Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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The German National Olympic Committee nominated 453 athletes (254 men, 199 women) for participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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Germany does not participate in 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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Gold:

Silver:

Bronze:

Results by event

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Women's team:

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

Running

Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metres:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

Men's 400 metres:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

Men's 800 metres:

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:

Jumping

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's pole vault:

Throwing

Men's shot put:

Women's shot put:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Men's hammer:

Men's javelin:

Women's javelin:

Women's hammer:

Combined

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

Mixed doubles:

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)

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

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.

Flatwater canoe

Flatwater men's C1 500m:

Flatwater men's C1 1000m:

Flatwater men's C2 500m:

Flatwater men's C2 1000m:

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:

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:

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

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

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

Men's team pursuit:

Men's individual sprint:

Women's individual sprint:

Men's team sprint:

Women's time trial:

  • Katrin Meinke - 11th place, 35.088 seconds

Men's time trial:

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

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

Women's cross country:

Men's 3 metre springboard:

Women's 3 metre springboard:

Men's 10 metre platform:

Women's 10 metre platform:

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

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

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:

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:

Team dressage:

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

Individual eventing:

Team eventing:

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

Individual jumping:

Team jumping:

  • Kutscher, Beerbaum, Becker, and Ahlmann - final, gold medal

Men's épée individual:

Women's épée individual:

Men's foil individual:

Women's foil individual:

Women's sabre individual:

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

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

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

Men's: bronze medal

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

Women's: gold medal

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

Men's Single:

Men's Doubles:

  • Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler: 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

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:

Men's beach:

Women's beach:

Women's:

  • Prelims: 2-3
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Men's: 5th place

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

Officials

  • President: Klaus Steinbach
  • Secretary General: Bernhard Schwank