# Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Germany competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, between 27 June to 1 July 2012.

## Medals

| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sebastian Bayer | Men's Long jump | 1 July |
| Gold | David Storl | Men's Shot put | 29 June |
| Gold | Robert Harting | Men's Discus throw | 30 June |
| Gold | Pascal Behrenbruch | Men's Decathlon | 28 June |
| Gold | Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto Verena Sailer | Women's 4 × 100 m relay | 1 July |
| Gold | Nadine Kleinert | Women's Shot put | 29 June |
| Silver | Arne Gabius | Men's 5000 m | 27 June |
| Silver | Julian Reus Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk Martin Keller | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | 1 July |
| Silver | Björn Otto | Men's Pole vault | 1 July |
| Silver | Martina Strutz | Women's Pole vault | 30 June |
| Silver | Nadine Müller | Women's Discus throw | 1 July |
| Silver | Christina Obergföll | Women's Javelin throw | 29 June |
| Bronze | Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Thomas Schneider Niklas Zender | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | 1 July |
| Bronze | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's Pole vault | 1 July |
| Bronze | Antje Möldner-Schmidt | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 30 June |
| Bronze | Linda Stahl | Women's Javelin throw | 29 June |

## Results
### Men
#### Track

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Lucas Jakubczyk | 10.26 | 5 Q | 10.32 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m | Julian Reus | 10.31 | 10 Q | 10.44 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m | Tobias Unger | DNS | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 200 m | Sebastian Ernst | 20.96 | 16 Q | 20.91 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 200 m | Sven Knipphals | 20.94 | 15 Q | 20.92 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m | Eric Krüger | 46.33 | 12 Q | 46.68 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 800 m | Sebastian Keiner | 1:48.09 | 18 Q | 1:46.91 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 800 m | Sören Ludolph | 1:47.10 | 4 Q | 1:48.06 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 1500 m | Florian Orth | 3:45.87 | 12 Q | — | — | 3:58.54 | 11 |
| 1500 m | Carsten Schlangen | 3:46.52 | 17 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| 5000 m | Arne Gabius | — | — | — | — | 13:31.83 | |
| 5000 m | Philipp Pflieger | — | — | — | — | 13:51.23 | 15 |
| 110 m hurdles | Matthias Bühler | 13.93 | 21 Q | 13.52 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 110 m hurdles | Alexander John | 13.50 | 4 Q | 13.43 | 5 Q | 13.38 | 4 |
| 110 m hurdles | Gregor Traber | 13.83 | 19 Q | 13.62 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | Georg Fleischhauer | 50.22 | 5 Q | 49.52 | 2 Q | 50.11 | 6 |
| 400 m hurdles | Tobias Giehl | 49.98 | 3 Q | 49.95 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | David Gollnow | DQ | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Uliczka | 8:29.55 | 6 q | — | — | 8:41.53 | 10 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Julian Reus Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk Martin Keller | 39.04 | 3 Q | — | — | 38.44 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Thomas Schneider Niklas Zender | 3:05.71 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:01.77 | |

#### Field

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Sebastian Bayer | 8.34 | 1 Q | 8.34 | |
| Long jump | Alyn Camara | 7.80 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Long jump | Nils Winter | 7.71 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Triple jump | Andreas Pohle | 16.54 | 9 q | 16.34 | 12 |
| High jump | Eike Onnen | 2.23 | 12 q | 2.20 | 10 |
| Pole vault | Raphael Holzdeppe | 5.50 | 4 q | 5.77 | |
| Pole vault | Malte Mohr | 5.50 | 11 q | 5.77 | 4 |
| Pole vault | Björn Otto | 5.50 | 4 q | 5.92 | |
| Shot put | Marco Schmidt | 19.85 | 4 q | 19.65 | 8 |
| Shot put | David Storl | 20.30 | 2 Q | 21.58 | |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting | 65.49 | 3 q | 68.30 | |
| Discus throw | Markus Münch | 62.83 | 10 q | 61.25 | 9 |
| Discus throw | Martin Wierig | 61.34 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Mark Frank | 75.55 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Tino Häber | 79.86 | 7 q | 76.11 | 9 |
| Javelin throw | Thomas Röhler | 78.89 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Markus Esser | 74.04 | 6 q | 74.49 | 7 |

#### Combined

| Decathlon | Event | Pascal Behrenbruch | Pascal Behrenbruch | Pascal Behrenbruch |
| Decathlon | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 10.93 | 876 | 5 |
| | Long jump | 7.15 | 850 | 12 |
| | Shot put | 16.89 | 906 | 1 |
| | High jump | 1.97 | 776 | 9 |
| | 400 m | 48.54 | 883 | 5 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.16 | 954 | 1 |
| | Discus | 48.24 | 834 | 1 |
| | Pole vault | 5.00 | 910 | 2 |
| | Javelin | 67.45 | 851 | 1 |
| | 1500 m | 4:34.02 | 718 | 10 |
| Final | | | 8558 | |
| Decathlon | Event | Mathias Brugger | Mathias Brugger | Mathias Brugger |
| Decathlon | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.04 | 852 | 11 |
| | Long jump | 6.81 | 769 | 21 |
| | Shot put | 13.95 | 725 | 12 |
| | High jump | 1.97 | 776 | 14 |
| | 400 m | 48.84 | 869 | 8 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 15.07 | 841 | 20 |
| | Discus | 41.99 | 705 | 8 |
| | Pole vault | DNS | | |
| | Javelin | | | |
| | 1500 m | | | |
| Final | | | | DNF |
| Decathlon | Event | Norman Müller | Norman Müller | Norman Müller |
| Decathlon | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.08 | 843 | 12 |
| | Long jump | 7.24 | 871 | 8 |
| | Shot put | 14.88 | 782 | 3 |
| | High jump | 2.00 | 803 | 8 |
| | 400 m | 48.74 | 874 | 6 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.83 | 870 | 17 |
| | Discus | 41.12 | 687 | 10 |
| | Pole vault | 4.80 | 849 | 7 |
| | Javelin | 55.41 | 669 | 11 |
| | 1500 m | 4:28.47 | 755 | 5 |
| Final | | | 8003 | 7 |

### Women
#### Track

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Anne Cibis | 11.40 | 8 Q | 11.36 | 6 Q | 11.54 | 7 |
| 100 m | Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto | 11.41 | 9 Q | 11.39 | 8 q | 11.62 | 8 |
| 100 m | Verena Sailer | 11.14 | 2 Q | 11.17 | 2 Q | 11.42 | 6 |
| 200 m | Inna Weit | 23.89 | 22 Q | 23.95 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m | Esther Cremer | 52.76 | 8 Q | 52.77 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 1500 m | Corinna Harrer | 4:11.59 | 8 Q | — | — | 4:10.38 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Denise Krebs | 4:12.85 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| 1500 m | Diana Sujew | 4:10.72 | 6 q | — | — | 4:09.28 | 6 |
| 5000 m | Maren Kock | — | — | — | — | 15:52.74 | 17 |
| 10,000 m | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | — | — | — | — | 32:16.55 | 5 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nadine Hildebrand | 13.15 | 14 q | 13.52 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m hurdles | Cindy Roleder | 13.12 | 11 Q | 13.13 | 7 q | 13.11 | 7 |
| 400 m hurdles | Tina Kron | 57.61 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sanaa Koubaa | 9:43.08 | 12 q | — | — | 10:02.33 | 14 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Gesa Felicitas Krause | 9:35.86 | 3 Q | — | — | 9:38.20 | 4 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Antje Möldner-Schmidt | 9:33.47 | 2 Q | — | — | 9:36.37 | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto Verena Sailer | 43.03 | 2 Q | — | — | 42.51 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Esther Cremer Janin Lindenberg Christiane Klopsch Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:31.38 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:27.81 | 5 |

#### Field

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Melanie Bauschke | 6.43 | 10 q | 6.50 | 8 |
| Long jump | Sinje Florczak | 6.15 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Long jump | Sosthene Taroum Moguenara | 6.62 | 4 q | 6.66 | 4 |
| Triple jump | Katja Demut | 13.31 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Triple jump | Jenny Elbe | 13.98 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 1.87 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Ariane Friedrich | DNS | | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Lisa Ryzih | 4.40 | 11 q | 4.40 | 7 |
| Pole vault | Silke Spiegelburg | 4.40 | 2 q | 4.50 | 4 |
| Pole vault | Martina Strutz | 4.40 | 2 q | 4.60 | |
| Shot put | Nadine Kleinert | 18.65 | 1 Q | 19.18 | |
| Shot put | Christina Schwanitz | 17.92 | 4 Q | 18.25 | 5 |
| Shot put | Josephine Terlecki | 18.22 | 3 Q | 18.33 | 4 |
| Discus throw | Julia Fischer | 59.95 | 6 q | 62.10 | 5 |
| Discus throw | Nadine Müller | 64.49 | 1 Q | 65.41 | |
| Discus throw | Anna Rüh | 60.73 | 5 q | 62.65 | 4 |
| Javelin throw | Katharina Molitor | 58.34 | 7 q | 60.99 | 5 |
| Javelin throw | Christina Obergföll | 59.49 | 4 q | 65.12 | |
| Javelin throw | Linda Stahl | 59.65 | 3 q | 63.69 | |
| Hammer throw | Betty Heidler | 65.06 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Kathrin Klaas | 68.95 | 4 q | 70.44 | 4 |

#### Combined

| Heptathlon | Event | Claudia Rath | Claudia Rath | Claudia Rath |
| Heptathlon | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.68 | 1024 | 7 |
| | High jump | 1.77 | 941 | 8 |
| | Shot Put | 12.88 | 719 | 11 |
| | 200 m | 24.54 | 929 | 9 |
| | Long jump | 6.42 | 981 | 3 |
| | Javelin throw | 39.99 | 667 | 12 |
| | 800 m | 2:11.09 | 949 | 3 |
| Final | | | 6210 | 7 |
| Heptathlon | Event | Carolin Schäfer | Carolin Schäfer | Carolin Schäfer |
| Heptathlon | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.68 | 1024 | 7 |
| | High jump | 1.74 | 903 | 15 |
| | Shot Put | 12.70 | 707 | 12 |
| | 200 m | 24.19 | 963 | 3 |
| | Long jump | 5.91 | 822 | 15 |
| | Javelin throw | 48.81 | 837 | 4 |
| | 800 m | 2:25.79 | 747 | 15 |
| Final | | | 6003 | 11 |