Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Atlanta, United States 19 July–4 August 1996
Competitors	465 (278 men, 187 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer	Arnd Schmitt (fencing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 20 Silver 18 Bronze 27 Total 65
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 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Christian Klees	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	25 July
Gold	Ralf Schumann	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	25 July
Gold	Udo Quellmalz	Judo	Men's 65 kg	25 July
Gold	Jana Sorgers Katrin Rutschow Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	28 July
Gold	André Steiner Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Willms	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	28 July
Gold	Oliver Fix	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	28 July
Gold	Jens Fiedler	Cycling	Men's sprint	28 July
Gold	Isabell Werth Monica Theodorescu Klaus Balkenhol Martin Schaudt	Equestrian	Team dressage	28 July
Gold	Ilke Wyludda	Athletics	Women's discus throw	29 July
Gold	Andreas Wecker	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	29 July
Gold	Lars Riedel	Athletics	Men's discus throw	31 July
Gold	Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Lars Nieberg Franke Sloothaak	Equestrian	Team jumping	1 August
Gold	Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	Sailing	Soling	2 August
Gold	Astrid Kumbernuss	Athletics	Women's shot put	2 August
Gold	Ramona Portwich Manuela Mucke Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres	3 August
Gold	Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	3 August
Gold	Detlef Hofmann Olaf Winter Thomas Reineck Mark Zabel	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	3 August
Gold	Isabell Werth	Equestrian	Individual dressage	3 August
Gold	Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres	4 August
Gold	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Equestrian	Individual jumping	4 August
Silver	Petra Horneber	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air rifle	20 July
Silver	Sandra Völker	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	20 July
Silver	Thomas Zander	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg	21 July
Silver	Franziska van Almsick	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 July
Silver	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	22 July
Silver	Susanne Kiermayer	Shooting	Women's double trap	23 July
Silver	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	25 July
Silver	Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgaß Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Simone Osygus (*) Meike Freitag (*)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	25 July
Silver	Marc Huster	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg	26 July
Silver	Annika Walter	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	27 July
Silver	Frank Richter Mark Kleinschmidt Wolfram Huhn Marc Weber Detlef Kirchhoff Thorsten Streppelhoff Ulrich Viefers Roland Baar Peter Thiede	Rowing	Men's eight	28 July
Silver	Ronny Weller	Weightlifting	Men's +108 kg	30 July
Silver	Frank Busemann	Athletics	Men's decathlon	1 August
Silver	Barbara Mensing Cornelia Pfohl Sandra Wagner	Archery	Women's team	2 August
Silver	Jan Hempel	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	2 August
Silver	Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres	3 August
Silver	Ramona Portwich Birgit Fischer	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 metres	4 August
Silver	Oktay Urkal	Boxing	Light welterweight	4 August
Bronze	Johanna Hagn	Judo	Women's +72 kg	20 July
Bronze	Frank Möller	Judo	Men's +95 kg	20 July
Bronze	Mark Warnecke	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	20 July
Bronze	Dagmar Hase	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 July
Bronze	Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin (*) Oliver Lampe (*)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	21 July
Bronze	Marko Spittka	Judo	Men's 86 kg	22 July
Bronze	Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag (*)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	22 July
Bronze	Maik Bullmann	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg	23 July
Bronze	Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz (*)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	23 July
Bronze	Anja Fichtel-Mauritz Monika Weber-Koszto Sabine Bau	Fencing	Women's team foil	25 July
Bronze	Cathleen Rund	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	25 July
Bronze	Richard Trautmann	Judo	Men's 60 kg	26 July
Bronze	Sandra Völker	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	26 July
Bronze	Thomas Lange	Rowing	Men's single sculls	27 July
Bronze	Oliver Caruso	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg	27 July
Bronze	André Ehrenberg Michael Senft	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-2	28 July
Bronze	Thomas Becker	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	28 July
Bronze	Judith Arndt	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	28 July
Bronze	Florian Schwarthoff	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	29 July
Bronze	Arawat Sabejew	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	31 July
Bronze	Jörg Roßkopf	Table tennis	Men's singles	1 August
Bronze	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Tennis	Men's doubles	1 August
Bronze	Luan Krasniqi	Boxing	Heavyweight	1 August
Bronze	Andrej Tiwontschik	Athletics	Men's pole vault	2 August
Bronze	Zoltan Lunka	Boxing	Flyweight	2 August
Bronze	Thomas Ulrich	Boxing	Light heavyweight	2 August
Bronze	Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	49	36	85
Badminton	3	3	6
Boxing	8	–	8
Canoeing	21	6	27
Cycling	14	4	18
Diving	3	4	7
Equestrian	12	4	16
Fencing	9	6	15
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	0	15	15
Gymnastics	7	10	17
Handball	15	15	30
Judo	7	6	13
Rowing	28	20	48
Sailing	12	3	15
Shooting	17	5	22
Swimming	16	12	28
Table tennis	3	4	7
Tennis	2	1	3
Volleyball	2	14	16
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	12	–	12
Total	279	187	466

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In Germany's sixth archery competition, the German women's team won the silver medal. Germany's highest placing individual was Barbara Mensing, who advanced to the quarterfinal before being defeated. No Germany men competed in Atlanta.

Women

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
Barbara Mensing	Individual	632	42	Tutatchikova (RUS) W 150–145	Lantang (INA) W 144–141	Valeeva (MDA) W 163–158	He (CHN) L 93–103	Did not advance
Cornelia Pfohl		621	47	Zabugina (BLR) L 152–158	Did not advance
Sandra Wagner		640	24	Lin (TPE) L 158–162	Did not advance
Barbara Mensing Cornelia Pfohl Sandra Wagner	Team	1893	11	—	Italy W 245–236	China W 232–231	Turkey W 239–237	South Korea L 235–245

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marc Blume	100 metres	10.33	23 Q	10.33	26	Did not advance
Joachim Dehmel	800 metres	1:47.12	25	—	Did not advance
Nico Motchebon		1:45.82	7 Q	—	1:45.40	8 Q	1:43.91	5
Michael Gottschalk	1500 metres	3:56.46	53	—	Did not advance
Dieter Baumann	5000 metres	13:52.00	6 Q	—	14:03.75	12 Q	13:08.81	4
Stéphane Franke		14:06.34	27 q	—	13:40.94	9 q	13:44.64	14
	10,000 metres	28:24.30	17 Q	—	27:59.08	9
Konrad Dobler	Marathon	—	2:21:12	48
Stephan Freigang		—	DNF
Claude Edorh	110 metres hurdles	13.74	28 q	13.64	23	Did not advance
Eric Kaiser		13.64	17 Q	DNF	q	13.59	14	Did not advance
Florian Schwarthoff		13.39	5 Q	13.27	2 Q	13.13	2 Q	13.17
Kim Bauermeister	3000 metres steeplechase	8:36.86	23 q	—	8:51.83	24	Did not advance
Steffen Brand		8:31.18	12 Q	—	8:19.11	3 Q	8:18.52	6
Martin Strege		8:32.76	21 Q	—	8:27.99	12 Q	8:30.31	10
Michael Huke Marc Blume Holger Blume Florian Schwarthoff Andreas Ruth (*)	4 × 100 metres relay	38.77	3 Q	—	DNF		Did not advance
Rico Lieder Andreas Hein Kai Karsten Thomas Schönlebe	4 × 400 metres relay	3:05.16	17	—	Did not advance
Nischan Daimer	20 kilometres walk	—	1:23:23	14
Andreas Erm		—	1:25:08	23
Robert Ihly		—	1:23:47	16
Axel Noack	50 kilometres walk	—	3:51:55	12
Thomas Wallstab		—	3:54:48	15
Ronald Weigel		—	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Wolfgang Kreißig	High jump	2.28	11 Q	2.29	9
Tim Lobinger	Pole vault	5.70	1 Q	5.80	7
Michael Stolle		5.70	10 Q	5.70	9
Andrej Tiwontschik		5.70	9 Q	5.92
Georg Ackermann	Long jump	7.86	21	Did not advance
Hans-Peter Lott		NM		Did not advance
Charles Friedek	Triple jump	16.71	14	Did not advance
Oliver-Sven Buder	Shot put	20.43	3 Q	20.51	5
Michael Mertens		19.07	16	Did not advance
Dirk Urban		19.39	13	Did not advance
Michael Möllenbeck	Discus throw	55.18	35	Did not advance
Lars Riedel		64.66	1 Q	69.40 OR
Jürgen Schult		62.58	8 Q	64.62	6
Claus Dethloff	Hammer throw	74.60	14	Did not advance
Karsten Kobs		74.20	18	Did not advance
Heinz Weis		77.84	4 Q	79.78	5
Peter Blank	Javelin throw	82.68	9 q	81.82	9
Raymond Hecht		83.24	7 Q	86.88	4
Boris Henry		83.22	8 Q	85.68	5

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Frank Busemann	Result	10.60	8.07 OB	13.60	2.04	48.34	13.47 OB	45.04	4.80	66.86	4:31.41	8706
	Points	952	1079	704	840	893	1044	768	849	842	735
Frank Müller	Result	10.95	7.25	14.69	1.95	49.05	14.86	45.90	5.10	66.10	4:37.50	8253	14
	Points	872	874	771	758	859	867	785	941	830	696
Dirk-Achim Pajonk	Result	10.67	7.50	14.46	1.95	48.81	14.79	41.94	4.50	54.16	4:21.62	8045	20
	Points	935	935	757	758	870	875	704	760	650	801

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Silke Lichtenhagen	100 metres	11.30	14 Q	11.53	25	Did not advance
Melanie Paschke		11.27	13 Q	11.18	8 Q	11.14	10	Did not advance
Andrea Philipp		11.32	15 Q	11.38	17	Did not advance
Melanie Paschke	200 metres	22.93	11 Q	22.84	12 Q	22.81	12	Did not advance
Grit Breuer	400 metres	52.20	19 Q	50.57	2 Q	50.75	8 Q	50.71	8
Linda Kisabaka	800 metres	1:59.56	8 q	—	1:59.23	11	Did not advance
Sylvia Kühnemund	1500 metres	4:14.35	23 q	—	4:16.85	21	Did not advance
Carmen Wüstenhagen		4:10.06	12 Q	—	4:11.47	15	Did not advance
Claudia Lokar	5000 metres	15:28.35	16	—	Did not advance
Petra Wassiluk		15:37.73	19	—	Did not advance
Kathrin Weßel	10,000 metres	33:31.67	28	—	Did not advance
Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Marathon	—	2:28:45	4
Sonja Krolik		—	2:31:16	8
Uta Pippig		—	DNF
Kristin Patzwahl	100 metres hurdles	12.98	16 Q	12.91	13 Q	13.05	15	Did not advance
Birgit Wolf		13.16	27 q	13.08	26	Did not advance
Heike Meißner	400 metres hurdles	55.05	4 Q	—	54.27	4 Q	54.03	5
Silvia Rieger		55.33	8 Q	—	54.27	4 Q	54.57	8
Andrea Philipp Silke Lichtenhagen Melanie Paschke Silke Knoll	4 × 100 metres relay	DNF		—	Did not advance
Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	4 × 400 metres relay	3:24.08	3 Q	—	3:21.14
Kathrin Boyde	10 kilometres walk	—	44:50	15
Beate Gummelt		—	DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alina Astafei	High jump	1.93	1 q	1.96	5
Petra Lobinger	Triple jump	NM		Did not advance
Astrid Kumbernuss	Shot put	19.93	1 Q	20.56
Kathrin Neimke		19.02	8 Q	18.92	7
Stephanie Storp		19.29	3 Q	19.06	6
Franka Dietzsch	Discus throw	63.94	3 Q	65.48	4
Anja Gündler		63.80	4 Q	61.16	11
Ilke Wyludda		66.78	1 Q	69.66
Karen Forkel	Javelin throw	60.84	11 q	64.18	6
Steffi Nerius		60.98	10 q	60.20	9
Silke Renk		59.70	13	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Peggy Beer	Result	13.52	1.74	13.65	24.64	6.09	46.72	2:13.15	6234	13
	Points	1047	903	771	920	877	797	919
Sabine Braun	Result	13.55	1.83	14.48	24.89	6.21	48.72	2:22.87	6317	7
	Points	1043	1016	826	897	915	835	785
Mona Steigauf	Result	13.22	1.77	12.35	24.50	6.47	42.40	2:15.44	6246	11
	Points	1091	941	684	933	997	713	887

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Helber	Singles	Korshuk (BLR) W 15–12, 15–1	Liu (TPE) L 15–8, 0–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Oliver Pongratz		Yu (CHN) L 5–15, 15–12, 1–15	Did not advance
Michael Helber Michael Keck	Doubles	—	Axelsson / Jönsson (SWE) W 15–8, 15–13	Antropov / Zuyev (RUS) L 1–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	Doubles	—	de Souza / Jean-Pierre (MRI) W 15–1, 15–2	Ge / Gu (CHN) L 3–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Karen Stechmann Michael Keck	Doubles	—	Wright / Ponting (GBR) L 10–15, 14–18	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoltan Lunka	Flyweight	Castillo (MEX) W 13–7	Ballo (INA) W 18–12	Assous (ALG) W 19–6	Jumadilov (KAZ) L 18–23	Did not advance
Falk Huste	Featherweight	Burke (GBR) W 13–9	Ibragimov (UZB) W 8–4	Todorov (BUL) L 6–14	Did not advance
Oktay Urkal	Light welterweight	Galido (PHI) W 19–2	Diaz (USA) W 14–6	Mouchi (FRA) W 19–10	Missaoui (TUN) W 20–6	Vinent (CUB) L 13–20
Markus Beyer	Light middleweight	Vaștag (ROU) W 17–12	Mizsei (HUN) W 14–6	Ibraimov (KAZ) L 9–19	Did not advance
Sven Ottke	Middleweight	Mendy (FRA) W 11–4	Hernández (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Thomas Ulrich	Light heavyweight	Timperi (AUS) W 21–7	Koné (SWE) W 24–9	Bispo (BRA) W 14–7	Lee (KOR) L 8–12	Did not advance
Luan Krasniqi	Heavyweight	Chagaev (UZB) W 12–4	Kshinin (RUS) W 10–2	Dychkov (BLR) W 10–5	Savón (CUB) L walkover	Did not advance
René Monse	Super heavyweight	Bye	El-Said (EGY) W 12–9	Lezin (RUS) L 5–9	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Vitus Husek	Men's C-1	167.48	14	164.29	7	164.29	12
Sören Kaufmann		168.43	15	177.25	15	168.43	17
Martin Lang		159.91	5	167.24	11	159.91	7
Manfred Berro Michael Trummer	Men's C-2	180.55	6	163.72	4	163.72	4
André Ehrenberg Michael Senft		167.33	1	163.72	3	163.72
Thomas Becker	Men's K-1	144.48	2	142.79	2	142.79
Oliver Fix		141.22	1	209.75	37	141.22
Jochen Lettmann		145.99	5	150.97	12	145.99	8
Elisabeth Micheler-Jones	Women's K-1	176.56	5	461.73	29	176.56	10
Kordula Striepecke		326.63	24	176.98	8	176.98	11

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Zereske	C-1 500 metres	1:53.840	1 F	—	Bye	1:52.358	5
Patrick Schulze	C-1 1000 metres	4:21.114	2 F	—	Bye	3:57.778	4
Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach	C-2 500 metres	1:45.145	2 SF	Bye	1:43.650	2 F	1:41.760	4
	C-2 1000 metres	4:00.851	1 F	—	Bye	3:31.870
Lutz Liwowski	K-1 500 metres	1:41.079	2 SF	Bye	1:40.319	1 F	1:39.307	5
	K-1 1000 metres	3:44.776	3 SF	Bye	3:42.657	3 F	3:30.025	4
Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche	K-2 500 metres	1:31.361	1 SF	Bye	1:29.883	1 F	1:28.697
	K-2 1000 metres	3:39.388	1 SF	Bye	3:19.394	3 F	3:10.518
Detlef Hofmann Olaf Winter Thomas Reineck Mark Zabel	K-4 1000 metres	3:07.908	1 F	—	Bye	2:51.528

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Birgit Fischer	K-1 500 metres	1:54.880	3 SF	Bye	1:51.863	3 F	1:49.383	4
Ramona Portwich Birgit Fischer	K-2 500 metres	1:45.504	1 SF	Bye	1:43.069	2 F	1:39.689
Ramona Portwich Manuela Mucke Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck	K-4 500 metres	1:37.895	1 F	—	Bye	1:31.077 OB

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rolf Aldag	Road race	4:56:44	28
Olaf Ludwig	Road race	4:56:32	16
Uwe Peschel	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:07:33	12
Michael Rich	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:07:08	10
Erik Zabel	Road race	4:56:43	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vera Hohlfeld	Road race	2:37:06	4

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	rRepechage 3	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jens Fiedler	Men's sprint	10.232	4	Capitano (ITA) W 11.722	Bye	Escuredo (ESP) W 10.597	Bye	Bērziņš (LAT) W 10.808	Bye	Rousseau (FRA) W, W	Neiwand (AUS) W, W	Nothstein (USA) W, W
Eyk Pokorny		10.233	5	Bazálik (SVK) W 10.995	Bye	Moreno (ESP) W 10.966	Bye	Rousseau (FRA) L	Chiappa (ITA),  Moreno (ESP) W 10.982	Neiwand (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	Hill (AUS),  Magné (FRA),  Rousseau (FRA) L	7
Annett Neumann	Women's sprint	11.536	6 Q	Paraskevin-Young (USA) W 12.078	Bye	—	Grishina (RUS) L, W, W	Ballanger (FRA) L, L	Haringa (NED) W, L, L	4

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sören Lausberg	Time trial	1:03.514	4

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Heiko Szonn	Men's individual pursuit	4:29.931	6 Q	Markov (RUS) L 4:31.583	Did not advance
Judith Arndt	Women's individual pursuit	3:40.335	5 Q	Twigg (USA) W 3:38.898	Clignet (FRA) L 3:38.744	Did not advance
Robert Bartko Guido Fulst Danilo Hondo Heiko Szonn	Men's team pursuit	4:15.140	9	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank
Guido Fulst	Men's points race	–1 lap	7	10
Judith Arndt	Women's points race	±0 laps	2	13

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ralph Berner	Men's cross-country	2:27:43	10
Mike Kluge		DNF
Regina Marunde	Women's cross-country	1:57:21	7

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jan Hempel	3 metre springboard	358.26	13 Q	578.25	10 Q	622.32	7
Andreas Wels		405.33	5 Q	612.54	6 Q	583.56	12
Jan Hempel	10 metre platform	394.17	7 Q	591.39	5 Q	663.27
Michael Kühne		375.27	11 Q	544.38	11 Q	583.98	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claudia Bockner	3 metre springboard	281.31	5 Q	481.50	8 Q	455.70	11
Simona Koch		239.91	16 Q	444.90	16	Did not advance
Annika Walter	10 metre platform	298.11	5 Q	464.25	5 Q	479.22
Ute Wetzig		258.93	11 Q	410.37	11 Q	367.35	12

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Klaus Balkenhol	Goldstern	Individual	71.72	6 Q	73.81	145.53	6 Q	76.28	5	221.81	6
Martin Schaudt	Durgo		71.24	8 Q	70.98	142.22	9 Q	70.53	12	212.75	9
Monica Theodorescu	Grunox		73.80	5 Q	73.91	147.71	5 Q	76.85	3	224.56	4
Nicole Uphoff-Becker	Rembrandt		70.04	9 Q	73.02	143.06	8 Q	DNS
Isabell Werth	Gigolo		76.60	1 Q	75.49	152.09	2 Q	83.00	1	235.09
Klaus Balkenhol Martin Schaudt Monica Theodorescu Isabell Werth	Goldstern	Team	5553	1	—	5553

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Herbert Blöcker	Kiwi Dream	Individual	42.40	6	111.20	153.60	18	6.50	8	160.10	16
Peter Thomsen	White Girl 3		53.60	18	Withdrawn
Hendrik von Paepcke	Amadeus 18		56.20	23	26.00	82.20	10	5.00	5	87.20	7
Bodo Battenberg Jürgen Blum Ralf Ehrenbrink Bettina Overesch-Böker	Sam the Man Brownie McGee Connection L Watermill Stream	Team	145.00	5	1091.60	1192.40	EL	11.75	EL	1204.15	9

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ludger Beerbaum	Ratina Z	Individual	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.25	10	0.25	1	Did not start
Ulrich Kirchhoff	Jus de Pommes		4.00	14	0.75	10	0.75	12	5.50	5 Q	0.00	1	1.00	6	1.00
Lars Nieberg	For Pleasure		8.00	40	0.00	1	12.00	47	20.00	29 q	0.00	1	16.00	24	16.00	20
Franke Sloothaak	Joly		4.00	14	60.25	75	DNF
Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Lars Nieberg Franke Sloothaak	See above	Team	—	0.75	1	1.00	1	1.75

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexander Koch	Foil	Bye	Ye (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Uwe Römer		Bye	Wendt (AUT) W 15–7	Kim (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Wolfgang Wienand		Bye	Marchetti (ARG) W 15–1	Kiełpikowski (POL) W 15–11	Tucker (CUB) W 15–12	Plumenail (FRA) L 9–15	Boidin (FRA) L 11–15	4
Alexander Koch Uwe Römer Wolfgang Wienand	Team foil	—	Bye	Poland L 44–45	Italy W 45–36	Hungary L 44–45	6
Elmar Borrmann	Épée	Lee (KOR) W 15–14	Randazzo (ITA) W 15–14	Imre (HUN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Arnd Schmitt		Bye	Chang (KOR) W 15–13	Trevejo (CUB) L 8–15	Did not advance
Marius Strzalka		Pantelimon (ROU) W 15–12	Chouinard (CAN) W 15–12	Mazzoni (ITA) W 15–13	Kovács (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Elmar Borrmann Arnd Schmitt Marius Strzalka	Team épée	—	Bye	Estonia W 45–39	Italy L 44–45	France L 42–45	4
Felix Becker	Sabre	Bye	Cox Jr. (USA) W 15–12	Ducheix (FRA) W 15–8	Navarrete (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Frank Bleckmann		Bye	Jaskot (POL) L 10–15	Did not advance
Steffen Wiesinger		Bye	Köves (HUN) W 15–10	Terenzi (ITA) W 15–8	Sharikov (RUS) L 6–15	Did not advance
Felix Becker Frank Bleckmann Steffen Wiesinger	Team sabre	—	Bye	Italy L 42–45	Spain L 34–45	Romania L 42–45	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabine Bau	Foil	Bye	Ohayon (ISR) W 15–10	Marsh (USA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz		Bye	Liang (CHN) W 15–10	Mohamed (HUN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Monika Weber-Koszto		Bye	Felusiak (POL) W 15–14	Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) W 15–13	Modaine-Cessac (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Sabine Bau Anja Fichtel-Mauritz Monika Weber-Koszto	Team foil	—	Bye	Poland W 45–35	Romania L 33–45	Hungary W 45–42
Claudia Bokel	Épée	Bye	Sidiropoulou (GRE) W 15–10	Zalaffi (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Eva-Maria Ittner		Bye	Vybornova (UKR) W 15–7	Moressée-Pichot (FRA) W 15–10	Zalaffi (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Katja Nass		Bye	Rohi (EST) W 15–12	Hormay (HUN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Claudia Bokel Eva-Maria Ittner Katja Nass	Team épée	—	Bye	Russia L 37–45	Cuba L 40–45	United States W 45–37	7

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 0–1	India D 1–1	Pakistan W 3–1	Argentina W 3–0	United States W 3–0	—	2 Q	Netherlands L 1–3	Bronze Medal Match  Australia L 2–3	4
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Argentina W 2–0	Spain W 2–1	Australia L 0–1	Netherlands L 3–4	United States D 1–1	Great Britain L 2–3	South Korea L 0–1	6	Did not advance

Men's team competition

Team roster

• Christopher Reitz (gk)
• Jan-Peter Tewes
• Carsten Fischer
• Christian Blunck
• Björn Emmerling
• Patrick Bellenbaum
• Sven Meinhardt
• Christoph Bechmann
• Oliver Domke
• Andreas Becker
• Michael Green
• Klaus Michler
• Volker Fried
• Christian Mayerhöfer
• Stefan Saliger
• Michael Knauth (gk)

Head coach: Paul Lissek

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	7
3	India	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	6
4	Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
6	United States (H)	5	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996 09:00 Spain  1–0  Germany Arnau  50' Report Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Craig Madden (GBR)

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22 July 1996 17:30 Germany  1–1  India Saliger  66' Report Mukesh  62' Umpires: Roger St Rose (TRI) Floris Idenburg (NED)

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24 July 1996 20:00 Germany  3–1  Pakistan Becker  6', 49' Meinhardt  39' Report Khalid  62' Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

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26 July 1996 09:00 Germany  3–0  Argentina Saliger  16' Becker  19' Bellenbaum  64' Report Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Don Prior (AUS)

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28 July 1996 17:30 United States  0–3  Germany Report Fischer  11', 22' Blunck  23' Umpires: Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS) Peter von Reth (NED)

Semifinal

31 July 1996 20:00 Germany  1–3  Netherlands Meinhardt  60' Report Van den Honert  3', 45', 53' Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Bronze medal match

2 August 1996 17:00 Australia  3–2  Germany Stacy  14', 63' Choppy  69' Report Meinhardt  40' Domke  46' Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Peter von Reth (NED)

Women's tournament

Team roster

• (01.) Susie Wollschläger (gk)
• (02.) Birgit Beyer (gk)
• (03.) Vanessa van Kooperen
• (04.) Philippa Suxdorf
• (05.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
• (06.) Simone Thomaschinski
• (07.) Irina Kuhnt
• (08.) Melanie Cremer
• (09.) Franziska Hentschel
• (10.) Tanja Dickenscheid
• (11.) Eva Hagenbäumer
• (12.) Britta Becker
• (13.) Natascha Keller
• (14.) Tina Peters
• (15.) Heike Lätzsch
• (16.) Katrin Kauschke

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	+20	13	Gold medal match
2	South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	+9	10
3	Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Bronze medal match
4	Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	0	8
5	United States (H)	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
6	Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	−1	5
7	Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	−14	5
8	Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996 17:30 Argentina  0–2  Germany Report van Kooperan  17' Lätzsch  39' Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

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21 July 1996 17:30 Spain  1–2  Germany Tellería  31' Report Hentschel  15' van Kooperen  56' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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23 July 1996 09:00 Australia  1–0  Germany Roche  25' Report Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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25 July 1996 11:00 Netherlands  4–3  Germany Dubbeldam  3' de Ruiter  21' Donners  52', 63' Report Becker  27', 43' Cremer  55' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

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26 July 1996 17:30 United States  1–1  Germany Werley  54' Report Cremer  3' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Janice McDonald (GBR)

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28 July 1996 09:00 Germany  2–3  Great Britain Hentschel  29' Becker  38' Report Atkins  51', 69' Sixsmith  61' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)

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30 July 1996 11:00 Germany  0–1  South Korea Report Chang Eun-jung  31' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Naomi Kato (JPN)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Japan W 3–2	Norway L 2–3	Brazil D 1–1	3	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Gero Bisanz

Germany named a squad of 16 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Manuela Goller	(1971-01-05)5 January 1971 (aged 25)	42		Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
2	2DF	Jutta Nardenbach	(1968-08-13)13 August 1968 (aged 27)	56		TuS Ahrbach
3	2DF	Birgitt Austermühl	(1965-10-08)8 October 1965 (aged 30)	55		FSV Frankfurt
4	2DF	Kerstin Stegemann	(1977-09-29)29 September 1977 (aged 18)	9		FC Eintracht Rheine
5	2DF	Doris Fitschen	(1968-10-25)25 October 1968 (aged 27)	81		TSV Siegen
6	3MF	Dagmar Pohlmann	(1972-02-07)7 February 1972 (aged 24)	36		FSV Frankfurt
7	3MF	Martina Voss	(1967-12-22)22 December 1967 (aged 28)	89		FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
8	3MF	Bettina Wiegmann	(1971-10-07)7 October 1971 (aged 24)	67		Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
9	4FW	Heidi Mohr	(1967-05-29)29 May 1967 (aged 29)	101		TuS Niederkirchen
10	3MF	Silvia Neid (captain)	(1964-05-02)2 May 1964 (aged 32)	108		TSV Siegen
11	4FW	Patricia Brocker	(1966-04-07)7 April 1966 (aged 30)	43		TuS Niederkirchen
12	1GK	Katja Kraus	(1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 25)	6		FSV Frankfurt
13	2DF	Sandra Minnert	(1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 23)	28		FSV Frankfurt
14	3MF	Pia Wunderlich	(1975-01-26)26 January 1975 (aged 21)	19		SG Praunheim
15	4FW	Birgit Prinz	(1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 18)	25		FSV Frankfurt
16	3MF	Renate Lingor	(1975-10-11)11 October 1975 (aged 20)	5		SC Klinge Seckach

Unenrolled alternate players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
17	2DF	Tina Wunderlich	(1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 18)	6		SG Praunheim
18	4FW	Katja Bornschein	(1972-03-16)16 March 1972 (aged 24)	31		FSV Frankfurt
19	3MF	Sandra Smisek	(1977-07-03)3 July 1977 (aged 19)	9		FSV Frankfurt
20	1GK	Christine Francke	(1974-06-12)12 June 1974 (aged 22)	2

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)

13:30

Germany	3–2	Japan
Wiegmann 5' Tomei 29' (o.g.) Mohr 52'	Report (FIFA)	Kioka 18' Noda 33'

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 44,211^[4]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)

18:30

Norway	3–2	Germany
Aarønes 5' Medalen 34' Riise 65'	Report (FIFA)	Wiegmann 32' Prinz 62'

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 28,000^[5]

Referee: Edward McGregor Lennie (Australia)

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25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)

18:30

Brazil	1–1	Germany
Sissi 53'	Report (FIFA)	Wunderlich 4'

Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 28,319^[6]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Valeri Belenki	Team	19.150	18.425	19.137	19.149	18.862	19.187	113.910	13 Q
Uwe Billerbeck		18.662	—	18.937	18.850	18.950	75.399	101
Jan-Peter Nikiferow		19.112	18.837	18.850	18.912	18.375	19.112	113.198	24 Q
Karsten Oelsch		9.275	17.225	18.662	18.587	17.550	19.162	100.461	75
Marius Tobă		9.225	16.525	19.350 Q	—	45.100	110
Oliver Walther		18.675	18.750	19.025	18.700	18.450	18.962	112.562	32
Andreas Wecker		18.975	18.650	19.350 Q	19.162	18.950	19.387 Q	114.474	9 Q
Total		94.649	92.437	95.712	94.935	93.862	95.810	567.405	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Valeri Belenki	All-around	9.612	9.762	9.612	9.600	9.625	9.637	57.848	6
Jan-Peter Nikiferow	All-around	9.587	9.450	9.575	9.400	9.437	9.375	56.824	23
Marius Tobă	Rings	—	9.737	—	9.737	7
Andreas Wecker	All-around	9.600	9.025	9.750	9.662	9.600	9.775	57.412	13
	Rings	—	9.762	—	9.762	5
	Horizontal bar	—	9.850	9.850

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Yvonne Pioch	Individual	17.925	18.187	16.475	17.100	69.687	72
Kathleen Stark		18.900	18.525	17.487	18.625	73.537	55

Rhythmic

Group all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Nicole Bittner Katrin Hoffmann Anne Jung Dörte Schiltz Luise Stäblein Katharina Wildermuth	Group all-around	19.050	18.832	37.882	8	Did not advance

Individual all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Semifinal						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Magdalena Brzeska	Individual	9.566	8.933	9.533	9.583	37.615	15 Q	9.550	9.583	9.516	9.583	38.232	10 Q	9.516	9.600	9.566	9.633	38.315	10
Kristin Sroka		9.432	9.450	9.399	9.416	37.697	14 Q	9.283	9.550	8.900	9.400	37.133	16	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Brazil W 30–20	Spain L 20–22	Egypt L 22–24	Algeria W 25–23	France W 24–23	4	—	7th Place Match   Switzerland W 23–16	7
Germany women's	Women's tournament	South Korea L 20–33	Norway L 23–28	Angola W 27–12	—	3	—	5th Place Match  China L 26–28	6

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Markus Baur
• Jan Fegter
• Henning Fritz
• Jan Holpert
• Holger Löhr
• Thomas Knorr
• Karsten Kohlhaas
• Stephan Kretschmar
• Klaus-Dieter Petersen
• Christian Scheffler
• Martin Schmidt
• Martin Schwalb
• Christian Schwarzer
• Daniel Stephan
• Andreas Thiel
• Volker Zerbe

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8[a]	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8[a]
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6[b]	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6[b]	Seventh place game
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1[c]	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1[c]	Eleventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. France 27–25 Spain
2. Germany 22–24 Egypt
3. Algeria 20–20 Brazil

24 July 1996 20:45	Germany	30–20	Brazil	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
	Löhr 7	(12–7)	Barros 4

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25 July 1996 16:15	Spain	22–20	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Garralda, Urdiales 5	(11–10)	Zerbe 6

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27 July 1996 16:15	Germany	22–24	Egypt	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
	Schwalb 6	(9–11)	El-Attar 5

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29 July 1996 14:30	Germany	25–23	Algeria	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Kretzschmar 5	(13–12)	Saidi 6

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31 July 1996 16:15	France	23–24	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Prandi, Stoecklin 6	(10–12)	Fegter 7

7th place match

2 August 1996 14:30	Switzerland	16–23	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	Scharer 6	(10–12)	Scheffler, Stephan 5

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Kathrin Blacha
• Andrea Bölk
• Eike Bram
• Csilla Elekes
• Michaela Erler
• Franziska Heinz
• Grit Jurack
• Eva Kiss-Györi
• Christine Lindemann
• Emilia Luca
• Heike Murrweiss
• Miroslava Ritskiavitchius
• Michaela Schanze
• Melanie Schliecker
• Bianca Urbanke
• Marlies Waelzer

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	83	60	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	79	66	+13	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	70	73	−3	2	Fifth place game
4	Angola	3	0	0	3	49	82	−33	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 1996 16:30	South Korea	33–20	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	Lim 7	(17–12)	Erler, Luca 4

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28 July 1996 16:30	Germany	23–28	Norway	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Ritskiavitchius 8	(11–15)	Grini 10

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30 July 1996 12:00	Germany	27–12	Angola	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Jurack, Waelzer 5	(10–6)	Webba 5

5th place match

1 August 1996 14:30	Germany	26–28	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Heinz 7	(12–16)	Shi 12

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 9 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Trautmann	–60 kg	Bye	Sunada (USA) W Ippon	Bagirov (BLR) W Shido	Kim (KOR) W Ippon	Giovinazzo (ITA) L Ippon	Bye	Ozhegin (RUS) W Ippon
Udo Quellmalz	–65 kg	Bye	Figuereo (DOM) W Ippon	Hernández (CUB) W Ippon	Almeida (POR) W Ippon	Laats (BEL) W Ippon	Bye	Nakamura (JPN) W Yusei-gachi
Martin Schmidt	–71 kg	Bye	Wojdan (POL) W Ippon	Hajtós (HUN) W Ippon	Nakamura (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance	Bye	Schleicher (AUT) W Waza-ari	Pedro (USA) L Ippon	Did not advance
Stefan Dott	–78 kg	Bye	Dixon (NCA) W Ippon	Laats (BEL) W Ippon	Uznadze (TUR) W Ippon	Bouras (FRA) L Keikoku	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) L Ippon	5
Marko Spittka	–86 kg	Bye	Alimzhanov (KAZ) W Ippon	Zanol (BRA) W Keikoku	Gill (CAN) W Ippon	Jeon (KOR) L Ippon	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) W Yusei-gachi
Detlef Knorrek	–95 kg	Bye	Soares (POR) L Ippon	Did not advance
Frank Möller	+95 kg	Bye	Ebbers (NED) W Ippon	Pérez (ESP) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance		Tataroğlu (TUR) W Ippon	Csősz (HUN) W Ippon	Kosorotov (RUS) W Ippon	Ogawa (JPN) W Ippon

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jana Perlberg	–48 kg	Bye	Roszkowska (POL) L Koka	Did not advance
Alexa von Schwichow	–52 kg	Bye	Verdecia (CUB) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Sugawara (JPN) L Chui	Did not advance
Susann Singer	–61 kg	Jung (KOR) L Yuko	Did not advance			Pace (MLT) W Ippon	Kobaş (TUR) L Ippon	Did not advance
Anja von Rekowski	–66 kg	Pierantozzi (ITA) W Ippon	Sweatman (GBR) L Koka	Did not advance
Hannah Ertel	–72 kg	Bacher (USA) W Ippon	Tanabe (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Howey (GBR) W Shido	Luna (CUB) L Ippon	Did not advance
Johanna Hagn	+72 kg	Seriese (NED) W Ippon	Burgatta (ITA) W Yusei-gachi	Sun (CHN) L Yuko	Did not advance	—	Rogers (GBR) W Shido	da Silva (BRA) W Yuko	Maksymow (POL) W Yuko

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Lange	Single sculls	7:34.52	1 SF	Bye	7:12.30	1 FA	6:47.72
Sebastian Mayer Roland Opfer	Double sculls	6:51.41	2 R	6:47.52	1 SF	6:42.57	3 FA	6:29.32	6
Peter Uhrig Ingo Euler	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.82	2 R	6:18.11	2 SF	6:40.14	6 FB	6:30.43	11
André Steiner Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Willms	Quadruple sculls	6:06.33	1 SF	Bye	5:55.10	1 FA	5:56.93
Matthias Ungemach Colin von Ettingshausen	Coxless pair	6:57.78	4 R	7:11.67	5 FC	—	7:06.88	15
Stefan Forster Ike Landvoigt Claas Peter Fischer Stefan Scholz	Coxless four	6:21.98	4 R	6:29.10	1 SF	6:19.06	6 FB	5:57.77	9
Tobias Rose Martin Weis Michael Buchheit Bernhard Stomporowski	Lightweight coxless four	6:22.97	2 R	5:58.90	1 SF	6:12.73	3 FA	6:14.79	5
Frank Richter Mark Kleinschmidt Wolfram Huhn Marc Weber Detlef Kirchhoff Thorsten Streppelhoff Ulrich Viefers Roland Baar Peter Thiede	Eight	5:46.04	2 R	5:30.61	1 FA	—	5:44.58

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Meike Evers	Single sculls	8:24.14	5 R	8:54.05	3 FC	—	8:16.51	13
Jana Thieme Manuela Lutze	Double sculls	7:21.13	2 SF	Bye	7:19.62	3 FA	7:04.14	5
Michelle Darvill Ruth Kaps	Lightweight double sculls	7:45.52	2 R	7:05.29	2 SF	7:19.69	4 FB	7:04.31	8
Jana Sorgers Katrin Rutschow Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen	Quadruple sculls	6:36.00	1 FA	Bye	—	6:27.44
Kathrin Haacker Stefani Werremeier	Coxless pair	7:28.65	2 SF	Bye	7:34.80	3 FA	7:08.49	4
Ina Justh Antje Rehaag Kathleen Naser Andrea Gesch Dana Pyritz Micaela Schmidt Anja Pyritz Ute Schell Daniela Neunast	Eight	6:33.90	3 R	6:09.43	5 FB	—	6:17.73	8

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Matthias Bornhäuser	Mistral One Design	3	11	13	27	47	15	7	8	3	—	60	10
Michael Fellmann	Finn	15	12	11	17	15	26	26	15	14	22	—	121	20
Ronald Rensch Torsten Haverland	470	37	8	2	10	22	9	22	11	14	29	6	104	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sibylle Powarzynski	Europe	18	3	4	7	10	10	25	18	21	4	1	75	6
Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer	470	16	6	5	5	3	4	6	7	11	2	12	49	5

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Stefan Warkalla	Laser	13	2	2	3	12	4	15	6	5	7	57	54	5
Roland Gäbler Frank Parlow	Tornado	15	8	11	1	12	9	9	2	2	1	5	48	7
Frank Butzmann Kai Falkenthal	Star	8	13	4	4	17	12	8	15	2	15	—	66	10

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Qualification races										Total	Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	Soling	5	5	2	4	1	9	9	6	2	9	34	1 Q	Bye	Great Britain W 3–0	Russia W 3–0

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karsten Bindrich	Trap	121	9	Did not advance
	Double trap	133	15	Did not advance
Jörg Damme	Trap	119	20	Did not advance
Maik Eckhardt	10 metre air rifle	591	9	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three positions	1165	10	Did not advance
Artur Gevorgjan	10 metre air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	548	37	Did not advance
Jan-Henrik Heinrich	Skeet	118	26	Did not advance
Bernhard Hochwald	Skeet	119	20	Did not advance
Michael Jakosits	10 metre running target	568	11	Did not advance
Christian Klees	50 metre rifle three positions	1155	37	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three prone	600	1 Q	704.8
Daniel Leonhard	25 metre rapid fire pistol	586	6 Q	683.6	8
Uwe Möller	Trap	114	49	Did not advance
Hans-Jürgen Neumaier	10 metre air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	549	35	Did not advance
Johann Riederer	10 metre air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Bernd Rücker	50 metre rifle three prone	595	11	Did not advance
Waldemar Schanz	Double trap	128	22	Did not advance
Ralf Schumann	25 metre rapid fire pistol	596	1 Q	698.0
Axel Wegner	Skeet	118	26	Did not advance
Jens Zimmermann	10 metre running target	574	7 Q	672.2	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petra Horneber	10 metre air rifle	397	1 Q	497.4
	50 metre rifle three positions	579	9	Did not advance
Susanne Kiermayer	Double trap	105	3 Q	139
Bettina Knells	10 metre air rifle	386	36	Did not advance
Kirsten Obel	50 metre rifle three positions	584	4 Q	679.2	4
Anke Völker	10 metre air pistol	375	27	Did not advance
	25 metre pistol	573	23	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ralf Braun	100 metre backstroke	55.73	6 FA	55.56	7
	200 metre backstroke	2:01.50	12 FB	Withdrew
Chris-Carol Bremer	200 metre butterfly	2:00.48	14 FB	2:01.62	16
Aimo Heilmann	200 metre freestyle	1:49.57	10 FB	1:48.81	9
Jörg Hoffmann	400 metre freestyle	3:51.26	3 FA	3:52.15	7
	1500 metre freestyle	15:18.61	5 FA	15:18.86	7
Christian Keller	200 metre individual medley	2:03.82	12 FB	2:02.90	9
Oliver Lampe	100 metre butterfly	54.56	21	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:59.87	9 FB	2:00.08	12
Alexander Lüderitz	50 metre freestyle	23.06	21	Did not advance
Stev Theloke	100 metre backstroke	56.26	13 FB	56.63	14
	200 metre individual medley	2:04.23	13 FB	2:03.94	12
Christian Tröger	100 metre freestyle	50.06	9 FB	49.90	10
Mark Warnecke	100 metre breaststroke	1:01.79	3 FA	1:01.33
Sebastian Wiese	400 metre freestyle	3:53.55	9 FB	3:52.37	10
Steffen Zesner	1500 metre freestyle	15:21.65	9	Did not advance
Bengt Zikarsky	50 metre freestyle	22.68	9 FB	22.73	10
Björn Zikarsky	100 metre freestyle	50.38	15 FB	49.91	11
Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz (*)	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:19.27	2 FA	3:17.20
Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin (*) Oliver Lampe (*)	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:22.17	4 FA	7:17.71
Ralf Braun Mark Warnecke Christian Keller Björn Zikarsky Stev Theloke (*) Oliver Lampe (*) Bengt Zikarsky (*)	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:41.10	3 FA	3:39.64	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antje Buschschulte	100 metre backstroke	1:02.68	7 FA	1:02.52	6
Kathrin Dumitru	100 metre breaststroke	1:11.92	26	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:37.07	31	Did not advance
Dagmar Hase	200 metre freestyle	2:00.38	4 FA	1:59.56
	400 metre freestyle	4:11.17	4 FA	4:08.30
	800 metre freestyle	8:33.55	2 FA	8:29.91
Sabine Herbst	200 metre butterfly	2:16.66	19	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:18.00	15 FB	2:16.68	11
	400 metre individual medley	4:45.36	7 FA	4:43.78	4
Kerstin Kielgaß	400 metre freestyle	4:08.99	1 FA	4:09.83	4
	800 metre freestyle	8:36.33	3 FA	8:31.06	4
Simone Osygus	50 metre freestyle	26.00	13 FB	26.16	14
Cathleen Rund	200 metre backstroke	2:13.58	6 FA	2:12.06
	400 metre individual medley	4:55.30	21	Did not advance
Anke Scholz	100 metre backstroke	1:03.05	10 FB	1:02.85	10
	200 metre backstroke	2:12.73	3 FA	2:12.90	4
Franziska van Almsick	100 metre freestyle	55.80	4 FA	55.59	5
	200 metre freestyle	1:59.40	1 FA	1:58.57
Sandra Völker	50 metre freestyle	25.45	3 FA	25.14
	100 metre freestyle	55.55	3 FA	54.88
Julia Voitovitsch	100 metre butterfly	1:01.47	14 FB	1:01.14	12
Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag (*)	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:44.17	4 FA	3:41.48
Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgaß Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Simone Osygus (*) Meike Freitag (*)	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	8:08.58	2 FA	8:01.55
Antje Buschschulte Kathrin Dumitru Franziska van Almsick Sandra Völker	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:08.95	3 FA	4:09.22	6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Franz	Singles	Florea (ROU) L 0–2	Al-Habashi (KUW) W 2–0	Saive (BEL) L 0–2	3	Did not advance
Jörg Roßkopf		Muñoz (MEX) W 2–0	Lo (HKG) W 2–0	Shibutani (JPN) W 2–0	1 Q	Chila (FRA) W 3–0	Kim (KOR) W 3–2	Liu (CHN) L 1–3	Korbel (CZE) W 3–1
Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner	Doubles	Peixoto / Hoyama (BRA) W 2–0	Ng / Huang (CAN) W 2–0	Schlager / Jindrak (AUT) W 2–0	1 Q	—	Éloi / Gatien (FRA) W 3–0	Lu / Wang (CHN) L 0–3	Lee / Yoo (KOR) L 0–3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Olga Nemes	Singles	Chen (TPE) W 2–0	Steshenko (TKM) W 2–0	Park (KOR) L 0–2	2	Did not advance
Jie Schöpp		Timina (RUS) W 2–0	Oshonaike (NGR) W 2–0	Kim (PRK) L 0–2	2	Did not advance
Nicole Struse		Touati (TUN) W 2–0	Boroš (CRO) W 2–0	Todo (JPN) W 2–1	1 Q	Tu (SUI) W 3–1	Deng (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Elke Schall Nicole Struse	Doubles	Keen / Hooman-Kloppenburg (NED) W 2–1	Arisi / Negrisoli (ITA) W 2–0	Koyama / Todo (JPN) L 1–2	2	Did not advance
Jie Schöpp Olga Nemes		Lomas / Holt (GBR) W 2–0	Tepes / Rodríguez (CHI) W 2–0	Liu / Qiao (CHN) L 1–2	2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marc-Kevin Goellner	Singles	Enqvist (SWE) L 6–7, 6–4, 4–6	Did not advance
David Prinosil		Vacek (CZE) L 4–6, 6–2, 4–6	Did not advance
Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Doubles	—	Gaudenzi / Nargiso (ITA) W 4–6, 6–1, 7–5	Black / Black (ZIM) W 6–4, 7–6	Hiršzon / Ivanišević (CRO) W 6–2, 6–3	Broad / Henman (GBR) L 6–4, 3–6, 8–10	Eltingh / Haarhuis (NED) W 6–2, 7–5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anke Huber	Singles	Cristea (ROU) W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	de Swardt (RSA) W 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Davenport (USA) L 1–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 women's	Women's tournament	Russia L 0–3	Peru W 3–0	Canada W 3–0	Cuba L 0–3	Brazil L 1–3	4 Q	China L 0–3	Classification 5-8  Netherlands L 2–3	7th Place Match  United States L 1–3	8

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Nancy Celis
• Tanja Hart
• Karin Horninger
• Silvia Roll
• Susanne Lahme
• Grit Naumann
• Hanka Pachale
• Ines Pianka
• Constanze Radfan
• Christine Schultz
• Ute Steppin
• Claudia Wilke

• Head coach: Sigfried Kohler

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	238	121	1.967	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	217	140	1.550
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	196	156	1.256
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	163	191	0.853
5	Canada	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	156	239	0.653
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	129	252	0.512

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–10	15–7			45–22	Report
22 Jul	Germany	3–0	Peru	15–11	15–6	15–3			45–20	Report
24 Jul	Canada	0–3	Germany	5–15	12–15	6–15			23–45	Report
26 Jul	Germany	0–3	Cuba	6–15	8–15	4–15			18–45	Report
28 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–4	13–15	15–6	15–8		58–33	Report

Quarterfinal

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	China	3–0	Germany	15–12	15–8	15–8			45–28	Report

Classification 5-8

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	Germany	2–3	Netherlands	12–15	15–9	15–13	9–15	10–15	61–67	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	Germany	1–3	United States	16–17	6–15	15–5	6–15		43–52	Report

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.

Team	Event	Group stage						Classification round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 3–9	Hungary L 8–9	Russia L 8–10	FR Yugoslavia L 8–9	Netherlands W 9–8	5	Ukraine W 10–4	Netherlands W 9–6	Romania W 10–6	9

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Ingo Borgmann
• Piotr Bukowski
• Oliver Dahler
• Jörg Dresel
• Torsten Dresel
• Davor Erjavec
• Michael Ilgner
• Dirk Klingenberg
• Raul de la Peña
• René Reimann
• Uwe Sterzik
• Lars Tomanek
• Daniel Voß

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	47	38	+9	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	46	44	+2	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	39	33	+6	6
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	42	38	+4	5
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	36	45	−9	2
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	36	48	−12	0

Source: [1]

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20) 16:40	[2]	Spain	9–3	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Daniel Légaré (CAN), Bret Bernard (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–2, 2–1, 3–0
		Gómez, Oca 2	Goals	three players 1

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21 July 1996 (1996-07-21) 12:40	[3]	Hungary	9–8	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Željko Klarić (CRO), Jean-Claude Demey (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 1–3, 2–1
		Kásás 3	Goals	Erjavec 3

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22 July 1996 (1996-07-22) 11:00	[4]	Russia	10–8	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: François Simons (BEL), Salvatore Merola (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 2–1, 2–2
		Garbuzov 4	Goals	four players 2

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23 July 1996 (1996-07-23) 11:00	[5]	FR Yugoslavia	9–8	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Bret Bernard (USA), Vladimir Prikhodko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 5–2, 1–2
		Vičević 3	Goals	Reimann, Dresel 2

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24 July 1996 (1996-07-24) 16:40	[6]	Germany	9–8	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Jean-Claude Demey (FRA), Salah Hamici (ALG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–0, 2–5, 1–1
		Erjavec 3	Goals	Havenga 4

Classification round

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Germany	6	3	3	0	0	29	16	+13
10.	Netherlands	3	3	1	1	1	25	26	–1
11.	Romania	2	3	1	0	2	25	28	–3
12.	Ukraine	1	3	0	1	2	21	30	–9

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26) 11:00	[7]	Germany	10–4	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Željko Klarić (CRO), Miroslav Radenović (YUG)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–1, 1–1, 3–2
		Erjavec, Klingenberg 2	Goals	Stratan 2

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27 July 1996 (1996-07-27) 11:00	[8]	Germany	9–6	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Joaquin Fernández (ESP), Bret Bernard (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–1, 3–2
		Klingenberg 3	Goals	van der Meer, van der Kolk 2

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28 July 1996 (1996-07-28) 9:30	[9]	Germany	10–6	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Referees: Andrey Afanasyev (RUS), Salah Hamici (ALG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 3–2, 3–2
		three players 2	Goals	Totolici, Hagiu 2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Behm	–70 kg	147.5	10	180.0	7	327.5	10
Andrey Poitschke	–76 kg	155.0	11	180.0	10	335.0	10
Ingo Steinhöfel		160.0	5	187.5	7	347.5	6
Marc Huster	–83 kg	170.0	2	212.5	1	382.5
Oliver Caruso	–91 kg	175.0	4	215.0	1	390.0
Igor Sadykov	–99 kg	177.5	5	207.5	7	385.0	7
Mario Kalinke	–108 kg	177.5	8	212.5	10	390.0	9
Dimitri Prochorow		175.0	12	215.0	6	390.0	11
Manfred Nerlinger	+108 kg	185.0	7	237.5	5	422.5	6
Ronny Weller		200.0	1	255.0	2	455.0

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oleg Kutscherenko	–48 kg	Zahidov (AZE) W 10–0	Sánchez (CUB) L 1–1	Did not advance		Bye	Kang (PRK) L 0–3	Did not advance
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	–52 kg	Al-Faraj (SYR) L 1–3	Did not advance			Rønningen (NOR) W 9–0	Vartanovas (LTU) W 8–0	Kalashnykov (UKR) L Fall	Did not advance
Rifat Yildiz	–57 kg	Fernández (MEX) W 12–0	Sarmiento (CUB) W 4–1	Bye	Melnichenko (KAZ) L 0–3	Bye	Khakymov (UKR) L 2–3	Sarmiento (CUB) W Default	5
Erik Hahn	–74 kg	Kopytov (BLR) W 4–2	Dzyhasov (UKR) L 1–2	Did not advance		Bye	Katayama (JPN) W 5–2	Berzicza (HUN) W 3–1	Bye	Iskandaryan (RUS) W 8–5	Tracz (POL) L 2–4	4
Thomas Zander	–82 kg	Isisola (PER) W 10–0	Tsvir (RUS) W DQ	Bye	Tsitsiashvili (ISR) W 3–1	Bye	Yerlikaya (TUR) L 0–3
Maik Bullmann	–90 kg	Hussein (EGY) W 3–0	Sidorenko (BLR) W 1–0	Oliynyk (UKR) L 2–4	Did not advance	Bye	Dimitrov (BUL) W Fall	Waldroup (USA) W 4–0	Başar (TUR) W Fall	Sidorenko (BLR) W 2–0
René Schiekel	–130 kg	Liu (CHN) W 3–0	Kékes (HUN) W 2–0	Bye	Ghaffari (USA) L 0–4	Bye	Mureiko (MDA) L 0–5	Poikilidis (GRE) L 0–3	6

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jürgen Scheibe	–62 kg	Calder (CAN) W 4–2	Azizov (RUS) L 2–8	Did not advance		Bye	Smal (BLR) L 1–8	Did not advance
Alexander Leipold	–74 kg	Loizidis (GRE) W 6–0	Saitiev (RUS) L 1–3	Did not advance		Bye	Hohl (CAN) W 10–2	Haciyev (AZE) W 3–0	Paskalev (BUL) L 4–8	Monday (USA) W Default	5
Heiko Balz	–90 kg	Renney (AUS) W 11–1	Tedeyev (UKR) L 1–4	Did not advance		Bye	Bayramukov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Arawat Sabejew	–100 kg	Kovalevsky (BLR) W 3–0	Murtazaliev (UKR) L 3–13	Did not advance		Bye	Magomedov (AZE) W 3–1	Morales (CUB) W 3–2	Bye	Aleksandrov (KGZ) W 10–0	Kovalevsky (BLR) W 7–4
Sven Thiele	–130 kg	Kovalevsky (KGZ) W 1–0	Feng (CHN) W 3–0	Bye	Medvedev (BLR) L 0–0	Bye	Baumgartner (USA) L 0–3	Kovalevsky (KGZ) L 1–3	6

Notes

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

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