Sporting event delegation
Germany competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany returned to the Olympic Games after not being invited to both the 1920 and 1924 Games due to its role in World War I. Despite a total absence of 16 years since 1912, German athletes were ranked 2nd. 295 competitors, 260 men and 35 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.[1]
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Gold | Lina Radke | Athletics | Women's 800 m | August 2 |
Gold | Carl Freiherr von Langen | Equestrian | Individual dressage | August 11 |
Gold | Hermann Linkenbach, Carl Freiherr von Langen, Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck | Equestrian | Team dressage | August 11 |
Gold | Helene Mayer | Fencing | Women's foil | August 1 |
Gold | Kurt Moeschter, Bruno Müller | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | August 10 |
Gold | Hilde Schrader | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke | August 9 |
Gold | Germany men's national water polo team | Water polo | August 11 |
Gold | Kurt Helbig | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | July 28 |
Gold | Josef Straßberger | Weightlifting | Men's +82.5 kg | July 29 |
Gold | Kurt Leucht | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | August 4 |
Silver | Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig, Georg Lammers | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | August 5 |
Silver | Hermann Engelhard, Richard Krebs, Otto Neumann, Harry Werner Storz | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | August 5 |
Silver | Ernst Pistulla | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | August 11 |
Silver | Erwin Casmir | Fencing | Men's foil | August 11 |
Silver | Erich Rademacher | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | August 8 |
Silver | Eduard Sperling | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman lightweight | August 5 |
Silver | Adolf Rieger | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight | August 5 |
Bronze | Georg Lammers | Athletics | Men's 100 m | July 30 |
Bronze | Helmut Körnig | Athletics | Men's 200 m | August 1 |
Bronze | Joachim Büchner | Athletics | Men's 400 m | August 3 |
Bronze | Hermann Engelhard | Athletics | Men's 800 m | July 31 |
Bronze | Emil Hirschfeld | Athletics | Men's shot put | July 29 |
Bronze | Anni Holdmann, Leni Junker, Rosa Kellner, Leni Schmidt | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m relay | August 5 |
Bronze | Hans Bernhardt, Karl Köther | Cycling | Men's tandem | August 6 |
Bronze | Bruno Neumann | Equestrian | Individual eventing | August 11 |
Bronze | Olga Oelkers | Fencing | Women's foil | August 1 |
Bronze | Germany national field hockey team | Field hockey | May 26 |
Bronze | Helmuth Kahl | Modern pentathlon | August 4 |
Bronze | Charlotte Mühe | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke | August 9 |
Bronze | Hans Wölpert | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | July 28 |
Bronze | Georg Gehring | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight | August 5 |
Athletics
- Women's 100 metres[2]
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points
Cycling
Ten cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1928.
- Individual road race
- Sprint
- Time trial
- Tandem
- Team pursuit
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
13 fencers, 10 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1928.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
Hockey
- Roster
The following is the Germany roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]
- Group play
Source: 1928 Official Report, p. 689
(H) Hosts
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,300 Umpires: E. W. C. Ricketts (IND) P. Regibo (BEL) | |
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 6,000 Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL) B. Turnbull (IND) | |
Old Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 300 Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL) E. de Cindric (HUN) | |
- Bronze Medal Match
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 23,400 Umpires: B. Turnbull (IND) W. C. Ricketts (IND) | |
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1928. Helmuth Kahl won a bronze medal.
Rowing
Sailing
Swimming
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
- ^ "Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-01.
- ^ 1928 Official Report.
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database