet | 7 | Richard Ludwig |
| Jean-Guy Gautier | 6 | Eduard Poppe |
| Joseph Olivier (c) | 5 | Georg Wenderoth |
| Wladimir Aitoff | 4 | Willy Hofmeister |
| Emile Sarrade | 3 | Hans Latscha |
| Hubert Lefebvre | 2 | Adolf Stockhausen |
| Andre Roosevelt | 1 | Fritz Muller |

### Sailing

Germany's four sailors were fairly successful in the 1900 events, taking 2 medals. They took the silver medal in the open class and the gold in the 1-2 ton, but disqualified from the ½-1 ton class for being overweight.
| Sailors | Event | Time | Rank |
| Georg NaueHeinrich PetersOttokar WeisePaul Wiesner | ½–1 ton class race 1 | DQ | – |
| Georg NaueHeinrich PetersOttokar WeisePaul Wiesner | 1–2 ton class race 2 | 3:09:19 | |
| Georg NaueHeinrich PetersOttokar WeisePaul Wiesner | Open class | 5:58:17 | |