Germany competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Medalists
Germany finished in fifth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 56 medals overall.
Gold
- Nils Schumann — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Heike Drechsler — Athletics, Women's long jump
- Andreas Dittmer — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian singles
- Thomas Schmidt — Canoeing, Men's K1 kayak slalom singles
- Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m kayak pairs
- Birgit Fischer, Manuela Mucke, Anett Schuck, and Katrin Wagner — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
- Robert Bartko — Cycling, Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
- Robert Bartko, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst, and Jens Lehmann — Cycling, Men's 4000 m team pursuit
- Jan Ullrich — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Otto Becker, Ludger Beerbaum, Marcus Ehning, and Lars Nieberg — Equestrian, Jumping team competition
- Nadine Capellmann, Ulla Salzgeber, Alexandra Simons, and Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage team competition
- Kathrin Boron and Jana Thieme — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski, Meike Evers, Manja Kowalski, and Manuela Lutze — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
Silver
- Lars Riedel — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm and Mark Zabel — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
- Stefan Nimke — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
- Jens Lehmann — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
- Jan Ullrich — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Time Trial
- Hanka Kupfernagel — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
- Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
- Ralf Bissdorf — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Rita König — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Claudia Blasberg and Valerie Viehoff — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
- Tommy Haas — Tennis, Men's Singles
- Faissal Ebnoutalib — Taekwondo, Men's 80 kg Division
- Stephan Vuckovic — Triathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Marc Huster — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (85 kg)
- Ronny Weller — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (> 105 kg)
- Gunnar Bahr, Ingo Borkowski and Jochen Schümann — Sailing, Men's Soling Competition
- Amelie Lux — Sailing, Women's Mistral Competition
Bronze
- Cornelia Pfohl, Barbara Mensing, and Sandra Sachse — Archery, Women's team competition
- Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Kirsten Münchow — Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw
- Sebastian Kober — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
- Andreas Dittmer — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
- Lars Kober and Stefan Utess — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
- Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint
- Andreas Klöden — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's Keirin
- Dörte Lindner — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Jan Hempel and Heiko Meyer — Diving, Men's Synchronised Platform
- Ulla Salzgeber — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
- Wiradech Kothny — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Dennis Bauer, Wiradech Kothny, Eero Lehmann, and Alexander Weber — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Sabine Bau, Rita König, Gesine Schiel, and Monika Weber — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
- Anna-Maria Gradante — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
- Marcel Hacker — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
- Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Nadine Angerer, Nicole Brandebusemeyer, Doris Fitschen, Jeannette Götte, Stefanie Gottschlich, Inka Grings, Ariane Hingst, Melanie Hoffmann, Steffi Jones, Renate Lingor, Maren Meinert, Sandra Minnert, Claudia Müller, Birgit Prinz, Silke Rottenberg, Kerstin Stegemann, Bettina Wiegmann, and Tina Wunderlich — Football (soccer), Women's team competition
- Stev Theloke — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Torsten Spanneberg, and Stev Theloke — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Antje Buschschulte, Sara Harstick, Kerstin Kielgass, Franziska van Almsick, Meike Freitag (heats), and Britta Steffen (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager — Volleyball, Men's Beach Volleyball
- Roland Gäbler and Rene Schwall — Sailing, Men's Tornado Competition
Results by event
The German women's archery team won its second Olympic medal in 2000 by defeating
Turkey in the bronze medal match.
Women's team:- Pfohl, Mensing, and Sachse – bronze medal match, bronze medal (3-1)
Men's competition
Men's 100 m
Men's 800 m
- Nils Schumann
- Round 1 – 01:47.76
- Semifinal – 01:44.22
- Final – 01:45.08 (Gold medal)
Men's 5,000 m
- Jirka Arndt
- Round 1 – 13:26.18
- Final – 13:38.57 (8th place)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Florian Schwarthoff
- Round 1 – 13.55
- Round 2 – 13.54
- Semifinal – 13.39
- Final – 13.42 (6th place)
- Falk Balzer
- Round 1 – 13.67
- Round 2 – 13.59
- Semifinal – 13.59 (did not advance)
- Raif Leberer
- Round 1 – 56.74
- Round 2 – 13.73 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Thomas Goller
- Round 1 – 49.32
- Semifinal – 49.28 (did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Men's Shot Put
Men's Discus
Men's Javelin Throw
Men's Hammer Throw
Men's Long Jump
Men's Triple Jump
Men's High Jump
Men's Pole Vault
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Men's marathon
Men's Decathlon
- Frank Busemann
- 100 m – 10.91
- Long Jump – 7.64
- Shot Put – 14.52
- High Jump – 2.09
- 400 m – 48.97
- 100 m Hurdles – 14.16
- Discus Throw – 33.71
- Pole Vault – 5.00
- Javelin Throw – 64.91
- 1,500 m – 04:25.32
- Points – 8351.00 (7th place)
- Stefan Schmid
- 100 m – 10.94
- Long Jump – 7.17
- Shot Put – 14.04
- High Jump – 2.00
- 400 m – 48.61
- 100 m Hurdles – 14.38
- Discus Throw – 40.81
- Pole Vault – 5.00
- Javelin Throw – 67.03
- 1,500 m – 04:36.49
- Points – 8206.00 (9th place)
- Mike Maczey
- 100 m – 11.17
- Long Jump – 7.10
- Shot Put – 13.84
- High Jump – 2.03
- 400 m – 49.91
- 100 m Hurdles – DNF
- Discus Throw – 43.64
- Pole Vault – 5.10
- Javelin Throw – 61.49
- 1,500 m – 04:27.99
- Points – 7228.00 (25th place)
Women's competition
Women's 200 m
Women's 800 m
- Claudia Gesell
- Round 1 – 01:58.56
- Semifinal – 01:59.69 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m
Women's 10,000 m
Women's 400 m Hurdles
Women's 4x100 m
Women's 4x400 m
Women's 800 m Wheelchair
Women's Shot Put
Women's Discus
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's Hammer Throw
Women's Long Jump
Women's High Jump
Women's Pole Vault
Women's 20 km Walk
Women's Marathon
Women's Heptathlon
- Sabine Braun
- 100 m Hurdles – 13.49
- High Jump – 1.81
- Shot Put – 14.33
- 200 m – 24.74
- Long Jump – 6.22
- Javelin Throw – 48.56
- 800 m – 02:19.14
- Points – 6355 (5th place)
- Karin Ertl
- 100 m Hurdles – 13.43
- High Jump – 1.78
- Shot Put – 13.55
- 200 m – 24.64
- Long Jump – 6.22
- Javelin Throw – 42.70
- 800 m – 02:16.25
- Points – 6209 (7th place)
- Astrid Retzke
- 100 m Hurdles – 13.92
- High Jump – 1.57
- Shot Put – DNS
- 200 m – DNS
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500 m- Lutz Liwowski
- Qualifying Heat – 01:41.091
- Semifinal – 01:40.586
- Final – 02:00.259 (5th place)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
- Lutz Liwowski
- Qualifying Heat – 03:36.404
- Semifinal – DQ (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
- Andreas Dittmer
- Qualifying Heat – 03:53.962
- Semifinal – Bye
- Final – 03:54.379 (Gold medal)
Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m- Manuela Mucke
- Qualifying Heat – 01:54.870
- Semifinal – 01:55.794 (did not advance)
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
Slalom
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles
Men's Canoe Singles
Men's Canoe Doubles
Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Women's Mountain Bike'
Road Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
Men's Road Race
Women's competition
Women's Individual Time Trial
Women's Road Race
Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Sprint
Men's Individual Pursuit
Men's 1 km Time Trial
Men's Point Race
Men's Keirin
- Jan van Eijden
- First Round – Heat – 3; Place – 1
- Second Round – Heat – 1; Place – 2
- Final – 4th place
- Jens Fiedler
- First Round – Heat – 1; Place – 1
- Second Round – Heat – 1; Place – 1
- Final – 3rd place – Bronze medal
Men's Olympic Sprint
Men's Team Pursuit
Men's Madison
Women's competition
Women's Sprint- Kathrin Freitag
- Qualifying – 11.792
- 1/8 Finals – Lost to Tanya Dubnicoff of Canada (did not advance)
- 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 2, 2nd place
- Finals 9-12 – (9th place)
Women's Individual Pursuit
Women's 500 m Time Trial
Women's Point Race
Men's 3 Metre Springboard- Stefan Ahrens
- Preliminary – 385.5
- Semi-final – 218.67 – 604.17
- Final – 400.5 – 619.17 (→ 9th place)
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Andreas Wels
- Preliminary – 414.84
- Semi-final – 224.97 – 639.81
- Final – 391.56 – 616.53 (→ 10th place)
Men's 10 Metre Platform
- Jan Hempel
- Preliminary – 401.19
- Semi-final – 181.71 – 582.9 (→ 15th place, did not advance)
Men's 10 Metre Platform
- Heiko Meyer
- Preliminary – 411.36
- Semi-final – 179.34 – 590.7
- Final – 420.66 – 600 (→ 11th place)
Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Dörte Lindner
- Preliminary – 309.21
- Semi-final – 233.82 – 543.03
- Final – 340.53 – 574.35 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Ditte Kotzian
- Preliminary – 265.32 (→ 20th place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
- Ute Wetzig
- Preliminary – 289.38
- Semi-final – 169.77 – 459.15
- Final – 268.47 – 438.24 (→ 12th place)
Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
Dressage
Jumping
Eventing
Women's Foil Competition
Women's Épée Competition
Men's Foil Competition
Men's Épée Competition
Men's Sabre Competition
Women's Team Competition
GoalkeepersDefenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Women's:
Men's:
Artistic gymnastics
Men's CompetitionRhythmic gymnastics
Women's Individual Competition
Women's Team Competition
Trampoline
Men's Individual Competition
Women's Individual Competition
Men's Team Competition
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- * Germany – Malaysia 1–0
- * Germany – Canada 2–1
- * Germany – Pakistan 1–1
- * Germany – Netherlands 2–2
- * Germany – Great Britain 1–2
- * 5th/8th place: Germany – Argentina 6–2
- * 5th/6th place: Germany – Great Britain 4–0 → Fifth place
- * Clemens Arnold
- * Christoph Bechmann
- * Philipp Crone
- * Oliver Domke
- * Christoph Eimer
- * Björn Emmerling
- * Michael Green
- * Florian Kunz
- * Christian Mayerhöfer
- * Björn Michel
- * Ulrich Moissl
- * Sascha Reinelt
- * Christopher Reitz
- * Christian Wein
- * Tibor Weißenborn
- * Matthias Witthaus
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- * Germany – New Zealand 1–1
- * Germany – South Africa 2–1
- * Germany – China 1–2
- * Germany – Netherlands 2–2
- * Germany – South Korea 3–2
- * Germany – Great Britain 2–0 (→ 7th place)
- * Friederike Barth
- * Britta Becker
- * Birgit Beyer
- * Caroline Casaretto
- * Tanja Dickenscheid
- * Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
- * Simone Grässer
- * Franziska Gude
- * Katrin Kauschke
- * Natascha Keller
- * Denise Klecker
- * Heike Lätzsch
- * Inga Möller
- * Fanny Rinne
- * Marion Rodewald
- * Julia Zwehl
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Eleven men and four women competed in ten Sailing event competitions, winning one Silver medal and one Bronze medal.
Men's Mistral
- Alexander Baronjan
- Race 1 – 13
- Race 2 – 5
- Race 3 – 6
- Race 4 – 5
- Race 5 – 10
- Race 6 – 11
- Race 7 – 9
- Race 8 – (37) DNF
- Race 9 – 17
- Race 10 – 8
- Race 11 – 18
- Final – 84 (9th place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Michael Fellmann
- Race 1 – 18
- Race 2 – (23)
- Race 3 – 20
- Race 4 – 5
- Race 5 – (24)
- Race 6 – 18
- Race 7 – 20
- Race 8 – 18
- Race 9 – 19
- Race 10 – 15
- Race 11 – 12
- Final – 145 (21stplace)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Stefan Meister and Frank Thieme
- Race 1 – 20
- Race 2 – 18
- Race 3 – (24)
- Race 4 – (26)
- Race 5 – 24
- Race 6 – 15
- Race 7 – 7
- Race 8 – 13
- Race 9 – 4
- Race 10 – 24
- Race 11 – 5
- Final – 130 (17th place)
Men's Tornado
- Roland Gaebler and Rene Schwall
- Race 1 – (10)
- Race 2 – 4
- Race 3 – 8
- Race 4 – 5
- Race 5 – 3
- Race 6 – (11)
- Race 7 – 7
- Race 8 – 2
- Race 9 – 1
- Race 10 – 1
- Race 11 – 7
- Final – 38 (Bronzemedal)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
- Marc Aurel Pickel and Thomas Auracher
- Race 1 – 11
- Race 2 – 6
- Race 3 – 2
- Race 4 – 13
- Race 5 – 10
- Race 6 – 8
- Race 7 – 11
- Race 8 – 13
- Race 9 – 8
- Race 10 – (15)
- Race 11 – (17) DSQ
- Final – 82 (12th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
Women's Mistral
- Amelie Lux
- Race 1 – 1
- Race 2 – 2
- Race 3 – 1
- Race 4 – 1
- Race 5 – (4)
- Race 6 – 2
- Race 7 – 2
- Race 8 – (3)
- Race 9 – 2
- Race 10 – 2
- Race 11 – 2
- Final – 15 (Silver medal)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Petra Niemann
- Race 1 – 13
- Race 2 – 6
- Race 3 – 18
- Race 4 – 3
- Race 5 – 9
- Race 6 – 15
- Race 7 – (28) OCS
- Race 8 – (28) OCS
- Race 9 – 5
- Race 10 – 9
- Race 11 – 9
- Final – 87 (13th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Nicola Birkner and Wibke Buelle
- Race 1 – 8
- Race 2 – 2
- Race 3 – 4
- Race 4 – 6
- Race 5 – 12
- Race 6 – 4
- Race 7 – (20) OCS
- Race 8 – 13
- Race 9 – 1
- Race 10 – 4
- Race 11 – (15)
- Final – 54 (5th place)
Air Rifle
Air Pistol
Running Target
Skeet
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Stefan Pohl
- Preliminary Heat – 1:50.07 (did not advance)
- Semi-final – 1:50.56 (did not advance)
- Stefan Herbst
- Preliminary Heat – 1:49.84 (did not advance)
- Semi-final – 1:49.72 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Heiko Hell
- Preliminary Heat – 03:50.80 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Heiko Hell
- Preliminary Heat – 15:11.91
- Final – 15:19.87 (8th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Thomas Rupprath
- Preliminary Heat – 01:58.32
- Semi-final – 01:58.96 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Jens Kruppa
- Preliminary Heat – 01:02.09
- Semi-final – 01:01.92 (did not advance)
- Mark Warnecke
- Preliminary Heat – 01:02.85 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Steffen Driesen
- Preliminary Heat – 55.39
- Semi-final – 55.41
- Final – 55.27 (7th place)
- Stev Theloke
- Preliminary Heat – 55
- Semi-final – 54.95
- Final – 54.82 (Bronze medal)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Ralf Braun
- Preliminary Heat – 02:01.35 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Christian Keller
- Preliminary Heat – 02:02.09
- Semi-final – 02:01.23
- Final – 02:02.02 (6th place)
- Jens Kruppa
- Preliminary Heat – 02:03.08
- Semi-final – 02:02.55 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Sandra Völker
- Preliminary Heat – 25.44
- Semi-final – 25.22
- Final – 25.27 (6th place)
- Katrin Meissner
- Preliminary Heat – 25.64
- Semi-final – 25.62 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Kerstin Kielgass
- Preliminary Heat – 02:00.25
- Semi-final – 01:59.78
- Final – 01:58.86 (4th place)
- Franziska van Almsick
- Preliminary Heat – 02:00.37
- Semi-final – 02:00.26 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Hannah Stockbauer
- Preliminary Heat – 08:31.74
- Final – 08:30.11 (5th place)
- Jana Henke
- Preliminary Heat – 08:31.86
- Final – 08:31.97 (7th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Sylvia Gerasch
- Preliminary Heat – 01:09.31
- Semi-final – 01:09.33
- Final – 01:09.86 (8th place)
- Simone Karn
- Preliminary Heat – 01:09.94
- Semi-final – 01:09.85 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Anne Poleska
- Preliminary Heat – 02:29.15
- Semi-final – 02:28.99 (did not advance)
- Ina Hueging
- Preliminary Heat – 02:30.00 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Antje Buschschulte
- Preliminary Heat – 01:02.23
- Semi-final – 01:01.91 (did not advance)
- Sandra Völker
- Preliminary Heat – 01:02.88
- Semi-final – 01:03.31 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Antje Buschschulte
- Preliminary Heat – 02:13.42
- Semi-final – 02:12.64
- Final – 02:13.31 (8th place)
- Cathleen Rund
- Preliminary Heat – 02:13.87
- Semi-final – 02:13.85 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Sabine Klenz
- Preliminary Heat – 02:17.51
- Semi-final – 02:17.18 (did not advance)
- Nicole Hetzer
- Preliminary Heat – 02:18.08
- Semi-final – 02:16.98 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Nicole Hetzer
- Preliminary Heat – 04:43.23 (did not advance)
- Final – 04:43.56 (5th place)
- Sabine Klenz
- Preliminary Heat – 04:47.79 (did not advance)
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Women's Individual Competition
Men's Individual Competition
Indoorvolleyball
Women's Team Competition- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- * Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- * Lost to South Korea (0-3)
- * Defeated Peru (3-0)
- * Lost to Russia (2-3)
- * Defeated Italy (3-1)
- * Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- * 5th/8th place: Defeated Croatia (3-1)
- * 5th/6th place: Lost to PR China (3-1) → Sixth place
- * Christina Benecke
- * Beatrice Dömeland
- * Judith Flemig
- * Angelina Grün
- * Tanja Hart
- * Susanne Lahme
- * Hanka Pachale
- * Anja-Nadin Pietrek
- * Sylvia Roll
- * Christina Schultz
- * Judith Sylvester
- * Kerstin Tzscherlich
Beachvolleyball
Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition
Women's Individual Competition
Men's Individual Competition
Men's Greco-Roman
Men's Freestyle
References