West Germany at the Olympics

West Germany competed at the Olympic Games between 1952 and 1988. While in 1952 - Germany's first Olympics after World War II and the Partitions of Germany - there was a de facto West German team, given East Germany refused to collaborate, its results are counted towards Germany. Likewise, between 1956 and 1964 both countries competed together under the United Team of Germany flag. It was not until 1968 that a full-fledged West German team appeared, and it competed in all the Olympics but the 1980 Summer Olympics - as it supported the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott - until 1988. Afterwards, the German reunification in 1990 reestablished the German team.

West Germany at the
Olympics
IOC codeFRG
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
67
Silver
82
Bronze
94
Total
243
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 Saar (1952)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

Timeline of participation

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Olympic
year/s
team
1896–1912   Germany (GER)
1920–1924 denied participation after WWI
1928–1932   Germany (GER)
1936  
1948 occupied country after WWII:
former German Olympic Committee
was dissolved
1952   Germany (GER)
  Saar (SAA)

  East Germany
did not participate
1956–1964   United Team of Germany (EUA)
1968–1988   Germany (FRG)   East Germany (GDR)
since 1992      (GER)

Hosted games

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West Germany has hosted the games on one occasion.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
1972 Summer Olympics Munich, Bavaria 26 August – 10 September 121 7,134 195

Medal tables

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See also

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  • "Olympic Results". International Olympic Committee.
  • "West Germany". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/FRG". olympanalyt.com.