Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
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in Paris
Competitors	76 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 9
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 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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

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[a] Julius Frey Max Hainle Ernst Hoppenberg Herbert von Petersdorff Max Schöne	Men's 200 metre team swimming	—		33

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 Hans Aniol Paul Gebauer Max Hainle Georg Hax Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff Fritz Schneider	Men's water polo	Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) L 3-2	did not advance		5

Six German athletes had 10 entries in nine athletics events, not winning any medals.

Track events

Field events

The second Olympic cycling competition saw Germany appear for its second time. Duill won a silver medal in the points race.

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

Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.

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]

Germany, which had dominated the first gymnastics competitions four years earlier, failed to win a medal in the second Olympic gymnastics competition.

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 Gustav Goßler Oscar Goßler Walther Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Heinrich Goßler (cox)	Men's coxed four	—		5:56.2	1 QB	5:59.0
Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Max Ammermann (cox)				6:03.0	3 QA	7:18.2
Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (cox)				6:14.0	1 QB	6:05.0
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler Oscar Goßler Ernst Jencquel Edgar Katzenstein Walther Katzenstein Theodor Laurezzari Waldemar Tietgens Arthur Warncke Alexander Gleichmann[b] unknown cox	Men's eight	—		5:04.8	3 Q	6:33.0	4

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)

Team details

France Germany Alexandre Pharamond 15 Hermann Kreuzer Frantz Reichel 14 Arnold Landvoigt Jean Collas 13 Heinrich Reitz Constantin Henriquez 12 Jacob Hermann Andre Rischmann 11 Erich Ludwig A. Albert 10 Hugo Betting Leon Binoche 9 August Schmierer Jean Herve 8 Albert Amrhein (c) Victor Lardanchet 7 Richard Ludwig Jean-Guy Gautier 6 Eduard Poppe Joseph Olivier (c) 5 Georg Wenderoth Wladimir Aitoff 4 Willy Hofmeister Emile Sarrade 3 Hans Latscha Hubert Lefebvre 2 Adolf Stockhausen Andre Roosevelt 1 Fritz Muller Wikimedia Commons has media related to France v Germany, 14 October 1900.

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
Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	½–1 ton class race 1	DQ	–
Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	1–2 ton class race 2	3:09:19
Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	Open class	5:58:17