Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany IOC code  GER NOC Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund external link (German)
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	214 (183 men, 31 women)
Flag bearer	Ernst Paulus
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 10	Silver 7	Bronze 14	Total 31
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Other related appearances
East Germany (1968–1988) Saar (1952)

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. Despite a total absence of 16 years since 1912, German athletes were ranked 2nd.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Boxing 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Lina Radke — Athletics, Women's 800m
• Carl von Langen — Equestrian, Individual dressage
• Eugen von Lotzbeck, Hermann Linkenbach and Carl von Langen — Equestrian, Team dressage
• Helene Mayer — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
• Kurt Moeschter and Bruno Muller — Rowing, Coxless pair
• Hilde Schrader — Swimming, Women's 200m breaststroke
• Men'Team — Water polo
• Josef Strassberger — Weightlifting, Heavyweight
• Kurt Helbig — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Kurt Leucht — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Bantamweight

[edit] Silver

• Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben and Helmut Körnig — Athletics, Men's 4x100m relay
• Otto Neumann, Harry Storz, Richard Krebs and Hermann Engelhard — Athletics, Men's 4x400m relay
• Ernst Pistulla — Boxing, Light Heavyweight
• Erwin Casmir — Fencing, Men's Individual Foil
• Erich Rademacher — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke
• Eduard Sperling — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Lightweight
• Adolf Rieger — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Georg Lammers — Athletics, Men's 100m
• Helmut Körnig — Athletics, Men's 200m
• Joachim Büchner — Athletics, Men's 400m
• Rosa Kellner, Helene Schmidt, Anni Holdmann and Helene Junker — Athletics, Women's 4x100m relay
• Hermann Engelhard — Athletics, Men's 800m
• Emil Hirschfeld — Athletics, Men's shot put
• Karl Köther and Hans Bernhardt — Cycling, Men's Tandem
• Bruno Neumann — Equestrian, Individual eventing
• Olga Oelkers — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
• Men's Team — Hockey
• Helmut Kahl — Modern pentathlon
• Charlotte Mühe — Swimming, Women's 200m breaststroke
• Hans Wölpert — Weightlifting, Featherweight
• Georg Gehring — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Heavyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Hubert Ausbock

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Lennart Bohman (SWE), points
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Hans Schonrath

• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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