Germany at the Summer Olympics
The German National Olympic Committee nominated 453 athletes (254 men, 199 women) for participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Germany does 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.
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Medals
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany
| 14 | 16 | 18 | 48 |
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 Leonhart
- 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
- Equestrian - Team Jumping, Christian Ahlmann with Coster, Marco Kutscher with Montender, Otto Becker with Cento, and Ludger Beerbaum with Goldfever
- Trampoline - Anna Doganadze
- Hockey - Women's Hockey
- 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 Schuettler
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
- Fencing - Team Epee,
- Trampoline - Henrik Stehlik
- 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
Archery
Men's individual:
- Michael Frankenberg - 21st place
Women's individual:
- Anja Hitzler - 21st place
- Cornelia Pfohl - 22nd place
- Wiebke Nulle - 48th place
Women's team:
- Anja Hitzler, Wiebke Nulle, and Cornelia Pfohl - 7th place
Athletics
Men's 100 metres:
- Alexander Kosenkow - Round 1, 10.28 s (did not advance)
Women's 100 metres:
- Sina Schielke - Round 1, 11.46 s (did not advance)
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Mike Fenner - Round 2, 13.53 s (did not advance)
- Jerome Crews - Round 1, 13.83 s (did not advance)
Women's 100 metre hurdles:
- Kirsten Bolm - Semifinal, DNF (did not advance)
- Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach - Round 1, 13.28 s (did not advance)
- Nadine Hentschke - Round 1, 13.36 s (did not advance)
Men's 200 metres:
- Tobias Unger - Final, 20.64 s (7th place)
- Sebastian Ernst - Semifinal, 20.63 s (did not advance)
- Till Helmke - Round 2, 20.76 s (did not advance)
Men's 400 metres:
- Ingo Schultz - Semifinal, 46.23 s (did not advance)
Men's 800 metres:
- Rene Herms - Semifinal, 1:47.7 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres:
- Wolfram Mueller - Round 1, 3:46.75 (did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
- Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Till Helmke - Round 1, 0:38.64 (did not advance)
Men's 4x400 metre relay:
- Ingo Schultz, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, and Bastian Swillims - Final, 3:02.22 (7th place)
Men's decathlon:
- Florian Schoenbeck - 8077 points (12th place)
- Stefan Drews - 7926 points (19th place)
- Dennis Leyckes - DNF
Men's 20 km walk:
- André Höhne - 1:21:56 (8th place)
Men's 50 km walk:
- André Höhne - DNF
- Andreas Erm - DQ
Men's long jump:
- Nils Winter - Round 1, 7.51 metres (did not advance)
Men's triple jump:
- Charles Michael Friedek - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)
Men's high jump:
- Roman Fricke - Round 1, 2.20 metres (did not advance)
Men's pole vault:
- Danny Ecker - Final, 5.75 metres (5th place)
- Lars Boergeling - Final, 5.75 metres (6th place)
- Tim Lobinger - Final, 5.55 metres (11th place)
Men's shot put:
- Ralf Bartels - Final, 20.26 metres (8th place)
- Peter Sack - Round 1, 19.09 metres (did not advance)
- Detlef Bock - Round 1, 18.89 metres (did not advance)
Men's discus:
- Lars Riedel - Final, 62.80 metres (7th place)
- Torsten Schmidt - Final, 61.18 metres (9th place)
- Michael Moellenbeck - Round 1, 59.79 metres (did not advance)
Men's javelin:
- Christian Nicolay - Round 1, 79.77 metres (did not advance)
- Peter Esenwein - Round 1, 78.41 metres (did not advance)
- Boris Henry - Round 1, DNS
Men's hammer:
- Karsten Kobs - Final, 76.30 metres (8th place)
- Markus Esser - Final, 72.51 metres (11th place)
Badminton
Men's singles:
- Björn Joppien - defeated in round of 16
Women's singles:
- Juliane Schenk - defeated in round of 32
- Huaiwen Xu - defeated in round of 32
Women's doubles:
- Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk - defeated in round of 16
Mixed doubles:
- Bjoern Siegemund and Nicol Pitro - defeated in round of 16
Fencing
Men's épée individual:
- Daniel Strigel - defeated in quarterfinals
- Sven Schmid - defeated in round of 16
- Joerg Fiedler - defeated in round of 32
Women's épée individual:
- Imke Duplitzer - defeated in quarterfinals
- Claudia Bokel - defeated in round of 16
- Britta Heidemann - defeated in round of 16
Men's foil individual:
- Peter Joppich - defeated in quarterfinals
- Ralf Bissdorf - defeated in round of 32
- Andre Wessels - defeated in round of 32
Women's foil individual:
- Simone Bauer - defeated in round of 16
Women's sabre individual:
- Susanne Koenig - defeated in round of 32
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
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: bronze medal
- Preliminary round: 3-2-0
- Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 3-2
- Bronze medal match: defeated Spain, 4-3
Women's: gold medal
- Preliminary round: 2-0-2
- Semifinal: defeated China, 4-3
- Gold medal match: defeated Netherlands, 2-1
Tennis
Men's Single:
- Nicolas Kiefer
- Round 1: Nicolas Kiefer - Vladimir Voltchkov, 6:2, 6:4
- Round 2: Nicolas Kiefer - Marcos Baghdatis, 6:2, 3:6, 6:3
- Round 3: Mikhail Youzhny - Nicolas Kiefer, 6:2, 3:6, 6:2
- Tommy Haas
- Round 1: Tommy Haas - Mario Ancic, 6:1, 7:5
- Round 2: Andy Roddick - Tommy Haas, 4:6, 6:3, 9:7
- Florian Mayer
- Round 1: Tomas Berdych - Florian Mayer, 6:3, 7:5
- Rainer Schuettler
- Round 1: Igor Andreev - Rainer Schuettler, 6:7, 7:6, 6:3
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
Categories: Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics