Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GER
Nocname:	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Games Link:	1928 Summer Olympics
Year:	1928
Website:
Date:	28 July–12 August 1928
Location:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Competitors:	295 (260 men, 35 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Ernst Paulus
Rank:	2
Gold:	10
Silver:	7
Bronze:	14
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1952) (1956–1964) (1968–1988) (1968–1988)

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
			Women's 800 m
			Individual dressage
	, Carl Freiherr von Langen, Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck		Team dressage
			Women's foil
	, Bruno Müller		Men's coxless pair
			Women's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's 67.5 kg
			Men's +82.5 kg
			Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
			Men's 4 × 100 m relay
			Men's 4 × 400 m relay
			Men's light heavyweight
			Men's foil
			Men's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
			Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
			Men's 100 m
			Men's 200 m
			Men's 400 m
			Men's 800 m
			Men's shot put
	, Leni Junker, Rosa Kellner, Leni Schmidt		Women's 4 × 100 m relay
	, Karl Köther		Men's tandem
			Individual eventing
			Women's foil
			Women's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's 60 kg
			Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Women's 100 metres^[2]

• Erna Steinberg – 4th
• Leni Schmidt – DQ (final)
• Anni Holdmann – Semi-final (4th in heat 1)
• Leni Junker – Semi-final (5th in heat 2)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 50.8 kg)

• Hubert Ausbock

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Lennart Bohman (SWE), points

• Quarterfinals - Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Hans Schonrath

• First Round - Bye

• Quarterfinals - Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1928.

Individual road race

• Karl Koch
• Arthur Essing
• Bernhard Stübecke
• Otto Kürschner

Sprint

• Hans Bernhardt

Time trial

• Kurt Einsiedel

Tandem

• Karl Köther
• Hans Bernhardt

Team pursuit

• Josef Steger
• Anton Joksch
• Kurt Einsiedel
• Hans Dormbach

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 13 fencers, 10 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1928.

Men's foil

• Erwin Casmir
• Fritz Gazzera
• Julius Thomson

Men's team foil

• Erwin Casmir, Fritz Gazzera, Julius Thomson, Wilhelm Löffler, August Heim, Heinrich Moos

Men's épée

• Hans Halberstadt
• Fritz Jack
• Theodor Fischer

Men's team épée

• Theodor Fischer, Fritz Gazzera, Hans Halberstadt, Fritz Jack

Men's sabre

• Erwin Casmir
• Hans Thomson
• Heinrich Moos

Men's team sabre

• Erwin Casmir, Heinrich Moos, Hans Halberstadt, Hans Thomson

Women's foil

• Helene Mayer
• Olga Oelkers
• Erna Sondheim

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Roster

Group play--------

Bronze Medal Match

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1928. Helmuth Kahl won a bronze medal.

• Helmuth Kahl
• Heinz Hax
• Hermann Hölter

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Water Polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . 2010-04-25 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310141134/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1928/ . 2010-03-10 .
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/womens-100-metres.html Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres