Germany at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Germany participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece with a delegation of 19 athletes participate and was the third most successful team in the games.

• 2.1 weightlifting
• 2.2 Athletics
• 2.3 Cycling
• 2.4 rings
• 2.5 Tennis
• 2.6 Gymnastics

Medalist

Olympic champion

Second

Third

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Carl Schuhmann Both arms: 4th place

Athletics

• Carl Galle 1500 meters: 4th place 110 meters hurdles: Heats

• Carl Schuhmann Long Jump: ? Triple Jump: 5th place Shot Put: ?

Cycling

• Anton Gödrich Road Race: Second

• Joseph Rosemeyer Sprint: 4th place 333 ⅓ m Time Trial: 8th Place 10 km: 4th place 100 km: ?

• Theodor Leupold 333 ⅓ m time trial: 5th place 100 km: ?

• Bernard Knubel 100 km: ?

• Joseph Welzenbacher 100 km: ? 12 -hour race: ?

Wrestling

• Carl Schuhmann Greco- Roman: Olympic champion

Tennis

• Friedrich Traun Single: 8th Place Double Olympic champion (see: Olympia Mixed team)

Gymnastics

• Carl Schuhmann Horse jump: Olympic champion Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Rings: 5th place Pommel Horse: ?

• Hermann Weingartner Horse jump: 3rd place Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, Single: Olympic champion Reck, Team: Olympic champion Rings: Second Pommel Horse: Second

• Conrad Böcker Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Rings:? Pommel Horse: ?

• Alfred Flatow Horse jump: ? Bars, single: Olympic champion Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, Single: Second Reck, Team: Olympic champion Rings:? Pommel Horse: ?

• Gustav Felix Flatow Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Rings:? Pommel Horse: ?

• Georg Hillmar Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Pommel Horse: ?

• Fritz Manteuffel Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Pommel Horse: ?

• Karl Neukirch Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Pommel Horse: ?

• Richard Röstel Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Pommel Horse: ?

• Gustav villain Horse jump: ? Bars, single: ? Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, single: ? Reck, Team: Olympic champion Pommel Horse: ?

• Fritz Hofmann Ingots, Team: Olympic champion Reck, Team: Olympic champion Tuhangeln: 3rd place