Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	422 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Timo Boll (opening)[1] Sebastian Brendel (closing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 17 10 15 42
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920–1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games Saar (1952) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) East Germany (1968–1988) West Germany (1968–1988)

Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990.

Medalists

The following German competitors won medals at the Games.

Competitors

Archery

Two German archers qualified for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2][3][4] Following the completion of internal selections, Florian Floto and Lisa Unruh were named to the German archery team on June 23, 2016.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Florian Floto	Men's individual	677	11	Piippo (FIN) W 6–0	Mohamad (MAS) W 6–4	Ku B-c (KOR) L 4–6	Did not advance
Lisa Unruh	Women's individual	640	21	Brito (VEN) W 6–4	Bayardo (MEX) W 6–4	Cao H (CHN) W 6–2	Tan Y-t (TPE) W 6–5	Valencia (MEX) W 6–2	Chang H-j (KOR) L 2–6	02 !

Athletics

German athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[6][7] The team will select its athletes with a specific qualifying standard based on the results at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, the 2016 European Championships, Olympic trials, and other events approved by the German Athletics Association.^[8][9]

On May 31, 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender), highlighted by London 2012 Olympian Arne Gabius, were the first batch of German track and field athletes to be selected to the Olympic roster.^[10] On July 28, 2016, Arne Gabius declared his withdrawal from the Games due to a hip injury.^[11]

Following the end of the qualifying period, a total of 86 athletes (38 men and 48 women) were named to the track and field team for the Games; 28 of them managed to achieve their results at the German Championships (June 19 to 26), while the remainder were added through a discretionary selection criteria by the German Athletics Association. Notable German athletes featured reigning Olympic discus throw champion Robert Harting and his younger brother Christoph, shot put runner-up David Storl, hammer thrower Betty Heidler, pole vaulter Raphael Holzdeppe, Worlds medalists Gesa Felicitas Krause and Christina Schwanitz, and javelin thrower and current world leader Thomas Röhler.^[12][13]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nils Brembach	20 km walk	N/A						1:23:46	38
Matthias Bühler	110 m hurdles	13.90	4	N/A		Did not advance
Carl Dohmann	50 km walk	N/A						DNF
Robin Erewa	200 m	20.61	5	N/A		Did not advance
Julian Flügel	Marathon	N/A						2:20:47	71
Lucas Jakubczyk	100 m	Bye		10.29	5	Did not advance
Alexander John	110 m hurdles	14.13	5	N/A		Did not advance
Christopher Linke	20 km walk	N/A						1:20:00	5
Aleixo-Platini Menga	200 m	20.80	5	N/A		Did not advance
Florian Orth	5000 m	13:28.88	14	N/A				Did not advance
Hagen Pohle	20 km walk	N/A						1:21:44	18
	50 km walk	N/A						DNF
Philipp Pflieger	Marathon	N/A						2:18:56	55
Julian Reus	100 m	Bye		10.34	7	Did not advance
	200 m	20.39 SB	3	N/A		Did not advance
Richard Ringer	5000 m	14:05.01	20	N/A				Did not advance
Homiyu Tesfaye	1500 m	3:47:44	7	N/A		Did not advance
Gregor Traber	110 m hurdles	13.50	3 Q	N/A		13.43	5	Did not advance
Robin Erewa Robert Hering Sven Knipphals Lucas Jakubczyk Julian Reus Alexander Kosenkow Roy Schmidt	4 × 100 m relay	38.26	6	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alyn Camara	Long jump	5.16	30	Did not advance
Tobias Dahm	Shot put	19.62	22	Did not advance
Karsten Dilla	Pole vault	5.30	28	Did not advance
Christoph Harting	Discus throw	65.41	3 Q	68.37 PB	01 !
Robert Harting		62.21	15	Did not advance
Fabian Heinle	Long jump	7.79	18	Did not advance
Max Hess	Triple jump	16.56	15	Did not advance
Raphael Holzdeppe	Pole vault	5.45	25	Did not advance
Daniel Jasinski	Discus throw	62.83	11 Q	67.08	03 !
Eike Onnen	High jump	2.26	24	Did not advance
Mateusz Przybylko		2.22	28	Did not advance
Thomas Röhler	Javelin throw	83.01	9 Q	90.30	01 !
Tobias Scherbarth	Pole vault	5.45	26	Did not advance
David Storl	Shot put	20.47	10 q	20.64	7
Johannes Vetter	Javelin throw	85.96	2 Q	85.32	4
Julian Weber		84.46	3 Q	81.36	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Arthur Abele	Result	10.87	6.97	15.03	1.98	49.02	14.12	44.66	4.50	64.13	4:53.07	8013	15
	Points	890	807	792	785	860	959	760	760	800	600
Rico Freimuth	Result	10.73	7.17 SB	13.27	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	922	854	684	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Kai Kazmirek	Result	10.78	7.69 PB	14.20	2.10	46.75	14.62	43.25	5.00	64.60	4:31.25	8580	4
	Points	910	982	741	896	971	896	731	910	807	736

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jackie Baumann	400 m hurdles	59.04	6	N/A		Did not advance
Pamela Dutkiewicz	100 m hurdles	12.90	3 Q	N/A		12.92	4	Did not advance
Nadine Gonska	200 m	23.03	4	N/A		Did not advance
Rebekka Haase	100 m	Bye		11.41	5	Did not advance
Anna Hahner	Marathon	N/A						2:45:32	81
Lisa Hahner		N/A						2:45:33	82
Christina Hering	800 m	2:01.04	7	N/A		Did not advance
Nadine Hildebrand	100 m hurdles	12.84	2 Q	N/A		12.95	4	Did not advance
Konstanze Klosterhalfen	1500 m	4:11.76	6 Q	N/A		4:07.26	10	Did not advance
Fabienne Kohlmann	800 m	2:05.36	7	N/A		Did not advance
Sanaa Koubaa	3000 m steeplechase	9:35.15 PB	9	N/A				Did not advance
Gesa Felicitas Krause		9:19.70	3 Q	N/A				9:18.41	6
Gina Lückenkemper	200 m	22.80	3 q	N/A		22.73	5	Did not advance
Lisa Mayer		22.86	2 Q	N/A		22.90	7	Did not advance
Tatjana Pinto	100 m	Bye		11.31	2 Q	11.32	7	Did not advance
Maya Rehberg	3000 m steeplechase	9:51.73	15	N/A				Did not advance
Cindy Roleder	100 m hurdles	12.86	1 Q	N/A		12.69	3 q	12.74	5
Anja Scherl	Marathon	N/A						2:37:23	44
Ruth Spelmeyer	400 m	51.43 PB	3 q	N/A		51.61	6	Did not advance
Diana Sujew	1500 m	4:09.07	10 q	N/A		4:10.15	9	Did not advance
Alexandra Burghardt Rebekka Haase Yasmin Kwadwo Tatjana Pinto	4 × 100 m relay	42.18	1 Q	N/A				42.10	4
Lara Hoffmann Friederike Möhlenkamp Laura Müller Ruth Spelmeyer	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.02	5	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Shanice Craft	Discus throw	60.23	12 q	59.83	11
Jenny Elbe	Triple jump	14.02	13	Did not advance
Julia Fischer	Discus throw	61.83	9 q	62.67	9
Sara Gambetta	Shot put	17.24	21	Did not advance
Kristin Gierisch	Triple jump	14.26	4 q	13.96	11
Betty Heidler	Hammer throw	71.17	6 q	73.71	4
Christin Hussong	Javelin throw	62.17	11 q	57.70	12
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	High jump	1.94	12 Q	1.93	=7
Kathrin Klaas	Hammer throw	67.92	18	Did not advance
Malaika Mihambo	Long jump	6.82	2 Q	6.95 PB	4
Sosthene Moguenara		6.55	11 q	6.61	10
Nadine Müller	Discus throw	63.67	5 Q	63.13	6
Christina Obergföll	Javelin throw	62.18	10 q	62.92	8
Annika Roloff	Pole vault	4.45	21	Did not advance
Lisa Ryzih		4.60	2 Q	4.50	10
Christina Schwanitz	Shot put	19.18	2 Q	19.03	6
Linda Stahl	Javelin throw	63.95	4 Q	59.71	11
Martina Strutz	Pole vault	4.60	7 Q	4.60	9
Lena Urbaniak	Shot put	16.62	29	Did not advance
Alexandra Wester	Long jump	5.98	34	Did not advance
Charlene Woitha	Hammer throw	62.50	29	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jennifer Oeser	Result	13.69	1.86 PB	14.28 SB	24.99	6.19 SB	47.22	2:13.82 SB	6401 SB	9
	Points	1023	1054	813	888	908	806	909
Claudia Rath	Result	13.63	1.74	12.83	24.48	6.55	39.39	2:07.22 SB	6270	14
	Points	1031	903	716	935	1023	656	1006
Carolin Schäfer	Result	13.12 PB	1.83 SB	14.57 PB	23.99	6.20	47.99	2:16.52 SB	6540	5
	Points	1106	1016	832	982	912	821	871

Badminton

Germany has qualified a total of seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[14] The badminton team was officially named as part of the first batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on May 31, 2016.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marc Zwiebler	Singles	Evans (IRL) L (21–9, 17–21, 7–21)	de Oliveira (BRA) W (21–12, 21–12)	N/A	2	Did not advance
Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler	Doubles	Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS) L (14–21, 17–21)	Fu Hf / Zhang N (CHN) L (11–21, 16–21)	Chew / Pongnairat (USA) W (21–14, 21–14)	3	N/A	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karin Schnaase	Singles	Magee (IRL) W (21–14, 21–19)	Wang Yh (CHN) L (11–21, 16–21)	N/A	2	Did not advance
Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Doubles	Tang Yt / Yu Y (CHN) L (10–21, 11–21)	Chang Y-n / Lee S-h (KOR) L (18–21, 21–18, 17–21)	G Stoeva / S Stoeva (BUL) L (14–21, 19–21)	4	N/A	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	Doubles	Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) L (19–21, 16–21)	Jordan / Susanto (INA) L (16–21, 15–21)	Lee C H / Chau H W (HKG) L (17–21, 14–21)	4	Did not advance

Boxing

Germany has entered six boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Artem Harutyunyan and Erik Pfeifer were the only Germans finishing among the top two of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, whereas David Graf did so in the World Series of Boxing.^[15][16] Light heavyweight boxer Serge Michel had claimed an Olympic spot with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[17]

Hamza Touba and Arajik Marutjan rounded out the German roster by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamza Touba	Flyweight	Konki (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Artem Harutyunyan	Light welterweight	Bye	Biyarslanov (CAN) W 2–0	Gözgeç (TUR) W 3–0	Sotomayor (AZE) L 0–3	Did not advance	03 !
Arajik Marutjan	Welterweight	Maestre (VEN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Serge Michel	Light heavyweight	Mina (ECU) L 0–3	Did not advance
David Graf	Heavyweight	Bye	Peralta (ARG) L 1–2	Did not advance
Erik Pfeifer	Super heavyweight	Laurent (ISV) L 1–2	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

German canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[18] The roster of German slalom canoeists, led by London 2012 medalists Hannes Aigner and Sideris Tasiadis, was announced on April 17, 2016 as a result of their top performances at two selection meets of the Olympic Trials, both held in Augsberg (April 8 to 10) and Markkleeberg (April 15 to 17).^[19]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sideris Tasiadis	Men's C-1	100.47	8	92.23	1	92.23	1 Q	95.63	1 Q	97.90	5
Franz Anton Jan Benzien	Men's C-2	103.43	4	114.35	8	103.43	5 Q	107.93	1 Q	103.58	4
Hannes Aigner	Men's K-1	90.33	7	87.31	2	87.31	3 Q	91.87	6 Q	89.02	4
Melanie Pfeifer	Women's K-1	115.60	15	107.30	12	107.30	14 Q	108.58	10 Q	106.89	7

Sprint

German canoeists have qualified a total of six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[20] Meanwhile, two additional boats (women's K-1 200 m and women's K-1 500 m) were awarded to the German squad by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.^[21]

A total of 11 sprint canoeists (six men and five women), highlighted by London 2012 champions Sebastian Brendel (men's C-1 1000 m) and women's kayak duo Tina Dietze and Franziska Weber, were named as part of the second batch of nominated athletes to the German roster for the Games on June 28, 2016.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastian Brendel	C-1 1000 m	3:58.44	1 FA	Bye		3:56.926	01 !
Max Hoff	K-1 1000 m	3:33.585	2 Q	3:36.136	2 FA	3:37.581	7
Stefan Kiraj	C-1 200 m	41.198	5 Q	43.171	6	Did not advance
Ronald Rauhe	K-1 200 m	34.350	1 Q	34.180	2 FA	35.662	03 !
Sebastian Brendel Jan Vandrey	C-2 1000 m	3:33.482	1 FA	Bye		3:43.912	01 !
Marcus Groß Max Rendschmidt	K-2 1000 m	3:19.258	1 FA	Bye		3:10.781	01 !
Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe	K-2 200 m	31.572	4 Q	32.061	2 FA	32.488	5
Marcus Groß Max Hoff Tom Liebscher Max Rendschmidt	K-4 1000 m	2:52.836	1 FA	Bye		3:02.143	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Conny Waßmuth	K-1 200 m	41.972	5 Q	41.725	6	Did not advance
Franziska Weber	K-1 500 m	1:56.601	4 Q	1:56.515	1 FA	1:54.553	5
Tina Dietze Franziska Weber	K-2 500 m	1:42.184	1 FA	Bye		1:43.738	02 !
Tina Dietze Sabrina Hering Steffi Kriegerstein Franziska Weber	K-4 500 m	1:33.185	3 Q	1:34.710	1 FA	1:15.094	02 !

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

German riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[22] The road cycling team, highlighted by London 2012 time trial runner-up Tony Martin, was named to the Olympic roster on June 25, 2016.^[13][23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emanuel Buchmann	Road race	6:13:03	14
Simon Geschke	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:15:49.88	13
Maximilian Levy	Road race	Did not finish
Tony Martin	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:15:33.75	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lisa Brennauer	Road race	3:56:34	19
	Time trial	45:22.62	8
Romy Kasper	Road race	4:02:07	44
Claudia Lichtenberg		3:58:03	31
Trixi Worrack	Road race	4:01:33	43
	Time trial	46:52.77	16

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, German riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Germany has won the right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) announced the full track cycling squad, as part of the first batch of nominated German athletes, on May 31, 2016. Among these cyclists featured defending Olympic champions Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte in women's team sprint.^[10][24] Henning Bommel (men's team pursuit) and Anna Knauer (women's Omnium) rounded out the lineup on June 28, 2016.^[12]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Joachim Eilers	Men's sprint	9.908 72.668	12 Q	Zieliński (POL) W 10.428 69.044	Bye	Xu C (CHN) W 10.449 68.906	Bye	Glaetzer (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Constable (AUS)  Xu C (CHN)  Baugé (FRA) W 10.525	5
Maximilian Levy		10.035 71.748	18 Q	Kenny (GBR) L	Phillip (TRI)  Dawkins (NZL) W 10.536 69.524	Glaetzer (AUS) L	Constable (AUS)  Hoogland (NED) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Hoogland (NED)  Webster (NZL)  Puerta (COL) W 10.275	9
Kristina Vogel	Women's sprint	10.865 66.267	6 Q	van Riessen (NED) W 11.279 63.835	Bye	Hansen (NZL) W 11.197 64.302	Bye	Lee W S (HKG) W 11.230, W 11.373	Marchant (GBR) W 11.302, W 11.153	James (GBR) W 11.237, W 11.312	01 !
Miriam Welte		11.038 65.229	14 Q	Zhong Ts (CHN) L	O'Brien (CAN)  Sullivan (CAN) W 11.466 62.794	Marchant (GBR) L	Zhong Ts (CHN)  Meares (AUS) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Meares (AUS)  Cueff (FRA)  Hansen (NZL) L	11

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Joachim Eilers René Enders Max Niederlag	Men's team sprint	43.711 61.769	7 Q	New Zealand (NZL) L 43.455 62.133	5	Did not advance
Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	Women's team sprint	32.673 55.091	3 Q	France (FRA) W 32.806 54.868	4 Q	Australia (AUS) W 32.636 55.153	03 !

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Henning Bommel Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein	Men's team pursuit	4:00.911	6 Q	Switzerland (SUI) 3:56.903	6	Italy (ITA) 3:59.485	5
Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Women's team pursuit	4:30.068	9	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Joachim Eilers	Men's keirin	2 Q	Bye	1 Q	4
Maximilian Levy	Men's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance
Kristina Vogel	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	1 Q	6
Miriam Welte		7 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Roger Kluge	Men's omnium	2	38	4:18.907	4	34	12	18	1:03.797	9	24	13.332	11	20	33	3	167	6
Anna Knauer	Women's omnium	16	10	3:42.987	13	16	8	26	36.370	10	22	14.447	10	22	3	11	99	13

Mountain biking

German mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish for men and second for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. The mountain biking team was named to the Olympic roster on June 13, 2016, with three-time medalist Sabine Spitz riding in the cross-country race at her fifth straight Games.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Manuel Fumic	Men's cross-country	1:37:39	17
Moritz Milatz		1:43:14	38
Helen Grobert	Women's cross-country	1:34:08	12
Sabine Spitz		1:39:16	19

BMX

German riders qualified for one men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top three finish for men in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of May 31, 2016 and top two for women, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships. London 2012 Olympian Luis Brethauer and BMX rookie Nadja Pries were named to the German cycling team.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Luis Brethauer	Men's BMX	35.379	15	7	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance
Nadja Pries	Women's BMX	37.152	14	N/A		19	7	Did not advance

Diving

German divers qualified for five individual spots and three synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. A total of eight divers (four per gender), highlighted by Beijing 2008 silver medalists Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein in men's synchronized platform, were named as part of the second batch of nominated German athletes to the Olympic roster on June 28, 2016.^[12][27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stephan Feck	3 m springboard	423.50	9 Q	354.20	17	Did not advance
Patrick Hausding		440.00	6 Q	413.50	10 Q	498.90	03 !
Sascha Klein	10 m platform	463.40	7 Q	475.00	5 Q	424.15	9
Martin Wolfram		468.80	6 Q	466.15	8 Q	492.90	5
Stephan Feck Patrick Hausding	3 m synchronized springboard	N/A				410.10	4
Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein	10 m synchronized platform	N/A				438.42	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tina Punzel	3 m springboard	307.95	13 Q	291.60	17	Did not advance
Nora Subschinski		302.05	16 Q	308.25	12 Q	317.10	9
Maria Kurjo	10 m platform	287.00	21	Did not advance
Elena Wassen		291.90	16 Q	276.70	17	Did not advance
Tina Punzel Nora Subschinski	3 m synchronized springboard	N/A				284.25	7

Equestrian

Germany became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.^[28] The German eventing team also qualified for Rio by winning the gold medal at the same World Games.^[29]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Kristina Bröring-Sprehe	Desperados	Individual	82.257	2 Q	81.401	4 Q	83.714	90.571	87.142	03 !
Sönke Rothenberger	Cosmo		77.329	7 Q	76.261	10	Did not advance
Dorothee Schneider	Showtime		80.986	4 Q	82.619	3 Q	79.607	86.285	82.946	6
Isabell Werth	Weihegold		81.029	3 Q	83.711	1 Q	85.285	92.857	89.071	02 !
Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth	See above	Team	81.295	1 Q	81.936	1	N/A		81.936	01 !

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier/Team final			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sandra Auffarth	Opgun Louvo	Individual	41.60	8	24.80	66.40	20	0.00	66.40	17	0.00	66.40	11	66.40	11
Michael Jung	Sam		40.90	5	0.00	40.90	2	0.00	40.90	1	0.00	40.90	1	40.90	01 !
Ingrid Klimke	Hale Bob		39.50	4	26.00	65.50	19	0.00	65.50	15	4.00	69.50	14	69.50	14
Julia Krajewski	Samourai du Thot		44.80 #	18	Eliminated			Did not advance
Sandra Auffarth Michael Jung Ingrid Klimke Julia Krajewski	See above	Team	122.00	4	50.80	172.80	4	0.00	172.80	2	N/A			172.80	02 !

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet	Individual	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=7 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	=14	4	=9
Ludger Beerbaum	Chiara		4 #	=27 Q	4 #	8	=30 Q	0	8	=18*	Did not advance
Daniel Deusser	First Class		0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=7 Q	0	1 Q	4	4	=14	4	=9
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Fibonacci		0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	5 #	5	=13 Q	EL		Did not advance
Christian Ahlmann Ludger Beerbaum Daniel Deusser Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	See above	Team	0	=1	0	N/A	=1 Q	8	8	=3	N/A					8	03 !

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

Germany has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Max Hartung and Matyas Szabo (both in men's sabre), along with Carolin Golubytskyi in the women's foil, had claimed their Olympic spots on the German team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. They were joined by Peter Joppich, who has been set to compete at his fourth Olympics as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Europe zone in the men's foil.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Joppich	Men's foil	Bye	Lefort (FRA) W 15–13	Avola (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Max Hartung	Men's sabre	N/A	Apithy (BEN) W 15–9	Homer (USA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Matyas Szabo		N/A	Pakdaman (IRI) W 15–11	Paskov (BUL) W 15–6	Homer (USA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Carolin Golubytskyi	Women's foil	Bye	Łyczbińska (POL) L 9–14	Did not advance

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 6–2	India W 2–1	Ireland W 3–2	Argentina D 4–4	Netherlands W 2–1	1	New Zealand W 3–2	Argentina L 2–5	Netherlands W 4–3P FT: 1–1	03 !
Germany women's	Women's tournament	China D 1–1	New Zealand W 2–1	South Korea W 2–0	Spain L 1–2	Netherlands L 0–2	3	United States W 2–1	Netherlands L 3–4P FT: 1–1	New Zealand W 2–1	03 !

Men's tournament

Germany's men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[31]

Team roster

The following is the German roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[32]

Head coach: Valentin Altenburg

Reserves:

• Tobias Walter (GK)
• Oskar Deecke
• Oliver Korn

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	0	17	10	+7	13	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	18	6	+12	10
3	Argentina	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	8
4	India	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	10	16	−6	3
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 18:00 Canada  2–6  Germany Pearson  11' Pereira  39' Report Fürste  4', 33' Wellen  6', 46' Müller  14' Butt  26' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:00 Germany  2–1  India Wellen  18' Rühr  60' Report Ru. Singh  23' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 12:30 Germany  3–2  Ireland Fürste  13', 38' Zwicker  42' Report Magee  26' Darling  59' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 12:30 Argentina  4–4  Germany Vila  4' P. Ibarra  29' Peillat  48' M. Rey  57' Report Herzbruch  15' Wesley  24' Grambusch  28' Müller  60' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 13:30 Germany  2–1  Netherlands Fuchs  7' Grambusch  33' Report Van As  44' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

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Quarterfinal

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30 Germany  3–2  New Zealand Fürste  56', 60' Fuchs  60' Report Inglis  18' McAleese  49' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS)

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Semifinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 12:00 Argentina  5–2  Germany Peillat  9', 12', 28' Menini  36' Vila  47' Report Fürste  51' Rühr  58' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA)

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Bronze medal match

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 12:00 Netherlands  1–1  Germany Croon  35' Report M. Grambusch  42' Penalties Bakker Kempermann Hertzberger Van Ass De Wijn 3–4 Hauke M. Grambusch Herzbruch Butt Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Martin Madden (GBR)

Women's tournament

The German women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[34]

Team roster

The following is the German roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[35] Annika Sprink was replaced due to an injury by Katharina Otte on 18 August 2016.^[36]

Head coach: Jamilon Mülders

Reserves

• Yvonne Frank (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
6	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 13:30 China  1–1  Germany Peng  28' Report Hahn  5' Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 13:30 New Zealand  1–2  Germany Webster  10' Report Oldhafer  22' Schröder  44' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG) Miao Lin (CHN)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 12:30 Germany  2–0  South Korea Krüger  55' Hahn  59' Report Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 17:00 Germany  1–2  Spain Schütze  21' Report Guinea  9' Salvatella  11' Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Miao Lin (CHN)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 12:30 Netherlands  2–0  Germany De Waard  5' Van Male  44' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

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Quarterfinal

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 12:30 United States  1–2  Germany Falgowski  57' Report Mävers  8' Hahn  14' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Miao Lin (CHN)

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Semifinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 12:00 Netherlands  1–1  Germany Paumen  16' Report Schütze  11' Penalties Bos Hoog Keetels Van Geffen Jonker Bos Hoog 4–3 Müller-Wieland Mävers Hahn Teschke Hauke Müller-Wieland Mävers Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)

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Bronze medal match

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 12:00 Germany  2–1  New Zealand Stapenhorst  34' Schütze  38' Report Merry  45+' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Football

Men's tournament

Germany's men's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the semifinals at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.^[38]

Team roster

The following is the Germany final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[39]

Head coach: Horst Hrubesch

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Timo Horn	(1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	1. FC Köln
2	3MF	Jeremy Toljan	(1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
3	2DF	Lukas Klostermann	(1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	RB Leipzig
4	2DF	Matthias Ginter	(1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 22)	9	0	Borussia Dortmund
5	2DF	Niklas Süle	(1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
6	3MF	Sven Bender*	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 27)	7	0	Borussia Dortmund
7	3MF	Max Meyer	(1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 20)	1	0	Schalke 04
8	3MF	Lars Bender*	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 27)	19	4	Bayer Leverkusen
9	4FW	Davie Selke	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	RB Leipzig
10	3MF	Leon Goretzka (c)	(1995-02-06)6 February 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	Schalke 04
11	3MF	Julian Brandt	(1996-05-02)2 May 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
12	1GK	Jannik Huth	(1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Mainz 05
13	2DF	Philipp Max	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	FC Augsburg
14	2DF	Robert Bauer	(1995-04-09)9 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	FC Ingolstadt
15	3MF	Max Christiansen	(1996-09-25)25 September 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	FC Ingolstadt
16	3MF	Grischa Prömel	(1995-01-09)9 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
17	3MF	Serge Gnabry	(1995-07-14)14 July 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Arsenal
18	4FW	Nils Petersen*	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	SC Freiburg
22	1GK	Eric Oelschlägel	(1995-09-20)20 September 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	Werder Bremen

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	1	23	−22	0

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Semifinal

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Gold medal match

Women's tournament

The German women's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the top three for European teams at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[46]

Team roster

The following is the German final squad in the women's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[47] Svenja Huth replaced Simone Laudehr on 11 August 2016.^[48]

Head coach: Silvia Neid

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Almuth Schult	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 25)	28	0	VfL Wolfsburg
2	2DF	Josephine Henning	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 26)	28	0	Arsenal
3	2DF	Saskia Bartusiak (c)	(1982-09-09)9 September 1982 (aged 33)	94	1	1. FFC Frankfurt
4	2DF	Leonie Maier	(1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 23)	40	6	Bayern Munich
5	2DF	Annike Krahn	(1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 31)	130	5	Bayer Leverkusen
6	3MF	Simone Laudehr	(1986-07-12)12 July 1986 (aged 30)	97	26	Bayern Munich
7	3MF	Melanie Behringer	(1985-11-18)18 November 1985 (aged 30)	116	29	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Lena Goeßling	(1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 30)	86	10	VfL Wolfsburg
9	4FW	Alexandra Popp	(1991-04-06)6 April 1991 (aged 25)	67	33	VfL Wolfsburg
10	4FW	Dzsenifer Marozsán	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 24)	59	27	Olympique Lyon
11	4FW	Anja Mittag	(1985-05-16)16 May 1985 (aged 31)	137	42	Paris Saint-Germain
12	2DF	Tabea Kemme	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 24)	28	1	Turbine Potsdam
13	3MF	Sara Däbritz	(1995-02-15)15 February 1995 (aged 21)	30	4	Bayern Munich
14	2DF	Babett Peter	(1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 28)	96	5	VfL Wolfsburg
15	4FW	Mandy Islacker	(1988-08-08)8 August 1988 (aged 27)	7	2	1. FFC Frankfurt
16	3MF	Melanie Leupolz	(1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 22)	41	7	Bayern Munich
17	3MF	Isabel Kerschowski	(1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 28)	7	3	VfL Wolfsburg
18	1GK	Laura Benkarth	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 23)	2	0	SC Freiburg
19	3MF	Svenja Huth	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 25)	20	0	Turbine Potsdam

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

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Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Final

Golf

Germany has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Alex Čejka (world no. 143), Martin Kaymer (world no. 52), Sandra Gal (world no. 55), and Caroline Masson (world no. 77) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[13][55][56]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Alex Čejka	Men's	67	71	74	69	281	−3	=21
Martin Kaymer		69	72	72	66	279	−5	=15
Sandra Gal	Women's	71	74	69	69	283	−1	=25
Caroline Masson		69	69	75	69	282	−2	=21

Gymnastics

Artistic

Germany has fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women) into the Olympic competition. Both men's and women's squads had claimed one of the remaining four spots each in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[57][58] The men's and women's artistic gymnastics squads, highlighted by London 2012 silver medalists Marcel Nguyen and three-time Olympian Fabian Hambüchen, were named at the completion of two German Olympic selection trial meets on July 10, 2016.^[59]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Andreas Bretschneider	Team	14.800	13.641	14.158	14.633	14.833	13.633	85.698	24 Q	14.533	13.516	14.466	N/A	14.466	14.466	N/A
Lukas Dauser		N/A	13.733	13.916	13.833	15.266	N/A			N/A	14.066	13.800	14.783	15.500	N/A
Fabian Hambüchen		14.041	N/A		15.166	N/A	15.533 Q	N/A		14.666	N/A		15.091	N/A	15.666	N/A
Marcel Nguyen		14.500	13.433	14.733	14.600	15.466	13.366	86.098	22 Q	14.333	13.366	14.866	14.666	15.466	14.400	N/A
Andreas Toba		1.633	14.233	N/A			14.633	N/A		N/A
Total		43.341	41.607	42.807	44.399	45.565	43.799	261.518	8 Q	43.352	40.948	43.132	44.540	45.391	43.732	261.095	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Andreas Bretschneider	All-around	14.733	13.500	13.833	14.533	14.533	13.833	84.965	20
Fabian Hambüchen	Horizontal bar	N/A					15.766	15.766	01 !
Marcel Nguyen	All-around	14.733	12.666	14.600	14.666	14.900	14.466	86.031	19

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Tabea Alt	Team	14.833	14.666	14.233	N/A			14.800	N/A	14.600	N/A
Kim Bùi		N/A	14.800	N/A	13.766	N/A		N/A	14.900	N/A	13.466	N/A
Pauline Schäfer		14.400	N/A	14.400	14.300	N/A		14.266	N/A	14.500	14.375	N/A
Sophie Scheder		13.966	15.433 Q	12.933	13.266	55.598	23 Q	13.933	15.466	N/A
Elisabeth Seitz		14.100	15.466 Q	13.866	13.666	57.098	10 Q	N/A	15.533	14.000	13.833	N/A
Total		43.333	45.699	42.499	41.732	173.263	6 Q	42.999	45.899	43.100	41.674	173.672	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Sophie Scheder	All-around	14.033	13.950	12.666	13.258	53.907	23
	Uneven bars	N/A	15.566	N/A		15.566	03 !
Elisabeth Seitz	All-around	14.100	15.233	13.200	13.833	56.366	17
	Uneven bars	N/A	15.533	N/A		15.533	4

Rhythmic

Germany has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts in both individual and group all-around for the Games by claiming one of eight available Olympic spots (for individual) and three (for group) at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[60] The rhythmic gymnastics squad was named to the Olympic roster on July 7, 2016.^[61]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Jana Berezko-Marggrander	Individual	17.100	16.983	17.100	17.066	68.249	18	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Natalie Hermann Anastasija Khmelnytska Daniela Potapova Julia Stavickaja Sina Tkaltschewitsch	Team	15.650	16.750	32.400	10	Did not advance

Trampoline

Germany has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top six finish at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[62]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Leonie Adam	Women's	97.885	10	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Germany men's	Men's tournament	Sweden W 32–29	Poland W 32–29	Brazil L 30–33	Slovenia W 28–25	Egypt W 31–25	1	Qatar W 34–22	France L 28–29	Poland W 31–25	03 !

Men's tournament

The German men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship in Poland.^[63]

Team roster

The following is the German roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[64] Steffen Weinhold replaced Patrick Groetzki on 10 August 2016.^[65]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 121 528 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 33 19 SC Magdeburg 7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 84 190 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 48 137 Vive Targi Kielce 10 RB Fabian Wiede (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 41 76 Füchse Berlin 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.94 m 140 1 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 54 76 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.91 m 87 233 THW Kiel 19 CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 127 149 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 98 273 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 31 62 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 32 1 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 13 49 VfL Gummersbach 47 LB Christian Dissinger (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 24) 2.02 m 14 38 THW Kiel 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 32 64 Füchse Berlin

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	153	141	+12	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	1	137	126	+11	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Brazil (H)	5	2	1	2	141	150	−9	5
4	Poland	5	2	0	3	139	140	−1	4
5	Egypt	5	1	1	3	129	143	−14	3
6	Sweden	5	1	0	4	132	131	+1	2

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 11:30	Sweden	29–32	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Tollbring 8	(15–18)	Kühn 7
	9× 4× 1×	Report	9× 3×

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:30	Germany	32–29	Poland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	three players 5	(16–14)	Bielecki 10
	6× 4× 1×	Report	5× 3×

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 16:40	Brazil	33–30	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Chiuffa 8	(17–16)	Häfner, Reichmann 6
	4× 2× 1×	Report	5× 4× 1×

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 09:30	Slovenia	25–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Dolenec 6	(12–11)	Gensheimer 6
	6× 4×	Report	8× 4×

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:30	Germany	31–25	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Gensheimer 7	(15–12)	Sanad 7
	9× 2×	Report	3× 1×

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Quarterfinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30	Germany	34–22	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 5	(16–12)	Capote 9
	5× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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Semifinal

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 15:30	France	29–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Narcisse 7	(16–13)	Gensheimer 11
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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Bronze medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 10:30	Poland	25–31	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Krajewski, Lijewski 5	(13–17)	Reichmann 7
	5× 1×	Report	5× 3×

Judo

Germany has qualified a full squad of 13 judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Twelve of them (six per gender) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Marc Odenthal earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked German judoka outside of direct qualifying position. The judo team, highlighted by London 2012 Olympians Tobias Englmaier and Miryam Roper, was announced on June 6, 2016.^[66][67]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tobias Englmaier	−60 kg	Bye	Garrigos (ESP) W 001–000	Kitadai (BRA) L 000–001	Did not advance
Sebastian Seidl	−66 kg	Bye	Basile (ITA) L 000–100	Did not advance
Igor Wandtke	−73 kg	Bye	Deprez (HAI) W 000–000 S	Muki (ISR) L 000–010	Did not advance
Sven Maresch	−81 kg	Bye	Toma (UAE) L 000–101	Did not advance
Marc Odenthal	−90 kg	Bye	Baker (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance
Karl-Richard Frey	−100 kg	Bye	Cirjenics (HUN) W 100–000	Soe (MYA) W 100–000	Bloshenko (UKR) L 000–011	Did not advance	Darwish (EGY) W 100–000	Maret (FRA) L 000–100	5
André Breitbarth	+100 kg	N/A	Krakovetskii (KGZ) L 000–100	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mareen Kräh	−52 kg	Skrypnik (BLR) W 011–001	Giuffrida (ITA) L 000–001	Did not advance
Miryam Roper	−57 kg	R Silva (BRA) L 000–100	Did not advance
Martyna Trajdos	−63 kg	Bye	M Silva (BRA) L 000–000 S	Did not advance
Laura Vargas Koch	−70 kg	Bye	Moreira (ANG) W 000–000 S	Graf (AUT) W 100-000	Tachimoto (JPN) L 000–010	Bye	Bernabéu (ESP) W 010–000	03 !
Luise Malzahn	−78 kg	Bye	Pogorzelec (POL) W 000–000 S	Aguiar (BRA) L 000–000 S	Did not advance	Powell (GBR) W 100–000	Velenšek (SLO) L 000–100	5
Jasmin Külbs	+78 kg	Chibisova (RUS) L 000–101	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

German athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. 2008 Olympic champion Lena Schöneborn secured a selection in the women's event by gaining two of the eight Olympic slots available from the 2015 European Championships, while her teammate Annika Schleu finished among the top ten individuals in the UIPM World Rankings as of June 1, 2016.^[68] Patrick Dogue and Christian Zillekens granted their invitations from UIPM to compete in the men's event, as three of the next highest-ranked eligible modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in the World Rankings.^[69]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Patrick Dogue	Men's	23–12	2	2	240	2:07.65	31	318	12	12	288	11:23.36	14	617	1463	6
Christian Zillekens		16–19	0	26	196	2:06.24	28	322	14	14	286	11:27.45	17	613	1417	21
Annika Schleu	Women's	17–18	0	16	202	2:19.34	21	282	7	12	293	12:21.95	3	559	1336	5
Lena Schöneborn		24–11	0	2	244	2:21.74	29	275	EL	31	0	12:54.21	14	526	1045	32

Rowing

Germany has qualified ten out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Majority of rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in men's lightweight four were further added to the German roster with their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

A total of 35 rowers (25 men and 10 women) were officially selected as part of the second batch of nominated German athletes to the Olympic roster on June 28, 2016, with Sydney 2000 bronze medalist Marcel Hacker racing with his partner Stephan Krüger in the men's double sculls at his fifth straight Games.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger	Double sculls	6:31.85	3 SA/B	Bye		6:18.32	4 FB	6:58.86	8
Moritz Moos Jason Osborne	Lightweight double sculls	6:40.48	4 R	7:05.36	1 SA/B	6:35.90	6 FB	6:32.30	9
Anton Braun Maximilian Korge Maximilian Planer Felix Wimberger	Four	5:59.74	2 SA/B	Bye		6:35.90	6 FB	6:06.24	12
Tobias Franzmann Jonathan Koch Lucas Schäfer Lars Wichert	Lightweight four	6:14.87	4 R	6:03.29	2 SA/B	6:18.43	6 FB	6:35.83	9
Hans Gruhne Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulze Philipp Wende	Quadruple sculls	5:53.63	3 R	5:51.43	1 FA	N/A		6:06.81	01 !
Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Martin Sauer (cox)	Eight	5:38.22	1 FA	Bye		N/A		5:30.96	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand	Pair	7:17.98	3 SA/B	Bye		7:39.79	5 FB	7:18.57	8
Mareike Adams Marie-Cathérine Arnold	Double sculls	7:13.49	4 R	7:00.54	2 SA/B	6:58.70	5 FB	7:39.82	7
Marie-Louise Dräger Fini Sturm	Lightweight double sculls	7:11.08	3 R	8:02.28	2 SA/B	7:33.21	6 FB	7:32.73	11
Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla Annekatrin Thiele	Quadruple sculls	6:30.86	1 FA	Bye		N/A		6:49.39	01 !

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

German sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[70] Two skiff crews (Heil & Plößel and Jurczok & Lorenz), along with two-time Olympic windsurfer Toni Wilhelm, were among the first German sailors to be selected to the Olympic team, following the completion of Princess Sofia Trophy regatta.^[71] The 470 crews (Gerz & Szymanski and Bochmann & Steinherr) had claimed their Olympic spots at the European Championships, while Laser sailor Philipp Buhl rounded out the German selection at the ISAF World Cup meet in Hyères, France.

The sailing crew was officially named as part of the first batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on May 31, 2016.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Toni Wilhelm	RS:X	8	4	13	10	9	4	1	7	19	7	8	19	10	100	6
Philipp Buhl	Laser	16	16	8	13	17	13	1	25	34	17	N/A		EL	126	14
Ferdinand Gerz Oliver Szymanski	470	13	18	9	23	14	1	24	6	4	6	N/A		EL	94	11
Erik Heil Thomas Plößel	49er	6	3	1	3	5	13	15	4	5	10	4	18	16	83	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Annika Bochmann Marlene Steinherr	470	12	16	17	DNF	15	3	6	14	DSQ	17	N/A		EL	121	18
Victoria Jurczok Anika Lorenz	49erFX	21	8	8	7	6	7	17	10	7	9	6	9	16	110	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Paul Kohlhoff Carolina Werner	Nacra 17	14	10	10	17	8	13	5	10	2	9	14	18	EL	112	13

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

German shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying standard (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[72] The rifle and pistol shooting team was announced at the Munich leg of the ISSF World Cup series on May 24, 2016, featuring European Games champion Henri Junghänel, three-time Olympian Barbara Engleder, and Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Christian Reitz.^[73] Clay target shooters Andreas Löw and two-time Olympian Christine Wenzel were named to the German shooting roster on May 30, 2016, while London 2012 skeet shooter Ralf Buchheim and trap specialist Jana Beckmann completed the nation's shooting lineup at the Baku leg of the ISSF World Cup on June 24, 2016.^[74]

With a double starter (owned by Engleder) securing quota places in two women's rifle events, the German team decided to exchange one of them with the women's 25 m pistol instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was awarded to European Games bronze medalist Monika Karsch.^[75]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daniel Brodmeier	50 m rifle prone	619.2	37	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1177	2 Q	N/A		435.6	4
Ralf Buchheim	Skeet	116	23	Did not advance
Oliver Geis	25 m rapid fire pistol	572	17	N/A		Did not advance
Michael Janker	10 m air rifle	620.8	29	N/A		Did not advance
Henri Junghänel	50 m rifle prone	627.8	8 Q	N/A		209.5 OR	01 !
Julian Justus	10 m air rifle	622.8	18	N/A		Did not advance
Andre Link	50 m rifle 3 positions	1174	7 Q	N/A		424.6	5
Andreas Löw	Double trap	140 OR	1 Q	25	6	Did not advance
Christian Reitz	25 m rapid fire pistol	592	1 Q	N/A		34	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jana Beckmann	Trap	61	19	Did not advance
Barbara Engleder	10 m air rifle	420.3	2 Q	N/A		165.0	4
	50 m rifle 3 positions	583	5 Q	N/A		458.6 OR	01 !
Selina Gschwandtner	10 m air rifle	414.8	13	N/A		Did not advance
Monika Karsch	10 m air pistol	379	25	N/A		Did not advance
	25 m pistol	583	4 Q	18	2 Q	6	02 !
Eva Rösken	50 m rifle 3 positions	579	14	N/A		Did not advance
Christine Wenzel	Skeet	68	11	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

German swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[76][77] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish first or second under the federation's standards in their respective events at the German Olympic Trials (May 5 to 8) in Berlin, and then confirm their places at another selection meet: any leg of the Mare Nostrum tour or the German Open (exactly two months after the trials).

The German Swimming Federation (DSV) selected the first batch of swimmers based on their intermediate results at the Olympic Trials and Mare Nostrum Tour, while the remaining batch rounded out the swimming roster for the Olympics through the German Open. All in all, a total of 27 swimmers (16 men and 11 women) were named to the German team for the Games on July 12, 2016, including two-time world record holder Paul Biedermann in middle-distance freestyle, 2015 Worlds champion Marco Koch (200 m breaststroke), and stalwart sprinter Dorothea Brandt, who returned from a 12-year comeback to her second Games.^[78][79]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Biedermann	200 m freestyle	1:45.78	2 Q	1:45.69	=4 Q	1:45.84	6
Steffen Deibler	100 m butterfly	52.14	18	Did not advance
Christian Diener	200 m backstroke	1:56.62	9 Q	1:56.37	8 Q	1:56.27	7
Christoph Fildebrandt	200 m freestyle	1:47.81	28	Did not advance
Jan-Philip Glania	100 m backstroke	53.87	15 Q	53.94	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:56.50	=6 Q	1:56.53	9	Did not advance
Jacob Heidtmann	400 m individual medley	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Philip Heintz	200 m individual medley	1:57.59 NR	2 Q	1:58.85	8 Q	1:57.48	6
Johannes Hintze	400 m individual medley	4:18.25	18	N/A		Did not advance
Björn Hornikel	100 m freestyle	49.62	39	Did not advance
Marco Koch	200 m breaststroke	2:08.98	5 Q	2:08.12	7 Q	2:08.00	7
Clemens Rapp	400 m freestyle	3:49.10	24	N/A		Did not advance
Christian Reichert	10 km open water	N/A				1:53:04.7	9
Florian Vogel	400 m freestyle	3:45.49	9	N/A		Did not advance
Christian vom Lehn	100 m breaststroke	1:00.13	15 Q	1:00.23	12	Did not advance
Florian Wellbrock	1500 m freestyle	15:23.88	32	N/A		Did not advance
Damian Wierling	50 m freestyle	22.18	19	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.35	7 Q	48.66	15	Did not advance
Steffen Deibler Björn Hornikel Damian Wierling Philip Wolf	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.97	11	N/A		Did not advance
Paul Biedermann Christoph Fildebrandt Clemens Rapp Florian Vogel	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.66	4 Q	N/A		7:07.28	6
Steffen Deibler Jan-Philip Glania Marco Koch Christian vom Lehn Damian Wierling	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.67	8 Q	N/A		3:33.50	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leonie Beck	800 m freestyle	8:47.47	25	N/A		Did not advance
Dorothea Brandt	50 m freestyle	24.77	=13 Q	24.71	14	Did not advance
Annika Bruhn	200 m freestyle	1:58.48	20	Did not advance
Lisa Graf	200 m backstroke	2:08.67	=4 Q	2:09.56	14	Did not advance
Isabelle Härle	10 km open water	N/A				1:57:22.1	6
Franziska Hentke	200 m butterfly	2:07.59	9 Q	2:07.67	11	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:43.32	21	N/A		Did not advance
Sarah Köhler	400 m freestyle	4:06.55	10	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:24.65	7 Q	N/A		8:27.75	8
Jenny Mensing	200 m backstroke	2:10.68	16 Q	2:10.15	16	Did not advance
Alexandra Wenk	100 m butterfly	58.49	21	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.46	13 Q	2:12.13	12	Did not advance
Annika Bruhn Sarah Köhler Leonie Kullmann Paulina Schmiedel	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.74	12	N/A		Did not advance
Annika Bruhn Lisa Graf Vanessa Grimberg Alexandra Wenk	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.19	12	N/A		Did not advance

Table tennis

Germany has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Europe's top table tennis player Dimitrij Ovtcharov secured the outright Olympic berth by winning the men's singles title at the 2015 European Games. Meanwhile, four-time Olympian Timo Boll, along with Han Ying and Petrissa Solja, took the remaining spots at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[80][81]

Bastian Steger and Chinese-born Shan Xiaona were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games as the top European nation in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[82]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Timo Boll	Singles	Bye			Shibaev (RUS) W 4–3	Aruna (NGR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Dimitrij Ovtcharov		Bye			Li P (QAT) W 4–3	Tokič (SLO) W 4–1	Samsonov (BLR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger	Team	N/A				Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3–1	Austria (AUT) W 3–1	Japan (JPN) L 1–3	South Korea (KOR) W 3–1	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Ying	Singles	Bye			Komwong (THA) W 4–0	Li X (FRA) W 4–1	Ding N (CHN) L 0-4	Did not advance
Petrissa Solja		Bye			Ri M-s (PRK) L 0–4	Did not advance
Han Ying Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja	Team	N/A				United States (USA) W 3–0	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3–1	Japan (JPN) W 3–2	China (CHN) L 0–3	02 !

Taekwondo

Germany entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2008 Olympian Levent Tuncat and Tahir Güleç qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[83] Rabia Güleç secured a third spot on the German team by virtue of her finish in the women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Levent Tuncat	Men's −58 kg	Pie (DOM) L DSQ	Did not advance
Tahir Güleç	Men's −80 kg	Hernández (DOM) W 4–2	Cisse (CIV) L 1–7	Did not advance	Paziński (POL) L 5–6	Did not advance	7
Rabia Güleç	Women's −67 kg	Baryshnikova (RUS) W 9–8	Tatar (TUR) L 1–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Germany has entered eight tennis players (three men, five women) into the Olympic tournament. Alexander Zverev (world no. 38) and Philipp Kohlschreiber (world no. 26) qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Angelique Kerber (world no. 4), Andrea Petkovic (world no. 33), Annika Beck (world no. 41), and Laura Siegemund (world no. 42) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016. Jamaican-born Dustin Brown and Jan-Lennard Struff had also claimed two of six ITF Olympic men's singles places to join Zverev and Kohlschreiber, as Germany's top-ranked tennis players outside of direct qualifying position.

Having been directly entered to the singles, Siegemund also opted to play with her partner Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the women's doubles.^[84][85]

On July 30, 2016, Zverev announced his withdrawal from the Games due to physical problems.^[86]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dustin Brown	Singles	Bellucci (BRA) L 6–4, 4–5ret	Did not advance
Philipp Kohlschreiber		Pella (ARG) W 4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Martin (SVK) L WO	Did not advance
Jan-Lennard Struff		Donskoy (RUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Annika Beck	Singles	Konjuh (CRO) L 6–2, 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Angelique Kerber		Duque (COL) W 6–3, 7–5	Bouchard (CAN) W 6–4, 6–2	Stosur (AUS) W 6–0, 7–5	Konta (GBR) W 6–1, 6–2	Keys (USA) W 6–3, 7–5	Puig (PUR) L 4–6, 6–4, 1–6	02 !
Andrea Petkovic		Svitolina (UKR) L 6–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Laura Siegemund		Pironkova (BUL) W 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Zhang S (CHN) W 6–2, 6–4	Flipkens (BEL) W 6–4, 6–3	Puig (PUR) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Laura Siegemund	Doubles	N/A	Kasatkina / Kuznetsova (RUS) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic		N/A	Errani / Vinci (ITA) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Germany has qualified two triathletes for the women's event at the Olympics. London 2012 Olympian Anne Haug and rookie Laura Lindemann were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Anne Haug	Women's	21:11	0:57	1:04:50	0:40	35:18	2:02:56	36
Laura Lindemann		19:18	0:54	1:04:30	0:43	36:27	2:01:52	28

Volleyball

Beach

Three German beach volleyball teams (one men's pair and two women's pairs) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016.^[87][88] Among the beach volleyball players featured two-time Olympian Laura Ludwig, along with her rookie partner Kira Walkenhorst.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Markus Böckermann Lars Flüggen	Men's	Pool B  Kantor – Łosiak (POL) L 0 – 2 (11–21, 21–23)  Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 17–21, 16–14)  Barsouk – Liamin (RUS) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 17–21)	4	Did not advance
Karla Borger Britta Büthe	Women's	Pool E  Heidrich – Zumkehr (SUI) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 16–21)  van Gestel – van der Vlist (NED) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–14)  Bansley – Pavan (CAN) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 15–21) Lucky Losers  Agudo – Pérez (VEN) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–8)	3 q	Antunes – França (BRA) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst		Pool D  El-Ghobashy – Meawad (EGY) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–15)  Broder – Valjas (CAN) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–11)  Giombini – Menegatti (ITA) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 18–21, 15–9)	1 Q	Forrer – Vergé-Dépré (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–10)	Pavan – Bansley (CAN) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–14)	Antunes – França (BRA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–12)	Bednarczuk – Seixas (BRA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–14)	01 !

Weightlifting

German weightlifters have qualified four men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the German roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[89] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

The weightlifting team was named to the Olympic roster on July 2, 2016, with Almir Velagic and Jürgen Spieß remarkably going to their second Olympics.^[13][90]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nico Müller	Men's −77 kg	151	11	181	10	332	10
Jürgen Spieß	Men's −105 kg	170	14	220	5	390	10
Alexej Prochorow	Men's +105 kg	180	17	215	16	395	16
Almir Velagic		188	11	232	10	410	9
Sabine Kusterer	Women's −58 kg	90	9	110	11	200	10

Wrestling

Germany has qualified a total of seven wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spot each in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg and women's freestyle 69 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while two more Olympix berths were awarded to German wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[91]

Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the German roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; two of them at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar and two more at the final meet in Istanbul.

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frank Stäbler	−66 kg	Bye	Venckaitis (LTU) W 3–1 PP	Štefanek (SRB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Inoue (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	7
Denis Kudla	−85 kg	Kenjeev (KGZ) W 3–0 PO	Kobliashvili (GEO) W 3–1 PP	Chakvetadze (RUS) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance	Bye	Akhlaghi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Lőrincz (HUN) W 3–1 PP	03 !
Eduard Popp	−130 kg	Bye	Tinaliyev (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Babajanzadeh (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Kayaalp (TUR) L 0–4 ST	Bye		Shariati (AZE) L 0–5 VT	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nina Hemmer	−53 kg	Zhong Xc (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						14
Luisa Niemesch	−58 kg	Koblova (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance			Pürevdorj (MGL) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance		20
Aline Focken	−69 kg	Bye	Zhou F (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Fransson (SWE) L 1-3 PP	Did not advance				9
Maria Selmaier	−75 kg	Bye	Wiebe (CAN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Bye	Zhang Fl (CHN) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance	18

See also

• Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References