Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GER |
NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 81 (79 men, 2 women) |
Flag bearer | Wilhelm Kaufmann |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Albert Zürner | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
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Heinrich Burger, Anna Hübler | Figure skating | Pairs | October 29 |
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Arno Bieberstein | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke | July 17 |
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Hanns Braun, Hans Eicke, Arthur Hoffmann, Otto Trieloff |
Athletics | Men's medley relay | July 25 |
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Max Götze, Rudolf Katzer, Hermann Martens, Karl Neumer |
Cycling | Men's team pursuit | July 17 |
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Kurt Behrens | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
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Elsa Rendschmidt | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | October 29 |
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Otto Froitzheim | Tennis | Men's singles | July 11 |
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Hanns Braun | Athletics | Men's 800 m | July 21 |
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Karl Neumer | Cycling | Men's 660 yd | July 15 |
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Gottlob Walz | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
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Bernhard von Gaza | Rowing | Men's single sculls | July 31 |
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Willy Düskow, Martin Stahnke | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | July 31 |
Results by event
[edit]Athletics
[edit]Germany's best athletics result was a silver medal in the medley relay.
Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 100 metres | Heats | Carl Bechler | 11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 17 |
Did not advance | |
Arthur Hoffmann | 11.4 seconds 3rd, heat 3 | ||||
Hans Eicke | 11.6 seconds 3rd, heat 7 | ||||
Heinrich Rehder | 11.8 seconds 3rd, heat 8 | ||||
Willy Kohlmey | 12.0 seconds 3rd, heat 15 | ||||
Hermann von Bonninghausen | 12.0 seconds 5th, heat 14 | ||||
— | Paul Fischer | Did not finish —, heat 10 | |||
Men's 200 metres | Heats | Arthur Hoffmann | Unknown 2nd, heat 13 |
Did not advance | |
Men's 400 metres | Heats | Otto Trieloff | Unknown 2nd, heat 14 |
Did not advance | |
Men's 800 metres | 3rd | Hanns Braun | None held | 1:58.0 1st, semifinal 7 |
1:55.2 |
Semi- finalist |
Andreas Breynck | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 |
Did not advance | ||
Oskar Quarg | Unknown 4th, semifinal 5 | ||||
Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist |
Andreas Breynck | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 |
Did not advance |
Hanns Braun | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 8 | ||||
Arno Hesse | Unknown 7th, semifinal 2 | ||||
Men's medley relay | 2nd | Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun |
None held | 3:43.2 1st, semifinal 2 |
3:32.4 |
Men's 5 miles | Semi- finalist |
Paul Nettelbeck | None held | Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 |
Did not advance |
Men's marathon | — | Fritz Reiser | None held | Did not finish | |
H. Muller | Did not start | ||||
Paul Nettelbeck | Did not start | ||||
Men's 3500 metre walk | Semi- finalist |
Paul Gunia | None held | 16:38.0 4th, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Richard Wilhelm | 17:33.8 6th, semifinal 3 | ||||
Men's 10 mile walk | Semi- finalist |
Paul Gunia | None held | 1:26:09.4 7th, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
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Men's long jump | 6th | Albert Weinstein | 6.77 metres |
15th | Arthur Hoffmann | 6.50 metres | |
21-32 | Hermann von Bonninghausen | Unknown | |
Ludwig Uetwiller | 6.05 metres | ||
Men's standing high jump | 8th | Arthur Mallwitz | 1.42 metres |
17th | Ludwig Uetwiller | 1.32 metres | |
Men's standing long jump | 8-25 | Arthur Mallwitz | Unknown |
Men's discus throw | 11th | Emil Welz | 37.02 metres |
12-42 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown | |
Men's hammer throw | 10-19 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown |
Men's javelin throw | 8-16 | Carl Bechler | Unknown |
Men's freestyle javelin | 10-33 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown |
Emil Welz | Unknown | ||
Cycling
[edit]Germany's best cycling result was the silver medal won in the team pursuit event.
Event | Place | Cyclist | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 660 yards | 3rd | Karl Neumer | 54.2 seconds 1st, heat 11 |
1:05.6 1st, semifinal 4 |
Unknown |
Heats | Richard Katzer | Unknown 2nd, heat 3 |
Did not advance | ||
Hermann Martens | Unknown 2nd, heat 7 | ||||
Bruno Götze | Unknown 3rd, heat 10 | ||||
Paul Schulze | Unknown 3rd, heat 13 | ||||
Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist |
Hermann Martens | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3 |
Did not advance |
Karl Neumer | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5 | ||||
Bruno Götze | Unknown 4th, semifinal 3 | ||||
Richard Katzer | Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7 | ||||
Max Götze | Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5 | ||||
Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist |
Hermann Martens | None held | 33:21.2 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Max Triebsch | Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 | ||||
Alwin Boldt | Unknown 6-7, semifinal 4 | ||||
Richard Katzer | Unknown 7-8, semifinal 1 | ||||
Paul Schulze | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 | ||||
Men's 100 kilometres | Semi- finalist |
Alwin Boldt | None held | Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
— | Richard Katzer | Did not finish —, semifinal 1 | |||
Bruno Götze | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | ||||
Hermann Martens | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | ||||
Paul Schulze | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | ||||
Max Triebsch | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | ||||
Men's sprint | Semi- finalist |
Karl Neumer | 1:33.2 1st, heat 7 |
Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Heats | Paul Schulze | Unknown 3rd, heat 4 |
Did not advance | ||
Bruno Götze | Unknown 3rd, heat 12 | ||||
— | Hermann Martens | Time limit exceeded —, heat 6 | |||
Men's tandem | Semi- finalist |
Max Götze Otto Götze |
2:05.6 1st, heat 3 |
Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Heats | Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens |
Unknown 2nd, heat 1 |
Did not advance | ||
Men's team pursuit | 2nd | Max Götze Richard Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
2:25.4 1st, heat 4 |
2:31.8 1st, semifinal 2 |
2:28.6 |
Diving
[edit]Germany dominated the springboard diving in 1908, taking all three medals in the event (including a tie for third place with an American diver).
Event | Place | Diver | Preliminary groups |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's 10 metre platform | 10th | Heinz Freyschmidt | 67.30 points 2nd, group 3 |
48.80 points 5th, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
22nd | Fritz Nicolai | 54.50 points 5th, group 5 |
Did not advance | ||
Men's 3 metre springboard | 1st | Albert Zürner | 83.60 points 1st, group 2 |
82.80 points 2nd, semifinal 2 |
85.50 points |
2nd | Kurt Behrens | 83.60 points 1st, group 3 |
83.00 points 1st, semifinal 1 |
85.30 points | |
3rd | Gottlob Walz | 81.30 points 1st, group 5 |
80.30 points 2nd, semifinal 1 |
80.80 points | |
5th | Fritz Nicolai | 67.10 points 2nd, group 4 |
81.80 points 3rd, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance | |
8th | Heinz Freyschmidt | 78.10 points 2nd, group 1 |
79.3 points 4th, semifinal 1 | ||
Fencing
[edit]Event | Place | Fencer | First round |
Second round |
Semi- final |
Final |
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Men's épée | First round |
Johannes Adam | 1-4 (4th in C) | Did not advance | ||
Emil Schön | 4-3 (4th in G) | |||||
Ernst Moldenhauer | 1-4 (4th in J) | |||||
Julius Lichtenfels | 2-3 (4th in M) | |||||
Albert Naumann | 1-4 (5th in F) | |||||
Jakob Erckrath de Bary | 4-4 (5th in H) | |||||
Georg Stöhr | 2-5 (6th in A) | |||||
Fritz Jack | 2-5 (6th in B) | |||||
August Petri | 2-6 (6th in I) | |||||
Robert Krünert | 2-6 (7th in E) | |||||
Men's sabre | Second round |
August Petri | 2-2 (3rd in F) | 2-2 (3rd in 7) | Did not advance | |
Emil Schön | 4-2 (2nd in M) | 1-3 (4th in 5) | ||||
Fritz Jack | 3-2 (2nd in C) | 1-3 (5th in 2) | ||||
First round |
Julius Lichtenfels | 2-2 (4th in D) | Did not advance | |||
Robert Krünert | 2-3 (4th in H) | |||||
Johannes Adam | 1-3 (5th in B) | |||||
Jakob Erkrath de Bary | 1-4 (5th in G) | |||||
Ernst Moldenhauer | 1-4 (5th in K) | |||||
Georg Stöhr | 2-4 (6th in J) | |||||
Albert Naumann | 0-5 (6th in L | |||||
Event | Place | Fencers | Play-in match |
First round |
Semi- finals |
Final | Repechage | Silver medal match |
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Men's team épée | 6th | Jakob Erckrath de Bary Julius Lichtenfels August Petri Georg Stöhr |
Bye | Lost to Great Britain 13-5 Out 6th place |
Did not advance | Not relegated | ||
Men's team sabre | 4th | Jakob Erckrath de Bary Fritz Jack Robert Krünert August Petri |
Not held | Lost to Hungary 9-0 Relegated to repechage |
Did not advance | Lost to Italy 10-4 Out 4th place |
Did not advance | |
Figure skating
[edit]Event | Place | Skater | Score |
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Women's individual | 2nd | Elsa Rendschmidt | 211.0 |
Mixed pairs | 1st | Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger |
11.2 |
Gymnastics
[edit]Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
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Curt Steuernagel | Men's all-around | 273.5 | 4 |
Friedrich Wolf | 267 | 5 | |
Karl Borchert | 246 | 12 | |
Wilhelm Weber | 220 | 28 | |
Josef Krämer | 212 | 33 | |
Heinrich Siebenhaar | 198.5 | 40 | |
Paul Fischer | 198 | 41 | |
Georg Karth | 186.5 | 50 | |
Carl Körting | 181 | 52 | |
Wilhelm Kaufmann | 180.5 | 53 | |
August Ehrich | 156.75 | 65 |
Hockey
[edit]Event | Place | Players | First round | Semifinals | Final | 5th/6th |
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Men's hockey | 5th | Alfons Brehm, Elard Dauelsberg, Franz Diederichsen, Carl Ebert, Jules Fehr, Mauricio Galvao, Raulino Galvao, Fritz Möding, Friedrich Rahe, Albert Studemann, Friedrich Uhl |
Lost vs. GBR Scotland 4-0 |
Did not advance | Won vs. France 1-0 | |
Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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France | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Great Britain | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Total | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Rowing
[edit]Event | Place | Rowers | First round |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's single sculls | 3rd | Bernhard von Gaza | 9.35 1st, heat 1 |
9.47 1st, quarterfinal 1 |
Did not finish —, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
Men's coxless pair | 3rd | Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow |
None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance | |
Shooting
[edit]Germany had one shooter compete in one event, placing last in the 49-man field.
Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
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Men's 1000 yard free rifle | 49th | Ernst Wagner-Hohenlobbese | 12 |
Swimming
[edit]Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 100 metre backstroke | 1st | Arno Bieberstein | 1:25.6 1st, heat 1 |
1:25.6 1st, semifinal 1 |
1:24.6 |
4th | Gustav Aurisch | 1:27.4 1st, heat 7 |
1:28.2 1st, semifinal 1 |
Unknown | |
Semi- finalist |
Max Ritter | 1:33.4 1st, heat 2 |
Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance | |
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Semi- finalist |
Erich Zeidel | 3:17.2 1st, heat 3 |
Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Heats | Richard Rösler | 3:18.0 2nd, heat 1 |
Did not advance | ||
Tennis
[edit]Germany was the second-most successful nation in tennis in 1908, winning a silver medal in the men's singles to prevent Great Britain from sweeping the silver medals as well as the 6 gold medals.
Event | Place | Name | Round of 64 |
Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's singles | 2nd | Otto Froitzheim | Defeated K. Powell | Defeated Kreuzer | Defeated Parke | Defeated Caridia | Defeated Richardson | Lost to Ritchie |
9th | Moritz von Bissing | Bye | Defeated Zborzil | Lost to Eaves | Did not advance | |||
16th | Oscar Kreuzer | Defeated Piepes | Lost to Froitzheim | Did not advance | ||||
Heinrich Schomburgk | Bye | Lost to Germot | ||||||
26th | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | Lost to Dixon | Did not advance | |||||
Men's doubles | 7th | Otto Froitzheim Heinrich Schomburgk |
None held | Defeated Kreuzer/Rahe |
Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson |
Did not advance | ||
11th | Oscar Kreuzer Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe |
Lost to Froitzheim/Schomburgk |
Did not advance | |||||
Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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Austria | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
France | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Great Britain | 3 | 3 | .500 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Total international | 6 | 5 | .545 |
Germany | 2 | 2 | .500 |
Total | 8 | 7 | .533 |
Wrestling
[edit]Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Greco-Roman middleweight | 17th | Wilhelm Grundmann | Lost to Belmer |
Did not advance | |||
Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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Netherlands | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Total | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Sources
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2006.