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.
Germany finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings
Gold
- Canoeing - Men's K2 500 m, Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter
- Canoeing - Men's K1 500 m, Andreas Dittmer
- Canoeing - Men's K1 1000 m, Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek
- Canoeing - Women's K4 500 m, Birgit Fischer, Malke Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt
- Cycling Track - Team Sprint, Jens Fieldler, Stefan Nimke, Rene Wolff
- Equestrian - Team Dressage, Heike Kemmer with Bonaparte, Hubertus Schmidt with Wansuela Suerte, Martin Schaudt with Weltall, and Ulla Salzberger with Rusty
- Trampoline - Anna Doganadze
- Hockey - Women's Team Competition, Tina Bachmann, Caroline Casaretto, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Franziska Gude, Mandy Haase, Natascha Keller, Denise Klecker, Anke Kühn, Badri Latif, Heike Lätzsch, Sonja Lehmann, Silke Müller, Fanny Rinne, Marion Rodewald, Louisa Walter, and Julia Zwehl
- Judo - 57 kg, Yvonne Bönisch
- Rowing - Women's Single Sculls, Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
- Rowing - Women's Quadruple Sculls, Kathrin Boron, Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili
- Shooting - 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol, Ralf Schumann
- Shooting - 10 m Running Target, Manfred Kurzer
Silver
- Athletics - Shot Put, Nadine Kleinert
- Cycling Road - Road Race, Judith Arndt
- Canoe/Kayak Slalom - C2 Canoe Double, Marcus Becker, Stefan Henze
- Diving - Synchr 3 m Springboard, Tobias Schellenberg, Andreas Wels
- Fencing - Team Epee, Claudia Bokel, Imke Duplitzer, Britta Heidemann
- Rowing - Double Sculls, Peggy Waleska, Britta Oppelt
- Rowing - Women's Lt Dbl Sculls, Daniela Reimer, Claudia Blasberg
- Shooting - 50 m Rifle Prone, Christian Lusch
- Swimming - 4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Steffen Driesen, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Lars Conrad
- Tennis - Men's Doubles, Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler
Bronze
- Canoe/Kayak Slalom - C1 Canoe Single, Stefan Pfannmöller
- Cycling Track - 1 km Time Trial, Stefan Nimke
- Cycling Track - Sprint, Rene Wolff
- Cycling Track - Points Race, Guido Fulst
- Equestrian - Team Jumping, Christian Ahlmann with Coster, Marco Kutscher with Montender, Otto Becker with Cento
- Equestrian - Individual Jumping, Marco Kutscher with Montender
- Fencing - Team Epee,
- Trampoline - Henrik Stehlik
- Hockey - Men's Team Competition, Clemens Arnold, Christoph Bechmann, Sebastian Biederlack, Philipp Crone, Eike Duckwitz, Christoph Eimer, Björn Emmerling, Florian Kunz, Björn Michel, Sascha Reinelt, Justus Scharowsky, Christian Schulte, Timo Weß, Tibor Weißenborn, Matthias Witthaus, and Christopher Zeller.
- Judo - 100 kg, Michael Jurack
- Judo - 48 kg, Julia Matijass
- Judo - 70 kg, Annett Böhm
- Swimming - Women's 200 m Backstroke, Antje Buschschulte
- Swimming - Women's 200 m Breaststroke, Anne Poleska
- Swimming - 4x200 m Freestyle Relay, Franziska van Almsick, Petra Dallmann, Antje Bushschulte, Hannah Stockbauer
- Swimming - 4x100 m Medley Relay, Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska Van Almsick, Daniela Gotz
Results by event
Men's individual:
Women's individual:
Women's team:
- Anja Hitzler, Wiebke Nulle, and Cornelia Pfohl - 7th place
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:
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:
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:
Men's singles:
Women's singles:
Women's doubles:
Mixed doubles:
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)
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
- Heat - 1:38.859
- Semifinal - 1:39.643
- Final - 1:39.647
Flatwater women's K1 500m:
- Katrin Wagner - 4th place
- Heat - 1:53.234
- Semifinal - 1:52.630
- 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
- Heat - 205.88
- Run 1 - 104.34
- Run 2 - 101.54
- Total - 191.56
- Final - 94.57
Slalom men's C2:
- Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze - silver medal
- Heat - 215.56
- Run 1 - 108.35
- Run 2 - 107.21
- Total - 210.98
- Semifinal - 106.32
- Final - 104.66
- Christian Bahmann and Michael Senft - 4th place
- Heat - 230.59
- Run 1 - 116.01
- Run 2 - 114.58
- Total - 213.45
- Semifinal - 107.01
- Final - 106.44
Slalom men's K1:
- Thomas Schmidt - 5th place
- Heat - 190.64
- Run 1 - 93.28
- Run - 97.36
- Total - 192.93
- Semifinal - 95.11
- Final - 97.82
- Jens Ewald - 25th place
- Heat - 250.09
- Run 1 - 150.69
- Run 2 - 99.40
- Total - Did not qualify for semifinal
Slalom women's K1:
- Jennifer Bongardt - 9th place
- Heat - 212.20
- Run 1 - 102.96
- Run 2 - 109.24
- Total - 237.66
- Semifinal - 107.36
- Final - 130.30
- Mandy Planert - 14th place
- Heat - 225.77
- Run 1 - 114.90
- Run 2 - 110.87
- Total - DNF (did not qualify for final)
- Semifinal - 122.61
- Final - Did not qualify
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:
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:
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:
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
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
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
Men's artistic: 8th place team
Women's artistic:
Women's rhythmic:
Men's trampoline:
Women's trampoline:
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
Men's competition
- Bronze medal
- Preliminary round: 3-2-0
- Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 3-2
- Bronze medal match: defeated Spain, 4-3
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
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).
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:
Men's:
Women's:
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
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:
Men's beach:
Women's beach:
Women's:
- Prelims: 2-3
- Quarterfinal: Did not qualify
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
Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Germany at the Olympics