Germany at the Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = GER
| NOCname = German Olympic Sports Confederation
| games = Olympics
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| website = {{url|www.dosb.de }} {{in lang|de|en|fr}}
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| rank = 5
| gold = 322
| silver = 318
| bronze = 320
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| summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Germany|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=|end_year= }}
| winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Germany|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1928|end_year= }}
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
{{flagIOC|SAA|1952 Summer}} (1952)
{{flagIOC|EUA}} (1956–1964)
{{flagIOC|GDR}} (1968–1988)
{{flagIOC|FRG}} (1968–1988)
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Athletes from Germany have taken part in most of the modern Olympic Games held since 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, Germany was banned from participating in the 1920, 1924 and 1948 Olympics.
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 Union's 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. In 1990, East Germany and West Germany would reunite, with Germany once again competing as a single full sovereign state since the 1992 Olympic year.
The IOC currently splits German 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 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.
Overview of Olympic participation
{{See|Germany at the Summer Olympics|Germany at the Winter Olympics}}
{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal table}}
= Timeline of participation =
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| Olympic year/s | colspan = 5 | team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896–1912 | colspan = 2 style = "text-align:right; border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | {{flagdeco|Germany|1866}} | colspan = 2 style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | Germany (GER) | |
| 1920–1924 | colspan = 4 style = text-align:center;background:darkgray | {{small|denied participation after WWI}} | ||
| 1928–1932 | colspan = 2 style = "text-align:right; border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | {{flagdeco|Germany|1919}} | colspan = 2 rowspan = 2 style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | Germany (GER) | |
| 1936 | colspan = 2 style = "text-align:right; border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | {{flagdeco|Germany|1935}} | ||
| 1948 | colspan = 4 style = text-align:center;background:darkgray | {{small|occupied country after WWII: former German Olympic Committee was dissolved}} | ||
| rowspan = 2 | 1952 | colspan = 2 style = "text-align:right; border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | {{flagdeco|Germany}} | colspan = 2 style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | Germany (GER) | |
| colspan = 3 style = "border-style: none none none none" | {{flagdeco|Saar}} Saar (SAA) | style = background:darkgray | {{flagdeco|East Germany}} East Germany did not participate | ||
| 1956–1964 | colspan = 4 style = text-align:center | {{flagdeco|Germany|EUA}} United Team of Germany (EUA) | ||
| 1968–1988 | colspan = 2 rowspan = 2 style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | {{flagdeco|Germany}} Germany | style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | (FRG) | {{flagdeco|East Germany}} East Germany (GDR) |
| since 1992 | colspan = 2 style = "border-style: none none none none; background:moccasin" | (GER) |
= Germany at the Summer Olympics =
{{legend2||Host country|border= 3px solid purple}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | ||||||
| Games
!Athletes ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{gold medal}} ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{silver medal}} ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{bronze medal}} !style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|Total !style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} {{GamesName|SOG|1896}} | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | bgcolor=ffdab9|3 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|SOG|1900}} | 78 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|SOG|1904}} | 18 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | bgcolor=DCE5E5|2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|UK}} {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} | 81 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Sweden}} {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} | 185 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 6 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2|did not participate | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} | 296 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 | bgcolor=DCE5E5| 2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} | 143 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 9 |
| style="border: 3px solid purple"
|align=left| {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} | 433 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 94 | bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|UK}} {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} | colspan=6| did not participate | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} | 205 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 28 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} | colspan=6; rowspan=3| as the {{flagIOCteam|EUA}} | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} | colspan=6; rowspan=6| as {{flagIOCteam|FRG}} and {{flagIOCteam|GDR}} | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|West Germany}} {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|South Korea}} {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Spain}} {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} | 463 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 82 | bgcolor=ffdab9|3 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} | 465 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 65 | bgcolor=ffdab9|3 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 422 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 56 | 5 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Greece}} {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 441 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 49 | 6 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|China}} {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 463 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 5 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|UK}} {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 392 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 44 | 6 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Brazil}} {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 425 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 5 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 425 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 9 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 428 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 10 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|SOG|2028}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2| future event | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} {{GamesName|SOG|2032}} | ||||||
| colspan=2| Total | 218 | 220 | 255 | 693 | 7 |
= Germany at the Winter Olympics =
{{legend2||Host country|border= 3px solid purple}}
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| Games
!Athletes ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{gold medal}} ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{silver medal}} ! width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|{{bronze medal}} !style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|Total !style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|WOG|1924}} | colspan=6| did not participate | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{GamesName|WOG|1928}} | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|WOG|1932}} | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| style="border: 3px solid purple"
|align=left| {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} {{GamesName|WOG|1936}} | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | bgcolor=DCE5E5| 2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{GamesName|WOG|1948}} | colspan=6| did not participate | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} {{GamesName|WOG|1952}} | 53 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} {{GamesName|WOG|1956}} | colspan=6; rowspan=3| as the {{flagIOCteam|EUA}} | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|WOG|1960}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Austria}} {{GamesName|WOG|1964}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|WOG|1968}} | colspan=6; rowspan=6| as {{flagIOCteam|FRG}} and {{flagIOCteam|GDR}} | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} {{GamesName|WOG|1972}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Austria}} {{GamesName|WOG|1976}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|WOG|1980}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} {{GamesName|WOG|1984}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{GamesName|WOG|1988}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} | 111 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 | bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} | 112 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | bgcolor=ffdab9|3 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} | 125 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 | bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} | 157 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 36 | bgcolor=DCE5E5|2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} | 162 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 | bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} | 152 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 | bgcolor=DCE5E5|2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Russia}} {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} | 153 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 6 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|South Korea}} {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} | 153 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 | bgcolor=DCE5E5|2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|China}} {{GamesName|WOG|2022}} | 149 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | bgcolor=DCE5E5|2 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} | rowspan="3"; colspan=6| future event | |||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|France}} {{GamesName|WOG|2030}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{flagicon|US}} {{GamesName|WOG|2034}} | ||||||
| colspan=2| Total | 104 | 98 | 65 | 267 | 3 |
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= Medals by Summer Sport =
{{Medals table
| caption =
| team = Sport
| hide_rank = yes
| leading = yes
| gold_1 = 20 | silver_1 = 21 | bronze_1 = 13 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Biathlon|Format=d}}
| gold_2 = 22 | silver_2 = 12 | bronze_2 = 9 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Luge|Format=d}} | leading_2 = yes
| gold_3 = 13 | silver_3 = 15 | bronze_3 = 10 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Speed skating|Format=d}}
| gold_4 = 16 | silver_4 = 9 | bronze_4 = 7 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Bobsleigh|Format=d}} | leading_4 = yes
| gold_5 = 12 | silver_5 = 8 | bronze_5 = 7 | name_5 = {{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Format=d}}
| gold_6 = 6 | silver_6 = 7 | bronze_6 = 3 | name_6 = {{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Format=d}}
| gold_7 = 6 | silver_7 = 6 | bronze_7 = 4 | name_7 = {{GamesSport|Nordic combined|Format=d}}
| gold_8 = 4 | silver_8 = 2 | bronze_8 = 3 | name_8 = {{GamesSport|Figure skating|Format=d}}
| gold_9 = 3 | silver_9 = 10 | bronze_9 = 4 | name_9 = {{GamesSport|Cross country skiing|Format=d}}
| gold_10 = 1 | silver_10 = 4 | bronze_10 = 2 | name_10 = {{GamesSport|Snowboarding|Format=d}}
| gold_11 = 2 | silver_11 = 3 | bronze_11 = 1 | name_11 = {{GamesSport|Skeleton|Format=d}}
| gold_12 = 0 | silver_12 = 1 | bronze_12 = 1 | name_12 = {{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Format=d}}
| gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 1 | bronze_13 = 1 | name_13 = {{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Format=d}}
}}
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= Combined medals of all German NOCs=
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.
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Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Olympics, as of August 13, 2024
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| ! align="center" style="background-color:#f2f2ce;" colspan="5" ; |Summer Games
! align="center" style="background-color:#cedff2;" colspan="5" ; |Winter Games ! align="center" colspan="5" ; |Combined total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{tooltip|2=International Olympic Committee country code|Team (IOC code)}}
! style="background-color:#f2f2ce; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Summer Games each country has participated in|No.}} ! style="background-color:#f2f2ce; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Summer Gold Medals won by each country|File:Gold medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#f2f2ce; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Summer Silver Medals won by each country|File:Silver medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#f2f2ce; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Summer Bronze Medals won by each country|File:Bronze medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#f2f2ce; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Total number of Summer Medals won by each country|File:GoldSilverBronze medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#cedff2; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Winter Games each country has participated in|No.}} ! style="background-color:#cedff2; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Winter Gold Medals won by each country|File:Gold medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#cedff2; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Winter Silver Medals won by each country|File:Silver medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#cedff2; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Number of Winter Bronze Medals won by each country|File:Bronze medal olympic.svg}} ! style="background-color:#cedff2; width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Total number of Winter Medals won by each country|File:GoldSilverBronze medal olympic.svg}} !style="width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Combined total number of Games each country has participated in|No.}} !style="width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Combined total number of Gold Medals won by each country|File:Gold medal olympic.svg}} !style="width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Combined total number of Silver Medals won by each country|File:Silver medal olympic.svg}} !style="width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Combined total number of Bronze Medals won by each country|File:Bronze medal olympic.svg}} !style="width:2em;"| {{tooltip|2=Combined total number of all Medals won by each country|File:GoldSilverBronze medal olympic.svg}} | ||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{flagdeco|German Empire}} {{flagdeco|Nazi Germany}} {{flagIOCteam|GER}}
|18 | 218 | 220 | 255 | 693 | 13 | 104 | 98 | 65 | 267 | 31 | 322 | 318 | 320 | 960 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SAA}}
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|EUA}}
|3 | 28 | 54 | 36 | 118 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 36 | 60 | 41 | 137 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GDR}}
|5 | 153 | 129 | 127 | 409 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 110 | 11 | 192 | 165 | 162 | 519 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRG}}
|5 | 56 | 67 | 81 | 204 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 67 | 82 | 94 | 243 |
| style="text-align: center;"| Total
!27 | 455 | 470 | 499 | 1424 | 22 | 162 | 155 | 118 | 435 | 49 | 617 | 625 | 617 | 1859 |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0em; text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
!Combined IOC codes !style="width:3em;"|No. Games !style="width:2em;"|{{gold1}} !style="width:2em;"|{{silver2}} !style="width:2em;"|{{bronze3}} !style="width:3.5em;"|Combined total | ||||
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER}}International Olympic Committee: [https://olympics.com/ioc/germany Germany]
|30 | 322 | 318 | 320 | 960 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER}} (EUA)
|37 | 358 | 378 | 361 | 1097 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER}} (EUA) (FRG)
|48 | 425 | 460 | 455 | 1340 |
| align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER}} (EUA) (FRG) (GDR)BBC: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/medals/olympic-powers Timeline: Olympic Powers] | 617 | 625 | 617 | 1859 |
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Hosted Games
For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, see West Germany at the Olympics.
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! Games !! Host city !! Dates !! Nations !! Participants !! Events | |||||
| 1936 Winter Olympics | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 6 – 16 February | style="text-align:center;" | 28 | style="text-align:center;" | 646 | style="text-align:center;" | 17 |
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Berlin | 1 – 6 August | style="text-align:center;" | 49 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,963 | style="text-align:center;" | 129 |
=Unsuccessful bids=
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Games !City !Winner of bid{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=GamesBids |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=January 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }} |
| 1908 Summer Olympics
|London, United Kingdom |
| 2000 Summer Olympics
|Sydney, Australia |
| 2012 Summer Olympics
|Leipzig{{efn|Not shortlisted into candidate stage}} |London, United Kingdom |
| 2018 Winter Olympics
|Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| 2024 Summer Olympics
|Paris, France |
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web |title=Germany |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/germany }}
- {{cite web |title=Germany |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/GER }}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/GER |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=GER }}
{{Nations at the Olympics}}
{{National sports teams of Germany}}
{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations}}
{{Top Winter Olympics medal-winning nations}}