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 nine medals overall.
MedalNameSportEvent
Ernst HoppenbergSwimmingMen's 200m backstroke
Germania Ruder Club, HamburgRowingCoxed four
Deutscher Schwimm Verband BerlinSwimmingmen's 200m team swimming
Georg Naue
Heinrich Peters
Ottokar Weise
Paul Wiesner		Sailing1-2 ton race 2
Karl DuillCyclingpoints race
Georg Naue
Heinrich Peters
Ottokar Weise
Paul Wiesner		Sailingopen class
SC 1880 FrankfurtRugbymen's competition
Favorite HammoniaRowingCoxed four
Ludwigshafener RudervereinRowingCoxed four

Athletics

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

Cycling

The second Olympic cycling competition saw Germany appear for its second time. Duill won a silver medal in the points race.
CyclistEventPrime 1Prime 2Prime 3Prime 4Prime 5Prime 6Prime 7Prime 8Prime 9Prime 10TotalRank
Karl DuillMen's points race00100330209

Equestrian

Germany had one equestrian at the first Olympic equestrian competition.
EquestrianHorseEventResultRank
Max GuilleaumeMail coachUnknown5–31

Fencing

Germany first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer and sometimes claims a second—Willy Sulzbacher was a French national living in France, but competed for German fencing club Deutscher und Österreichischer Fechterbund.

Gymnastics

Germany, which had dominated the first gymnastics competitions four years earlier, failed to win a medal in the second Olympic gymnastics competition.
GymnastEventScoreRank
Franz AbbéMen's artistic individual all-around21977
Fritz DannerMen's artistic individual all-around21679
Gustav Felix FlatowMen's artistic individual all-around204102
Eugen FürstenbergerMen's artistic individual all-around24053
Richard GenserowskiMen's artistic individual all-around23854
Erwin Willi KurtzMen's artistic individual all-around21679
Fritz ManteuffelMen's artistic individual all-around22372
Oscar NaumannMen's artistic individual all-around–
Julius NuningerMen's artistic individual all-around199107
Hugo PeitschMen's artistic individual all-around25229
Emil RotongMen's artistic individual all-around23459
Fritz SauerMen's artistic individual all-around21484
Adolf TannertMen's artistic individual all-around180118
Carl WiegandMen's artistic individual all-around22471

Rowing

Germany competed in the first Olympic rowing events, represented by 4 boats. In the coxed four, where two separate finals were held, the 3 German boats took one gold and one bronze in the "B" final and another bronze in the "A" final. The eight boat placed 4th.

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.
; Summary
TeamEventMatch 1Match 2Rank
TeamEventOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
SC 1880 FrankfurtMen's rugby
L 27-17		—

; Match 1

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.
SailorsEventTimeRank
½–1 ton class–
'1–2 ton class
race 2		3:09:19
'Open class5:58:17

Swimming

Germany's first appearance in swimming came in 1900. The German team took gold in the team event. Hoppenberg also earned a gold medal in the backstroke.

Water polo

Germany competed in the inaugural men's water polo tournament. The German team was defeated in its first game, splitting 5th place with the other 2 quarterfinal losers.