Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics
# Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Albert Zürner | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
| Gold | Heinrich Burger, Anna Hübler | Figure skating | Pairs | October 29 |
| Gold | Arno Bieberstein | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke | July 17 |
| Silver | Hanns Braun, Hans Eicke, Arthur Hoffmann, Otto Trieloff | Athletics | Men's medley relay | July 25 |
| Silver | Max Götze, Rudolf Katzer, Hermann Martens, Karl Neumer | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | July 17 |
| Silver | Kurt Behrens | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
| Silver | Elsa Rendschmidt | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | October 29 |
| Silver | Otto Froitzheim | Tennis | Men's singles | July 11 |
| Bronze | Hanns Braun | Athletics | Men's 800 m | July 21 |
| Bronze | Karl Neumer | Cycling | Men's 660 yd | July 15 |
| Bronze | Gottlob Walz | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 18 |
| Bronze | Bernhard von Gaza | Rowing | Men's single sculls | July 31 |
| Bronze | Willy Düskow, Martin Stahnke | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | July 31 |

## Results by event

### Athletics

Germany's best athletics result was a silver medal in the medley relay.

| Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Carl Bechler | 11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Arthur Hoffmann | 11.4 seconds 3rd, heat 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Hans Eicke | 11.6 seconds 3rd, heat 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Heinrich Rehder | 11.8 seconds 3rd, heat 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Willy Kohlmey | 12.0 seconds 3rd, heat 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Hermann von Bonninghausen | 12.0 seconds 5th, heat 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 metres | — | Paul Fischer | Did not finish —, heat 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 200 metres | Heats | Arthur Hoffmann | Unknown 2nd, heat 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 400 metres | Heats | Otto Trieloff | Unknown 2nd, heat 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 800 metres | 3rd | Hanns Braun | None held | 1:58.0 1st, semifinal 7 | 1:55.2 |
| Men's 800 metres | Semi- finalist | Andreas Breynck | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 | Did not advance |
| Men's 800 metres | Semi- finalist | Oskar Quarg | None held | Unknown 4th, semifinal 5 | Did not advance |
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist | Andreas Breynck | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6 | Did not advance |
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist | Hanns Braun | None held | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 8 | Did not advance |
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist | Arno Hesse | None held | Unknown 7th, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's medley relay | 2nd | Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun | None held | 3:43.2 1st, semifinal 2 | 3:32.4 |
| Men's 5 miles | Semi- finalist | Paul Nettelbeck | None held | Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 | Did not advance |
| Men's marathon | — | Fritz Reiser | None held | None held | Did not finish |
| Men's marathon | — | H. Muller | None held | None held | Did not start |
| Men's marathon | — | Paul Nettelbeck | None held | None held | Did not start |
| Men's 3500 metre walk | Semi- finalist | Paul Gunia | None held | 16:38.0 4th, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 3500 metre walk | Semi- finalist | Richard Wilhelm | None held | 17:33.8 6th, semifinal 3 | Did not advance |
| Men's 10 mile walk | Semi- finalist | Paul Gunia | None held | 1:26:09.4 7th, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
| Men's long jump | 6th | Albert Weinstein | 6.77 metres |
| Men's long jump | 15th | Arthur Hoffmann | 6.50 metres |
| Men's long jump | 21-32 | Hermann von Bonninghausen | Unknown |
| Men's long jump | 21-32 | Ludwig Uetwiller | 6.05 metres |
| Men's standing high jump | 8th | Arthur Mallwitz | 1.42 metres |
| Men's standing high jump | 17th | Ludwig Uetwiller | 1.32 metres |
| Men's standing long jump | 8-25 | Arthur Mallwitz | Unknown |
| Men's discus throw | 11th | Emil Welz | 37.02 metres |
| Men's discus throw | 12-42 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown |
| Men's hammer throw | 10-19 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown |
| Men's javelin throw | 8-16 | Carl Bechler | Unknown |
| Men's freestyle javelin | 10-33 | Ludwig Uetwiller | Unknown |
| Men's freestyle javelin | 10-33 | Emil Welz | Unknown |

### Cycling

Germany's best cycling result was the silver medal won in the team pursuit event.

| Event | Place | Cyclist | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 660 yards | 3rd | Karl Neumer | 54.2 seconds 1st, heat 11 | 1:05.6 1st, semifinal 4 | Unknown |
| Men's 660 yards | Heats | Richard Katzer | Unknown 2nd, heat 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 660 yards | Heats | Hermann Martens | Unknown 2nd, heat 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 660 yards | Heats | Bruno Götze | Unknown 3rd, heat 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 660 yards | Heats | Paul Schulze | Unknown 3rd, heat 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Hermann Martens | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3 | Did not advance |
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Karl Neumer | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5 | Did not advance |
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Bruno Götze | None held | Unknown 4th, semifinal 3 | Did not advance |
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Richard Katzer | None held | Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7 | Did not advance |
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Max Götze | None held | Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Hermann Martens | None held | 33:21.2 2nd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Max Triebsch | None held | Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Alwin Boldt | None held | Unknown 6-7, semifinal 4 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Richard Katzer | None held | Unknown 7-8, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Paul Schulze | None held | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | Semi- finalist | Alwin Boldt | None held | Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Richard Katzer | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Bruno Götze | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Hermann Martens | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Paul Schulze | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 100 kilometres | — | Max Triebsch | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's sprint | Semi- finalist | Karl Neumer | 1:33.2 1st, heat 7 | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's sprint | Heats | Paul Schulze | Unknown 3rd, heat 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sprint | Heats | Bruno Götze | Unknown 3rd, heat 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sprint | — | Hermann Martens | Time limit exceeded —, heat 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's tandem | Semi- finalist | Max Götze Otto Götze | 2:05.6 1st, heat 3 | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's tandem | Heats | Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens | Unknown 2nd, heat 1 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's team pursuit | 2nd | Max Götze Richard Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer | 2:25.4 1st, heat 4 | 2:31.8 1st, semifinal 2 | 2:28.6 |

### Diving

Germany dominated the springboard diving in 1908, taking all three medals in the event (including a tie for third place with an American diver).

| Event | Place | Diver | Preliminary groups | Semi- finals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 10 metre platform | 10th | Heinz Freyschmidt | 67.30 points 2nd, group 3 | 48.80 points 5th, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 10 metre platform | 22nd | Fritz Nicolai | 54.50 points 5th, group 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's 3 metre springboard | 1st | Albert Zürner | 83.60 points 1st, group 2 | 82.80 points 2nd, semifinal 2 | 85.50 points |
| Men's 3 metre springboard | 2nd | Kurt Behrens | 83.60 points 1st, group 3 | 83.00 points 1st, semifinal 1 | 85.30 points |
| Men's 3 metre springboard | 3rd | Gottlob Walz | 81.30 points 1st, group 5 | 80.30 points 2nd, semifinal 1 | 80.80 points |
| Men's 3 metre springboard | 5th | Fritz Nicolai | 67.10 points 2nd, group 4 | 81.80 points 3rd, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's 3 metre springboard | 8th | Heinz Freyschmidt | 78.10 points 2nd, group 1 | 79.3 points 4th, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |

### Fencing

| Event | Place | Fencer | First round | Second round | Semi- final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's épée | First round | Johannes Adam | 1-4 (4th in C) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Emil Schön | 4-3 (4th in G) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Ernst Moldenhauer | 1-4 (4th in J) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Julius Lichtenfels | 2-3 (4th in M) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Albert Naumann | 1-4 (5th in F) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Jakob Erckrath de Bary | 4-4 (5th in H) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Georg Stöhr | 2-5 (6th in A) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Fritz Jack | 2-5 (6th in B) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | August Petri | 2-6 (6th in I) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's épée | First round | Robert Krünert | 2-6 (7th in E) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | Second round | August Petri | 2-2 (3rd in F) | 2-2 (3rd in 7) | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | Second round | Emil Schön | 4-2 (2nd in M) | 1-3 (4th in 5) | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | Second round | Fritz Jack | 3-2 (2nd in C) | 1-3 (5th in 2) | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Julius Lichtenfels | 2-2 (4th in D) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Robert Krünert | 2-3 (4th in H) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Johannes Adam | 1-3 (5th in B) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Jakob Erkrath de Bary | 1-4 (5th in G) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Ernst Moldenhauer | 1-4 (5th in K) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Georg Stöhr | 2-4 (6th in J) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's sabre | First round | Albert Naumann | 0-5 (6th in L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Event | Place | Fencers | Play-in match | First round | Semi- finals | Final | Repechage | Silver medal match |
| Men's team épée | 6th | Jakob Erckrath de Bary Julius Lichtenfels August Petri Georg Stöhr | Bye | Lost to Great Britain 13-5 Out 6th place | Did not advance | Did not advance | Not relegated | Not relegated |
| Men's team sabre | 4th | Jakob Erckrath de Bary Fritz Jack Robert Krünert August Petri | Not held | Lost to Hungary 9-0 Relegated to repechage | Did not advance | Did not advance | Lost to Italy 10-4 Out 4th place | Did not advance |

### Figure skating

| Event | Place | Skater | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Women's individual | 2nd | Elsa Rendschmidt | 211.0 |
| Mixed pairs | 1st | Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger | 11.2 |

### Gymnastics

| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Curt Steuernagel | Men's all-around | 273.5 | 4 |
| Friedrich Wolf | Men's all-around | 267 | 5 |
| Karl Borchert | Men's all-around | 246 | 12 |
| Wilhelm Weber | Men's all-around | 220 | 28 |
| Josef Krämer | Men's all-around | 212 | 33 |
| Heinrich Siebenhaar | Men's all-around | 198.5 | 40 |
| Paul Fischer | Men's all-around | 198 | 41 |
| Georg Karth | Men's all-around | 186.5 | 50 |
| Carl Körting | Men's all-around | 181 | 52 |
| Wilhelm Kaufmann | Men's all-around | 180.5 | 53 |
| August Ehrich | Men's all-around | 156.75 | 65 |

### Hockey

| Event | Place | Players | First round | Semifinals | Final | 5th/6th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's hockey | 5th | Alfons Brehm, Elard Dauelsberg, Franz Diederichsen, Carl Ebert, Jules Fehr, Mauricio Galvao, Raulino Galvao, Fritz Möding, Friedrich Rahe, Albert Studemann, Friedrich Uhl | Lost vs. GBR Scotland 4-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Won vs. France 1-0 |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | .500 |

### Rowing

| Event | Place | Rowers | First round | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's single sculls | 3rd | Bernhard von Gaza | 9.35 1st, heat 1 | 9.47 1st, quarterfinal 1 | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |
| Men's coxless pair | 3rd | Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow | None held | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2 | Did not advance |

### Shooting

Germany had one shooter compete in one event, placing last in the 49-man field.

| Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 1000 yard free rifle | 49th | Ernst Wagner-Hohenlobbese | 12 |

### Swimming

| Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | 1st | Arno Bieberstein | 1:25.6 1st, heat 1 | 1:25.6 1st, semifinal 1 | 1:24.6 |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | 4th | Gustav Aurisch | 1:27.4 1st, heat 7 | 1:28.2 1st, semifinal 1 | Unknown |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | Semi- finalist | Max Ritter | 1:33.4 1st, heat 2 | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Semi- finalist | Erich Zeidel | 3:17.2 1st, heat 3 | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Heats | Richard Rösler | 3:18.0 2nd, heat 1 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Tennis

Germany was the second-most successful nation in tennis in 1908, winning a silver medal in the men's singles to prevent Great Britain from sweeping the silver medals as well as the 6 gold medals.

| Event | Place | Name | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 2nd | Otto Froitzheim | Defeated K. Powell | Defeated Kreuzer | Defeated Parke | Defeated Caridia | Defeated Richardson | Lost to Ritchie |
| Men's singles | 9th | Moritz von Bissing | Bye | Defeated Zborzil | Lost to Eaves | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's singles | 16th | Oscar Kreuzer | Defeated Piepes | Lost to Froitzheim | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's singles | 16th | Heinrich Schomburgk | Bye | Lost to Germot | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's singles | 26th | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | Lost to Dixon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's doubles | 7th | Otto Froitzheim Heinrich Schomburgk | None held | Defeated Kreuzer/Rahe | Lost to Gauntlett/Kitson | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's doubles | 11th | Oscar Kreuzer Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | None held | Lost to Froitzheim/Schomburgk | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| France | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Total international | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Total | 8 | 7 | .533 |

### Wrestling

| Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greco-Roman middleweight | 17th | Wilhelm Grundmann | Lost to Belmer | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | .000 |

## Sources

* Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
* De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
