Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Germany at the
1900 Summer Olympics
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Flag of the German Empire
IOC code GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
in Paris
Competitors76 in 10 sports
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

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

Contents

Medalists

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

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ernst Hoppenberg Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Rowing Coxed four
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin Swimming men's 200 m team swimming
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Georg Naue
Heinrich Peters
Ottokar Weise
Paul Wiesner 		Sailing 1-2 ton race 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Karl Duill Cycling points race
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Georg Naue
Heinrich Peters
Ottokar Weise
Paul Wiesner 		Sailing open class
Silver medal icon.svg Silver SC 1880 Frankfurt Rugby men's competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Favorite Hammonia Rowing Coxed four
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Rowing Coxed four

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

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.

SwimmerEventSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Julius Frey Men's 200 metre freestyle 2:50.43 q2:58.28
Max Hainle Men's 1000 metre freestyle 15:54.01 Q15:22.64
Ernst Hoppenberg Men's 200 metre backstroke 2:54.41 Q2:47.0Gold medal icon.svg
Hans Aniol Men's underwater swimming —103.96
German Swimming Federation [a]
Men's 200 metre team swimming —33Gold medal icon.svg

Water polo

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.

TeamEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Berliner Swimming Club Otter
Men's water polo Flag of France.svg  Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA)
L 3-2		did not advance5

Athletics

Germany athletics team LeichtGER 1900.jpg
Germany athletics team

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

Track events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Kurt Doerry 100 m 11.52 QDNFDid not advance
Julius Keyl Unknown4Did not advance
Albert Werkmüller 200 m Unknown4—Did not advance
Gustav Rau 200 m hurdles Unknown5—Did not advance
Franz Duhne 2500 m steeplechase —Unknown6
4000 m steeplechase —Unknown6
Field events
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Waldemar Steffen High jump n/a1.704
Long jump 6.308Did not advance
Triple jump n/aUnknownUnknown
Standing triple jump n/aUnknown5–10

Cycling

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

CyclistEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Georg Drescher Men's sprint Unknown4–8did not advance
Karl Duill 1:35.41 QUnknown2did not advance
Paul Gottron 1:32.41 QUnknown2did not advance
Paul Gottron Men's 25 kilometres —DNF—
CyclistEventPrime 1Prime 2Prime 3Prime 4Prime 5Prime 6Prime 7Prime 8Prime 9Prime 10TotalRank
Karl Duill Men's points race 00100330209Silver medal icon.svg

Equestrian

Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.

EquestrianHorseEventResultRank
Max Guilleaume — Mail coach Unknown5–31

Fencing

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]

FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Alfons Schöne Men's sabre Unknown5–6—did not advance

Gymnastics

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

GymnastEventScoreRank
Franz Abbé Men's artistic individual all-around 21977
Fritz Danner21679
Gustav Felix Flatow 204102
Eugen Fürstenberger24053
Richard Genserowski 23854
Erwin Willi Kurtz 21679
Fritz Manteuffel 22372
Oscar Naumann DNF–
Julius Nuninger 199107
Hugo Peitsch 25229
Emil Rotong 23459
Fritz Sauer 21484
Adolf Tannert 180118
Carl Wiegand 22471

Rowing

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.

BoatEventRound 1SemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg
Men's coxed four —5:56.21 QB5:59.0Gold medal icon.svg
Favorite Hammonia
6:03.03 QA7:18.2Bronze medal icon.svg
Ludwigshafener Ruderverein
6:14.01 QB6:05.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg
Men's eight —5:04.83 Q6:33.04

Rugby

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
TeamEventMatch 1Match 2Rank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
SC 1880 Frankfurt Men's rugby Flag of France.svg  France
L 27-17		—Silver medal icon.svg
Match 1
14 Oct
France  Flag of France.svg27–17 Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany
Report Try: E Ludwig,
Reitz,
Schmierer
Con: Schmierer (2)
Drop: Schmierer
Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: FC Potter-Irwin (England)

Sailing

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.

SailorsEventTimeRank
½–1 ton class
race 1		DQ–
1–2 ton class
race 2		3:09:19Gold medal icon.svg
Open class 5:58:17Silver medal icon.svg

Notes

  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

  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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