In the first round, he faced Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland, who had won the weightlifting competition.

The match went for 40 minutes before it was determined that it was too dark to continue and the bout was postponed until a second day.

[3] The next morning, Schuhmann quickly finished the bout with a win for a gold medal.

He also placed fifth in the triple jump and in the bottom three of a seven-man field in the shot put.

[citation needed] Schuhmann tied for fourth place in the two-handed weightlifting competition now known as the clean and jerk.