# Germany at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.
Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injury.

## Participants

| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 m | Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Christian Blum | Verena Sailer Anne Möllinger Yasmin Kwadwo |
| 200 m | Sebastian Ernst Daniel Schnelting | |
| 800 m | | Claudia Hoffmann |
| 1500 m | Carsten Schlangen Moritz Waldmann | |
| 5000 m | Arne Gabius | Sabrina Mockenhaupt |
| 10000 m | Jan Fitschen Christian Glatting Filmon Ghirmai | Sabrina Mockenhaupt |
| Marathon | Martin Beckmann Tobias Sauter | |
| 100 m hurdles | | Carolin Nytra Cyndi Roleder Nadine Hildebrand |
| 110 m hurdles | Alexander John Matthias Bühler | |
| 400 m hurdles | | Fabienne Kohlmann |
| 3000 st. | Steffen Uliczka | |
| 20 km walk | André Höhne Maik Berger | Melanie Seeger |
| 50 km walk | Christopher Linke André Höhne | |
| High Jump | | Ariane Friedrich |
| Pole Vault | Malte Mohr Raphael Holzdeppe Fabian Schulze | Silke Spiegelburg Carolin Hingst Lisa Ryzih |
| Long Jump | Christian Reif | Bianca Kappler Nadja Käther |
| Triple Jump | | Katja Demut |
| Shot Put | Ralf Bartels David Storl | Nadine Kleinert Petra Lammert Denise Hinrichs |
| Discus Throw | Robert Harting Markus Münch Martin Wierig | Nadine Müller Sabine Rumpf |
| Hammer Throw | Markus Esser | Betty Heidler Kathrin Klaas |
| Javelin Throw | Matthias de Zordo | Christina Obergföll Katharina Molitor Linda Stahl |
| Heptathlon | | Jennifer Oeser Maren Schwerdtner Claudia Rath |
| 4x100 m relay | Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Christian Blum Martin Keller Sebastian Ernst Marius Broening | Verena Sailer Anne Möllinger Yasmin Kwadwo Marion Wagner Katja Tengel Carolin Nytra |
| 4x400 m relay | Kamghe Gaba Thomas Schneider Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Bastian Swillims | Esther Cremer Claudia Hoffmann Janin Lindenberg Wiebke Ullmann Fabienne Kohlmann Jill Richards |

## Results
### Men
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Christian Blum | 10.57 Q | 23 | 10.69 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m | Alexander Kosenkow | 10.44 Q | 15 | 10.38 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m | Tobias Unger | 10.35 Q | 8 | 10.52 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 m | Sebastian Ernst | 20.72 Q | 7 | 20.95 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 200 m | Daniel Schnelting | 20.98 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 1500 m | Carsten Schlangen | 3:41.65 Q | 5 | | | 3:43.52 | |
| 1500 m | Moritz Waldmann | 3:48.60 | 25 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Arne Gabius | 13:39.78 q | 13 | | | 13:59.11 | 12 |
| 10000 m | Jan Fitschen | | | | | 29:16.59 | 12 |
| 10000 m | Filmon Ghirmai | | | | | 29:28.31 | 15 |
| 10000 m | Christian Glatting | | | | | 29:09.84 | 9 |
| 110 m hurdles | Matthias Bühler | 13.62 q | 9 | 13.99 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 110 m hurdles | Alexander John | 13.61 q | 8 | 13.56 Q | 6 | 13.71 | 8 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Uliczka | 8:30.61 Q | 8 | | | 8:25.39 PB | 7 |
| 4x100 m relay | Christian Blum Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Tobias Unger | 38.75 Q | 1 | | | 38.44 | |
| 4x400 m relay | Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Thomas Schneider Bastian Swillims | 3:03.83 Q | 2 | | | 3:02.65 | 4 |
| Marathon | Martin Beckmann | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| Marathon | Tobias Sauter | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| 20 km walk | Maik Berger | | | | | 1:25:01 | 16 |
| 50 km walk | André Höhne | | | | | 3:49.29 | 7 |
| 50 km walk | Christopher Linke | | | | | DNF | DNF |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Christian Reif | 8.27 EL Q | 2 | 8.47 WL CR PB | |
| Pole vault | Raphael Holzdeppe | 5.65 Q | 6 | 5.60 | 9 |
| Pole vault | Malte Mohr | 5.50 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Fabian Schulze | 5.65 Q | 8 | 5.70 SB | 6 |
| Shot put | Ralf Bartels | 20.37 Q | 2 | 20.93 | |
| Shot put | David Storl | 20.24 Q | 5 | 20.57 | 5 |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting | 66.93 Q | 1 | 68.47 SB | |
| Discus throw | Markus Münch | 58.81 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Discus throw | Martin Wierig | 62.57 q | 9 | 63.32 | 7 |
| Hammer throw | Markus Esser | 71.89 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Matthias de Zordo | 82.34 Q | 3 | 87.81 PB | |

### Women
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Yasmin Kwadwo | 11.68 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m | Anne Möllinger | 11.51 q | 11 | 11.60 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m | Verena Sailer | 11.27 Q | 1 | 11.06 Q | 1 | 11.10 PB | |
| 800 m | Claudia Hoffmann | 2:01.19 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | | | | | DNS | DNS |
| 10000 m | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | | | | | 32:06.02 | 6 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nadine Hildebrand | 13.25 Q | 15 | 12.96 PB q | 8 | 13.08 | 8 |
| 100 m hurdles | Carolin Nytra | 12.89 Q | 4 | 12.75 Q | 2 | 12.86 | |
| 100 m hurdles | Cyndi Roleder | 13.19 q | 12 | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | Fabienne Kohlmann | 55.69 PB Q | 8 | 55.49 PB | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 4x100 m relay | Yasmin Kwadwo Anne Möllinger Carolin Nytra Verena Sailer Katja Tengel Marion Wagner | DSQ | DSQ | | | did not advance | did not advance |
| 4x400 m relay | Esther Cremer Claudia Hoffmann Fabienne Kohlmann Janin Lindenberg Jill Richards Wiebke Ullmann | 3:28.67 Q | 4 | | | 3.24.07 | |
| 20 km walk | Melanie Seeger | | | | | 1:29:43 | 4 |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Bianca Kappler | 6.50 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Long jump | Nadja Käther | 6.61 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Triple jump | Katja Demut | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Ariane Friedrich | 1.92 Q | 1 | 2.01 | |
| Pole vault | Carolin Hingst | 4.40 Q | 4 | 4.35 | 11 |
| Pole vault | Elizaveta Ryzih | 4.35 q | 10 | 4.65 PB | |
| Pole vault | Silke Spiegelburg | 4.40 Q | 1 | 4.65 | |
| Shot put | Denise Hinrichs | 17.72 Q | 10 | 18.48 | 8 |
| Shot put | Nadine Kleinert | 18.98 Q | 1 | 18.94 | 7 |
| Shot put | Petra Lammert | 18.48 Q | 2 | 18.94 | 6 |
| Discus throw | Nadine Müller | 60.54 Q | 2 | 57.78 | 8 |
| Discus throw | Sabine Rumpf | 58.41 q | 8 | 58.89 | 7 |
| Hammer throw | Betty Heidler | 71.85 Q | 2 | 76.38 SB | |
| Hammer throw | Kathrin Klaas | 65.82 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Katharina Molitor | 59.74 Q | 5 | 63.81 | 4 |
| Javelin throw | Christina Obergföll | 65.05 Q | 2 | 65.58 | |
| Javelin throw | Linda Stahl | 57.42 q | 8 | 66.81 PB | |
| Heptathlon | Jennifer Oeser | | | 6683 | |
| Heptathlon | Claudia Rath | | | 6107 | 11 |
| Heptathlon | Maren Schwerdtner | | | 6167 | 9 |

## Medal count

| 2010 Barcelona | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Germany (GER) | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |