Olympian Database
German athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | GER | Heinz Fütterer | ||
| Manfred Steinbach | |||||
| Manfred Germar | |||||
| 200 m M | | GER | Manfred Germar | ||
| Leo Pohl | |||||
| Karl-Friedrich Haas | |||||
| 400 m M | | GER | Horst Mann | ||
| Jürgen Kühl | |||||
| Karl-Friedrich Haas | |||||
| 800 m M | | GER | Klaus Richtzenhain | ||
| Paul Schmidt | |||||
| Günter Dohrow | |||||
| 1500 m M | | GER | Klaus Richtzenhain | ||
| Siegfried Herrmann | |||||
| Günter Dohrow | |||||
| 5000 m M | | GER | Friedrich Janke | ||
| Herbert Schade | |||||
| 10000 m M | | GER | Walter Konrad | ||
| Herbert Schade | |||||
| Klaus Porbadnik | |||||
| Marathon M | | GER | Kurt Hartung | ||
| Lothar Beckert | |||||
| Klaus Porbadnik | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | GER | Bert Steines | ||
| Martin Lauer | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | GER | Heinz Laufer | ||
| 4x100 m M | | GER | Heinz Fütterer | ||
| Lothar Knörzer | |||||
| Leonhard Pohl | |||||
| Manfred Germar | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | GER | Jürgen Kühl | ||
| Walter Oberste | |||||
| Karl-Friedrich Haas | |||||
| Manfred Pörschke | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | GER | Dieter Lindner | ||
| Pole vault M | | GER | Manfred Preussger | ||
| Shot put M | | GER | Karlheinz Wegmann | ||
| Javelin throw M | | GER | Heinrich Will | ||
| Herbert Koschel | |||||
| Decathlon M | | GER | Walter Meier | ||
| Martin Lauer | |||||
| 100 m W | | GER | Christa Stubnick | ||
| Inge Fuhrmann | |||||
| Gisela Köhler | |||||
| 200 m W | | GER | Gisela Köhler | ||
| Christa Stubnick | |||||
| Inge Fuhrmann | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | GER | Maria Sander | ||
| Gisela Köhler | |||||
| Zenta Gastl | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | GER | Gisela Köhler | ||
| Maria Sander | |||||
| Christa Stubnick | |||||
| Bärbel Mayer | |||||
| High jump W | | GER | Inge Kilian | ||
| Long jump W | | GER | Helga Hoffmann | ||
| Erika Fisch | |||||
| Shot put W | | GER | Anne Lafrenz | ||
| Marianne Werner | |||||
| Johanna Lüttge | |||||
| Discus throw W | | GER | Anne Lafrenz | ||
| Marianne Werner | |||||
| Almut Brömmel | |||||
| Javelin throw W | | GER | Erika Raue | ||
| Almut Brömmel | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | GER | Edgar Basel | ||
| Bantamweight M | | GER | Wolfgang Behrendt | ||
| Featherweight M | | GER | Bernard Schröter | ||
| Lightweight M | | GER | Harry Kurschat | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | GER | Willi Roth | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | GER | Ulrich Kienast | ||
| Middleweight M | | GER | Dieter Wemhöner | ||
| Heavyweight M | | GER | Ulrich Nietschke | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | GER | Therese Zenz | ||
| K1 1000 m M | | GER | Ernst Steinhauer | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | GER | Michel Scheuer | ||
| Meinrad Miltenberger | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | GER | Michel Scheuer | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | GER | Fritz Briel | ||
| Theo Kleine | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | GER | Franz Johannsen | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | GER | Herbert Kirschner | ||
| Egon Drews | |||||
| C1 10000 m M | | GER | Franz Johannsen | ||
| C2 10000 m M | | GER | Egon Drews | ||
| Wilfried Soltau | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | GER | Gustav-Adolf Schur | ||
| Horst Tüller | |||||
| Road race team M | | GER | Reinhold Pommer | ||
| Horst Tüller | |||||
| Gustav-Adolf Schur | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | GER | Anneliese Küppers | ||
| Hannelore Weygand | |||||
| Liselott Linsenhoff | |||||
| Dressage team | | GER | Anneliese Küppers | ||
| Liselott Linsenhoff | |||||
| Hannelore Weygand | |||||
| Eventing individual | | GER | August Lütke-Westhues | ||
| Eventing team | | GER | Otto Rothe | ||
| Klaus Wagner | |||||
| August Lütke-Westhues | |||||
| Jumping individual | | GER | Hans-Günther Winkler | ||
| Fritz Thiedemann | |||||
| Jumping team | | GER | Alfons Lütke-Westhues | ||
| Fritz Thiedemann | |||||
| Hans-Günther Winkler | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual M | | GER | Günter Stratmann | ||
| Epee individual M | | GER | Günter Stratmann | ||
| Sabre individual M | | GER | Günter Stratmann | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | GER | Robert Klein | ||
| Helmut Bantz | |||||
| Team M | | GER | Robert Klein | ||
| Helmut Bantz | |||||
| Erich Wied | |||||
| Jakob Kiefer | |||||
| Theo Wied | |||||
| Hans Pfann | |||||
| Floor M | | GER | Helmut Bantz | ||
| Vault M | | GER | Helmut Bantz | ||
| Jakob Kiefer | |||||
| Robert Klein | |||||
| Theo Wied | |||||
| Horizontal bar M | | GER | Helmut Bantz | ||
 Hockey | |||||
| Hockey M | | GER | Heinz Radzikowski | ||
| Eberhard Ferstl | |||||
| Günther Brennecke | |||||
| Alfred Lücker | |||||
| Werner Rosenbaum | |||||
| Wolfgang Nonn | |||||
| Hugo Dollheiser | |||||
| Werner Delmes | |||||
| Helmut Nonn | |||||
| Günther Ullerich | |||||
| Hugo Budinger | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | GER | Klaus von Fersen | ||
| Double sculls M | | GER | Kurt Hipper | ||
| Thomas Schneider | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | GER | Horst Arndt | ||
| Rainer Borkowsky | |||||
| Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | GER | Hans Lubinus | ||
| Adolf Stein | |||||
| Ludwig Bielenberg | |||||
| Dragon | | GER | Georg Nowka | ||
| Theodor Thomsen | |||||
| Erich Natusch | |||||
| Finn M | | GER | Jürgen Vogler | ||
| Sharpie | | GER | Rolf Mulka | ||
| Ingo von Bredow | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | GER | Rudi Sigl | ||
| Albert Sigl | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | GER | Rudi Sigl | ||
| Albert Sigl | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | GER | Katharine Jansen | ||
| Birgit Klomp | |||||
| Christel Steffin | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | GER | Horst Bleeker | ||
| Hans Köhler | |||||
| Paul Voell | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | GER | Ingrid Kunzel | ||
| 400 m freestyle M | | GER | Hans Köhler | ||
| Hans Zierold | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | GER | Hans-Joachim Reich | ||
| 100 m backstroke W | | GER | Helga Schmidt | ||
| 100 m backstroke M | | GER | Dieter Pfeiffer | ||
| Ekkehard Miersch | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | GER | Eva-Maria ten Elsen | ||
| Ursula Happe | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | GER | Herbert Klein | ||
| 100 m butterfly W | | GER | Jutta Langenau | ||
| 200 m butterfly M | | GER | Horst Weber | ||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | GER | Katharine Jansen | ||
| Ingrid Künzel | |||||
| Hertha Hasse | |||||
| Birgit Klomp | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | GER | Horst Bleeker | ||
| Hans-Joachim Reich | |||||
| Hans Köhler | |||||
| Hans Zierold | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Featherweight M | | GER | Georg Miske | ||
| Lightweight M | | GER | Willi Kolb | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | GER | Alfred Kämmerer | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | GER | Johann Sterr | ||
| Greco-Roman bantamweight M | | GER | Alfred Kämmerer | ||
| Greco-Roman welterweight M | | GER | Siegfried Schäfer | ||
| Greco-Roman middleweight M | | GER | Johann Sterr | ||
| Greco-Roman heavyweight M | | GER | Wilfried Dietrich | ||
| * The list of German athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about German athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
