Germany at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The Germans were the third most successful nation in terms of both gold medals (6 plus 1 as part of a mixed team) and total medals (13). Gymnastics was the sport in which Germany excelled. The German team had 19 athletes. The Germans had 75 entries in 26 events (of which 48 entries were in the 8 gymnastics events), taking 13 medals.

Medalists

Gold

• Alfred Flatow - gymnastics, parallel bars
• Carl Schuhmann - gymnastics, vault
• Carl Schuhmann - wrestling, Greco-Roman
• Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, horizontal bar
• Fritz Hofmann (team leader), Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hillmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, and Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, team parallel bars
• Fritz Hofmann (team leader), Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hillmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, and Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, team horizontal bar

Silver

• Alfred Flatow - gymnastics, horizontal bar
• August von Gödrich - cycling, road race
• Fritz Hofmann - athletics, 100 metres
• Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, pommel horse
• Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, rings

Bronze

• Fritz Hofmann - gymnastics, rope climbing
• Hermann Weingärtner - gymnastics, vault

Results by event

Athletics

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