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Germany competed at the ''' 1896 Summer Olympics ''' in Athens , Greece . The Germans were the third most successful nation in terms of both Gold Medal s (6 plus 1 as part of a mixed team) and total medals (13). Gymnastics was the sport in which Germany excelled. The German team had 75 entries in 26 events (of which 48 entries were in the 8 gymnastics events), taking 13 medals. MEDALS Gold
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RESULTS BY EVENT Athletics See Also: Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics Hoffmann's silver medal in the 100 metres was the only medal earned by the German athletes, though they finished 4th or 5th an additional 4 times. Cycling See Also: Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics Germany's only cycling medal came in the long-distance road race. Gymnastics See Also: Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics Germany dominated the gymnastics program, taking 5 of the 8 gold medals and medalling in each event. Tennis See Also: Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics Traun was defeated by Boland in the first round of the singles tournament. The two entered the doubles tournament as a pair, winning the gold medal in that competition as part of a Mixed Team ; that medal is not counted for Germany. Weightlifting See Also: Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics Schuhmann's lift was equal to that of the bronze medallist, but lifting form was used as a tie-breaker in the event. Wrestling See Also: Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics Schuhmann first faced Launceston Elliot , the one-handed lift weightlifting champion, defeating him fairly easily. He received a bye in the semifinals, to face Georgios Tsitas in the final match. That contest took two days, after it had been postponed on account of darkness 40 minutes into the first day. Schuhmann quickly won on the second morning. REFERENCES
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