Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports. Medalists Gold Lars Riedel — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Ilke Wyludda — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs Detlef Hofmann, Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter and Mark Zabel — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs Oliver Fix — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles Birgit Fischer, Manuela Mucke, Anett Schuck and Ramona Portwich — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours Jens Fiedler — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) Ulrich Kirchhoff — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Ludger Beerbaum, Ulrich Kirchhoff, Lars Nieberg, and Franke Sloothaak — Equestrian, Jumping Team Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Klaus Balkenhol, Martin Schaudt, Monica Theodorescu, and Isabell Werth — Equestrian, Dressage Team Andreas Wecker — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Udo Quellmalz — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg) Andreas Hajek, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls Kathrin Boron, Kerstin Köppen, Katrin Rutschow, and Jana Sorgers — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls Thomas Flach, Bernd Jäkel, and Jochen Schümann — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition Ralf Schumann — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Christian Klees — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone Silver Barbara Mensing, Sandra Wagner, and Cornelia Pfohl — Archery, Women's Team Competition Frank Busemann — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Oktay Urkal — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg) Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs Birgit Fischer and Ramona Portwich — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs Jan Hempel — Diving, Men's Platform Annika Walter — Diving, Women's Platform Roland Baar, Wolfram Huhn, Detlef Kirchhoff, Mark Kleinschmidt, Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Peter Thiede, Ulrich Viefers, and Marc Weber — Rowing, Men's Eights Petra Horneber — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle Susanne Kiermayer — Shooting, Women's Double Trap Sandra Völker — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle Franziska van Almsick — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle Dagmar Hase — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle Dagmar Hase, Kerstin Kielgass, Franziska van Almsick, Sandra Völker, Meike Freitag (heats), and Simone Osygus (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Marc Huster