Olympic Summer Games 1904 / Participant (German Empire)

GER

4th	5	7th

Germany took part in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis , USA , with a delegation of 22 athletes (all men). There were four gold, five silver and seven bronze medals plus participation in a mixed team bronze medal in the tug of war ( Frank Kugler ).

Medals

Medal table

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

Medal table of the German Empire

rank	sport				total	Competitions
1	swim	4th	2	2	8th	16
2	do gymnastics	-	1	1	2	2
3	Diving	-	1	1	2	1
4th	Wrestling	-	1	-	1	3
5	Weightlifting	-	-	2	2	2
6th	athletics	-	-	1	1	6th
total		4th	5	7th	16

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Emil Rausch	swim	880 yards freestyle
Emil Rausch	swim	1 mile freestyle
Walter Brack	swim	100 yards back
Georg Zacharias	swim	440 yards chest

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Georg Hoffmann	swim	100 yards back
Walter Brack	swim	440 yards chest
Wilhelm Weber	do gymnastics	Individual all-around
Georg Hoffmann	Diving	Jumping
Frank Kugler	Wrestling	Heavyweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Paul Weinstein	athletics	high jump
Emil Rausch	swim	220 yards freestyle
Georg Zacharias	swim	100 yards back
Wilhelm Weber	do gymnastics	Gymnastics triathlon
Alfred Braunschweiger	Diving	Jumping
Frank Kugler	Weightlifting	One-armed all-around
Frank Kugler	Weightlifting	Two-armed

Participants by sport

fencing

Athletes	competition	Semifinals	final	rank
		rank	rank
Men
Gustav Casmir	Sword	-	4th	4th
	foil	1	4th	4th

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Weight	rank
Men
Frank Kugler	One-armed all-around	36.06 kg	bronze
	Two-armed	79.61 kg	bronze

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Johannes Runge	400 m	-		unknown	7-12	7-12
	800 m	-		approx. 1: 57.1 min	5	5
	1500 m	-		unknown	5	5

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	Height / width	rank
Men
Paul Weinstein	high jump	1.77	bronze
	Pole vault	unknown	7th

All-around

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Christian Busch	Triathlon	30.0	7th
Christian Deubler	Triathlon	23.5	77
Jacob Hergenhahn	Triathlon	255.0	59
Wilhelm Lemke	Triathlon	26.6	34
Ernst Mohr	Triathlon	29.7	9
Hugo Peitsch	Triathlon	25.1	55
Adolph Weber	Triathlon	25.9	44
Wilhelm Weber	Triathlon	27.6	21st
Otto Wiegand	Triathlon	27.2	28

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Rudolph clouds	Freestyle lightweight	-		Rudolph Tesing	lost	eliminated				5
Dietrich Wortmann	Freestyle featherweight	-		Max Miller	won	Theodore McLear	lost	eliminated		5
Frank Kugler	Heavyweight	-				Joseph Dilg	won	Bernhoff Hansen	lost	silver

swim

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Walter Brack	440 yards chest	unknown	silver
	100 yards back	1: 16.8 min	gold
Georg Hoffmann	440 yards chest	unknown	4th
	100 yards back	unknown	silver
Emil Rausch	220 yards freestyle	2: 56.0 min	bronze
	880 yards freestyle	13: 11.4 min	gold
	1 mile freestyle	27: 18.2 min	gold
Georg Zacharias	440 yards chest	7: 23.6 min	gold
	100 yards back	unknown	bronze

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Hugo Hardy	singles	bye				Beals Wright	0: 2 (2: 6, 1: 6)	eliminated						9
Mixed team Hugo Hardy Paul Gleeson	Double	-				Alphonzo Bell / Robert LeRoy	0: 2 (3: 6, 1: 6)	eliminated						9

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Christian Busch	Triathlon	37.62	13
	All-around	66.12	9
Christian Deubler	Triathlon	31.13	47
	All-around	54.63	56
Jacob Hergenhahn	Triathlon	30.77	51
	All-around	55.77	49
Wilhelm Lemke	Triathlon	37.75	11
	All-around	64.15	13
Ernst Mohr	Triathlon	38.90	9
	All-around	67.90	4th
Hugo Peitsch	Triathlon	41.56	4th
	All-around	66.66	7th
Adolph Weber	Triathlon	36.72	17th
	All-around	62.62	19th
Wilhelm Weber	Triathlon	41.60	bronze
	All-around	69.10	silver
Otto Wiegand	Triathlon	40.82	5
	All-around	67.82	5

Diving

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Alfred Braunschweiger	Jumping	11.33	bronze
Georg Hoffmann	Jumping	11.66	silver
Otto Hooff	Jumping	unknown	5

References and Notes

1. ↑ according to [1]

Web links

• German Olympic team from 1904 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )