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Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GER

Flag bearer
  
Ernst Paulus

Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
German Olympic Sports Confederation

Website
  
www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)

Competitors
  
295 (260 men, 35 women) in 16 sports

Medals Ranked 2nd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 7 14 31

Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany returned to the Olympic Games after not being invited to both the 1920 and 1924 Games. Despite a total absence of 16 years since 1912, German athletes were ranked 2nd. 295 competitors, 260 men and 35 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Women's 100 metres
  • Erna Steinberg – 4th
  • Leni Schmidt – DQ (final)
  • Anni Holdmann – Semi-final (4th in heat 1)
  • Leni Junker – Semi-final (5th in heat 2)

    • Boxing

    Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Hubert Ausbock
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Lennart Bohman (SWE), points
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points


    • Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

  • Hans Schonrath
  • First Round — Bye
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points

    • Cycling

    Ten cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • Karl Koch
  • Arthur Essing
  • Bernhard Stübecke
  • Otto Kürschner
    • Sprint
  • Hans Bernhardt
    • Time trial
  • Kurt Einsiedel
    • Tandem
  • Karl Köther
  • Hans Bernhardt
    • Team pursuit
  • Josef Steger
  • Anton Joksch
  • Kurt Einsiedel
  • Hans Dormbach

    • Fencing

    13 fencers, 10 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1928.

    Men's foil
  • Erwin Casmir
  • Fritz Gazzera
  • Julius Thomson
    • Men's team foil
  • Erwin Casmir, Fritz Gazzera, Julius Thomson, Wilhelm Löffler, August Heim, Heinrich Moos
    • Men's épée
  • Hans Halberstadt
  • Fritz Jack
  • Theodor Fischer
    • Men's team épée
  • Theodor Fischer, Fritz Gazzera, Hans Halberstadt, Fritz Jack
    • Men's sabre
  • Erwin Casmir
  • Hans Thomson
  • Heinrich Moos
    • Men's team sabre
  • Erwin Casmir, Heinrich Moos, Hans Halberstadt, Hans Thomson
    • Women's foil
  • Helene Mayer
  • Olga Oelkers
  • Erna Sondheim

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1928. Helmuth Kahl won a bronze medal.

  • Helmuth Kahl
  • Heinz Hax
  • Hermann Hölter

    • References

    Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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