Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Medalists

Germany finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and eight medals overall.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ernst Hoppenberg	Swimming	Men's 200m backstroke
Gold	Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg	Rowing	coxed fours
Gold	Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin	Swimming	men's 200m team swimming
Gold	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	Sailing	1-2 ton race 2
Silver	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	Sailing	open class
Silver	SC 1880 Frankfurt	Rugby	men's competition
Bronze	Favorite Hammonia	Rowing	coxed fours
Bronze	Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein	Rowing	coxed fours

Results by event

Athletics

Six German athletes had 10 entries in nine athletics events, not winning any medals.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heat	Semifinal	Repechage	Final

100 metres	—	Kurt Dörry	Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Did not finish 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
100 metres	—	Julius Keyl	Unknown 4th, heat 3	Did not advance

200 metres	—	Albert Werkmüller	Unknown 4th, heat 2	None held		Did not advance

200 metre hurdles	—	Gustav Rau	Unknown 5th, heat 1	None held		Did not advance

2500 metre steeplechase	6th	Franz Dühne	None held			Unknown

4000 metre steeplechase	6th	Franz Dühne	None held			Unknown

Event	Place	Athlete	Qualifier	Final

Long jump	8th	Waldemar Steffen	6.300 metres 8th	Did not advance

Triple jump	7th-13th	Waldemar Steffen	None held	Unknown

High jump	4th	Waldemar Steffen	None held	1.70 metres

Standing triple jump	5th-10th	Waldemar Steffen	None held	Unknown

Cycling

The second Olympic cycling competition saw Germany appear for its second time. This time, the German cyclists won no medals.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals

2000 metre sprint	—	Karl Duill	1st place heat 8	2nd place quarterfinal 3	Did not advance
		Paul Gottron	1st place heat 3	2nd place quarterfinal 9	Did not advance
		Georg Drescher	4th-8th place heat 5	Did not advance

Fencing

Germany first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent two fencers.

Event	Place	Fencer	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Repechage	Semifinals

Épée	35-104	Willy Sulzbacher	3rd place pool D	Did not advance	None held	Did not advance

Sabre	19-23	Alfons Schöne	5th-6th in pool	None held		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Germany, which had dominated the first gymnastics competitions four years earlier, failed to win a medal in the second Olympic gymnastics competition.

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Combined	29	Hugo Peitsch	252
	53	Eugen Fürstenberger	240
	54	Richard Genserowski	238
	59	Röthong	234
	71	Carl Wiegand	224
	72	Fritz Manteuffel	223
	77	Franz Abbé	219
	79	Fritz Danner	216
	79	Erwin Willi Kurtz	216
	84	Fritz Sauer	214
	102	Gustav Felix Flatow	204
	107	Nuninger	199
	118	Adolf Tannert	180
	—	Oscar Naumann	Did not finish

Rowing

Event	Place	Boat	Round 1	Semifinals	Final

Coxed fours	1st	Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler, Oskar Goßler, Walter Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Heinrich Goßler (cox)	None held	5:56.2 1st, semifinal 3	5:59.0 1st, final B
	3rd	Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein Ernst Felle, Otto Fickeisen, Carl Lehle, Hermann Wilker, Franz Kröwerath (cox)		6:14.0 1st, semifinal 1	6:05.0 3rd, final B
	3rd	Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens, Julius Körner, Adolf Möller, Hugo Rüster, Max Ammermann (cox)		6:03.0 3rd, semifinal 3	7:18.2 3rd, final A

Coxed eights	4th	Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler, Oskar Goßler, Ernst Jencquel, Edgar Katzenstein, Walter Katzenstein, Theodor Laurezzari, Waldemar Tietgens, Arthur Warncke, Alexander Gleichmann,^[1] unknown cox	None held	5:04.8 3rd, semifinal 1	6:33.0

Rugby

Germany was one of three teams to compete in the first Olympic rugby games. Germany lost its only game, against France. The game against Great Britain was cancelled due to travel plans.

Event	Place	Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3

Men's rugby	2nd	Frankfurt Club Albert Amrhein, Hugo Betting, Jacob Hermann, Willy Hofmeister, Hermann Kreuzer, Arnold Landvoigt, Hans Latsche, Erich Ludwig, Richard Ludwig, Fritz Müller, Eduard Poppe, Heinrich Reitz, August Schmierer, Adolf Stockhausen, Georg Wenderoth	Lost 27-17 vs. France	—	Cancelled vs. Great Britain

Sailing

Germany's four sailors were fairly successful in the 1900 events, taking 2 medals. They took the silver medal in the open class and the gold in the 1-2 ton, but disqualified from the ½-1 ton class for being overweight.

Event	Place	Sailors	Time (total)

½-1 ton class	—	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	Disqualified

1-2 ton class	1st	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	3:09:19

Open class	2nd	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise Paul Wiesner	3:09:19

Swimming

Event	Place	Swimmer	Semifinals	Final

Men's 200 metre freestyle	8th	Julius Frey	2:50.4 3rd, semifinal 1	2:58.2

Men's 1000 metre freestyle	4th	Max Hainle	15:54.0 1st, semifinal 4	15:22.6

Men's 200 metre backstroke	1st	Ernst Hoppenberg	2:54.4 1st, semifinal 1	2:47.0

Event	Place	Swimmer	Seconds	Metres	Score

Men's underwater swimming	6th	Hans Aniol	30.0	36.95	103.9

Event	Place	Team	Swimmers	Score

Men's 200 metre team swimming	1st	Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin^[2]	Julius Frey Max Hainle Ernst Hoppenberg Herbert von Petersdorff Max Schöne	33 points

Water polo

Event	Place	Team	Quarterfinals	Semifinals

Men's water polo	5th	Berliner Swimming Club Otter Hans Aniol, Paul Gebauer, Max Hainle, Georg Hax, Gustav Lexau, Herbert von Petersdorff, Fritz Schneider	Lost 3-2	Did not advance

Notes

^ Gleichmann was the coxswain for the semifinal, but not for the final. The name of the coxswain Hamburg used for the final is unknown.
^ This is the roster according to the IOC database. Petersdorff did not actually swim, but was on the team. Mallon and de Wael both replace Frey and Schöne with Gustav Lexau and Ernest Luhrsen.

[cox-1] Gleichmann was the coxswain for the semifinal, but not for the final. The name of the coxswain Hamburg used for the final is unknown.

[Schwimm_Verband-2] This is the roster according to the IOC database. Petersdorff did not actually swim, but was on the team. Mallon and de Wael both replace Frey and Schöne with Gustav Lexau and Ernest Luhrsen.

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