Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Combined events

Men's decathlon

Women's heptathlon

Badminton

Men

Women

Mixed

Beach volleyball

Men

Women

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Men

Women

Cycling

Cross country

Road Cycling

Men

Women

Track cycling

Sprint

Pursuit

Time trial

Keirin

Omnium

Diving

Men

Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

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 (maximum number is 3), four Germans qualified for the Freestyle event but Simons de Ridder was placed fourth highest of the other German competitors (Capellmann, Salzgeber and Werth) 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

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

Roster

Goalkeepers

• Nadine Angerer (FC Bayern München)
• Silke Rottenberg (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)

Defenders

• Doris Fitschen (1.FFC Frankfurt)
• Jeanette Götte (FFC Flaesheim Hillen)
• Stefanie Gottschlich (WSV Wolfsburg-Wendschott)
• Steffi Jones (1.FFC Frankfurt)
• Sandra Minnert (1.FFC Frankfurt)
• Kerstin Stegemann (FFC Flaesheim Hillen)
• Tina Wunderlich (1.FFC Frankfurt)

Midfielders

• Ariane Hingst (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam)
• Melanie Hoffmann (FCR Duisburg)
• Renate Lingor (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam)
• Nicole Brandebusemeyer (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
• Bettina Wiegmann (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)

Forwards

• Inka Grings (FCR Duisburg)
• Maren Meinert (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
• Claudia Müller (WSV Wolfsburg-Wendschott)
• Birgit Prinz (1.FFC Frankfurt)

Group stage

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 September 2000

17:00

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 24,800

Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)

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16 September 2000

17:30

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Martha Toro (Colombia)

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19 September 2000

17:30

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Wendy Toms (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

24 September 2000

17:30

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,710

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

Bronze medal match

28 September 2000

17:00

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

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

Summary

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Yugoslavia 25–22 Egypt

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

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

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

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Judo

Men

Women

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Group all-around

Individual all-around

Rowing

Men

Reserves

• Martin Weis
• Bernd Heidicker
• Jörg Lehnigk
• Philipp Stüer

Women

Reserves

• Angelika Brand
• Peggy Waleska

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

Men

Women

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

Table tennis

Men

Women

Taekwondo

Tennis

Men

Women

Trampolining

Triathlon

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

Results

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Wrestling

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

Notes

• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• International Olympic Committee (2001) The Results Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Olympia-Statistik
• The Results. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

References

1. "Germany at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
2. Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics