Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	463 (300 men, 163 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer	Manfred Klein
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
	1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
Intercalated Games
	1906
	Other related appearances
	United Team of Germany (1956–1964); West Germany (1968–1988); East Germany (1968–1988); Saar (1952)

Germany competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time the European nation participated after German reunification in 1990. Previously, West Germany and East Germany had sent independent teams to the Games. 463 competitors, 300 men and 163 women, took part in 237 events in 26 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Archery

In Germany's fifth archery competition, only one of the six archers qualified for the individual elimination rounds. He lost his first match, as did both the men's and women's teams.

Women's Individual Competition:

Astrid Hanschen — Ranking round, 43rd place (0-0)
Cornelia Pfohl — Ranking round, 44th place (0-0)
Marion Wagner — Ranking round, 53rd place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

Frank Marzoch — Round of 32, 32nd place (0-1)
Marc Rosicke — Ranking round, 38th place (0-0)
Andreas Lippoldt — Ranking round, 43rd place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

Hanschen, Pfohl, and Wagner — Round of 16, 10th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

Marzoch, Rosicke, and Lippoldt — Round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Jörg Haas

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's 5,000 metres

Dieter Baumann

Heat — 13:20.82
Final — 13:12.52 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 10,000 metres

Stephane Franke

Heat — 28:52.83 (→ did not advance)

Carsten Eich

Heat — 29:22.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

Ralph Pfersich, Rico Lieder, Jörg Vaihinger, and Thomas Schönlebe

Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Stephan Freigang — 2:14.00 (→ Bronze Medal)
Konrad Dobler — 2:23.44 (→ 49th place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

Carsten Kohrbruck

Heat — 49.37
Semifinal — 49.41 (→ did not advance)

Olaf Hense

Heat — 49.97
Semifinal — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Men's 20 km Walk

Robert Ihly — 1:26:56 (→ 11th place)
Axel Noack — 1:29:55 (→ 20th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Ronald Weigel — 3:53:45 (→ Bronze Medal)
Hartwig Gauder — 3:56:47 (→ 6th place)

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

Dietmar Haaf

Qualification — 7.85 m (→ did not advance)

Konstantin Krause

Qualification — 7.50 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Ralf Jaros

Qualification — 16.89 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Volker Hadwich

Qualification — 81.10 m
Final — 75.28 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Heinz Weis

Qualification — 74.86 m
Final — 76.90 m (→ 6th place)

Claus Dethloff

Qualification — 73.64 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Jürgen Schult

Qualification — 63.46 m
Final — 64.94 m (→ Silver Medal)

Lars Riedel

Qualification — 59.98 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Ulf Timmermann

Qualification — 19.93 m
Final — 20.49 m (→ 5th place)

Udo Beyer

Qualification — 18.47 m (→ did not advance)

Kalman Konya

Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

Andrea Philipp

Women's 200 metres

Women's 400 metres

Anja Rücker

Women's 800 metres

Sabine Zwiener

Heat — 2:00.87
Semifinal — 2:02.64 (→ did not advance)

Sigrun Grau

Heat — 2:00.31
Semifinal — 2:00.91 (→ did not advance)

Christine Wachtel

Heat — 2:01.39 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

Ellen Kießling

Women's 10,000 metres

Uta Pippig

Heat — 32:07.28
Final — 31:36.45 (→ 7th place)

Kerstin Preßler

Heat — 33:17.88 (→ did not advance)

Kathrin Ullrich

Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

Katrin Dörre — 2:36.48 (→ 5th place)
Birgit Jerschabek — 2:42.45 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Women's 400 metres Hurdles

Heike Meissner

Heat — 55.52
Semifinal — 55.35 (→ did not advance)

Silvia Rieger

Heat — 56.61 (→ did not advance)

Linda Kisabaka

Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 4×100 metres Relay

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Women's 10 km Walk

Beate Anders

Final — 46:31 (→ 16th place)

Kathrin Born-Boyde

Final — 50:21 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump

Heike Henkel

Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 2.02 m (→ Gold Medal)

Birgit Kahler

Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.88 m (→ 11th place)

Marion Goldkamp

Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

Heike Drechsler

Heat — 7.08 m
Final — 7.14 m (→ Gold Medal)

Susen Tiedtke

Heat — 6.74 m
Final — 6.60 m (→ 8th place)

Helga Radtke

Heat — 6.42 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

Women's Discus Throw

Ilke Wyludda

Heat — 64.26m
Final — 62.16m (→ 9th place)

Franka Dietzsch

Heat — 63.60m
Final — 60.24m (→ 12th place)

Martina Hellmann

Heat — 60.52m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Heptathlon

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Jan Quast → Bronze Medal

First Round — Defeated Mohamed Zbir (MAR), 6:0
Second Round — Defeated Pramuansak Phosuwan (THA), 11:2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Valentin Barbu (ROM), 15:7
Semifinals — Lost to Daniel Petrov (BUL), 9:15

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

Viola Paulitz

Final — 2:05:03 (→ 19th place)

Petra Rossner

Final — 2:05:03 (→ 28th place)

Jutta Niehaus

Final — 2:08:13 (→ 44th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Albin Killat

Preliminary Round — 392.10 points
Final — 556.35 points (→ 10th place)

Jan Hempel

Preliminary Round — 353.85 points (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 10m Platform

Jan Hempel

Preliminary Round — 426.27 points
Final — 574.17 points (→ 4th place)

Michael Kühne

Preliminary Round — 393.21 points
Final — 558.54 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Brita Baldus

Preliminary Round — 312.90 points
Final — 503.07 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Simona Koch

Preliminary Round — 281.46 points
Final — 468.96 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 10m Platform

Ute Wetzig

Preliminary Round — 284.13 points (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Monika Kühn

Preliminary Round — 270.51 points (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Germany in 1992.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Udo Wagner, Ulrich Schreck, Thorsten Weidner, Alexander Koch, Ingo Weißenborn

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Elmar Borrmann, Robert Felisiak, Arnd Schmitt, Uwe Proske, Wladimir Reznitschenko

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Felix Becker, Jörg Kempenich, Jürgen Nolte, Jacek Huchwajda, Steffen Wiesinger

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz, Monika Weber-Koszto, Annette Dobmeier

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Germany — Unified Team 25-15
Germany — Romania 20-20
Germany — France 20-23
Germany — Egypt 24-16
Germany — Spain 18-19

Classification Match

9th/10th place: Germany — Czechoslovakia 19-20 (→ Tenth place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Horst Bredemeier

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Germany — Nigeria 32-17
Germany — United States 32-16
Germany — Unified Team 22-28

Semi Finals

Germany — South Korea 25-26

Bronze Medal Match

Germany — Unified Team 20-24 (→ Fourth place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Heinz Strauch

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Germany — India 3 — 0
Germany — Great Britain 2 — 0
Germany — Australia 1 — 1
Germany — Egypt 8 — 2
Germany — Argentina 2 — 1

Semi Finals

Germany — Pakistan 2 — 1

Final

Germany — Australia 2 — 1 (→ Gold Medal)

Team Roster

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Germany — Spain 2 — 2
Germany — Australia 0 — 1
Germany — Canada 4 — 0

Semi Finals

Germany — Great Britain 2 — 1

Final

Germany — Spain 1 — 2 (→ Silver Medal)

Team Roster

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1992.

Individual

Team

Dirk Knappheide
Ulrich Czermak
Pawel Olszewski

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Timm Stade

Final Ranking — 214.0 points (→ 18th place)

Women's 470 Class

Peggy Hardwiger and Christina Pinnow

Final Ranking — 71.7 points (→ 8th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Nils Rudolph

Heat — 22.70
Final — 22.73 (→ 8th place)

Mark Pinger

Heat — 22.88
B-Final — 22.88 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Christian Tröger

Heat — 50.05
Final — 49.84 (→ 7th place)

Nils Rudolph

Heat — 50.29
B-Final — 50.62 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Steffen Zesner

Heat — 1:48.12
Final — 1:48.84 (→ 7th place)

Christian Keller

Heat — 1:50.07
B-Final — 1:50.46 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Sebastian Wiese

Heat — 3:50.73
Final — 3:49.06 (→ 6th place)

Stefan Pfeiffer

Heat — 3:49.99
Final — 3:49.75 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Jörg Hoffmann

Heat — 15:03.95
Final — 15:02.29 (→ Bronze Medal)

Stefan Pfeiffer

Heat — 15:13.71
Final — 15:04.28 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Dirk Richter

Heat — 56.03
Final — 56.26 (→ 8th place)

Tino Weber

Heat — 56.27
B-Final — 56.49 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Tino Weber

Heat — 1:59.40
Final — 1:59.78 (→ 7th place)

Dirk Richter

Heat — 2:00.94
B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Mark Warnecke

Heat — 1:02.48
B-Final — 1:02.73 (→ 13th place)

Christian Poswiat

Heat — 1:03.85 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Christian Poswiat

Heat — 2:20.80 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Christian Keller

Heat — 54.47
B-Final — 54.30 (→ 9th place)

Martin Herrmann

Heat — 54.59
B-Final — 54.94 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Chris-Carol Bremer

Heat — 2:00.49
B-Final — 1:59.93 (→ 9th place)

Martin Herrmann

Heat — 2:00.47
B-Final — 2:01.14 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Christian Gessner

Heat — 2:02.43
Final — 2:01.97 (→ 5th place)

Josef Hladký

Heat — 2:07.18 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Christian Gessner

Heat — 4:19.92
Final — 4:17.88 (→ 5th place)

Patrick Kühl

Heat — 4:18.68
Final — 4:19.66 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Andreas Szigat, Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, and Dirk Richter

Heat — 3:19.61

Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner

Final — 3:17.90 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Peter Sitt, Christian Tröger, Andreas Szigat, and Stefan Pfeiffer

Heat — 7:18.21

Andreas Szigat, Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, and Stefan Pfeiffer

Final — 7:16.58 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Tino Weber, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller, and Bengt Zikarsky

Heat — 3:43.00

Tino Weber, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller, and Mark Pinger

Final — 3:40.19 (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Simone Osygus

Heat — 25.79
Final — 25.74 (→ 7th place)

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 25.96
B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 55.40
Final — 54.94 (→ Bronze Medal)

Simone Osygus

Heat — 55.98
Final — 55.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 1:57.90
Final — 1:58.00 (→ Silver Medal)

Kerstin Kielgass

Heat — 2:00.55
Final — 1:59.67 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 4:10.92
Final — 4:07.18 (→ Gold Medal)

Kerstin Kielgass

Heat — 4:12.50
Final — 4:11.52 (→ 5th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Jana Henke

Heat — 8:35.11
Final — 8:30.99 (→ Bronze Medal)

Kerstin Kielgass

Heat — 8:43.52 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Sandra Völker

Heat — 1:02.90
B-Final — 1:04.52 (→ 16th place)

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 1:03.35
B-Final — 1:02.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Dagmar Hase

Heat — 2:11.52
Final — 2:09.46 (→ Silver Medal)

Marion Zoller

Heat — 2:14.53
B-Final — 2:13.77 (→ 9th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Jana Dörries

Heat — 1:10.00
Final — 1:09.77 (→ 5th place)

Daniela Brendel

Heat — 1:10.49
Final — 1:11.05 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Daniela Brendel

Heat — 2:32.09
B-Final — 2:32.05 (→ 10th place)

Jana Dörries

Heat — 2:34.58 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Franziska van Almsick

Heat — 1:00.02
Final — 1:00.70 (→ 7th place)

Bettina Ustrowski

Heat — 1:02.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Bettina Ustrowski

Heat — 2:21.49 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Daniela Hunger

Heat — 2:15.16
Final — 2:13.92 (→ Bronze Medal)

Jana Haas

Heat — 2:17.74
B-Final — 2:20.94 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Daniela Hunger

Heat — 4:47.39
Final — 4:47.57 (→ 6th place)

Jana Haas

Heat — 4:49.93
B-Final — 4:47.74 (→ 9th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Annette Hadding, Simone Osygus, Kerstin Kielgass, and Manuela Stellmach

Heat — 3:43.58

Franziska van Almsick, Simone Osygus, Daniela Hunger, and Manuela Stellmach

Final — 3:41.60 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Dagmar Hase, Daniele Brendel, Bettina Ustrowski, and Simone Osygus

Heat — 4:10.62

Dagmar Hase, Jana Dörries, Franziska van Almsick, and Daniela Hunger

Final — 4:05.19 (→ Silver Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Germany in 1992.

Women's solo

Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Boris Becker

First round — Defeated Christian Ruud (Norway) 3-6, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3
Second round — Defeated Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Third round — Lost to Fabrice Santoro (France) 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 3-6

Michael Stich

First round — Defeated Richard Fromberg (Australia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Second round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6

Carl-Uwe Steeb

First round — Defeated Richard Fromberg (Australia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Second round — Defeated Michael Stich (Germany) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Third round — Lost to Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

Boris Becker and Michael Stich → Gold Medal

First round — Defeated Karim Alami and Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) walk over
Second round — Defeated Anastasios Bavelas and Konstantinos Efraimoglou (Greece) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
Quarterfinals — Defeated Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3
Semifinals — Defeated Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi (Argentina) 7-6, 6-2, 6-7, 2-6, 6-4
Final — Defeated Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3

Women's Singles Competition

Steffi Graf → Silver Medal

First Round — Defeated Lupita Novelo (Mexico) 6-1, 6-1
Second Round — Defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 6-1, 6-0
Third Round — Defeated Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals — Defeated Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 6-1, 6-0
Semifinals — Defeated Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 6-3, 6-4
Final — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 4-6

Anke Huber

First Round — Defeated Naoko Sawamatsu (Japan) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Second Round — Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 6-4, 6-1
Third Round — Defeated Nicole Muns-Jagerman (Netherlands) 7-5, 7-6
Quarterfinals — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 3-6, 6-7

Barbara Rittner

First Round — Defeated Florencia Labat (Argentina) 6-3, 6-3
Second Round — Defeated Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-3, 6-2
Third Round — Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Tied with France (7-7)
Lost to Unified Team (7-11)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (15-9)
Tied with Australia (7-7)
Lost to United States (2-7)

Classification Matches

Lost to Hungary (7-8)
Defeated Cuba (10-6) → 7th place

Team Roster

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Athletics

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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