Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
in Beijing
Competitors	463 in 26 sports
Flag bearers	Dirk Nowitzki (opening) Katrin Wagner-Augustin (closing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 16 Silver 11 Bronze 14 Total 41
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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. A total of 439 athletes were nominated to participate in the Games. ^{[1] [2]} The German Olympic Sports Confederation (German : Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) nominated athletes on 29 May, 23 June and 15 July 2008. Reaching the qualification standard set by the relevant sport's international governing body did not automatically mean that the athlete was nominated for Beijing, as the DOSB had stricter qualification standards.^{[ citation needed ]} An athlete needed to have a somewhat realistic chance for a top 12 position. An exception to this are the team events, as the number of competing teams is already very limited through the IOC standards, and a chance for a respective place is already given by the qualification.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alexander Grimm	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	August 12
Gold	Ole Bischof	Judo	Men's 81 kg	August 12
Gold	Peter Thomsen Frank Ostholt Hinrich Romeike Ingrid Klimke Andreas Dibowski	Equestrian	Team eventing	August 12
Gold	Hinrich Romeike	Equestrian	Individual eventing	August 12
Gold	Benjamin Kleibrink	Fencing	Men's foil	August 13
Gold	Britta Heidemann	Fencing	Women's épée	August 13
Gold	Heike Kemmer Nadine Capellmann Isabell Werth	Equestrian	Team dressage	August 14
Gold	Britta Steffen	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 14
Gold	Britta Steffen	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	August 17
Gold	Jan Frodeno	Triathlon	Men's triathlon	August 19
Gold	Matthias Steiner	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	August 19
Gold	Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	August 22
Gold	Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m	August 22
Gold	Lena Schöneborn	Modern pentathlon	Women's event	August 22
Gold	Sabine Spitz	Cycling	Women's cross-country	August 23
Gold	Germany national field hockey team Sebastian Biederlack Moritz Fuerste Tobias Hauke Florian Keller Oliver Korn Niklas Meinert Maximillian Mueller Carlos Nevado Max Weinhold Timo Weß Benjamin Weß Tibor Weißenborn Philip Witte Matthias Witthaus Christopher Zeller Philipp Zeller	Field hockey	Men's tournament	August 23
Silver	Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein	Diving	Men's 10 m synchronized platform	August 11
Silver	Mirko Englich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	August 14
Silver	Ralf Schumann	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	August 16
Silver	Annekatrin Thiele Christiane Huth	Rowing	Women's double sculls	August 16
Silver	Roger Kluge	Cycling	Men's points race	August 16
Silver	Oksana Chusovitina	Gymnastics	Women's vault	August 17
Silver	Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Süß	Table tennis	Men's team	August 18
Silver	Isabell Werth	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 19
Silver	Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	August 22
Silver	Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres	August 23
Silver	Christina Obergföll	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	August 21
Bronze	Munkhbayar Dorjsuren	Shooting	Women's 25m pistol	August 13
Bronze	Christine Brinker	Shooting	Women's skeet	August 14
Bronze	René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke	Cycling	Men's team sprint	August 15
Bronze	Christian Reitz	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	August 16
Bronze	Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	August 17
Bronze	Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt	Sailing	49er class	August 17
Bronze	Ditte Kotzian Heike Fischer	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	August 17
Bronze	Fabian Hambüchen	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 19
Bronze	Heike Kemmer	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 19
Bronze	Thomas Lurz	Swimming	Men's 10 km open water	August 21
Bronze	Germany women's national football team Nadine Angerer Fatmire Bajramaj Saskia Bartusiak Melanie Behringer Linda Bresonik Kerstin Garefrekes Ariane Hingst Ursula Holl Annike Krahn Simone Laudehr Renate Lingor Anja Mittag Célia Okoyino da Mbabi Babett Peter Conny Pohlers Birgit Prinz Sandra Smisek Kerstin Stegemann	Football	Women's tournament	August 21
Bronze	Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Björn Goldschmidt	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 m	August 22
Bronze	Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 m	August 23
Bronze	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	August 23

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Jens Pieper	Men's individual	648	45	Serdyuk  (UKR) (20) L 105–107	Did not advance
Anja Hitzler	Women's individual	629	33	Dodemont  (FRA) (32) W 107–106	Park S-H  (KOR) (1) L 107–112	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
André Höhne	20 km walk	—						1:23:13	25
	50 km walk	—						3:49:52	12
Carsten Schlangen	1500 m	3:36.34	6 q	—		3:37.94	8	Did not advance
Tobias Unger	100 m	10.46	4 q	10.36	7	Did not advance
Marius Broening Till Helmke Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Ronny Ostwald Tobias Unger	4 × 100 m relay	38.93	3 Q	—				38.58	5
Ruwen Faller Kamghe Gaba Simon Kirch Florian Seitz Bastian Swillims	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.49	4	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sebastian Bayer	Long jump	7.77	23	Did not advance
Danny Ecker	Pole vault	5.65	=9 q	5.70	6
Markus Esser	Hammer throw	77.60	6 q	77.10	7
Robert Harting	Discus throw	64.19	8 q	67.09	4
Raphael Holzdeppe	Pole vault	5.65	=3 q	5.60	8
Tim Lobinger		5.55	=16	Did not advance
Peter Sack	Shot put	20.01	13	Did not advance
Raúl Spank	High jump	2.29	5 Q	2.32	5
Stephan Steding	Javelin throw	70.05	32	Did not advance
Alexander Vieweg		67.49	35	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Arthur Abele	Result	10.90	6.47	13.55	1.90	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	883	691	701	714	0	—	—	—	—	—
André Niklaus	Result	11.12	7.29	13.23	2.05	49.65	14.37	45.39	5.20	60.21	4:32.90	8220	7
	Points	834	883	681	850	831	927	775	972	741	726
Michael Schrader	Result	10.80	7.70	13.67	1.99	48.47	14.71	40.41	4.80	60.27	4:26.77	8194	9
	Points	906	985	708	794	886	885	673	849	742	766

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Susanne Hahn	Marathon	—				2:38:31	52
Melanie Kraus		—				2:35:17	30
Sabrina Mockenhaupt	10000 m	—				31:14.21	13
Antje Möldner	3000 m steeplechase	9:29.86 NR	7	—		Did not advance
Carolin Nytra	100 m hurdles	12.95	4 q	12.99	7	Did not advance
Melanie Seeger	20 km walk	—				1:31:56	23
Sabine Zimmer		—				1:30:19	15
Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner Katja Wakan	4 × 100 m relay	43.59	3 Q	—		43.28	5
Esther Cremer Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann Sorina Nwachukwu Jonna Tilgner	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.55	4 q	—		3:28.45	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ariane Friedrich	High jump	1.93	=5 q	1.96	=7
Betty Heidler	Hammer throw	71.51	7 Q	70.06	9
Carolin Hingst	Pole vault	4.50	=10 q	4.65	6
Denise Hinrichs	Shot put	18.36	16	Did not advance
Kathrin Klaas	Hammer throw	67.54	22	Did not advance
Nadine Kleinert	Shot put	18.52	11 Q	19.01	7
Katharina Molitor	Javelin throw	60.92	9 q	59.64	8
Steffi Nerius		63.94	3 Q	65.29	5
Christina Obergföll		67.52	2 Q	66.13
Anastasija Reiberger	Pole vault	4.40	14	Did not advance
Christina Schwanitz	Shot put	19.09	5 Q	18.27	11
Silke Spiegelburg	Pole vault	4.50	12 q	4.65	7

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Sonja Kesselschläger	Result	13.50	1.77	14.33	25.50	6.04	44.28	2:15.94	6140	16*
	Points	1050	941	816	841	862	750	880
Jennifer Oeser	Result	13.57	1.80	13.62	24.67	6.16	47.53	2:11.33	6360	11*
	Points	1040	978	769	917	899	812	945
Lilli Schwarzkopf	Result	13.73	1.80	14.61	25.25	5.96	51.88	2:10.91	6379	8*
	Points	1017	978	835	864	837	897	951

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. ^[3] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and all German heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Marc Zwiebler	Men's singles	Evans  (IRL) W 21–18, 18–21, 21–19	Smith  (GBR) W 16–21, 21–13, 21–17	Lee H-i  (KOR) L 13–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Juliane Schenk	Women's singles	Yulianti  (INA) L 21–18, 13–21, 20–22	Did not advance
Xu Huaiwen		Bye	Nieminen  (FIN) W 21–17, 21–8	Hallam  (GBR) W 21–20, 21–7	Xie Xf  (CHN) L 19–21, 20–22	Did not advance
Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	Mixed doubles	—		Limpele / Marissa  (INA) L 12–21, 12–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Germany roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

Germany men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Tim Ohlbrecht 19 – (1988-08-30)August 30, 1988 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Brose Baskets SF 5 Philip Zwiener 23 – (1985-07-23)July 23, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) ALBA Berlin PF 6 Sven Schultze 30 – (1978-07-11)July 11, 1978 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Olympia Larissa BC SG 7 Robert Garrett 31 – (1977-03-18)March 18, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Brose Baskets SF 8 Konrad Wysocki 26 – (1982-03-28)March 28, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Deutsche Bank Skyliners G 9 Steffen Hamann 27 – (1981-06-14)June 14, 1981 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Brose Baskets G 10 Demond Greene 29 – (1979-06-15)June 15, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Brose Baskets PG 11 Pascal Roller 31 – (1976-11-20)November 20, 1976 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Deutsche Bank Skyliners C 12 Chris Kaman 26 – (1982-04-28)April 28, 1982 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Los Angeles Clippers C 13 Patrick Femerling 33 – (1975-03-04)March 4, 1975 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) ALBA Berlin PF 14 Dirk Nowitzki  (C) 30 – (1978-06-19)June 19, 1978 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Dallas Mavericks F/C 15 Jan Jagla 27 – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Joventut Badalona	Head coach Dirk Bauermann Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

10 August 2008 11:15

Report

Germany	95–66	Angola
Scoring by quarter:25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14
Pts: Kaman 24 Rebs: Jagla 11 Asts: Hamann 4		Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Cipriano 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

12 August 2008 14:30

Report

Greece	87–64	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–10, 25–15, 18–16
Pts: Spanoulis 23 Rebs: Bourousis 8 Asts: Spanoulis 5		Pts: Nowitzki 13 Rebs: Nowitzki 6 Asts: Greene 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

14 August 2008 09:00

Report

Germany	59–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter:15–12, 21–27, 12–20, 11–13
Pts: Hamann 15 Rebs: Kaman 10 Asts: Hamann 3		Pts: Calderón 15 Rebs: M. Gasol 8 Asts: P. Gasol, Rubio 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)

16 August 2008 20:00

Report

China	59–55	Germany
Scoring by quarter:19–9, 8–22, 20–8, 12–16
Pts: Yao 25 Rebs: Yao, Yi 11 Asts: Liu 3		Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 17 Asts: Hamann, Garrett 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

18 August 2008 20:00

Report

United States	106–57	Germany
Scoring by quarter:31–12, 22–17, 30–17, 23–11
Pts: Howard 22 Rebs: Howard 10 Asts: Williams 5		Pts: Nowitzki 14 Rebs: Nowitzki 8 Asts: Hamann, Jagla 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rustamhodza Rahimov	Bantamweight	Tojibaev  (UZB) L 2–11	Did not advance
Wilhelm Gratschow	Featherweight	Shili  (TUN) L 5–14	Did not advance
Jack Culcay-Keth	Welterweight	Kim J-J  (KOR) L 11–11+	Did not advance
Konstantin Buga	Middleweight	Góngora  (ECU) L 7–14	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Jan Benzien	Men's C-1	85.92	3	84.58	2	170.50	2 Q	95.15	12	Did not advance
Alexander Grimm	Men's K-1	84.90	2	84.36	4	169.26	4 Q	87.31	4 Q	84.39	1	171.70
Felix Michel Sebastian Piersig	Men's C-2	96.04	3	96.33	4	192.37	5 Q	94.38	1 Q	110.05	6	204.43	6
Jennifer Bongardt	Women's K-1	92.79	1	94.58	5	189.37	4 Q	203.29	15	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Dittmer	C-1 500 m	1:49.527	4 QS	1:53.182	4	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:00.505	2 QS	3:58.595	2 Q	3:57.894	8
Jonas Ems	K-1 500 m	1:38.819	2 QS	1:44.717	6	Did not advance
Max Hoff	K-1 1000 m	3:30.316	3 QS	3:32.847	1 Q	3:29.391	5
Christian Gille Thomasz Wylenzek	C-2 500 m	1:41.513	1 QF	Bye		1:41.964
	C-2 1000 m	3:40.939	1 QF	Bye		3:36.588
Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle	K-2 1000 m	3:15.987	1 QF	Bye		3:11.809
Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	K-2 500 m	1:28.736	1 QF	Bye		1:28.827
Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt	K-4 1000 m	2:57.148	1 QF	Bye		2:56.676

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katrin Wagner-Augustin	K-1 500 m	1:48.875	1 QF	Bye		1:51.022
Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt	K-2 500 m	1:43.412	1 QF	Bye		1:42.899	4
Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth	K-4 500 m	1:33.912	1 QF	Bye		1:32.231

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gerald Ciolek	Road race	Did not finish
Bert Grabsch	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:05:26	14
Stefan Schumacher	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:05:25	13
Jens Voigt	Road race	Did not finish
Fabian Wegmann		6:26:17	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Judith Arndt	Road race	3:33:51	41
	Time trial	35:59.77	6
Hanka Kupfernagel	Road race	3:33:25	39
	Time trial	36:35.05	11
Trixi Worrack	Road race	3:32:52	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	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)	Rank
Maximilian Levy	Men's sprint	10.199 70.595	6 Q	Mulder  (NED) W 10.840 66.420	Bayley  (AUS) W 10.763 66.895	Bye	Mulder  (NED) W 10.689, W 10.660	Kenny  (GBR) W 10.594, W 10.335	Bourgain  (FRA) L, W 10.666, L	4
Stefan Nimke		10.064 71.542	3 Q	Zhang L  (CHN) W 10.828 66.494	Mulder  (NED) L 10.888 66.127	Awang  (MAS)   Chiappa  (ITA) L	Did not advance		9th place final   Chiappa  (ITA)   Bayley  (AUS)   Watanabe  (JPN) W 11.051	9
René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke	Men's team sprint	44.197 61.090	3 Q	Japan  (JPN) W 43.699 62.741	—				Australia  (AUS) W 44.014 61.344

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Verena Jooß	Women's individual pursuit	3:34.480	11	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Carsten Bergemann	Men's keirin	5 Q	Bye	3 Q	5
Maximilian Levy		7 R	2	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Roger Kluge	Men's points race	58	2
Verena Jooß	Women's points race	Did not finish
Roger Kluge Olaf Pollack	Men's madison	15	–1	5

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Manuel Fumic	Men's cross-country	2:01:16	11
Wolfram Kurschat		LAP (2 laps)	33
Moritz Milatz		2:02:59	16
Adelheid Morath	Women's cross-country	2:02:25	18
Sabine Spitz		1:45:11

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patrick Hausding	3 m springboard	451.65	11 Q	481.50	5 Q	462.05	8
Pavlo Rozenberg		431.65	16 Q	454.40	12 Q	485.60	5
Patrick Hausding	10 m platform	423.40	17 Q	453.30	10 Q	448.30	9
Sascha Klein		453.80	10 Q	382.85	18	Did not advance
Sascha Klein Pavlo Rozenberg	3 m synchronized springboard	—				402.84	6
Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein	10 m synchronized platform	—				450.42

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Katja Dieckow	3 m springboard	302.70	9 Q	263.00	18	Did not advance
Ditte Kotzian		282.80	16 Q	292.25	15	Did not advance
Annett Gamm	10 m platform	234.30	29	Did not advance
Christin Steuer		290.80	19	Did not advance
Ditte Kotzian Heike Fischer	3 m synchronized springboard	—				318.90
Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski	10 m synchronized platform	—				310.29	4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nadine Capellmann	Elvis VA	Individual	70.083	9 Q	67.240	17	Did not advance
Heike Kemmer	Bonaparte		72.250	3 Q	72.960	3 Q	75.950	4	74.445
Isabell Werth	Satchmo		76.417	1 Q	75.200	1 Q	78.100	2	76.650
Nadine Capellmann Heike Kemmer Isabell Werth	See above	Team	72.917	1	—				72.917

After the Grand Prix, the score of each individual rider is cleared, meaning only the scores of the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle add up to the final score and are relevant for the rank of a rider in the individual competition. Only the 15 best riders of the Grand Prix Special advance to the Freestyle.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Andreas Dibowski	Butts Leon	Individual	39.60	11	17.60	57.20	8	0.00	57.20	5 Q	8.00	65.20	8	65.20	8
Ingrid Klimke	Abraxxas		33.50	3	17.20	50.70	2	4.00	54.70	2 Q	5.00	59.70	5	59.70	5
Frank Ostholt	Mr. Medicott		44.60 #	21	13.20	57.80 #	12	0.00	57.80 #	8	Did not advance			57.80	25
Hinrich Romeike	Marius		37.40	7	12.80	50.20	1	4.00	54.20	1 Q	0.00	54.20	1	54.20
Peter Thomsen	The Ghost of Hamish		53.30 #	46	25.60	98.90 #	44	4.00	102.90 #	38	Did not advance			102.90	38
Andreas Dibowski Ingrid Klimke Frank Ostholt Hinrich Romeike Peter Thomsen	See above	Team	110.50	2	47.60	158.10	1	8.00	166.10	1	—			166.10

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total
Only a certain number of individual riders are allowed to advance to the final and of one nation, maximal three individual riders can advance. The riders who did not advance to the individual final are ranked after all of the riders who did, their final rank being determined by their total penalties gained in the competition up to that point (dressage, cross-country and jumping qualifier).

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Christian Ahlmann	Coster	Individual	10	=56	8	18	40 Q	4	22	31	Did not advance					22	31
Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive		10	=56	8	18	40 Q	6	24	33 Q	4	11 Q	0	4	=3 JO	8	7
Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky		6	46	13	19	44 Q	29	38	43	Did not advance					38	43
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly		6	46	4	10	26 Q	4	14	16 Q	4	11 Q	0	4	=3 JO	4	4
Christian Ahlmann Ludger Beerbaum Marco Kutscher Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	See above	Team	—								20	8	14	34	=4	34	=4

After the team qualifier, the penalty score of each team is cleared, so that only the penalties of the two rounds of the team final, which are added up and together amount to the final score of a team, are relevant for the final rank. Likewise, every individual rider goes into the individual final without any penalties, for the penalties of all three individual qualifiers are deleted beforehand. In determining a rider's rank in the individual competition, only the penalties of both round of the individual final, which together amount to the final score of a rider, are relevant.

Only a certain number of individual riders are allowed to advance to the individual final and of one nation maximal three individual riders can advance. The riders who did not advance to the individual final are ranked after all of the riders who did, their final rank being determined by their total penalties gained in the individual qualifiers. Likewise, if a jump-off is required, every rider starts with a clear score, not taking previous penalties with him or her. The rider with the fewest penalties in the fastest time wins the jump-off.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Individual foil	—	Bye	Kruse  (GBR) W 10–9	Ota  (JPN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Benjamin Kleibrink		—	Bye	Chida  (JPN) W 15–10	Lei S  (CHN) W 15–7	Zhu J  (CHN) W 15–4	Ota  (JPN) W 15–9
Nicolas Limbach	Individual sabre	Bye	Koniusz  (POL) W 15–7	Buikevich  (BLR) L 14–15	Did not advance

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
Imke Duplitzer	Individual épée	—	Bye	Jiménez  (PAN) W 15–10	Mincza-Nébald  (HUN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Britta Heidemann		—	Bye	Jung H-J  (KOR) W 12–5	Samuelsson  (SWE) W 15–10	Li N  (CHN) W 15–13	Brânză  (ROU) W 15–11
Carolin Golubytskyi	Individual foil	Bye	Thompson  (USA) W 13–5	Sugawara  (JPN) L 5–6	Did not advance
Anja Schache		Bye	Lamonova  (RUS) L 2–15	Did not advance
Katja Wächter		Doig  (PER) W 15–4	Stahl  (ROU) W 15–6	Maîtrejean  (FRA) W 15–10	Trillini  (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Wächter Melanie Wolgast	Team foil	—			Hungary  (HUN) L 31–35	Classification semi-final   Poland  (POL) W 32–27	5th place final   China  (CHN) L 28–34	6
Alexandra Bujdoso	Individual sabre	Cloutier  (CAN) W 15–2	Tan X  (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the German roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[5]

Head Coach: Markus Weise

3. Philip Witte
4. Maximilian Müller
5. Sebastian Biederlack
7. Carlos Nevado
9. Moritz Fürste
13. Tobias Hauke
14. Tibor Weißenborn
15. Benjamin Weß
16. Niklas Meinert
17. Timo Weß (c)
18. Oliver Korn
19. Christopher Zeller
21. Max Weinhold (GK)
22. Matthias Witthaus
23. Florian Keller
25. Philipp Zeller

Reserve:

2. Christian Schulte
10. Jan-Marco Montag

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
3	South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7	Fifth place game
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Seventh place game
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4	Ninth place game
6	China (H)	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

11 August 2008 08:30 Germany   4–1   China C. Zeller  21' Keller  43', 54' Nevado  68' Report Na Yubo  7' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

13 August 2008 18:30 Belgium   1–1   Germany Charlier  22' Report Witthaus  19' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) David Gentles (AUS)

15 August 2008 20:30 South Korea   3–3   Germany Yeo Woon-kon  5' Jang Jong-hyun  46' Seo Jong-ho  52' Report Witte  17' Witthaus  40' C. Zeller  47' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

17 August 2008 21:00 Germany   1–0   Spain Fürste  34' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) David Gentles (AUS)

19 August 2008 10:30 Germany   3–1   New Zealand T. Weß  5' Witthaus  9' Keller  55' Report H. Shaw  46' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (GBR)

Semifinal

21 August 2008 18:00 Netherlands   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Germany Hoyng  66' Report P. Zeller  68' Penalties Taekema R. Brouwer Reckers Weusthof De Nooijer --- Taekema 3–4 C. Zeller Keller Meinert P. Zeller Weißenborn --- C. Zeller Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

Gold medal match

23 August 2008 20:30 Germany   1–0   Spain C. Zeller  16' Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) David Gentles (AUS)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the German roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[6]

Head Coach: Michael Behrmann

2. Tina Bachmann
4. Mandy Haase
7. Natascha Keller
9. Martina Heinlein
11. Eileen Hoffmann
13. Marion Rodewald (c)
14. Katharina Scholz
16. Fanny Rinne
18. Anke Kühn
22. Janine Beermann
24. Maike Stöckel
25. Janne Müller-Wieland
26. Christina Schütze
27. Pia Eidmann
28. Julia Müller
32. Kristina Reynolds (GK)

Reserve:

1. Yvonne Frank
29. Lina Geyer

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 21:00 Germany   5–1   Great Britain Rinne  26', 52' Hoffmann  31', 49' Rodewald  60' Report Cullen  29' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2008 21:00 Germany   2–1   New Zealand Scholz  59' Kühn  69' Report Forgesson  31' Umpires: Anne McRae (GBR) Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

14 August 2008 10:30 United States   2–4   Germany Snow  27' Loy  60' Report Keller  34' Rinne  49' Rodewald  55' Kühn  64' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

16 August 2008 18:00 Germany   0–4   Argentina Report Burkart  38' Gulla  49', 66' Aymar  68' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Chieko Soma (JPN)

18 August 2008 08:30 Germany   1–0   Japan Beermann  40' Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)

Semifinal

20 August 2008 18:00 Germany   2–3   China Keller  4' Beermann  36' Report Gao Lihua  31' Ma Yibo  39' Zhao Yudiao  58' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Bronze medal match

22 August 2008 18:00 Germany   1–3   Argentina Kühn  45' Report Luchetti  11' Rebecchi  22' Barrionuevo  63' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Silvia Neid

Germany named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament. ^{[7] [8]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Nadine Angerer	(1978-11-10)10 November 1978 (aged 29)	62	0	Djurgårdens IF
2	2 DF	Kerstin Stegemann	(1977-09-29)29 September 1977 (aged 30)	178	7	Wattenscheid 09
3	2 DF	Saskia Bartusiak	(1982-09-09)9 September 1982 (aged 25)	13	0	FFC Frankfurt
4	2 DF	Babett Peter	(1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 20)	17	0	FFC Turbine Potsdam
5	2 DF	Annike Krahn	(1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 23)	38	3	FCR 2001 Duisburg
6	2 DF	Linda Bresonik	(1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 24)	39	3	SG Essen-Schönebeck
7	3 MF	Melanie Behringer	(1979-11-18)18 November 1979 (aged 28)	32	9	SC Freiburg
8	4 FW	Sandra Smisek	(1977-07-03)3 July 1977 (aged 31)	126	32	FFC Frankfurt
9	4 FW	Birgit Prinz (captain)	(1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 30)	180	120	FFC Frankfurt
10	3 MF	Renate Lingor	(1975-10-11)11 October 1975 (aged 32)	141	35	FFC Frankfurt
11	4 FW	Anja Mittag	(1985-05-16)16 May 1985 (aged 23)	44	5	FFC Turbine Potsdam
12	1 GK	Ursula Holl	(1982-06-26)26 June 1982 (aged 26)	2	0	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
13	3 MF	Célia Okoyino da Mbabi	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 20)	27	3	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
14	3 MF	Simone Laudehr	(1986-07-12)12 July 1986 (aged 22)	13	2	FCR 2001 Duisburg
15	3 MF	Fatmire Bajramaj	(1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 20)	15	1	FCR 2001 Duisburg
16	4 FW	Conny Pohlers	(1978-11-16)16 November 1978 (aged 29)	64	28	FFC Frankfurt
17	2 DF	Ariane Hingst	(1979-07-25)25 July 1979 (aged 29)	149	10	Djurgårdens IF
18	3 MF	Kerstin Garefrekes	(1979-09-04)4 September 1979 (aged 28)	89	31	FFC Frankfurt

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 August 2008

17:00

Germany	0–0	Brazil
	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 20,703

Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

9 August 2008

17:00

Nigeria	0–1	Germany
	Report	Stegemann 65'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 19,266

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

12 August 2008

17:00

North Korea	0–1	Germany
	Report	Mittag 86'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 12,387

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Quarterfinals

15 August 2008

21:00

Sweden	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
	Report	Garefrekes 104' Laudehr 115'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 17,209

Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Semifinals

18 August 2008

18:00

Brazil	4–1	Germany
Formiga 43' Cristiane 49', 76' Marta 53'	Report	Prinz 10'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 26,976

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008

18:00

Germany	2–0	Japan
Bajramaj 68', 87'	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 49,285

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Final rank

 Bronze

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Thomas Andergassen	Team	—	14.900	15.525	—	14.675	—			—	15.075	15.550	—
Philipp Boy		14.450	14.675	14.650	16.200	15.125	14.375	89.475	21 Q	—	14.675	—	14.950	—	15.725	—
Fabian Hambüchen		15.800 Q	13.100	14.975	16.300	16.050 Q	16.200 Q	92.425	2 Q	15.875	—	15.175	16.175	15.950	15.100	—
Robert Juckel		14.850	14.850	14.425	15.050	—	14.750	—		—	14.900	14.925	—		14.825	—
Marcel Nguyen		15.425	—	14.850	16.225	14.875	14.450	—		15.475	—		15.875	14.400	—
Eugen Spiridonov		15.025	14.475	—	15.650	15.450	14.400	—		14.875	—			15.075	—
Total		61.100	58.900	60.000	64.375	61.500	59.800	365.675	5 Q	46.225	44.650	45.650	47.000	45.425	45.650	274.600	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Philipp Boy	All-around	15.075	14.875	14.825	15.400	15.050	15.450	90.675	13
Fabian Hambüchen	All-around	15.625	14.375	15.025	15.975	15.275	15.400	91.675	7
	Floor	15.650	—					15.650	4
	Parallel bars	—				15.975	—	15.975	4
	Horizontal bar	—					15.650	15.650

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Katja Abel	Team	13.475	14.250	14.650	14.075	56.450	40	Did not advance
Daria Bijak		14.475	14.175	14.650	11.150	54.450	51
Anja Brinker		—		15.125	—
Oksana Chusovitina		14.450	15.800 Q	14.725	14.400	59.375	14 Q
Marie-Sophie Hindermann		12.400	14.925	13.125	13.425	53.875	55
Joeline Möbius		14.275	13.675	—	13.925	—
Total		56.675	59.150	59.150	55.825	230.800	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Oksana Chusovitina	All-around	14.600	15.750	14.900	14.875	60.125	9
	Vault	—	15.575	—		15.575

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Henrik Stehlik	Men's	64.60	16	Did not advance
Anna Dogonadze	Women's	64.30	7 Q	18.90	8

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Germany roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^{[9] [10]}

Head coach: Heiner Brand

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Henning Fritz (1974-09-21)21 September 1974 (aged 33) 1.88 m 235 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2 LB Pascal Hens (1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 28) 2.03 m 150 441 HSV Hamburg 4 P Oliver Roggisch (1978-08-25)25 August 1978 (aged 29) 2.02 m 94 24 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 5 LW Dominik Klein (1983-12-16)16 December 1983 (aged 24) 1.90 m 70 143 THW Kiel 8 P Christian Schwarzer (1969-10-23)23 October 1969 (aged 38) 1.96 m 314 957 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 CB Oliver Kohrmann (1976-07-28)28 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.86 m 12 12 Wilhelmshavener HV 11 RB Holger Glandorf (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.95 m 87 283 HSG Nordhorn 12 GK Johannes Bitter (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 25) 2.04 m 94 2 HSV Hamburg 13 CB Sven-Sören Christophersen (1985-05-09)9 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.98 m 9 18 HSG Wetzlar 14 RB Christian Zeitz (1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 27) 1.85 m 161 456 THW Kiel 15 LW Torsten Jansen (1976-12-23)23 December 1976 (aged 31) 1.85 m 143 393 HSV Hamburg 17 P Andrej Klimovets (1974-08-18)18 August 1974 (aged 33) 1.96 m 67 167 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 RB Michael Kraus (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 24) 1.87 m 65 169 TBV Lemgo 19 RW Florian Kehrmann (1977-06-26)26 June 1977 (aged 31) 1.86 m 218 798 TBV Lemgo 24 CB Michael Haaß (1983-12-12)12 December 1983 (aged 24) 1.94 m 20 20 TSV GWD Minden

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	−7	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	+6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	+5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	+5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	−4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	−5	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 15:45	Germany	27 – 23	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Kraus 7	(10–13)	Cho Chi-hyo 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 20:45	Iceland	33 – 29	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Guðjónsson 8	(17–14)	Kraus 13
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

14 August 2008 09:00	Germany	25 – 23	Egypt	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Glandorf 7	(14–14)	Zaky 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 8×

16 August 2008 15:45	Russia	24 – 24	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Filippov 6	(11–10)	Kraus 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	4× 3×

18 August 2008 19:00	Germany	21 – 27	Denmark	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Kraus 6	(12–15)	Boesen 8
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Germany roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[11]

Head coach: Armin Emrich

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sabine Englert (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 26) 1.84 m 139 2 Hypo Niederösterreich 2 LW Nadine Härdter (1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 27) 1.66 m 125 199 Thüringer HC 4 RB Grit Jurack (1977-10-22)22 October 1977 (aged 30) 1.86 m 261 1377 Viborg HK 7 CB Nina Wörz (1980-11-14)14 November 1980 (aged 27) 1.79 m 134 252 Randers HK 8 RB Anne Müller (1983-07-05)5 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.76 m 84 119 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9 LB Lara Steinbach (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 9 16 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 CB Anna Loerper (1984-11-18)18 November 1984 (aged 23) 1.62 m 78 93 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11 LW Mandy Hering (1984-03-11)11 March 1984 (aged 24) 1.70 m 42 80 Frankfurter HC 13 LB Nadine Krause (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 (aged 26) 1.78 m 145 569 FCK Handball 15 RW Sabrina Neukamp (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.73 m 70 101 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 16 GK Clara Woltering (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m 83 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 CB Maren Baumbach (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.70 m 115 333 FCK Handball 19 RB Stefanie Melbeck (1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 31) 1.74 m 178 388 KIF Kolding 20 P Anja Althaus (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 25) 1.74 m 125 254 Viborg HK

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	−13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	−14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	−13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	−11	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 20:45	Germany	24 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Krause 6	(11–12)	Santos 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

11 August 2008 15:45	South Korea	30 – 20	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Hong Jeong-ho 6	(12–9)	Jurack, Loerper 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

13 August 2008 20:45	Germany	24 – 25	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Krause 9	(14–12)	Görbicz 9
	3× 4×	Report	4× 7×

15 August 2008 14:00	Germany	26 – 27	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Althaus, Wörz 5	(13–13)	Ahlm 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×

17 August 2008 19:00	Russia	30 – 29	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Postnova 8	(16–14)	Wörz 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ole Bischof	−81 kg	Bye	Azizov  (AZE) W 0020–0011	Stevens  (USA) W 0011–0001	Camilo  (BRA) W 0200–0000	Gontiuk  (UKR) W 0011–0001	Bye			Kim J  (KOR) W 0010–0000
Michael Pinske	−90 kg	—	Aschwanden  (SUI) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Benjamin Behrla	−100 kg	—	Gasymov  (RUS) W 1100–0001	Naidangiin  (MGL) L 0001–0021	Did not advance		Suzuki  (JPN) W 1000–0000	Jang  (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Andreas Tölzer	+100 kg	Bye	Tangriev  (UZB) L 0000–0211	Did not advance			Wojnarowicz  (POL) W 0100–0010	Riner  (FRA) L 0010–0020	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michaela Baschin	−48 kg	Bye	Moussa  (ALG) W 0101–0000	Bermoy  (CUB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Bogdanova  (RUS) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Romy Tarangul	−52 kg	Djuraeva  (UZB) W 1101–0000	Nakamura  (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		Bye	Heylen  (BEL) L 0000–0002	Did not advance
Yvonne Bönisch	−57 kg	Quintavalle  (ITA) L 0001–0101	Did not advance			Khishigbat  (MGL) W 0110–0001	Harel  (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Anna von Harnier	−63 kg	A'etonu  (ASA) W 1000–0000	Battögs  (MGL) W 1001–0000	Décosse  (FRA) L 0001 - 1001	Did not advance	Bye	Žolnir  (SLO) L 0000–0200	Did not advance
Annett Böhm	−70 kg	Mendy  (SEN) W 1000–0000	Smal  (UKR) W 1001–0010	Iglesias  (ESP) W 1000–0000	Hernández  (CUB) L 0010–1000	Bye			Rousey  (USA) L 0001–0010	5
Heide Wollert	−78 kg	Pryshchepa  (UKR) W 0011–0010	Yusuf  (NGR) W 1000–0000	Jeong  (KOR) L 0000–1002	Did not advance	Bye	Rogers  (GBR) W 0010–0001	Possamaï  (FRA) L 0000–0200	Did not advance
Sandra Köppen	+78 kg	Bye	Shepherd  (AUS) L 0000–0110	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Steffen Gebhardt	Men's	183	15	1132	18–17	13	832	2:06.84	19	1280	72	5	1128	9:33.97	19	1108	5480	5
Eric Walther		172	30	1000	20–15	7	880	2:00.84	3	1352	308	26	892	9:18.55	5	1168	5292	16
Lena Schöneborn	Women's	177	20	1060	28–7	1	1072	2:16.91	10	1280	28	4	1172	10:28.82	9	1208	5792
Eva Trautmann		168	33	952	9–26	34	616	2:17.17	=13	1376	176	28	1024	10:40.25	13	1160	5082	29

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcel Hacker	Single sculls	7:26.71	2 QF	—		6:48.85	1 SA/B	7:03.05	4 FB	7:07.82	7
Felix Drahotta Tom Lehmann	Pair	6:48.60	3 SA/B	Bye		—		6:37.26	3 FA	6:47.40	4
Karsten Brodowski Clemens Wenzel	Double sculls	6:29.60	3 SA/B	Bye		—		6:28.46	6 FB	6:37.97	9
Manuel Brehmer Jonathan Koch	Lightweight double sculls	6:21.99	3 R	6:41.48	1 SA/B	—		6:37.07	4 FB	6:28.66	9
Filip Adamski Gregor Hauffe Urs Käufer Toni Seifert	Four	6:00:95	2 SA/B	Bye		—		5:58.72	3 FA	6:19.63	6
René Bertram Hans Gruhne Stephan Krüger Christian Schreiber	Quadruple sculls	5:43.48	2 SA/B	Bye		—		5:53.56	3 FA	5:50.96	6
Jochen Kühner Martin Kühner Jost Schömann-Finck Bastian Seibt	Lightweight four	5:50.16	1 SA/B	Bye		—		DNS		Did not advance
Florian Eichner Matthias Flach Florian Mennigen Philipp Naruhn Andreas Penkner Sebastian Schmidt Peter Thiede (cox) Jochen Urban Kristof Wilke	Eight	5:37.56	4 R	5:47.05	6 FB	—				5:36.89	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maren Derlien Lenka Wech	Pair	7:28.66	2 R	7:27.02	2 FA	—		7:25.73	4
Christiane Huth Annekatrin Thiele	Double sculls	7:09.06	2 R	6:55.96	2 FA	—		7:07.33
Berit Carow Marie-Louise Dräger	Lightweight double sculls	6:51.96	1 SA/B	Bye		7:04.95	3 FA	6:56.72	4
Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller	Quadruple sculls	6:15.26	2 R	6:36.17	1 FA	—		6:19.56
Christina Hennings Elke Hipler Kerstin Naumann Katrin Reinert Annina Ruppel (cox) Nadine Schmutzler Lenka Wech Nina Wengert Nicole Zimmermann	Eight	6:14.42	4 R	6:14.45	5	—		Did not advance

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Ingo Borkowski Marc Pickel	Star	2	14	1	8	3	8	14	10	6	10	8	70	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Petra Niemann	Laser Radial	20	20	19	8	BFD	7	4	17	14	CAN	EL	109	15
Vivien Kussatz Stefanie Rothweiler	470	7	6	11	9	5	12	OCS	8	8	12	12	90	9
Julia Bleck Ute Höpfner Ulrike Schümann	Yngling	8	7	7	11	11	3	5	13	CAN	CAN	4	56	4

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Hannes Peckolt Jan-Peter Peckolt	49er	16	6	11	6	3	2	2	12	4	5	4	7	CAN	CAN	CAN	4	66
Johannes Polgar Florian Spalteholz	Tornado	10	7	11	5	6	1	5	13	4	3	—					DNF	74	8

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karsten Bindrich	Trap	119	7	Did not advance
Maik Eckhardt	50 m rifle prone	592	24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	398	11	Did not advance
Hans-Jörg Meyer	10 m air pistol	577	21	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	557	13	Did not advance
Tino Mohaupt	10 m air rifle	593	25	Did not advance
Christian Reitz	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	6 Q	779.3
Stefan Rüttgeroth	Trap	113	24	Did not advance
Florian Schmidt	10 m air pistol	571	38	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	549	29	Did not advance
Ralf Schumann	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	5 Q	779.5
Axel Wegner	Skeet	115	20	Did not advance
Tino Wenzel		117	13	Did not advance
Michael Winter	10 m air rifle	588	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	590	31	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1166	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christine Brinker	Skeet	70	4 Q	93
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren	10 m air pistol	379	24	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	587	2 Q	789.2
Susanne Kiermayer	Trap	65	8	Did not advance
Barbara Lechner	10 m air rifle	394	17	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	582	9	Did not advance
Sonja Pfeilschifter	10 m air rifle	396	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	17	Did not advance
Stefanie Thurmann	25 m pistol	576	23	Did not advance
Claudia Verdicchio	10 m air pistol	383	10	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Biedermann	200 m freestyle	1:47.09	10 Q	1:46.41	5 Q	1:46.00	5
	400 m freestyle	3:48.03	18	—		Did not advance
Markus Deibler	200 m individual medley	2:04.54	40	Did not advance
Steffen Deibler	50 m freestyle	22.67	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.39	33	Did not advance
Rafed El-Masri	50 m freestyle	21.96	10 Q	22.09	14	Did not advance
Christian Kubusch	400 m freestyle	3:52.73	29	—		Did not advance
Thomas Lurz	10 km open water	—				1:51:53.6
Helge Meeuw	100 m backstroke	54.88	19	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.42	11 Q	1:56.85	8	Did not advance
Thomas Rupprath	100 m backstroke	55.77	33	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.56	44	Did not advance
Benjamin Starke	100 m butterfly	53.50	41	Did not advance
Paul Biedermann Steffen Deibler Jens Schreiber Benjamin Starke	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.99	15	—		Did not advance
Paul Biedermann Stefan Herbst Christian Kubusch Benjamin Starke	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.92	12	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antje Buschschulte	100 m backstroke	1:00.48	11 Q	1:01.15	15	Did not advance
Petra Dallmann	50 m freestyle	25.43	25	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.70	16 Q	55.05	13	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:00.21	24	Did not advance
Jaana Ehmcke	400 m freestyle	4:15.15	25	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:39.51	25	—		Did not advance
Annika Lurz	200 m freestyle	1:59.98	22	Did not advance
Angela Maurer	10 km open water	—				1:59:31.9	4
Sarah Poewe	100 m breaststroke	1:08.69	20	Did not advance
Anne Poleska	200 m breaststroke	2:26.74	14 Q	2:26.71	10	Did not advance
Daniela Samulski	100 m butterfly	1:00.37	39	Did not advance
Katharina Schiller	200 m individual medley	2:18.00	30	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:51.52	33	—		Did not advance
Sonja Schöber	100 m breaststroke	1:11.36	36	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:20.18	34	Did not advance
Britta Steffen	50 m freestyle	24.90	6 Q	24.43	3 Q	24.06 OR
	100 m freestyle	53.67	2 Q	53.96	6 Q	53.12 OR
Christin Zenner	100 m backstroke	1:03.87	42	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:20.28	34	Did not advance
Antje Buschschulte Meike Freitag Daniela Götz Britta Steffen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.52	2 Q	—		3:36.85	5
Petra Dallmann Meike Freitag Annika Lurz Daniela Samulski	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:58.11	12	—		Did not advance
Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.53	9	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Timo Boll	Men's singles	Bye			Kim H-B  (PRK) W 4–1	Oh S-E  (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Dimitrij Ovtcharov		Bye			Criṣan  (ROU) W 4–3	Ko L C  (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Christian Süß		Bye		Jakab  (HUN) W 4–1	Samsonov  (BLR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Elke Schall	Women's singles	Bye		Hu  (TUR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Wu Jiaduo		Bye			Li Qb  (AUT) L 3–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Süß	Men's team	Group B   Croatia  (CRO) W 3 – 0   Singapore  (SIN) W 3 – 1   Canada  (CAN) W 3 – 0	1 Q	Japan  (JPN) W 3 – 2	Bye			China  (CHN) L 0 – 3
Zhenqi Barthel Elke Schall Wu Jiaduo	Women's team	Group C   Hong Kong  (HKG) L 0 – 3   Romania  (ROU) L 0 – 3   Poland  (POL) L 1 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Levent Tuncat	Men's −58 kg	Nikpai  (AFG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Daniel Manz	Men's −68 kg	Abduraim  (KGZ) W 1–0	M López  (USA) L 1–3	Did not advance	Bahave  (AFG) W 4–3	Sung Y-C  (TPE) L 3–4	Did not advance	5
Sümeyye Gülec	Women's −49 kg	Contreras  (VEN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Helena Fromm	Women's −67 kg	Barry  (GUI) W 6–1	Ocasio  (PUR) L 0–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Nicolas Kiefer	Men's singles	Mirnyi  (BLR) W 6–3, 6–1	Anderson  (RSA) W 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4	Mathieu  (FRA) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Rainer Schüttler		Nishikori  (JPN) W 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	Djokovic  (SRB) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nicolas Kiefer Rainer Schüttler	Men's doubles	—	Knowle / Melzer  (AUT) L 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Jan Frodeno	Men's	18:14	0:26	59:01	0:26	30:46	1:48:53.28
Christian Prochnow		18:23	0:26	58:56	0:27	58:56	1:50:33.90	15
Daniel Unger		18:25	0:27	58:49	0:27	31:35	1:49:43.78	6
Anja Dittmer	Women's	20:16	0:30	1:06:08	0:33	38:18	2:05:45.86	33
Ricarda Lisk		20:00	0:30	1:04:12	0:39	36:46	2:02:07.75	15
Christiane Pilz		20:00	0:33	1:04:09	0:35	38:29	2:03:46.82	26

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Julius Brink Christoph Dieckmann	Men's	Pool F   Asahi – Shiratori  (JPN) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–18)   Gibb – Rosenthal  (USA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 13–21)   Boersma – Ronnes  (NED) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 20–22)	4	Did not advance
David Klemperer Eric Koreng		Pool E   Kjemperud – Skarlund  (NOR) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 22–20, 15–7)   Laciga – Schnider  (SUI) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 15–21)   Nummerdor – Schuil  (NED) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 16–21) Lucky Losers   Boersma – Ronnes  (NED) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 27–25)	3 Q	Wu – Xu  (CHN) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–18)	Dalhausser – Rogers  (USA) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 23–25)	Did not advance
Sara Goller Laura Ludwig	Women's	Pool D  Augoustides – Nel  (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–14)   Xue – Zhang  (CHN) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 18–21)   Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani  (GRE) W 2 – 0 (24–22, 21–12)	2 Q	D Schwaiger – S Schwaiger  (AUT) L 1 – 2 (21–23, 21–11, 16–18)	Did not advance
Stephanie Pohl Okka Rau		Pool E   Crespo – Esteves  (CUB) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)   Branagh – Youngs  (USA) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 16–21)   Kadijk – Mooren  (NED) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–18)	2 Q	Ana Paula – Larissa  (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 14–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Germany entered a team in the men's tournament. The team lost all games but one in the group play, and did not advance, finishing tied for 9th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the German roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[12]

Head Coach: Stelian Moculescu

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Marcus Popp	23 September 1981	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Marmi Lanza Verona
4	Simon Tischer	24 April 1982	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	346 cm (136 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Iraklis
5	Björn Andrae (c)	14 May 1981	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	AZS Olsztyn
7	Mark Siebeck	14 October 1975	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Halkbank Ankara
8	Marcus Böhme	25 August 1985	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	321 cm (126 in)	SCC Berlin
9	Stefan Hübner	13 June 1975	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Sisley Treviso
10	Jochen Schöps	8 October 1983	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Iskra Odintsovo
11	Frank Dehne	14 February 1976	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Marmi Lanza Verona
12	Christian Pampel	6 September 1979	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Gazprom-Jugra Surgut
13	Ralph Bergmann	26 May 1970	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Moerser SC
14	Robert Kromm	9 March 1984	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Sempre Volley
19	Thomas Kröger (L)	11 June 1979	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	328 cm (129 in)	302 cm (119 in)	VfB Friedrichshafen

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	9	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	496	447	1.110	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	5	4	1	9	434	404	1.074	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	5	1	4	6	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	0	5	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 22:20	Poland	3–0	Germany	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Massimo Menghini (ITA)
	(25–17, 33–31, 25–20) result statistics

12 August 2008 10:00	Russia	3–2	Germany	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–27, 25–21, 21–25, 25–23, 16–14) result statistics

14 August 2008 12:00	Germany	3–0	Egypt	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Jiang Liu (CHN)
	(29–27, 25–21, 25–21) result statistics

16 August 2008 12:30	Serbia	3–1	Germany	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–21, 27–25, 24–26, 25–23) result statistics

18 August 2008 12:20	Germany	0–3	Brazil	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Jiang Liu (CHN), Umit Sokullu (TUR)
	(22–25, 21–25, 23–25) result statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Germany participated in the men's tournament, where the team finished in 10th place.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the German roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[6]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Alexander Tchigir	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	6 November 1968	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
2	Florian Naroska	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	16 April 1982	SSV Esslingen
3	Julian Real	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 December 1989	Amateur SC Duisburg
4	Marko Savić	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	11 January 1981	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
5	Marko Stamm	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	30 August 1988	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
6	Marc Politze	CF	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	20 October 1977	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
7	Heiko Nossek	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	14 March 1982	SSV Esslingen
8	Thomas Schertwitis	CF	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 September 1972	Sintez Kazan
9	Tobias Kreuzmann	D	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	15 June 1981	Amateur SC Duisburg
10	Moritz Oeler	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	21 October 1985	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
11	Andreas Schlotterbeck	CF	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	2 March 1982	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
12	Sören Mackeben	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	29 January 1979	Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
13	Michael Zellmer	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	14 August 1977	Waspo Hannover

Head coach: Hagen Stamm

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	5	4	0	1	37	31	+6	8	Qualified for the semifinals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	56	31	+25	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Serbia	5	3	0	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	33	44	−11	4	Will play for places 7–10
Italy	5	2	0	3	57	50	+7	4	Will play for places 7–12
China	5	0	0	5	25	64	−39	0

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 12:10	Report	Serbia	11–7	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Tulga (TUR), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–2, 2–2, 3–0
		Pijetlović  4, Udovičić  2, Šapić  2	Goals	Politze  2, Mackeben  2

12 August 2008 16:40	Report	Germany	6–5	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 5–2, 0–0, 1–1
		Savić  2, Schertwitis  2	Goals	Yu  2

14 August 2008 9:30	Report	Croatia	13–5	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 3–2, 2–1, 4–1
		Burić  3, Joković  2, Smodlaka  2, Marković  2, Bošković  2	Goals	Politze  2

16 August 2008 9:30	Report	Germany	8–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–1, 0–2, 3–3
		Schertwitis  2	Goals	Calcaterra  3

18 August 2008 14:00	Report	United States	8–7	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Margeta (SLO), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Powers  2, Wright  2	Goals	Nossek  5

Classification semi-final

22 August 2008 17:00	Report	Germany	9–13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 2–4, 3–3
		Nossek  3, Schertwitis  2, Kreuzmann  2	Goals	Ntoskas  6, Schizas  3, Theodoropoulos  2

Classification 9th–10th

24 August 2008 09:30	Report	Italy	10–8	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–1, 1–1, 4–3
		Calcaterra  5, Gallo  2, Angelini  2	Goals	Savic  2, Schertwitis  2, Schlotterbeck  2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Artyom Shaloyan	Men's −69 kg	135	16	165	15	300	14
Jürgen Spieß	Men's −94 kg	173	=10	211	9	384	9
Matthias Steiner	Men's +105 kg	203	4	258	1	461
Almir Velagic		188	7	225	8	413	8
Julia Rohde	Women's −53 kg	82	7	103	8	185	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Davyd Bichinashvili	−84 kg	Bye	Mindorashvili  (GEO) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Yenokyan  (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Ketoev  (RUS) L 1–3 PP	5
Stefan Kehrer	−96 kg	Bye	Koç  (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Markus Thätner	−66 kg	Bye	Bayakhmetov  (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					18
Konstantin Schneider	−74 kg	Bye	Zeghdane  (ALG) W 3–1 PP	Kvirkelia  (GEO) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Guénot  (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	9
Mirko Englich	−96 kg	Bye	Han T-Y  (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Guri  (ALB) W 3–1 PP	Wheeler  (USA) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Khushtov  (RUS) L 0–3 PO

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandra Engelhardt	−48 kg	Bye	Bakatyuk  (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					14
Anita Schätzle	−72 kg	—	Prieto  (FRA) W 5–0 VT	Wieszczek  (POL) W 3–1 PP	Did not advance				7

See also

• Germany at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• DOSB Qualification criteria (in German)

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