Germany participated at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, except for 1920 and 1924 due to the nation's role in World War I, and 1948 for the nation's role in World War II. From 1956 through 1964, Germans competed as part of the United Team of Germany (UTG); in 1968, the team was split into two teams West Germany and East Germany. West Germany boycotted the 1980 games as part of the American-led boycott, and then returned in 1984. East Germany boycotted the 1984 games as part of the Soviet-led boycott, and in 1988, East Germany returned for the last time. One year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, West and East Germany re-united as one country with their reunification in 1990, and it has participated in every Summer Olympics since 1992 games in Barcelona.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation appointed Olaf Tabor as the nation's chef de mission for Paris 2024.
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
German entered four archers into the games. The first German qualified for the games by virtue of gold-medal victory in men's recurve individual events at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. Another German's fielded a full-squad of women's team by virtue of their gold-medal victory at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
German track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Combined event â Women's heptathlon
Germany entered four badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
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The Germany men's basketball team qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, as one of the two highest ranks from the European zone.
The Germany women's national basketball team qualified for the games by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belém, Brazil.
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The German women's 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary.
Germany entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Nelvie Tiafack (men's super heavyweight) and Maxi Klötzer (women's flyweight) qualified themself to Paris by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
Germany entered four boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.
Germany canoeists qualified eight boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
<small>Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)</small>
Germany entered five road cyclists (two male and three female). Germany qualified two male and three female through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Germany obtained a full spots for men's and women's track events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
<small>Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final</small>
German mountain bikers qualified for two men's and one women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish for men and ninth-place finish for women respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 28 May 2024.
Germany received one quota spot for Women's BMX freestyle at the Olympics, as a result of being the 2nd best non-qualified NOC at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.
Germany qualified a men's quota in BMX racing after getting the unused host country quota as the 11th-ranked country in the BMX Olympic ranking and a women's quota via the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships.
German divers secured six quota places in their respective events for Paris 2024. Two of them successfully won gold medals each in the men's individual springboard and platform for Paris 2024, following their successful gold-medal triumphs at the 2023 European Games in Rzeszów, Poland;. two spots were awarded to the female German divers after advancing to the top twelve final in the women's individual platform at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; and two more spots awarded through synchronized men's platform and synchronized women's springboard after becoming the four highest synchronized divers, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Germany entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions through a top-seven finish in dressage and top-five in jumping the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, and through a top-six finish at the Eventing Worlds on the same year in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy.
<small>Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position</small>
Germany entered two fencers into the Olympic competition, with Matyas Szabo and Anne Sauer claiming a spot as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
Germany men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics after a top three finish at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Muscat, Oman.
Reserves:
Germany women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics after a top three finish at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi, India.
For the first time since 2016, Germany women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third place play-off match of the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Germany entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking performances, as the top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.
Germany fielded a squad of five male gymnasts and three female gymnasts for Paris. All of those gymnasts qualified for the games by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Germany entered one rhythmic gymnast into the individual all-around tournament by winning a silver medal and securing one of the three available berths at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Germany has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top ten finish in 2024 Olympic Games Qualification Ranking list.
Germany men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top two spot at the 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Hanover.
Germany women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top two spot at the 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Neu-Ulm.
German modern pentathletes confirmed three quota places for Paris 2024. Marvin Dogue, with Annika Zillekens slated to compete at her fourth straight Games on the women's side, secured a spot each in their respective individual events by finishing among the eight highest-ranked modern pentathletes eligible for qualification at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland; meanwhile Fabian Liebig qualified to compete in the men's competition through the release of final Olympic ranking.
German rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
<small>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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>
German sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; and 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France. All 14 sailors were officially nominated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) on 24 June and 2 July 2024.
<small>M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated â did not advance into the medal race</small>
German shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Germany qualified one male and female skateboarder by virtue of finishing in the Top 20 of the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings.
Germany qualified 2 male and 1 female athlete in the combined event respectively by virtue of finishing in the top 10 of the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.
German surfers confirmed two shortboard quota place for Tahiti 2024. Camilla Kemp and Tim Elter qualified for the games, by becoming one of the top eight female surfer; and one of the top six male surfer, not yet qualified, at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
<small>Qualification legend: R3 â Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 â Qualifies to repechage round</small>
German swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):
Germany entered a full squad of male and female athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The nation's mixed doubles pair, to be officially named by DOSB at an eventual date, scored a successful gold-medal victory and secured an outright berth at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. Germany entered three women athletes by winning the 2023 STUPA European Table Tennis Championship in Malmö, Sweden; and three men by advancing to the quarter-finals round at the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea.
Germany entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. 2022 world bronze medalist Lorena Brandl qualified directly for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by finishing among the top eight taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings qualifying period in December 2023.
Germany confirmed six quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the nation's successful gold-medal triumph at the 2023 Mixed Relay World Championships in Hamburg; and through the release of final qualification ranking.
German men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.
Germany men's volleyball team qualified for Paris by securing an outright berth as one of the two highest-ranked nations at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Germany qualified seven wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Luisa Niemesch qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; Sandra Paruszewski and Jello Krahmer qualified for the games after winning their semifinal match through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; meanwhile Anastasia Blayvas and Erik Thiele qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Lucas Lazogianis and Annika Wendle joined the squads due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas.