Germany at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Germany
flagcaption=Flag of the German Empire
games=1896 Summer
competitors=19
sports=6
gold=6
silver=5
bronze=2
total=13

Germany competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The Germans were the third most successful nation in terms of both gold medals (6 plus 1 as part of a mixed team) and total medals (13). Gymnastics was the sport in which Germany excelled. The German team had 75 entries in 26 events (of which 48 entries were in the 8 gymnastics events), taking 13 medals.

Medalists

Gold

* Alfred Flatow - gymnastics, parallel bars
* Carl Schuhmann - gymnastics, vault
* Carl Schuhmann - wrestling, Greco-Roman
* Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, horizontal bar
* Fritz Hoffmann (team leader), Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hillmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, and Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, team parallel bars
* Fritz Hoffmann (team leader), Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hillmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, and Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, team horizontal bar

ilver

* Alfred Flatow - gymnastics, horizontal bar
* August von Gödrich - cycling, road race
* Fritz Hoffmann - athletics, 100 metres
* Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, pommel horse
* Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, rings

Bronze

* Fritz Hoffmann - gymnastics, rope climbing
* Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, vault

Results by event

Athletics

Hoffmann's silver medal in the 100 metres was the only medal earned by the German athletes, though they finished 4th or 5th an additional 4 times.

Gymnastics

Germany dominated the gymnastics program, taking 5 of the 8 gold medals and medalling in each event.

Tennis

Traun was defeated by Boland in the first round of the singles tournament. The two entered the doubles tournament as a pair, winning the gold medal in that competition as part of a mixed team; that medal is not counted for Germany.

Wrestling

Schuhmann first faced Launceston Elliot, the one-handed lift weightlifting champion, defeating him fairly easily. He received a bye in the semifinals, to face Georgios Tsitas in the final match. That contest took two days, after it had been postponed on account of darkness 40 minutes into the first day. Schuhmann quickly won on the second morning.

References

* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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