Olympic Summer Games 1932 / Participant (German Reich)

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Germany took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , USA , with a delegation of 144 athletes and artists (135 men and 9 women). Among them were 83 athletes (76 men and 7 women). Since the financing wascompletely uncertaindue to the global economic crisis , but the organizers of the next summer games did not only want to compete with a very small team, the German NOK enabledthe first six of the respective German championships or the officials who normally due to their position in the associationwould have been taken to drive to Los Angeles on their own account (or that of friends and sponsors).

Medals

Germany took ninth place in the medal table with three gold, twelve silver and five bronze medals.

Medal table

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

Medal table Germany

rank	sport				total	Competitions
1	Weightlifting	1	2	1	4th	3
2	rowing	1	2	-	3	4th
3	Wrestling	1	1	1	3	5
4th	Boxing	-	3	-	3	8th
5	athletics	-	2	3	5	24
6th	shoot	-	1	-	1	1
7th	Water polo	-	1	-	1	1
total		3	12	5	20th

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Hans Eller Horst Hoeck Walter Meyer Carlheinz Neumann Joachim Spremberg	rowing	Foursome without helmsman men
Jakob Brendel	Wrestling	Greco-Roman bantamweight
Rudolf Ismayr	Weightlifting	medium weight

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Erich Borchmeyer Fritz Hendrix Arthur Jonath Helmut Körnig	athletics	4 × 100 m relay
Ellen Braumüller	athletics	Javelin throw
Heinz Hax	shoot	Rapid fire pistol
Jean Földeák	Wrestling	Greco-Roman middleweight
Karl Aletter Walter Flinsch Ernst Gaber Hans Maier	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Gerhard Boetzelen Herbert Buhtz	rowing	Double scull
Erich Campe	Boxing	Welterweight
Josef Schleinkofer	Boxing	Featherweight
Hans Ziglarski	Boxing	Bantamweight
Hans Wölpert	Weightlifting	Featherweight
Wolfgang Ehrl	Weightlifting	lightweight
Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz	Water polo	team

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Arthur Jonath	athletics	100 m
Wolrad Eberle	athletics	Decathlon
Tilly Fleischer	athletics	Javelin throw
Josef Straßberger	Weightlifting	Heavyweight
Eduard Sperling	Wrestling	Greco-Roman lightweight

The mountaineers Franz and Toni Schmid also received the Prix ​​olympique d'alpinisme . Toni Schmid was awarded the honor posthumously, he died shortly before climbing the northwest face of the Great Wiesbachhorn . Germany also received several awards at the art competitions.

Participants by sport

Boxing

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Hans Berger	Light heavyweight	-		David Carstens	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Hans Bernlöhr	medium weight	Bert Lowe	Victory on points	Roger Michelot	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Erich Campe	Welterweight	Aikoku Hirabayashi	Victory on points	Carl Jensen	Victory on points	Bruno Ahlberg	Victory on points	Edward Flynn	Defeat on points	silver
Franz Kartz	lightweight	Otsu Shoko	Victory on points	Lawrence Stevens	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Heinz Kohlhaas	Heavyweight	-		George Maughan	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Josef Schleinkofer	Featherweight	bye		John Keller	Victory on points	Gaspare Alessandri	Victory on points	Carmelo Robledo	Defeat on points	silver
Werner Spannagel	Flyweight	Juan Josè Trillo	Victory on points	Louis Salica	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Hans Ziglarski	Bantamweight	bye		Paul Nicolas	Victory on points	Joseph Lang	Victory on points	Horace Gwynne	Defeat on points	silver

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Semifinals		final		rank
		Hit	rank	Hit	rank	Hit	rank
Women
Helene Mayer	lightweight	-		35: 6	1	38:27	5	5
Men
Erwin Casmir	Sword	DNS
	foil	28:14	4th	37:16	1	36:34	5	5
	saber	15: 5	4th	23:14	3	32:30	4th	4th

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Transfer & Push (kg)	Total weight (kg)	rank
Men
Helmut Schäfer	Class up to 60 kg	77.5	77.5	112.5	267.5	4th
Hans Wölpert	Class up to 60 kg	85.0	87.5	110.0	282.5	silver
Rudolf Ismayr	Class up to 75 kg	102.5	110.0 OR	132.5	345.0 OR	gold
Josef Straßberger	Class over 82.5 kg	125.0 OR	110.0	142.5	377.5	5

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Marie Dollinger	100 m	12.2 s	3	-		12.4 s	8th	12.2 s	4th	4th
Grete Heublein Ellen Braumüller Tilly Fleischer Marie Dollinger	4 × 100 m relay	-						50.0 s	6th	6th
Men
Ernst Geerling	100 m	11.3 s	23	11.1 s	18th	eliminated				18th
Helmut Körnig	200 m	11.0 s	8th	11.0 s	15th	11.2 s	12	eliminated		12
Arthur Jonath	100 m	10.6 s OR	1	10.68 s	3	10.71 s	3	10.50 s	3	bronze
	200 m	21.9 s	1	21.4 s	1	21.5 s	1	21.5 s	4th	4th
Erich Borchmeyer	200 m	22.1 s	1	21.6 s	6th	21.8 s	8th	eliminated		8th
Fritz Hendrix	200 m	22.9 s	2	21.9 s	14th	eliminated				14th
Joachim Büchner	400 m	49.3 s	7th	48.9 s	7th	49.2 s	12	eliminated		12
Adolf Metzner	400 m	50.4 s	20th	49.2 s	12	eliminated				14th
Walter Nehb	400 m	49.4 s	8th	eliminated						19th
Max Danz	800 m	1: 58.9 min	17th	-				eliminated		17th
Otto Peltzer	800 m	1: 53.6 min	5					1: 55.0 min	9	9
	1500 m	DNF						eliminated
Max Syring	5000 m	15: 48.5 min	13-15					eliminated		13-15
	10,000 m	-						31: 35.0 min	5	5
Karl Hähnel	50 km of walking							5:06:06 h	4th	4th
Paul Sievert	50 km of walking							5:16:41 h	6th	6th
Paul de Bruyn	marathon							2:52:39 h	15th	15th
Erwin Wegner	110 m hurdles	15.1 s	8th	-		unknown	6-11	eliminated		6-11
Willi Welscher	110 m hurdles	14.8 s	2			14.8 s	5-11	DSQ
Fritz Nottbrock	400 m hurdles	55.0 s	5			53.7 s	10	eliminated		10
Helmut Körnig Fritz Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath	4 × 100 m relay	-				41.22 s	2	40.9 s		silver
Joachim Büchner Walter Nehb Adolf Metzner Otto Peltzer	4 × 400 m relay					3: 25.4 min	6th	3: 14.4 min		4th

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	final		rank
		Width / height	rank
Women
Helma Notte	high jump	1.55 m	7th	7th
Grete Heublein	Discus throw	34.66 m	5	5
Tilly Fleischer	Discus throw	36.12 m	4th	9
	Javelin throw	43.01 m	3	bronze
Ellen Braumüller	high jump	1.41 m	10	10
	Discus throw	33.15 m	8th	8th
	Javelin throw	43.50 m	2	silver
Men
Erich Kochermann	Long jump	5.75 m	11	11
Emil Hirschfeld	Shot put	15,560 m	4th	4th
	Discus throw	42.42 m	14th	14th
Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Shot put	15,070 m	6th	6th
	Discus throw	44.51 m	11	11
Gottfried Weimann	Javelin throw	68.18 m	4th	4th

All-around

Athletes	100 m		Long jump		Shot put		high jump		400 m		110 m hurdles		Discus throw		Pole vault		Javelin throw		1500 m		Points	rank
	time	Pts.	Expanse	Pts.	Expanse	Pts.	height	Pts.	time	Pts.	time	Pts.	Expanse	Pts.	height	Pts.	Expanse	Pts.	time	Pts.
Decathlon men
Wolrad Eberle	11.4 s	723	6.77 m	760	13.22 m	681	1.65 m	504	50.8 s	772	16.7 s	631	41.34 m	692	3.50 m	482	57.49 m	700	4: 34.4 min	716	6661	bronze
Hans-Heinrich Sievert	11.4 s	723	6.97 m	807	14.50 m	759	1.78 m	610	53.6 s	650	16.1 s	695	44.54 m	757	3.20 m	406	53.91 m	647	5: 18.0 min	461	6515	5
Erwin Wegner	11.4 s	723	6.41 m	677	11.70 m	588	1.65 m	504	51.6 s	736	15.4 s	774	33.26 m	529	3.10 m	381	53.83 m	645	4: 47.8 min	632	6189	9

Modern pentathlon

Athletes	shoot	swim	fencing	To run	horse riding	rank
	rank	rank	rank	rank	rank
Men
Konrad Miersch	5	17th	10	6th	10	6th
Helmuth Naudé	15th	11	10	9	18th	17th
Willi Remer	4th	13	10	8th	12	5

Cycling

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Hubert Ebner	Road racing	2: 52: 30.0 h	32
Julius mouse	Road racing	2: 45: 15.0 h	30th
Henry Trondle	Road racing	DNF
Werner Wittig	Road racing	2: 43: 36.2 h	28
Werner Wittig Julius Maus Hubert Ebner	Team street racing	8: 21: 21.2 m	8th

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Jakob Brendel	Greco-Roman bantamweight	Aatos Jaskari	victory	Georges Zervinis	victory	Herman Tuvesson	victory	bye		Marcello Nizzola	victory	gold
Wolfgang Ehrl	Greco-Roman featherweight	Ödön Zombori	victory	Oscar Lindelof	victory	Jindřich Maudr	victory	Giovanni Gozzi	victory	Lauri Koskela	victory	silver
Eduard Sperling	Greco-Roman lightweight	Erik Malmberg	defeat	Abraham Courland	victory	Aarne Reini	victory	-		eliminated		bronze
Jean Foldeak	Greco-Roman middleweight	Axel Cadier	victory	Väinö Kokkinen	defeat	-						silver
	Freestyle welterweight	Børge Jensen	victory	Ludvig Lindblom	victory	bye		Daniel MacDonald	defeat	eliminated		4th
Georg Gehring	Greco-Roman heavyweight	Aleardo Donati	victory	Carl Westergren	victory	Josef Urban	defeat	-		eliminated		4th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader		Reunion		final		rank
		time	qualification	time	qualification	time	rank
Men
Gerhard Boetzelen Herbert Buhtz	Double scull	7: 21.4 min	Reunion	7: 28.4	final	7: 22.8 min	2	silver
Karl Aletter Walter Flinsch Ernst Gaber Hans Maier	Foursome without a helmsman	7: 37.8 min	Reunion	7: 17.2 min	final	7: 03.0 min	2	silver
Hans Eller Horst Hoeck Walter Meyer Carlheinz Neumann (helmsman) Joachim Spremberg	Foursome with a helmsman	7: 09.2 min	Reunion	7: 38.8 min	final	7: 19.0 min	1	gold
Karl Aletter Fritz Bauer (helmsman) Heinrich Bender Gerhard von Düsterlho Walter Flinsch Ernst Gaber Hans-Wolfgang Heidland Theodor Hüllinghoff Hans Maier	Eighth	6: 36.8 min	Reunion	7: 10.6 min	eliminated			6th

shoot

Athletes	competition	1 round	2nd round	3rd round	4th round	5th round	total
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	rank
Men
Heinz Hax	25 m rapid fire pistol	18th	6th	6th	6th	4th	40	silver

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Ernst Küppers	100 m back	1: 10.2 min	3	1: 09.8 min	2	1: 11.3 min	5	5
Erwin Sietas	200 m chest	2: 51.0 min	5	2: 47.6 min	3	2: 48.0 min	4th	4th

sailing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		6th round		7th round		8th round		9th round		10th round		11th round		Points	rank
		rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.	rank	Pts.
Men
Edgar Behr	12-foot dinghy	10	2	2	10	3	9	2	10	6th	6th	5	7th	6th	6th	4th	8th	DSQ		2	10	6th	6th	74	4th

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz
Group stage	Brazil 7: 3 Hungary 2: 6 United States 4: 4 Japan 10: 0
placement	silver

Diving

Athletes	competition	final	rank	rank
Women
Olga Jensch-Jordan	3 m jumping	77.60	4th	4th
Men
Leo Esser	3 m jumping	134.30	5	5

Web links

• German Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnd Krüger : Germany and the Olympic Movement (1918–1945) . In: Horst Ueberhorst (Hrsg.): Geschichte der Leibesübungen , Vol. 3/2. Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1982, pp. 1026-1047.