Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	425 in 32 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Laura Ludwig Patrick Hausding
Flag bearer (closing)	Ronald Rauhe
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 16 Total 37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920–1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after its reunification in 1990.

Germany competed in all sports except artistic swimming, baseball, rugby sevens, softball and water polo.

Germany's medal total of 37 medals is the second lowest number won by Germany at a Summer Olympics post-reunification, only better than the performance in Paris 2024, where the country ended with 33 medal in total.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	3	4
Athletics	43	47	90
Badminton	3	2	5
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	2	1	3
Canoeing	11	10	21
Cycling	14	14	28
Diving	5	4	9
Equestrian	6	6	12
Fencing	8	1	9
Field hockey	19	19	38
Football	19	0	19
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	4	4	8
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	7	6	13
Karate	3	1	4
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	20	7	27
Sailing	4	6	10
Shooting	3	5	8
Skateboarding	1	1	2
Sport climbing	2	0	2
Surfing	1	0	1
Swimming	18	13	31
Table tennis	4	4	8
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	6	3	9
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	4	6
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	5	2	7
Total	254	171	425

Three German archers qualified for the women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the women's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.^[2] Another German archer finished among the top four vying for qualification of the men's individual recurve to book an outright Olympic berth available at the 2021 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey.^[3]

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
Florian Unruh	Men's individual	654	33	Dwi Pangestu (INA) W 6–2	Kim J-d (KOR) W 7–3	Duenas (CAN) W 6–2	Nespoli (ITA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Michelle Kroppen	Women's individual	655	11	Sichenikova (UKR) W 6–0	Osipova (ROC) L 4–6	Did not advance
Charline Schwarz		607	60	Brown (USA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Lisa Unruh		647	26	Marusava (BLR) L 4–6	Did not advance
Michelle Kroppen Charline Schwarz Lisa Unruh	Women's team	1909	10	—		Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 6–2	Mexico (MEX) W 6–2	ROC L 1–5	Belarus (BLR) W 5–1
Florian Unruh Michelle Kroppen	Mixed team	1309	13 Q	—		Mexico (MEX) L 2–6	Did not advance

German athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[4][5]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Müller	200 m	21.08	6	Did not advance
Marvin Schlegel	400 m	46.39	6	Did not advance
Amos Bartelsmeyer	1500 m	3:38.36	11	Did not advance
Robert Farken		3:36.61	5 Q	3:35.21	8	Did not advance
Mohamed Mohumed	5000 m	13:50.46	16	—		Did not advance
Gregor Traber	110 m hurdles	13.65	5	Did not advance
Joshua Abuaku	400 m hurdles	49.50 SB	5 q	49.93	8	Did not advance
Luke Campbell		49.19 SB	4 Q	48.62 PB	5	Did not advance
Constantin Preis		49.73	4 Q	49.10	4	Did not advance
Karl Bebendorf	3000 m steeplechase	8:33.27	11	—		Did not advance
Deniz Almas Lucas Ansah-Peprah Joshua Hartmann Julian Reus	4 × 100 m relay	38.06 SB	4 q	—		38.12	6
Jean Paul Bredau Luke Campbell Manuel Sanders Marvin Schlegel	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.62	8	—		Did not advance
Amanal Petros	Marathon	—				2:16:33 SB	30
Hendrik Pfeiffer						2:20:43 SB	50
Richard Ringer						2:16:08	26
Nils Brembach	20 km walk	—				1:26:45	28
Leo Köpp						1:24:46	22
Christopher Linke						1:21:50	5
Carl Dohmann	50 km walk	—				4:07:18	33
Jonathan Hilbert						3:50:44
Nathaniel Seiler						4:15:37	42

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandra Burghardt	100 m	Bye		11.08	1 Q	11.07	4	Did not advance
Lisa Mayer		Bye		DNS		Did not advance
Tatjana Pinto		Bye		11.16	3 Q	11.35	7	Did not advance
Lisa-Marie Kwayie	200 m	23.14	4 q	—		23.42	8	Did not advance
Jessica-Bianca Wessolly		23.41	5			Did not advance
Corinna Schwab	400 m	52.29	4	—		Did not advance
Christina Hering	800 m	2:02.23	5	—		Did not advance
Katharina Trost		2:00.99	5 q			2:02.14	8	Did not advance
Caterina Granz	1500 m	4:06.22 SB	9 q	—		4:10.93	12	Did not advance
Hanna Klein		4:14.83	15			Did not advance
Konstanze Klosterhalfen	10000 m	—						31:01.97	8
Ricarda Lobe	100 m hurdles	13.43	8	—		Did not advance
Carolina Krafzik	400 m hurdles	54.72 PB	2 Q	—		54.96	4	Did not advance
Elena Burkard	3000 m steeplechase	9:30.64	6	—				Did not advance
Gesa Felicitas Krause		9:19.62	2 Q					9:14.00	5
Lea Meyer		9:33.00	7					Did not advance
Alexandra Burghardt Rebekka Haase Gina Lückenkemper Tatjana Pinto	4 × 100 m relay	42.00	1 Q	—				42.12	5
Carolina Krafzik Laura Müller Corinna Schwab Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer-Preuß	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.77	4	—				Did not advance
Melat Yisak Kejeta	Marathon	—						2:29:16 SB	6
Deborah Schöneborn								2:33:08 SB	18
Katharina Steinruck								2:35:00	31
Saskia Feige	20 km walk	—						DNF

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marvin Schlegel Corinna Schwab Nadine Gonska Manuel Sanders Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer-Preuß*	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.94 NR	5 q	DNF

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Fabian Heinle	Long jump	7.96 SB	10 q	7.62	12
Max Heß	Triple jump	16.69	17	Did not advance
Mateusz Przybylko	High jump	2.21	23	Did not advance
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre	Pole vault	5.75	1 q	5.70	11
Torben Blech		5.30	25	Did not advance
Oleg Zernikel		5.65	12 q	5.70	9
Daniel Jasinski	Discus throw	63.29	9 q	62.44	10
Clemens Prüfer		63.18	11 q	61.75	11
David Wrobel		60.38	22	Did not advance
Bernhard Seifert	Javelin throw	68.30	31	Did not advance
Johannes Vetter		85.64	2 Q	82.52	9
Julian Weber		84.41	6 Q	85.30 SB	4
Tristan Schwandke	Hammer throw	73.77	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maryse Luzolo	Long jump	6.54	15	Did not advance
Malaika Mihambo		6.98 SB	2 Q	7.00 SB
Neele Eckhardt	Triple jump	14.20	14	Did not advance
Kristin Gierisch		13.02	30	Did not advance
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	High jump	1.95 SB	4 Q	1.93	10
Imke Onnen		1.86	25	Did not advance
Sara Gambetta	Shot put	18.57	12 q	18.88 PB	8
Katharina Maisch		17.89	15	Did not advance
Christina Schwanitz		18.08	14	Did not advance
Kristin Pudenz	Discus throw	63.73	4 q	66.86 PB
Marike Steinacker		63.22	6 q	62.02	8
Claudine Vita		62.46	10 q	61.80	9
Christin Hussong	Javelin throw	61.68	11 q	59.94	9
Samantha Borutta	Hammer throw	67.38	24	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Niklas Kaul	Result	11.22 SB	7.36 PB	14.55 SB	2.11 PB	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	812	900	762	906	0	0	—	—	—	—
Kai Kazmirek	Result	11.09	7.48 SB	14.46 SB	2.02	48.17	14.73	42.70	4.80	63.76 SB	4:48.30	8126	14
	Points	841	930	757	822	901	882	720	849	795	629

Combined event – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Vanessa Grimm	Result	13.88	1.77 =PB	14.52	25.03	5.94	44.75	2:16.27	6114	19
	Points	995	941	829	884	831	759	875
Carolin Schäfer	Result	13.29 SB	1.80 SB	13.99 SB	24.33 SB	5.78 SB	54.10 PB	2:14.92 SB	6419 SB	7
	Points	1081	978	793	949	783	940	895

Germany entered five badminton players (three men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; one entry each in the men's and women's singles and a pair in the men's and mixed doubles.^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kai Schäfer	Men's singles	Wangcharoen (THA) L (13–21, 15–21)	Penty (GBR) L (18–21, 11–21)	—	3	Did not advance
Yvonne Li	Women's singles	Okuhara (JPN) L (17–21, 4–21)	Kosetskaya (ROC) L (20–22, 15–21)	—	3	Did not advance
Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	Men's doubles	Kamura / Sonoda (JPN) L (13–21, 8–21)	Li / Liu (CHN) L (14–21, 13–21)	Chew / Chew (USA) W (21–10, 21–16)	3	—	Did not advance
Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich	Mixed doubles	Wang / Huang (CHN) L (22–24, 17–21)	Chan / Goh (MAS) W (21–12, 21–15)	Tang / Tse (HKG) L (20–22, 22–20, 16–21)	3	—	Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Italy L 82–92	Nigeria W 99–92	Australia L 76–89	3 Q	Slovenia L 70–94	Did not advance

The German men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Split, Croatia.^[8]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 5 July 2021.^[9]

Germany national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Isaac Bonga 21 – (1999-11-08)8 November 1999 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Washington Wizards SG 1 Joshiko Saibou 31 – (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Champagne Châlons-Reims PG 4 Maodo Lô 28 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Alba Berlin SF 5 Niels Giffey 30 – (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Žalgiris F 6 Jan Niklas Wimberg 25 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Niners Chemnitz C 7 Johannes Voigtmann 28 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) CSKA Moscow F 12 Robin Benzing 32 – (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Zaragoza PF 13 Moritz Wagner 24 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Orlando Magic SF 19 Lukas Wank 24 – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Löwen Braunschweig PF 22 Danilo Barthel 29 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe PF 32 Johannes Thiemann 27 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Alba Berlin SG 42 Andreas Obst 25 – (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) ratiopharm Ulm	Head coach Henrik Rödl[10] Assistant coach(es) Alan Ibrahimagic Roy Rana Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 25 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	259	226	+33	6	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	255	239	+16	5
3	Germany	3	1	2	257	273	−16	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	230	263	−33	3

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Quarterfinal

Germany entered three boxers (two men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Chechnya-born Hamsat Shadalov (men's featherweight), Ammar Abduljabbar (men's heavyweight), and Nadine Apetz (women's welterweight) secured the spots on the German squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.^[11][12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamsat Shadalov	Men's featherweight	Cuello (ARG) L 2–3	Did not advance
Ammar Abduljabbar	Men's heavyweight	Bye	Lúcar (PER) W 5–0	Gadzhimagomedov (ROC) L 0–5	Did not advance
Nadine Apetz	Women's welterweight	Bye	Borgohain (IND) L 2–3	Did not advance

German canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and the 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Ivrea, Italy.^[13][14] The slalom canoeists, highlighted by London 2012 medalists and two-time Olympians Hannes Aigner (men's K-1) and Sideris Tasiadis (men's C-1), were named as part of the nations' second batch of nominated athletes on 1 June 2021.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sideris Tasiadis	Men's C-1	100.69	6	101.23	3	100.69	6 Q	105.35	6 Q	103.70
Hannes Aigner	Men's K-1	96.51	11	90.14	1	90.14	1 Q	97.97	7 Q	97.11
Andrea Herzog	Women's C-1	113.69	5	106.34	2	106.34	2 Q	114.61	4 Q	111.13
Ricarda Funk	Women's K-1	101.90	1	101.56	2	101.56	2 Q	107.96	3 Q	105.50

German canoeists qualified a total of six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[16]

The sprint canoeists were officially named as part of the nation's third batch of nominated athletes on 15 June 2021, with the reigning champion Sebastian Brendel adding more golds to his canoe sprint career in his third Olympics and four-time medalist Ronald Rauhe leading the squad to his remarkable sixth Games.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastian Brendel	C-1 1000 m	4:02.351	3 QF	4:07.036	1 SF	4:11.413	7 FB	4:03.723	10
Conrad Scheibner		4:04.920	2 SF	Bye		4:08.503	3 FA	4:13.725	6
Sebastian Brendel Tim Hecker	C-2 1000 m	3:42.773	1 SF	Bye		3:26.812 OB	1 FA	3:25.615
Jacob Schopf	K-1 1000 m	3:39.504	1 SF	Bye		3:25.568	3 FA	3:22.554	4
Max Hoff Jacob Schopf	K-2 1000 m	3:09.830	2 SF	Bye		3:17.554	1 FA	3:15.584
Max Lemke Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt	K-4 500 m	1:21.890	1 SF	Bye		1:23.049	1 FA	1:22.219

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Jahn	C-1 200 m	47.439	4 QF	47.049	2 SF	49.136	7 FB	48.798	13
Sophie Koch		48.601	5 QF	48.891	4	Did not advance
Lisa Jahn Sophie Koch	C-2 500 m	2:01.184	2 SF	Bye		2:04.749	3 FA	1:59.943	4
Jule Hake	K-1 500 m	1:48.758	3 SF	Bye		1:54.341	5 FC	1:55.638	18
Sabrina Hering-Pradler		1:49.932	2 SF	Bye		1:54.140	4 FB	1:53.919	10
Caroline Arft Sarah Brüßler	K-2 500 m	1:48.058	3 QF	1:48.450	2 SF	1:39.421	6 FB	1:39.953	11
Tina Dietze Sabrina Hering-Pradler		1:44.894	2 SF	Bye		1:38.954	4 FA	1:42.406	8
Tina Dietze Melanie Gebhardt Jule Hake Sabrina Hering-Pradler	K-4 500 m	1:34.681	2 SF	Bye		1:36.737	3 FA	1:37.243	5

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Germany entered a squad of eight riders (four per gender) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nikias Arndt	Road race	6:16:53	54
	Time trial	58:49.39	19
Emanuel Buchmann	Road race	6:11:46	29
Simon Geschke		Did not start
Maximilian Schachmann	Road race	6:06:47	10
	Time trial	58:33.82	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lisa Brennauer	Road race	3:54:31	6
	Time trial	32:10.71	6
Lisa Klein	Time trial	33:01.97	13
Liane Lippert	Road race	3:55:17	23
Hannah Ludwig		4:01:08	41
Trixi Worrack		Did not finish

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, German riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, team pursuit, and madison, as well as the men's omnium, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Germany won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) announced the full track cycling squad, as part of the third batch of nominated German athletes, on 15 June 2021, with triple medalist Maximilian Levy racing along the sprint track in his fourth consecutive Games.^[7]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 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
Stefan Bötticher	Men's sprint	9.593 75.055	13 Q	Wammes (CAN) L	Richardson (AUS)  Helal (FRA) W 10.030 71.785	Hoogland (NED) L	Wakimoto (JPN) L	Did not advance
Maximilian Levy		9.646 74.642	19 Q	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.922 72.566	Bye	Rajkowski (POL) W 10.247 70.264	Bye	Webster (NZL) W 10.355 69.532	Bye	Carlin (GBR) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Vigier (FRA)  Kenny (GBR)  Paul (TTO) W 9.879 72.882	5
Lea Sophie Friedrich	Women's sprint	10.310 OR 69.385	1 Q	Marozaitė (LTU) W 11.226 64.137	Bye	Godby (USA) W 11.085 64.953	Bye	Voynova (ROC) W 11.117 64.766	Bye	Starikova (UKR) L, W 10.887, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Genest (CAN)  Braspennincx (NED)  Marchant (GBR) W 10.817 66.562	5
Emma Hinze		10.381 69.357	3 Q	du Preez (RSA) W 10.923 65.916	Bye	Bao Sj (CHN) W 10.904 66.031	Bye	Zhong Ts (CHN) W 11.094 64.900	Bye	Braspennincx (NED) W 10.829, W 10.773	Mitchell (CAN) L, W 10.998, L	Lee W-s (HKG) L, L	4

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Timo Bichler Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy	Men's team sprint	43.140 62.587	7	Great Britain L 42.733 63.183	5	ROC W REL	5
Lea Sophie Friedrich Emma Hinze	Women's team sprint	32.102 56.071	1	Ukraine W 31.905 56.417	2 FA	China L 31.980 56.285

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Felix Groß Theo Reinhardt (*) Leon Rohde Domenic Weinstein Roger Kluge	Men's team pursuit	3:50.830	7	Canada L 3:48.861	6	Canada L 3:50.023	6
Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger	Women's team pursuit	4:07.307 WR	1	Italy W 4:06.159 WR	1	Great Britain W 4:04.242 WR

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Stefan Bötticher	Men's keirin	3 R	2 QF	5	Did not advance
Maximilian Levy		2 QF	Bye	4 SF	2 FA	6
Lea Sophie Friedrich	Women's keirin	1 QF	Bye	6	Did not advance
Emma Hinze		5 R	2 QF	4 SF	6 FB	7

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Roger Kluge	Men's omnium	12	18	11	20	17	8	3	45	91	9

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Roger Kluge Theo Reinhardt	Men's madison	–6	–1	9
Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein	Women's madison	–40	–2	12

German mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's seventh-place finish for each gender, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maximilian Brandl	Men's cross-country	1:29:49	21
Manuel Fumic		1:32:28	28
Elisabeth Brandau	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	32
Ronja Eibl		1:23:49	19

Germany received two quota spots for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's runner-up finish for the women's freestyle and a top-two placement eligible for qualification in the women's race at the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships.^[18][19]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lara Lessmann	Women's freestyle	69.70	6	79.60	6

German divers qualified for five individual spots and three synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships and the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup. Seven divers (four men and three women), highlighted by Rio 2016 bronze medalist and three-time Olympian Patrick Hausding (men's springboard and men's synchronized springboard), were named as part of the third batch of nominated German athletes on 15 June 2021.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patrick Hausding	3 m springboard	364.05	21	Did not advance
Martin Wolfram		444.50	8 Q	423.00	9 Q	426.75	7
Timo Barthel	10 m platform	395.70	13 Q	364.50	17	Did not advance
Jaden Eikermann		330.75	21	Did not advance
Patrick Hausding Lars Rüdiger	3 m synchronized springboard	—				404.73

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tina Punzel	3 m springboard	287.00	14 Q	311.05	7 Q	302.95	7
Christina Wassen	10 m platform	297.15	13 Q	237.30	18	Did not advance
Elena Wassen		323.80	6 Q	303.70	11 Q	291.90	8
Lena Hentschel Tina Punzel	3 m synchronized springboard	—				284.97
Tina Punzel Christina Wassen	10 m synchronized platform	—				292.86	5

German equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.^[20][21][22]

The German dressage team was named on 27 June 2021. Helen Langehanenberg and Annabelle have been named the travelling alternates.^[23]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Dalera	Individual	84.379	1 Q	—		85.893	97.571	91.732
Dorothee Schneider	Showtime		78.820	5 Q			75.607	83.257	79.432	15
Isabell Werth	Bella Rose		82.500	2 Q			83.429	95.886	89.657
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth	See above	Team	7911.5	1 Q	8178.0	1	—		8178.0

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

The German eventing team was named on 21 June 2021. Andreas Dibowski and Corrida have been named the travelling alternates.^[24]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sandra Auffarth	Viamant du Matz	Individual	34.10	37	22.40	56.50	32	0.00	56.50	30	Did not advance
Michael Jung	Chipmunk		21.10	1	11.00	32.10	10	0.00	32.10	7 Q	4.00	36.10	8	36.10	8
Julia Krajewski	Amande de B'Neville		25.20	4	0.40	25.60	2	0.00	25.60	1 Q	0.40	26.00	1	26.00
Sandra Auffarth Michael Jung Julia Krajewski	See above	Team	80.40	2	33.80	114.20	6	0.00	114.20	4	—			114.20	4

The German jumping team was named on 3 July 2021. Maurice Tebbel and Don Diarado have been named the travelling alternates and will be entered for the team jumping.^[25]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Daniel Deusser	Killer Queen	Individual	0	=1 Q	8	85.69	18
Christian Kukuk	Mumbai		4	=31	Did not advance
André Thieme	Chakaria		4	=31	Did not advance
Daniel Deusser Maurice Tebbel André Thieme	Killer Queen Don Diarado Chakaria	Team	4	=2 Q	12+RET	160.14	9

German fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the men's foil team claimed the spot, as the highest-ranked nation from Europe outside the world's top four.^[26][27] Leonie Ebert (women's foil) booked an additional place on the German team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

The fencing teams were officially named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 1 June 2021, with Peter Joppich (men's foil) and Max Hartung (men's sabre) leading the fencers to their third consecutive Games.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Joppich	Foil	Cai (CAN) W 15–12	Massialas (USA) W 15–12	Choupenitch (CZE) L 13–15	Did not advance
Benjamin Kleibrink		Bye	Abouelkassem (EGY) L 11–15	Did not advance
André Sanita		Cheung SL (HKG) W 15–14	Foconi (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Luis Klein André Sanita	Team foil	—		Canada (CAN) W 45–31	United States (USA) L 36–45	Classification semifinal  Hong Kong (HKG) W 45–38	Fifth place final  Italy (ITA) L WO	6
Max Hartung	Sabre	Bye	Decsi (HUN) W 15–8	Pakdaman (IRI) L 9–15	Did not advance
Matyas Szabo		Bye	Gu B-g (KOR) W 15–8	Ibragimov (ROC) L 13–15	Did not advance
Benedikt Wagner		Bye	Ibragimov (ROC) L 13–15	Did not advance
Max Hartung Matyas Szabo Benedikt Wagner	Team sabre	—		Bye	ROC W 45–28	South Korea (KOR) L 42–45	Hungary (HUN) L 40–45	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Leonie Ebert	Foil	Bye	Dubrovich (USA) W 15–14	Volpi (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance

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 men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 7–1	Belgium L 1–3	Great Britain W 4–1	South Africa L 3–4	Netherlands W 3–1	2 Q	Argentina W 3–1	Australia L 1–3	India L 4–5	4
Germany women's	Women's tournament	Great Britain W 2–1	India W 2–0	Ireland W 4–2	South Africa W 4–1	Netherlands L 1–3	2 Q	Argentina L 0–3	Did not advance

Germany men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Austria in a playoff at the Mönchengladbach leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[28]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 28 May 2021.^[29]

Head coach: Kais al Saadi^[30]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Alexander Stadler	(1999-10-16)16 October 1999 (aged 21)	9	0	TSV Mannheim
3	MF	Mats Grambusch	(1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 28)	152	49	Rot-Weiss Köln
4	DF	Lukas Windfeder	(1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 26)	122	40	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
5	DF	Linus Müller	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 21)	17	1	Mannheimer HC
6	DF	Martin Häner	(1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 32)	262	30	Berliner HC
8	MF	Paul-Philipp Kaufmann	(1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 25)	16	3	TSV Mannheim
9	FW	Niklas Wellen	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 26)	149	45	Pinoké
10	DF	Johannes Große	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 24)	66	0	Rot-Weiss Köln
11	FW	Constantin Staib	(1995-08-31)31 August 1995 (aged 25)	79	29	Hamburger Polo Club
12	FW	Timm Herzbruch	(1997-06-07)7 June 1997 (aged 24)	84	41	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
13	MF	Tobias Hauke (Captain)	(1987-09-11)11 September 1987 (aged 33)	324	15	Harvestehude
17	FW	Christopher Rühr	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 27)	142	64	Rot-Weiss Köln
19	FW	Justus Weigand	(2000-04-20)20 April 2000 (aged 21)	10	3	Mannheimer HC
20	MF	Martin Zwicker	(1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 34)	247	24	Berliner HC
23	FW	Florian Fuchs	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 29)	229	111	Bloemendaal
24	DF	Benedikt Fürk	(1988-10-20)20 October 1988 (aged 32)	178	7	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
26	DF	Niklas Bosserhoff	(1998-04-15)15 April 1998 (aged 23)	31	3	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
27	MF	Timur Oruz	(1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 26)	87	13	Rot-Weiss Köln

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 19:00 v Canada  1–7  Germany K. Pereira  16' Report Windfeder  11', 28' Rühr  22', 25' Häner  44' Bosserhoff  59' Grambusch  60' South Pitch Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 09:30 v Germany  1–3  Belgium Häner  51' Report Charlier  5', 7' Hendrickx  35' North Pitch Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 12:15 v Germany  5–1  Great Britain Fuchs  15', 51', 60' Rühr  35' Weigand  42' Report Roper  8' South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:45 v South Africa  4–3  Germany Guise-Brown  9' Horne  13' Spooner  45' M. Cassiem  48' Report Herzbruch  8' Windfeder  22' Staib  24' North Pitch Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 20:45 v Germany  3–1  Netherlands Wellen  10' Staib  41' Herzbruch  54' Report Hertzberger  57' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Quarterfinal

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 09:30 v Germany  3–1  Argentina Windfeder  19', 48' Herzbruch  40' Report Casella  52' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

Semifinal

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 19:00 v Australia  3–1  Germany Brand  7' Govers  27' Sharp  59' Report Windfeder  11' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Bronze medal game

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 10:30 v Germany  4–5  India Oruz  2' Wellen  24' Fürk  25' Windfeder  48' Report Simranjeet  17', 34' Hardik  27' Harmanpreet  29' Rupinder  31' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Germany women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Italy in a playoff at the Mönchengladbach leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[28]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021.^[31]

Head coach: Xavier Reckinger^[32]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	DF	Kira Horn	(1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 26)	36	2	Club an der Alster
3	MF	Amelie Wortmann	(1996-10-21)21 October 1996 (aged 24)	63	4	UHC Hamburg
4	MF	Nike Lorenz (Captain)	(1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 24)	120	33	Rot-Weiss Köln
5	DF	Selin Oruz	(1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 24)	104	2	Düsseldorfer HC
8	FW	Anne Schröder	(1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 26)	146	14	Club an der Alster
11	MF	Lena Micheel	(1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 23)	58	14	UHC Hamburg
12	FW	Charlotte Stapenhorst	(1995-06-15)15 June 1995 (aged 26)	111	33	UHC Hamburg
16	DF	Sonja Zimmermann	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 22)	38	8	Mannheimer HC
17	MF	Pauline Heinz	(2001-05-01)1 May 2001 (aged 20)	13	2	Rüsselsheimer RK
18	FW	Lisa Altenburg	(1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 31)	132	33	Club an der Alster
19	DF	Maike Schaunig	(1996-03-13)13 March 1996 (aged 25)	49	0	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
20	GK	Julia Ciupka	(1991-11-01)1 November 1991 (aged 29)	61	0	Rot-Weiss Köln
21	MF	Franzisca Hauke	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 31)	189	16	Harvestehuder THC
22	FW	Cécile Pieper	(1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 26)	123	14	Rot-Weiss Köln
24	FW	Pia Maertens	(1999-01-06)6 January 1999 (aged 22)	42	22	Rot-Weiss Köln
25	DF	Viktoria Huse	(1995-10-24)24 October 1995 (aged 25)	64	9	Club an der Alster
28	MF	Jette Fleschütz	(2002-10-23)23 October 2002 (aged 18)	11	3	Grosflottbek
30	DF	Hanna Granitzki	(1997-07-31)31 July 1997 (aged 23)	62	3	Club an der Alster

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 09:30 v Great Britain  1–2  Germany Jones  13' Report Huse  24' Stapenhorst  33' North Pitch Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 21:15 v Germany  2–0  India Lorenz  12' Schröder  35' Report South Pitch Umpires: Sarah Wilson (GBR) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 12:15 v Germany  4–2  Ireland Altenburg  10', 40' Pieper  20' Hauke  55' Report Tice  42' McLoughlin  51' South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 09:30 v South Africa  1–4  Germany Marks  53' Report Altenburg  2', 24' Zimmermann  10' Schröder  49' North Pitch Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:30 v Germany  1–3  Netherlands Zimmermann  23' Report Matla  8', 56' Welten  14' North Pitch Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Quarterfinal

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 09:30 v Germany  0–3  Argentina Report Albertario  27' V. Granatto  29' Raposo  52' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Amber Church (NZL)

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Brazil L 2–4	Saudi Arabia W 3–2	Ivory Coast D 1–1	3	Did not advance

Germany men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the semi-final stage of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy.^[33]

Team roster

Germany's final squad was announced on 4 July 2021.^[34] Ragnar Ache and Keven Schlotterbeck were nominated five days later, after Josha Vagnoman and Niklas Dorsch withdrew.^[35]

Head coach: Stefan Kuntz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Florian Müller	(1997-11-13)13 November 1997 (aged 23)	0	0	SC Freiburg
2	2DF	Benjamin Henrichs	(1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 24)	5	0	RB Leipzig
3	2DF	David Raum	(1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 23)	0	0	Greuther Fürth
4	2DF	Felix Uduokhai	(1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23)	0	0	FC Augsburg
5	2DF	Amos Pieper	(1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 23)	0	0	Arminia Bielefeld
6	3MF	Ragnar Ache	(1998-07-28)28 July 1998 (aged 22)	0	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
7	4FW	Marco Richter	(1997-11-24)24 November 1997 (aged 23)	0	0	FC Augsburg
8	3MF	Maximilian Arnold* (captain)	(1994-05-27)27 May 1994 (aged 27)	1	0	VfL Wolfsburg
9	4FW	Cedric Teuchert	(1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	Union Berlin
10	4FW	Max Kruse*	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 33)	14	4	Union Berlin
11	3MF	Nadiem Amiri*	(1996-10-27)27 October 1996 (aged 24)	5	0	Bayer Leverkusen
12	1GK	Svend Brodersen	(1997-03-22)22 March 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	FC St. Pauli
13	3MF	Arne Maier	(1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 22)	0	0	Arminia Bielefeld
14	3MF	Ismail Jakobs	(1999-08-17)17 August 1999 (aged 21)	0	0	1. FC Köln
15	2DF	Jordan Torunarigha	(1997-08-07)7 August 1997 (aged 23)	0	0	Hertha BSC
16	2DF	Keven Schlotterbeck	(1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	SC Freiburg
17	3MF	Anton Stach	(1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 22)	0	0	Greuther Fürth
18	3MF	Eduard Löwen	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	Hertha BSC
22	1GK	Luca Plogmann	(2000-03-10)10 March 2000 (aged 21)	0	0	SV Meppen

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Germany entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Maximilian Kieffer and Hurly Long qualified among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event after Martin Kaymer and Stephan Jäger withdrew.^[38]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Maximilian Kieffer	Men's	73	69	67	71	280	−4	=45
Hurly Long		70	70	70	67	277	−7	=35
Caroline Masson	Women's	71	70	68	75	284	E	=40
Sophia Popov		71	72	70	71	284	E	=40

Germany fielded a full squad of four gymnasts in each the women's and men's artistic gymnastics events by finishing in the top nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart.^[39][40] The members of both teams were announced on 13 June 2021.^{[41][non-primary source needed]}

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Lukas Dauser	Team	13.766	13.666	13.533	13.600	15.733 Q	13.433	83.731	20 Q	11.500	12.100	—	13.700	15.466	13.600	—
Nils Dunkel		12.933	14.133	13.600	13.533	14.433	13.000	81.632	32	—	13.700	13.600	—	12.733	13.033
Philipp Herder		13.733	13.233	13.333	14.533	14.500	13.100	82.432	27 Q	11.866	—	13.200	14.333	14.566	—
Andreas Toba		12.833	13.700	13.733	14.000	14.100	13.800	82.166	30	11.466	13.400	13.533	14.333	—	12.366
Total		40.432	41.499	40.866	42.133	44.666	40.333	249.929	6 Q	34.832	39.200	40.333	42.366	42.765	38.999	238.495	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Lukas Dauser	All-around	See team results								13.533	13.566	13.325	13.433	15.400	12.033	81.290	18
	Parallel bars	—	15.733	—	15.733	2 Q	—	15.700	—	15.700
Philipp Herder	All-around	See team results								13.133	12.100	12.833	13.666	14.000	12.833	78.565	23

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Kim Bui	Team	13.466	14.066	12.666	13.200	53.398	31 Q	Did not advance
Pauline Schäfer		13.933	11.933	12.966	12.733	51.565	50
Elisabeth Seitz		14.266	14.700 Q	12.333	12.933	54.332	19 Q
Sarah Voss		13.500	13.866	12.266	12.600	52.232	45
Total		41.699	42.632	37.965	38.866	161.162	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Kim Bui	All-around	See team results						13.466	13.766	12.600	13.166	52.998	17
Elisabeth Seitz	All-around	See team results						14.200	14.500	12.933	12.433	54.066	9
	Uneven bars	—	14.700	—	14.700	=7 Q	—	14.400	—	14.400	5

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 men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 27–28	Argentina W 33–25	France L 29–30	Norway W 28–23	Brazil W 29–25	3 Q	Egypt L 26–31	Did not advance

Germany men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Berlin leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[42]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 30 June 2021.^[43]

Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johannes Bitter (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 38) 2.05 m 161 1 HSV Hamburg 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 34) 1.88 m 196 945 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 P Johannes Golla (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 23) 1.95 m 22 57 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 29) 2.10 m 82 31 MT Melsungen 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 30) 2.03 m 114 194 THW Kiel 15 CB Juri Knorr (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 21) 1.90 m 11 13 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 35) 1.91 m 129 307 THW Kiel 20 LB Philipp Weber (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 28) 1.94 m 43 108 SC Magdeburg 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 32) 1.92 m 104 228 MT Melsungen 31 LW Marcel Schiller (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 (aged 29) 1.89 m 20 89 Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 30) 1.98 m 102 13 Łomża Vive Kielce 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 28) 1.98 m 76 246 MT Melsungen 48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 26) 1.93 m 75 158 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 73 RW Timo Kastening (1995-06-25)25 June 1995 (aged 26) 1.80 m 27 89 MT Melsungen 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 26) 1.92 m 99 185 Füchse Berlin

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	0	1	162	148	+14	8[a]	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	155	142	+13	8[a]
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	146	131	+15	6[b]
4	Norway	5	3	0	2	136	132	+4	6[b]
5	Brazil	5	1	0	4	128	145	−17	2
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	125	154	−29	0

24 July 2021 16:15	Germany	27–28	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Weinhold 5	(13–12)	Figueras, Gómez 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

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26 July 2021 11:00	Argentina	25–33	Germany	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Martínez, D. Simonet 5	(13–14)	Kastening, Schiller 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

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28 July 2021 21:30	France	30–29	Germany	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Mem 6	(16–13)	Kastening 7
	1×	Report	1× 1×

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30 July 2021 21:30	Germany	28–23	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gensheimer 6	(14–11)	Sagosen 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

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1 August 2021 19:30	Germany	29–25	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Knorr, Weinhold 6	(16–12)	Dutra 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Quarterfinal

3 August 2021 20:45	Germany	26–31	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Golla, Kühn 6	(12–16)	Omar, Zein 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Germany has qualified a squad of 13 judokas (seven men and six women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 18 finish in the IJF World Ranking List of 28 June 2021.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moritz Plafky	−60 kg	—	Verstraeten (BEL) L 00–01	Did not advance
Sebastian Seidl	−66 kg	—	Shamilov (ROC) L 00–10	Did not advance
Igor Wandtke	−73 kg	Bye	Turaev (UZB) L 00–10	Did not advance
Dominic Ressel	−81 kg	Bye	Abu Rmilah (PLE) W 10–00	de Wit (NED) W 01–00	Nagase (JPN) L 00–01	Did not advance	Khubetsov (ROC) W 10–00	Borchashvili (AUT) L 00–10	5
Eduard Trippel	−90 kg	Bye	Majdov (SRB) W 01–00	Gwak D-h (KOR) W 10–00	Tóth (HUN) W 01–00	Žgank (TUR) W 01–00	Bye	Bekauri (GEO) L 00–01
Karl-Richard Frey	−100 kg	—	Sviryd (BLR) W 10–00	Korrel (NED) W 01–00	Cho G-h (KOR) L 00–01	Did not advance	Ilyasov (ROC) L 00–01	Did not advance	7
Johannes Frey	+100 kg	—	Mahjoub (EOR) L 00–01	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katharina Menz	−48 kg	Vargas (CHI) L 00–01	Did not advance
Theresa Stoll	−57 kg	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) L 00–10	Did not advance
Martyna Trajdos	−63 kg	Özbas (HUN) L 00–01	Did not advance
Giovanna Scoccimarro	−70 kg	Rodríguez (VEN) W 01–00	Coughlan (AUS) W 10–00	Arai (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance	Teltsidou (GRE) W 10–00	van Dijke (NED) L 00–10	5
Anna-Maria Wagner	−78 kg	Bye	Sampaio (POR) W 10–00	Aguiar (BRA) W 01–00	Hamada (JPN) L 00–10	Bye	Antomarchi (CUB) W 01–00
Jasmin Grabowski	+78 kg	Xu S (CHN) L 00–10	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Johannes Frey Karl-Richard Frey Dominic Ressel Sebastian Seidl Eduard Trippel Igor Wandtke Jasmin Grabowski Giovanna Scoccimarro Theresa Stoll Martyna Trajdos Anna-Maria Wagner	Team	Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) W 4–0	Japan (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance	Mongolia (MGL) W 4–2	Netherlands (NED) W 4–2

Germany entered four karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Jonathan Horne qualified directly for the men's kumite +75-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.^[44] Meanwhile, Noah Bitsch (men's 75 kg) and Jasmin Jüttner (women's kata) secured places on the German squad in their respective weight categories by finishing among the top four in the final pool round of the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[45]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noah Bitsch	Men's −75 kg	Aghayev (AZE) L 1–2	Azhikanov (KAZ) W 3–3	Busà (ITA) L 2–2	Yahiro (AUS) W 5–3	3	Did not advance
Jonathan Horne	Men's +75 kg	Yuldashev (KAZ) D 4–4	Arkania (GEO) L 4K–3	Araga (JPN) L WO	Aktaş (TUR) L WO	DSQ	Did not advance

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilja Smorguner	Men's	24.56	4	Did not advance
Jasmin Jüttner	Women's	24.29	4	Did not advance

German athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Patrick Dogue and two-time veteran Annika Schleu confirmed one of the eight Olympic places available each in the men's and women's event, respectively, through the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[46] Meanwhile, Janine Kohlmann and Fabian Liebig were automatically selected among the top nine modern pentathletes eligible for qualification in their respective individual events based on the UIPM World Rankings of 14 June 2021.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Patrick Dogue	Men's	11–24	1	31	167	2:04.27	24	302	0	2	300	11:00.99	6	640	1409	20
Fabian Liebig		16–19	0	25	196	2:03.02	19	304	21	23	279	11:08.69	12	632	1411	19
Rebecca Langrehr	Women's	20–15	1	9	221	2:17.38	28	276	80	30	220	12:49.26	20	531	1248	28
Annika Schleu		29–6	0	1	274	2:16.99	24	277	EL		0	12:43.20	18	537	1088	31

Germany qualified seven boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[47][48] Meanwhile, the women's double sculls boat was awarded to the German roster with a top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[49]

Twenty-seven rowers (20 men and 7 women) were officially selected as part of the nation's third batch of nominated athletes on 15 June 2021, including Rio 2016 champions Hans Gruhne (men's quadruple sculls) and two-time Olympian Annekatrin Thiele (women's double sculls).^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oliver Zeidler	Single sculls	7:00.40	1 QF	Bye		7:12.75	1 SA/B	6:45.16	4 FB	6:44.44	7
Stephan Krüger Marc Weber	Double sculls	6:35.11	4 R	6:26.64	1 SA/B	—		6:38.41	5 FB	6:18.13	11
Jason Osborne Jonathan Rommelmann	Lightweight double sculls	6:21.71	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:07.33 OR	1 FA	6:07.29
Max Appel Hans Gruhne Tim Ole Naske Karl Schulze	Quadruple sculls	5:49.11	5 R	6:02.86	5 FB	—				5:46.78	8
Laurits Follert Malte Jakschik Torben Johannesen Hannes Ocik Olaf Roggensack Martin Sauer Richard Schmidt Jakob Schneider Johannes Weißenfeld	Eight	5:29.85	1 FA	Bye		—				5:25.60

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leonie Menzel Annekatrin Thiele	Double sculls	6:59.61	4 R	7:14.92	2 SA/B	7:20.44	6 FB	7:01.21	11
Frieda Hämmerling Franziska Kampmann Carlotta Nwajide Daniela Schultze	Quadruple sculls	6:18.22	1 FA	Bye		—		6:13.41	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

German sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[50][51]

Philipp Buhl became the first German sailor to be selected to the Olympic team, following his gold-medal victory in the Laser class at the 2020 Worlds in Melbourne, Australia.^[52][53] Skiff crews Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (49erFX), along with Rio 2016 bronze medalists Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel, secured their country's Olympic spots at the Kiel Week regatta, while Svenja Weger and the Nacra 17 crew (Kohlhoff & Stuhlemmer) scored a top-ten placement at their respective individual-fleet Europeans to lock the spots on the German sailing roster for the rescheduled Games.^[54][55] The women's 470 crew (Wanser & Winkel) rounded out the selection at the 2021 Worlds in Vilamoura, Portugal.^[56][57]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Philipp Buhl	Laser	10	2	10	21	12	22	4	3	32	1	—		3	91	5
Erik Heil Thomas Plößel	49er	3	13	5	14	3	4	1	7	12	2	14	5	2	70

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Svenja Weger	Laser Radial	5	1	21	29	14	29	8	12	12	29	—		EL	131	16
Luise Wanser Anastasiya Winkel	470	22	22	5	4	16	8	7	1	5	6	—		2	77	6
Susann Beucke Tina Lutz	49erFX	5	6	8	3	14	12	11	13	3	7	3	3	5	83

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Paul Kohlhoff Alica Stuhlemmer	Nacra 17	5	1	7	3	3	11	3	2	8	3	6	6	8	63

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

German shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[58]

The pistol shooters, led by the defending Olympic champion Christian Reitz (men's rapid fire pistol) and Rio 2016 silver medalist Monika Karsch (women's sport pistol), were named as part of the first batch of nominated German athletes for Tokyo 2020 on 19 May 2021.^[57] Rifle markswoman Jolyn Beer, air pistol shooter Carina Wimmer, and trap shooter Andreas Löw, who earned a direct place as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the men's trap based on the ISSF World Olympic Rankings, joined the shooting squad on 15 June 2021.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oliver Geis	25 m rapid fire pistol	577	13	Did not advance
Andreas Löw	Trap	121	15	Did not advance
Christian Reitz	10 m air pistol	584	3 Q	176.6	5
	25 m rapid fire pistol	587	1 Q	18	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jolyn Beer	10 m air rifle	625.8	17	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1178	3 Q	417.8	6
Monika Karsch	10 m air pistol	568	29	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	580	20	Did not advance
Nadine Messerschmidt	Skeet	120	5 Q	26	5
Doreen Vennekamp	25 m pistol	586	4 Q	14	7
Carina Wimmer	10 m air pistol	571	20	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carina Wimmer Christian Reitz	10 m air pistol team	571	12	Did not advance

Germany entered two skateboarders (one per gender) to compete across all events at the Games. Tyler Edtmayer and Lilly Stoephasius were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's and women's park, respectively, based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of 30 June 2021.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tyler Edtmayer	Men's park	61.78	15	Did not advance
Lilly Stoephasius	Women's park	38.37	9	Did not advance

Germany entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Alexander Megos qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachiōji, Japan.^[59][60] Meanwhile, Jan Hojer finished in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the IFSC World Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France, earning a quota place and joining with Megos on the German roster.^[61][62]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place			Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place
Alexander Megos	Men's	7.47	18	1T4z 2 15	6	36+	–	6	684.00	9	Did not advance
Jan Hojer		6.63	10	1T3z 3 8	9	29+	–	9	891.00	12	Did not advance

Germany sent one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard at the Games. Leon Glatzer scored a top-two finish within his heat to book one of the five available places at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador.^[63]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leon Glatzer	Men's shortboard	10.00	3 q	10.43	4	Did not advance

German swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[64][65] Because of the consequent effects brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the German Swimming Federation (German: Deutscher Schwimm-Verband, DSV) released a revised policy to select the country's best swimmers for the rescheduled Games: the top four of each individual event at the 2019 Worlds while also fulfilling the federation's mandated standards; those who attained the federation's qualifying standards between 1 January to 31 March 2020, and those who attained the federation's qualifying standards at an approved meet during the remaining time frame.^[66]

Thirty swimmers (17 men and 13 women) were officially named to the German roster on 19 May 2021, including 2019 world champion Florian Wellbrock in both the men's long-distance freestyle and open water, 2015 world champion Marco Koch in the men's 200 m breaststroke, 2019 world silver medalist Sarah Köhler in the women's long-distance freestyle, and two-time Olympian Annika Bruhn in the women's sprint and middle-distance freestyle.^[57]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ole Braunschweig	100 m backstroke	54.14	25	Did not advance
Christian Diener	200 m backstroke	1:58.27	19	Did not advance
Jacob Heidtmann	200 m freestyle	1:46.73	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.80	23	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:12.09	12	—		Did not advance
Philip Heintz	200 m individual medley	1:57.72	13 Q	1:58.13	13	Did not advance
Marco Koch	200 m breaststroke	2:10.18	20	Did not advance
Marius Kusch	100 m butterfly	52.05	23	Did not advance
Lukas Märtens	200 m freestyle	1:46.69	=17	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:46.30	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:59.45	11	—		Did not advance
Lucas Matzerath	100 m breaststroke	59.40	11 Q	59.31	9	Did not advance
Rob Muffels	10 km open water	—				1:53:03.3	11
Henning Mühlleitner	400 m freestyle	3:43.67	1 Q	—		3:44.07	=4
Fabian Schwingenschlögl	100 m breaststroke	59.49	14 Q	59.32	10	Did not advance
David Thomasberger	200 m butterfly	1:56.04	17	Did not advance
Marek Ulrich	100 m backstroke	53.74	14 Q	53.54	13	Did not advance
Florian Wellbrock	800 m freestyle	7:41.77 NR	2 Q	—		7:42.68	4
	1500 m freestyle	14:48.53	3 Q	—		14:40.91
	10 km open water	—				1:48:33.7
Damian Wierling	100 m freestyle	48.83	26	Did not advance
Christoph Fildebrandt Eric Friese Marius Kusch Damian Wierling	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.34	16	—		Did not advance
Jacob Heidtmann Lukas Märtens Henning Mühlleitner Poul Zellmann	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.76	7 Q	—		7:06.51	7
Marius Kusch Lucas Matzerath Marek Ulrich Damian Wierling	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.08	11	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leonie Beck	10 km open water	—				1:59:35.1	5
Annika Bruhn	200 m freestyle	1:57.15	13 Q	1:57.62	14	Did not advance
Anna Elendt	100 m breaststroke	1:06.96	16 Q	1:07.31	13	Did not advance
Isabel Gose	200 m freestyle	1:56.80	9 Q	1:57.07	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:03.21 NR	6 Q	—		4:04.98	6
	800 m freestyle	8:21.79	9	—		Did not advance
Franziska Hentke	200 m butterfly	2:09.98	11 Q	2:10.89	13	Did not advance
Sarah Köhler	800 m freestyle	8:17.33	4 Q	—		8:24.56	7
	1500 m freestyle	15:52.67	6 Q	—		15:42.91 NR
Leonie Kullmann	400 m freestyle	4:10.25	18	—	Did not advance
Laura Riedemann	100 m backstroke	1:00.81	24	Did not advance
Celine Rieder	1500 m freestyle	16:32.57	27	—		Did not advance
Finnia Wunram	10 km open water	—				2:01:01.9	10
Annika Bruhn Lisa Höpink Hannah Küchler Marie Pietruschka	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.33	13	—		Did not advance
Annika Bruhn Isabel Gose Leonie Kullmann Marie Pietruschka	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.06	6 Q	—		7:53.89	6
Annika Bruhn Anna Elendt Lisa Höpink Laura Riedemann	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.16	11	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annika Bruhn Lisa Höpink Fabian Schwingenschlögl Marek Ulrich	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.19	10	Did not advance

Germany entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective Olympic berths by winning the gold medal each at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament, as well as the inaugural mixed doubles.^[67][68]

The men's and women's table tennis teams were officially named as part of the nation's first batch of nominated athletes for the Games on 19 May 2021, with Timo Boll leading the players to his sixth consecutive Games. Notable players also included four-time medalist Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Rio 2016 silver medalists Han Ying, Petrissa Solja, and Shan Xiaona.^[57][69]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Timo Boll	Singles	Bye			Gerassimenko (KAZ) W 4–1	Jeoung Y-s (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Dimitrij Ovtcharov		Bye			Skachkov (ROC) W 4–0	Niwa (JPN) W 4–1	Calderano (BRA) W 4–2	Ma L (CHN) L 3–4	Lin Y-j (TPE) W 4–3
Timo Boll Patrick Franziska Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Team	—				Portugal (POR) W 3–0	Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3–2	Japan (JPN) W 3–2	China (CHN) L 0–3

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Ying	Singles	Bye			Lay (AUS) W 4–0	Feng Tw (SGP) W 4–1	Sun Ys (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Petrissa Solja		Bye			Zhang M (CAN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Han Ying Petrissa Solja Shan Xiaona	Team	—				Australia (AUS) W 3–0	South Korea (KOR) W 3–2	China (CHN) L 0–3	Hong Kong (HKG) L 1–3	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Franziska Petrissa Solja	Doubles	Campos / Fonseca (CUB) W 4–0	Mizutani / Ito (JPN) L 3–4	Did not advance

Germany entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2017 world champion Alexander Bachmann qualified directly for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexander Bachmann	Men's +80 kg	Zhaparov (KAZ) L 7–11	Did not advance

Germany entered six tennis players (four men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Top ranked player Alexander Zverev (world no. 6), Jan-Lennard Struff (world no. 45), Dominik Koepfer (world no. 53) and Philipp Kohlschreiber (world no. 128) were selected for the eligible players in the men's singles based on the ATP world rankings of 14 June 2021. Rio 2016 Olympian Laura Siegemund (world no. 55) selected for the women's singles as two into the top 58 players based on WTA rankings of 14 June 2021.

Having already qualified in singles, both Struff and Zverev have competed together in doubles, while Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz agreed to compete together. Siegemund is partnering with Anna-Lena Friedsam in the women's doubles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dominik Koepfer	Singles	Bagnis (ARG) W 3–6, 6–3, 7–5	Purcell (AUS) W 6–3, 6–0	Carreño Busta (ESP) L 6–7(7–9), 3–6	Did not advance
Philipp Kohlschreiber		Tsitsipas (GRE) L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance
Jan-Lennard Struff		Monteiro (BRA) W 6–3, 6–4	Djokovic (SRB) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Alexander Zverev		Lu Y-h (TPE) W 6–1, 6–3	Galán (COL) W 6–2, 6–2	Basilashvili (GEO) W 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Chardy (FRA) W 6–4, 6–1	Djokovic (SRB) W 1–6, 6–3, 6–1	Khachanov (ROC) W 6–3, 6–1
Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	Doubles	—	Bagnis / Schwartzman (ARG) W 6–2, 6–1	Murray / Salisbury (GBR) L 2–6, 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance
Jan-Lennard Struff Alexander Zverev		—	Hurkacz / Kubot (POL) W 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Chardy / Monfils (FRA) W 6–3, 7–5	Krajicek / Sandgren (USA) L 3–6, 6–7(4–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mona Barthel	Singles	Świątek (POL) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Anna-Lena Friedsam		Watson (GBR) W 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Laura Siegemund		Svitolina (UKR) L 3–6, 7–5, 4–6	Did not advance
Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund	Doubles	—	Kudermetova / Vesnina (ROC) L 2–6, 5–7	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Siegemund Kevin Krawietz	Doubles	Mattek-Sands / Ram (USA) W 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]	Stojanović / Djokovic (SRB) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Germany qualified four triathletes (two per gender) for the following events at the Games by finishing among the top seven nations in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings.^[70]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Justus Nieschlag	Men's	18:09	0:42	56:14	0:33	34:32	1:50:10	40
Jonas Schomburg		17:42	0:38	58:38	0:34	32:02	1:49:34	38
Anabel Knoll	Women's	20:05	0:42	1:06:14	0:33	37:11	2:04:45	31
Laura Lindemann		18:36	0:41	1:02:46	0:33	35:48	1:58:24	8

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Justus Nieschlag	Mixed relay	4:09	0:39	9:40	0:26	5:40	20:34	—
Jonas Schomburg		4:01	0:36	9:36	0:28	5:46	20:27
Anabel Knoll		4:28	0:38	10:28	0:28	6:22	22:24
Laura Lindemann		3:48	0:38	10:09	0:29	6:11	21:15
Total		—					1:24:40	6

Three German beach volleyball teams (one men's and two women's) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.^[71][72]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Julius Thole Clemens Wickler	Men's	Lupo / Nicolai (ITA) L (21–19, 19–21, 13–15)	Kantor / Łosiak (POL) W (22–20, 21–16)	Ishijima / Shiratori (JPN) W (21–16, 21–11)	2 Q	Bye	Bourne / Gibb (USA) W (17–21, 21–15, 15–11)	Krasilnikov / Stoyanovskiy (ROC) L (16–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Karla Borger Julia Sude	Women's	Heidrich / Vergé-Dépré (SUI) L (8–21, 23–21, 6–15)	Humana-Parades / Pavan (CAN) L (17–21, 14–21)	Schoon / Stam (NED) L(20–22, 16–21)	4	Did not advance
Laura Ludwig Margareta Kozuch		Betschart / Hüberli (SUI) L (25–23, 20–22, 14–16)	Ishii / Murakami (JPN) W (21–17, 22–20)	Hermannová / Sluková (CZE) W (21–0, 21–0)	2 Q	Bye	Ágatha / Duda (BRA) W (21–19, 19–21, 16–14)	Klineman / Ross (USA) L (19–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Germany qualified three weightlifters for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Simon Brandhuber (men's 61 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympian Nico Müller secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking.^[7] On 17 June 2021, International Weightlifting Federation banned Romania to compete at the Games because of multiple doping cases; therefore, Lisa Schweizer sealed the vacant berth as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the women's 64 kg category.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simon Brandhuber	Men's −61 kg	123	10	145	11	268	9
Nico Müller	Men's −81 kg	159	9	195	7	354	7
Sabine Beate Kusterer	Women's −59 kg	91	7	107	10	198	10
Lisa Schweizer	Women's −64 kg	100	8	117	10	217	10

Germany qualified seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman (67, 87 and 130 kg) and women's freestyle (68 and 76 kg) wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while two additional licenses were awarded to the German wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 125 kg and men's Greco-Roman 60 kg at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.^[73][74]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gennadij Cudinovic	Men's −125 kg	Batirmurzaev (KAZ) W 5–0 VT	Mönkhtöriin (MGL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance			8
Anna Schell	Women's −68 kg	Mostafa (EGY) W 3–0 PO	Cherkasova (UKR) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance			9
Aline Rotter-Focken	Women's −76 kg	Marzaliuk (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Zhou Q (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Minagawa (JPN) W 3–1 PP	Bye	Gray (USA) W 3–1 PP

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Etienne Kinsinger	Men's −60 kg	Walihan S (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				11
Frank Stäbler	Men's −67 kg	Nemeš (SRB) W 3–1 PP	Geraei (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Horta (COL) W 4–0 ST	Zoidze (GEO) W 3–1PP
Denis Kudla	Men's −87 kg	Tursynov (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3PP	Did not advance	Azisbekov (KGZ) W 4–1 SP	Metwally (EGY) W 5–0 VT
Eduard Popp	Men's −130 kg	Soghomonyan (BRA) W 3–0 PO	Kayaalp (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance			8