1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Germany)

EUA

6th	13	7th

The all-German team took at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia's Melbourne and in the Swedish Stockholm (only competitions in equestrian sport in part) with a delegation of 172 athletes (148 men and 24 women) in 16 sports.

Flag bearer

The athlete Karl-Friedrich Haas carried the flag of Germany during the opening ceremony in Melbourne, in Stockholm it was carried by the show jumper Fritz Thiedemann .

Medals

With six won gold, silver and thirteen bronze medals seven the all-German team took 7th place in the medals table .

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	horse riding	2	3	1	6th
2	canoe	1	2	1	4th
3	Boxing	1	1	-	2
4th	swim	1	-	1	2
5	do gymnastics	1	-	-	1
6th	athletics	-	5	2	7th
7th	rowing	-	1	-	2
	Wrestling	-	1	-	1
8th	Cycling	-	-	1	1
	hockey	-	-	1	1
total		6th	13	7th	26th

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Wolfgang Behrendt	Boxing	Bantamweight
Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	canoe	Two-person kayak 1000 m
Hans Günter Winkler with Halla	horse riding	Show jumping singles
Hans Günter Winkler with Halla Alfons Lütke-Westhues with Ala Fritz Thiedemann with Meteor	horse riding	Show jumping team
Helmut Bantz	do gymnastics	Horse jump
Ursula Happe	swim	200 m chest
silver
Karl-Friedrich Haas	athletics	400 m
Klaus Richtzenhain	athletics	1500 m
Christa Stubnick	athletics	100 m
	athletics	200 m
Gisela Koehler	athletics	80 m hurdles
Harry Kurschat	Boxing	lightweight
Fritz Briel Theo Kleine	canoe	Two-person kayak 10,000 m
Therese Zenz	canoe	Single kayak 500 m
August Lütke-Westhues with Trux from Kamax	horse riding	Versatility single
August Lütke-Westhues with Trux by Kamax Otto Rothe with Sissi Klaus Wagner with Prinzess	horse riding	Versatility team
Liselott Linsenhoff with Adular Anneliese Küppers with Afrika Hannelore Weygand with Perkunos	horse riding	Dressage team
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Horst Arndt Rainer Borkowsky	rowing	Two with a helmsman
Wilfried Dietrich	Wrestling	Heavyweight Greco-Roman style
bronze
Leonhard Pohl Manfred Germar Heinz Fütterer Lothar Knörzer	athletics	4 × 100 m relay
Marianne Werner	athletics	Shot put
Michel Scheuer	canoe	Single kayak 10,000 m
Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller Erich Hagen Reinhold Pommer	Cycling	Team ranking
Liselott Linsenhoff with adulara	horse riding	Dressage singles
Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Werner Delmes Hugo Dollheiser Eberhard Ferstl Alfred Lücker Helmut Nonn Wolfgang Nonn Heinz Radzikowski Werner Rosenbaum Günther Ullerich	hockey	team
Eva-Maria ten Elsen	swim	200 m chest

Participants by sport

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Edgar Basel	Flyweight	Stolnikov	Defeat on points	eliminated								17th
Wolfgang Behrendt	Bantamweight	bye		Ottesen	Victory by knockout	Reilly	Victory on points	Gilroy	Victory on points	song	Victory on points	gold
Bernhard Schröter	Featherweight	Meléndres	Victory on points	Hämäläinen	Defeat on points	eliminated						9
Harry Kurschat	lightweight	bye		Espinosa	Victory on points	Milewski	Victory by knockout	Byrne	Victory on points	McTaggart	Defeat on points	silver
Willi Roth	Light welterweight	Cobbler	Victory on points	Nenci	Defeat on points	eliminated						9
Ulrich Kienast	Light middleweight	-		Montgomery	Victory on points	McCormack	Defeat by knockout	eliminated				5
Dieter Wemhöner	medium weight			Redrup	Victory on points	Zalazar	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Ulli Nitzschke	Heavyweight			bye		Bozzano	Defeat on points	eliminated				5

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Victories	rank	Victories	rank	Victories	rank	Victories	rank
Men
Günter Stratmann	Sword	5	2	2	5	eliminated				17th
	foil	4th	4th	-		4th	5	eliminated		9
	saber	3	2	3	4th	3	6th	eliminated		9

Soccer

competition	Men
Athletes	Albert Brülls Manfred Eglin Rolf Geiger Willi Gerdau Albert Görtz Ernst-Günter Habig Hermann Höfer Karl Hoffmann Rudolf Hoffmann Günter Jäger Matthias Mauritz Herbert Schäfer Max Schwall Fritz Semmelmann Johann Zeitler
Trainer	Sepp Herberger
Round of 16	Soviet Union 1: 2 (0: 1)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement	9

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Military press		Tear		Bump		total
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Men
Georg Miske	Feather weight up to 60 kg	100.0 kg	5	95.0 kg	7th	125.0 kg	6th	320.0 kg	6th
Willi Kolb	Lightweight up to 67.5 kg	110.0 kg	5	100.0 kg	7th	130.0 kg	13	340.0 kg	12

hockey

competition	Men
Athletes	Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Werner Delmes Hugo Dollheiser Eberhard Ferstl Alfred Lücker Helmut Nonn Wolfgang Nonn Heinz Radzikowski Werner Rosenbaum Günther Ullerich
Preliminary round	New Zealand 5: 4 (3: 3) Belgium 0: 0 Pakistan 0: 0
Semifinals	India 0: 1 (0: 0)
3rd place match	Great Britain 3: 1 (2: 1)
placement	bronze

canoe

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Women
Therese Zenz	K-1 500 m	2: 17.6 min	1	2: 19.6 min	2	silver
Men
Ernst Steinhauer	K-1 1000 m	4: 24.8 min	3	4: 25.5 min	8th	8th
Michel Scheuer	K-1 10,000 m	-		48: 00.3 min	3	bronze
Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	K-2 1000 m	3: 56.4 min	2	3: 49.6 min	1	gold
Fritz Briel Theo Kleine	K-2 10,000 m	-		43: 40.6 min	2	silver
Franz Johannsen	C-1 1000 m			5: 18.6 min	5	5
	C-1 10,000 m			58: 50.1 min	5	5
Egon Drews Herbert Kirschner	C-2 1000 m	5: 19.8 min	10	DSQ
Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau	C-2 10,000 m	-		55: 21.1 min	4th	4th

Gustav Schmidt remained without commitment.

athletics

Athletes	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Inge Fuhrmann	100 m	12.2 s	17th	-		eliminated				17th
	200 m	24.7 s	9			eliminated				14th
Christa Stubnick	100 m	11.7 s	6th			11.9 s	4th	11.7 s	2	silver
	200 m	24.5 s	7th			23.9 s	2	23.7 s	2	silver
Gisela Koehler	100 m	11.7 s	6th			11.9 s	4th	eliminated		7th
	200 m	24.4 s	6th			24.3 s	5	24.3 s	6th	6th
	80 m hurdles	11.0 s	6th			10.8 s	1	10.9 s	2	silver
Zenta Gastl	80 m hurdles	10.9 s	3			11.1 s	6th	eliminated		7th
Maria Sander	80 m hurdles	11.1 s	7th			eliminated				13
Bärbel Mayer Maria Sander Christa Stubnick Gisela Koehler	4 × 100 m relay	44.9 s	1	-				47.2 s	6th	6th
Men
Heinz Fütterer	100 m	11.10 s	9	10.99 s	18th	eliminated				18th
Manfred Steinbach	100 m	10.99 s	16	eliminated						25th
Manfred Germar	100 m	10.91 s	24	10.80 s	8th	10.85 s	8th	10.86 s	5	5
	200 m	21.88 s	17th	DNS		eliminated
Leonhard Pohl	200 m	21.78 s	9	21.49 s	7th	21.64 s	5	eliminated		8th
Karl-Friedrich Haas	200 m	21.56 s	2	21.68 s	12	21.74 s	8th	eliminated		9
	400 m	47.29 s	1	47.37 s	4th	46.29 s	3	47.12 s	2	silver
Jürgen Kühl	400 m	48.74 s	13	48.23 s	18th	eliminated				18th
Horst Mann	400 m	DNF		eliminated
Paul Schmidt	800 m	1: 55.71 min	28	-		eliminated				28
Günter Dohrow	800 m	1: 53.90 min	25th			eliminated				25th
	1500 m	3: 58.0 min	30th	-				eliminated		30th
Klaus Richtzenhain	800 m	1: 53.47 min	23	-		eliminated				23
	1500 m	3: 46.6 min	2	-				3: 42.0 min	2	silver
Siegfried Herrmann	1500 m	DNF						eliminated
Friedrich Janke	5000 m	14: 40.6 min	18th					eliminated		18th
Herbert Schade	5000 m	14: 18.8 min	4th					14: 31.8 min	12	12
	10,000 m	-						30: 00.6 min	9	9
Klaus Porbadnik	10,000 m							unknown	17th	17th
	marathon							DNF
Walter Konrad	10,000 m							unknown	17th	13
Martin Lauer	110 m hurdles	14.2 s	4th	-		14.4 s	4th	14.5 s	4th	4th
Bert Steines	110 m hurdles	14.3 s	5			14.5 s	5	eliminated		7th
Heinz Laufer	3000 m obstacle	8: 53.0 min	7th	-				8: 44.4 min	4th	4th
Dieter Lindner	20 km walking	-						DSQ
Lothar Beckert	marathon							2: 42.10 min	19th	19th
Kurt Hartung	marathon							2: 52.14 min	28	28
Leonhard Pohl Manfred Germar Heinz Fütterer Lothar Knörzer	4 × 100 m relay	40.8 s	3	-		40.5 s	3	40.3 s	3	bronze
Walter Oberste Manfred Poerschke Jürgen Kühl Karl-Friedrich Haas	4 × 400 m relay	3: 09.8 min	4th	-				3: 08.2 min	4th	4th

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Inge Kilian	high jump	1.58 m	17th	1.55 m	18th	18th
Erika fish	Long jump	5.78 m	9	5.89 m	4th	4th
Helga Hoffmann	Long jump	5.73 m	11	5.73 m	10	10
Johanna Lüttge	Shot put	14.00 m	4th	13.88 m	11	11
Marianne Werner	Shot put	14.21 m	2	15.61 m OR	3	bronze
	Discus throw	43.41 m	10	43.34 m	10	10
Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz	Shot put	13.00 m	15th	13.72 m	12	12
	Discus throw	41.18 m	15th	eliminated		15th
Almut Brömmel	Discus throw	35.47 m	22nd	eliminated		22nd
	Javelin throw	44.55 m	10	44.67 m	13	13
Erika Raue	Javelin throw	43.85 m	13	45.87 m	10	10
Men
Manfred Preussger	Pole vault	4.15 m	12	4.25 m	8th	8th
Karl-Heinz Wegmann	Shot put	15.73 m	9	16.63 m	7th	7th
Herbert Koschel	Javelin throw	72.90 m	4th	74.68 m	4th	4th
Heinrich Will	Javelin throw	70.38 m	10	69.86 m	9	9

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
Martin Lauer	11.1 s	870	6.83 m	734	12.86 m	659	1.83 m	806	48.2 s	995	14.7 s	894	39.38 m	609	3.10 m	364	50.66 m	540	4: 43.8 min	382	6853	5
Walter Meier	11.3 s	800	6.80 m	725	12.99 m	671	1.86 m	845	49.3 s	900	16.1 s	575	37.59 m	562	3.70 m	596	47.97 m	492	4: 20.6 min	607	6773	6th

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	Round 1	Reunion	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	rank
		time	time	time	time	time
Men
Günther Ziegler Fritz Neuser	2000 m tandem sprint		DNF	eliminated
Werner Malitz Manfred Gieseler Siegfried Koehler Rolf Nitzsche	4000 m team pursuit	4: 59.4 min	-	eliminated			9

Street

Athletes	competition	Time / points	rank
Men
Gustav-Adolf Schur	Road racing	5:23:16 h	5
Horst Tüller	Road racing	5:23:16 h	4th
Erich Hagen	Road racing	5:26:38 h	22nd
Reinhold Pommer	Road racing	5:24:38 h	18th
Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller Erich Hagen Reinhold Pommer	Road racing team competition	27 points	bronze

horse riding

dressage
Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Liselott Linsenhoff with adulara	singles	832.00	bronze
Anneliese Küppers with Africa	singles	729.00	14th
Hannelore Weygand with Perkunos	singles	785.00	9
Liselott Linsenhoff with Adular Anneliese Küppers with Afrika Hannelore Weygand with Perkunos	team	2346.00	silver

Leap
Athletes	competition	Penalty points			rank
		1st round	2nd round	total
Hans Günter Winkler with Halla	singles	4.00	0.00	4.00	gold
Alfons Lütke-Westhues with Ala	singles	16.00	8.00	24.00	11
Fritz Thiedemann with meteor	singles	8.00	4.00	12.00	4th
Hans Günter Winkler with Halla Alfons Lütke-Westhues with Ala Fritz Thiedemann with Meteor	team	28.00	12.00	40.00	gold

versatility
Athletes	competition	Minus points dressage	Minus points terrain	Minus points Leap	Minus points total	rank
August Lütke-Westhues with Trux from Kamax	singles	129.60	64.73	20.00	84.87	silver
Otto Rothe with Sissi	singles	98.40	49.64	10.00	158.04	15th
Klaus Wagner with princess	singles	102.40	130.60	0.00	233.00	21st
August Lütke-Westhues with Trux by Kamax Otto Rothe with Sissi Klaus Wagner with Prinzess	team	330.40	115.51	30.00	475.91	silver

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		Final round		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Fred Chamberlain	Greco-Roman bantamweight	Franz Brunner	2: 1	bye		Kent Townley	3-0	Francisc Horvath	0: 3	eliminated				5
	Freestyle bantamweight	Tarashkes was Pandey	3-0	Adolfo Díaz	3-0	eliminated								6th
Siegfried Schäfer	Greco-Roman welterweight	Fred Murphy	Victory by fall	Veikko Rantanen	0: 3	Vladimir Maneev	1: 2	eliminated						5
Alfred Tischendorf	Freestyle welterweight	Muhammad Latif	3-0	Vakhtang Balavadze	Defeat by fall	Per Berlin	0: 3	eliminated						8th
Johann Sterr	Greco-Roman middleweight	İsmet Atlı	Victory by fall	Jim Peckham	1: 2	bye		Jansson rune	0: 3	eliminated				4th
	Freestyle middleweight	Nicolas Arcales	Victory by fall	Bengt Lindblad	Victory by fall	Nikola Stanchev	Defeat by fall	Giorgi Schirtladse	Defeat by fall	eliminated				5
Wilfried Dietrich	Greco-Roman heavyweight	Anatoly Parfionov	1: 2	Yusein Mekhmedov	Victory by fall	Bertil Antonsson	3-0	Hamit Kaplan	3-0	bye		Adelmo Bulgarelli	3-0	silver

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Men
Klaus von Fersen	One	7: 34.4 min	2	Semifinals	-			9: 23.2 min	4th	eliminated			7th
Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Double scull	6: 55.8 min	2	Reunion	8: 16.7 min	1	final	-			7: 41.7 min	4th	4th
Frank Sauermilch Claus Hess	Two without a helmsman	7: 30.1 min	1	Semifinals	-			8: 52.3 min	3	eliminated			7th
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Horst Arndt Rainer Borkowsky	Two with a helmsman	8: 03.3 min	1	Semifinals	-			9: 24.1 min	1	final	8: 29.2 min	2	silver
Wilhelm Montag Horst Stobbe Gunther Kaschlun Manfred Fitze	Foursome without a helmsman	6: 48.1 min	2	Reunion	8: 27.2 min	1	Semifinals	8: 19.8 min	3	eliminated			5

shoot

Athletes	competition	Rings / discs	rank
Men
Albert Sigl	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1154	11
	Small caliber lying 50 meters	593	27
Rudolf Sigl	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1155	9
	Small caliber lying 50 meters	596	11

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Birgit Klomp	100 m freestyle	1: 07.7 min	15th	1: 07.9 min	16	eliminated		16
Kati Jansen	100 m freestyle	1: 08.3 min	19th	eliminated				19th
Christel Steffin	100 m freestyle	1: 08.1 min	18th	eliminated				18th
Ingrid Künzel	400 m freestyle	5: 20.8 min	14th	-		eliminated		14th
Helga Schmidt	100 m back	1: 14.8 min	5			1: 13.4 min	4th	4th
Ursula Happe	200 m chest	2: 54.1 min	1			2: 53.1 min OR	1	gold
Eva-Maria ten Elsen	200 m chest	2: 57.5 min	6th			2: 55.1 min	3	bronze
Jutta Langenau	100 m butterfly	1: 17.4 min	8th			1: 17.4 min	6th	6th
Ingrid Künzel Hertha Haase Kati Jansen Birgit Klomp	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4: 27.5 min	4th			4: 26.1 min	4th	4th
Men
Horst Bleeker	100 m freestyle	1: 00.1 min	26th	eliminated				26th
Paul Voell	100 m freestyle	58.4 s	12	58.6 s	13	eliminated		13
Hans Koehler	100 m freestyle	59.8 s	22nd	eliminated				22nd
	400 m freestyle	4: 43.5 min	18th	-		eliminated		18th
Hans Zierold	400 m freestyle	4: 35.7 min	4th			4: 34.6 min	5	5
Hans-Joachim Reich	1500 m freestyle	19: 28.6 min	17th			eliminated		17th
Dieter Pfeifer	100 m back	1: 06.7 min	13	1: 07.6 min	13	eliminated		13
Ekkehard Miersch	100 m back	1: 07.5 min	16	1: 06.6 min	12	eliminated		12
Herbert Klein	200 m chest	DSQ		-		eliminated		DSQ
Horst Weber	200 m butterfly	2: 34.4 min	11			eliminated		11
Hans Koehler Hans-Joachim Reich Hans Zierold Horst Bleeker	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8: 42.5 min	6th			8: 43.4 min	5	5

sailing

Athletes	competition	1st race		2nd race		3rd race		4th race		5th race		6th race		7th race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Jürgen Vogler	Finn dinghy	DNF		925	3	1101	2	448	9			800	4th	925	3	4199	4th
Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka	Dragons	606	5	527	6th	606	5	351	9	606	5	DNF		226	12	2922	10
Hans Lubinus Adolf Stein Ludwig Bielenberg	5.5 mR class	198	8th	101	10	198	8th	256	7th	101	10	147	9	147	9	1148	10
Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow	Sharpie	370	7th	261	9	1215	1	DNF		312	8th	312	8th	370	7th	2840	6th

Karl-Heinz Wegener remained without commitment.

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Helmut Bantz	ground	18.75	8th
	Horse jump	18.85	gold
	Ingots	18.80	13
	Horizontal bar	19.15	6th
	Rings	18.60	18th
	Pommel horse	18.75	12
	All-around single	112.90	6th
Robert Klein	ground	18.50	16
	Horse jump	18.60	7th
	Ingots	18.30	33
	Horizontal bar	18.45	29
	Rings	18.75	14th
	Pommel horse	18.00	36
	All-around single	110.60	20th
Jakob Kiefer	ground	18.00	38
	Horse jump	18.60	7th
	Ingots	17.65	48
	Horizontal bar	18.65	22nd
	Rings	16.50	48
	Pommel horse	18.05	33
	All-around single	107.45	42
Hans Pfann	ground	18.15	33
	Horse jump	18.30	33
	Ingots	18.55	23
	Horizontal bar	17.75	48
	Rings	18.20	23
	Pommel horse	18.20	28
	All-around single	109.15	29
Erich Wied	ground	17.80	45
	Horse jump	18.50	16
	Ingots	18.10	39
	Horizontal bar	18.15	37
	Rings	17.65	32
	Pommel horse	17.30	51
	All-around single	107.50	41
Theo Wied	ground	18.40	23
	Horse jump	18.70	4th
	Ingots	18.35	31
	Horizontal bar	18.70	18th
	Rings	17.80	30th
	Pommel horse	17.95	37
	All-around single	109.90	25th
Helmut Bantz Robert Klein Jakob Kiefer Hans Pfann Erich Wied Theo Wied	All-around team	561.20	4th

Adalbert Dickhut remained without any commitment.

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Karl Neuse Alfred Obschernikat Wilfried Bode Achim Schneider Willi Sturm Hans-Günther Hilker Friedhelm Osselmann Emil Bildstein Erich Pennekamp Hans Werner Seer Rudolf Pennekamp
Preliminary round	Singapore 5: 1 Italy 2: 4
Final round	United States 3: 4 Yugoslavia 2: 2 Hungary 0: 4 Soviet Union 4: 6
placement	6th

swell

• Overview of the nominated athletes apart from riding, hockey, soccer and water polo in the ND from October 16, 1956 p. 6

Web links

• German Olympic team 1956
• Official IOC Report 1956 (PDF; 34.1 MB)