Germany at the Olympics

Athletes from Germany have taken part in most of the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in 1896. Germany has hosted three Olympic Games, in 1936 both the Winter and Summer Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In addition, Germany had been selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics as well as the 1940 Winter Olympics, both of which had to be cancelled due to World Wars. After these wars, Germans were banned from participating in 1920, 1924 and 1948. While the country was divided, each of the two German states boycotted one of the Summer Games: in 1980 West Germany was one of 66 nations which did not go to Moscow in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and in 1984 East Germany joined the Soviet Union (and several others) in the boycott of the Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Germany at the
Olympics
IOC codeGER
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
283
Silver
282
Bronze
290
Total
855
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
 East Germany (1968–1988)
 West Germany (1968–1988)

Including the Winter Games of 2018, German athletes have won 1754 medals: 578 gold, 589 silver and 587 bronze. The IOC currently splits these results among four codes, even though only the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1968 to 1988 had sent a separate team to compete against the team of the German NOC that represented Germany (GER) since 1896.

German post-WW2 division until 1990

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.

Participation

Combined medals

Germany has competed at the Olympics under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the main table. Saar competed independently in the Summer Olympic games in 1952, but failed to win any medals. Due to most lists only listing medal counts, it's possible but not certain Saar was included as part of Germany in their calculations.

Medals won by Germany at the Summer Olympic Games between 1896 and 2012 (between 1956 and 1964 as the United Team of Germany and between 1968 and 1988 as a sum of medals of West and East Germany)
Medals won by Germany at the Winter Olympic Games between 1928 and 2014 (between 1956 and 1964 as the United Team of Germany and between 1968 and 1988 as sum of medals of West and East Germany)
Combined IOC codes № Games Combined total
 Germany (GER)[1] 26252260270782
 Germany (GER) (EUA)[2] 32288320311919
 Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG)[3] 433554024051162
 Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG) (GDR)[4] 54[5]5475675671681

Timeline of participation

DateTeam(s)
1896–1936 Germany (GER)
1952 Germany (GER)
 Saar (SAA)
1956–1964 United Team of Germany (EUA)
1968–1988 West Germany (FRG)
 East Germany (GDR)
1992– Germany (GER)

Hosted Games

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

GamesHost cityDatesNationsParticipantsEvents
1936 Winter OlympicsGarmisch-Partenkirchen6 – 16 February2864617
1936 Summer OlympicsBerlin1 – 6 August493,963129

Medal tables

*Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

See also

References

  1. International Olympic Committee: Germany
  2. Sports Reference: Germany Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. olympicsuniverse.com: All Time Summer Olympics Medal Tally
  4. BBC: Timeline: Olympic Powers
  5. Counting the eleven Games where both East Germany (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) competed as two appearances.
  • "Germany". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Germany". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/GER". olympanalyt.com.
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