Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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
Athletics
Men
Track and road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track and road events
Field events
Combined event – Heptathlon
Badminton
Men
Women
Mixed
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Men
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!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Repechage
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Thomas Zereske
|align=left|C-1 500 metres
|1:53.840
|1 F
|colspan=2
|colspan=2
|1:52.358
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|Patrick Schulze
|align=left|C-1 1000 metres
|4:21.114
|2 F
|colspan=2
|colspan=2
|3:57.778
|4
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|Andreas DittmerGunar Kirchbach
|align=left|C-2 500 metres
|1:45.145
|2 SF
|colspan=2
|1:43.650
|2 F
|1:41.760
|4
|-align=center
|align=left|C-2 1000 metres
|4:00.851
|1 F
|colspan=2
|colspan=2
|3:31.870
|
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|Lutz Liwowski
|align=left|K-1 500 metres
|1:41.079
|2 SF
|colspan=2
|1:40.319
|1 F
|1:39.307
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|K-1 1000 metres
|3:44.776
|3 SF
|colspan=2
|3:42.657
|3 F
|3:30.025
|4
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|Kay BluhmTorsten Gutsche
|align=left|K-2 500 metres
|1:31.361
|1 SF|colspan=2
|1:29.883
|1 F|1:28.697
|
|-align=center
|align=left|K-2 1000 metres
|3:39.388
|1 SF|colspan=2
|3:19.394
|3 F|3:10.518
|
|-align=center
|align=left|Detlef HofmannOlaf WinterThomas ReineckMark Zabel|align=left|K-4 1000 metres
|3:07.908
|1 F|colspan=2
|colspan=2
|2:51.528
|
|}
Women
Cycling
Road
Men
Women
Track
Sprint
Time trial
Pursuit
Points race
Mountain biking
DivingMen's 3m SpringboardJan Hempel
Preliminary Heat — 358.26
Semi Final — 219.99
Final — 402.33 (→ 7th place)
Andreas Wels
Preliminary Heat — 405.33
Semi Final — 207.21
Final — 376.35 (→ 12th place)Women's 3m SpringboardClaudia 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 PlatformAnnika 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)
EquestrianDressage Isabell Werth ("Gigolo")
Monica Teodorescu ("Grunox")
Martin Schaudt ("Durgo 2")
Klaus Balkenhol ("Goldstern")
Nicole Uphoff-Becker ("Rembrandt")Jumping Ludger Beerbaum ("Ratina Z" and "Gaylord")
Ulrich Kirchhof ("Jus de Pommes")
Franke Sloothaak ("Joly" and "Weihaiweij")
Lars Nieberg ("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 ("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
Men's team épée
Elmar Borrmann, 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
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz
Sabine Bau
Women's team foil
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Monika Weber-Koszto, Sabine Bau
Women's épée
Eva-Maria Ittner
Claudia Bokel
Katja Nass
Women's team épée
Claudia Bokel, Eva-Maria Ittner, Katja Nass
Football
Women's Team CompetitionTeam roster Manuela Goller (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler)
Katja Kraus (FSV Frankfurt)
Jutta Nardenbach (TuS Ahrbach)
Birgitt Austermühl (FSV Frankfurt)
Doris Fitschen (TSV Siegen)
Sandra Minnert (FSV Frankfurt)
Kerstin Stegemann (FC Eintracht Rheine)
Dagmar Pohlmann (FSV Frankfurt)
Martina Voss (FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen)
Bettina Wiegmann (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler)
Silvia Neid (TSV Siegen)
Pia Wunderlich (SG Praunheim)
Renate Lingor (SC Klinge Seckach)
Heidi Mohr (TuS Niederkirchen)
Patricia Brocker (TuS Niederkirchen)
Birgit Prinz (FSV Frankfurt)Head coach: Gero Bisanz
Gymnastics
Artistic gymnasticsMen's competition Uwe Billerbeck, Valeri Belenki, Oliver Walther, Karsten Oelsch, Marius Tobă, Jan-Peter Nikiferov, and Andreas WeckerWomen's competition Kathleen Stark and Yvonne Pioch
Handball
Men's team competition
Markus Baur
Jan Fegter
Henning Fritz
Jan Holpert
Holger Löhr
Thomas Knorr
Karsten Kohlhaas
Stephan Kretschmar
Klaus-Dieter Petersen
Christian Scheffler
Martin Schmidt
Martin Schwalb
Christian Schwarzer
Daniel Stephan
Andreas Thiel
Volker Zerbe
Women's Team Competition
Kathrin Blacha
Andrea Bölk
Eike Bram
Csilla Elekes
Michaela Erler
Franziska Heinz
Grit Jurack
Eva Kiss-Györi
Christine Lindemann
Emilia Luca
Heike Murrweiss
Miroslava Ritskiavitchius
Michaela Schanze
Melanie Schliecker
Bianca Urbanke
Marlies Waelzer
Hockey
Men's team competitionPreliminary round (group A) Germany — Spain 0—1
Germany — India 1—1
Germany — Pakistan 3—1
Germany — Argentina 3—0
Germany — United States 3—0Semi Finals Germany — Netherlands 1—3Bronze Medal Game Germany — Australia 2—3 → Fourth placeTeam rosterChristopher Reitz (gk)
Jan-Peter Tewes
Carsten Fischer
Christian Blunck
Björn Emmerling
Patrick Bellenbaum
Sven Meinhardt
Christoph Bechmann
Oliver Domke
Andreas Becker
Michael Green
Klaus Michler
Volker Fried
Christian Mayerhöfer
Stefan Saliger
Michael Knauth (gk)Head coach: Paul Lissek
Women's Team CompetitionPreliminary round robin Germany — Argentina 2—0
Germany — Spain 2—1
Germany — Australia 0—1
Germany — Netherlands 3—4
Germany — United States 1—1
Germany — Great Britain 2—3
Germany — South Korea 0—1 → Sixth placeTeam roster(01.) Susie Wollschläger (gk)
(02.) Birgit Beyer (gk)
(03.) Vanessa van Kooperen
(04.) Philippa Suxdorf
(05.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
(06.) Simone Thomaschinski
(07.) Irina Kuhnt
(08.) Melanie Cremer
(09.) Franziska Hentschel
(10.) Tanja Dickenscheid
(11.) Eva Hagenbäumer
(12.) Britta Becker
(13.) Natascha Keller
(14.) Tina Peters
(15.) Heike Lätzsch
(16.) Katrin KauschkeMen's CompetitionRichard Trautmann (60 kg)
Udo Quellmalz (65 kg)
Martin Schmidt (71 kg)
Stefan Dott (78 kg)
Marko Spittka (86 kg)
Detlef Knorrek (95 kg)
Frank Möller (+ 95 kg)Women's CompetitionJana 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
RowingMen's competition Thomas Lange (Single sculls → Bronze medal)
Sebastian Mayer / Roland Opfer (Double sculls)
Colin von Ettingshausen / Matthias Ungemach (Coxless pair)
André Steiner, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms (Quadruple sculls → Gold medal)
Ike Landvoigt, Stefan Forster, Claas-Peter Fischer, and Stefan Scholz (Coxless four)
Wolfram Huhn, Marc Weber, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Ulrich Viefers, Frank Richter, Roland Baar 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 (Single sculls)
Jana Thieme / Manuela Lutze (Double sculls)
Kathrin Haacker / Stefani Werremeier (Coxless pair)
Kathrin Boron, Jana Sorgers, Katrin Rutschow, and Kerstin Köppen (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)
SailingMen's CompetitionMichael Fellmann (Finn-Dinghi)
Frank Butzmann / Kai Falkenthal (Star)
Jochen Schümann / Bernd Jäkel / Thomas Flach (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)
ShootingRifle Maik Eckhard, Christian Klees, Bernd Rücker, Johann Riederer, Petra Horneber, Bettina Knells, and Kirsten ObelPistol Ralf Schumann, Hans-Jürgen Neumaier, Daniel Leonhardt, Artur Gevorgian, and Anke VölkerRunning Target Michael Jakosits and Jens ZimmermannTrap and Skeet Uwe Möller, Jörg Damme, Bernhard Hochwald, Jan-Henrik Heinrich, Axel Wegner, Waldemar Schanz, Karsten Bindrich, and Susanne Kirchmayer
Swimming
Men's CompetitionMen'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)
Björn Zikarsky
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)
Steffen Zesner
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 — scratchedMen's 100 m Breaststroke Mark Warnecke
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 Björn Zikarsky
Heat — 3:19.27
Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger
Final — 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Konstantin Dubrovin, Christian Keller, Oliver Lampe, and Steffen Zesner
Heat — 7:22.17
Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner
Final — 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal)Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Stev Theloke, Mark Warnecke, Oliver Lampe, and Bengt Zikarsky
Heat — 3:41.30
Ralf Braun, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller, and Björn Zikarsky
Final — 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)
Women's CompetitionWomen's 50 m Freestyle Sandra Völker
Heat — 25.45
Final — 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
Simone Osygus
Heat — 26.00
B-Final — 26.16 (→ 14th place)Women's 100 m Freestyle Sandra Völker
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)
Kerstin Kielgass
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)
Kerstin Kielgass
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
Heat — 1:03.05
B-Final — 1:02.85 (→ 10th place)Women's 200 m Backstroke Cathleen Rund
Heat — 2:13.58
Final — 2:12.06 (→ Bronze Medal)
Anke Scholz
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)
Cathleen Rund
Heat — 4:55.30 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle RelaySimone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Meike Freitag, and Franziska van Almsick
Heat — 3:44.17
Sandra Völker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, and Franziska van Almsick
Final — 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal)Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle RelaySimone Osygus, Meike Freitag, Anke Scholz, and Franziska van Almsick
Heat — 8:08.58
Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Anke Scholz, and Dagmar Hase
Final — 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley RelayAntje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker
Heat — 4:08.95
Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker
Final — 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)
Table tennisMen's Competition Jörg Roßkopf
Steffen Fetzner
Peter FranzWomen's Competition Jie Schöpp
Nicole Struse
Olga Nemes
Elke Schall
TennisMen's Singles Competition Marc-Kevin Goellner
First Round — Lost to Thomas Enqvist (SWE), 6-7 6-4 4-6Men's Doubles Competition David Prinosil and Marc-Kevin GoellnerWomen's Singles Competition Anke Huber
First Round — Defeated Cătălina Cristea (ROM), 2-6 6-4 6-2
Second Round — Defeated Mariaan de Swardt (RSA), 3-6 6-1 6-4
Third Round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA), 1-6 6-3, 3-6
VolleyballTeam rosterNancy Celis
Tanja Hart
Karin Horninger
Silvia Roll
Susanne Lahme
Grit Naumann
Hanka Pachale
Ines Pianka
Constanze Radfan
Christine Schultz
Ute Steppin
Claudia WilkeHead 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)Marc Huster
Final — 170.0 + 212.5 = 382.5 (→ Silver Medal)
Oliver Caruso (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)
WrestlingGreco-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)
Alexander Leipold (74 kg)
Heiko Balz (90 kg)
Aravat Sabejev (100 kg)
Sven Thiele (130 kg)
Notes
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
Summer Olympics