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competed at the

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, Spain. It was the first time the European nation participated after

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in 1990. Previously,

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and

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had sent independent teams to the Games. 463 competitors, 300 men and 163 women, took part in 237 events in 26 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

In Germany's fifth archery competition, only one of the six archers qualified for the individual elimination rounds. He lost his first match, as did both the men's and women's teams. Women's Individual Competition: * Astrid Hanschen – Ranking round, 43rd place (0-0) *

Cornelia Pfohl Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) is a German archer who contested four consecutive Summer Olympic Games from 1992 to 2004. She is a two-time Olympic medalist in the women's team event, winning silver medal in 1996 and bronze medal in 200 ...

– Ranking round, 44th place (0-0) * Marion Wagner – Ranking round, 53rd place (0-0) Men's Individual Competition: * Frank Marzoch – Round of 32, 32nd place (0-1) * Marc Rosicke – Ranking round, 38th place (0-0) * Andreas Lippoldt – Ranking round, 43rd place (0-0) Women's Team Competition: * Hanschen, Pfohl, and Wagner – Round of 16, 10th place (0-1) Men's Team Competition: * Marzoch, Rosicke, and Lippoldt – Round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 400 metres *

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still ...

* Rico Lieder Men's 800 metres * Jörg Haas Men's 1,500 metres * Jens-Peter Herold *

Rüdiger Stenzel Rüdiger Stenzel (born 16 April 1968, in Gelsenkirchen) is a former German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the 1990s. He came second in the 1992 German championships behind Jens-Peter Herold thus ...

Hauke Fuhlbrügge Hauke Fuhlbrügge (born 21 March 1966) is a German former middle-distance runner. Biography He won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo over 1500 metres. He also won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Champion ...

Men's 5,000 metres * Dieter Baumann :* Heat – 13:20.82 :* Final – 13:12.52 (→ Gold Medal) Men's 10,000 metres * Stephane Franke :* Heat – 28:52.83 (→ did not advance) * Carsten Eich :* Heat – 29:22.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Ralph Pfersich, Rico Lieder, Jörg Vaihinger, and

:* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Stephan Freigang – 2:14.00 (→ Bronze Medal) * Konrad Dobler – 2:23.44 (→ 49th place) Men's 110 metres Hurdles *

Florian Schwarthoff Florian Schwarthoff (born May 7, 1968 in Dortmund) is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen. He was ...

Dietmar Koszewski Dietmar Koszewski (born 26 July 1967 in Berlin) is a retired German hurdler. He won a bronze medal for West Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split and the gold medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo. His perso ...

Men's 400 metres Hurdles * Carsten Kohrbruck :* Heat – 49.37 :* Semifinal – 49.41 (→ did not advance) * Olaf Hense :* Heat – 49.97 :* Semifinal – DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase * Steffen Brand *

Hagen Melzer Hagen Melzer (born 16 June 1959, in Bautzen) is a former East German middle and long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 m steeplechase. He won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. A year later he won t ...

Men's 20 km Walk * Robert Ihly – 1:26:56 (→ 11th place) * Axel Noack – 1:29:55 (→ 20th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Ronald Weigel – 3:53:45 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Hartwig Gauder Hartwig Gauder (10 November 1954 – 22 April 2020) was a German race walker who won a gold medal in the Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Born in West Germany, his family moved to East Germany in 1960 when the ...

– 3:56:47 (→ 6th place) Men's High Jump * Ralf Sonn * Hendrik Beyer *

Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg (, ; born 15 August 1961) is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens. Career On 26 May 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenb ...

Men's Long Jump *

Dietmar Haaf Dietmar Haaf (born 6 March 1967 in Bad Cannstatt) is a former (West) German long jumper. Career He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jump of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal ...

:* Qualification – 7.85 m (→ did not advance) * Konstantin Krause :* Qualification – 7.50 m (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump * Ralf Jaros :* Qualification – 16.89 m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Volker Hadwich :* Qualification – 81.10 m :* Final – 75.28 m (→ 12th place) Men's Hammer Throw *

Heinz Weis Heinz Weis (born 14 July 1963) is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990. Weis was born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, and at club level represented TV 1863 Germania Trier. He was coached initially b ...

:* Qualification – 74.86 m :* Final – 76.90 m (→ 6th place) * Claus Dethloff :* Qualification – 73.64 m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Jürgen Schult :* Qualification – 63.46 m :* Final – 64.94 m (→ Silver Medal) *

Lars Riedel Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967, in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50 m. Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic. ...

:* Qualification – 59.98 m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put *

Ulf Timmermann Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The fe ...

:* Qualification – 19.93 m :* Final – 20.49 m (→ 5th place) *

Udo Beyer Udo Beyer (born 9 August 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. Beyer has admitted to knowingly taking part in doping while he competed for East Germany. He was a Stasi informer under the codename "K ...

:* Qualification – 18.47 m (→ did not advance) * Kalman Konya :* Qualification – did not start (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Paul Meier * Frank Müller * Thorsten Dauth

Women's competition

Women's 100 metres * Andrea Philipp Women's 200 metres * Silke Knoll * Sabine Günther * Andrea Thomas Women's 400 metres * Anja Rücker Women's 800 metres * Sabine Zwiener :* Heat – 2:00.87 :* Semifinal – 2:02.64 (→ did not advance) * Sigrun Grau :* Heat – 2:00.31 :* Semifinal – 2:00.91 (→ did not advance) *

Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel (born 6 January 1965), is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training pa ...

:* Heat – 2:01.39 (→ did not advance) Women's 1,500 metres * Ellen Kießling Women's 10,000 metres *

Uta Pippig Uta Pippig (born 7 September 1965) is a retired German long-distance runner, and the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994–1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times (1990, 1992 and 1995); the ...

:* Heat – 32:07.28 :* Final – 31:36.45 (→ 7th place) * Kerstin Preßler :* Heat – 33:17.88 (→ did not advance) * Kathrin Ullrich :* Heat – did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's Marathon * Katrin Dörre – 2:36.48 (→ 5th place) * Birgit Jerschabek – 2:42.45 (→ 15th place) Women's 100 metres Hurdles * Gabi Roth * Kristin Patzwahl * Caren Jung Women's 400 metres Hurdles * Heike Meissner :* Heat – 55.52 :* Semifinal – 55.35 (→ did not advance) * Silvia Rieger :* Heat – 56.61 (→ did not advance) * Linda Kisabaka :* Heat – DNS (→ did not advance) Women's 4×100 metres Relay * Andrea Philipp * Silke Knoll * Andrea Thomas * Sabine Günther Women's 4×400 metres Relay * Uta Rohländer *

Heike Meißner Brigitte Heike Meissner (german: Meißner, born 29 January 1970 in Dresden) is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silve ...

* Linda Kisabaka * Anja Rücker Women's 10 km Walk * Beate Anders :* Final – 46:31 (→ 16th place) * Kathrin Born-Boyde :* Final – 50:21 (→ 33rd place) Women's High Jump *

Heike Henkel Heike Henkel (; born Heike Redetzky on 5 May 1964) is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Biograp ...

:* Qualification – 1.92 m :* Final – 2.02 m (→ Gold Medal) * Birgit Kahler :* Qualification – 1.92 m :* Final – 1.88 m (→ 11th place) * Marion Goldkamp :* Qualification – 1.86 m (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump *

Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks ...

:* Heat – 7.08 m :* Final – 7.14 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Susen Tiedtke Susen Tiedtke (born 23 January 1969 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics i ...

:* Heat – 6.74 m :* Final – 6.60 m (→ 8th place) * Helga Radtke :* Heat – 6.42 m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put *

Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. She won two Olympic medal ...

Stephanie Storp Stephanie Storp (born 28 November 1968 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a retired female shot putter from Germany. Her best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships, with a throw of 19.22 metres. She also won the ...

Women's Discus Throw *

Ilke Wyludda Ilke Wyludda (born 28 March 1969) is a discus thrower from Germany. She set eleven junior records at discus throw (and also two at shot put), and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins until beaten ...

:* Heat – 64.26m :* Final – 62.16m (→ 9th place) * Franka Dietzsch :* Heat – 63.60m :* Final – 60.24m (→ 12th place) *

Martina Hellmann Martina Helga Hellmann ( Opitz; born 12 December 1960) is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship ...

:* Heat – 60.52m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw *

Silke Renk Silke Renk (born 30 June 1967 in Querfurt, Bezirk Halle) is a retired German javelin thrower. She represented East Germany at the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European A ...

Karen Forkel Karen Forkel (born 24 September 1970 in Wolfen) is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took t ...

Petra Felke Petra Meier ( Felke; born 30 July 1959) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and ...

Women's Heptathlon *

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

* Peggy Beer * Birgit Clarius

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Jan Quast → Bronze Medal :* First round – Defeated Mohamed Zbir (MAR), 6:0 :* Second round – Defeated Pramuansak Phosuwan (THA), 11:2 :* Quarterfinals – Defeated Valentin Barbu (ROM), 15:7 :* Semifinals – Lost to

Daniel Petrov Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the cate ...

(BUL), 9:15

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Germany in 1992. ; Men's road race *

Erik Zabel Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...

Steffen Wesemann Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Col ...

* Christian Meyer ; Men's team time trial * Bernd Dittert * Christian Meyer * Uwe Peschel * Michael Rich ; Men's sprint * Jens Fiedler ; Men's 1 km time trial * Jens Glücklich ; Men's individual pursuit *

Jens Lehmann Jens Gerhard Lehmann (; born 10 November 1969) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of Arsenal's " Invincibles", playing every match of their unbeaten title-winning season. He holds the UEFA Ch ...

; Men's team pursuit * Michael Glöckner *

Stefan Steinweg Stefan Steinweg (born 24 February 1969) is a retired professional racing cyclist from Germany. He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Was a member of ''Radsportclub Opel Schüler Berlin'' Steinweg mostly raced ...

Guido Fulst Guido Fulst (born 7 June 1970) is a former German racing cyclist, who competed for the '' SG Dynamo Wernigerode'', SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won many titles during his career. He won two gold medals and a bronze at the ...

Andreas Walzer Andreas Walzer (born 20 May 1970) is a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in the Men's team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics along with Jens Lehmann, Stefan Steinweg, Guido Fulst Guido Fulst (born 7 June 1970) is a former German raci ...

; Men's points race *

; Women's road race * Viola Paulitz – 2:05:03 (→ 19th place) *

Petra Rossner Petra Rossner (born 14 November 1966) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the same event she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989. ...

– 2:05:03 (→ 28th place) *

Jutta Niehaus Judith ("Jutta") Niehaus (born 1 October 1964) is a retired racing cyclist from West Germany, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the silver medal in the women's individual road rac ...

– 2:08:13 (→ 44th place) ; Women's sprint *

Annett Neumann Annett Neumann (born 31 January 1970) is a German track cyclist who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Ga ...

; Women's individual pursuit *

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Albin Killat :* Preliminary round – 392.10 points :* Final – 556.35 points (→ 10th place) * Jan Hempel :* Preliminary round – 353.85 points (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 10m Platform * Jan Hempel :* Preliminary round – 426.27 points :*Final – 574.17 points (→ 4th place) * Michael Kühne :* Preliminary round – 393.21 points :*Final – 558.54 points (→ 7th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Brita Baldus :* Preliminary round – 312.90 points :*Final – 503.07 points (→ Bronze Medal) * Simona Koch :* Preliminary round – 281.46 points :*Final – 468.96 points (→ 7th place) Women's 10m Platform * Ute Wetzig :*Preliminary round – 284.13 points (→ did not advance, 14th place) * Monika Kühn :*Preliminary round – 270.51 points (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Germany in 1992. ; Men's foil *

Udo Wagner Udo Wagner (born 2 November 1963) is a German former fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual foil event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team foil event for Germany at the 1992 Summer ...

* Ulrich Schreck * Thorsten Weidner ; Men's team foil *

, Ulrich Schreck, Thorsten Weidner, Alexander Koch, Ingo Weißenborn ; Men's épée *

Elmar Borrmann Elmar Borrmann (born 18 January 1957) is a German fencer. He won a gold and silver medal in the team épée event for West Germany in 1984 and 1988 and a gold in the same event for Germany in 1992. Biography Elmar Borrmann attended the Kaufmä ...

Robert Felisiak Robert Felisiak (born 11 October 1962) is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...

Arnd Schmitt Arnd Schmitt (born 13 July 1965 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition. He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

; Men's team épée *

Uwe Proske Uwe Proske (born 10 October 1961) is a German former fencer. He competed in the individual épée event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team épée event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Oly ...

, Wladimir Reznitschenko ; Men's sabre * Jürgen Nolte * Felix Becker * Jörg Kempenich ; Men's team sabre * Felix Becker, Jörg Kempenich, Jürgen Nolte,

Jacek Huchwajda Jacek Huchwajda (born 3 April 1967) is a German fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He currently serves as an assistant coach on the Duke University Fencing team. Biography Jacek Huchwajda attended the Kau ...

, Steffen Wiesinger ; Women's foil * Sabine Bau * Zita-Eva Funkenhauser * Annette Dobmeier ; Women's team foil * Zita-Eva Funkenhauser, Sabine Bau, Anja Fichtel-Mauritz,

Monika Weber-Koszto Monika Weber-Koszto ( hu, Weber-Kosztó Mónika; born 7 February 1966) is a Romanian-born German fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics competing for Romania. She then won a silver in the sam ...

, Annette Dobmeier

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Germany – Unified Team 25-15 :* Germany – Romania 20-20 :* Germany – France 20-23 :* Germany – Egypt 24-16 :* Germany – Spain 18-19 *Classification Match :* 9th/10th place: Germany – Czechoslovakia 19-20 (→ Tenth place) *Team roster :* Jochen Fraatz :* Matthias Hahn :* Stephan Hauck :* Jan Holpert :* Michael Kiemm :* Michael Krieter :* Hendrik Ochel :* Klaus-Dieter Petersen :* Richard Ratka :* Bernd Roos :* Holger Schneider :* Wolfgang Schwenke :*

Andreas Thiel Andreas Thiel (born March 3, 1960) is a former Germany, German Team handball, handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he was a member of the West German hand ...

:* Frank-Michael Wahl :* Holger Winselmann :* Volker Zerbe *Head coach: Horst Bredemeier

Women's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :* Germany – Nigeria 32-17 :* Germany – United States 32-16 :* Germany – Unified Team 22-28 *Semi Finals :* Germany – South Korea 25-26 *Bronze Medal Match :* Germany – Unified Team 20-24 (→ Fourth place) *Team roster :* Sabine Heidrun Adamik :*

Andrea Bölk Andrea Bölk (born 10 November 1968) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...

Eike Bram Eike Bram (born 20 March 1965) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games ...

Carola Ciszewski Carola Ciszewski (born 1 June 1968) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the G ...

Michaela Erler Michaela Erler (born 29 June 1965) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Gam ...

:* Silke Fittinger :* Sybille Gruner :* Rita Köster :* Anja Krüger :* Elena Leonte :* Kerstin Mühlner :*

Gabriele Palme Gabriele Palme (born 26 April 1964) is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...

:* Silvia Schmitt :* Andrea Stolletz :* Bianka Urbanke :* Birgit Wagner *Head coach: Heinz Strauch

Hockey

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :*

– India 3 – 0 :*

– Great Britain 2 – 0 :*

– Australia 1 – 1 :*

– Egypt 8 – 2 :*

– Argentina 2 – 1 *Semi Finals :*

– Pakistan 2 – 1 *Final :*

– Australia 2 – 1 (→ Gold Medal) *Team roster :* Michael Knauth (gk) :*

Christopher Reitz Christopher Reitz (born 3 April 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen) is a German field hockey goalkeeper, who represented Germany in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He is now an orthopaedic surge ...

(gk) :*

Carsten Fischer Carsten "Calle" Fischer (born 29 August 1961) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the golden medal with his team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after ...

:* Jan-Peter Tewes :*

Volker Fried Volker Fried (born 1 February 1961 in Osnabrück, Niedersachsen) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four consecutive Summer Olympics for West and the reunified Germany. He won the gold medal with his team at the 19 ...

:* Klaus Michler :* Andreas Keller :* Michael Metz :* Christian Blunck :*

Sven Meinhardt Sven Meinhardt (born 28 September 1971 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player f ...

:* Michael Hilgers :* Andreas Becker :* Stefan Saliger :* Stefan Tewes :* Christian Mayerhöfer :* Oliver Kurtz

Women's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :*

– Spain 2 – 2 :*

– Australia 0 – 1 :*

– Canada 4 – 0 *Semi Finals :*

– Great Britain 2 – 1 *Final :*

– Spain 1 – 2 (→ Silver Medal) *Team roster :* Susie Wollschläger (gk) :* Simone Thomaschinski :* Caren Jungjohann :* Bianca Weiß (gk) :* Tina Peters :* Irina Kuhnt :* Britta Becker :*

Anke Wild Anke Wild (born 12 October 1967) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the co ...

:* Tanja Dickenscheid :* Heike Lätzsch :*

Franziska Hentschel Franziska Constanze Hentschel (born 29 June 1970 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a former field hockey forward from Germany. Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olymp ...

Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 5 February 1974 in Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is one of the mos ...

:* Eva Hagenbäumer :* Christine Ferneck :* Katrin Kauschke :* Susanne Müller

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1992. ;Individual * Dirk Knappheide * Ulrich Czermak * Pawel Olszewski ;Team * Dirk Knappheide * Ulrich Czermak * Pawel Olszewski

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) * Timm Stade :* Final ranking – 214.0 points (→ 18th place) Women's 470 Class * Peggy Hardwiger and Christina Pinnow :* Final ranking – 71.7 points (→ 8th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Nils Rudolph :* Heat – 22.70 :* Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place) *

Mark Pinger Mark Pinger (born 26 June 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. Pinger first did so in 1992 alongside Christian Tröger, Dirk Richter, and Ste ...

:* Heat – 22.88 :* B-Final – 22.88 (→ 11th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle *

Christian Tröger Christian-Alexander Tröger (born 6 October 1969 in Munich, Bavaria) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dir ...

:* Heat – 50.05 :* Final – 49.84 (→ 7th place) * Nils Rudolph :* Heat – 50.29 :* B-Final – 50.62 (→ 12th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Steffen Zesner :* Heat – 1:48.12 :* Final – 1:48.84 (→ 7th place) * Christian Keller :* Heat – 1:50.07 :* B-Final – 1:50.46 (→ 14th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Sebastian Wiese :* Heat – 3:50.73 :* Final – 3:49.06 (→ 6th place) *

Stefan Pfeiffer Stefan Pfeiffer (born 15 November 1965 in Hamburg) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle event. Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Se ...

:* Heat – 3:49.99 :* Final – 3:49.75 (→ 7th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Jörg Hoffmann :* Heat – 15:03.95 :* Final – 15:02.29 (→ Bronze Medal) *

:* Heat – 15:13.71 :* Final – 15:04.28 (→ 4th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *

Dirk Richter Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964 in Cottbus, Bezirk Cottbus) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongs ...

:* Heat – 56.03 :* Final – 56.26 (→ 8th place) *

Tino Weber Tino Weber (born 12 February 1970) is a former backstroke swimmer from Germany He was born in Merseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A member of Sportverein Halle, he wo ...

:* Heat – 56.27 :* B-Final – 56.49 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

:* Heat – 1:59.40 :* Final – 1:59.78 (→ 7th place) *

:* Heat – 2:00.94 :* B-Final – DNS (→ no ranking) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke (born 15 February 1970 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. That made hi ...

:* Heat – 1:02.48 :* B-Final – 1:02.73 (→ 13th place) * Christian Poswiat :* Heat – 1:03.85 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Christian Poswiat :* Heat – 2:20.80 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Christian Keller :* Heat – 54.47 :* B-Final – 54.30 (→ 9th place) * Martin Herrmann :* Heat – 54.59 :* B-Final – 54.94 (→ 14th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

Chris-Carol Bremer Chris-Carol Bremer (born 5 January 1971 in Hannover) is a former German Olympic swimmer of the 1990s who captained the German swimming team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ...

:* Heat – 2:00.49 :* B-Final – 1:59.93 (→ 9th place) * Martin Herrmann :* Heat – 2:00.47 :* B-Final – 2:01.14 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley * Christian Gessner :* Heat – 2:02.43 :* Final – 2:01.97 (→ 5th place) * Josef Hladký :* Heat – 2:07.18 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley * Christian Gessner :* Heat – 4:19.92 :* Final – 4:17.88 (→ 5th place) * Patrick Kühl :* Heat – 4:18.68 :* Final – 4:19.66 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Andreas Szigat,

, Bengt Zikarsky, and

:* Heat – 3:19.61 *

, and Steffen Zesner :* Final – 3:17.90 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

Peter Sitt Peter Sitt (born 7 December 1969) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), o ...

, Andreas Szigat, and

:* Heat – 7:18.21 * Andreas Szigat,

, Steffen Zesner, and

:* Final – 7:16.58 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Christian Keller, and Bengt Zikarsky :* Heat – 3:43.00 *

, Christian Keller, and

:* Final – 3:40.19 (→ 4th place)

Women's competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle * Simone Osygus :* Heat – 25.79 :* Final – 25.74 (→ 7th place) *

Franziska van Almsick Franziska van Almsick (; born 5 April 1978) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged 14. Her career began at the SC Dynamo Berlin. She has the distinction of having the most career Olym ...

:* Heat – 25.96 :* B-Final – DSQ (→ no ranking) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

:* Heat – 55.40 :* Final – 54.94 (→ Bronze Medal) * Simone Osygus :* Heat – 55.98 :* Final – 55.93 (→ 7th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle *

:* Heat – 1:57.90 :* Final – 1:58.00 (→ Silver Medal) * Kerstin Kielgass :* Heat – 2:00.55 :* Final – 1:59.67 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Dagmar Hase :* Heat – 4:10.92 :* Final – 4:07.18 (→ Gold Medal) * Kerstin Kielgass :* Heat – 4:12.50 :* Final – 4:11.52 (→ 5th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Jana Henke :* Heat – 8:35.11 :* Final – 8:30.99 (→ Bronze Medal) * Kerstin Kielgass :* Heat – 8:43.52 (→ did not advance, 9th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Sandra Völker Sandra Völker (born 1 April 1974) is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three (one silver, two bronze) medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she made her second Olymp ...

:* Heat – 1:02.90 :* B-Final – 1:04.52 (→ 16th place) * Dagmar Hase :* Heat – 1:03.35 :* B-Final – 1:02.93 (→ 9th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke * Dagmar Hase :* Heat – 2:11.52 :* Final – 2:09.46 (→ Silver Medal) * Marion Zoller :* Heat – 2:14.53 :* B-Final – 2:13.77 (→ 9th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Jana Dörries :* Heat – 1:10.00 :* Final – 1:09.77 (→ 5th place) * Daniela Brendel :* Heat – 1:10.49 :* Final – 1:11.05 (→ 8th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Daniela Brendel :* Heat – 2:32.09 :* B-Final – 2:32.05 (→ 10th place) * Jana Dörries :* Heat – 2:34.58 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly *

:* Heat – 1:00.02 :* Final – 1:00.70 (→ 7th place) * Bettina Ustrowski :* Heat – 1:02.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Bettina Ustrowski :* Heat – 2:21.49 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

Daniela Hunger Daniela Hunger (born 20 March 1972 in East Berlin) is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a ...

:* Heat – 2:15.16 :* Final – 2:13.92 (→ Bronze Medal) * Jana Haas :* Heat – 2:17.74 :* B-Final – 2:20.94 (→ 16th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat – 4:47.39 :* Final – 4:47.57 (→ 6th place) * Jana Haas :* Heat – 4:49.93 :* B-Final – 4:47.74 (→ 9th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Annette Hadding, Simone Osygus, Kerstin Kielgass, and Manuela Stellmach :* Heat – 3:43.58 *

, Simone Osygus,

, and Manuela Stellmach :* Final – 3:41.60 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Dagmar Hase, Daniele Brendel, Bettina Ustrowski, and Simone Osygus :* Heat – 4:10.62 * Dagmar Hase, Jana Dörries,

, and

:* Final – 4:05.19 (→ Silver Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Germany in 1992. ; Women's solo * Monika Müller * Margit Schreib ; Women's duet * Monika Müller * Margit Schreib

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...

:* First round – Defeated

Christian Ruud Christian Ruud (born 24 August 1972) is a Norwegian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 39 in October 1995, reaching the fourth round of the 1997 Australian Open and the qu ...

(Norway) 3-6, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 :* Second round – Defeated

Younes El Aynaoui Younes El Aynaoui ( ar, يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Morocco. He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in Mar ...

(Morocco) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 :* Third round – Lost to

Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is ...

(France) 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 3-6 * Michael Stich :* First round – Defeated

Richard Fromberg Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Tennis career Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came i ...

(Germany) 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 *

Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came i ...

:* First round – Defeated

Leonardo Lavalle Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain ...

(Mexico) 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6 Men's Doubles Competition *

and Michael Stich → Gold Medal :* First round – Defeated

Karim Alami Karim Alami ( ar, كريم علمي) (born 24 May 1973) is a retired tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, both in 1996 (Atlanta and Palermo), and reached a career-hi ...

and

(Morocco) walk over :* Second round – Defeated

Anastasios Bavelas Anastasios ("Tasos") Bavelas ( Greek: Αναστάσιος ("Τάσος") Μπαβέλας; born 27 February 1968 in Athens, Attica) is a male former tennis player from Greece. Bavelas represented his native country in the doubles competition at ...

and

Konstantinos Efraimoglou Konstantinos Efraimoglou ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Εφραίμογλου; born December 4, 1962, in Athens, Greece) is a male former tennis player from Greece. Efraimoglou represented his native country in the doubles competition at ...

(Greece) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 :* Quarterfinals – Defeated

Sergio Casal Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film * ''Se ...

and

Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sanchez is the older brother of mult ...

(Spain) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 :* Semifinals – Defeated

Javier Frana Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open Mixed Doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini. Tennis career Frana tur ...

and

Christian Miniussi Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Argentina. Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky l ...

(Argentina) 7-6, 6-2, 6-7, 2-6, 6-4 :* Final – Defeated Wayne Ferreira and

Piet Norval Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his nat ...

(South Africa) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 Women's Singles Competition *

Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

→ Silver Medal :* First round – Defeated

Lupita Novelo Guadelupe "Lupita" Novelo Osuna (born 5 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Novelo comes from Ensenada in the Mexican state of Baja California, one of six children of Don Antonio and Ana María. Moving to th ...

(Mexico) 6-1, 6-1 :* Second round – Defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 6-1, 6-0 :* Third round – Defeated

Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...

(Bulgaria) 6-3, 6-4 :* Quarterfinals – Defeated

Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011. Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first traine ...

(Belgium) 6-1, 6-0 :* Semifinals – Defeated Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 6-3, 6-4 :* Final – Lost to

Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

(USA) 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 * Anke Huber :* First round – Defeated Naoko Sawamatsu (Japan) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 :* Second round – Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 6-4, 6-1 :* Third round – Defeated

Nicole Muns-Jagerman Nicole Jagerman (born 23 July 1967) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Jagerman represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics ...

(Netherlands) 7-5, 7-6 :* Quarterfinals – Lost to

(USA) 3-6, 6-7 *

Barbara Rittner Barbara Rittner (born 25 April 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993. As a junior, s ...

:* First round – Defeated

Florencia Labat María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doub ...

(Argentina) 6-3, 6-3 :* Second round – Defeated

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly ...

(France) 6-3, 6-2 :* Third round – Lost to

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She also won four Ol ...

(Spain) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6

Water polo

Men's team Competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :* Tied with France (7-7) :* Lost to Unified Team (7-11) :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (15-9) :* Tied with Australia (7-7) :* Lost to United States (2-7) *Classification Matches :* Lost to Hungary (7-8) :* Defeated Cuba (10-6) → 7th place *Team roster :* Frank Otto :*

Hagen Stamm Hagen Stamm (born 12 June 1960 in Berlin) is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and two Eur ...

:* Dirk Theissmann :* Ingo Borgmann :* Rene Reimann :* Uwe Sterzik :* Piotr Bukowski :* Raúl de la Peña :* Jörg Dresel :* Torsten Dresel :* Reibel Guido :* Carsten Kusch

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

{{NOCin1992SummerOlympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...