Germany at the Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 305 Silver 305 Bronze 312 Total 922
Summer appearances
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920–1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Saar (1952)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)  East Germany (1968–1988)  West Germany (1968–1988)

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 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.

Overview of Olympic participation

Timeline of participation

Date	Team
1896–1912	Germany (GER)
1920–1924	denied participation
1928–1936	Germany (GER)
1948	denied participation
1952	Saar (SAA)	Germany (GER)
1956–1964	United Team of Germany (EUA)
1968–1988	West Germany (FRG)		East Germany (GDR)
1992–	Germany (GER)

Germany at the Summer Olympics   Host country Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 19 6 5 2 13 3 1900 Paris 78 4 3 2 9 7 1904 St. Louis 18 4 5 6 15 2 1908 London 81 3 5 5 13 5 1912 Stockholm 185 5 13 7 25 6 1920 Antwerp did not participate 1924 Paris 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 Melbourne as part of the  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City as  West Germany (FRG) and  East Germany (GDR) 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 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 425 10 11 16 37 9 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 201 207 247 655 7

Germany at the Winter Olympics   Host country Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 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 Cortina d'Ampezzo as part of the  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble as  West Germany (FRG) and  East Germany (GDR) 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 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 149 12 10 5 27 2 2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 104 98 65 267 3

Medals by Summer Sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Canoeing 34 19 24 77 Equestrian 28 14 14 56 Rowing 23 16 14 53 Athletics 19 28 36 83 Cycling 15 16 16 47 Gymnastics 14 12 14 40 Swimming 13 18 30 61 Shooting 10 9 5 24 Weightlifting 6 7 9 22 Wrestling 5 13 11 29 Fencing 5 7 9 21 Boxing 4 9 10 23 Field hockey 4 2 4 10 Tennis 3 6 2 11 Sailing 3 5 7 15 Judo 3 3 15 21 Diving 2 8 12 22 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 Marathon swimming 1 1 1 3 Triathlon 1 1 0 2 Table tennis 0 4 5 9 Archery 0 2 2 4 Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 Rugby 0 1 0 1 Totals (28 entries) 200 206 247 653 *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 Luge 22 12 9 43 Biathlon 20 21 13 54 Bobsleigh 16 9 7 32 Speed skating 13 15 10 38 Alpine skiing 12 8 7 27 Ski jumping 6 7 3 16 Nordic combined 6 6 4 16 Figure skating 4 2 3 9 Cross country skiing 3 10 4 17 Skeleton 2 3 1 6 Snowboarding 1 4 2 7 Freestyle skiing 0 1 1 2 Ice hockey 0 1 1 2 Totals (13 entries) 105 99 65 269 *This table includes two medals – one gold and one silver – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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.

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)

Medal counts:
status after the 2022 Olympics, as of February 20, 2022

	Summer Games					Winter Games					Combined total
Team (IOC code)	№				Total	№				Total	№				Total
Germany (GER)	17	201	207	247	655	13	104	98	65	267	30	305	305	312	922
Saar (SAA)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
United Team of Germany (EUA)	3	28	54	36	118	3	8	6	5	19	6	36	60	41	137
East Germany (GDR)	5	153	129	127	409	6	39	36	35	110	11	192	165	162	519
West Germany (FRG)	5	56	67	81	204	6	11	15	13	39	11	67	82	94	243
Total	26	438	457	491	1386	22	162	155	118	435	48	600	612	609	1821

Combined IOC codes	No. Games				Combined total
Germany (GER)[1]	30	305	305	312	922
Germany (GER) (EUA)	36	341	365	353	1059
Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG)	47	408	447	447	1302
Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG) (GDR)[2]	58[3]	600	612	609	1821

Hosted Games

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

See also

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

References

External links

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