Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Germany at the Olympic Games
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	81 (79 men, 2 women)
Flag bearer	Wilhelm Kaufmann
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 3	Silver 5	Bronze 5	Total 13
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Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Athletics 1.2 Cycling 1.3 Diving 1.4 Fencing 1.5 Figure skating 1.6 Gymnastics 1.7 Hockey 1.8 Rowing 1.9 Shooting 1.10 Swimming 1.11 Tennis 1.12 Wrestling 2 Sources

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Germany's best athletics result was a silver medal in the medley relay.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	Heats	Carl Bechler	11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 17	Did not advance
		Arthur Hoffmann	11.4 seconds 3rd, heat 3
		Hans Eicke	11.6 seconds 3rd, heat 7
		Heinrich Rehder	11.8 seconds 3rd, heat 8
		Willy Kohlmey	12.0 seconds 3rd, heat 15
		Hermann von Bonninghausen	12.0 seconds 5th, heat 14
	—	Paul Fischer	Did not finish —, heat 10
Men's 200 metres	Heats	Arthur Hoffmann	Unknown 2nd, heat 13	Did not advance
Men's 400 metres	Heats	Otto Trieloff	Unknown 2nd, heat 14	Did not advance
Men's 800 metres	3rd	Hanns Braun	None held	1:58.0 1st, semifinal 7	1:55.2
	Semi- finalist	Andreas Breynck		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6	Did not advance
		Oscar Quarg		Unknown 4th, semifinal 5
Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Andreas Breynck	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6	Did not advance
		Hanns Braun		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 8
		Arno Hesse		Unknown 7th, semifinal 2
Men's medley relay	2nd	Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	None held	3:43.2 1st, semifinal 2	3:32.4
Men's 5 miles	Semi- finalist	Paul Nettelbeck	None held	Unknown 5th, semifinal 3	Did not advance
Men's marathon	—	Fritz Reiser	None held		Did not finish
		H. Muller			Did not start
		Paul Nettelbeck			Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk	Semi- finalist	Paul Gunia	None held	16:38.0 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Richard Wilhelm		17:33.8 6th, semifinal 3
Men's 10 mile walk	Semi- finalist	Paul Gunia	None held	1:26:09.4 7th, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's long jump	6th	Albert Weinstein	6.77 metres
	15th	Arthur Hoffmann	6.50 metres
	21-32	Hermann von Bonninghausen	Unknown
		Ludwig Uetwiller	6.05 metres
Men's standing high jump	8th	Arthur Mallwitz	1.42 metres
	17th	Ludwig Uetwiller	1.32 metres
Men's standing long jump	8-25	Arthur Mallwitz	Unknown
Men's discus throw	11th	Emil Welz	37.02 metres
	12-42	Ludwig Uetwiller	Unknown
Men's hammer throw	10-19	Ludwig Uetwiller	Unknown
Men's javelin throw	8-16	Carl Bechler	Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin	10-33	Ludwig Uetwiller	Unknown
		Emil Welz	Unknown

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Germany's best cycling result was the silver medal won in the team pursuit event.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 660 yards	3rd	Karl Neumer	54.2 seconds 1st, heat 11	1:05.6 1st, semifinal 4	Unknown
	Heats	Richard Katzer	Unknown 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
		Hermann Martens	Unknown 2nd, heat 7
		Bruno Götze	Unknown 3rd, heat 10
		Paul Schulze	Unknown 3rd, heat 13
Men's 5000 metres	Semi- finalist	Hermann Martens	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Karl Neumer		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5
		Bruno Götze		Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
		Richard Katzer		Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7
		Max Götze		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
Men's 20 kilometres	Semi- finalist	Hermann Martens	None held	33:21.2 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Max Triebsch		Unknown 5th, semifinal 3
		Alwin Boldt		Unknown 6-7, semifinal 4
		Richard Katzer		Unknown 7-8, semifinal 1
		Paul Schulze		Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2
Men's 100 kilometres	Semi- finalist	Alwin Boldt	None held	Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	—	Richard Katzer		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Bruno Götze		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Hermann Martens		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Paul Schulze		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Max Triebsch		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's sprint	Semi- finalist	Karl Neumer	1:33.2 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Paul Schulze	Unknown 3rd, heat 4	Did not advance
		Bruno Götze	Unknown 3rd, heat 12
	—	Hermann Martens	Time limit exceeded —, heat 6
Men's tandem	Semi- finalist	Max Götze Karl Neumer	2:05.6 1st, heat 3	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
Men's team pursuit	2nd	Max Götze Richard Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	2:25.4 1st, heat 4	2:31.8 1st, semifinal 2	2:28.6

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Germany dominated the springboard diving in 1908, taking all three medals in the event (including a tie for third place with an American diver).

Event	Place	Diver	Prelimary groups	Semi- finals	Final
Men's 10 metre platform	10th	Heinz Freyschmidt	67.30 points 2nd, group 3	48.80 points 5th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	22nd	Fritz Nicolai	54.50 points 5th, group 5	Did not advance
Men's 3 metre springboard	1st	Albert Zürner	83.60 points 1st, group 2	82.80 points 2nd, semifinal 2	85.50 points
	2nd	Kurt Behrens	83.60 points 1st, group 3	83.00 points 1st, semifinal 1	85.30 points
	3rd	Gottlob Walz	81.30 points 1st, group 5	80.30 points 2nd, semifinal 1	80.80 points
	5th	Fritz Nicolai	67.10 points 2nd, group 4	81.80 points 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	8th	Heinz Freyschmidt	78.10 points 2nd, group 1	79.3 points 4th, semifinal 1

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	First round	Johannes Adam	1-4 (4th in C)	Did not advance
		Emil Schön	4-3 (4th in G)
		Ernst Moldenhauer	1-4 (4th in J)
		Birger Crattingius	1-4 (4th in L)
		Julius Lichtenfels	2-3 (4th in M)
		Albert Naumann	1-4 (5th in F)
		Jacob Erkrath de Bary	4-4 (5th in H)
		Georg Stöhr	2-5 (6th in A)
		Fritz Jack	2-5 (6th in B)
		August Petri	2-6 (6th in I)
		Robert Krünert	2-6 (7th in E)
Men's sabre	Second round	August Petri	2-2 (3rd in F)	2-2 (3rd in 7)	Did not advance
		Emil Schön	4-2 (2nd in M)	1-3 (4th in 5)
		Fritz Jack	3-2 (2nd in C)	1-3 (5th in 2)
	First round	Julius Lichtenfels	2-2 (4th in D)	Did not advance
		Robert Krünert	2-3 (4th in H)
		Johannes Adam	1-3 (5th in B)
		Jakob Erkrath de Bary	1-4 (5th in G)
		Ernst Moldenhauer	1-4 (5th in K)
		Georg Stöhr	2-4 (6th in J)
		Albert Naumann	0-5 (6th in L

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match
Men's team épée	6th	Jakob Erkrath de Bary Julius Lichtenfels August Petri Georg Stöhr	Bye	Lost to Great Britain 13-5 Out 6th place	Did not advance		Not relegated
Men's team sabre	4th	Jakob Erkrath de Bary Fritz Jack Robert Krünert August Petri	Not held	Lost to Hungary 9-0 Relegated to repechage	Did not advance		Lost to Italy 10-4 Out 4th place	Did not advance

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Skater	Score
Women's individual	2nd	Elsa Rendschmidt	211.0
Mixed pairs	1st	Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger	11.2

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's all-around	4th	Curt Steuernagel	273.5
	5th	Friedrich Wolf	267
	12th	Karl Borchert	246
	Unknown	August Ehrlich	Unknown
		Paul Fischer	Unknown
		Georg Karth	Unknown
		Wilhelm Kaufmann	Unknown
		Carl Körting	Unknown
		Josef Krämer	Unknown
		Heinrich Siebenhaar	Unknown
		Wilhelm Weber	Unknown

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	Final	5th/6th
Men's hockey	5th	Alfons Brehm, Elard Dauelsberg, Franz Diederichsen, Carl Ebert, Jules Fehr, Mauricio Galvao, Raulino Galvao, Fritz Möding, Friedrich Rahe, Albert Studemann, Friedrich Uhl	Lost vs. GBR Scotland 4-0	Did not advance		Won vs. France 1-0

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
France	1	0	1.000
Great Britain	0	1	.000
Total	1	1	.500

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's single sculls	3rd	Bernhard von Gaza	9.35 1st, heat 1	9.47 1st, quarterfinal 1	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance
Men's coxless pairs	3rd	Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow	None held		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance

[edit] Shooting

Germany had one shooter compete in one event, placing last in the 49-man field.

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle	49th	Erich Wagner-Hohenlobbese	12

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metre backstroke	1st	Arno Bieberstein	1:25.6 1st, heat 1	1:25.6 1st, semifinal 1	1:24.6
	4th	Gustav Aurisch	1:27.4 1st, heat 7	1:28.2 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Max Ritter	1:33.4 1st, heat 2	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke	Semi- finalist	Erich Zeidel	3:17.2 1st, heat 3	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Richard Rösler	3:18.0 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Germany was the second-most successful nation in tennis in 1908, winning a silver medal in the men's singles to prevent Great Britain from sweeping the silver medals as well as the 6 gold medals.

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's singles	2nd	Otto Froitzheim	Defeated K. Powell	Defeated Kreuzer	Defeated Parke	Defeated Caridia	Defeated Richardson	Lost to Ritchie
	9th	Moritz von Bissing	Bye	Defeated Zborzil	Lost to Eaves	Did not advance
	16th	Oscar Kreuzer	Defeated Piepes	Lost to Froitzheim	Did not advance
		Heinrich Schomburgk	Bye	Lost to Germot
	26th	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Lost to Dixon	Did not advance
Men's doubles	7th	Otto Froitzheim Heinrich Schomburgk	None held	Defeated Kreuzer/Rahe	Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson	Did not advance
	11th	Oscar Kreuzer Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe		Lost to Froitzheim/Schomburgk	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Austria	2	0	1.000
France	0	1	.000
Great Britain	3	3	.500
South Africa	1	1	.500
Total international	6	5	.545
Germany	2	2	.500
Total	8	7	.533

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Greco-Roman middleweight	17th	Wilhelm Grundmann	Lost to Belmer	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Netherlands	0	1	.000
Total	0	1	.000

[edit] Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). Top London 1908 Olympians. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 7 June 2006.

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