Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics


Germany competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 422 competitors, 241 men and 181 women, took part in 234 events in 29 sports.

Medalists

Germany finished in fifth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 56 medals overall.
MedalNameSportEventDate
Robert BartkoCycling[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's|Men's individual pursuit|Men's individual pursuit]17 September
Robert Bartko
Daniel Becke
Guido Fulst
Jens Lehmann
CyclingMen's team pursuit19 September
Thomas SchmidtCanoeingMen's slalom K-120 September
Kathrin Boron
Jana Thieme
Rowing[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's double sculls|Women's double sculls]23 September
Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski
Meike Evers
Manja Kowalski
Manuela Lutze
RowingWomen's quadruple sculls24 September
Nadine Capellmann
Ulla Salzgeber
Alexandra Simons
Isabell Werth
EquestrianTeam dressage26 September
Jan UllrichCyclingMen's individual road race27 September
Nils SchumannAthleticsMen's 800 metres27 September
Otto Becker
Ludger Beerbaum
Marcus Ehning
Lars Nieberg
EquestrianTeam jumping28 September
Heike DrechslerAthleticsWomen's long jump29 September
Andreas DittmerCanoeingMen's C-1 1000 metres30 September
Birgit Fischer
Manuela Mucke
Anett Schuck
Katrin Wagner
CanoeingWomen's K-4 500 metres30 September
Birgit Fischer
Katrin Wagner
CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 metres1 October
Stefan NimkeCyclingMen's track time trial16 September
Stephan VuckovicTriathlonMen's17 September
Jens LehmannCyclingMen's individual pursuit17 September
Ralf BißdorfFencingMen's foil20 September
Rita KönigFencingWomen's foil21 September
Marc HusterWeightliftingMen's 85 kg23 September
Claudia Blasberg
Valerie Viehoff
RowingWomen's lightweight double sculls24 September
Amelie LuxSailingWomen's Mistral One Design24 September
Lars RiedelAthleticsMen's discus throw25 September
Hanka KupfernagelCyclingWomen's individual road race26 September
Ronny WellerWeightliftingMen's +105 kg26 September
Tommy HaasTennisMen's singles28 September
Faissal EbnoutalibTaekwondoMen's 80 kg29 September
Björn Bach
Jan Schäfer
Stefan Ulm
Mark Zabel
CanoeingMen's K-4 1000 metres30 September
Isabell WerthEquestrianIndividual dressage30 September
Jan UllrichCyclingMen's road time trial30 September
Gunnar Bahr
Ingo Borkowski
Jochen Schümann
SailingSoling30 September
Anna-Maria GradanteJudoWomen's 48 kg16 September
Stev ThelokeSwimmingMen's 100 metre backstroke18 September
Jens FiedlerCyclingMen's sprint20 September
Antje Buschschulte
Sara Harstick
Kerstin Kielgass
Franziska van Almsick
Meike Freitag
Britta Steffen
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay20 September
Cornelia Pfohl
Barbara Mensing
Sandra Sachse
ArcheryWomen's team21 September
Wiradech KothnyFencingMen's sabre21 September
Jens FiedlerCyclingMen's keirin21 September
Katrin Rutschow-StomporowskiRowingWomen's single sculls23 September
Marcel HackerRowingMen's single sculls23 September
Jan Hempel
Heiko Meyer
DivingMen's synchronized 10 metre platform23 September
Sabine Bau
Rita König
Monika Weber
FencingWomen's team foil23 September
Jens Kruppa
Thomas Rupprath
Torsten Spanneberg
Stev Theloke
SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 metre medley relay23 September
Marco Geisler
Andreas Hajek
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
RowingMen's quadruple sculls24 September
Roland Gäbler
Rene Schwall
SailingTornado24 September
Dennis Bauer
Wiradech Kothny
Alexander Weber
FencingMen's team sabre24 September
Jörg Ahmann
Axel Hager
VolleyballMen's beach26 September
Andreas KlödenCyclingMen's individual road race27 September
Sebastian KöberBoxingHeavyweight28 September
Dörte LindnerDivingWomen's 3 metre springboard28 September
Astrid KumbernussAthleticsWomen's shot put28 September
Germany women's national football team
FootballWomen's tournament28 September
Kirsten MünchowAthleticsWomen's hammer throw29 September
Lars Kober
Stefan Uteß
CanoeingMen's C-2 1000 metres30 September
Ulla SalzgeberEquestrianIndividual dressage30 September
Andreas DittmerCanoeingMen's C-1 500 metres1 October
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
CanoeingMen's K-2 500 metres1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery134
Athletics343064
Badminton336
Boxing88
Canoeing19625
Cycling17825
Diving448
Equestrian6814
Fencing12618
Field hockey161632
Football01717
Gymnastics7916
Handball15015
Judo6511
Modern pentathlon112
Rowing201131
Sailing13417
Shooting14620
Swimming161834
Table tennis358
Taekwondo213
Tennis415
Triathlon224
Volleyball41620
Weightlifting415
Wrestling1010
Total241181422

Archery

The German women's archery team won its second Olympic medal in 2000 by defeating Turkey in the bronze medal match.
;Men
;Women

Athletics

Combined events

;Men's decathlon
AthleteEventFinalRank
Frank BusemannResult10.917.6414.522.0948.9714.1633.715.0064.914:25.3283517
Frank BusemannPoints88197076088786395453891081277683517
Mike MaczeyResult11.177.1013.842.0349.91DNF43.645.1061.494:27.99722825
Mike MaczeyPoints8238387198318190739941760758722825
Stefan SchmidResults10.947.1714.042.0048.6114.3840.815.0067.034:36.4982069
Stefan SchmidPoints87485473180388092668191084470382069

;Women's heptathlon

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men
;Women

Cycling

Road Cycling

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Rolf AldagRoad race5:30:4624
Andreas KlödenRoad race5:29:20
Jan UllrichRoad race5:29:08
Jens VoigtRoad race5:30:4656
Erik ZabelRoad race5:30.4614
Andreas KlödenTime trial59:3312
Jan UllrichTime trial57:48

;Women

Track cycling

;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Soeren LausbergMen's time trial1:02.9374
Stefan NimkeMen's time trial1:02.487
Kathrin FreitagWomen's time trial35.4737
Ulrike WeicheltWomen's time trial35.3156

;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRank
Jens FielderMen's keirin1 Qalign=center 1 Q
Jan van EijdenMen's keirin1 Qalign=center 2 Q4

;Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Thorsten RundMen's points race0023
Judith ArndtWomen's points race1204
Guido Fulst
Olaf Pollack
Men's Madison906

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

Show jumping

* Simons de Ridder was qualified to compete in the Grand Prix Freestyle but due to a restriction on the number of nation quotas, four Germans qualified for the Freestyle event but Simons de Ridder was placed fourth highest of the other German competitors which meant that she could not continue to the final round.

Fencing

18 fencers, 12 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 2000.
;Men
;Women

Football

;Summary

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group stage
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;Semi-finals
;Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

Men

;Team
;Individual events

Handball

Men's team

;Team roster
;Summary
;Results
;Quarterfinals
;5−8th place semifinals
;5/6th classification game

Hockey

Men

;Team roster
;Summary

Women

;Team roster
;Summary

Rhythmic gymnastics

;Group all-around
;Individual all-around

Rowing

Men

;Reserves

Women

;Reserves

Sailing

Eleven men and four women competed in ten Sailing event competitions, winning one silver medal and one bronze medal.
;Men
;Women
;Open
;Fleet racing
;Match racing

Shooting

;Men
;Women

Swimming

Women

Key: * – swimmers who only competed in the preliminary heats.

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim Bike Run Total TimeRank
Andreas RaelertMen's18:13.2959:09.8032:08.191:49:31.2812
Stephan VuckovicMen's18:35.5958:52.1031:09.891:48:37.58
Anja DittmerWomen's20:30.081:06.58.3037:08.402:04:36.8818
Joelle FranzmannWomen's19:41.481:05:35.6040:09.882:05:26.9621

Volleyball

;Team roster
;Results

Weightlifting

Men
'''Women'''

Wrestling

;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman