Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Participant (German Empire)

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6th	5	2

Germany participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece with a delegation of 21 athletes and was the third most successful team at the Games.

Medals

At the Games in 1896, the Olympic champions received a silver medal and those placed second received a bronze medal. The third place came away empty-handed. The International Olympic Committee has now recognized the contemporary placements as gold, silver and bronze medals.

Medal table

The number of competitions given relates to those with German participation.

Medal table of the German Empire

rank	sport			3.	total	Competitions
1	do gymnastics	5	3	1	9	8th
2	Wrestling	1	-	-	1	1
	rowing	1	-	-	1	2
4th	Cycling	-	1	-	1	6th
	athletics	-	1	-	1	9
total		6th	5	2	13

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Carl Schuhmann	Wrestling	Greco-Roman
Alfred Jäger Berthold Küttner	rowing	Double scull (honored as winner without a fight)
Alfred Flatow	do gymnastics	Ingots, single
Conrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Felix Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Hofmann Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	do gymnastics	Parallel bars, team
Carl Schuhmann	do gymnastics	Horse jump
Hermann Weingärtner	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar, single
Conrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Felix Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Hofmann Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar, team

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Fritz Hofmann	athletics	100 meters
August von Gödrich	Cycling	Road racing
Alfred Flatow	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar, single
Hermann Weingärtner	do gymnastics	Pommel horse
		Rings

third

Surname	sport	competition
Fritz Hofmann	do gymnastics	Rope climbing
Hermann Weingärtner	do gymnastics	Horse jump

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Weight	rank
Men
Carl Schuhmann	Two-armed	90.0 kg	4th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Fritz Hofmann	100 m	12.6 s	2	12.2 s	2	bronze
	400 m	58.6 s	2	56.7 s	4th	4th
Kurt Doerry	100 m	unknown	5	eliminated
	400 m	unknown	3-4	eliminated
	110 m hurdles	unknown	3-4	eliminated
Carl Galle	1500 m	-		4: 39.0 min	4th	4th
Friedrich Adolf Traun	100 m	13.5 s	3	eliminated
	800 m	2: 13.4 min	3	eliminated

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	Width / height	rank
Men
Fritz Hofmann	high jump	1.55 m	5
	Triple jump	unknown	6-7
	Shot put	unknown	5-7
Carl Schuhmann	Triple jump	unknown	5
	Long jump	5.70 m	8th
	Shot put	unknown	5-7

Cycling

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
August Gödrich	Road racing	3:42:18 h	bronze
Josef Rosemeyer	333 ⅓ m time trial	27.2 s	8th
	sprint	DNF
	10 km	unknown	4th
	100 km	DNF
Theodor Leupold	333 ⅓ m time trial	27.0 s	5
	100 km	DNF
Bernard Knubel	100 km	DNF
Joseph Welzenbacher	100 km	DNF
	12 hour race	DNF

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Carl Schuhmann	Greco-Roman	Launceston Elliot	victory	bye		Georgios Tsitas	victory	silver

rowing

The German two

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Berthold Küttner	One	failed
Alfred Jäger Berthold Küttner	Double scull	without a fight	silver

tennis

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Friedrich Traun	singles	John Pius Boland	defeat	eliminated						8th
Mixed team Friedrich Traun John Pius Boland	Double	-		bye		Aristidis Akratopoulos / Konstantinos Akratopoulos	victory	Dionysios Kasdaglis / Dimitrios Petrokokkinos	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1	silver

do gymnastics

Parallel bars

Ingots

Athletes	competition	rank
Men
Conrad Bocker	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Rings	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Gustav Felix Flatow	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Rings	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Fritz Hofmann	Rope climbing	3
Georg Hillmar	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Fritz Manteuffel	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Karl Neukirch	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Richard Röstel	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Gustav scoundrel	Ingots	unknown
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Alfred Flatow	Ingots	silver
	Horse jump	unknown
	Horizontal bar	bronze
	Rings	unknown
	Pommel horse	unknown
Hermann Weingärtner	Rings	bronze
	Pommel horse	bronze
	Horse jump	unknown
	Ingots	unknown
	Horizontal bar	silver
Carl Schuhmann	Horse jump	silver
	Ingots	unknown
	Horizontal bar	unknown
	Rings	5
	Pommel horse	unknown
Conrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Felix Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	Team parallel bars	silver
Conrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Felix Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	Horizontal bar team	silver

Web links

• German Olympic team from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )