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.Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Athletics | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Boxing | 8 | – | 8 |
| Canoeing | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| Cycling | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| Diving | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Equestrian | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Fencing | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Football | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Gymnastics | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Handball | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Judo | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| Sailing | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Shooting | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Swimming | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 10 | – | 10 |
| Total | 241 | 181 | 422 |
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| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank | ||||||||||
| Frank Busemann | Result | 10.91 | 7.64 | 14.52 | 2.09 | 48.97 | 14.16 | 33.71 | 5.00 | 64.91 | 4:25.32 | 8351 | 7 |
| Frank Busemann | Points | 881 | 970 | 760 | 887 | 863 | 954 | 538 | 910 | 812 | 776 | 8351 | 7 |
| Mike Maczey | Result | 11.17 | 7.10 | 13.84 | 2.03 | 49.91 | DNF | 43.64 | 5.10 | 61.49 | 4:27.99 | 7228 | 25 |
| Mike Maczey | Points | 823 | 838 | 719 | 831 | 819 | 0 | 739 | 941 | 760 | 758 | 7228 | 25 |
| Stefan Schmid | Results | 10.94 | 7.17 | 14.04 | 2.00 | 48.61 | 14.38 | 40.81 | 5.00 | 67.03 | 4:36.49 | 8206 | 9 |
| Stefan Schmid | Points | 874 | 854 | 731 | 803 | 880 | 926 | 681 | 910 | 844 | 703 | 8206 | 9 |
;Women's heptathlon
Canoeing
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Road Cycling
;Men| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rolf Aldag | Road race | 5:30:46 | 24 |
| Andreas Klöden | Road race | 5:29:20 | |
| Jan Ullrich | Road race | 5:29:08 | |
| Jens Voigt | Road race | 5:30:46 | 56 |
| Erik Zabel | Road race | 5:30.46 | 14 |
| Andreas Klöden | Time trial | 59:33 | 12 |
| Jan Ullrich | Time trial | 57:48 |
;Women
Track cycling
;Sprint;Pursuit
;Time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Soeren Lausberg | Men's time trial | 1:02.937 | 4 |
| Stefan Nimke | Men's time trial | 1:02.487 | |
| Kathrin Freitag | Women's time trial | 35.473 | 7 |
| Ulrike Weichelt | Women's time trial | 35.315 | 6 |
;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Jens Fielder | Men's keirin | 1 Q | align=center | 1 Q | |
| Jan van Eijden | Men's keirin | 1 Q | align=center | 2 Q | 4 |
;Omnium
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Thorsten Rund | Men's points race | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Judith Arndt | Women's points race | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Guido Fulst Olaf Pollack | Men's Madison | 9 | 0 | 6 |
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
;SummaryWomen'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- Markus Baur
- Frank von Behren
- Mike Bezdicek
- Henning Fritz
- Jan Holpert
- Florian Kehrmann
- Stefan Kretzschmar
- Jörg Kunze
- Sven Lakenmacher
- Klaus-Dieter Petersen
- Bernd Roos
- Christian Schwarzer
- Daniel Stephan
- Bogdan Wenta
- Volker Zerbe
;Results
;Quarterfinals
;5−8th place semifinals
;5/6th classification game
Hockey
Men
;Team roster- Clemens Arnold
- Christoph Bechmann
- Philipp Crone
- Oliver Domke
- Christoph Eimer
- Björn Emmerling
- Michael Green
- Florian Kunz
- Christian Mayerhöfer
- Björn Michel
- Ulrich Moissl
- Sascha Reinelt
- Christopher Reitz
- Christian Wein
- Tibor Weißenborn
- Matthias Witthaus
- Head coach: Paul Lissek
Women
;Team roster- Friederike Barth
- Britta Becker
- Birgit Beyer
- Caroline Casaretto
- Tanja Dickenscheid
- Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
- Simone Grässer
- Franziska Gude
- Katrin Kauschke
- Natascha Keller
- Denise Klecker
- Heike Lätzsch
- Inga Möller
- Fanny Rinne
- Marion Rodewald
- Julia Zwehl
- Head coach: Berti Rauth
Rhythmic gymnastics
;Group all-around;Individual all-around
Rowing
Men
;ReservesWomen
;ReservesSailing
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
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Bike | Run | Total Time | Rank |
| Andreas Raelert | Men's | 18:13.29 | 59:09.80 | 32:08.19 | 1:49:31.28 | 12 |
| Stephan Vuckovic | Men's | 18:35.59 | 58:52.10 | 31:09.89 | 1:48:37.58 | |
| Anja Dittmer | Women's | 20:30.08 | 1:06.58.30 | 37:08.40 | 2:04:36.88 | 18 |
| Joelle Franzmann | Women's | 19:41.48 | 1:05:35.60 | 40:09.88 | 2:05:26.96 | 21 |
Volleyball
;Team roster- Christina Benecke
- Beatrice Dömeland
- Judith Flemig
- Angelina Grün
- Tanja Hart
- Susanne Lahme
- Hanka Pachale
- Anja-Nadin Pietrek
- Sylvia Roll
- Christina Schultz
- Judith Sylvester
- Kerstin Tzscherlich
- Head coach: Lee Hee-Wan
Weightlifting
Men'''Women'''
Wrestling
;Freestyle;Greco-Roman