Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games since its reunification. A total of 441 athletes, 250 men and 191 women, competed in 27 sports, and were nominated by DOSB at four occasions.

Medalists

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Archery
Germany has qualified a spot in the men's individual event, and in the women's team.

Athletics
German athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).


 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Boxing
Germany sent four boxers to the 2004 Olympics. They won two bronze medals as the team went for a combined record of 6-4. Germany was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Canoeing
Germany entered 19 canoes in the canoeing competition in 2004. 18 qualified for semifinals, 17 qualified for finals, and 16 placed in the top 8. 9 won medals, including 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. This made Germany the most successful nation in the Athens canoeing competition.

Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
 * Women

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trial


 * Keirin


 * Omnium

Diving
Germany has qualified 10 athletes, including a single pair in the men's synchronized springboard, and two more in both women's synchronized springboard and platform.


 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian
Germany has qualified a spot for the team each in dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Eventing rider Bettina Hoy originally claimed a gold medal for herself and the German team, but three countries filed an appeal on the FEI Ground Jury, that overturned the judges' decision to nullify her original results. Therefore, the German eventing team finished outside the medals in fourth place, and Hoy claimed a ninth spot overall in the official results. Meanwhile, show jumper Ludger Beerbaum and his horse Goldfever helped the Germans claim a gold medal in the team event, but Goldfever tested positive for the prohibited substance betamethasone. As a result, Beerbaum was disqualified from the tournament, and instead, his teammates Christian Ahlmann, Otto Becker, and Marco Kutscher dropped their leading position for the bronze, even without Goldfever's results.

Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

 * Men


 * Women

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze Medal Final


 * Won Bronze Medal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Semifinal


 * Gold Medal Final


 * Won Gold Medal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze Medal Final


 * Won Bronze Medal

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Gold Medal Final


 * Won Silver Medal

Judo
Germany has qualified twelve judoka (five men and seven women).


 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
Germany has qualified three athletes in modern pentathlon.

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
 * Open

Shooting
* Won in shoot-off
 * Men

* Won in shoot-off
 * Women

Swimming
German swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Swimmers qualified from the German Olympic Trials.

* Competed only in heats and received medals
 * Men

* Competed only in heats and received medals
 * Women

Table tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
Germany's five triathletes in 2004 included three veterans, but the defending silver medallist was not among them. Each of the three improved upon their ranking from four years earlier, while the two rookie men also had solid races. Germany earned no medals in the 2004 triathlons, but did have a top eight finisher.

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * 5th-6th Classification

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle