Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Germany at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GER
NOC Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 453 (254 men, 199 women)
Flag bearer Ludger Beerbaum
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
13		 Silver
16		 Bronze
20		 Total
49
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Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. German athletes participated in all sports except for baseball, basketball, men's football, women's handball, softball, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, women's tennis, men's volleyball, and women's water polo.

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[edit] Medals

Germany finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings, with 14 gold medals and 49 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Women's team:

  • Anja Hitzler, Wiebke Nulle, and Cornelia Pfohl - 7th place

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Running

Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metres:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

  • Mike Fenner - Round 2, 13.53 s (did not advance)
  • Jerome Crews - Round 1, 13.83 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

  • Tobias Unger - Final, 20.64 s (7th place)
  • Sebastian Ernst - Semifinal, 20.63 s (did not advance)
  • Till Helmke - Round 2, 20.76 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metres:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

  • Ulrike Urbansky - Round 1: 55.15 s, Semifinal: 56.44 s
  • Stephanie Kampf - Round 1: DNS

Men's 800 metres:

  • Rene Herms - Semifinal, 1:47.7 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

Men's 1500 metres:

Women's 5000 metres:

Women's 10000 metres:

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

  • Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Till Helmke - Round 1, 0:38.64 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

Women's marathon:

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

[edit] Jumping

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

  • Bianca Kappler - Round 1: 6.69 metres, Final: 6.66 metres (9th place)

Men's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's pole vault:

[edit] Throwing

Men's shot put:

  • Ralf Bartels - Final, 20.26 metres (8th place)
  • Peter Sack - Round 1, 19.09 metres (did not advance)
  • Detlef Bock - Round 1, 18.89 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Men's hammer:

Men's javelin:

Women's javelin:

Women's hammer:

[edit] Combined

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

[edit] Badminton

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

Mixed doubles:

[edit] Boxing

Germany sent two boxers to the 2004 Olympics. They won two bronze medals as the team went for a combined record of 6-4. Germany was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Flyweight (51kg)

Featherweight (57kg)

Middleweight (75kg)

  • Lukas Wilaschek
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Jamie Pittman, Australia, 24-23
    2. Round of 16 - Lost to Oleg Maskin of Ukraine, 34-24

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Germany entered 19 canoes in the canoeing competition in 2004. 18 qualified for semifinals, 17 qualified for finals, and 16 placed in the top 8. 9 won medals, including 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. This made Germany the most successful nation in the Athens canoeing competition.

[edit] Flatwater canoe

Flatwater men's C1 500m:

Flatwater men's C1 1000m:

Flatwater men's C2 500m:

Flatwater men's C2 1000m:

[edit] Flatwater kayak

Flatwater men's K1 500m:

  • Lutz Altepost - 6th place
    1. Heat - 1:38.859
    2. Semifinal - 1:39.643
    3. Final - 1:39.647

Flatwater women's K1 500m:

  • Katrin Wagner - 4th place
    1. Heat - 1:53.234
    2. Semifinal - 1:52.630
    3. Final - 1:52.557

Flatwater women's K1 1000m:

  • Björn Goldschmidt - 8th place
    1. Heat - 3:31.310
    2. Semifinal - 3:29.561
    3. Final - 3:34.381

Flatwater men's K2 500m:

Flatwater women's K2 500m:

Flatwater men's K2 1000m:

Flatwater women's K4 500m:

Flatwater men's K4 1000m:

[edit] Slalom

Slalom men's C1:

  • Stefan Pfannmöller - bronze medal
    1. Heat - 205.88
      • Run 1 - 104.34
      • Run 2 - 101.54
    2. Total - 191.56
      • Semifinal - 96.99
      1. Final - 94.57

Slalom men's C2:

  • Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze - silver medal
    1. Heat - 215.56
      • Run 1 - 108.35
      • Run 2 - 107.21
    2. Total - 210.98
      • Semifinal - 106.32
      • Final - 104.66
  • Christian Bahmann and Michael Senft - 4th place
    1. Heat - 230.59
      • Run 1 - 116.01
      • Run 2 - 114.58
    2. Total - 213.45
      • Semifinal - 107.01
      • Final - 106.44

Slalom men's K1:

  • Thomas Schmidt - 5th place
    1. Heat - 190.64
      • Run 1 - 93.28
      • Run - 97.36
    2. Total - 192.93
      • Semifinal - 95.11
      • Final - 97.82
  • Jens Ewald - 25th place
    1. Heat - 250.09
      • Run 1 - 150.69
      • Run 2 - 99.40
    2. Total - Did not qualify for semifinal

Slalom women's K1:

  • Jennifer Bongardt - 9th place
    1. Heat - 212.20
      • Run 1 - 102.96
      • Run 2 - 109.24
    2. Total - 237.66
      • Semifinal - 107.36
      • Final - 130.30
  • Mandy Planert - 14th place
    1. Heat - 225.77
      • Run 1 - 114.90
      • Run 2 - 110.87
    2. Total - DNF (did not qualify for final)
      • Semifinal - 122.61
      • Final - Did not qualify

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's road race:

Women's road race:

Men's time trial:

  • Michael Rich - 5th place, 58:09.46
  • Jan Ullrich - 7th place, 59:02.04

Women's time trial:

  • Judith Arndt - 11th place, 32:46.94
  • Trixi Worrack - 15th place, 33:05.72

[edit] Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

Men's team pursuit:

Men's individual sprint:

Women's individual sprint:

  • Katrin Meinke - classification 5-8, 6th place

Men's team sprint:

  • Jens Fieldler, Stefan Nimke, and Rene Wolff - final, gold medal

Women's time trial:

  • Katrin Meinke - 11th place, 35.088 seconds

Men's time trial:

  • Stefan Nimke - bronze medal, 1:01.186
  • Carsten Bergemann - 8th place, 1:02.551

Men's points race:

  • Guido Fulst - bronze medal, 79 points

Women's points race:

  • Katrin Meinke - 8th place, 5 points

Men's Keirin:

  • Rene Wolff - final, 5th place
  • Jens Fiedler - classification 7-12, 8th place

Men's Madison:

  • Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst - 4th place, 9 points

[edit] Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

  • Manuel Fumic - 8th place, 2:20:29
  • Carsten Bresser - 20th place, 2:25:09
  • Lado Fumic - did not finish

Women's cross country:

  • Sabine Spitz - bronze medal, 1:59:21
  • Ivonne Kraft - 7th place, 2:05:18

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Women's 3 metre springboard:

  • Ditte Kotzian - Prelim: 299.50, Semifinal: 221.20, Final: 288.42 (11th place)
  • Heike Fischer - Prelim: 199.71 (31st place)

Men's 10 metre platform:

  • Heiko Meyer - final, 7th place
  • Tony Adam - semifinal, 18th place

Women's 10 metre platform:

  • Annett Gamm - semifinal, 14th place
  • Christin Steuer - preliminary, 28th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

  • Tobias Schellenberg and Andreas Wels - silver medal, 350.01 points

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

  • Ditte Kotzian and Conny Schmalfuss - 6th place, 279.69 points

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:

  • Annett Gamm and Nora Subschinski - 6th place, 303.30 points

[edit] Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance past certain rounds in the individual events, three German pairs did not advance despite being ranked highly enough to do so. They received final rankings at the top of the group that did not qualify to advance, often much lower than their ranking in the last round in which they competed.

Individual dressage:

  • Ulla Salzgeber riding Rusty - final, silver medal
  • Hubertus Schmidt riding Wansuela Suerte - final, 5th place
  • Martin Schaudt riding Weltall - final, 15th place
  • Heike Kemmer riding Bonaparte - first round, 26th place (10th after round)

Team dressage:

  • Salzgeber, Schmidt, Schaudt, and Kemmer - gold medal, 74.563%

Individual eventing:

  • Hinrich Romeike riding Marius - final, 5th place
  • Bettina Hoy riding Ringwood Cockatoo - final, 9th place
  • Andreas Dibowski riding Little Lemon - final, 14th place
  • Frank Ostholt riding Air Jordan - third round, 26th place (14th after round)
  • Ingrid Klimke riding Sleep Late - did not finish

Team eventing:

  • Romeike, Hoy, Dibowski, Ostholt, and Klimke - 4th place, 147.8 penalties

Individual jumping:

  • Marco Kutscher riding Montender - final round B, bronze medal
  • Otto Becker riding Cento - final round B, 17th place
  • Christian Ahlmann riding Coster - qualifiers, 45th place (19th after round)
  • Ludger Beerbaum riding Goldfever - disqualified on Dec 2, 2004 after finishing 16th

Team jumping:

  • Kutscher, Becker, and Ahlmann - final, bronze medal

[edit] Fencing

Men's épée individual:

  • Daniel Strigel - defeated in quarterfinals
  • Sven Schmid - defeated in round of 16
  • Jörg Fiedler - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

Men's foil individual:

  • Peter Joppich - defeated in quarterfinals
  • Ralf Bissdorf - defeated in round of 32
  • Andre Wessels - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:

  • Simone Bauer - defeated in round of 16

Women's sabre individual:

  • Susanne Koenig - defeated in round of 32

Men's épée team:

  • Sven Schmid, Joerg Fiedler, and Daniel Strigel - bronze medal

Women's épée team:

  • Imke Duplitzer, Britta Heidemann, and Claudia Bokel - silver medal

Men's foil team:

  • Andre Wessels, Peter Joppich, and Simon Senft - 6th place

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Women's: bronze medal

  • Preliminary round: 2-0-0
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Nigeria, 2-1
  • Semifinal: lost to United States, 2-1
  • Bronze medal match: defeated Sweden, 1-0

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 8th place team

  • Fabian Hambuechen - advanced in two exercises
    • Horizontal bar - 7th place
    • All-around - 23rd place
  • Sergei Pfeifer - advanced in one exercise
    • All-around - 21st place
  • Thomas Andergassen - did not advance in any exercise
  • Matthias Fahrig - did not advance in any exercise
  • Robert Juckel - did not advance in any exercise
  • Sven Kwiatkowski - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

  • Lisa Brueggemann - did not advance in any exercise
  • Yvonne Musik - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

Men's trampoline:

  • Henrik Stehlik - bronze medal

Women's trampoline:

[edit] Handball

Men's: silver medal

  • Preliminary round: 3-0-2
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Spain, 32-30
  • Semifinal: defeated Russia, 21-15
  • Gold medal match: lost to Croatia, 26-25

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's competition

  • Bronze medal
    • Preliminary round: 3-2-0
    • Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 3-2
    • Bronze medal match: defeated Spain, 4-3
  • Team Roster

Goal: Clemens Arnold (Dürkheimer HC), Christian Schulte (Crefelder HTC). Defence: Timo Weß (HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim), Florian Kunz (Gladbacher HTC), Philipp Crone (RW München), Björn Emmerling (HTC Stuttgarter Kickers), Eike Duckwitz (Uhlenhorster HC Hamburg). Midfield: Tibor Weißenborn (Berliner HC), Christoph Eimer (Münchner SC), Sebastian Biederlack (Club an der Alster Hamburg), Justus Scharowsky (Münchner SC). Attack: Christopher Zeller (Münchner SC), Matthias Witthaus (Crefelder HTC), Christoph Bechmann (Club an der Alster Hamburg), Björn Michel (Münchner SC), and Sascha Reinelt (HTC Stuttgarter Kickers).

[edit] Women's competition

  • Gold medal
    • Preliminary round: 2-0-2
    • Semifinal: defeated China, 4-3
    • Gold medal match: defeated Netherlands, 2-1
  • Team Roster

Goal: Louisa Walter (Berliner HC), Julia Zwehl (Eintracht Braunschweig). Defence: Marion Rodewald (RW Köln), Mandy Haase (RK Rüsselsheim), Tina Bachmann (Club Raffelberg Duisburg), Badri Latif (Berliner HC), Denise Klecker (RK Rüsselsheim). Midfield: Fanny Rinne (TSV Mannheim), Franziska Gude (RW Köln), Anke Kühn (Eintracht Braunschweig), Caroline Casaretto (Münchner SC). Attack: Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (Eintracht Braunschweig), Heike Lätzsch (RW Köln), Natascha Keller (Berliner HC), Silke Müller (RK Rüsselsheim), and Sonja Lehmann (TuS Lichterfelde Berlin).

[edit] Judo

Men's 60 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

  • Gerhard Dempf - defeated in round of 32

Men's 100 kg:

  • Michael Jurack - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 48 kg:

  • Julia Matijass - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 52 kg:

  • Raffaella Imbariani - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Women's 57 kg:

Women's 63 kg:

  • Anna von Harnier - defeated in round of 32

Women's 70 kg:

  • Annett Boehm - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78 kg:

  • Uta Kuehnen - defeated in round of 16

Women's 78+ kg:

  • Sandra Koppen - defeated in round of 16

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's:

  • Eric Walther - 7th place
  • Steffen Gebhardt - 17th place

Women's:

  • Kim Raisner - 5th place

[edit] Tennis

Men's Single:

Men's Doubles:

  • Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler: silver medal
    • Round 1: Kiefer/Schuettler - Hanescu/Pavel, 7:5, 7:6
    • Round 2: Kiefer/Schuettler - Arthurs/Woodbridge, 7:6, 6:3
    • Quarterfinal: Kiefer/Schuettler - Erlich/Ram, 2:6, 6:2, 6:2
    • Semifinal: Kiefer/Schuettler - Bhupathi/Paes, 6:2, 6:3
    • Final: Gonzalez/Massu - Kiefer/Schuettler, 6:2, 4:6, 3:6, 7:6, 6:4

[edit] Triathlon

Germany's five triathletes in 2004 included three veterans, but the defending silver medallist was not among them. Each of the three improved upon their ranking from four years earlier, while the two rookie men also had solid races. Germany earned no medals in the 2004 triathlons, but did have a top eight finisher.

Women's:

Men's:

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Beach Competition

[edit] Women's Beach Competition

  • Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl
  • Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch
    • Prelims: 2-1
    • Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta, Italy

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Cuba 3-2 (20-25 24-26 25-22 25-15 17-15)
  • Lost to United States 1-3 (22-25 22-25 25-22 25-27)
  • Lost to Russia 0-3 (29-31 11-25 18-25)
  • Lost to China 0-3 (18-25 15-25 16-25)
  • Defeated Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-16 25-19 25-21)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Did not advance
  • Team Roster
  • Tanja Hart
  • Kerstin Tzscherlich
  • Julia Schlecht
  • Cornelia Dumler
  • Christina Benecke
  • Christiane Fürst
  • Olessya Kulakova
  • Atika Bouagaa
  • Kathy Radzuweit
  • Angelina Grün
  • Judith Sylvester
  • Birgit Thumm
  • Head Coach
  • Lee Hee-Wan

[edit] Water polo

Men's: 5th place

  • Preliminary round: 3-1-1
  • Quarterfinal: Lost to Russia, 12-5
  • Classification 5/6: Defeated Spain, 6-4

[edit] Officials

  • President: Klaus Steinbach
  • Secretary General: Bernhard Schwank


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