Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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| Germany at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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| At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 296 (261 men, 35 women) in 16 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ernst Paulus | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 10 |
Silver 7 |
Bronze 14 |
Total 31 |
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| Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||||
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1As the Unified Team of Germany |
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Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany returned to the Olympic Games after not being invited to both the 1920 and 1924 Games. Despite a total absence of 16 years since 1912, German athletes were ranked 2nd. 296 competitors, 261 men and 35 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Lina Radke — Athletics, Women's 800m
- Carl Freiherr von Langen — Equestrian, Individual dressage
- Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck, Hermann Linkenbach and Carl Freiherr von Langen — Equestrian, Team dressage
- Helene Mayer — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
- Kurt Moeschter and Bruno Muller — Rowing, Coxless pair
- Hilde Schrader — Swimming, Women's 200m breaststroke
- Men'Team — Water polo
- Josef Strassberger — Weightlifting, Heavyweight
- Kurt Helbig — Weightlifting, Lightweight
- Kurt Leucht — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Bantamweight
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Silver
- Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben and Helmut Körnig — Athletics, Men's 4x100m relay
- Otto Neumann, Harry Werner Storz, Richard Krebs and Hermann Engelhard — Athletics, Men's 4x400m relay
- Ernst Pistulla — Boxing, Light Heavyweight
- Erwin Casmir — Fencing, Men's Individual Foil
- Erich Rademacher — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke
- Eduard Sperling — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Lightweight
- Adolf Rieger — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
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Bronze
- Georg Lammers — Athletics, Men's 100m
- Helmut Körnig — Athletics, Men's 200m
- Joachim Büchner — Athletics, Men's 400m
- Rosa Kellner, Leni Schmidt, Anni Holdmann and Leni Junker — Athletics, Women's 4x100m relay
- Hermann Engelhard — Athletics, Men's 800m
- Emil Hirschfeld — Athletics, Men's shot put
- Karl Köther and Hans Bernhardt — Cycling, Men's Tandem
- Bruno Neumann — Equestrian, Individual eventing
- Olga Oelkers — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
- Men's Team — Hockey
- Helmut Kahl — Modern pentathlon
- Charlotte Mühe — Swimming, Women's 200m breaststroke
- Hans Wölpert — Weightlifting, Featherweight
- Georg Gehring — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Heavyweight
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Lennart Bohman (SWE), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
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- First Round — Bye
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
13 fencers, 10 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1928.
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Water Polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] Art competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ "Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1928/. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
