IOC code GER Flag bearer Ludger Beerbaum | Competitors 441 in 29 sports | |
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NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation Website www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French) Medals
Ranked 6th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
13
16
20
49 | ||
Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990. The German National Olympic Committee (German: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games since its reunification. A total of 441 athletes, 250 men and 191 women, competed in 27 sports, and were nominated by DOSB at four different occasions.
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Archery
Germany has qualified a spot in the men's individual event, and in the women's team.
Athletics
German athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Badminton
Boxing
Germany sent four boxers to the 2004 Olympics. They won two bronze medals as the team went for a combined record of 6-4. Germany was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.
Canoeing
Germany entered 19 canoes in the canoeing competition in 2004. 18 qualified for semifinals, 17 qualified for finals, and 16 placed in the top 8. 9 won medals, including 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. This made Germany the most successful nation in the Athens canoeing competition.
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Road
Track
Diving
Germany has qualified 10 athletes, including a single pair in the men's synchronized springboard, and two more in both women's synchronized springboard and platform.
Equestrian
Germany has qualified a spot for the team each in dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Eventing rider Bettina Hoy originally claimed a gold medal for herself and the German team, but three countries filed an appeal on the FEI Ground Jury, that overturned the judges' decision to nullify her original results. Therefore, the German eventing team finished outside the medals in fourth place, and Hoy claimed a ninth spot overall in the official results. Meanwhile, show jumper Ludger Beerbaum and his horse Goldfever helped the Germans claim a gold medal in the team event, but Goldfever tested positive for the prohibited substance betamethasone. As a result, Beerbaum was disqualified from the tournament, and instead, his teammates Christian Ahlmann, Otto Becker, and Marco Kutscher dropped their leading position for the bronze, even without Goldfever's results.
Eventing
"#" 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
Men's tournament
The following is the German roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Bernhard Peters
Advanced to semifinals
Women's tournament
The following is the German roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Markus Weise
Advanced to semifinals
Women's tournament
The following is the German squad in the women's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Tina Theune-Meyer
Artistic
Men's tournament
The following is the Germany roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.‹See Tfd›
Head coaches: Heiner Brand
Judo
Germany has qualified twelve judoka (five men and seven women).
Modern pentathlon
Germany has qualified three athletes in modern pentathlon.
Rowing
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
* Won in shoot-off
* Won in shoot-off
Swimming
German swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Swimmers qualified from the German Olympic Trials.
* Competed only in heats and received medals
* Competed only in heats and received medals
Table tennis
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 tournament
The following is the German roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Lee Hee-wan
Men's tournament
The following is the German roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Hagen Stamm
Wrestling
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