Germany at the Olympics

Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of Germany
IOC code  GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)
Olympic history
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906
Other related appearances
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
West Germany (1968–1988)
East Germany (1968–1988)
Saar (1952)

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 the Summer Games: in 1980 West Germany was one of 65 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.

Including the Winter Games of 2014, German athletes have won 1681 medals: 547 gold, 567 silver and 567 bronze. The IOC currently splits these results among four codes, even though only the East 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.

Medals won by Germany at the Summer Olympic Games between 1896 and 2012 (between 1956 and 1964 as the Unified 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 Unified Team of Germany and between 1968 and 1988 as sum of medals of West and East Germany)
Combined IOC codes № Games 1st 2nd 3rd 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

Date Team(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)

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Greece 1896 Athens 19 6 5 2 13 3
France 1900 Paris 78 4 2 2 8 7
United States 1904 St. Louis 18 4 4 5 13 2
United Kingdom 1908 London 81 3 5 5 13 5
Sweden 1912 Stockholm 185 5 13 7 25 6
1920–1924 did not participate
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam 296 10 7 14 31 2
United States 1932 Los Angeles 143 3 12 5 20 9
Germany 1936 Berlin 433 33 26 30 89 1
United Kingdom 1948 London did not participate
Finland 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)
Spain 1992 Barcelona 463 33 21 28 82 3
United States 1996 Atlanta 465 20 18 27 65 3
Australia 2000 Sydney 422 13 17 26 56 5
Greece 2004 Athens 441 13 16 20 49 6
China 2008 Beijing 463 16 10 15 41 5
United Kingdom 2012 London 392 11 19 14 44 6
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
Total 174 182 217 573 7

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz 44 0 0 1 1 8
United States 1932 Lake Placid 20 0 0 2 2 9
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 55 3 3 0 6 2
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz did not participate
Norway 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)
France 1992 Albertville 111 10 10 6 26 1
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 112 9 7 8 24 3
Japan 1998 Nagano 125 12 9 8 29 1
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 157 12 16 8 36 2
Italy 2006 Turin 162 11 12 6 29 1
Canada 2010 Vancouver 152 10 13 7 30 2
Russia 2014 Sochi 153 8 6 5 19 6
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang
Total 78 78 53 209 3

Medals by summer sport

   Leading in that sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Canoeing 28 16 19 63
Equestrian 23 11 12 46
Rowing 21 13 14 48
Athletics 16 24 37 77
Swimming 13 19 29 61
Cycling 13 14 15 42
Gymnastics 13 11 13 37
Shooting 7 8 5 20
Weightlifting 6 7 7 20
Fencing 5 7 9 21
Wrestling 4 12 8 24
Boxing 4 9 9 22
Field hockey 4 2 2 8
Sailing 3 4 4 11
Judo 3 2 12 17
Diving 2 8 10 20
Tennis 2 5 2 9
Modern pentathlon 2 0 1 3
Water polo 1 2 0 3
Handball 1 1 0 2
Triathlon 1 1 0 2
Beach volleyball 1 0 1 2
Table tennis 0 2 3 5
Archery 0 1 1 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2
Rugby 0 1 0 1
Football 0 0 3 3
Total* 173 181 217 571

*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 16 20 9 45
Luge 15 9 7 31
Speed skating 13 15 10 38
Alpine skiing 12 7 7 26
Bobsleigh 10 5 6 21
Ski jumping 5 3 1 9
Figure skating 3 2 3 8
Cross country skiing 2 9 4 15
Nordic combined 2 4 3 9
Snowboarding 1 3 1 5
Skeleton 0 1 1 2
Freestyle skiing 0 1 0 1
Ice hockey 0 0 1 1
Total* 79 79 53 211

*This table includes two medals – one gold and one silver – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

See also

References

  1. International Olympic Committee: Germany
  2. Sports Reference: Germany
  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.

External links

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