Germany won the titles consecutively in 1982, 1985, 1989 and 1993.
For the Dutch, it was yet another sad end to the grand finale, having lost to the Germans in the 1985 final in Vancouver by a 1-4 score line.
The team in Oranje drew first blood with a perfect penalty corner conversion from their hit-man, and the tournament's top scorer, Mink Van Der Weerden, in the 21th minute.
Marco Miltkau equalised for the Germans in the 24th minute.
In the second half, 17-year-old Florian Fuchs put Germany ahead in the 56th minute, capitalising on a rare error by the Dutch goalkeeper Pimin Blaak.
Jan Fleckhaus' scored Germany's third and final goal in the 61st minute.
Uli Forstner, coach of the Germany team, said: "This is a dream come true. I'm not only happy with the victory but with also the way we played. In the second half, we won all our one-on-one challenges. This was the best performance our team ever had."
Germany's captain Martin Haner said: "Our team spirit was fantastic, we ran for each other for the whole 70 minutes, and this victory shows that Germany's hockey is the best in the whole tournament."
Australia, after the heartbreak of their semi-final defeat to Germany, came bouncing back to beat New Zealand 4-1 to take third spot.
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