Olympic Summer Games 1908 / Participant (German Empire)

The German team took fifth place in the medal table at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London . A total of 84 athletes were nominated, including 82 men and two women.

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Medals

Medal table

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

Medal table Germany

rank	sport				total	Competitions
1	Diving	1	1	1	3	2
2	figure skating	1	1	-	2	2
3	swim	1	-	-	1	2
4th	athletics	-	1	1	2	17th
5	Cycling	-	1	1	2	7th
6th	tennis	-	1	-	1	2
7th	rowing	-	-	2	2	2
total		17th	10	15th	42

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Albert Zürner	Diving	Jumping
Heinrich Burger Anna Hübler	figure skating	Pair skating
Arno Bieberstein	swim	100 m back

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Hanns Braun Hans Eicke Arthur Hoffmann Otto Trieloff	athletics	Olympic relay
Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	Cycling	Team pursuit
Kurt Behrens	Diving	Jumping
Elsa Rendschmidt	figure skating	Ladies
Otto Froitzheim	tennis	Lawn single

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Hanns Braun	athletics	800 meters
Karl Neumer	Cycling	660 yards
Thank God Walz	Diving	Jumping
Bernhard of Gaza	rowing	One
Willy Düskow Martin Stahnke	rowing	Two without a helmsman

Participants by sport

figure skating

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Women
Elsa Rendschmidt	singles	211.0	silver
Mixed
Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger	Pair skating	11.20	gold

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
John Adam	Sword	1: 4	4th	eliminated						41
	saber	1: 3		eliminated						39
Jakob Erckrath de Bary	Sword	4: 4	5	eliminated						41
	saber	1: 4	5	eliminated						39
Fritz Jack	Sword	2: 5	6th	eliminated						41
	saber	3: 2	2	1: 3	5	eliminated				17th
Robert Krünert	Sword	2: 6	7th	eliminated						41
	saber	2: 3	4th	eliminated						39
Julius Lichtenfels	Sword	2: 3	4th	eliminated						41
	saber	2: 2	4th	eliminated						39
Ernst Moldenhauer	Sword	1: 4	4th	eliminated						41
	saber	1: 4	5	eliminated						39
Albert Naumann	Sword	1: 4	5	eliminated						41
	saber	0: 5	6th	eliminated						39
August Petri	Sword	2: 6	6th	eliminated						41
	saber	2: 2	3	2: 2	3	eliminated				39
Emil Schön	Sword	4: 3	3	eliminated						41
	saber	4: 2	2	1: 3	4th	eliminated				17th
Georg Stöhr	Sword	2: 5	6th	eliminated						41
	saber	2: 4	6th	eliminated						39

Athletes	competition	Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Jakob Erckrath de Bary Julius Lichtenfels August Petri Georg Stöhr	Epee team	Great Britain	5:13	eliminated				5
Jakob Erckrath de Bary Fritz Jack Robert Krünert August Petri	Saber crew	Hungary	0: 9	eliminated				5

hockey

The Uhlenhorster HC team competed for Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics

competition	Men
Athletes	Alfons Brehm Elard Dauelsberg Franz Diederichsen Carl Ebert Jules Fehr Mauricio Galvao Raulino Galvao Fritz Möding Friedrich Rahe Albert Stüdemann Friedrich Uhl
1 round	Great Britain (Scotland) 0-4
Game for 5th and 6th place	France 1-0
placement	5.

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Carl Bechler	100 m	11.4 s	2	eliminated
Hans Eicke	100 m	11.6 s	3	eliminated
Paul Fischer	100 m	DNF		eliminated
Arthur Hoffmann	100 m	11.4 s	3	eliminated
	200 m	23.5 s	2	eliminated
Willy Kohlmey	100 m	12.0 s	3	eliminated
Heinrich Rehder	100 m	11.8 s	3	eliminated
Hermann von Boenninghausen	100 m	12.0 s	5	eliminated
Otto Trieloff	400 m	50.9 s	2	eliminated
Hanns Braun	800 m	-		1: 58.0 min	1	1: 55.2 min	3	bronze
	1500 m	-		4: 18.2 min	3	eliminated
Oskar Quarg	800 m	-		2: 10.0 min	4th	eliminated
Andreas Breynk	800 m	-		2: 06.0 min	2	eliminated
	1500 m	-		4: 30.0 min	2	eliminated
Arno Hesse	1500 m	-		unknown	7th	eliminated
Paul Nettelbeck	5 miles	-		28: 31.6 min	5	eliminated
	marathon	-				DNS
Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	Olympic relay	-		3: 43.2 min	5	3: 32.4 min	2	silver
Richard Wilhelm	3500 m walking	-		17: 33.8 min	14th	eliminated		14th
Paul Gunia	3500 m walking	-		16: 38.0 min	10	eliminated		10
	10 miles walk	-		1: 26: 09.4 h	13	eliminated		11
Hermann Muller	marathon	-				DNS
Fritz Reiser	marathon	-				DNF

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	Height / width	rank
Men
Albert Weinstein	Long jump	6.77 m	6th
Arthur Hoffmann	Long jump	6.50 m	15th
Hermann von Boenninghausen	Long jump	unknown	21-32
Ludwig Uettwiller	Long jump	6.05 m	21-32
	Standing vault	1.32 m	17th
	Discus throw	unknown	12-42
	Hammer throw	unknown	10-19
	Javelin throw - free style	unknown	10-33
Arthur Mallwitz	Standing vault	1.42 m	8th
	Stand long jump	unknown	8-25
Emil Welz	Discus throw	37.02 m	11
	Javelin throw - free style	unknown	10-33
Carl Bechler	Javelin throw	unknown	8-16

Cycling

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Alwin Boldt	20 km	-		unknown	6-7	eliminated
	100 km	-		unknown	7-14	eliminated
Max Gotze	5000 m	unknown	4-9	eliminated
Bruno Gotze	600 yards	unknown	3	eliminated
	5000 m	unknown	4th	eliminated
	100 km	-		DNF		eliminated
	sprint	unknown	3	eliminated
Richard Katzer	600 yards	unknown	2	eliminated
	5000 m	unknown	4-7	eliminated
	20 km	-		unknown	7-8	eliminated
	100 km	-		DNF		eliminated
Hermann Martens	600 yards	unknown	2	eliminated
	5000 m	unknown	2	eliminated
	20 km	-		33: 21.2 min	2	eliminated
	100 km	-		DNF		eliminated
	sprint	Time limit exceeded		eliminated
Karl Neumer	600 yards	54.2 s	1	1: 05.6 min	1	unknown	3	bronze
	5000 m	unknown	2	eliminated
	sprint	1: 33.2	1	unknown	2	eliminated
Paul Schulze	600 yards	unknown	3	eliminated
	20 km	-		unknown	7-9	eliminated
	100 km	-		DNF		eliminated
	sprint	unknown	3	eliminated
Max Triebsch	20 km	-		unknown	5	eliminated
	100 km	-		DNF		eliminated
Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens	2000 m tandem	5 lengths behind	2	eliminated
Max Gotze Otto Gotze	2000 m tandem	2: 55.6 min	1	unknown	3	eliminated
Max Götze Richard Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	1980 yards team pursuit	2: 25.4 min	1	2: 31.8 min	1	2: 28.6 min	2	silver

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Wilhelm Grundmann	Greco-Roman middleweight division	Jaap Belmer	defeat	eliminated								17th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Bernhard of Gaza	One	9: 35.0 min	1	9: 47.0 min	1	DNF		eliminated		bronze
Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow	Two without a helmsman	-				unknown	2	eliminated		bronze

shoot

Athletes	competition	Points				rank
Men
Ernst Wagner-Hohenlobbese	1000 yards army rifle	12				49

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Richard Rösler	200 m chest	3: 18.0 min	2	eliminated				9-27
Erich Seidel	200 m chest	3: 17.2 min	1	unknown	5-8	eliminated		5-8
Gustav Aurich	100 m back	1: 27.4 min	1	1: 28.2 min	2-3	unknown	4th	4th
Arno Bieberstein	100 m back	1: 25.6 min	1	1: 25.6 min	1	1: 24.6 min OR	1	gold
Max Ritter	100 m back	1: 33.4 min	1	unknown	5-8	eliminated		5-8

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
Otto Froitzheim	Lawn single	Kenneth Powell	3: 0 (6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 4)	Oscar cruiser	3: 0 (6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3)	James Parke	3: 0 (6: 4, 11: 9, 6: 4)	George Caridia	3: 1 (6: 4, 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 1)	John Richardson	3: 1 (2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 4)	Josiah Ritchie	0: 3 (5: 7, 3: 6, 4: 6)	silver
Friedrich Rahe	Lawn single	Charles Dixon	0: 3 (2: 6, 5: 7, 4: 6)	eliminated										33
Oscar cruiser	Lawn single	Felix Pipes	3: 0 (6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 4)	Otto Froitzheim	0: 3 (2: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6)	eliminated								17th
Heinrich Schomburgk	Lawn single	Maurice Germot	0: 3 (5: 7, 4: 6.2: 6)	eliminated										33
Moritz von Bissing	Lawn single	George Ball-Greene	Walk-over	Arthur Zborzil	3: 0 (6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 4)	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	0: 3 (6: 8, 5: 7, 5: 7)	eliminated						9
Otto Froitzheim Heinrich Schomburgk	Lawn double	Oscar Kreuzer / Friedrich Rahe	3: 0 (6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 3)	Victor Gauntlett / Harold Kitson	0: 3 (6: 3, 2: 6, 5: 7, 3: 6)	eliminated								17th
Oscar cruiser Friedrich Rahe	Lawn double	Otto Froitzheim / Heinrich Schomburgk	0: 3 (1: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6)	eliminated										33

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Karl Borchert	Individual all-around	246.0	12
August Ehrich	Individual all-around	unknown
Paul Fischer	Individual all-around	unknown
Georg Karth	Individual all-around	unknown
Wilhelm Kaufmann	Individual all-around	unknown
Carl Körting	Individual all-around	unknown
Joseph Kramer	Individual all-around	unknown
Heinrich Siebenhaar	Individual all-around	unknown
Curt Steueragel	Individual all-around	273.5	4th
Wilhelm Weber	Individual all-around	unknown
Fritz Wolf	Individual all-around	267.0	5

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Kurt Behrens	3 m jumping	83.6	1	83.0	2	85.3	2	silver
Heinz Freyschmidt	3 m jumping	78.1	8th	79.3	8th	eliminated		8th
	10 m high diving	67.3	14th	48.8	10	eliminated		10
Thank God Walz	3 m jumping	81.3	5	80.3	6th	80.8	3	bronze
Albert Zürner	3 m jumping	83.6	1	82.8	3	85.5	1	gold
Fritz Nicolai	10 m high diving	54.5	22nd	eliminated				22nd

Web links

• German Olympic team 1908