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Germany at the Olympic Games
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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.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Badminton 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Canoeing 2.5.1 Flatwater 2.5.2 Slalom 2.6 Cycling 2.7 Mountain Biking 2.8 Road 2.8.1 Track cycling 2.9 Diving 2.10 Equestrian 2.11 Fencing 2.12 Football (Soccer) 2.13 Gymnastics 2.14 Handball 2.15 Hockey 2.15.1 Men's competition 2.15.2 Women's competition 2.16 Judo 2.17 Modern Pentathlon 2.18 Tennis 2.19 Triathlon 2.20 Volleyball 2.20.1 Men's Beach Competition 2.20.2 Women's Beach Competition 2.20.3 Women's Team Competition 2.21 Water polo 3 Officials

[edit] Medalists

Germany finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 49 medals overall.

Medal	Competitor	Event
Gold	Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter	Canoeing, men's K2 500 m
Gold	Andreas Dittmer	Canoeing, men's K1 500 m
Gold	Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek	Canoeing, men's K1 1000 m
Gold	Birgit Fischer, Malke Nollen, Karin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt	Canoeing, women's K4 500 m
Gold	Jens Fieldler, Stefan Nimke, Rene Wolff	Cycling, track - team sprint
Gold	Heike Kemmer (Bonaparte), Hubertus Schmidt (Wansuela Suerte), Martin Schaudt (Weltall), Ulla Salzberger (Rusty)	Equestrian, team dressage
Gold	Tina Bachmann, Caroline Casaretto, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Franziska Gude, Mandy Haase, Natascha Keller, Denise Klecker, Anke Kühn, Badri Latif, Heike Lätzsch, Sonja Lehmann, Silke Müller, Fanny Rinne, Marion Rodewald, Louisa Walter, and Julia Zwehl	Field Hockey, women's team competition
Gold	Anna Dogonadze	Gymnastics, women's trampoline
Gold	Yvonne Bönisch	Judo, women's 57 kg
Gold	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski	Rowing, women's single sculls
Gold	Kathrin Boron, Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili	Rowing, women's quadruple sculls
Gold	Ralf Schumann	Shooting, men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Gold	Manfred Kurzer	Shooting, men's 10 m running target
Silver	Steffi Nerius	Athletics, women's javelin throw
Silver	Nadine Kleinert	Athletics, women's shot put
Silver	Andreas Dittmer	Canoeing, men's C1 1000 m
Silver	Birgit Fischer, Carolin Leonhardt	Canoeing, women's K2 500 m
Silver	Andreas Ihle, Mark Zabel, Bjoern Bach, Stefan Ulm	Canoeing, men's K4 1000 m
Silver	Marcus Becker, Stefan Henze	Canoeing, men's C2
Silver	Judith Arndt	Cycling, women's individual road race
Silver	Andreas Wels, Tobias Schellenberg	Diving, men's synchronized diving 3 m springboard
Silver	Ulla Salzgeber (Rusty)	Equestrian, individual competition
Silver	Imke Duplitzer, Claudia Bokel, Britta Heidemann	Fencing, women's epee team
Silver	Torsten Jansen, Stefan Kretzschmar, Volker Zerbe, Christian Zeitz, Frank Von Behren, Daniel Stephan, Christian Schwarzer, Christian Ramota, Klaus-Dieter Petersen, Florian Kehrmann, Jan Olaf Immel, Pascal Hens, Henning Fritz, Mark Dragunski, Markus Baur	Handball, men's team competition
Silver	Peggy Waleska, Britta Oppelt	Rowing, women's double sculls
Silver	Daniela Reimer, Claudia Blasberg	Rowing, women's lightweight double sculls
Silver	Christian Lusch	Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone
Silver	Steffen Driesen, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Lars Conrad, Helge Meeuw	Swimming, men's 4 x 100 m medley relay
Silver	Nicolas Kiefer, Rainer Schüttler	Tennis, men's doubles
Bronze	Rustamhodza Rahimov	Boxing, men's flyweight (51 kg)
Bronze	Vitali Tajbert	Boxing, men's featherweight (57 kg)
Bronze	Stefan Pfannmoeller	Canoeing, men's C1
Bronze	Stefan Nimke	Cycling, men's track 1 km time trial
Bronze	Guido Fulst	Cycling, men's track points race
Bronze	Rene Wolff	Cycling, men's track individual sprint
Bronze	Sabine Spitz	Cycling, women's cross country mountain bike
Bronze	Marco Kutscher (Montender)	Equestrian, individual jumping
Bronze	Christian Ahlmann (Coster), Otto Becker (Cento), Marco Kutscher (Montender), Ludger Beerbaum	Equestrian, team jumping
Bronze	Daniel Striger, Sven Schmid, Joerg Fiedler	Fencing, men's team epee
Bronze	Clemens Arnold, Christoph Bechmann, Sebastian Biederlack, Philipp Crone, Eike Duckwitz, Christoph Eimer, Björn Emmerling, Florian Kunz, Björn Michel, Sascha Reinelt, Justus Scharowsky, Christian Schulte, Timo Weß, Tibor Weißenborn, Matthias Witthaus, and Christopher Zeller	Field Hockey, men's team competition
Bronze	Isabell Bachor, Kerstin Garefrekes, Sarah Guenther, Ariane Hingst, Steffi Jones, Renate Lingor, Sandra Minnert, Martina Mueller, Viola Odebrecht, Navina Omilade, Conny Pohlers, Silke Rottenberg, Petra Wimbersky, Pia Wunderlich, Sonja Fuss, Birgit Prinz, Kerstin Stegemann	Football, women's team competition
Bronze	Henrik Stehlik	Gymnastics, men's trampoline
Bronze	Julia Matijass	Judo, women's -48 kg
Bronze	Annett Böhm	Judo, women's middleweight (70 kg)
Bronze	Michael Jurack	Judo, men's half-heavyweight (100 kg)
Bronze	Antje Buschschulte	Swimming, women's 200 m backstroke
Bronze	Anne Poleska	Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
Bronze	Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska Van Almsick, Daniela Gotz	Swimming, women's 4 x 100 m medley relay
Bronze	Franziska Van Almsick, Petra Dallmann, Antje Buschschulte, Hannah Stockbauer, Janina Kristin Goetz, Sara Harstick	Swimming, womens 4 x 200 m freestyle relay

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Frankenberg	Individual	657	21	Dmitry Nevmerzhitskiy (RUS) W 140–135	Tim Cuddihy (AUS) L 163–164	Did not advance

Final classification:

21st: Michael Frankenberg

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cornelia Pfohl	Individual	638	18	Marie-Pier Beaudet (CAN) W 146–128	Margarita Galinovskaya (RUS) L 156–158	Did not advance
Anja Hitzler		632	23	Damla Gunay (TUR) W 163–152	Wu Hui Ju (TPE) L 156–156 Shoot-Off: 8–9	Did not advance
Wiebke Nulle		620	40	Zekiye Keskin Satir (TUR) L 135–135 Shoot-Off: 7–10	Did not advance
Cornelia Pfohl Anja Hitzler Wiebke Nulle	team	1890 Shoot-Off: 48;14	6	N/A		Galinovskaya/Bolotova/Dostay (RUS) W 238–234	Yuan/Wu/Chen (TPE) L 230–233	Did not advance

Final Classification:
Individual
21st: Anja Hitzler
22nd: Cornelia Pfohl
28th: Wiebke Nulle
Team
7th: Cornelia Pfohl, Anja Hitzler, Wiebke Nulle

[edit] Athletics

Men

Track Events

Athlete	Events	1st Round		2nd Round		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alexander Kosenkow	100 m	10.28	4 q	10.24	6	Did not advance
Tobias Unger	200 m	20.65	2 Q	20.30 PB	3 Q	20.54	4 Q	20.64	7
Till Helmke		20.73	5 q	20.76	4	Did not advance
Sebastian Ernst		20.47 =PB	1 Q	20.36 PB	3 Q	20.63	5	Did not advance
Ingo Schultz	400 m	45.88	2 Q	N/A		46.23	7	Did not advance
Rene Herms	800 m	1:45.83	2 Q	N/A		1:47.68	8	Did not advance
Wolfram Müller	1500 m	3:46.75	9	N/A		Did not advance
Jerome Crews	110 m hurdles	13.83	7	Did not advance
Mike Fenner		13.53 SB	3 Q	13.53 =SB	5	Did not advance
Ronny Ostwald Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Till Helmke	4x100 m relay	38.64	6	N/A		N/A		Did not advance
Ingo Schultz Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	4x400 m relay	3:02.77	3 Q	N/A		N/A		3:02.22	7

Field Events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roman Fricke	high jump	2.20	26	Did not advance
Lars Börgeling	pole vault	5.70 =SB	1 Q	5.75 SB	6
Danny Ecker		5.70	7 Q	5.75 SB	5
Tim Lobinger		5.70	12 Q	5.55	11
Nils Winter	long jump	7.52	31	Did not advance
Andreas Pohle	triple jump	16.29	31	Did not advance
Charles Friedek		NM	-	Did not advance
Ralf Bartels	shot put	20.65	3 Q	20.26	8
Peter Sack		19.09	28	Did not advance
Detlef Bock		18.89	33	Did not advance
Lars Riedel	discus throw	64.20	3 q	62.80	7
Torsten Schmidt		63.40	6 q	61.18	9
Michael Möllenbeck		59.79	20	Did not advance
Markus Esser	hammer throw	77.49	5 q	72.51	11
Karsten Kobs		76.69	11 q	76.30	8
Christian Nicolay	javelin throw	79.77	16	Did not advance
Peter Esenwein		78.41	20	Did not advance
Boris Henry		DNS	-	Did not advance

Combined Events

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Stefan Drews	decathlon	7926	19
Florian Schönbeck		8077	12
Dennis Leyckes		DNF	-

Road Events

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Andre Höhne	20km walk	1:21:56	8
	50km walk	DNF	-
Andreas Erm		DQ IAAF Rule 230.4	-

Women

Track Events

Athlete	Events	1st Round		2nd Round		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sina Schielke	100 m	11.46	6	Did not advance
Claudia Gesell	800 m	2:03.87	4	N/A		Did not advance
Irina Mikitenko	5000 m	15:02.16	6 q	N/A				15:03.36	7
Sabrina Mockenhaupt	10000 m	N/A						32:00.85	15
Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach	100 m hurdles	13.28	6	N/A		Did not advance
Nadine Hentschke		13.36	6			Did not advance
Kirsten Bolm		12.85	4 q			DNF	-	Did not advance
Ulrike Urbansky	400 m hurdles	55.15 SB	3 q	N/A		56.44	7	Did not advance
Stephanie Kampf		DNS	-			Did not advance
Sina Schielke Marion Wagner Birgit Rockmeier Katja Wakan	4x100 m relay	43.64 SB	6	N/A		N/A		Did not advance
Claudia Hoffmann Claudia Marx Jana Neubert Grit Breuer	4x400 m relay	3:27.75	4	N/A		N/A		Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Silke Spiegelburg	pole vault	4.40	15 q	4.20	=13
Caroline Hingst		4.30	22	Did not advance
Floé Kühnert		4.15	=24	Did not advance
Bianca Kappler	long jump	6.69	8 Q	6.66	9
Nadine Kleinert	shot put	18.65	5 Q	align="center"19.59 SB
Astrid Kumbernuss		17.89	15	Did not advance
Nadine Beckel		17.11	22	Did not advance
Franka Dietzsch	discus throw	58.12	27	Did not advance
Andrea Bunjes	hammer throw	70.73 PB	6 Q	68.40	11
Betty Heidler		69.81	8 Q	72.73 NR	4
Susanne Keil		66.35	21	Did not advance
Steffi Nerius	javelin throw	62.14	5 Q	65.82 PB
Christina Obergföll		60.41	15	Did not advance
Annika Suthe		58.70	21	Did not advance

Combined Events

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Karin Ertl	heptathlon	6095	17
Claudia Tonn		6155	12
Sonja Kesselschläger		6287	6

Road Events

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Luminita Zaituc	marathon	2:36:45	18
Ulrike Maisch		DNF	-
Melanie Seeger	20 km walk	1:29:52	5
Sabine Zimmer		1:31:59	16

[edit] Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Björn Joppien	Singles	Salo (FIN) W 14–17 15–7 15–11	Susilo (SIN) L 11–15 6–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Juliane Schenk	Singles	Hallam (GBR) L 7–11 11–6 9–11	Did not advance
Xu Huaiwen		Zhou (CHN) L 11–9 5–11 2–11	Did not advance
Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	Doubles	Edwards and Botts (RSA) W 15–0 15–0	(7) Joergensen and Olsen (DEN) L 12–15 17–16 5–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro	Doubles	Denney and Wilson-Smith (AUS) W 15–5 8–15 15–4	(4) Robertson and Emms (GBR) L 11–15 4–15	Did not advance

[edit] Boxing

Germany sent four 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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rustamhodza Rahimov	Fly weight (51kg)		Escandon Berrio (COL) W PTS 25–15	Ambunda (NAM) W PTS 28–15	Gamboa Toledano (CUB) L PTS 11–20	Did not advance
Vitali Tajbert	Feather weight (57kg)	Brizuela (ARG) W RSCOS R3 0:11	Djelkhir (FRA) W PTS 40–26	Franco Vazquez (CUB) W PTS 34–26	Kim (PRK) L PTS 24–29	Did not advance
Lukas Wilaschek	Middle weight (75kg)	Pittman (AUS) W PTS 24–23	Mashkin (UKR) L PTS 24–34	Did not advance
Sebastian Köber	Super heavy weight (+91kg)		Dildabekov (KAZ) L PTS 18–28	Did not advance

• PTS: Won by points
• RSCOS: Referee stops contest - outscored

[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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Dittmer	C-1 500m	1:49.146	1			1:46.383
	C-1 1000m	3:52.922	1			3:46.721
Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	C-2 500m	1:40.128	1			1:40.802	5
	C-2 1000m	3:30.059	1			3:41.802
Lutz Altepost	K-1 500m	1:38.859	3	1:39.643	2	1:39.647	6
Björn Goldschmidt	K-1 1000m	3:31.310	4	3:29.561	2	3:34.381	8
Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	K-2 500m	1:28.866	1			1:27.040
Jan Schäfer Marco Herszel	K-2 1000m	3:11.627	3			3:20.548	6
Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	K-4 1000m	2:52.678	3			2:58.659

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katrin Wagner	K-1 500m	1:53.234	2	1:52.630	1	1:52.557	4
Birgit Fischer Carolin Leonhardt	K-2 500m	1:39.588	1			1:39.533
Birgit Fischer Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner Carolin Leonhardt	K-4 500m	1:31.606	1			1:34.340

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefan Pfannmöller	C-1	104.34	10	101.54	4	205.88	7 Q	96.99	3 Q	94.57	1	191.56
Markus Becker Stefan Henze	C-2	108.35	5	107.21	3	215.56	5 Q	106.32	4 Q	104.66	1	210.98
Thomas Schmidt	K-1	93.38	2	97.36	10	190.64	3 Q	95.11	5 Q	97.82	5	192.93	5
Jens Ewald	K-1	150.69	25	99.40	17	250.09	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jennifer Bongardt	K-1	102.96	1	109.24	4	212.20	1 Q	107.36	3 Q	130.30	9	237.66	9
Mandy Planert	K-1	114.90	7	110.87	6	225.77	6 Q	122.61	14	Did not advance

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carsten Bresser	Cross-country	2:25:09	20
Lado Fumic	Cross-country	did not finish
Manuel Fumic	Cross-country	2:20:29	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivonne Kraft	Cross-country	2:05:18	7
Sabine Spitz	Cross-country	1:45:11

[edit] Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andreas Klöden	Road race	did not finish
Michael Rich	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	58:09.46	5
Jan Ullrich	Road race	5:41:56	19
	Time trial	59:02.04	7
Jens Voigt	Road race	5:50:35	64
Erik Zabel	Road race	5:41:56	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Judith Arndt	Road race	3:24:31
	Time trial	32:46.94	11
Angela Brodtka	Road race	did not finish
Trixi Worrack	Road race	3:25:42	25
	Time trial	33:05.72	15

[edit] Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

• Robert Bartko - first round, 8th place
• Christian Lademann - qualifying round, 11th place

Men's team pursuit:

• Robert Bartko, Guido Fulst, Christian Lademann, and Leif Lampater - bronze medal match, 4th place

Men's individual sprint:

• Rene Wolff - bronze medal match, bronze medal
• Stefan Nimke - 1/16 repechage, no rank

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] Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Andreas Wels - Prelim: 378.93 (23rd place)
• Tobias Schellenberg - Prelim: 371.85 (27th place)

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:

• Imke Duplitzer - defeated in quarterfinals
• Claudia Bokel - defeated in round of 16
• Britta Heidemann - defeated in round of 16

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:

• Individual
  • Lisa Ingildeeva - 19th place

Men's trampoline:

• Henrik Stehlik - bronze medal

Women's trampoline:

• Anna Dogonadze - gold medal

[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:

• Oliver Gussenberg - defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 81 kg:

• Florian Wanner - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

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:

• Andreas Toelzer - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

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:

• Yvonne Boenisch - gold medal; won final

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:

• Nicolas Kiefer
  • Round 1: Nicolas Kiefer - Vladimir Voltchkov, 6:2, 6:4
  • Round 2: Nicolas Kiefer - Marcos Baghdatis, 6:2, 3:6, 6:3
  • Round 3: Mikhail Youzhny - Nicolas Kiefer, 6:2, 3:6, 6:2
• Tommy Haas
  • Round 1: Tommy Haas - Mario Ancic, 6:1, 7:5
  • Round 2: Andy Roddick - Tommy Haas, 4:6, 6:3, 9:7
• Florian Mayer
  • Round 1: Tomáš Berdych - Florian Mayer, 6:3, 7:5
• Rainer Schüttler
  • Round 1: Igor Andreev - Rainer Schüttler, 6:7, 7:6, 6:3

Men's Doubles:

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

• Anja Dittmer - 2:07:25.07 (11th place)
• Joelle Franzmann - 2:08:18.33 (16th place)

Men's:

• Andreas Raelert - 1:52:35.62 (6th place)
• Maik Petzold - 1:54:50.92 (19th place)
• Sebastian Dehmer - 1:57:02.88 (26th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Beach Competition

• Andreas Scheuerpflug and Christoph Dieckmann
  • Prelims: 3-0
  • Round of 16: Won 2-0 against Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack, Australia
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-1 by Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia
• Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann
  • Prelims: 2-1
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger, United States

[edit] Women's Beach Competition

• Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl
  • Prelims: 2-1
  • Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Vasiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-0 by Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, United States
• Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch
  • 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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