Germany at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Germany at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	GER
National federation	German Swimming Federation
Website	dsv.de (in German)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	36 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 8
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Germany competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Florian Wellbrock	Open water swimming	10 km	16 July
Gold	Lea Boy Sarah Köhler Sören Meißner Rob Muffels	Open water swimming	Team	18 July
Gold	Florian Wellbrock	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	28 July
Silver	Finnia Wunram	Open water swimming	25 km	19 July
Silver	Sarah Köhler	Swimming	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	23 July
Bronze	Rob Muffels	Open water swimming	10 km	16 July
Bronze	Leonie Beck	Open water swimming	5 km	17 July
Bronze	Lou Massenberg Tina Punzel	Diving	3 m mixed synchro	20 July

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Germany's artistic swimming team consisted of 2 athletes (2 female). ^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marlene Bojer	Solo technical routine	78.4601	14	did not advance
	Solo free routine	79.7000	15	did not advance
Marlene Bojer Daniela Reinhardt	Duet technical routine	79.8807	20	did not advance
	Duet free routine	79.9667	19	did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Germany entered 10 divers (six male and four female). ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patrick Hausding	1 m springboard	357.20	9	—		405.05	5
Frithjof Seidel		277.80	34	—		did not advance
Patrick Hausding	3 m springboard	418.25	9	446.20	9	452.25	6
Martin Wolfram		408.55	14	403.50	15	did not advance
Timo Barthel	10 m platform	366.50	21	did not advance
Lou Massenberg		394.75	16	365.70	17	did not advance
Patrick Hausding Lars Rüdiger	3 m synchronized springboard	376.44	6	—		399.87	4
Timo Barthel Lou Massenberg	10 m synchronized platform	378.96	6	—		368.25	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lena Hentschel	1 m springboard	214.10	21	—		did not advance
Lena Hentschel	3 m springboard	238.10	32	did not advance
Tina Punzel		293.05	7	309.40	5	281.00	10
Christina Wassen	10 m platform	298.80	14	298.90	14	did not advance
Maria Kurjo		285.45	16	295.55	16	did not advance
Lena Hentschel Tina Punzel	3 m synchronized springboard	253.59	13	—		did not advance
Tina Punzel Christina Wassen	10 m synchronized platform	264.48	10	—		258.40	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Lou Massenberg Tina Punzel	3 m mixed synchronized springboard	301.62
Maria Kurjo Lars Rüdiger	Team	324.50	8

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Germany qualified one male and one female high diver, but opted not to enter the male diver. ^[3]

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Iris Schmidbauer	Women's high diving	233.55	8

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Germany qualified five male and four female open water swimmers. ^{[4] [5]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Niklas Frach	Men's 5 km	53:41.8	18
Sören Meißner	Men's 5 km	53:43.1	23
	Men's 25 km	4:52:52.9	9
Rob Muffels	Men's 10 km	1:47:57.4
Andreas Waschburger	Men's 25 km	4:52:26.3	8
Florian Wellbrock	Men's 10 km	1:47:55.9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leonie Beck	Women's 5 km	57:58.0
	Women's 10 km	1:54:51.0	9
Lea Boy	Women's 25 km	5:12:40.6	12
Finnia Wunram	Women's 5 km	58:12.0	15
	Women's 10 km	1:54:50.7	8
	Women's 25 km	5:08:11.6

Team

Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Lea Boy Sarah Köhler Sören Meißner Rob Muffels	Team	53:58.7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

German swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard)

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Diener	100 m backstroke	54.68	26	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.61	8 Q	1:57.33	9	did not advance
Jacob Heidtmann	200 m freestyle	1:47.38	18	did not advance
Philip Heintz	200 m individual medley	1:58.71	6 Q	1:56.95	2 Q	1:56.78	4
	400 m individual medley	4:15.24	8 Q	—		Withdrawn
Marco Koch	200 m breaststroke	2:08.70	3 Q	2:08.28	8 Q	2:07.60	5
Marius Kusch	100 m freestyle	49.31	28	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.86	25	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.05	10 Q	51.50	5 Q	51.66	8
Maximilian Pilger	200 m breaststroke	2:11.35	23	did not advance
Fabian Schwingenschlögl	100 m breaststroke	1:00.12	20	did not advance
Ruwen Straub	1500 m freestyle	15:05.51	17	—		did not advance
David Thomasberger	200 m butterfly	1:57.31	20	did not advance
Florian Wellbrock	800 m freestyle	7:53.75	17	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:47.52	2 Q	—		14:36.54
Poul Zellmann	200 m freestyle	1:47.65	21	did not advance
Damian Wierling Marius Kusch Josha Salchow Christoph Fildebrandt	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.58	11	—		did not advance
Poul Zellmann Rafael Miroslaw Jacob Heidtmann Damian Wierling	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:08.45	7 Q	—		7:07.65	8
Christian Diener Fabian Schwingenschlögl Marius Kusch Damian Wierling	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.02	8 Q	—		3:32.86	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Elendt	50 m breaststroke	31.24	15 Q	31.10	8 Q	31.06	7
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.70	24	did not advance
Franziska Hentke	200 m butterfly	2:08.69	6 Q	2:08.14	5 Q	2:07.30	4
Angelina Köhler	50 m butterfly	26.65	22	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.92	11 Q	57.93	13	did not advance
Sarah Köhler	800 m freestyle	8:22.95	6 Q	—		8:16.43 NR	4
	1500 m freestyle	15:54.08	3 Q	—		15:48.89 NR
Laura Riedemann	100 m backstroke	1:00.12	11 Q	59.82	10	did not advance
Annika Bruhn Reva Foos Julia Mrozinski Jessica Steiger	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.55	8 Q	—		3:39.07	8
Reva Foos Isabel Gose Marie Pietruschka Annika Bruhn	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.30	5 Q	—		7:55.63	7
Laura Riedemann Anna Elendt Angelina Köhler Jessica Steiger	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.91	9	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josha Salchow Christoph Fildebrandt Isabel Gose Julia Mrozinski	4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay	3:27.37	9	—		did not advance
Laura Riedemann Fabian Schwingenschlögl Marius Kusch Jessica Steiger	4 × 100 m mixed medley relay	3:45.20	8 Q	—		3:45.07	7

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster ^[6]

• Moritz Schenkel
• Ben Reibel
• Timo van der Bosch
• Julian Real (C)
• Tobias Preuss
• Maurice Jüngling
• Denis Strelezkij
• Luuk Gielen
• Marko Stamm
• Mateo Čuk
• Marin Restović
• Dennis Eidner
• Kevin Götz
• Coach: Hagen Stamm

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	31	19	+12	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	31	25	+6	3	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	27	27	0	3
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	22	40	−18	0	Eliminated

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

15 July 2019 20:30	Report	Germany	9–9	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–3, 1–3, 1–1
		Stamm 3	Goals	Arai 3

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17 July 2019 17:50	Report	Brazil	8–15	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–6, 2–2, 4–3
		Coutinho 3	Goals	Stamm 5

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19 July 2019 12:30	Report	Germany	7–8	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–3, 3–2, 0–2
		Eidner 3	Goals	Aicardi, de Fulvio 2

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Playoffs

21 July 2019 18:30	Report	South Africa	5–25	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 1–9, 2–5
		five players 1	Goals	Gielen 6

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Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 15:30	Report	Croatia	10–8	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–1, 3–3, 3–2
		Joković 3	Goals	Gielen 3

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5th–8th place semifinal

25 July 2019 14:00	Report	Serbia	17–16	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 2–3, 4–3   PSO:5–4
		Mandić 5	Goals	three players 2

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Seventh place match

27 July 2019 14:00	Report	Germany	6–11	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–3, 0–2, 2–5
		Stamm 2	Goals	Dervisis 3

References

1. "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
2. "Entry List by NAT (Diving)" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
3. "18th FINA World Championships – High Diving Qualified Divers". FINA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
4. "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
5. "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
6. "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Germany" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing . Retrieved 14 July 2019.