Germany at the Olympics

After German organisations had been dissolved by the Allies in 1947, in 1950 the IOC recognized the reorganized Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland for all of Germany, based in (West) Germany.

Due to the Cold War, an East German state (German Democratic Republic) was created in October 1949, and a separate National Olympic Committee (NOC) for East Germany was established in 1951. It was not immediately recognized by the IOC, which until 1965 required that athletes of the NOC of East Germany join the German team represented by the West Germany-based NOC of Germany. This team, which competed together from 1956 to 1964, is nowadays called the United Team of Germany (EUA, "Equipe Unifiée Allemande"), but was Germany (GER) then. As a result of the Germany being divided, from 1968 to 1990 two independent teams competed in each of the Games; the original designations were GER for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and GDR for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). In 1980 the West German code was changed to FRG (which is currently also applied by the IOC in retrospect). After the GDR ceased to exist in 1990 and its states joined the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany once again was represented by a single team, designated GER.

Additionally, in the early 1950s the French-occupied Saar had its own NOC and competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics before joining the German Olympic team in 1956 and the (West) German state by 1957.

For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, see West Germany at the Olympics.

*Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 19 6 5 2 13 3 1900 Paris 78 4 2 2 8 7 1904 St. Louis 18 4 4 5 13 2 1908 London 81 3 5 5 13 5 1912 Stockholm 185 5 13 7 25 6 1920–1924 did not participate 1928 Amsterdam 296 10 7 14 31 2 1932 Los Angeles 143 3 12 5 20 9 1936 Berlin 433 33 26 30 89 1 1948 London did not participate 1952 Helsinki 205 0 7 17 24 28 1956–1964 as part of the  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1968–1988 as  West Germany (FRG) and  East Germany (GDR) 1992 Barcelona 463 33 21 28 82 3 1996 Atlanta 465 20 18 27 65 3 2000 Sydney 422 13 17 26 56 5 2004 Athens 441 13 16 20 49 6 2008 Beijing 463 16 11 14 41 5 2012 London 392 11 20 13 44 6 2016 Rio de Janeiro 425 17 10 15 42 5 2020 Tokyo future event 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 191 194 230 615 5

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1928 St. Moritz 44 0 0 1 1 8 1932 Lake Placid 20 0 0 2 2 9 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 55 3 3 0 6 2 1948 St. Moritz did not participate 1952 Oslo 53 3 2 2 7 4 1956–1964 as part of the  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1968–1988 as  West Germany (FRG) and  East Germany (GDR) 1992 Albertville 111 10 10 6 26 1 1994 Lillehammer 112 9 7 8 24 3 1998 Nagano 125 12 9 8 29 1 2002 Salt Lake City 157 12 16 8 36 2 2006 Turin 162 11 12 6 29 1 2010 Vancouver 152 10 13 7 30 2 2014 Sochi 153 8 6 5 19 6 2018 Pyeongchang 153 14 10 7 31 2 2022 Beijing future event 2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 92 88 60 240 3

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Canoeing 32 18 20 70 Equestrian 25 13 14 52 Rowing 23 14 14 51 Athletics 18 26 36 80 Cycling 14 14 16 44 Gymnastics 14 11 14 39 Swimming 13 19 29 61 Shooting 10 9 5 24 Weightlifting 6 7 7 20 Fencing 5 7 9 21 Wrestling 4 12 9 25 Boxing 4 9 10 23 Field hockey 4 2 4 10 Sailing 3 4 5 12 Judo 3 2 13 18 Diving 2 8 11 21 Tennis 2 6 2 10 Beach volleyball 2 0 1 3 Modern pentathlon 2 0 1 3 Water polo 1 2 0 3 Football 1 1 3 5 Handball 1 1 1 3 Triathlon 1 1 0 2 Table tennis 0 3 4 7 Archery 0 2 1 3 Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 Rugby 0 1 0 1 Totals (27 sports) 190 193 230 613 *This table does not include two medals – one gold and one silver – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Biathlon 19 21 12 52 Luge 18 10 9 37 Speed skating 13 15 10 38 Bobsleigh 13 6 6 25 Alpine skiing 12 7 7 26 Ski jumping 6 6 1 13 Nordic combined 5 5 4 14 Figure skating 4 2 3 9 Cross country skiing 2 9 4 15 Snowboarding 1 4 2 7 Skeleton 0 2 1 3 Ice hockey 0 1 1 2 Freestyle skiing 0 1 0 1 Totals (13 sports) 93 89 60 242 *This table includes two medals – one gold and one silver – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

• List of flag bearers for Germany at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Germany
• Germany at the Paralympics

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• "Germany". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/GER". olympanalyt.com.