Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Germany at the
1900 Summer Olympics

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IOC code| GER
NOC| German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website| www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Paris
Competitors| 76 in 10 sports
Medals
Ranked 7th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Germany competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Medalists

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Germany finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and nine medals overall.

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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

## Results by event

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### Aquatics

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#### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

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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]

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* Julius Frey
* Max Hainle
* Ernst Hoppenberg
* Herbert von Petersdorff
* Max Schöne

| Men's 200 metre team swimming | — | 33 |

#### Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

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Berliner Swimming Club Otter

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* 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

### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Germany athletics team

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

Track events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Kurt Doerry | 100 m | 11.5  | 2 Q | DNF | Did not advance
Julius Keyl | Unknown  | 4  | Did not advance
Albert Werkmüller | 200 m | Unknown  | 4  | —  | Did not advance
Gustav Rau | 200 m hurdles | Unknown  | 5  | —  | Did not advance
Franz Duhne | 2500 m steeplechase | —  | Unknown  | 6
4000 m steeplechase | —  | Unknown  | 6

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Waldemar Steffen | High jump | n/a  | 1.70  | 4
Long jump | 6.30  | 8  | Did not advance
Triple jump | n/a  | Unknown  | Unknown
Standing triple jump | n/a  | Unknown  | 5–10

### Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

Cyclist | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final

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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank
Georg Drescher | Men's sprint | Unknown | 4–8 | did not advance
Karl Duill | 1:35.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance
Paul Gottron | 1:32.4 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 | did not advance
Paul Gottron | Men's 25 kilometres | — | DNF | —
Cyclist | Event | Prime 1 | Prime 2 | Prime 3 | Prime 4 | Prime 5 | Prime 6 | Prime 7 | Prime 8 | Prime 9 | Prime 10 | Total | Rank

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Karl Duill | Men's points race | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |

### Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.

Equestrian | Horse | Event | Result | Rank

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Max Guilleaume | — | Mail coach | Unknown | 5–31

### Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Germany first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer and sometimes claims a second—Willy Sulzbacher was a French national living in France, but competed for German fencing club Deutscher und Österreichischer Fechterbund.[1][2]

Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Repechage | Semifinals | Final

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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank
Alfons Schöne | Men's sabre | Unknown | 5–6 | — | did not advance

### Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank

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Franz Abbé | Men's artistic individual all-around | 219 | 77
Fritz Danner | 216 | 79
Gustav Felix Flatow | 204 | 102
Eugen Fürstenberger | 240 | 53
Richard Genserowski | 238 | 54
Erwin Willi Kurtz | 216 | 79
Fritz Manteuffel | 223 | 72
Oscar Naumann | DNF | –
Julius Nuninger | 199 | 107
Hugo Peitsch | 252 | 29
Emil Rotong | 234 | 59
Fritz Sauer | 214 | 84
Adolf Tannert | 180 | 118
Carl Wiegand | 224 | 71

### Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg

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* 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

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* Wilhelm Carstens
* Julius Körner
* Adolf Möller
* Hugo Rüster
* Max Ammermann (cox)

| 6:03.0 | 3 QA | 7:18.2 |
Ludwigshafener Ruderverein

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* Ernst Felle
* Otto Fickeisen
* Carl Lehle
* Hermann Wilker
* Franz Kröwerath (cox)

| 6:14.0 | 1 QB | 6:05.0 |
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg

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* 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

### Rugby

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Main article: Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
SC 1880 Frankfurt | Men's rugby |  France
L 27-17 | — |

Match 1

14 Oct

France | 27–17|  Germany

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| 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

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Germany

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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

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### Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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

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* 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 |

## Notes

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1. ^ This is the roster according to the IOC database. Petersdorff did not actually swim, but was on the team. Mallon and de Wael both replace Frey and Schöne with Gustav Lexau and Ernest Luhrsen.
2. ^ Gleichmann was the coxswain for the semifinal, but not for the final. The name of the coxswain Hamburg used for the final is unknown.

## References

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1. ^ "Willy Sulzbacher". Olympedia.
2. ^ "Willy Sulzbacher". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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Nations at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bohemia
* Canada
* Cuba
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Haiti
* Hungary
* India
* Iran
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Peru
* Romania
* Russian Empire
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* Mixed teams

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