Germany men's national artistic gymnastics team

Germany men's national gymnastics team

Continental union	European Union of Gymnastics
National federation	Deutscher Turner-Bund
Olympic Games
Appearances	14
Medals	Gold: 1936 Bronze: 1964
World Championships
Appearances	12
Medals	Bronze: 1934, 1991, 2007, 2010
Junior World Championships
Appearances	2

The Germany men's national artistic gymnastics team represents Germany in FIG international competitions.

History

At the Olympic Games Germany has made fourteen appearances in the men's team competition, three of which were technically under the United Team of Germany. ^[1]

Current senior roster

German team at the 2022 European Championships

Name	Birthdate and age	Hometown
Pascal Brendel	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 21)	Wehrheim
Anton Bulka	(2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 19)	Halle
Nils Dunkel	(1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 28)	Halle
Jonas Eder	(2006-12-15) 15 December 2006 (age 18)	Ludwigsburg
Timo Eder	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 21)	Ludwigsburg
Gabriel Eichhorn	(2005-09-24) 24 September 2005 (age 19)	Niederkirchen
Marcel Graf	(2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 19)	Hannover
Milan Hosseini	(2001-07-18) 18 July 2001 (age 24)	Berlin
Alexander Kirchner	(2005-07-14) 14 July 2005 (age 20)	Nürtingen
Lucas Kochan	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 25)	Cottbus
Maxim Kovalenko	(2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 20)	Heusweiler
Alexander Kunz	(2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 (age 22)	Neu-Ulm
Daniel Mousichidis	(2005-06-25) 25 June 2005 (age 20)	Schwalbach
Mert Öztürk	(2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 (age 19)	Berlin
Andreas Toba	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34)	Hannover
Glenn Trebing	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 25)	Hannover

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Team competition results

Olympic Games

Before WWII

• 1912 – 5th place

  Wilhelm Brülle, Johannes Buder, Walter Engelmann, Arno Glockauer, Walter Jesinghaus, Karl Jordan, Rudolf Körner, Heinrich Pahner, Kurt Reichenbach, Johannes Reuschle, Carl Richter, Hans Roth, Adolf Seebaß, Eberhard Sorge, Alexander Sperling, Alfred Staats, Hans Werner, Martin Worm

• 1920 – did not participate
• 1924 – did not participate
• 1928 – did not participate
• 1932 – did not participate
• 1936 – gold medal

  Alfred Schwarzmann, Konrad Frey, Matthias Volz, Willi Stadel, Franz Beckert, Walter Steffens, Innozenz Stangl, Ernst Winter

After WWII

• 1948 – banned from participating ^[3]
• 1952 – 4th place

  Helmut Bantz, Adalbert Dickhut, Jakob Kiefer, Friedel Overwien, Hans Pfann, Alfred Schwarzmann, Erich Wied, Theo Wied

• 1956 – 5th place (competed as United Team of Germany)

  Helmut Bantz, Jakob Kiefer, Robert Klein, Hans Pfann, Erich Wied, Theo Wied

• 1960 – 7th place (competed as United Team of Germany)

  Karlheinz Friedrich, Siegfried Fülle, Philipp Fürst, Erwin Koppe, Günter Lyhs, Günter Nachtigall

• 1964 – bronze medal (competed as United Team of Germany)

  Siegfried Fülle, Philipp Fürst, Erwin Koppe, Klaus Köste, Günter Lyhs, Peter Weber

• 1968 through 1988 — participated as East Germany and West Germany

After reunification

• 1992 – 4th place

  Ralf Büchner, Mario Franke, Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Oliver Walther, Andreas Wecker

• 1996 — 7th place

  Andreas Wecker, Valery Belenky, Jan-Peter Nikiferow, Oliver Walther, Karsten Oelsch, Uwe Billerbeck, Marius Toba

• 2000 — 10th place

  Jan-Peter Nikiferow, Dimitrij Nonin, Sergej Pfeifer, Marius Toba, Rene Tschernitschek, Andreas Wecker

• 2004 — 8th place

  Thomas Andergassen, Matthias Fahrig, Fabian Hambüchen, Robert Juckel, Sven Kwiatkowski, Sergei Pfeifer

• 2008 — 4th place

  Thomas Andergassen, Philipp Boy, Fabian Hambüchen, Robert Juckel, Marcel Nguyen, Eugen Spiridonov

• 2012 — 7th place

  Philipp Boy, Fabian Hambüchen, Sebastian Krimmer, Marcel Nguyen, Andreas Toba

• 2016 — 7th place

  Andreas Bretschneider, Lukas Dauser, Fabian Hambüchen, Marcel Nguyen, Andreas Toba

• 2020 — 8th place ^[4]

  Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, Philipp Herder, Andreas Toba

• 2024 – 11th place

  Pascal Brendel, Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, Timo Eder, Andreas Toba

World Championships

See also: Germany at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

• 1934 – bronze medal
• 1954 – 4th place
• 1962 through 1989 — participated as East Germany and West Germany
• 1991 – bronze medal

  Sylvio Kroll, Andreas Wecker, Ralf Büchner, Mario Franke, Jan-Peter Nikiferow, Andre Hempel

• 1994 – 5th place

  Valeri Belenki, Uwe Billerbeck, Jan-Peter Nikiferow, Marius Toba, Oliver Walther, Andreas Wecker, Mario Franke

• 1997 — 6th place

  Valeri Belenki, Uwe Billerbeck, Daniel Farago, Sergei Charkov, Dimitrij Nonin, Sergej Pfeifer

• 2006 — 7th place

  Fabian Hambüchen, Thomas Andergassen, Robert Juckel, Philipp Boy, Marcel Nguyen, Eugen Spiridonov

• 2007 — bronze medal

  Fabian Hambüchen, Eugen Spiridonov, Robert Juckel, Marcel Nguyen, Thomas Angergassen, Philipp Boy

• 2010 — bronze medal

  Philipp Boy, Fabian Hambüchen, Thomas Taranu, Evgenij Spiridonov, Sebastian Krimmer, Matthias Fahrig

• 2011 — 6th place

  Philipp Boy, Marcel Nguyen, Fabian Hambüchen, Sebastian Krimmer, Eugen Spiridonov, Thomas Taranu

• 2014 — 8th place

  Andreas Bretschneider, Lukas Dauser, Fabian Hambüchen, Helge Liebrich, Andreas Toba, Daniel Weinert

• 2015 – 9th place

  Andreas Bretschneider, Fabian Hambüchen, Philipp Herder, Sebastian Krimmer, Marcel Nguyen, Andreas Toba

• 2018 — 10th place

  Lukas Dauser, Philipp Herder, Nick Klessing, Marcel Nguyen, Andreas Toba

• 2019 — 12th place

  Lukas Dauser, Philipp Herder, Nick Klessing, Karim Rida, Andreas Toba

• 2022 — 9th place

  Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, Pascal Brendel, Andreas Toba, Glenn Trebing

• 2023 — 6th place

  Pascal Brendel, Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, Nick Klessing, Lucas Kochan, Andreas Toba

Junior World Championships

• 2019 — 8th place

  Arne Nicolai Halbisch, Nils Matache, Valentin Zapf

• 2023 – 8th place

  Timo Eder, Alexander Kirchner, Maxim Kovalenko

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all German male artistic gymnasts who have won at least two medals, at least one being individual, at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. Only included are medals won as a Unified or United Germany; not included are medals won as part of East Germany or West Germany.

Rank	Gymnast	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1	Fabian Hambüchen	2007 2010	2007 2006 2013				2006		2016 2012 2008 2007 2013 2010	3	9	12
2	Andreas Wecker	1991	1993		1992 1993	1992 1991 1993			1996 1992 1995	4	6	10
3	Hermann Weingartner	1896 1896			1896	1896	1896		1896	6	0	6
4	Konrad Frey	1936	1936	1936	1936			1936	1936	6	0	6
	Alfred Schwarzmann	1936	1936				1936	1936	1952 1936	6	0	6
6	Alfred Flatow	1896 1896						1896	1896	4	0	4
7	Philipp Boy	2007 2010	2010 2011							0	4	4
8	Lukas Dauser							2020 2023 2022		1	2	3
9	Matthias Volz	1936			1936	1936				3	0	3
10	Marcel Nguyen	2007	2012					2012		2	1	3
11	Ralf Büchner	1991							1991	0	2	2
	Valery Belenky				1997			1993		0	2	2

See also

• German Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Germany women's national gymnastics team
• List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Germany

References

1. "A Divided Germany Came Together for the Olympics Decades Before Korea Did". History Channel . February 12, 2018.
2. "Turn Team Deutschland" [Gymnastics Team Germany]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German).
3. "Three years after WWII ended, Japan was still technically an enemy — and banned from the London Games". Washington Post . July 23, 2021.
4. "Teamfinale der Männer bei Olympia". Deutscher Turner-Bund. July 26, 2021.