Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Germany
games=2004 Summer
competitors=453 (254 men, 199 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Ludger Beerbaum
gold=13
silver=16
bronze=20
total=49
rank=6

Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.German athletes participated in all sports except for baseball, basketball, men's football, women's handball, softball, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, women's tennis, men's volleyball, and women's water polo.

Medalists

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

Results by event

Archery

;Men

"Field Events"

;Women"Track Events"

"Road Events"

;Mixed

;Women

lalom

Slalom men's C1:
* Stefan Pfannmöller - bronze medal
*# Heat - 205.88
*#* Run 1 - 104.34
*#* Run 2 - 101.54
*# Total - 191.56
*#* Semifinal - 96.99
*## Final - 94.57

Slalom men's C2:
* Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze - silver medal
*# Heat - 215.56
*#* Run 1 - 108.35
*#* Run 2 - 107.21
*# Total - 210.98
*#* Semifinal - 106.32
*#* Final - 104.66
* Christian Bahmann and Michael Senft - 4th place
*# Heat - 230.59
*#* Run 1 - 116.01
*#* Run 2 - 114.58
*# Total - 213.45
*#* Semifinal - 107.01
*#* Final - 106.44

Slalom men's K1:
* Thomas Schmidt - 5th place
*# Heat - 190.64
*#* Run 1 - 93.28
*#* Run - 97.36
*# Total - 192.93
*#* Semifinal - 95.11
*#* Final - 97.82
* Jens Ewald - 25th place
*# Heat - 250.09
*#* Run 1 - 150.69
*#* Run 2 - 99.40
*# Total - Did not qualify for semifinal

Slalom women's K1:
* Jennifer Bongardt - 9th place
*# Heat - 212.20
*#* Run 1 - 102.96
*#* Run 2 - 109.24
*# Total - 237.66
*#* Semifinal - 107.36
*#* Final - 130.30
* Mandy Planert - 14th place
*# Heat - 225.77
*#* Run 1 - 114.90
*#* Run 2 - 110.87
*# Total - DNF (did not qualify for final)
*#* Semifinal - 122.61
*#* Final - Did not qualify

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's road race:
* Erik Zabel - 4th place, 5:41:56
* Jan Ullrich - 19th place, 5:41:56
* Jens Voigt - 64th place, 5:50:35
* Andreas Klöden - did not finish
* Michael Rich - did not finish

Women's road race:
* Judith Arndt - silver medal, 3:24:31
* Trixi Worrack - 25th place, 3:25:42
* Angela Brodtka - did not finish

Men's time trial:
* Michael Rich - 5th place, 58:09.46
* Jan Ullrich - 7th place, 59:02.04

Women's time trial:
* Judith Arndt - 11th place, 32:46.94
* Trixi Worrack - 15th place, 33:05.72

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:
* Robert Bartko - first round, 8th place
* Christian Lademann - qualifying round, 11th place

Men's team pursuit:
* Robert Bartko, Guido Fulst, Christian Lademann, and Leif Lampater - bronze medal match, 4th place

Men's individual sprint:
* Rene Wolff - bronze medal match, bronze medal
* Stefan Nimke - 1/16 repechage, no rank

Women's individual sprint:
* Katrin Meinke - classification 5-8, 6th place

Men's team sprint:
* Jens Fieldler, Stefan Nimke, and Rene Wolff - final, gold medal

Women's time trial:
* Katrin Meinke - 11th place, 35.088 seconds

Men's time trial:
* Stefan Nimke - bronze medal, 1:01.186
* Carsten Bergemann - 8th place, 1:02.551

Men's points race:
* Guido Fulst - bronze medal, 79 points

Women's points race:
* Katrin Meinke - 8th place, 5 points

Men's Keirin:
* Rene Wolff - final, 5th place
* Jens Fiedler - classification 7-12, 8th place

Men's Madison:
* Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst - 4th place, 9 points

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:
* Manuel Fumic - 8th place, 2:20:29
* Carsten Bresser - 20th place, 2:25:09
* Lado Fumic - did not finish

Women's cross country:
* Sabine Spitz - bronze medal, 1:59:21
* Ivonne Kraft - 7th place, 2:05:18

=Diving=

Men's 3 metre springboard:
* Andreas Wels - Prelim: 378.93 (23rd place)
* Tobias Schellenberg - Prelim: 371.85 (27th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:
* Ditte Kotzian - Prelim: 299.50, Semifinal: 221.20, Final: 288.42 (11th place)
* Heike Fischer - Prelim: 199.71 (31st place)

Men's 10 metre platform:
* Heiko Meyer - final, 7th place
* Tony Adam - semifinal, 18th place

Women's 10 metre platform:
* Annett Gamm - semifinal, 14th place
* Christin Steuer - preliminary, 28th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
* Tobias Schellenberg and Andreas Wels - silver medal, 350.01 points

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
* Ditte Kotzian and Conny Schmalfuss - 6th place, 279.69 points

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:
* Annett Gamm and Nora Subschinski - 6th place, 303.30 points

=Equestrian=

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

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

Team dressage:
* Salzgeber, Schmidt, Schaudt, and Kemmer - gold medal, 74.563%

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

Team eventing:
* Romeike, Hoy, Dibowski, Ostholt, and Klimke - 4th place, 147.8 penalties

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

Team jumping:
* Kutscher, Becker, and Ahlmann - final, bronze medal

=Fencing=

Men's épée individual:
* Daniel Strigel - defeated in quarterfinals
* Sven Schmid - defeated in round of 16
* Jörg Fiedler - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:
* Imke Duplitzer - defeated in quarterfinals
* Claudia Bokel - defeated in round of 16
* Britta Heidemann - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil individual:
* Peter Joppich - defeated in quarterfinals
* Ralf Bissdorf - defeated in round of 32
* Andre Wessels - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:
* Simone Bauer - defeated in round of 16

Women's sabre individual:
* Susanne Koenig - defeated in round of 32

Men's épée team:
* Sven Schmid, Joerg Fiedler, and Daniel Strigel - bronze medal

Women's épée team:
* Imke Duplitzer, Britta Heidemann, and Claudia Bokel - silver medal

Men's foil team:
* Andre Wessels, Peter Joppich, and Simon Senft - 6th place

=Football (Soccer)=

Women's: bronze medal
* Preliminary round: 2-0-0
* Quarterfinal: defeated Nigeria, 2-1
* Semifinal: lost to United States, 2-1
* Bronze medal match: defeated Sweden, 1-0

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic: 8th place team
* Fabian Hambuechen - advanced in two exercises
** Horizontal bar - 7th place
** All-around - 23rd place
* Sergei Pfeifer - advanced in one exercise
** All-around - 21st place
* Thomas Andergassen - did not advance in any exercise
* Matthias Fahrig - did not advance in any exercise
* Robert Juckel - did not advance in any exercise
* Sven Kwiatkowski - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:
* Lisa Brueggemann - did not advance in any exercise
* Yvonne Musik - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:
* Individual
** Lisa Ingildeeva - 19th place

Men's trampoline:
* Henrik Stehlik - bronze medal

Women's trampoline:
* Anna Dogonadze - gold medal

=Handball=

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

=Hockey=

Men's competition

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

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

Women's competition

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

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

=Judo=

Men's 60 kg:
* Oliver Gussenberg - defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 81 kg:
* Florian Wanner - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 90 kg:
* Gerhard Dempf - defeated in round of 32

Men's 100 kg:
* Michael Jurack - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Men's 100+ kg:
* Andreas Toelzer - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

Women's 48 kg:
* Julia Matijass - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 52 kg:
* Raffaella Imbariani - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Women's 57 kg:
* Yvonne Boenisch - gold medal; won final

Women's 63 kg:
* Anna von Harnier - defeated in round of 32

Women's 70 kg:
* Annett Boehm - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78 kg:
* Uta Kuehnen - defeated in round of 16

Women's 78+ kg:
* Sandra Koppen - defeated in round of 16

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's:
* Eric Walther - 7th place
* Steffen Gebhardt - 17th place

Women's:
* Kim Raisner - 5th place

=Tennis=

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

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

=Triathlon=

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

Women's:
* Anja Dittmer - 2:07:25.07 (11th place)
* Joelle Franzmann - 2:08:18.33 (16th place)

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

=Volleyball=

Men's Beach Competition

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

Women's Beach Competition

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

Women's Team Competition

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

=Water polo=

Men's: 5th place
* Preliminary round: 3-1-1
* Quarterfinal: Lost to Russia, 12-5
* Classification 5/6: Defeated Spain, 6-4

Officials

*President: Klaus Steinbach
*Secretary General: Bernhard Schwank