Germany_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics
Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Germany competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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| Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the German Empire | |
| IOC code | GER |
| NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
| Website | www |
| in Paris | |
| Competitors | 76 in 10 sports |
| Medals Ranked 7th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Saar (1952) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) East Germany (1968–1988) West Germany (1968–1988) | |
Germany finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and nine medals overall.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Ernst Hoppenberg | Swimming | Men's 200m backstroke |
| Gold | Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg | Rowing | Coxed four |
| Gold | Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin | Swimming | men's 200m team swimming |
| Gold | Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner | Sailing | 1-2 ton race 2 |
 Silver | Karl Duill | Cycling | points race |
| Silver | Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner | Sailing | open class |
| Silver | SC 1880 Frankfurt | Rugby | men's competition |
 Bronze | Favorite Hammonia | Rowing | Coxed four |
| Bronze | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | Rowing | Coxed four |
Aquatics
Swimming
Germany's first appearance in swimming came in 1900. The German team took gold in the team event. Hoppenberg also earned a gold medal in the backstroke.
| Swimmer | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Julius Frey | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 2:50.4 | 3 q | 2:58.2 | 8 |
| Max Hainle | Men's 1000 metre freestyle | 15:54.0 | 1 Q | 15:22.6 | 4 |
| Ernst Hoppenberg | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 2:54.4 | 1 Q | 2:47.0 | |
| Hans Aniol | Men's underwater swimming | — | 103.9 | 6 | |
| German Swimming Federation[lower-alpha 1] | Men's 200 metre team swimming | — | 33 | | |
Water polo
Germany competed in the inaugural men's water polo tournament. The German team was defeated in its first game, splitting 5th place with the other 2 quarterfinal losers.
| Team | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Berliner Swimming Club Otter
| Men's water polo |  Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) L 3-2 | did not advance | 5 | |
Athletics
Six German athletes had 10 entries in nine athletics events, not winning any medals.
- Track events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Kurt Doerry | 100 m | 11.5 | 2 Q | DNF | Did not advance | ||
| Julius Keyl | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Albert Werkmüller | 200 m | Unknown | 4 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Gustav Rau | 200 m hurdles | Unknown | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Franz Duhne | 2500 m steeplechase | — | Unknown | 6 | |||
| 4000 m steeplechase | — | Unknown | 6 | ||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Waldemar Steffen | High jump | n/a | 1.70 | 4 | |
| Long jump | 6.30 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Triple jump | n/a | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Standing triple jump | n/a | Unknown | 5–10 | ||
Cycling
The second Olympic cycling competition saw Germany appear for its second time. Duill won a silver medal in the points race.
| Cyclist | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Georg Drescher | Men's sprint | Unknown | 4–8 | did not advance | |||||
| Karl Duill | 1:35.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | ||||
| Paul Gottron | 1:32.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | ||||
| Paul Gottron | Men's 25 kilometres | — | DNF | — | |||||
| Cyclist | Event | Prime 1 | Prime 2 | Prime 3 | Prime 4 | Prime 5 | Prime 6 | Prime 7 | Prime 8 | Prime 9 | Prime 10 | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Duill | Men's points race | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
Equestrian
Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Guilleaume | — | Mail coach | Unknown | 5–31 |
Fencing
Germany first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer and sometimes claims a second—Willy Sulzbacher was a French national living in France, but competed for German fencing club Deutscher und Österreichischer Fechterbund.[1][2]
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Alfons Schöne | Men's sabre | Unknown | 5–6 | — | did not advance | ||||||
Gymnastics
Germany, which had dominated the first gymnastics competitions four years earlier, failed to win a medal in the second Olympic gymnastics competition.
| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franz Abbé | Men's artistic individual all-around | 219 | 77 |
| Fritz Danner | 216 | 79 | |
| Gustav Felix Flatow | 204 | 102 | |
| Eugen Fürstenberger | 240 | 53 | |
| Richard Genserowski | 238 | 54 | |
| Erwin Willi Kurtz | 216 | 79 | |
| Fritz Manteuffel | 223 | 72 | |
| Oscar Naumann | DNF | – | |
| Julius Nuninger | 199 | 107 | |
| Hugo Peitsch | 252 | 29 | |
| Emil Rotong | 234 | 59 | |
| Fritz Sauer | 214 | 84 | |
| Adolf Tannert | 180 | 118 | |
| Carl Wiegand | 224 | 71 |
Rowing
Germany competed in the first Olympic rowing events, represented by 4 boats. In the coxed four, where two separate finals were held, the 3 German boats took one gold and one bronze in the "B" final and another bronze in the "A" final. The eight boat placed 4th.
| Boat | Event | Round 1 | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg | Men's coxed four | — | 5:56.2 | 1 QB | 5:59.0 | | |
| Favorite Hammonia | 6:03.0 | 3 QA | 7:18.2 | | |||
| Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | 6:14.0 | 1 QB | 6:05.0 | | |||
| Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg | Men's eight | — | 5:04.8 | 3 Q | 6:33.0 | 4 | |
Rugby
Germany was one of three teams to compete in the first Olympic rugby games. Germany lost its only game, against France. The game against Great Britain was cancelled due to travel plans.
- Summary
| Team | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | Men's rugby | France L 27-17 | — | |
- Match 1
| 14 Oct |
France  | 27–17 |  Germany |
| Report | Try: E Ludwig, Reitz, Schmierer Con: Schmierer (2) Drop: Schmierer |
| Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris Attendance: 3,500 Referee: FC Potter-Irwin (England) |
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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to France v Germany, 14 October 1900. |
Sailing
Germany's four sailors were fairly successful in the 1900 events, taking 2 medals. They took the silver medal in the open class and the gold in the 1-2 ton, but disqualified from the ½-1 ton class for being overweight.
| Sailors | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½–1 ton class race 1 | DQ | – | |
| 1–2 ton class race 2 | 3:09:19 | | |
| Open class | 5:58:17 | |
- This is the roster according to the IOC database. Petersdorff did not actually swim, but was on the team. Mallon and de Wael both replace Frey and Schöne with Gustav Lexau and Ernest Luhrsen.
- "Willy Sulzbacher". Olympic.org. Retrieved 21 July 2020.