Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States.

Gold

• Lars Riedel
  Lars Riedel
  Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

• Astrid Kumbernuss
  Astrid Kumbernuss
  Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Shot Put

• Ilke Wyludda
  Ilke Wyludda
  Ilke Wyludda is a former discus thrower from Germany.She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   and Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

• Detlef Hofmann
  Detlef Hofmann
  Detlef Hofmann is a German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Thomas Reineck
  Thomas Reineck
  Thomas Reineck is a West German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
  , Olaf Winter
  Olaf Winter
  Olaf Winter is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
  
   and Mark Zabel
  Mark Zabel
  Mark Zabel is a German sprint canoer and Surfski Champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with one gold and two silvers ....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

• Andreas Dittmer
  Andreas Dittmer
  Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...
  
   and Gunar Kirchbach
  Gunar Kirchbach
  Gunar Kirchbach is a German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Andreas Dittmer....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs

• Oliver Fix
  Oliver Fix
  Oliver Fix is a German slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won a gold medal in the K-1 event....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

• Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
  , Manuela Mucke
  Manuela Mucke
  Manuela Mucke is a German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
  , Anett Schuck
  Anett Schuck
  Anett Schuck is a German sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...
  
   and Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

• Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)

• Ulrich Kirchhoff
  Ulrich Kirchhoff
  Ulrich Kirchhoff is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1996.-Olympic Record:Kirchhoff participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping...
  
   — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

• Ludger Beerbaum
  Ludger Beerbaum
  Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....
  
  , Ulrich Kirchhoff
  Ulrich Kirchhoff
  Ulrich Kirchhoff is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1996.-Olympic Record:Kirchhoff participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping...
  
  , Lars Nieberg
  Lars Nieberg
  Lars Nieberg is a German equestrian. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in show jumping competition.-Olympic Record:...
  
  , and Franke Sloothaak
  Franke Sloothaak
  Franke Sloothaak is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1988 and 1996.-Olympic Record:...
  
   — Equestrian, Jumping Team

• Isabell Werth
  Isabell Werth
  Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Individual

• Klaus Balkenhol
  Klaus Balkenhol
  Klaus Balkenhol is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the team from Germany. Klaus is the author of several dressage books. He is an avid member of Xenophen, and like Philippe Karl petitions against the use...
  
  , Martin Schaudt
  Martin Schaudt
  Martin Schaudt is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage atthe 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with the team from Germany....
  
  , Monica Theodorescu
  Monica Theodorescu
  Monica Theodorescu , is a German equestrian and dressage rider.- Biography :Born in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monica Theodorescu is the daughter of the German, former Romanian, dressage rider George Theodorescu and the German show jumping rider Inge Theodorescu .- External links :* * *...
  
  , and Isabell Werth
  Isabell Werth
  Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:...
  
   — Equestrian, Dressage Team

• Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker is a former German gymnast who had a long and successful career. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar

• Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz is a German judoka, who's nicknamed Quelle.He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996....
  
   — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

• Andreas Hajek
  Andreas Hajek
  Andreas Hajek is a retired German rower. During his career Hajek became a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.-References:...
  
  , André Steiner
  André Steiner
  André Steiner is a retired German rower. During his career Steiner became an Olympic champion and a world champion.-References:...
  
  , Stephan Volkert
  Stephan Volkert
  Stephan Volkert is a retired German rower. During his career Volkert became a two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion.-References:...
  
  , and André Willms
  André Willms
  André Willms is a retired German rower. During his career Willms became a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.-References:...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Kathrin Boron
  Kathrin Boron
  Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist...
  
  , Kerstin Köppen
  Kerstin Köppen
  Kerstin Köppen is a German rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in 1992 and 1996.-References:...
  
  , Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
  Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
  Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist.- External links :* Olympics Database...
  
  , and Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions. Also she won the Thomas Keller Medal.- References :...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls

• Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Bernd Jäkel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...
  
  , Bernd Jäkel
  Bernd Jäkel
  Bernd Jäkel is a German sailor and Olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Thomas Flach at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...
  
  , and Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class....
  
   — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition

• Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....
  
   — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Christian Klees
  Christian Klees
  Christian Klees is a German former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the Olympic Games. He did this in at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

Silver

• Barbara Mensing
  Barbara Mensing
  Barbara Mensing is an archer from Germany.-References:*...
  
  , Sandra Wagner, and Cornelia Pfohl
  Cornelia Pfohl
  Cornelia Pfohl is an Olympic Archer.-1992 Olympics:Pfohl was a member of the 10th place finishing team. She placed 44th in the individual event.-1996 Olympics:...
  
   — Archery, Women's Team Competition

• Frank Busemann
  Frank Busemann
  Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete.Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

• Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   and Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs

• Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
   and Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

• Jan Hempel
  Jan Hempel
  Jan Hempel is a German diver who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic medals. Hempel won a silver in 10 m Platform and a bronze medal in 10 m synchronized platform...
  
   — Diving, Men's Platform

• Annika Walter
  Annika Walter
  Annika Walter is a German diver. Walter won a silver medal in 10m platforming diving at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.-References:...
  
   — Diving, Women's Platform

• Roland Baar
  Roland Baar
  Roland Baar is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Wolfram Huhn
  Wolfram Huhn
  Wolfram Huhn is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- External links :**...
  
  , Mark Kleinschmidt
  Mark Kleinschmidt (rower)
  Mark Kleinschmidt is a German rower. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal in Men's Eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff
  Thorsten Streppelhoff
  Thorsten Streppelhoff is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Peter Thiede
  Peter Thiede
  Peter Thiede is a German rowing cox.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Ulrich Viefers
  Ulrich Viefers
  Ulrich Viefers is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Marc Weber
  Marc Weber (rower)
  Marc Weber is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Eights

• Petra Horneber — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle

• Susanne Kiermayer — Shooting, Women's Double Trap

• Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  , Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer....
  
  , Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  , Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...
  
   (heats), and Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Marc Huster
  Marc Huster
  Marc Huster is a German weightlifter and sports commentator.World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (83 kg)

• Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (> 108 kg)

• Thomas Zander
  Thomas Zander (wrestler)
  Thomas Zander is a German wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com* at FILA...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)

Bronze

• Florian Schwarthoff
  Florian Schwarthoff
  Florian Schwarthoff is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Andrej Tiwontschik — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

• Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
  
  , Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specializing in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkusen and LAZ Leipzig during her active career.Her personal best time is 1:58.24...
  
  , Uta Rohländer
  Uta Rohländer
  Uta Rohländer, married Fromm is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker and Grit Breuer.Her personal best time is 50.33 seconds, achieved in...
  
  , and Anja Rücker
  Anja Rücker
  Anja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

• Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Luan Krasniqi
  Luan Krasniqi
  Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Thomas Becker — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

• André Ehrenberg
  Andre Ehrenberg
  Andre Ehrenberg is a German slalom canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 event at Atlanta in 1996....
  
   and Michael Senft
  Michael Senft
  Michael Senft is a German slalom canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs

• Judith Arndt
  Judith Arndt
  Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...
  
   — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit

• Sabine Bau
  Sabine Bau
  Sabine Bau is a German fencer. She won five medals at four different Olympic Games between 1988 and 2000.-External links:* on fie.ch...
  
  , Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, and Monika Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

• Richard Trautmann
  Richard Trautmann
  Richard Trautmann is a German judoka. He won two Olympic bronze medals in the extra-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996.-References:* *...
  
   — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Marko Spittka
  Marko Spittka
  Marko Spittka is a German judoka. He won a bronze medal in the half-lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:**...
  
   — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

• Frank Möller
  Frank Möller
  Frank Möller is a German judoka.He won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

• Johanna Hagn
  Johanna Hagn
  Johanna Hagn is a German judoka.She won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
   — Judo, Women's Heavyweight

• Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single scull. He was born in Eisleben....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

• Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Christian Tröger
  Christian Tröger
  Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...
  
  , Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...
  
  , Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
  
  , and Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who swam in the qualifying heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final he was replaced by Christian Tröger who, alongside Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger won...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo-Rhys Heilmann . is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner...
  
  , Christian Keller
  Christian Keller
  Christian Keller . is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay...
  
  , Christian Tröger
  Christian Tröger
  Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...
  
  , Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  , Konstantin Dubrovin
  Konstantin Dubrovin
  Konstantin Dubrovin is a former freestyle swimmer, who represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he swam in the preliminary heats of the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay, which eventually won the bronze medal in the final.-References:*...
  
   (heats), and Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Großmann , formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  , Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  , Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , and Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Jörg Rosskopf
  Jörg Rosskopf
  Jörg Roßkopf is a German international table tennis player. He won the title in men's doubles at the 1989 World Championships and the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with Steffen Fetzner...
  
   — Table Tennis, Men's Singles

• Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...
  
   and David Prinosil
  David Prinosil
  David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...
  
   — Tennis, Men's Doubles

• Oliver Caruso — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Maik Bullmann
  Maik Bullmann
  Maik Bullmann is a German wrestler, Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, and three times world champion.-Olympics:...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

• Arawat Sabejew
  Arawat Sabejew
  Arawat Sabejew in Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a German wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com* at FILA...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

In Germany's sixth archery competition, the German women's team won the silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

. Germany's highest placing individual was Barbara Mensing

Barbara Mensing

Barbara Mensing is an archer from Germany.-References:*...

, who advanced to the quarterfinal before being defeated. No Germany men competed in Atlanta.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Barbara Mensing
  Barbara Mensing
  Barbara Mensing is an archer from Germany.-References:*...
  
   → Quarterfinal, 8th place (3-1)
• Sandra Wagner → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)
• Cornelia Pfohl
  Cornelia Pfohl
  Cornelia Pfohl is an Olympic Archer.-1992 Olympics:Pfohl was a member of the 10th place finishing team. She placed 44th in the individual event.-1996 Olympics:...
  
   → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Mensing, Wagner, and Pfohl → Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 100 metres

• Marc Blume
  Marc Blume
  Marc Blume is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He is the twin brother of Holger Blume...
  
  

Men's 800 metres

• Nico Motchebon
  Nico Motchebon
  Nico Motchebon is a Germany 800 m runner.His personal best of 1:43.91s was set on July 31, 1996 in the 800 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he finished fifth. Motchebon won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He also set a temporary...
  
  
• Joachim Dehmel

Men's 1,500 metres

• Michael Gottschalk
• Qualification — 3:56.46 (→ did not advance)

• Rüdiger Stenzel
  Rüdiger Stenzel
  Rüdiger Stenzel is a former German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the 1990s....
  
  

Men's 5,000 metres

• Dieter Baumann
  Dieter Baumann
  Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s...
  
  
• Qualification — 13:52.00
• Semifinal — 14:03.75
• Final — 13:08.81 (→ 4th place)

• Stephane Franke
  Stéphane Franke
  Stéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...
  
  
• Qualification — 14:06.34
• Semifinal — 13:40.94
• Final — 13:44.64 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Stephane Franke
  Stéphane Franke
  Stéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...
  
  

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Steffen Brand
  Steffen Brand
  Steffen Brand is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.His personal best time is 8:14.37 minutes, achieved at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg...
  
  
• Heat — 8:31.18
• Semifinals — 8:19.11
• Final — 8:18.52 (→ 6th place)

• Martin Strege
  Martin Strege
  Martin Strege is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished fourteenth at the 1993 World Championships, sixth at the 1994 European Championships and eighth at the 1995 World Championships.His personal best time is 8:18.57 minutes, achieved at the 1995 World...
  
  
• Heat — 8:32.76
• Semifinals — 8:27.99
• Final — 8:30.31 (→ 10th place)

• Kim Bauermeister
  Kim Bauermeister
  Kim Bauermeister is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He won the bronze medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships and the gold medal in 3000 metres at the 1994 European Indoor Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 8:36.86
• Semifinals — 8:51.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Florian Schwarthoff
  Florian Schwarthoff
  Florian Schwarthoff is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen...
  
  
• Claude Edorh
  Claude Edorh
  Claude Edorh is a retired German hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 1991 European Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 1994 European Championships, the latter in a career best time of 13.41 seconds...
  
  
• Eric Kaiser

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Marc Blume
  Marc Blume
  Marc Blume is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He is the twin brother of Holger Blume...
  
  , Holger Blume
  Holger Blume
  Holger Blume is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He is the twin brother of Marc Blume. Both represent the sports club TV Wattenscheid....
  
  , Michael Huke
  Michael Huke
  Michael Huke is a retired German sprinter specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented the sports club TV 01 Wattenscheid....
  
  , Robert Kurnicki
  Robert Kurnicki
  Robert Kurnicki is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1993 World Championships he finished sixth in the 4x100 metres relay, together with teammates Marc Blume, Michael Huke and Steffen Görmer....
  
  , and Andreas Ruth

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Rico Lieder
  Rico Lieder
  Rico Lieder is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He competed for the clubs SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, LG Chemnitz and LAC Chemnitz during his active career.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Andreas Hein, Kai Karsten, and Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe
  Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome...
  
  
• Heat — 3:05.16 (→ did not advance)
• Alternate member: Uwe Jahn
  Uwe Jahn
  Uwe Jahn is a German football coach.During the mid-1990s, Jahn had two spells as manager of Tennis Borussia Berlin, but couldn't stop them from being relegated from the 1993–94 2. Fußball-Bundesliga....
  
  ,

Men's Marathon

• Konrad Dobler
  Konrad Dobler
  Konrad Waldemar Dobler is a former long-distance runner from Germany, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He set his personal best in the men's marathon in 1991.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise-References:*...
  
   — 2:21.12 (→ 48th place)
• Stephan Freigang
  Stephan Freigang
  Stephan Timo Freigang is a former long-distance runner from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.As a youth, Freigang ran long-distance races...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Robert Ihly
  Robert Ihly
  Robert Ihly is a retired race walker from Germany, who was one of the nation's leading athletes in race walking in the 1990s. He represented Germany thrice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ....
  
  
• Nischan Daimer
  Nischan Daimer
  Nischan Daimer is a retired male race walker who competed internationally for Germany, who was born as Nischan Tsamonikyan. He was affiliated with OSC Münchener Sportclub during his career...
  
  
• Andreas Erm
  Andreas Erm
  Andreas Erm is a German race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  

Men's 50 km Walk

• Axel Noack
  Axel Noack
  Axel Noack is a German former race walker. On 21 June 1987 in Chemnitz he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 3:51:55 (→ 12th place)

• Thomas Wallstab — 3:54:48 (→ 15th place)

• Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel
  Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

• Georg Ackermann
• Qualification — 7.86m (→ did not advance)

• Hans-Peter Lott
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Wolfgang Kreißig

Men's Triple Jump

• Charles Friedeck

Men's Pole Vault

• Tim Lobinger
  Tim Lobinger
  Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...
  
  
• Michael Stolle
  Michael Stolle
  Michael Stolle is a German pole vaulter.His personal best was 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Monaco. This ranks him third among German pole vaulters, only behind Tim Lobinger and Andrei Tivontchik....
  
  
• André Tiwontschik

Men's Shot Put

• Oliver-Sven Buder
  Oliver-Sven Buder
  Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal...
  
  
• Dirk Urban
  Dirk Urban
  Dirk Urban is a retired German shot putter. His personal best throw was 20.26 metres, achieved in July 1996 in Iffezheim....
  
  
• Michael Mertens
  Michael Mertens
  Michael Mertens is a retired German shot putter.He represented the sports clubs VfL Wolfsburg and LG Göttingen, and won silver medals at the German championships in 1997 and 2000....
  
  

Men's Decathlon

• Frank Busemann
  Frank Busemann
  Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete.Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most...
  
  
• Final Result — 8706 points (→ Silver Medal)

• Frank Müller
  Frank Müller
  Frank Müller is a retired male decathlete from Germany. He twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country . Müller set his personal best in the men's decathlon on July 22, 2000 in Salzgitter.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final Result — 8253 points (→ 14th place)

• Dirk-Achim Pajonk
• Final Result — 8045 points (→ 20th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Lars Riedel
  Lars Riedel
  Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....
  
  
• Qualification — 64.66m
• Final — 69.40m (→ Gold Medal)

• Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult
  Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...
  
  
• Qualification — 62.58m
• Final — 64.62m (→ 6th place)

• Michael Möllenbeck
  Michael Möllenbeck
  Michael Möllenbeck is a German discus thrower.His greatest achievements are two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals.His personal best throw is 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.18m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Heinz Weis
  Heinz Weis
  Heinz Weis is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990....
  
  
• Qualification — 77.84m
• Final — 79.78m (→ 5th place)

• Claus Dethloff
  Claus Dethloff
  Claus Dethloff is a retired German hammer thrower.Dethloff represented the sports clubs MTV Lübeck, LG Frankfurt and LG Bayer Leverkusen, and became German champion in 1995....
  
  
• Qualification — 74.60m (→ did not advance)

• Karsten Kobs
  Karsten Kobs
  Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis....
  
  
• Qualification — 74.20m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Raymond Hecht
  Raymond Hecht
  Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany....
  
  
• Peter Blank
  Peter Blank
  Peter Blank is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete, where he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon....
  
  
• Boris Henry
  Boris Henry
  Boris Henry is a German javelin thrower. He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003....
  
  

Women's 100 metres

• Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...
  
  
• Andrea Philipp
  Andrea Philipp
  Andrea Philipp is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 22.25 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 1999 World Championships in Seville...
  
  
• Silke Lichtenhagen
  Silke Lichtenhagen
  Silke Lichtenhagen is a retired German sprinter.She competed for TSV Bayer Leverkusen, training under Manfred Fink and Wolfgang Thiele . She represented Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....
  
  

Women's 200 metres

• Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...
  
  
• Silke Knoll
  Silke Knoll
  Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres...
  
  

Women's 400 metres

• Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
  
  

Women's 800 metres

• Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specializing in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkusen and LAZ Leipzig during her active career.Her personal best time is 1:58.24...
  
  

Women's 1,500 metres

• Silvia Kühnemund
• Carmen Wüstenhagen

Women's 5,000 metres

• Petra Wassiluk
• Claudia Lokar

Women's 10,000 metres

• Kathrin Weßel
  Kathrin Weßel
  Kathrin Weßel, née Ullrich is a retired German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres...
  
  
• Qualification — 33:31.67 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Katrin Dörre-Heinig — 2:28.45 (→ 4th place)

• Sonja Krolik — 2:31.16 (→ 8th place)

• Uta Pippig
  Uta Pippig
  Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Kathrin Born-Boyde
  Kathrin Born-Boyde
  Kathrin Born-Boyde is a retired female race walker from Germany. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: 1992, 1996 and 2000.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 44:50 (→ 15th place)

• Beate Gummelt
  Beate Gummelt
  Beate Gummelt, née Anders , is a German track and field athlete. She competed in the 1980s until 2000 in the walk. Before 1990 she competed for East Germany....
  
   — dsq (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Kristin Patzwahl
  Kristin Patzwahl
  Kristin Patzwahl is a retired German hurdler.She represented the sports clubs SC DHFK Leipzig and LAC Halensee Berlin, and became German champion in 1991, 1993 and 1994. Her personal best time was 12.80 seconds, achieved in June 1990 in Chemnitz.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Birgit Wolf

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Heike Meißner
• Qualification — 55.05
• Semifinals — 54.27
• Final — 54.03 (→ 5th place)

• Silvia Rieger
  Silvia Rieger
  Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.33
• Semifinals — 54.27
• Final — 54.57 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100m Relay

• Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke
  Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...
  
  , Andrea Philipp
  Andrea Philipp
  Andrea Philipp is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 22.25 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 1999 World Championships in Seville...
  
  , Silke Lichtenhagen
  Silke Lichtenhagen
  Silke Lichtenhagen is a retired German sprinter.She competed for TSV Bayer Leverkusen, training under Manfred Fink and Wolfgang Thiele . She represented Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....
  
  , Silke Knoll
  Silke Knoll
  Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres...
  
  , and Birgit Rockmeier
  Birgit Rockmeier
  Birgit Rockmeier is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Her personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart. Since 1999 she represents the sports club LG Olympia Dortmund....
  
  

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Uta Rohländer
  Uta Rohländer
  Uta Rohländer, married Fromm is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker and Grit Breuer.Her personal best time is 50.33 seconds, achieved in...
  
  , Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka
  Linda Kisabaka is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specializing in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkusen and LAZ Leipzig during her active career.Her personal best time is 1:58.24...
  
  , Anja Rücker
  Anja Rücker
  Anja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer...
  
  , and Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer
  Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
  
  
• Qualification — 3:24.08
• Final — 3:21.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Alternate member: Karin Janke
  Karin Janke
  Karin Janke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She represented the sports club VfL Wolfsburg.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  

Women's Javelin Throw

• Karen Forkel
  Karen Forkel
  Karen Forkel is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the...
  
  
• Qualification — 60.84m
• Final — 64.18m (→ 6th place)

• Steffi Nerius
  Steffi Nerius
  Steffi Nerius is a German athlete competing in the javelin throw. She won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is the reigning World Champion; she is also a three-time bronze medalist at that level.Initially playing volleyball in school, she was too short for a career in this sport and...
  
  
• Qualification — 60.98m
• Final — 60.20m (→ 9th place)

• Silke Renk
  Silke Renk
  Silke Renk is a retired javelin thrower from Germany.She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Qualification — 59.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Alina Astafei
  Alina Astafei
  Alina Astafei is a German and formerly Romanian track and field athlete. In the 1990s she was one of the world's best high jumpers.-Career:...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 1.96m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ilke Wyludda
  Ilke Wyludda
  Ilke Wyludda is a former discus thrower from Germany.She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships...
  
  
• Qualification — 66.78m
• Final — 69.66m (→ Gold Medal)

• Franka Dietzsch
  Franka Dietzsch
  Franka Dietzsch is a German discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics...
  
  
• Qualification — 63.94m
• Final — 65.48m (→ 4th place)

• Anja Gündler
• Qualification — 63.80m
• Final — 61.16m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Astrid Kumbernuss
  Astrid Kumbernuss
  Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...
  
  
• Qualification — 19.93m
• Final — 20.56m (→ Gold Medal)

• Stephanie Storp
  Stephanie Storp
  Stephanie Storp is a retired female shot putter from Germany. Her best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships, with a throw of 19.22 metres. She also won the silver medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, and represented her country in the Summer Olympics of...
  
  
• Qualification — 19.29m
• Final — 19.06m (→ 6th place)

• Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke
  Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...
  
  
• Qualification — 19.02m
• Final — 18.92m (→ 7th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Sabine Braun
  Sabine Braun
  Sabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes...
  
  
• Mona Steigauf
  Mona Steigauf
  Mona Steigauf is a retired German heptathlete.Her personal best was 6546 points, achieved at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania. This ranks her ninth among German heptathletes, behind Sabine Braun, Sabine Paetz, Ramona Neubert, Anke Behmer-Vater, Heike Drechsler, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele...
  
  
• Peggy Beer
  Peggy Beer
  Peggy Beer is a retired German heptathlete. Her personal best was 6531 points, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split. This ranks her tenth among German heptathletes, behind Sabine Braun, Sabine Paetz, Ramona Neubert, Anke Behmer-Vater, Heike Drechsler, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele,...
  
  

Badminton

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...

Men's Competition

• Michael Keck
• Michael Helber
• Oliver Pongratz

Women's Competition

• Katrin Schmidt
• Kerstin Ubben
• Karen Stechmann

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

• Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka
  Zoltan Lunka was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany...
  
   (— 51 kg)
• Defeated Martín Castillo
  Martín Castillo
  José Martín Castillo is a boxer from Mexico, who is more commonly known as Martín Castillo. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is a former World Boxing Association Superflyweight champion.- Amateur career :Castillo had an Amateur Record of 160-20...
  
   (Mexico) 13-7
• Defeated Hermensen Ballo
  Hermensen Ballo
  Hermensen Ballo Ballo is a retired male boxer from Indonesia. He twice represented his native South East Asian country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. In Atlanta, Georgia he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division by eventual bronze medalist Zoltan Lunka from...
  
   (Indonesia) 18-12
• Defeated Mehdi Assous
  Mehdi Assous
  Mehdi Assous is a retired male boxer from Algeria. He represented his native North African country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division by eventual bronze medalist Zoltan Lunka from Germany.-References:*...
  
   (Algeria) 19-6
• Lost to Bulat Jumadilov
  Bulat Jumadilov
  Bulat Jumadilov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he also captured the silver medal...
  
   (Kazakhstan) 18-23
• Falk Huste
  Falk Huste
  Falk Huste is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland...
  
   (— 57 kg)
• Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   (— 63,5 kg)
• Defeated Reynaldo Galido (Philippines) 19-2
• Defeated David Díaz (United States) 14-6
• Defeated Nordine Mouichi (France) 19-10
• Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) 20-6
• Lost to Hector Vinent
  Héctor Vinent
  Héctor Vinent Cháron was a Cuban boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...
  
   (Cuba) 13-20
• Markus Beyer
  Markus Beyer
  Height 176 cmMarkus Beyer is a German boxer at super middleweight and the former WBC Champion, who resides in Lilienthal, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division...
  
   (— 71 kg)
• Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
  
   (— 75 kg)
• Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...
  
   (— 81 kg)
• Luan Krasniqi
  Luan Krasniqi
  Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
  
   (— 91 kg)
• René Monse
  René Monse
  René Monse is a former German heavyweight boxer best known to win a bronze medal at the world championships 1995.-Amateur:...
  
   (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...

Men's Flatwater Competition

• Lutz Liwoski, Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm
  Kay Bluhm is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
  , Andreas Dittmer
  Andreas Dittmer
  Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...
  
  , Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche
  Torsten Gutsche is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
  , Detlef Hofmann
  Detlef Hofmann
  Detlef Hofmann is a German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Gunnar Kirchbach, Thomas Reineck
  Thomas Reineck
  Thomas Reineck is a West German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
  , Jan Schäfer
  Jan Schäfer
  Jan Schäfer is a German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000....
  
  , Patrick Schulze
  Patrick Schulze
  Patrick Schulze is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. He won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in the C-2 1000 m and C-4 1000 m events....
  
  , Olaf Winter
  Olaf Winter
  Olaf Winter is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
  
  , Mark Zabel
  Mark Zabel
  Mark Zabel is a German sprint canoer and Surfski Champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with one gold and two silvers ....
  
  , and Thomas Zereske
  Thomas Zereske
  Thomas Zereske is a German, originally East German, sprint canoer who competed from 1988 to 2000.-Sporting career:...
  
  

Women's Flatwater Competition

• Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer
  Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...
  
  , Daniela Gleue
  Daniela Gleue
  Daniela Gleue is a German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , two silvers , and a bronze .-References:**...
  
  , Manuela Mucke
  Manuela Mucke
  Manuela Mucke is a German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
  , Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich
  Ramona Portwich is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
  , Anett Schuck
  Anett Schuck
  Anett Schuck is a German sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...
  
  ,

Men's Slalom Competition

• Jochen Lettmann
  Jochen Lettmann
  Jochen Lettmann is a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 event at Barcelona in 1992....
  
  , Oliver Fix
  Oliver Fix
  Oliver Fix is a German slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won a gold medal in the K-1 event....
  
  , Thomas Becker, Sören Kaufmann
  Sören Kaufmann
  Sören Kaufmann is a German slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold , two silvers , and a bronze .Kaufmann also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 event...
  
  , Martin Lang, and Vitus Husek
  Vitus Husek
  Vitus Husek is a German slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Nottingham....
  
  
• Manfred Berro
  Manfred Berro
  Manfred Berro is a Germany slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-2 event at Atlanta in 1996.-References:*...
  
   / Michael Trummer
  Michael Trummer
  Michael Trummer is a Germany slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-2 event at Atlanta in 1996.-References:*...
  
  
• André Ehrenberg
  Andre Ehrenberg
  Andre Ehrenberg is a German slalom canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 event at Atlanta in 1996....
  
   / Michael Senft
  Michael Senft
  Michael Senft is a German slalom canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s...
  
  

Women's Slalom Competition

• Elisabeth Micheler-Jones
  Elisabeth Micheler-Jones
  Elisabeth Micheler-Jones is a West German-German slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
  , and Cordula Striepecke

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Michael Rich
  Michael Rich (cyclist)
  Michael Rich is a professional road bicycle racer, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Final — 1:07:08 (→ 10th place)

• Uwe Peschel
  Uwe Peschel
  Uwe Peschel is a German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer and Michael Rich, captured the gold medal in the Men's Team Road Race.- Major achievements :199219961997 – Uwe Peschel is a German...
  
  
• Final — 1:07:33 (→ 12th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Vera Hohfeld
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 4th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Guido Fulst
  Guido Fulst
  Guido Fulst is a German racing cyclist, who competed for the SG Dynamo Wernigerode, SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- External links :*...
  
  
• Final — 8 points (→ 9th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Ralph Berner
• Final — 2:27:45 (→ 10th place)

Women's Cross Country

• Regina Marunde
• Final — 1:57.21 (→ 7th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Jan Hempel
  Jan Hempel
  Jan Hempel is a German diver who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic medals. Hempel won a silver in 10 m Platform and a bronze medal in 10 m synchronized platform...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 358.26
• Semi Final — 219.99
• Final — 402.33 (→ 7th place)

• Andreas Wels
  Andreas Wels
  Andreas Wels is a German competitive and synchronized diver.In 1997 he won his first international title, European Champion in competitive diving on the 1 m springboard...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 405.33
• Semi Final — 207.21
• Final — 376.35 (→ 12th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Claudia Bockner
• Preliminary Heat — 281.31
• Semi Final — 200.19
• Final — 255.51 (→ 11th place)

• Simona Koch
  Simona Koch
  Simona Koch is a retired diver from Germany, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. She was affiliated with the Berliner Turn- und Sportclub in Berlin. Koch won two medals at the 1993 European Championships.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 239.91
• Semi Final — 204.99 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Annika Walter
  Annika Walter
  Annika Walter is a German diver. Walter won a silver medal in 10m platforming diving at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.-References:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 298.11
• Semi Final — 166.14
• Final — 313.08 (→ Silver Medal)

• Ute Wetzig
  Ute Wetzig
  Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 258.93
• Semi Final — 151.44
• Final — 215.91 (→ 12th place)

Equestrian

Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

Dressage

• Isabell Werth
  Isabell Werth
  Isebell Werth is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.-Championships:...
  
   ("Gigolo")
• Monica Teodorescu ("Grunox")
• Martin Schaudt
  Martin Schaudt
  Martin Schaudt is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage atthe 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with the team from Germany....
  
   ("Durgo 2")
• Klaus Balkenhol
  Klaus Balkenhol
  Klaus Balkenhol is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the team from Germany. Klaus is the author of several dressage books. He is an avid member of Xenophen, and like Philippe Karl petitions against the use...
  
   ("Goldstern")
• Nicole Uphoff-Becker ("Rembrandt")

Jumping

• Ludger Beerbaum
  Ludger Beerbaum
  Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....
  
   ("Ratina Z" and "Gaylord")
• Ulrich Kirchhof ("Jus de Pommes")
• Franke Sloothaak
  Franke Sloothaak
  Franke Sloothaak is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1988 and 1996.-Olympic Record:...
  
   ("Joly" and "Weihaiweij")
• Lars Nieberg
  Lars Nieberg
  Lars Nieberg is a German equestrian. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in show jumping competition.-Olympic Record:...
  
   ("For Pleasure")

Eventing

• Bodo Battenberg ("Sam the Man")
• Ralf Ehrenbrink
  Ralf Ehrenbrink
  Ralf Ehrenbrink is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...
  
   ("Connection L" and "West Star")
• Wolfgang Mengers ("Flaming Affair")
• Bettina Overesch-Böker ("Watermill Stream")
• Hendrik von Paepcke ("Amadeus")
• Peter Thomsen
  Peter Thomsen
  Peter Thomsen is a German eventing rider. He won the gold medal in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his horse The Ghost of Hamish.- External links:*...
  
   ("White Girl")

Fencing

Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Men's Foil Team Competition

• Uwe Römer, Alexander Koch, and Wolfgang Wienand

Men's Épée Team Competition

• Arnd Schmitt
  Arnd Schmitt
  Arnd Schmitt is an German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He received an Olympic gold medal in épée team in 1992.-References:...
  
  , Elmar Borrmann
  Elmar Borrmann
  Elmar Borrmann is a German fencer. He won a gold and silver medal in the team épée event for West Germany in 1984 and 1988 and a gold in the same event for Germany in 1992.- External links :...
  
  , and Mariusz Strzalka

Men's Sabre Team Competition

• Felix Becker
  Felix Becker
  Felix Becker was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  , Frank Bleckmann, and Steffen Wiesinger

Women's Foil Team Competition

• Monika Weber, Sabine Bau
  Sabine Bau
  Sabine Bau is a German fencer. She won five medals at four different Olympic Games between 1988 and 2000.-External links:* on fie.ch...
  
  , and Anja Fichtel-Mauritz

Women's Épée Team Competition

• Katja Nass, Eva Maria Ittner, and Claudia Bokel
  Claudia Bokel
  Claudia Bokel is a German épée fencer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the épée competition with her teammates, Britta Heidemann and Imke Duplitzer. She won a gold medal at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship épée event...
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Manuela Goller
  Manuela Goller
  Manuela Goller is a German former footballer.-Early life:Manuela Goller was born in Wipperfürth to Franz-Josef Goller, a dairy farmer, and joined the local sports club, TuS Egen, which he runs....
  
   (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler)
• Katja Kraus
  Katja Kraus
  Katja Kraus is a German former footballer and the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV.-Early life:...
  
   (FSV Frankfurt)
• Jutta Nardenbach
  Jutta Nardenbach
  Jutta Nardenbach is a former German international footballer. She plays the position of defender. Currently Nardenbach is player in the first team and coach of the youth teams at third tier FFC Montabaur.-Club career:...
  
   (TuS Ahrbach)
• Birgitt Austermühl (FSV Frankfurt)
• Doris Fitschen (TSV Siegen)
• Sandra Minnert
  Sandra Minnert
  Sandra Minnert is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team.-Coaching career:...
  
   (FSV Frankfurt)
• Kerstin Stegemann
  Kerstin Stegemann
  Kerstin Stegemann is a former female football player from Germany.Born in Rheine-Mesum, she made her football debut at age 15 in 1993, playing for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen Bundesliga. Within two years, she made her first appearance for the German national team, playing in an April 13, 1995...
  
   (FC Eintracht Rheine)
• Dagmar Pohlmann (FSV Frankfurt)
• Martina Voss
  Martina Voss
  Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is a retired German football midfielder and lately was head coach for women's football club FCR 2001 Duisburg in Germany's top flight, the Fußball-Bundesliga. Her contract was ended on 17 February 2011...
  
   (FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen)
• Bettina Wiegmann
  Bettina Wiegmann
  Bettina Wiegmann is a retired German football midfielder. She scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the German national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997 she was selected German Female Footballer of the Year....
  
   (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler)
• Silvia Neid
  Silvia Neid
  Silvia Neid is a former professional soccer player, and, since July 2005, has served as the head coach of the Germany women's national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time...
  
   (TSV Siegen)
• Pia Wunderlich
  Pia Wunderlich
  Pia Wunderlich is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for 1. FFC Frankfurt, and has been selected for the German national team.-Success:Word Cup Winner 2003Runner-up World Cup 1995,...
  
   (SG Praunheim)
• Renate Lingor
  Renate Lingor
  Renate Lingor is a retired female German international football player.-Club career:Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in...
  
   (SC Klinge Seckach)
• Heidi Mohr
  Heidi Mohr
  Heidi Mohr is a former German footballer. As a footballer she was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.-Club career:...
  
   (TuS Niederkirchen)
• Patricia Brocker
  Patricia Brocker
  Patricia Brocker is a former German football player.Patricia Brocker played as a student for FSV Jägersburg, later for VfR 09 Saarbrücken and TuS Niederkirchen. Her biggest club level success was the German Championship in 1993. In 1992, she debuted for the Germany women's national football team...
  
   (TuS Niederkirchen)
• Birgit Prinz
  Birgit Prinz
  Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...
  
   (FSV Frankfurt)
• Head Coach: Gero Bisanz

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Competition

• Uwe Billerbeck, Valeri Belenki, Oliver Walther, Karsten Oelsch, Marius Toba, Jan-Peter Nikiferov, and Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker
  Andreas Wecker is a former German gymnast who had a long and successful career. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov...
  
  

Women's Competition

• Kathleen Stark and Yvonne Pioch

Rhythmic Gymnastics

• Nicole Bittner, Dörte Schiltz, Katharina Wildermuth, Anne Jung, Luise Stäblein, and Karin Hoffmann

Men's Team Competition

• Markus Baur
  Markus Baur
  Markus Baur is a German handball player and is considered one of the world's best players on his position.Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, making his debut against the Moroccan national handball team on 4 August in Balingen...
  
  
• Jan Fegter
• Henning Fritz
  Henning Fritz
  Henning Fritz was born on September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a German Handball goalkeeper. He is also the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year, in 2004....
  
  
• Jan Holpert
• Holger Löhr
• Thomas Knorr
• Karsten Kohlhaas
• Stephan Kretschmar
• Klaus-Dieter Petersen
  Klaus-Dieter Petersen
  Klaus-Dieter Petersen is a former German team handball player and current trainer for the German club Wilhelmshavener HV. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is European champion from 2004.-References:...
  
  
• Christian Scheffler
• Martin Schmidt
  Martin Schmidt
  -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
  
• Martin Schwalb
  Martin Schwalb
  Martin Schwalb is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Christian Schwarzer
  Christian Schwarzer
  Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a German handball player.Born in Braunschweig, he has played for VfL Fredenbeck from 1987 to 1991 and for TV Niederwürzbach from 1991 to 1999...
  
  
• Daniel Stephan
  Daniel Stephan
  Daniel Stephan is a German handball player.Born in Rheinhausen, he was a member of the German national handball team from 1995, winning the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship. He retired in 2005, after an injury series not wanting to end, which had let him never take part at a World Men's...
  
  
• Andreas Thiel
  Andreas Thiel
  Andreas Thiel is a former German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Volker Zerbe
  Volker Zerbe
  Volker Zerbe is a former German team handball player and current club manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is European champion from 2004.-References:...
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Kathrin Blacha
• Andrea Bölk
  Andrea Bölk
  Andrea Bölk is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• Eike Bram
  Eike Bram
  Eike Bram is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• Csilla Elekes
• Michaela Erler
  Michaela Erler
  Michaela Erler is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• Franziska Heinz
• Grit Jurack
  Grit Jurack
  Grit Jurack is a German team handball player, playing on the German women's national handball team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team., and also obtained bronze medal in the championship.She won the Champions League with Viborg HK...
  
  
• Eva Kiss
  Éva Kiss
  Éva Kiss is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper who plays for Veszprém Barabás KC.- Achievements :*Nemzeti Bajnokság I:**Silver Medallist: 2010, 2011**Bronze Medallist: 2009*Magyar Kupa:...
  
  
• Christine Lindemann
• Emilia Luca
• Heike Murrweiss
• Miroslava Ritskiavitchius
• Michaela Schanze
• Melanie Schliecker
• Bianca Urbanke
  Bianca Urbanke
  Bianca Urbanke is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• Marlies Waelzer

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — Spain 0—1
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — India 1—1
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — Pakistan 3—1
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — Argentina 3—0
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — United States 3—0
• Semi Finals
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — Netherlands 1—3
• Bronze Medal Game
• Germany
  Germany national field hockey team
  The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...
  
   — Australia 2—3 → Fourth place
• Team Roster
• Christopher Reitz
  Christopher Reitz
  Christopher Reitz is a German field hockey goalkeeper, who represented Germany in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-International Senior Tournaments:* 1992 – Summer Olympics, Barcelona...
  
   (gk)
• Jan-Peter Tewes
  Jan-Peter Tewes
  Jan-Peter Tewes is a former field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His older brother Stefan was also on that winning side...
  
  
• Carsten Fischer
  Carsten Fischer
  Carsten Fischer is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four Summer Olympics for his native country...
  
  
• Christian Blunck
  Christian Blunck
  Christian Blunck is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.He represented the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, winning the gold medal and being named the Best Player of the Olympic Tournament...
  
  
• Björn Emmerling
  Björn Emmerling
  Björn Emmerling is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for Hanauer THC in his native country. The defender made his international senior debut for the German team in 1996, and competed at three Summer Olympics. HE retired from international play after the 11th World Cup, in Germany in...
  
  
• Patrick Bellenbaum
• Sven Meinhardt
  Sven Meinhardt
  Sven Meinhardt is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Christoph Bechmann
  Christoph Bechmann
  Christoph Bechmann is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Oliver Domke
• Andreas Becker
• Michael Green
  Michael Green (field hockey)
  Michael Green is a former field hockey player from Germany, who played for Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg. The defender competed at two Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Klaus Michler
• Volker Fried
  Volker Fried
  Volker Fried is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four consecutive Summer Olympics for West and the reunified Germany...
  
  
• Christian Mayerhöfer
• Stefan Saliger
• Michael Knauth (gk)

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — Argentina 2—0
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — Spain 2—1
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — Australia 0—1
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — Netherlands 3—4
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — United States 1—1
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — Great Britain 2—3
• Germany
  Germany women's national field hockey team
  The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...
  
   — South Korea 0—1 → Sixth place
• Team Roster
• (01.) Susie Wollschläger
  Susie Wollschläger
  Susanne Wollschläger is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 for West Germany.-References:* *...
  
   (gk)
• (02.) Birgit Beyer (gk)
• (03.) Vanessa van Kooperen
• (04.) Philippa Suxdorf
• (05.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
  Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
  Nadine Ernsting-Krienke is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
  
  
• (06.) Simone Thomaschinski
  Simone Thomaschinski
  Simone Heike Tomaschinski-Gräßer is a former field hockey defender from Germany.She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics,...
  
  
• (07.) Irina Kuhnt
  Irina Kuhnt
  Irina Kuhnt is a former field hockey player from Germany.She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club Berliner HC, she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-References:* *...
  
  
• (08.) Melanie Cremer
• (09.) Franziska Hentschel
  Franziska Hentschel
  Franziska Constanze Hentschel is a former field hockey forward from Germany.Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in...
  
  
• (10.) Tanja Dickenscheid
  Tanja Dickenscheid
  Tanja Roswitha Dickenscheid is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:* *...
  
  
• (11.) Eva Hagenbäumer
  Eva Hagenbäumer
  Eva Hagenbäumer is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:* *...
  
  
• (12.) Britta Becker
  Britta Becker
  Britta Becker is a former German field hockey midfield player.Becker made her debut in the German women's field hockey team in 1991 and was the youngest in the Olympic squad in 1992. She was part of the 1995 winning team in the European Cup and the bronze medal winning team in the 1998 World Cup...
  
  
• (13.) Natascha Keller
  Natascha Keller
  Natascha Keller is a German field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• (14.) Tina Peters
  Tina Peters
  Kristina Peters is a former field hockey player from Germany.Peters was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
  
  
• (15.) Heike Lätzsch
• (16.) Katrin Kauschke
  Katrin Kauschke
  Katrin Kauschke is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.Kauschke was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club Berliner HC, she competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
  
  

Judo

Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

Men's Competition

• Richard Trautmann
  Richard Trautmann
  Richard Trautmann is a German judoka. He won two Olympic bronze medals in the extra-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996.-References:* *...
  
   (— 60 kg)
• Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz is a German judoka, who's nicknamed Quelle.He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996....
  
   (— 65 kg)
• Martin Schmidt
  Martin Schmidt
  -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   (— 71 kg)
• Stefan Dott
  Stefan Dott
  Stefan Dott is a German judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   (— 78 kg)
• Marko Spittka
  Marko Spittka
  Marko Spittka is a German judoka. He won a bronze medal in the half-lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:**...
  
   (— 86 kg)
• Detlef Knorrek (— 95 kg)
• Frank Möller
  Frank Möller
  Frank Möller is a German judoka.He won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
   (+ 95 kg)

Women's Competition

• Jana Perlberg (— 48 kg)
• Alexa von Schwichow (— 52 kg)
• Susanne Singer (— 61 kg)
• Anja von Rekowski (— 66 kg)
• Hannah Ertel (— 72 kg)
• Johanna Hagn
  Johanna Hagn
  Johanna Hagn is a German judoka.She won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
   (+ 72 kg)

Rowing

Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...

Men's Competition

• Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange
  Thomas Lange is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single scull. He was born in Eisleben....
  
   (Single Sculls)
• Sebastian Mayer / Roland Opfer (Doppelzweier)
• Colin von Ettingshausen
  Colin von Ettingshausen
  Colin von Ettingshausen is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   / Matthias Ungemach
  Matthias Ungemach
  Matthias Ungemach is a German rower , double World Champion and Olympian....
  
   (Zweier ohne)
• André Steiner
  André Steiner
  André Steiner is a retired German rower. During his career Steiner became an Olympic champion and a world champion.-References:...
  
  , Andreas Hajek
  Andreas Hajek
  Andreas Hajek is a retired German rower. During his career Hajek became a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.-References:...
  
  , Stephan Volkert
  Stephan Volkert
  Stephan Volkert is a retired German rower. During his career Volkert became a two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion.-References:...
  
  , and André Willms
  André Willms
  André Willms is a retired German rower. During his career Willms became a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.-References:...
  
   (Quadruple Sculls)
• Ike Landvoigt
  Ike Landvoigt
  Ike Landvoigt is a German rower. His father Jörg was also a successful rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Stefan Forster
  Stefan Forster
  Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Claas-Peter Fischer, and Stefan Scholz (Coxless Four)
• Wolfram Huhn
  Wolfram Huhn
  Wolfram Huhn is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Marc Weber
  Marc Weber (rower)
  Marc Weber is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff
  Detlef Kirchhoff is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- External links :**...
  
  , Mark Kleinschmidt, Thorsten Streppelhoff
  Thorsten Streppelhoff
  Thorsten Streppelhoff is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Ulrich Viefers
  Ulrich Viefers
  Ulrich Viefers is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Frank Richter, Roland Baar
  Roland Baar
  Roland Baar is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   (Eights), and Peter Thiede
  Peter Thiede
  Peter Thiede is a German rowing cox.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   (coxswain)
• Peter Uhrig / Ingo Euler
  Ingo Euler
  Ingo Euler is a German rower. Together with his double sculls partner Bernhard Rühling Ingo Euler dominated German lightweight sculling in the late 1990s and early 2000s and competed in the 1996 , 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games in the Lightweight Double Sculls, his best...
  
   (Doppelzweier)
• Tobias Rose, Martin Weis, Michael Buchheit, and Bernhard Stomporowski (Vierer ohne)

Women's Competition

• Meike Evers
  Meike Evers
  Meike Evers is a German rower who was co-winner of two Olympic gold medals. She is currently a police detective and member of the "Athlete Committee" of the World Anti-Doping Agency. -References: *...
  
   (Single Sculls)
• Jana Thieme
  Jana Thieme
  Jana Thieme is a German rower and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in Double sculls with her partner Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jana has won six World Championships and nine German Championships.-References:...
  
   / Manuela Lutze
  Manuela Lutze
  Manuela Lutze is a multi Olympic-medaling sculler who competed in four Olympics, winning two gold medals and a bronze medal. In addition, she has also won 4 Gold Medals in the Quadruple Sculls event at the World Championships, beginning with Cologne, Germany in 1998-External links:*...
  
   (Doppelzweier)
• Kathrin Haacker
  Kathrin Haacker
  Kathrin Haacker is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...
  
   / Stefanie Werremeier (Zweier ohne)
• Kathrin Boron
  Kathrin Boron
  Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist...
  
  , Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers
  Jana Sorgers is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions. Also she won the Thomas Keller Medal.- References :...
  
  , Katrin Rutschow, and Kerstin Köppen
  Kerstin Köppen
  Kerstin Köppen is a German rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in 1992 and 1996.-References:...
  
   (Quadruple Sculls)
• Anja Pyritz
  Anja Pyritz
  Anja Pyritz is a German rower. -References:...
  
  , Antje Rehaag, Andrea Gersch, Ina Justh, Kathlen Naser, Dana Pyritz
  Dana Pyritz
  Dana Pyritz is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Michaela Schmidt, Ute Schell (Eights), and Daniela Neunast
  Daniela Neunast
  Daniela Neunast is a German rower, and Olympic gold and bronze medalist in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Games, respectively. She is 5'2" and 99 lbs...
  
   (coxswain)

Sailing

Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Competition

• Michael Fellmann (Finn-Dinghi)
• Frank Butzmann / Kai Falkenthal (Star)
• Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann
  Jochen Schümann is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class....
  
   / Bernd Jäckel / Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach
  Thomas Flach is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Bernd Jäkel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...
  
   (Soling)
• Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland (470er)
• Stefan Warkalla (Laser)
• Matthias Bornhäuser (Mistral)
• Roland Gäbler
  Roland Gäbler
  Roland Gäbler is a German sailor and member in the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein as well as in the Kieler Yacht-Club. He competed in five Olympic Games....
  
   / Frank Parlow (Tornado)

Women's Competition

• Sibylle Powarzynski (Europe)
• Susanne Bauckholt / Katrin Adlkofer (470er)

Shooting

Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

Rifle

• Maik Eckhard, Christian Klees
  Christian Klees
  Christian Klees is a German former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the Olympic Games. He did this in at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , Bernd Rücker, Johann Riederer
  Johann Riederer
  Johann Riederer is a German sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won bronze medal in the 10 metre air rifle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:...
  
  , Petra Horneber, Bettina Knells, and Kirsten Obel

Pistol

• Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann
  Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....
  
  , Hans-Jürgen Neumaier, Daniel Leonhardt, Artur Gevorgian, and Anke Völker

Running Target

• Michael Jakosits
  Michael Jakosits
  Michael Jakosits is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in 10 metre running target at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He placed fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   and Jens Zimmermann

Trap and Skeet

• Uwe Möller, Jörg Damme, Bernhard Hochwald, Jan-Henrik Heinrich, Axel Wegner
  Axel Wegner
  Axel Wegner is a German sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-References:...
  
  , Waldemar Schanz, Karsten Bindrich
  Karsten Bindrich
  Karsten Bindrich is a German sport shooter who specializes in the trap.At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in joint fourteenth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint sixth place in the...
  
  , and Susanne Kirchmayer

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...
  
  
• Heat — 22.68
• Swim-off — DSQ
• B-Final — 22.73 (→ 10th place)

• Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who swam in the qualifying heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final he was replaced by Christian Tröger who, alongside Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger won...
  
  
• Heat — 23.06 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Christian Tröger
  Christian Tröger
  Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...
  
  
• Heat — 50.06
• B-Final — 49.90 (→ 10th place)

• Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
  
  
• Heat — 50.38
• B-Final — 49.91 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo-Rhys Heilmann . is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner...
  
  
• Heat — 1:49.57
• B-Final — 1:48.81 (→ 9th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Jörg Hoffmann
  Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
  Jörg Hoffmann is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 3:51.26
• Final — 3:52.15 (→ 7th place)

• Sebastian Wiese
  Sebastian Wiese
  Sebastian Wiese is a retired freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the European Long Course Championships in the men's 1500 m freestyle in the early 1990s.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 3:53.65
• B-Final — 3:52.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Jörg Hoffmann
  Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
  Jörg Hoffmann is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 15:18.61
• Final — 15:18.86 (→ 7th place)

• Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
• Heat — 15:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....
  
  
• Heat — 55.73
• Final — 55.56 (→ 7th place)

• Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke is a professional swimmer from Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 56.26
• B-Final — 56.63 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.50
• B-Final — scratched

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...
  
  
• Heat — 1:01.79
• Final — 1:01.33 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Heat — 54.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Heat — 1:59.87
• B-Final — 2:00.08 (→ 12th place)

• Chris-Carol Bremer
  Chris-Carol Bremer
  Chris-Carol Bremer is a former German Olympic swimmer of the 1990s who captained the German swimming team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- Reference :...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.48
• B-Final — 2:01.62 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Christian Keller
  Christian Keller
  Christian Keller . is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay...
  
  
• Heat — 2:03.82
• B-Final — 2:02.90 (→ 9th place)

• Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke is a professional swimmer from Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 2:04.23
• B-Final — 2:03.94 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz
  Alexander Lüderitz is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who swam in the qualifying heats of the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final he was replaced by Christian Tröger who, alongside Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger won...
  
  , Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...
  
  , and Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
  
  
• Heat — 3:19.27
• Christian Tröger
  Christian Tröger
  Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...
  
  , Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...
  
  , Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
  
  , and Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger
  Mark Pinger is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Final — 3:17.20 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Konstantin Dubrovin
  Konstantin Dubrovin
  Konstantin Dubrovin is a former freestyle swimmer, who represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he swam in the preliminary heats of the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay, which eventually won the bronze medal in the final.-References:*...
  
  , Christian Keller
  Christian Keller
  Christian Keller . is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay...
  
  , Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , and Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
• Heat — 7:22.17
• Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo Heilmann
  Aimo-Rhys Heilmann . is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner...
  
  , Christian Keller
  Christian Keller
  Christian Keller . is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay...
  
  , Christian Tröger
  Christian Tröger
  Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...
  
  , and Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner
  Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam...
  
  
• Final — 7:17.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke
  Stev Theloke is a professional swimmer from Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...
  
  , Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe
  Oliver Lampe is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , and Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky
  Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...
  
  
• Heat — 3:41.30
• Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun
  Ralf Braun is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....
  
  , Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke
  Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...
  
  , Christian Keller
  Christian Keller
  Christian Keller . is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Four years later the three-time European Junior Champion won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay...
  
  , and Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky
  Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
  
  
• Final — 3:39.64 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 25.45
• Final — 25.14 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 26.00
• B-Final — 26.16 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 55.55
• Final — 54.88 (→ Silver Medal)

• Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  
• Heat — 55.80
• Final — 55.59 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  
• Heat — 1:59.40
• Final — 1:58.57 (→ Silver Medal)

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.38
• Final — 1:59.56 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:11.17
• Final — 4:08.30 (→ Silver Medal)

• Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer....
  
  
• Heat — 4:08.99
• Final — 4:09.83 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 8:33.55
• Final — 8:29.91 (→ Silver Medal)

• Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer....
  
  
• Heat — 8:36.33
• Final — 8:31.06 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.68
• Final — 1:02.52 (→ 6th place)

• Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.05
• B-Final — 1:02.85 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Großmann , formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke...
  
  
• Heat — 2:13.58
• Final — 2:12.06 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:12.73
• B-Final — 2:12.90 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Kathrin Dumitru
• Heat — 1:11.92 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Kathrin Dumitru
• Heat — 2:37.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Julia Voitowitsch
• Heat — 1:01.47
• B-Final — 1:01.14 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst-Klenz is a retired female butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Herbst is the daughter of former Olympians Eva Wittke and Jochen Herbst, and the sister of swimmer Stefan Herbst.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:16.66 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst-Klenz is a retired female butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Herbst is the daughter of former Olympians Eva Wittke and Jochen Herbst, and the sister of swimmer Stefan Herbst.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:18.00
• B-Final — 2:16.68 (→ 11th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst
  Sabine Herbst-Klenz is a retired female butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Herbst is the daughter of former Olympians Eva Wittke and Jochen Herbst, and the sister of swimmer Stefan Herbst.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:45.36
• Final — 4:43.78 (→ 4th place)

• Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Rund
  Cathleen Großmann , formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke...
  
  
• Heat — 4:55.30 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  , Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...
  
  , and Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  
• Heat — 3:44.17
• Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  , and Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  
• Final — 3:41.48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus
  Simone Osygus is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics....
  
  , Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag
  Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...
  
  , Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  , and Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  
• Heat — 8:08.58
• Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  , Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass
  Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer....
  
  , Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz
  Anke Scholz is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  , and Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase
  Dagmar Hase is a former German swimmer, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke. She won seven Olympic medals in her career, including a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 8:01.55 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  , Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  , and Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 4:08.95
• Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte
  Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
  
  , Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick
  Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
  
  , and Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker
  Sandra Völker is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she made her second Olympic appearance, after her debut four years earlier in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Final — 4:09.22 (→ 6th place)

Table Tennis

Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The table tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Controversy:During the women's singles final match between the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei , police arrested two Taiwanese spectators for waving the flag of the Republic...

Men's Competition

• Jörg Roßkopf
• Steffen Fetzner
  Steffen Fetzner
  Steffen Fetzner is a male former table tennis player from Germany. From 1989 to 2000 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, in the World Table Tennis Championships, and in the Table Tennis World Cup...
  
  
• Peter Franz

Women's Competition

• Jie Schöpp
• Nicole Struse
  Nicole Struse
  Nicole Struse is a table tennis player from Germany, who won several national contests and reached round three with Elke Wosik in the Women's Doubles Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She represented her native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. 1995 she was...
  
  
• Olga Nemes
• Elke Schall
  Elke Schall
  Elke Schall, born 19 July 1973 in Speyer, is a professional table tennis player from Germany. She has an offensive, looping style.She competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2008. Her doubles partner at the first four Olympics was Nicole Struse, with whom she won the European...
  
  

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Singles Competition

• Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Thomas Enqvist
  Thomas Enqvist
  Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
  
   (SWE), 6-7 6-4 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• David Prinosil
  David Prinosil
  David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...
  
   and Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...
  
  

Women's Singles Competition

• Anke Huber
  Anke Huber
  Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Cătălina Cristea
  Catalina Cristea
  Cătălina Cristea is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked 59 in the singles WTA Tour and 40th in the doubles. She retired from professional competitions in September 2001.-External links:...
  
   (ROM), 2-6 6-4 6-2
• Second Round — Defeated Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S...
  
   (RSA), 3-6 6-1 6-4
• Third Round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
  
   (USA), 1-6 6-3, 3-6

Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Nancy Celis
• Tanja Hart
  Tanja Hart
  Tanja Hart is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1995...
  
  
• Karin Horninger
• Silvia Roll
• Susanne Lahme
• Grit Naumann
• Hanka Pachale
  Hanka Pachale
  Hanka Pachale is a female volleyball player from Germany. She represented the German Women's National Team in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...
  
  
• Ines Pianka
• Constanze Radfan
• Christine Schultz
• Ute Steppin
• Claudia Wilke
• Head Coach: Sigfried Kohler

Men's Team Competition

• Ingo Borgmann
• Piotr Bukowski
• Oliver Dahler
• Jörg Dresel
• Torsten Dresel
• Davor Erjavec
• Michael Ilgner
• Dirk Klingenberg
• Raul de la Peña
• René Reimann
• Uwe Sterzik
• Lars Tomanek
• Daniel Voß

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

• Andreas Behm (Lightweight)
• Ingo Steinhöfel
  Ingo Steinhöfel
  Ingo Steinhöfel , is a former German weightlifter who competed at five Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the Middleweight class at the 1988 Olympics....
  
   and Andrey Poitschke (Middleweight)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (— 83 kg)

• Marc Huster
  Marc Huster
  Marc Huster is a German weightlifter and sports commentator.World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999...
  
  
• Final — 170.0 + 212.5 = 382.5 (→ Silver Medal)

• Oliver Caruso (Middle-heavyweight)
• Igor Sadykov (Heavyweight)
• Manfred Nerlinger
  Manfred Nerlinger
  Manfred Nerlinger is a German former weightlifter, nowadays trainer and entrepreneur.He started with weightlifting in 1973...
  
   and Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller
  Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....
  
   (Super-heavyweight)

Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

• Mario Kalinke
• Snatch — 177.5 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 212.5 kg
• Total — 390.0 kg (→ 9th place)

• Dimitri Prochorov
• Snatch — 175.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
• Total — 390.0 kg (→ 11th place)

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

Greco-Roman

• Oleg Kutscherenko (— 48 kg)
• Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (— 52 kg)
• Rifat Yildiz
  Rıfat Yıldız
  Rifat Yildiz is a German wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com* at FILA...
  
   (— 57 kg)
• Erik Hahn (— 74 kg)
• Thomas Zander
  Thomas Zander (wrestler)
  Thomas Zander is a German wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com* at FILA...
  
   (— 82 kg)
• Mike Bullmann (— 90 kg)
• Rene Schiekel (— 130 kg)

Freestyle

• Jürgen Scheibe (— 62 kg)
• Alexander Leipold
  Alexander Leipold
  Alexander Leipold is a German former freestyle wrestler who won the German Championships eleven times, the European Championships three times, the World Championships in 1994, and won the tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was later stripped of his gold medal.-Wrestling career:Leipold won...
  
   (— 74 kg)
• Heiko Balz (— 90 kg)
• Aravat Sabejev (— 100 kg)
• Sven Thiele (— 130 kg)