Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Lars Riedel — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Ilke Wyludda — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
- Detlef Hofmann, Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter and Mark Zabel — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
- Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
- Oliver Fix — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
- Birgit Fischer, Manuela Mucke, Anett Schuck and Ramona Portwich — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
- Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint
- Ulrich Kirchhoff — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Ludger Beerbaum, Ulrich Kirchhoff, Lars Nieberg, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Klaus Balkenhol, Martin Schaudt, Monica Theodorescu, and Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage Team
- Andreas Wecker — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Udo Quellmalz — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight
- Andreas Hajek, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
- Kathrin Boron, Kerstin Köppen, Katrin Rutschow, and Jana Sorgers — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, and Jochen Schümann — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition
- Ralf Schumann — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Christian Klees — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
Silver
- Barbara Mensing, Sandra Wagner, and Cornelia Pfohl — Archery, Women's Team Competition
- Frank Busemann — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Oktay Urkal — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
- Birgit Fischer and Ramona Portwich — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
- Jan Hempel — Diving, Men's Platform
- Annika Walter — Diving, Women's Platform
- Roland Baar, Wolfram Huhn, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Peter Thiede, Ulrich Viefers, and Marc Weber — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Petra Horneber — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle
- Susanne Kiermayer — Shooting, Women's Double Trap
- Sandra Völker — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Franziska van Almsick — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Dagmar Hase, Kerstin Kielgass, Franziska van Almsick, Sandra Völker, Meike Freitag, and Simone Osygus — Swimming, Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Marc Huster — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Ronny Weller — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight
- Thomas Zander — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Bronze
- Florian Schwarthoff — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Andrej Tiwontschik — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Grit Breuer, Linda Kisabaka, Uta Rohländer, and Anja Rücker — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Zoltan Lunka — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Thomas Ulrich — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Luan Krasniqi — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Thomas Becker — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
- André Ehrenberg and Michael Senft — Canoeing, Men's C2 Canadian Slalom Pairs
- Judith Arndt — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit
- Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, and Monika Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Richard Trautmann — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight
- Marko Spittka — Judo, Men's Middleweight
- Frank Möller — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Johanna Hagn — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
- Thomas Lange — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Mark Warnecke — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Alexander Lüderitz — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Konstantin Dubrovin, and Oliver Lampe — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle
- Sandra Völker — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Cathleen Rund — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Antje Buschschulte, Simone Osygus, Franziska van Almsick, Sandra Völker, and Meike Freitag — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Jörg Roßkopf — Table Tennis, Men's Singles
- Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil — Tennis, Men's Doubles
- Oliver Caruso — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Maik Bullmann — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Arawat Sabejew — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
- Barbara Mensing → Quarterfinal, 8th place
- Sandra Wagner → Round of 64, 34th place
- Cornelia Pfohl → Round of 64, 40th place
- Mensing, Wagner, and Pfohl → Final, Silver Medal
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
- Stephane Franke
- Steffen Brand
- Martin Strege
- Kim Bauermeister
- Florian Schwarthoff
- Claude Edorh
- Eric Kaiser
- Marc Blume, Holger Blume, Michael Huke, Robert Kurnicki, and Andreas Ruth
- Rico Lieder, Andreas Hein, Kai Karsten, and Thomas Schönlebe
- Alternate member: Uwe Jahn
- Konrad Dobler — 2:21.12
- Stephan Freigang — did not finish
Men's 50 km Walk
- Axel Noack — 3:51:55
- Thomas Wallstab — 3:54:48
- Ronald Weigel — did not finish
Men's High Jump
Men's triple jump
Men's Pole Vault
Men's Shot Put
Men's Decathlon
- Frank Busemann
- Frank Müller
- Dirk-Achim Pajonk
- Lars Riedel
- Jürgen Schult
- Michael Möllenbeck
Men's Javelin Throw
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
- Melanie Paschke
- Silke Knoll
- Grit Breuer
- Linda Kisabaka
Women's 5,000 metres
Women's 10,000 metres
Women's Marathon
- Katrin Dörre-Heinig — 2:28.45
- Sonja Krolik — 2:31.16
- Uta Pippig — did not finish
- Kathrin Born-Boyde — 44:50
- Beate Gummelt — dsq
Women's 400m Hurdles
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Melanie Paschke, Andrea Philipp, Silke Lichtenhagen, Silke Knoll, and Birgit Rockmeier
- Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker, and Grit Breuer
- Alternate member: Karin Janke
Women's High Jump
Women's Discus Throw
- Ilke Wyludda
- Franka Dietzsch
- Anja Gündler
- Astrid Kumbernuss
- Stephanie Storp
- Kathrin Neimke
- Sabine Braun
- Mona Steigauf
- Peggy Beer
Badminton
Women's Competition
- Katrin Schmidt
- Kerstin Ubben
- Karen Stechmann
Beach volleyball
Men's Competition
- Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager — 9th place overall
Women's Competition
- Beate Bühler and Danja Müsch
Boxing
- Zoltan Lunka
- Falk Huste
- Oktay Urkal
- Markus Beyer
- Sven Ottke
- Thomas Ulrich
- Luan Krasniqi
- René Monse
Canoeing
- Lutz Liwoski, Kay Bluhm, Andreas Dittmer, Torsten Gutsche, Detlef Hofmann, Gunar Kirchbach, Thomas Reineck, Jan Schäfer, Patrick Schulze, Olaf Winter, Mark Zabel, and Thomas Zereske
- Birgit Fischer, Daniela Gleue, Manuela Mucke, Ramona Portwich, Anett Schuck,
- Jochen Lettmann, Oliver Fix, Thomas Becker, Sören Kaufmann, Martin Lang, and Vitus Husek
- Manfred Berro / Michael Trummer
- André Ehrenberg / Michael Senft
- Elisabeth Micheler-Jones, and Kordula Striepecke
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial- Michael Rich
- Uwe Peschel
- Vera Hohlfeld
Track Competition
- Guido Fulst
Mountain Bike
Women's Cross Country
- Regina Marunde
Diving
- Jan Hempel
- Andreas Wels
- Claudia Bockner
- Simona Koch
- Annika Walter
- Ute Wetzig
Equestrian
- Isabell Werth
- Monica Teodorescu
- Martin Schaudt
- Klaus Balkenhol
- Nicole Uphoff-Becker
- Ludger Beerbaum
- Ulrich Kirchhof
- Franke Sloothaak
- Lars Nieberg
- Bodo Battenberg
- Ralf Ehrenbrink
- Wolfgang Mengers
- Bettina Overesch-Böker
- Hendrik von Paepcke
- Peter Thomsen
Fencing
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Alexander Koch, Uwe Römer, Wolfgang Wienand
;Men's team épée
- Elmar Borrmann, Arnd Schmitt, Marius Strzalka
;Men's team sabre
- Felix Becker, Frank Bleckmann, Steffen Wiesinger
- Monika Weber-Koszto
- Anja Fichtel-Mauritz
- Sabine Bau
- Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Monika Weber-Koszto, Sabine Bau
;Women's team épée
- Claudia Bokel, Eva-Maria Ittner, Katja Nass
Football
Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Gero Bisanz
Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics
Men's Competition- Uwe Billerbeck, Valeri Belenki, Oliver Walther, Karsten Oelsch, Marius Toba, Jan-Peter Nikiferov, and Andreas Wecker
- Kathleen Stark and Yvonne Pioch
Handball
Men's Team Competition
- Markus Baur
- Jan Fegter
- Henning Fritz
- Jan Holpert
- Holger Löhr
- Thomas Knorr
- Karsten Kohlhaas
- Stephan Kretschmar
- Klaus-Dieter Petersen
- Christian Scheffler
- Martin Schmidt
- Martin Schwalb
- Christian Schwarzer
- Daniel Stephan
- Andreas Thiel
- Volker Zerbe
Women's Team Competition
- Kathrin Blacha
- Andrea Bölk
- Eike Bram
- Csilla Elekes
- Michaela Erler
- Franziska Heinz
- Grit Jurack
- Eva Kiss-Györi
- Christine Lindemann
- Emilia Luca
- Heike Murrweiss
- Miroslava Ritskiavitchius
- Michaela Schanze
- Melanie Schliecker
- Bianca Urbanke
- Marlies Waelzer
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- Semi Finals
- Bronze Medal Game
- Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Team Roster
- Richard Trautmann
- Udo Quellmalz
- Martin Schmidt
- Stefan Dott
- Marko Spittka
- Detlef Knorrek
- Frank Möller
- Jana Perlberg
- Alexa von Schwichow
- Susanne Singer
- Anja von Rekowski
- Hannah Ertel
- Johanna Hagn
Rhythmic gymnastics
- Nicole Bittner, Dörte Schiltz, Katharina Wildermuth, Anne Jung, Luise Stäblein, and Karin Hoffmann
Rowing
- Thomas Lange
- Sebastian Mayer / Roland Opfer
- Colin von Ettingshausen / Matthias Ungemach
- André Steiner, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms
- Ike Landvoigt, Stefan Forster, Claas-Peter Fischer, and Stefan Scholz
- Wolfram Huhn, Marc Weber, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Ulrich Viefers, Frank Richter, Roland Baar and Peter Thiede
- Peter Uhrig / Ingo Euler
- Tobias Rose, Martin Weis, Michael Buchheit, and Bernhard Stomporowski
- Meike Evers
- Jana Thieme / Manuela Lutze
- Kathrin Haacker / Stefani Werremeier
- Kathrin Boron, Jana Sorgers, Katrin Rutschow, and Kerstin Köppen
- Anja Pyritz, Antje Rehaag, Andrea Gesch, Ina Justh, Kathlen Naser, Dana Pyritz, Michaela Schmidt, Ute Schell and Daniela Neunast
- Michelle Darvill / Ruth Kaps
Sailing
- Michael Fellmann
- Frank Butzmann / Kai Falkenthal
- Jochen Schümann / Bernd Jäkel / Thomas Flach
- Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland
- Stefan Warkalla
- Matthias Bornhäuser
- Roland Gäbler / Frank Parlow
Rifle
- Maik Eckhard, Christian Klees, Bernd Rücker, Johann Riederer, Petra Horneber, Bettina Knells, and Kirsten Obel
- Ralf Schumann, Hans-Jürgen Neumaier, Daniel Leonhardt, Artur Gevorgian, and Anke Völker
Trap and Skeet
- Uwe Möller, Jörg Damme, Bernhard Hochwald, Jan-Henrik Heinrich, Axel Wegner, Waldemar Schanz, Karsten Bindrich, and Susanne Kirchmayer
Swimming
Men's Competition
Men's 50 m Freestyle- Bengt Zikarsky
- Alexander Lüderitz
- Christian Tröger
- Björn Zikarsky
- Aimo Heilmann
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Jörg Hoffmann
- Steffen Zesner
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Ralf Braun
- Mark Warnecke
- Oliver Lampe
- Oliver Lampe
- Chris-Carol Bremer
- Christian Keller
- Stev Theloke
- Mark Pinger, Alexander Lüderitz, Bengt Zikarsky, and Björn Zikarsky
- Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger
- Konstantin Dubrovin, Christian Keller, Oliver Lampe, and Steffen Zesner
- Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner
- Stev Theloke, Mark Warnecke, Oliver Lampe, and Bengt Zikarsky
- Ralf Braun, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller, and Björn Zikarsky
Women's Competition
- Sandra Völker
- Simone Osygus
- Sandra Völker
- Franziska van Almsick
- Franziska van Almsick
- Dagmar Hase
- Dagmar Hase
- Kerstin Kielgass
- Dagmar Hase
- Kerstin Kielgass
- Antje Buschschulte
- Anke Scholz
- Cathleen Rund
- Anke Scholz
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Kathrin Dumitru
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Sabine Herbst
- Sabine Herbst
- Cathleen Rund
- Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Meike Freitag, and Franziska van Almsick
- Sandra Völker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, and Franziska van Almsick
- Simone Osygus, Meike Freitag, Anke Scholz, and Franziska van Almsick
- Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Anke Scholz, and Dagmar Hase
- Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker
- Antje Buschschulte, Kathrin Dumitru, Franziska van Almsick, and Sandra Völker
Table tennis
- Jörg Roßkopf
- Steffen Fetzner
- Peter Franz
Men's Singles Competition
- Marc-Kevin Goellner
- David Prinosil and Marc-Kevin Goellner
- Anke Huber
Volleyball
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Sigfried Kohler
Water polo
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
- Andreas Behm
- Ingo Steinhöfel and Andrey Poitschke
- Marc Huster
- Oliver Caruso
- Igor Sadykov
- Manfred Nerlinger and Ronny Weller
- Mario Kalinke
- Dimitri Prochorov
Wrestling
- Oleg Kutscherenko
- Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan
- Rifat Yildiz
- Erik Hahn
- Thomas Zander
- Mike Bullmann
- Rene Schiekel