Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	422 in 27 sports
Flag bearers	Timo Boll (opening)[1] Sebastian Brendel (closing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 17 Silver 10 Bronze 15 Total 42
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Saar (1952)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)  East Germany (1968–1988)  West Germany (1968–1988)

Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990.

Medalists[edit]

The following German competitors won medals at the Games.

Competitors[edit]

Archery[edit]

Two German archers qualified for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2][3][4] Following the completion of internal selections, Florian Floto and Lisa Unruh were named to the German archery team on 23 June 2016.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Florian Floto	Men's individual	677	11	Piippo (FIN) W 6–0	Mohamad (MAS) W 6–4	Ku B-c (KOR) L 4–6	Did not advance
Lisa Unruh	Women's individual	640	21	Brito (VEN) W 6–4	Bayardo (MEX) W 6–4	Cao H (CHN) W 6–2	Tan Y-t (TPE) W 6–5	Valencia (MEX) W 6–2	Chang H-j (KOR) L 2–6

Athletics[edit]

German athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[6][7] The team will select its athletes with a specific qualifying standard based on the results at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, the 2016 European Championships, Olympic trials, and other events approved by the German Athletics Association.^[8][9]

On 31 May 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender), highlighted by London 2012 Olympian Arne Gabius, were the first batch of German track and field athletes to be selected to the Olympic roster.^[10] On 28 July 2016, Arne Gabius declared his withdrawal from the Games due to a hip injury.^[11]

Following the end of the qualifying period, a total of 86 athletes (38 men and 48 women) were named to the track and field team for the Games; 28 of them managed to achieve their results at the German Championships (19 to 26 June), while the remainder were added through a discretionary selection criteria by the German Athletics Association. Notable German athletes featured reigning Olympic discus throw champion Robert Harting and his younger brother Christoph, shot put runner-up David Storl, hammer thrower Betty Heidler, pole vaulter Raphael Holzdeppe, Worlds medalists Rico Freimuth, Gesa Felicitas Krause and Christina Schwanitz, and javelin thrower and current world leader Thomas Röhler.^[12][13]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nils Brembach	20 km walk	—						1:23:46	38
Matthias Bühler	110 m hurdles	13.90	4	—		Did not advance
Carl Dohmann	50 km walk	—						DNF
Robin Erewa	200 m	20.61	5	—		Did not advance
Julian Flügel	Marathon	—						2:20:47	71
Lucas Jakubczyk	100 m	Bye		10.29	5	Did not advance
Alexander John	110 m hurdles	14.13	5	—		Did not advance
Christopher Linke	20 km walk	—						1:20:00	5
Aleixo-Platini Menga	200 m	20.80	5	—		Did not advance
Florian Orth	5000 m	13:28.88	14	—				Did not advance
Hagen Pohle	20 km walk	—						1:21:44	18
	50 km walk	—						DNF
Philipp Pflieger	Marathon	—						2:18:56	55
Julian Reus	100 m	Bye		10.34	7	Did not advance
	200 m	20.39 SB	3	—		Did not advance
Richard Ringer	5000 m	14:05.01	20	—				Did not advance
Homiyu Tesfaye	1500 m	3:47:44	7	—		Did not advance
Gregor Traber	110 m hurdles	13.50	3 Q	—		13.43	5	Did not advance
Robin Erewa Robert Hering Sven Knipphals Lucas Jakubczyk Julian Reus Alexander Kosenkow Roy Schmidt	4 × 100 m relay	38.26	6	—				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jackie Baumann	400 m hurdles	59.04	6	—		Did not advance
Pamela Dutkiewicz	100 m hurdles	12.90	3 Q	—		12.92	4	Did not advance
Nadine Gonska	200 m	23.03	4	—		Did not advance
Rebekka Haase	100 m	Bye		11.41	5	Did not advance
Anna Hahner	Marathon	—						2:45:32	81
Lisa Hahner		—						2:45:33	82
Christina Hering	800 m	2:01.04	7	—		Did not advance
Nadine Hildebrand	100 m hurdles	12.84	2 Q	—		12.95	4	Did not advance
Konstanze Klosterhalfen	1500 m	4:11.76	6 Q	—		4:07.26	10	Did not advance
Fabienne Kohlmann	800 m	2:05.36	7	—		Did not advance
Sanaa Koubaa	3000 m steeplechase	9:35.15 PB	9	—				Did not advance
Gesa Felicitas Krause		9:19.70	3 Q	—				9:18.41	6
Gina Lückenkemper	200 m	22.80	3 q	—		22.73	5	Did not advance
Lisa Mayer		22.86	2 Q	—		22.90	7	Did not advance
Tatjana Pinto	100 m	Bye		11.31	2 Q	11.32	7	Did not advance
Maya Rehberg	3000 m steeplechase	9:51.73	15	—				Did not advance
Cindy Roleder	100 m hurdles	12.86	1 Q	—		12.69	3 q	12.74	5
Anja Scherl	Marathon	—						2:37:23	44
Ruth Spelmeyer	400 m	51.43 PB	3 q	—		51.61	6	Did not advance
Diana Sujew	1500 m	4:09.07	10 q	—		4:10.15	9	Did not advance
Alexandra Burghardt Rebekka Haase Yasmin Kwadwo Tatjana Pinto	4 × 100 m relay	42.18	1 Q	—				42.10	4
Lara Hoffmann Friederike Möhlenkamp Laura Müller Ruth Spelmeyer	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.02	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alyn Camara	Long jump	5.16	30	Did not advance
Tobias Dahm	Shot put	19.62	22	Did not advance
Karsten Dilla	Pole vault	5.30	28	Did not advance
Christoph Harting	Discus throw	65.41	3 Q	68.37 PB
Robert Harting		62.21	15	Did not advance
Fabian Heinle	Long jump	7.79	18	Did not advance
Max Heß	Triple jump	16.56	15	Did not advance
Raphael Holzdeppe	Pole vault	5.45	25	Did not advance
Daniel Jasinski	Discus throw	62.83	11 Q	67.08
Eike Onnen	High jump	2.26	24	Did not advance
Mateusz Przybylko		2.22	28	Did not advance
Thomas Röhler	Javelin throw	83.01	9 Q	90.30
Tobias Scherbarth	Pole vault	5.45	26	Did not advance
David Storl	Shot put	20.47	10 q	20.64	7
Johannes Vetter	Javelin throw	85.96	2 Q	85.32	4
Julian Weber		84.46	3 Q	81.36	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Shanice Craft	Discus throw	60.23	12 q	59.83	11
Jenny Elbe	Triple jump	14.02	13	Did not advance
Julia Fischer	Discus throw	61.83	9 q	62.67	9
Sara Gambetta	Shot put	17.24	20	Did not advance
Kristin Gierisch	Triple jump	14.26	4 q	13.96	11
Betty Heidler	Hammer throw	71.17	6 q	73.71	4
Christin Hussong	Javelin throw	62.17	11 q	57.70	12
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	High jump	1.94	12 Q	1.93	=7
Kathrin Klaas	Hammer throw	67.92	18	Did not advance
Malaika Mihambo	Long jump	6.82	2 Q	6.95 PB	4
Sosthene Moguenara		6.55	11 q	6.61	10
Nadine Müller	Discus throw	63.67	5 Q	63.13	6
Christina Obergföll	Javelin throw	62.18	10 q	62.92	8
Annika Roloff	Pole vault	4.45	21	Did not advance
Lisa Ryzih		4.60	2 Q	4.50	10
Christina Schwanitz	Shot put	19.18	2 Q	19.03	6
Linda Stahl	Javelin throw	63.95	4 Q	59.71	11
Martina Strutz	Pole vault	4.60	7 Q	4.60	9
Lena Urbaniak	Shot put	16.62	29	Did not advance
Alexandra Wester	Long jump	5.98	34	Did not advance
Charlene Woitha	Hammer throw	62.50	29	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Arthur Abele	Result	10.87	6.97	15.03	1.98	49.02	14.12	44.66	4.50	64.13	4:53.07	8013	15
	Points	890	807	792	785	860	959	760	760	800	600
Rico Freimuth	Result	10.73	7.17 SB	13.27	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	922	854	684	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Kai Kazmirek	Result	10.78	7.69 PB	14.20	2.10	46.75	14.62	43.25	5.00	64.60	4:31.25	8580	4
	Points	910	982	741	896	971	896	731	910	807	736

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jennifer Oeser	Result	13.69	1.86 PB	14.28 SB	24.99	6.19 SB	47.22	2:13.82 SB	6401 SB	9
	Points	1023	1054	813	888	908	806	909
Claudia Rath	Result	13.63	1.74	12.83	24.48	6.55	39.39	2:07.22 SB	6270	14
	Points	1031	903	716	935	1023	656	1006
Carolin Schäfer	Result	13.12 PB	1.83 SB	14.57 PB	23.99	6.20	47.99	2:16.52 SB	6540	5
	Points	1106	1016	832	982	912	821	871

Badminton[edit]

Germany has qualified a total of seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[14] The badminton team was officially named as part of the first batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 31 May 2016.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marc Zwiebler	Singles	Evans (IRL) L (21–9, 17–21, 7–21)	de Oliveira (BRA) W (21–12, 21–12)	—	2	Did not advance
Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler	Doubles	Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS) L (14–21, 17–21)	Fu Hf / Zhang N (CHN) L (11–21, 16–21)	Chew / Pongnairat (USA) W (21–14, 21–14)	3	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karin Schnaase	Singles	Magee (IRL) W (21–14, 21–19)	Wang Yh (CHN) L (11–21, 16–21)	—	2	Did not advance
Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Doubles	Tang Yt / Yu Y (CHN) L (10–21, 11–21)	Chang Y-n / Lee S-h (KOR) L (18–21, 21–18, 17–21)	G Stoeva / S Stoeva (BUL) L (14–21, 19–21)	4	—	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	Doubles	Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) L (19–21, 16–21)	Jordan / Susanto (INA) L (16–21, 15–21)	Lee C H / Chau H W (HKG) L (17–21, 14–21)	4	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Germany has entered six boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Artem Harutyunyan and Erik Pfeifer were the only Germans finishing among the top two of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, whereas David Graf did so in the World Series of Boxing.^[15][16] Light heavyweight boxer Serge Michel had claimed an Olympic spot with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[17]

Hamza Touba and Arajik Marutjan rounded out the German roster by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamza Touba	Men's flyweight	Konki (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Artem Harutyunyan	Men's light welterweight	Bye	Biyarslanov (CAN) W 2–0	Gözgeç (TUR) W 3–0	Sotomayor (AZE) L 0–3	Did not advance
Arajik Marutjan	Men's welterweight	Maestre (VEN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Serge Michel	Men's light heavyweight	Mina (ECU) L 0–3	Did not advance
David Graf	Men's heavyweight	Bye	Peralta (ARG) L 1–2	Did not advance
Erik Pfeifer	Men's super heavyweight	Laurent (ISV) L 1–2	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

German canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[18] The roster of German slalom canoeists, led by London 2012 medalists Hannes Aigner and Sideris Tasiadis, was announced on 17 April 2016 as a result of their top performances at two selection meets of the Olympic Trials, both held in Augsberg (8 to 10 April) and Markkleeberg (15 to 17 April).^[19]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sideris Tasiadis	Men's C-1	100.47	8	92.23	1	92.23	1 Q	95.63	1 Q	97.90	5
Franz Anton Jan Benzien	Men's C-2	103.43	4	114.35	8	103.43	5 Q	107.93	1 Q	103.58	4
Hannes Aigner	Men's K-1	90.33	7	87.31	2	87.31	3 Q	91.87	6 Q	89.02	4
Melanie Pfeifer	Women's K-1	115.60	15	107.30	12	107.30	14 Q	108.58	10 Q	106.89	7

Sprint[edit]

German canoeists have qualified a total of six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[20] Meanwhile, two additional boats (women's K-1 200 m and women's K-1 500 m) were awarded to the German squad by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.^[21]

A total of 11 sprint canoeists (six men and five women), highlighted by London 2012 champions Sebastian Brendel (men's C-1 1000 m) and women's kayak duo Tina Dietze and Franziska Weber, were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the German roster for the Games on 28 June 2016.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastian Brendel	C-1 1000 m	3:58.44	1 FA	Bye		3:56.926
Max Hoff	K-1 1000 m	3:33.585	2 Q	3:36.136	2 FA	3:37.581	7
Stefan Kiraj	C-1 200 m	41.198	5 Q	43.171	6	Did not advance
Ronald Rauhe	K-1 200 m	34.350	1 Q	34.180	2 FA	35.662
Sebastian Brendel Jan Vandrey	C-2 1000 m	3:33.482	1 FA	Bye		3:43.912
Marcus Groß Max Rendschmidt	K-2 1000 m	3:19.258	1 FA	Bye		3:10.781
Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe	K-2 200 m	31.572	4 Q	32.061	2 FA	32.488	5
Marcus Groß Max Hoff Tom Liebscher Max Rendschmidt	K-4 1000 m	2:52.836	1 FA	Bye		3:02.143

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Conny Waßmuth	K-1 200 m	41.972	5 Q	41.725	6	Did not advance
Franziska Weber	K-1 500 m	1:56.601	4 Q	1:56.515	1 FA	1:54.553	5
Tina Dietze Franziska Weber	K-2 500 m	1:42.184	1 FA	Bye		1:43.738
Tina Dietze Sabrina Hering Steffi Kriegerstein Franziska Weber	K-4 500 m	1:33.185	3 Q	1:34.710	1 FA	1:15.094

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

German riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[22] The road cycling team, highlighted by London 2012 time trial runner-up Tony Martin, was named to the Olympic roster on 25 June 2016.^[13][23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emanuel Buchmann	Road race	6:13:03	14
Simon Geschke	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:15:49.88	13
Maximilian Levy	Road race	Did not finish
Tony Martin	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:15:33.75	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lisa Brennauer	Road race	3:56:34	19
	Time trial	45:22.62	8
Romy Kasper	Road race	4:02:07	44
Claudia Lichtenberg		3:58:03	31
Trixi Worrack	Road race	4:01:33	43
	Time trial	46:52.77	16

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, German riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Germany has won the right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) announced the full track cycling squad, as part of the first batch of nominated German athletes, on 31 May 2016. Among these cyclists featured defending Olympic champions Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte in women's team sprint.^[10][24] Henning Bommel (men's team pursuit) and Anna Knauer (women's Omnium) rounded out the lineup on 28 June 2016.^[12]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Joachim Eilers	Men's sprint	9.908 72.668	12 Q	Zieliński (POL) W 10.428 69.044	Bye	Xu C (CHN) W 10.449 68.906	Bye	Glaetzer (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Constable (AUS)  Xu C (CHN)  Baugé (FRA) W 10.525	5
Maximilian Levy		10.035 71.748	18 Q	Kenny (GBR) L	Phillip (TRI)  Dawkins (NZL) W 10.536 69.524	Glaetzer (AUS) L	Constable (AUS)  Hoogland (NED) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Hoogland (NED)  Webster (NZL)  Puerta (COL) W 10.275	9
Kristina Vogel	Women's sprint	10.865 66.267	6 Q	van Riessen (NED) W 11.279 63.835	Bye	Hansen (NZL) W 11.197 64.302	Bye	Lee W S (HKG) W 11.230, W 11.373	Marchant (GBR) W 11.302, W 11.153	James (GBR) W 11.237, W 11.312
Miriam Welte		11.038 65.229	14 Q	Zhong Ts (CHN) L	O'Brien (CAN)  Sullivan (CAN) W 11.466 62.794	Marchant (GBR) L	Zhong Ts (CHN)  Meares (AUS) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Meares (AUS)  Cueff (FRA)  Hansen (NZL) L	11

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Joachim Eilers René Enders Maximilian Levy	Men's team sprint	43.711 61.769	7 Q	New Zealand (NZL) L 43.455 62.133	5	Did not advance
Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	Women's team sprint	32.673 55.091	3 Q	France (FRA) W 32.806 54.868	4 Q	Australia (AUS) W 32.636 55.153

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Henning Bommel Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein	Men's team pursuit	4:00.911	6 Q	Switzerland (SUI) 3:56.903	6	Italy (ITA) 3:59.485	5
Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Women's team pursuit	4:30.068	9	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Joachim Eilers	Men's keirin	2 Q	Bye	1 Q	4
Maximilian Levy	Men's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance
Kristina Vogel	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	1 Q	6
Miriam Welte		7 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Roger Kluge	Men's omnium	2	38	4:18.907	4	34	12	18	1:03.797	9	24	13.332	11	20	33	3	167	6
Anna Knauer	Women's omnium	16	10	3:42.987	13	16	8	26	36.370	10	22	14.447	10	22	3	11	99	13

Mountain biking[edit]

German mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish for men and second for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. The mountain biking team was named to the Olympic roster on 13 June 2016, with three-time medalist Sabine Spitz riding in the cross-country race at her fifth straight Games.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Manuel Fumic	Men's cross-country	1:37:39	13
Moritz Milatz		1:43:14	28
Helen Grobert	Women's cross-country	1:34:08	12
Sabine Spitz		1:39:16	19

BMX[edit]

German riders qualified for one men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top three finish for men in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of 31 May 2016 and top two for women, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships. London 2012 Olympian Luis Brethauer and BMX rookie Nadja Pries were named to the German cycling team.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Luis Brethauer	Men's BMX	35.379	15	7	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance
Nadja Pries	Women's BMX	37.152	14	—		19	7	Did not advance

Diving[edit]

German divers qualified for five individual spots and three synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. A total of eight divers (four per gender), highlighted by Beijing 2008 silver medalists Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein in men's synchronized platform, were named as part of the second batch of nominated German athletes to the Olympic roster on 28 June 2016.^[12][27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stephan Feck	3 m springboard	423.50	9 Q	354.20	17	Did not advance
Patrick Hausding		440.00	6 Q	413.50	10 Q	498.90
Sascha Klein	10 m platform	463.40	7 Q	475.00	5 Q	424.15	9
Martin Wolfram		468.80	6 Q	466.15	8 Q	492.90	5
Stephan Feck Patrick Hausding	3 m synchronized springboard	—				410.10	4
Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein	10 m synchronized platform	—				438.42	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tina Punzel	3 m springboard	307.95	13 Q	291.60	17	Did not advance
Nora Subschinski		302.05	16 Q	308.25	12 Q	317.10	9
Maria Kurjo	10 m platform	287.00	21	Did not advance
Elena Wassen		291.90	16 Q	276.70	17	Did not advance
Tina Punzel Nora Subschinski	3 m synchronized springboard	—				284.25	7

Equestrian[edit]

Germany became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.^[28] The German eventing team also qualified for Rio by winning the gold medal at the same World Games.^[29]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Kristina Bröring-Sprehe	Desperados	Individual	82.257	2 Q	81.401	4 Q	83.714	90.571	87.142
Sönke Rothenberger	Cosmo		77.329	7 Q	76.261	10	Did not advance
Dorothee Schneider	Showtime		80.986	4 Q	82.619	3 Q	79.607	86.285	82.946	6
Isabell Werth	Weihegold		81.029	3 Q	83.711	1 Q	85.285	92.857	89.071
Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth	See above	Team	81.295	1 Q	81.936	1	—		81.936

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier/Team final			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Louvo	Individual	41.60	8	24.80	66.40	20	0.00	66.40	17	0.00	66.40	11	66.40	11
Michael Jung	Sam		40.90	5	0.00	40.90	2	0.00	40.90	1	0.00	40.90	1	40.90
Ingrid Klimke	Hale Bob		39.50	4	26.00	65.50	19	0.00	65.50	15	4.00	69.50	14	69.50	14
Julia Krajewski	Samourai du Thot		44.80 #	18	Eliminated			Did not advance
Sandra Auffarth Michael Jung Ingrid Klimke Julia Krajewski	See above	Team	122.00	4	50.80	172.80	4	0.00	172.80	2	—			172.80

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet	Individual	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=7 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	=14	4	=9
Ludger Beerbaum	Chiara		4 #	=27 Q	4 #	8	=30 Q	0	8	=18*	Did not advance
Daniel Deusser	First Class		0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=7 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	=14	4	=9
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Fibonacci		0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	5 #	5	=13 Q	EL		Did not advance
Christian Ahlmann Ludger Beerbaum Daniel Deusser Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	See above	Team	0	=1	0	—	=1 Q	8	8	=3	—					8

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing[edit]

Germany has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Max Hartung and Matyas Szabo (both in men's sabre), along with Carolin Golubytskyi in the women's foil, had claimed their Olympic spots on the German team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. They were joined by Peter Joppich, who has been set to compete at his fourth Olympics as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Europe zone in the men's foil.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Joppich	Men's foil	Bye	Lefort (FRA) W 15–13	Avola (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Max Hartung	Men's sabre	—	Apithy (BEN) W 15–9	Homer (USA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Matyas Szabo		—	Pakdaman (IRI) W 15–11	Paskov (BUL) W 15–6	Homer (USA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Carolin Golubytskyi	Women's foil	Bye	Łyczbińska (POL) L 9–14	Did not advance

Field hockey[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 6–2	India W 2–1	Ireland W 3–2	Argentina D 4–4	Netherlands W 2–1	1	New Zealand W 3–2	Argentina L 2–5	Netherlands W 4–3P FT: 1–1
Germany women's	Women's tournament	China D 1–1	New Zealand W 2–1	South Korea W 2–0	Spain L 1–2	Netherlands L 0–2	3	United States W 2–1	Netherlands L 3–4P FT: 1–1	New Zealand W 2–1

Men's tournament[edit]

Germany's men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[31]

Team roster

The following is the German roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[32]

Head coach: Valentin Altenburg

Reserves:

• Tobias Walter (GK)
• Oskar Deecke
• Oliver Korn

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	0	17	10	+7	13	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	18	6	+12	10
3	Argentina	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	8
4	India	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	10	16	−6	3
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 18:00 Canada  2–6  Germany Pearson  11' Pereira  39' Report Fürste  4', 33' Wellen  6', 46' Müller  14' Butt  26' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:00 Germany  2–1  India Wellen  18' Rühr  60' Report Ru. Singh  23' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 12:30 Germany  3–2  Ireland Fürste  13', 38' Zwicker  42' Report Magee  26' Darling  59' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 12:30 Argentina  4–4  Germany Vila  4' P. Ibarra  29' Peillat  48' M. Rey  57' Report Herzbruch  15' Wesley  24' Grambusch  28' Müller  60' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 13:30 Germany  2–1  Netherlands Fuchs  7' Grambusch  33' Report Van As  44' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

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Quarterfinal

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30 Germany  3–2  New Zealand Fürste  56', 60' Fuchs  60' Report Inglis  18' McAleese  49' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS)

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Semifinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 12:00 Argentina  5–2  Germany Peillat  9', 12', 28' Menini  36' Vila  47' Report Fürste  51' Rühr  58' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA)

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Bronze medal match

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 12:00 Netherlands  1–1  Germany Croon  35' Report M. Grambusch  42' Penalties Bakker Kemperman Hertzberger Van Ass De Wijn 3–4 Hauke M. Grambusch Herzbruch Butt Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Martin Madden (GBR)

Women's tournament[edit]

The German women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[34]

Team roster

The following is the German roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[35] Annika Sprink was replaced due to an injury by Katharina Otte on 18 August 2016.^[36]

Head coach: Jamilon Mülders

Reserves

• Yvonne Frank (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
6	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 13:30 China  1–1  Germany Peng  28' Report Hahn  5' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 13:30 New Zealand  1–2  Germany Webster  10' Report Oldhafer  22' Schröder  44' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG) Miao Lin (CHN)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 12:30 Germany  2–0  South Korea Krüger  55' Hahn  59' Report Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 17:00 Germany  1–2  Spain Schütze  21' Report Guinea  9' Salvatella  11' Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Miao Lin (CHN)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 12:30 Netherlands  2–0  Germany De Waard  5' Van Male  44' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

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Quarterfinal

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 12:30 United States  1–2  Germany Falgowski  57' Report Mävers  8' Hahn  14' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Miao Lin (CHN)

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Semifinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 12:00 Netherlands  1–1  Germany Paumen  16' Report Schütze  11' Penalties Bos Hoog Keetels Van Geffen Jonker Bos Hoog 4–3 Müller-Wieland Mävers Hahn Teschke Hauke Müller-Wieland Mävers Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)

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Bronze medal match

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 12:00 Germany  2–1  New Zealand Stapenhorst  34' Schütze  38' Report Merry  45+' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Football[edit]

Summary[edit]

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Mexico D 2–2	South Korea D 3–3	Fiji W 10–0	2	Portugal W 4–0	Nigeria W 2–0	Brazil L 4–5P 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Zimbabwe W 6–1	Australia D 2–2	Canada L 1–2	2	China W 1–0	Canada W 2–0	Sweden W 2–1

Men's tournament[edit]

Germany's men's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the semifinals at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.^[38]

Team roster

The following is the Germany final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[39] Leon Goretzka, the team captain, was injured in the first match of the tournament,^[40] though no alternate was initially used.^[41] However, he was later replaced by goalkeeper Eric Oelschlägel for only the gold medal match.^[42][43]

Head coach: Horst Hrubesch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Timo Horn	(1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	1. FC Köln
2	3MF	Jeremy Toljan	(1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
3	2DF	Lukas Klostermann	(1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	RB Leipzig
4	2DF	Matthias Ginter	(1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 22)	9	0	Borussia Dortmund
5	2DF	Niklas Süle	(1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
6	3MF	Sven Bender*	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 27)	7	0	Borussia Dortmund
7	3MF	Max Meyer (c)	(1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 20)	1	0	Schalke 04
8	3MF	Lars Bender*	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 27)	19	4	Bayer Leverkusen
9	4FW	Davie Selke	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	RB Leipzig
10	3MF	Leon Goretzka (c)	(1995-02-06)6 February 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	Schalke 04
11	3MF	Julian Brandt	(1996-05-02)2 May 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
12	1GK	Jannik Huth	(1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Mainz 05
13	2DF	Philipp Max	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	FC Augsburg
14	2DF	Robert Bauer	(1995-04-09)9 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	FC Ingolstadt
15	3MF	Max Christiansen	(1996-09-25)25 September 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	FC Ingolstadt
16	3MF	Grischa Prömel	(1995-01-09)9 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
17	3MF	Serge Gnabry	(1995-07-14)14 July 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Arsenal
18	4FW	Nils Petersen*	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	SC Freiburg
22	1GK	Eric Oelschlägel	(1995-09-20)20 September 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	Werder Bremen

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	1	23	−22	0

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Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Gold medal match

Women's tournament[edit]

The German women's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the top three for European teams at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[50]

Team roster

Head coach: Silvia Neid

Germany named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament, which was announced on 15 July 2016.^[51] During the tournament, Svenja Huth replaced Simone Laudehr on 11 August 2016 due to injury.^[52]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Almuth Schult	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 25)	28	0	VfL Wolfsburg
2	2DF	Josephine Henning	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 26)	28	0	Arsenal
3	2DF	Saskia Bartusiak (captain)	(1982-09-09)9 September 1982 (aged 33)	94	1	1. FFC Frankfurt
4	2DF	Leonie Maier	(1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 23)	40	6