NOC | Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund |
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Flagbearers | 63 |
Olympic Games | 4931 |
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Intercalated Games | 49 |
Youth Olympic Games | 417 |
Other competitors with GER nationality | 7 |
Prior to World War II, Germany appeared at all Olympics (Winter and Summer) with the exception of 1920 and 1924, when, as an aggressor nation in World War I, it was not invited. Because of its actions in World War II, and because no true German state existed at the time, Germany was again not allowed to compete in 1948. After World War II, Germany split into two nations. The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (West) was proclaimed in Bonn on 23 May 1949 from the former United States, British, and French Zones of Occupation. The occupying powers restored civil status on 21 September 1949. The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East) was formed on 7 October 1949 from the former Soviet Zone of Occupation. As well, the province of Saarland formed an independent country until 1956. Saarland competed independently in 1952, its only Olympic appearance.
From 1952 to 1968, the problem of the “Two Germanies” was a major political problem for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The FRG National Olympic Committee (NOC) was formed on 24 September 1949 and requested IOC recognition immediately. On 29 August 1950, the IOC Executive Board gave provisional recognition to the FRG Olympic Committee. Full recognition came in May 1951 at the 46th IOC session in Wien. The GDR formed an NOC on 22 April 1951 and also asked for recognition. In 1952, a German team was entered at Oslo and Helsinki. Although titularly a combined German team, it was made up entirely of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany.
At the 51st IOC session in Paris in 1955, the GDR was granted recognition by the IOC by a vote of 27-7. However, the proviso to this recognition was that both Germanys would compete at the Olympics with a combined team. IOC President Avery Brundage boasted, “We have obtained in the field of sports what politicians have failed to achieve so far.”
In 1956, 1960, and 1964, a combined East and West German team competed under one flag, as the Unified Team of Germany, or EUA (from the French, Equipe Unifiée Allemande). On 6 October 1965, at the 64th IOC session in Madrid, the IOC gave the GDR the right to enter a separate team at the 1968 Olympic Games. However, the decision mandated that both Germanies compete with the same uniforms, using the same flag adorned with the Olympic Symbol, and using the same anthem, the choral theme from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In addition, the GDR agreed to compete as East Germany, a name it did not recognize.
At the 68th IOC session at Ciudad de México (Mexico City) in 1968, the IOC voted 44-4 that, beginning in 1972, both the FRG and the GDR could compete separately at the Olympic Games, wearing their own uniforms, and using their own flag and anthem, and with the correct names of their nations. On 3 October 1990, the GDR and the FRG dissolved their separate governments to once again form a single united German state. Competing in Albertville and Barcelona in 1992 was a single team representing a unified Germany.
Germany, wholly or separately, has always been one of the most powerful nations at the Olympics. Eight athletes have won eight or more medals while competing for Germany, led by swimmer Franziska van Almsick, though none gold, and equestrian Isabell Werth with 10 medals each. Werth also won the most gold medals for Germany with six. Two other athletes have won five gold medals for Germany: Claudia Pechstein (SSK) and Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (CAN), although Fischer-Schmidt won eight gold medals, including her performances for the GDR.
Germany has also hosted the Games of the XIth Olympiad in Berlin in 1936, the 4th Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, also in 1936, and the Games of the XXth Olympiad in München (then West Germany) in 1972. In addition, the 1916 Olympic Games were originally planned for Berlin, and the 1940 Olympic Winter Games were rescheduled for Garmisch-Partenkirchen after Sapporo and then St. Moritz withdrew as hosts.
Edition | Name |
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1952 Winter Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1952 Summer Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1956 Winter Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1956 Equestrian Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1956 Summer Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1960 Winter Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1960 Summer Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1964 Winter Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
1964 Summer Olympics | Unified Team of Germany |
All other editions | Germany |
Discipline (Sport) | Men | Women | Total | |
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Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | 13 | 0 | 13 | Results |
Athletics | 15 | 0 | 15 | Results |
Cycling Road (Cycling) | 6 | 0 | 6 | Results |
Cycling Track (Cycling) | 7 | 0 | 7 | Results |
Diving (Aquatics) | 4 | 0 | 4 | Results |
Fencing | 5 | 0 | 5 | Results |
Swimming (Aquatics) | 5 | 0 | 5 | Results |
Tug-Of-War | 8 | 0 | 8 | Results |
Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 | Results |
Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 | Results |
Edition | Competition Type | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1936 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 38 | 31 | 32 | 101 |
1992 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 33 | 21 | 28 | 82 |
1996 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 20 | 18 | 27 | 65 |
2016 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 17 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
2008 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 16 | 11 | 14 | 41 |
2018 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 13 | 17 | 26 | 56 |
2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 13 | 16 | 20 | 49 |
1960 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 |
2002 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 12 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
1998 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
2012 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 11 | 20 | 13 | 44 |
2006 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
1928 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 11 | 9 | 19 | 39 |
1964 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 10 | 22 | 18 | 50 |
2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
1992 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
1994 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
2012 Winter Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
2014 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
1912 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
1896 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
1932 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 5 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
2020 Winter Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
1904 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
1956 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
2010 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
1906 Intercalated Games | Intercalated Games | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
1900 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
1960 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
1908 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
2018 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
1964 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
1936 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
1952 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2014 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 |
1956 Equestrian Olympics | Olympic Games | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
1956 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1952 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
1932 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1928 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Fencing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Diving | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Tug-Of-War | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cycling Track | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Swimming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Luge | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
Biathlon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Athletics | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
Skeleton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Bobsleigh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Rowing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Mixed Sports | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Alpine Skiing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Ski Jumping | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Judo | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Nordic Combined | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cycling BMX Freestyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Canoe Sprint | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Taekwondo | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Fencing | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Snowboarding | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cross Country Skiing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Freestyle Skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ice Hockey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Beach Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Modern Pentathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rhythmic Gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Short Track Speed Skating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Isabell Werth | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Claudia Pechstein | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Ricco Groß | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Sven Fischer | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Kevin Kuske | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Katrin Wagner-Augustin | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
André Lange | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Kathrin Boron | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Natalie Geisenberger | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav Casmir | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Heinrich Schneidereit | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Heinrich Rondi | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jakob Erckrath de Bary | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
August Petri | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Emil Schön | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joseph Krämer | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gottlob Walz | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Julius Wagner | ![]() ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Willy Dörr | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Carl Kaltenbach | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wilhelm Ritzenhoff | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wilhelm Born | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Franziska Preuß | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Niklas Homberg | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Maximilian Janke | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tim Kopp | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Katharina Althaus | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Moritz Jäger | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Valentin Steudte | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jessica Degenhardt | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Merle Fräbel | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Christian Paffe | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Juliane Frühwirt | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Paul Gubitz | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Paul-Lukas Heider | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Hannes Orlamünder | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jessica Tiebel | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Willi Gebhardt | 1896—1909 |
Archambauld, Count Talleyrand-Périgord | 1899—1903 |
Eduard, Prince von Salm-Horstmar | 1901—1905 |
Caesar, Count von Wartensleben Carow | 1903—1914 |
Egbert, Count von der Asseburg | 1905—1909 |
Karl, Baron von Diepurg | 1909—1914 |
Adalbert, Count von Francken-Sierstorpff | 1910—1919 |
Adolf, Count von Arnim-Muskau | 1913—1919 |
Theodor Lewald | 1924—1938 |
Oskar Ruperti | 1924—1929 |
Adolf Friedrich Herzog zu Mecklenburg | 1926—1956 |
Karl von Halt | 1929—1964 |
Walter von Reichenau | 1938—1942 |
Adolf Friedrich Herzog zu Mecklenburg | 1956—1966 |
Willi Daume | 1956—1966 |
Walther Tröger | 1989—2009 |
Willi Daume | 1990—1991 |
Berthold Beitz | 1990—2013 |
Günther Heinze | 1990—1992 |
Willi Daume | 1991—1996 |
Thomas Bach | 1991— |
Günther Heinze | 1992—2020 |
Roland Baar | 1999—2004 |
Claudia Bokel | 2008—2016 |
Walther Tröger | 2010—2020 |
Britta Heidemann | 2016— |