Olympic Summer Games 1900 / Participant (German Empire)

The German team took part with 78 athletes in the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1900 and took seventh place in the medal table .

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Medals

At the Summer Olympics in 1900, the Olympic champions received a silver medal and those who 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.

rank	sport	silver	bronze	Third	total
1	swim	2	-	-	2
2	sailing	1	1	-	2
3	rowing	1	-	2	3
4th	rugby	-	1	-	1
total		4th	2	2	8th

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
silver
Ernst Hoppenberg	swim	200 m back
The Hamburg and Germania Ruder Club Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walther Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Goßler (helmsman)	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Julius Frey Max Schöne Herbert von Petersdorff	swim	200 m team
Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Wise Paul Wiesner	sailing	1 to 2 tons
bronze
Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Wise Paul Wiesner	sailing	Joint race
Albert Amrhein Erich Ludwig (substitute) Hugo Betting Jacob Hermann Willy Hofmeister Hermann Kreuzer Arnold Landvoigt Hans Latscha Erich Ludwig Richard Ludwig Fritz Müller Eduard Poppe Heinrich Reitz August Schmierer Adolf Stockhausen Georg Wenderoth	rugby	team
Third
Ludwigshafen rowing club Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (helmsman)	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Rowing Club Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Gustav Moths (helmsman) (in the semifinals) Max Ammermann (helmsman) (in the final)	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman

Participants by sport

fencing

Athletes	competition	Preliminary round		Semifinals		final		rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Men
Alfons Schöne	Sabers for amateurs	eliminated	17-23	eliminated				17-23

athletics

Track and field team

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Kurt Doerry	100 m	11.5 s	2	DNF		eliminated
Julius Keyl	100 m	unknown	4th	eliminated				13-20
Albert Werkmüller	200 m	unknown	5-8	-		eliminated		5-8
Gustav Rau	200 m hurdles	unknown	7-11	-		eliminated		7-11
Franz Duhne	2500 m obstacle	-				unknown	6th	6th
	4000 m obstacle	-				unknown	6th	6th

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Men
Waldemar Steffen	high jump	-		1.70 m	4th	4th
	Triple jump	-		unknown	7-13	7-13
	Triple jump	-		unknown	5-10	5-10
	Long jump	6.30 m	8th	eliminated		8th

Cycling

Athletes	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Karl Duill	sprint	1: 35.4 min	1	unknown	2	eliminated				10-18
Paul Gottron	sprint	1: 32.4 min	1	unknown	2	eliminated				10-18
	25 km	-						DNF
Georg Drescher	sprint	unknown	4-8	eliminated						28-66

Not recognized as an official competition by the IOC :

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Karl Duill	Points race	9	bronze

rowing

Athletes	competition	Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Men
The Hamburg and Germania Ruder Club Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walther Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Goßler (helmsman)	Foursome with a helmsman	5: 56.2 min	1	Second final run	5: 59.0 min	1	silver
Ludwigshafen rowing club Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (helmsman)	Foursome with a helmsman	6: 14.0 min	1	Second final run	6: 05.0 min	3	3
Rowing Club Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Gustav-Adolf Moths (helmsman) (in the final) Max Ammermann (helmsman) (in the semifinals)	Foursome with a helmsman	6: 03.0 min	3	First final run	7: 18.2 min	3	3
The Hamburger and Germania Ruder Club Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Ernst Jencquel Edgar Katzenstein Walther Katzenstein Theodor Laurezzari Waldemar Tietgens Arthur Warncke Alexander Gleichmann von Oven (helmsman) (in the semifinals) unknown (helmsman) (in the final)	Eighth	5: 04.8 min	3	final	6: 33.0 min	4th	4th

rugby

The German team from Frankfurt

competition	Men
Athletes	Albert Amrhein Erich Ludwig (substitute) Hugo Betting Jacob Hermann Willy Hofmeister Hermann Kreuzer Arnold Landvoigt Hans Latscha Erich Ludwig Richard Ludwig Fritz Müller Eduard Poppe Heinrich Reitz August Schmierer Adolf Stockhausen Georg Wenderoth
Games	France 17:27 (5:14) Great Britain failed
placement	bronze

sailing

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Paul Wiesner Heinrich Peters Ottokar Wise	Joint race	5:58:17 h	bronze
Paul Wiesner Arthur Bloomfeld Georg Naue Heinrich Peters	0.5 to 1 tonne, 1st race	DSQ
Paul Wiesner Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise	1 to 2 tons, 2nd race	3:09:19 h	silver
Max Guillaume	20 tons	DNS

swim

Athletes	competition	Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Julius Frey	200 m freestyle	2: 50.4 min	8th	2: 58.2 min	8th	8th
Max Hainle	1000 m freestyle	15: 54.0 min	4th	15: 22.6 min	4th	4th
Ernst Hoppenberg	200 m back	2: 54.4 min	1	2: 47.0 min	1	silver

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Hans Aniol	Underwater swimming	103.9	6th
Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Julius Frey Max Schöne Herbert von Petersdorff	200 m team	33	silver

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Franz Abbé	All-around	219	77
Fritz Danner	All-around	216	79
Gustav Felix Flatow	All-around	204	102
Eugen Fürstenberger	All-around	240	53
Richard Genserowski	All-around	238	54
Erwin Willi Kurtz	All-around	216	79
Fritz Manteuffel	All-around	223	72
Oscar Näumann	All-around	DNF
Julius Nuninger	All-around	199	107
Hugo Peitsch	All-around	252	29
Emil Röthong	All-around	234	59
Fritz Sauer	All-around	214	84
Adolf Tannert	All-around	180	118
Carl Wiegand	All-around	224	71

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Hans Aniol Paul Gebauer Max Hainle Georg Hax Ernst Hoppenberg Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff Fritz Scheider Max Schöne
Quarter finals	France 2: 3
Semifinals	eliminated
final
placement	5.

Web links

• German Olympic team 1900