Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Benno•Groß |
Used name | Benno•Groß |
Born | 9 October 1957 in Saarlouis, Saarland (GER) |
Measurements | 172 cm / 69 kg |
Affiliations | TG Saar, Saarbrücken (GER) / TV Lebach, Lebach (GER) |
NOC | West Germany |
Benno Groß was a member of the West German male gymnastics team that finished a respectable fourth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He also placed 25th in the individual all-around but missed all the apparatus finals except the pommelled horse, where he finished seventh. He participated in the World Championships in 1978-79, and 1981. Domestically, Groß won four individual titles.
Groß was a policeman by profession and eventually worked as a sports instructor at the University of Applied Sciences for Administration in the Department of the German Police Enforcement Service.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1984 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | FRG | Benno Groß | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | =25 r1/2 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | West Germany | 4 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | =44 r1/2 | |||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | =25 r1/2 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | =21 r1/2 | |||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | =41 r1/2 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | =33 r1/2 | |||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | 7 |