Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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.

Athletics

 * Women's 100 metres


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

Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
 * Hubert Ausbock
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Lennart Bohman (SWE), points
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
 * Hans Schonrath
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points

Cycling
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

Fencing
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

Hockey

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Bronze Medal Match

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


 * Helmuth Kahl
 * Heinz Hax
 * Hermann Hölter