Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	GER
NPC	National Paralympic Committee Germany
Website	www.dbs-npc.de  (in German)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	155 [1] in 14 sports
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 18 Silver 25 Bronze 14 Total 57
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Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.

Funding

One source of funding and support for Germany's Paralympic efforts through to the Rio Games is a local partnership with Allianz. ^[2]

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. ^{[3] [4]} Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability. ^[5]

Medalists

Main article: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	David Behre Johannes Floors Markus Rehm Felix Streng	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay T43-47
Gold	Heinrich Popow	Athletics	Men's long jump F42
Gold	Markus Rehm	Athletics	Men's long jump F44
Gold	Daniel Scheil	Athletics	Men's shot put F33
Gold	Sebastian Dietz	Athletics	Men's shot put F36
Gold	Niko Kappel	Athletics	Men's shot put F41
Gold	Vanessa Low	Athletics	Women's long jump F42
Gold	Birgit Kober	Athletics	Women's shot put F36
Gold	Franziska Liebhardt	Athletics	Women's shot put F37
Gold	Michael Teuber	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4
Gold	Hans-Peter Durst	Cycling	Men's road time trial T1-2
Gold	Vico Merklein	Cycling	Men's road race H4
Gold	Steffen Warias	Cycling	Men's road race C1-3
Gold	Hans-Peter Durst	Cycling	Men's road race T1-2
Gold	Dorothee Vieth	Cycling	Women's road time trial H4-5
Gold	Christiane Reppe	Cycling	Women's road race H1-4
Gold	Andrea Eskau	Cycling	Women's road race H5
Gold	Martin Schulz	Paratriathlon	Men's individual PT4
Silver	David Behre	Athletics	Men's 400m T44
Silver	Claudia Nicoleitzik	Athletics	Women's 100m T36
Silver	Vanessa Low	Athletics	Women's 100m T42
Silver	Irmgard Bensusan	Athletics	Women's 100m T44
Silver	Irmgard Bensusan	Athletics	Women's 200m T44
Silver	Irmgard Bensusan	Athletics	Women's 400m T44
Silver	Franziska Liebhardt	Athletics	Women's long jump F37
Silver	Marianne Buggenhagen	Athletics	Women's discus throw F55
Silver	Martina Willing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F56
Silver	Maximilian Weber	Cycling	Men's road race H3
Silver	Andrea Eskau	Cycling	Women's road time trial H4-5
Silver	Denise Schindler	Cycling	Women's road time trial C1-3
Silver	Elke Philipp Alina Rosenberg Carolin Schnarre Steffen Zeibig	Equestrian	Mixed team
Silver	Carmen Brussig	Judo	Women's -48kg
Silver	Ramona Brussig	Judo	Women's -52kg
Silver	Tom Kierey	Paracanoeing	Men's KL3
Silver	Edina Muller	Paracanoeing	Women's KL1
Silver	Natascha Hiltrop	Shooting	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
Silver	Denise Grahl	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S7
Silver	Naomi Maike Schnittger	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S12
Silver	Thomas Schmidberger	Table tennis	Men's singles class 3
Silver	Valentin Baus	Table tennis	Men's singles class 5
Silver	Thomas Bruchle Thomas Schmidberger	Table tennis	Men's team class 3
Silver	Steffi Grebe	Table tennis	Women's singles class 6
Bronze	Thomas Ulbricht	Athletics	Men's 100m T12
Bronze	Felix Streng	Athletics	Men's 100m T44
Bronze	David Behre	Athletics	Men's 200m T44
Bronze	Felix Streng	Athletics	Men's long jump F44
Bronze	Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt	Athletics	Women's 100m T12
Bronze	Claudia Nicoleitzik	Athletics	Women's 200m T36
Bronze	Frances Herrmann	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F34
Bronze	Vico Merklein	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4
Bronze	Denise Schindler	Cycling	Women's road race C1-3
Bronze	Jana Majunke	Cycling	Women's road race T1-2
Bronze	Kai-Christian Kruse	Cycling	Men's 1km time trial B
Bronze	Steffen Zeibig	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test grade II
Bronze	Nikolai Kornhass	Judo	Men's -73kg
Bronze	Torben Schmidtke	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB6

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Jennifer Hess earned Germany a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the recurve women's open event. Uwe Herter earned Germany a second spot in the W1 men's event. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Uwe Herter	Men's individual compound W1	609	8	—	Cavanagh  (GBR) W 130–124	Aşık  (TUR) W 130–124	Walker  (GBR) L 131–135	Kinik  (SVK) L 125–133	4
Maik Szarszewski	Men's individual recurve open	629	3	De Souza  (BRA) W 7–1	Shi  (CHN) W 7–3	Rezende  (BRA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Lucia Kupczyk	Women's individual compound open	607	15	Abbaspour  (IRI) L 129–140	Did not advance
Jennifer Hess	Women's individual recurve open	594	11	Floreno  (ITA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Maik Szarszewski Jennifer Hess	Team recurve open	1223	6	—	Mongolia  (MGL) L 3–5	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alhassane Balde	800 metres T54	1:37.30	5	—	Did not advance
	1500 metres T54	3:07.14	3 Q	—	3:01.62	6
	5000 metres T54	10:21.67	6 q	—	11:03.00	8
David Behre	100 metres T44	11.23	3 Q	—	11.26	7
	200 metres T44	21.63	1 Q	—	21.41
	400 metres T44	47.74	1 Q	—	46.23
Johannes Floors	100 metres T44	11.34	6	—	Did not advance
	200 metres T44	21.86	3 Q	—	21.81	4
	400 metres T44	DSQ		—	Did not advance
Heinrich Popow	100 metres T42	12.45	1 Q	—	12.46	4
Dennis Rill	100 metres T38	12.03	5	—	Did not advance
Leon Schäfer	100 metres T42	13.16	7	—	Did not advance
Denis Schmitz	100 metres T33	—	21.22	6
Marc Schuh	100 metres T54	15.26	4	—	Did not advance
	400 metres T54	48.89	4	—	Did not advance
Felix Streng	100 metres T44	11.12	3 Q	—	11.03
	200 metres T44	22.55	4 q	—	DSQ
Thomas Ulbricht	100 metres T12	11.40	1 Q	—	11.39
	200 metres T12	DSQ		Did not advance
	400 metres T12	50.77	2 q	51.40	3	Did not advance
Markus Rehm David Behre Felix Streng Johannes Floors	4 × 100 metres relay T43-47	—	40.82 PR

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Reinhold Bötzel	High jump T47	1.80 =SB	9
Sebastian Dietz	Shot put F36	14.84
Niko Kappel	Shot put F41	13.57
Mathias Mester	Javelin throw F41	39.99	5
Heinrich Popow	Long jump T42	6.70 PR
Markus Rehm	Long jump T44	8.21 PR
Dennis Rill	Long jump T38	5.03	7
Leon Schäfer	Long jump T42	6.06 PB	4
	High jump T42	1.55	12
Daniel Scheil	Shot put F33	11.03
Mathias Schulze	Javelin throw F46	48.84	10
Felix Streng	Long jump T44	7.13 PB
Frank Tinnemeier	Shot put T42	13.44	5
Thomas Ulbricht	Long jump T12	6.40	10

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lindy Ave	100 metres T38	13.28	2 Q	—	13.20	5
Irmgard Bensusan	100 metres T44	13.08	1 Q	—	13.04
	200 metres T44	26.70	1 Q	—	26.90
	400 metres T44	—	59.62
Vanessa Braun	100 metres T38	14.59	7	—	Did not advance
Janne Sophie Engeleiter	100 metres T13	13.13	5	—	Did not advance
Isabelle Foerder	100 metres T37	15.04	5	—	Did not advance
	400 metres T37	1:16.25	5	—	Did not advance
Maike Hausberger	400 metres T37	1:12.22	5	—	Did not advance
Vanessa Low	100 metres T42	15.76	1 Q	—	15.17
Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt	100 metres T12	12.47	1 Q	12.11 PB	2 q	11.99 PB
	200 metres T12	24.73	2 q	—	24.71	4
Claudia Nicoleitzik	100 metres T36	14.71	2 Q	—	14.64
	200 metres T36	31.18	2 Q	—	31.13
Nicole Nicoleitzik	100 metres T38	14.49	6	—	Did not advance
Jana Schmidt	100 metres T42	16.70	3 Q	—	16.84	6
Maria Seifert	100 metres T37	14.06	3 Q	—	14.13	6
Uta Streckert	100 metres T35	—	17.66	5
	200 metres T35	—	37.51	7
Lindy Ave Maria Seifert Nicole Nicoleitzik Claudia Nicoleitzik	4 × 100 metres relay T35-38	—	56.04 SB	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Lindy Ave	Long jump T38	4.47 PB	6
Vanessa Braun	Long jump T38	3.98 =PB	13
Marianne Buggenhagen	Discus throw F55	24.56
Maike Hausberger	Long jump T37	4.06	4
Frances Herrmann	Shot put F34	6.64	6
	Javelin throw F34	18.16
Birgit Kober	Shot put F36	11.41
Frederike Koleiski	Discus throw F44	30.34	4
Franziska Liebhardt	Long jump T37	4.42
	Shot put F37	13.96
Vanessa Low	Long jump T42	4.93 WR
Juliane Mogge	Shot put F36	9.12	4
Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt	Long jump T12	5.16	6
Nicole Nicoleitzik	Long jump T38	4.05	10
Jana Schmidt	Long jump T42	3.53	7
Martina Willing	Shot put F57	7.79	9
	Discus throw F57	21.05	9
	Javelin throw F57	22.22

Paracanoe

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tom Kierey	KL3	42.345	1 F	Bye	39.909
Ivo Kilian	KL2	50.222	4 SF	49.737	4	48.622	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anke Molkenthin	KL2	1:05.721	5 SF	1:05.382	6	Did not advance
Edina Müller	KL1	58.662	1 F	Bye	58.874

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Germany qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. ^{[7] [8]}

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hans-Peter Durst	Road race T1–2	50:07
	Road time trial T1–2	22:57.34
Kai Kruse	Road time trial B	42:48.42	20
Vico Merklein	Road race H4	1:28:48
	Road time trial H4	28:42.34
Thomas Schäfer	Road race C4–5	2:19:26	12
	Road time trial C4	40:05.05	7
Michael Teuber	Road race C1–3	1:52:09	14
	Road time trial C1	27:53.98
Steffen Warias	Road race C1–3	1:49:11
	Road time trial C3	40:38.45	5
Maximilian Weber	Road race H3	1:33:17
	Road time trial H3	31:20.94	9
Erich Winkler	Road race C1–3	1:55:04	18
	Road time trial C1	29:37.37	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kerstin Brachtendorf	Road race C4–5	2:21:58	5
	Road time trial C5	30:31.46	7
Andrea Eskau	Road race H5	1:37:07
	Road time trial H4–5	32:15.42
Jana Majunke	Road race T1–2	1:08:19
	Road time trial T1–2	27:43.46	4
Christiane Reppe	Road race H1–4	1:15:56
	Road time trial H4–5	33:54.53	6
Denise Schindler	Road race C1–3	1:30:14
	Road time trial C1–3	30:18.99
Dorothee Vieth	Road race H5	1:37:15	5
	Road time trial H4–5	31:35.46

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Kai Kruse	Men's individual pursuit B	4:45.603	13	Did not advance
Michael Teuber	Men's individual pursuit C1	4:04.105	5	Did not advance
Erich Winkler	Men's individual pursuit C1	4:02.658	3	Nijhuis  (NED) L OVL	4
Kerstin Brachtendorf	Women's individual pursuit C5	4:01.233	8	Did not advance
Denise Schindler	Women's individual pursuit C1–3	Disqualified		Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kai Kruse	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:01.787
Erich Winkler	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:17.774	21

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Germany were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where they won the bronze medal in the team event. ^{[9] [10] [11]} The country earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method following the suspension of Russia, and France Finland not using one of their allocated spots. ^[11]

• Team Dressage – 4 quota places

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Elke Philipp	Regaliz	Individual championship test grade Ia	73.696	4
		Individual freestyle test grade Ia	73.700	4
Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	Individual championship test grade Ib	70.966	5
		Individual freestyle test grade Ib	72.550	4
Carolin Schnarre	Del Rusch	Individual championship test grade IV	69.905	5
		Individual freestyle test grade IV	69.600	5
Claudia Schmidt	Romeo Royal	Individual championship test grade II	67.314	11
Steffen Zeibig	Feel Good 4	Individual championship test grade II	70.057	4
		Individual freestyle test grade II	74.350
Elke Philipp Alina Rosenberg Carolin Schnarre Steffen Zeibig	See above	Team	433.321

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Germany's men enter the tournament ranked 15th in the world. ^[12]

The following is the Germany roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[13]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Michael Feistle	B2	(1992-10-13)13 October 1992 (aged 23)
3	Thomas Steiger	B2	(1996-07-31)31 July 1996 (aged 20)
4	Christian Friebel	B2	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27)
5	Stefan Hawranke	B2	(1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 31)
6	Oliver Horauf	B2	(1996-11-13)13 November 1996 (aged 19)
7	Reno Tiede	B2	(1990-03-16)16 March 1990 (aged 26)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	4	0	0	42	15	+27	12	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	33	23	+10	9
3	Germany	4	1	0	3	24	26	−2	3
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	26	39	−13	3
5	Algeria	4	1	0	3	25	47	−22	3

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

8 September 2016 13:15	Algeria	0–10	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
		Report	Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1

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10 September 2016 17:30	Germany	5–7	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Feistle 5	Report	Gaulin 6 Nesbitt 1

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12 September 2016 09:00	Sweden	9–5	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3 Gahne 2	Report	Feistle 3 Horauf 2

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13 September 2016 10:15	Germany	4–10	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Feistle 2 Horauf 2	Report	Sousa 4 Moreno 2 Celente 2 de Melo 2

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Quarterfinal

14 September 2016 12:00	United States	7–6	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Patricia Fras (SLO)
	Merren 3 Hamilton 3 Kusku 1	Report	Steiger 3 Feistle 2 Horauf 1

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nikolai Kornhass	−73 kg	Bye	Briceno  (VEN) W 000–0001	Gasimov  (AZE) L 000–100	Bye	Kitazono  (JPN) W 110–000
Sebastian Junk	−81 kg	Nouri Jafari  (IRI) L 000–111	Did notadvance
Oliver Upmann	−100 kg	Tenorio  (BRA) L 000–100	Did not advance		Skelley  (GBR) L 000–100	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carmen Brussig	−48 kg	Tasin  (TUR) W 100–000	Halinska  (UKR) W 001–000	Bye	Li  (CHN) L 000–100
Ramona Brussig	−52 kg	Ferreira  (BRA) W 100–000	Salaeva  (UZB) W 001–000	Bye	Martinet  (FRA) L 000–012

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (0.75 km)	Trans 1	Bike (22.28 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Stefan Lösler	Men's PT2	12:07	2:24	40:16	1:22	21:15	1:17:24	7
Martin Schulz	Men's PT4	10:33	1:09	32:23	0:39	17:53	1:02:37

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Germany qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event with a seventh-place finish in a time of 03:30.920. ^{[14] [15]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johannes Schmidt  [ de ]	Men's single sculls	5:27.77	6 R	5:22.97	4 FB	Bye		5:12.14	11
Anke Molkenthin Tino Kolitscher Valentin Luz Susanne Lackner Inga Thöne	Mixed coxed four	3:31.59	3 R	3:35.68	1 FA	Bye		3:27.34	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Germany qualified a boat for two of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Places were earned in the solo 2.4mR event and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Heiko Kroeger	Norlin Mark 3 / 2.5 metre	2	3	5	11	2	10	7	6	15	2	7	55	6
Lasse Klötzing Siegmund Mainka Jens Kroker	Sonar	4	5	7	6	8	10	5	7	5	3	5	55	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Germany earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R3 – 10Mm Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event as a result of the performance Natascha Hiltrop. It was the only qualification spot Germany earned at the event. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Norbert Nau in the R1 – 10mAir Rifle Standing Men SH1 event. ^{[18] [20]}

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Joseph Neumaier earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. ^{[18] [21]}

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Bernhard Fendt earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R6- Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event. Elke Seeiger gave Germany their last direct qualification spot for the Rio Games in shooting with her performance in the R8 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. ^{[18] [22]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bernhard Fendt	Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	625.4	32	—		Did not advance
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	600.4	34	—		Did not advance
Norbert Gau	Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	613.8	12	—		Did not advance
Natascha Hiltrop	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	400.5	12	—		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	563	5	—		390.9	7
	Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	634.3	5	—		211.5
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	612.8	13	—		Did not advance
Josef Neumaier	Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	612.3	13	—		Did not advance
	Mixed 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	1136	11	—		Did not advance
Manuela Schmermund	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	399.1	16	—		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	558	7	—		423.2	4
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	609.5	22	—		Did not advance
Elke Seeliger	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	401.6	11	—		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	546	14	—		Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

By finishing as runners-up in the European championship in Warendorf, Germany, Germany men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics as Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team had already qualified for Rio. ^[23]

Men

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	267	234	1.141	Semi-finals
2	Brazil (H)	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	278	212	1.311
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	6	8	0.750	280	288	0.972	Classification 5th / 6th
4	United States	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	167	258	0.647	Classification 7th / 8th

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host

9 September 2016 14:00	Egypt	3–2	Germany	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(18–25, 21–25, 25–22, 25–14, 15–7) Report

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11 September 2016 18:30	United States	2–3	Germany	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(25–20, 15–25, 10–25, 25–23, 10–15) Report

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13 September 2016 20:30	Germany	1–3	Brazil	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(26–24, 23–25, 18–25, 12–25) Report

Classification 5th / 6th

16 September 2016 15:30	Germany	1–3	Ukraine	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 23–25) Report

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Daniela Schulte earned Germany a spot after winning silver in the Women's 100m Freestyle S11. ^{[24] [25]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christoph Burkard	100m breaststroke SB6	1:29.90	6 Q	1:27.68	6
Tobias Pollap	50m freestyle S7	30.23	7 Q	30.04	8
	100m freestyle S7	1:05.73	5 Q	1:04.76	7
	50m butterfly S7	32.13	7 Q	32.91	8
	200m individual medley SM7	2:46.16	5 Q	2:45.40	6
Torben Schmidtke	100m freestyle S8	1:03.75	13	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S8	4:56.29	11	Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB6	1:24.61	3 Q	1:23.47
Hannes Schürmann	50m freestyle S7	32.93	12	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S7	1:10.09	11	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S7	5:26.39	11	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S7	1:22.39	10	Did not advance
	50m butterfly S7	36.39	13	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM7	DSQ		Did not advance
Daniel Simon	50m freestyle S12	25.23	9	Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB12	1:11.52	7 Q	1:12.08	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janina Breuer	200m freestyle S14	2:21.14	7 Q	2:22.16	8
	100m backstroke S14	1:16.26	6 Q	1:16.02	6
	100m breaststroke SB14	1:28.65	10	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM14	2:41.69	9	Did not advance
Annke Conradi	100m freestyle S3	2:28.57	10	Did not advance
	50m backstroke S3	1:12.28	11	Did not advance
Denise Grahl	50m freestyle S7	33.28 ER	2 Q	33.16 ER
	100m freestyle S7	1:13.43	2 Q	1:13.70	5
	100m backstroke S7	1:28.08	8 Q	1:29.87	8
	50m butterfly S7	40.62	9	Did not advance
Elena Krawzow	50m freestyle S13	29.51	15	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S13	1:06.89	19	Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB13	1:17.25	2 Q	1:17.46	5
	200m individual medley SM13	2:40.51	9	Did not advance
Naomi Maike Schnittger	50m freestyle S12	28.87	2 Q	28.38
	100m freestyle S13	1:01.78	5 Q	1:01.57	6
	400m freestyle S13	4:43.59	3 Q	4:43.57	4
	100m butterfly S13	1:09.96	10	Did not advance
Verena Schott	100m freestyle S7	1:18.57	8 Q	1:18.72	8
	400m freestyle S7	—	5:41.47	5
	100m backstroke S7	1:28.12	9	Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB5	1:49.38	5 Q	1:46.07	4
	200 metre individual medley SM6	3:16.63	7 Q	3:10.44	4
Daniela Schulte	400m freestyle S11	5:27.41	3 Q	5:29.93	5
	100m backstroke S11	1:26.12	9	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM11	3:00.74	6 Q	2:59.08	7
Emely Telle	50m freestyle S12	31.19	8	30.87	8
	100m breaststroke SB13	1:21.78	9	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S13	1:14.78	13	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Holger Nikelis	Individual C1	Major  (HUN) L 1–3	Joo Y-d  (KOR) L 0–3	3	—	Did not advance
Thomas Brüchle	Individual C3	Abu Jame  (JOR) W 3–1	Jeyoung Yi  (KOR) W 3–1	1 Q	Kim J-s  (KOR) W 3–1	Zhai X  (CHN) W 3–2	Feng Pf  (CHN) L 1–3	Merrien  (FRA) L 2–3	4
Jan Gürtler		Zhao P  (CHN) L 2–3	Yoshida  (JPN) W 3–1	2 Q	Öhgren  (SWE) W 3–0	Feng Pf  (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Thomas Schmidberger		Makszin  (ROU) W 3–0	Laowong  (THA) W 3–0	1 Q	Abu Jame  (JOR) W 3–0	Knaf  (BRA) W 3–0	Merrien  (FRA) W 3–2	Feng Pf  (CHN) L 1–3
Valentin Baus	Individual C5	Segatto  (BRA) W 3–0	Hunter-Spivey  (GBR) W 3–0	1 Q	—	Fetir  (EGY) W 3–0	Palikuca  (SRB) W 3–0	Cao Nn  (CHN) L 0–3
Thomas Rau	Individual C6	Wetherill  (GBR) W 3–0	Hamadtou  (EGY) W 3–0	1 Q	—	Park H-k  (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Jochen Wollmert	Individual C7	Nikolenko  (UKR) L 0–3	Messi  (FRA) L 0–3	3	—	Did not advance
Thomas Brüchle Thomas Schmidberger	Team C3	—	Sweden W 2–0	Brazil W 2–0	China L 1–2
Valentin Baus Jan Gürtler	Team C4–5	—	Serbia W 2–0	South Korea L 0–2	Did not advance
Thomas Rau Jochen Wollmert	Team C6–8	—	Denmark W 2–0	Ukraine L 0–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sandra Mikolaschek	Individual C4	Matić  (SRB) W 3–1	di Toro  (AUS) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Gilroy  (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Stephanie Grebe	Individual C6	Lytovchenko  (UKR) W 3–1	Marszal  (POL) W 3–1	—	1 Q	—	Khodzynska  (UKR) W 3–2	Paović  (CRO) L 0–3
Juliane Wolf	Individual C8	Arloy  (HUN) W 3–1	Kamkasomphou  (FRA) L 0–3	Pan M  (CHN) W 3–2	2 Q	—	Mao Jd  (CHN) L 1–3	Medina  (PHI) L 0–3	4
Lena Kramm	Individual C9	Pek  (POL) L 0–3	Rauen  (BRA) L 0–3	Xiong G  (CHN) 'L 0–3	4	—	Did not advance
Stephanie Grebe Lena Kramm Juliane Wolf	Team C6–10	—	Brazil L 0–2	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

The Germany men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. ^[26]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	402	206	+196	10	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	5	4	1	364	263	+101	9
3	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	309	314	−5	7 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Germany	5	2	3	337	314	+23	7 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Iran	5	2	3	295	361	−66	7 [lower-alpha 1]	9th/10th place playoff
6	Algeria	5	0	5	187	436	−249	5	11th/12th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Brazil 3 pts, +11 PD; Germany 3 pts, +6 PD; Iran 3 pts, −17 PD

8 September 2016 18:00

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Germany	63–69	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 14–14, 22–10, 15–23
Pts: Halouski 22 Rebs: Halouski 11		Pts: Ebrahimi 30 Rebs: Abedi 11 Asts: Ebrahimi 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sebastian Gauthier

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9 September 2016 09:30

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United States	77–52	Germany
Scoring by quarter:15–11, 24–15, 21–10, 17–15
Pts: Scott 15 Rebs: Serio 6 Asts: Paye, Serio 6		Pts: Bohme 26 Rebs: Halouski 8 Asts: Bienek 5

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Matt Wells

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10 September 2016 18:00

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Germany	97–41	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:22–14, 32–3, 33–16, 20–8
Pts: Bohme 29 Rebs: Bienek 8 Asts: Bienek 11		Pts: Guedoun 22 Rebs: Guedoun 8 Asts: Guedoun 6

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexandre Lapointe

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11 September 2016 12:15

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Great Britain	66–52	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 19–12, 18–15, 17–13
Pts: Sagar 21 Rebs: Choudhry 7 Asts: Sagar, Choudhry 4		Pts: Passiwan 18 Rebs: Bohme 10 Asts: Passiwan 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Toma Pajer

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12 September 2016 21:45

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Brazil	61–73	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 19–18, 18–21, 16–19
Pts: Da Silva 21 Rebs: De Miranda 12 Asts: Dos Santos 7		Pts: Bohme 26 Rebs: Bohme 13 Asts: Bohme 7

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Philip Haines

Quarterfinal

14 September 2016 11:45

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Spain	70–66	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 15–19, 14–13, 22–13
Pts: A. Zarzuela, García 22 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 18 Asts: García 13		Pts: Halouski 21 Rebs: Halouski 15 Asts: Bienek 8

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi

Women

The Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. ^[26] As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not choose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China. ^[27]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3	1	248	156	+92	7 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	4	3	1	228	140	+88	7 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Canada	4	3	1	252	181	+71	7 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Brazil (H)	4	1	3	196	241	−45	5
5	Argentina	4	0	4	87	296	−209	4	9th/10th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Germany 3 pts, +9 PD; Great Britain 3 pts, −2 PD; Canada 3 pts, −7 PD

9 September 2016 15:15

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Germany	77–32	Brazil
Scoring by quarter:23–2, 22–11, 18–8, 14–11
Pts: Mohnen 21 Rebs: Mohnen, Miller 7 Asts: Mohnen, Zeyen 7		Pts: Almeida 7 Rebs: Almeida, Assuncao 4 Asts: Assuncao, Costa, Martins, Almeida 1

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Tomas Pajer

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Great Britain	50–45	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 10–7, 12–4, 14–17
Pts: Freeman, Conroy 14 Rebs: Freeman 9 Asts: Freeman 9		Pts: Mohnen 17 Rebs: Miller, Zeyen, Mohnen 6 Asts: Welin, Zeyen, Schunemann, Mohnen 3

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Juan Uruneula

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11 September 2016 10:00

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Germany	68–54	Canada
Scoring by quarter:20–14, 9–17, 16–11, 23–12
Pts: Mohnen 23 Rebs: Breuer 8 Asts: Mohnen 9		Pts: Cindy Ouellet 23 Rebs: Cindy Ouellet 6 Asts: McLachan, Harnock 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adam Froczak

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12 September 2016 9:00

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Argentina	20–59	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 6–21, 2–11, 12–17, 0–10
Pts: Pallares 8 Rebs: Pallares 10 Asts: Pallares 2		Pts: Schunemann 20 Rebs: Schunemann 18 Asts: Schunemann, Gross 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Celine Villard

Quarterfinal

13 September 2016 15:15

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Germany	76–28	France
Scoring by quarter:14–5, 20–11, 16–3, 26–9
Pts: Miller 22 Rebs: Schunemann 14 Asts: Schunemann 14		Pts: Etavard-Glemp 8 Rebs: Menard 7 Asts: Etavard-Glemp 2

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi

Semifinal

15 September 2016 15:15

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Germany	55–45	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter:14–4, 11–8, 7–15, 23–18
Pts: Miller 25 Rebs: Miller, Mohnen 12 Asts: Mohnen 7		Pts: Visser 10 Rebs: Beijer 13 Asts: Huitzing 4

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Juan Urunuela

Gold medal match

16 September 2016 17:30

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Germany	45–62	United States
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 5–15, 12–20, 16–13
Pts: Schunemann 13 Rebs: Miller 9 Asts: Schunemann 6		Pts: Murray 33 Rebs: Hollermann 12 Asts: Hollermann 8

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Juan Urunuela

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Balwinder Cheema	Sabre B	Feng Y  (CHN) L 2–5	Castro  (POL) L 1–5	Mainville  (CAN) L 0–5	Triantafyllou  (GRE) L 4–5	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simone Briese-Bätke	Épée B	Demaude  (FRA) W 5–4	Yao F  (CHN) W 5–3	Pozniak  (UKR) W 5–2	Makowska  (POL) W 5–4	Loufaki  (GRE) W 5–2	1 Q	Makrytskaya  (BLR) W 15–9	Jana  (THA) L 5–15	Chan Y C  (HKG) L 14–15	4
	Foil B	Chuen Y P  (HKG) W 5–0	Vio  (ITA) L 0–5	Yao F  (CHN) L 3–5	Makrytskaya  (BLR) L 3–5	Khetsuriani  (GEO) L 2–5	5	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Katharina Krüger qualified for Rio in the women's singles event. ^[28]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katharina Krüger	Singles	Ochoa  (ESP) W 6–1, 6–1	Huang H  (CHN) L 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance

See also

• Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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