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The German National Olympic Committee nominated 453 athletes (254 men, 199 women) for participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Germany did not participate in baseball, basketball, men's football, women's handball, softball, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, women's tennis, men's volleyball, and women's water polo.

Medals


         Germany
Total 
13162049
Germany finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event


Archery

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Women's team:

  • Anja Hitzler, Wiebke Nulle, and Cornelia Pfohl - 7th place

Athletics

Running
Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metres:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

Men's 400 metres:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

Men's 800 metres:

  • Rene Herms - Semifinal, 1:47.7 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

Men's 1500 metres:

Women's 5000 metres:

Women's 10000 metres:

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

  • Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Till Helmke - Round 1, 0:38.64 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

Women's marathon:

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

Jumping
Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

  • Bianca Kappler - Round 1: 6.69 metres, Final: 6.66 metres (9th place)

Men's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's pole vault:

Throwing
Men's shot put:

Women's shot put:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Men's hammer:

Men's javelin:

Women's javelin:

Women's hammer:

Combined
Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Badminton

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

Mixed doubles:

Boxing

Germany sent two boxers to the 2004 Olympics. They won two bronze medals as the team went for a combined record of 6-4. Germany was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Flyweight (51kg)

Featherweight (57kg)

Middleweight (75kg)

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

Canoeing

Germany entered 19 canoes in the canoeing competition in 2004. 18 qualified for semifinals, 17 qualified for finals, and 16 placed in the top 8. 9 won medals, including 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. This made Germany the most successful nation in the Athens canoeing competition.

Flatwater canoe
Flatwater men's C1 500m:

Flatwater men's C1 1000m:

Flatwater men's C2 500m:

Flatwater men's C2 1000m:

Flatwater kayak
Flatwater men's K1 500m:
  • Lutz Altepost - 6th place
    1. Heat - 1:38.859
    2. Semifinal - 1:39.643
    3. Final - 1:39.647

Flatwater women's K1 500m:

  • Katrin Wagner - 4th place
    1. Heat - 1:53.234
    2. Semifinal - 1:52.630
    3. Final - 1:52.557

Flatwater women's K1 1000m:

Flatwater men's K2 500m:

Flatwater women's K2 500m:

Flatwater men's K2 1000m:

Flatwater women's K4 500m:

Flatwater men's K4 1000m:

Slalom
Slalom men's C1:
  • Stefan Pfannmöller - bronze medal
    1. Heat - 205.88
      • Run 1 - 104.34
      • Run 2 - 101.54
    2. Total - 191.56
      • Semifinal - 96.99
      1. Final - 94.57

Slalom men's C2:

  • Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze - silver medal
    1. Heat - 215.56
      • Run 1 - 108.35
      • Run 2 - 107.21
    2. Total - 210.98
      • Semifinal - 106.32
      • Final - 104.66
  • Christian Bahmann and Michael Senft - 4th place
    1. Heat - 230.59
      • Run 1 - 116.01
      • Run 2 - 114.58
    2. Total - 213.45
      • Semifinal - 107.01
      • Final - 106.44

Slalom men's K1:

  • Thomas Schmidt - 5th place
    1. Heat - 190.64
      • Run 1 - 93.28
      • Run - 97.36
    2. Total - 192.93
      • Semifinal - 95.11
      • Final - 97.82
  • Jens Ewald - 25th place
    1. Heat - 250.09
      • Run 1 - 150.69
      • Run 2 - 99.40
    2. Total - Did not qualify for semifinal

Slalom women's K1:

  • Jennifer Bongardt - 9th place
    1. Heat - 212.20
      • Run 1 - 102.96
      • Run 2 - 109.24
    2. Total - 237.66
      • Semifinal - 107.36
      • Final - 130.30
  • Mandy Planert - 14th place
    1. Heat - 225.77
      • Run 1 - 114.90
      • Run 2 - 110.87
    2. Total - DNF (did not qualify for final)
      • Semifinal - 122.61
      • Final - Did not qualify

Cycling

Road cycling
Men's road race:

Women's road race:

Men's time trial:

  • Michael Rich - 5th place, 58:09.46
  • Jan Ullrich - 7th place, 59:02.04

Women's time trial:

  • Judith Arndt - 11th place, 32:46.94
  • Trixi Worrack - 15th place, 33:05.72

Track cycling
Men's individual pursuit:

Men's team pursuit:

Men's individual sprint:

Women's individual sprint:

Men's team sprint:

  • Jens Fieldler, Stefan Nimke, and Rene Wolff - final, gold medal

Women's time trial:

  • Katrin Meinke - 11th place, 35.088 seconds

Men's time trial:

Men's points race:

  • Guido Fulst - bronze medal, 79 points

Women's points race:

  • Katrin Meinke - 8th place, 5 points

Men's Keirin:

  • Rene Wolff - final, 5th place
  • Jens Fiedler - classification 7-12, 8th place

Men's Madison:

  • Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst - 4th place, 9 points

Mountain biking
Men's cross country:

Women's cross country:

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Women's 3 metre springboard:

Men's 10 metre platform:

Women's 10 metre platform:

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

  • Tobias Schellenberg and Andreas Wels - silver medal, 350.01 points

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance past certain rounds in the individual events, three German pairs did not advance despite being ranked highly enough to do so. They received final rankings at the top of the group that did not qualify to advance, often much lower than their ranking in the last round in which they competed.

Individual dressage:

Team dressage:

  • Salzgeber, Schmidt, Schaudt, and Kemmer - gold medal, 74.563%

Individual eventing:

Team eventing:

  • Romeike, Hoy, Dibowski, Ostholt, and Klimke - 4th place, 147.8 penalties

Individual jumping:

Team jumping:

  • Kutscher, Becker, and Ahlmann - final, bronze medal

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

Women's épée individual:

Men's foil individual:

Women's foil individual:

Women's sabre individual:

Men's épée team:

  • Sven Schmid, Joerg Fiedler, and Daniel Strigel - bronze medal

Women's épée team:

  • Imke Duplitzer, Britta Heidemann, and Claudia Bokel - silver medal

Men's foil team:

  • Andre Wessels, Peter Joppich, and Simon Senft - 6th place

Football (Soccer)

Women's: bronze medal
  • Preliminary round: 2-0-0
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Nigeria, 2-1
  • Semifinal: lost to United States, 2-1
  • Bronze medal match: defeated Sweden, 1-0

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 8th place team

Women's artistic:

Women's rhythmic:

Men's trampoline:

Women's trampoline:

Handball

Men's: silver medal
  • Preliminary round: 3-0-2
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Spain, 32-30
  • Semifinal: defeated Russia, 21-15
  • Gold medal match: lost to Croatia, 26-25

Hockey

Men's competition
  • Bronze medal
    • Preliminary round: 3-2-0
    • Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 3-2
    • Bronze medal match: defeated Spain, 4-3

  • Team Roster
Goal: Clemens Arnold (Dürkheimer HC), Christian Schulte (Crefelder HTC). Defence: Timo Weß (HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim), Florian Kunz (Gladbacher HTC), Philipp Crone (RW München), Björn Emmerling (HTC Stuttgarter Kickers), Eike Duckwitz (Uhlenhorster HC Hamburg). Midfield: Tibor Weißenborn (Berliner HC), Christoph Eimer (Münchner SC), Sebastian Biederlack (Club an der Alster Hamburg), Justus Scharowsky (Münchner SC). Attack: Christopher Zeller (Münchner SC), Matthias Witthaus (Crefelder HTC), Christoph Bechmann (Club an der Alster Hamburg), Björn Michel (Münchner SC), and Sascha Reinelt (HTC Stuttgarter Kickers).

Women's competition
  • Gold medal
    • Preliminary round: 2-0-2
    • Semifinal: defeated China, 4-3
    • Gold medal match: defeated Netherlands, 2-1

  • Team Roster
Goal: Louisa Walter (Berliner HC), Julia Zwehl (Eintracht Braunschweig). Defence: Marion Rodewald (RW Köln), Mandy Haase (RK Rüsselsheim), Tina Bachmann (Club Raffelberg Duisburg), Badri Latif (Berliner HC), Denise Klecker (RK Rüsselsheim). Midfield: Fanny Rinne (TSV Mannheim), Franziska Gude (RW Köln), Anke Kühn (Eintracht Braunschweig), Caroline Casaretto (Münchner SC). Attack: Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (Eintracht Braunschweig), Heike Lätzsch (RW Köln), Natascha Keller (Berliner HC), Silke Müller (RK Rüsselsheim), and Sonja Lehmann (TuS Lichterfelde Berlin).

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

  • Michael Jurack - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 48 kg:

  • Julia Matijass - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 52 kg:

Women's 57 kg:

Women's 63 kg:

Women's 70 kg:

  • Annett Boehm - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78 kg:

Women's 78+ kg:

Modern Pentathlon

Men's:

Women's:

Tennis

Men's Single:

Men's Doubles:

  • Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler: silver medal
    • Round 1: Kiefer/Schuettler - Hanescu/Pavel, 7:5, 7:6
    • Round 2: Kiefer/Schuettler - Arthurs/Woodbridge, 7:6, 6:3
    • Quarterfinal: Kiefer/Schuettler - Erlich/Ram, 2:6, 6:2, 6:2
    • Semifinal: Kiefer/Schuettler - Bhupathi/Paes, 6:2, 6:3
    • Final: Gonzalez/Massu - Kiefer/Schuettler, 6:2, 4:6, 3:6, 7:6, 6:4

Triathlon

Germany's five triathletes in 2004 included three veterans, but the defending silver medallist was not among them. Each of the three improved upon their ranking from four years earlier, while the two rookie men also had solid races. Germany earned no medals in the 2004 triathlons, but did have a top eight finisher.

Women's:

Men's:

Volleyball

Men's beach:

Women's beach:

Women's:

  • Prelims: 2-3
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Water polo

Men's: 5th place
  • Preliminary round: 3-1-1
  • Quarterfinal: Lost to Russia, 12-5
  • Classification 5/6: Defeated Spain, 6-4

Officials


  • President: Klaus Steinbach
  • Secretary General: Bernhard Schwank

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