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'''[[Germany|German]]''' athletes have taken part in most of the '''[[Olympic Games]]''' since the first modern Games in [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]]. Germany has hosted three Olympic Games, in 1936 both the [[1936 Winter Olympics|Winter]] and [[1936 Summer Olympics|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]].
'''[[Germany|German]]'''brandon williams is a gold medelist in the paraolympics athletes have taken part in most of the '''[[Olympic Games]]''' since the first modern Games in [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]]. Germany has hosted three Olympic Games, in 1936 both the [[1936 Winter Olympics|Winter]] and [[1936 Summer Olympics|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 2010, German athletes have won [[All-time Olympic Games medal count|1618 medals]] : 528 gold, 542 silver and 548 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.
Including the Winter Games of 2010, German athletes have won [[All-time Olympic Games medal count|1618 medals]] : 528 gold, 542 silver and 548 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.

Revision as of 09:03, 25 June 2012

Template:Infobox Olympics Germany Germanbrandon williams is a gold medelist in the paraolympics athletes 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 2010, German athletes have won 1618 medals : 528 gold, 542 silver and 548 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 NOC of (West) 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.

Medals

Team (IOC code) № Summer Gold Silver Bronze Total № Winter Gold Silver Bronze Total № Games Gold Silver Bronze Combined Total
 Germany [1][2] 22 247 284 320 851 19 89 93 66 248 41 336 377 386 1099
 East Germany (GDR) [3] 5 153 129 127 409 6 39 36 35 110 11 192 165 162 519

Medals by Summer Games

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee.[4]

     Host nation

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 6 5 2 13
1900 Paris 4 2 2 8
1904 St. Louis 4 4 5 13
1908 London 3 5 6 14
1912 Stockholm 5 13 7 25
1920 Antwerp did not participate
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam 10 7 14 31
1932 Los Angeles 3 12 5 20
1936 Berlin 33 26 30 89
1948 London did not participate
1952 Helsinki 0 7 17 24
1956 Melbourne Germany was divided into
West Germany and
East Germany
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona 33 21 28 82
1996 Atlanta 20 18 27 65
2000 Sydney 13 17 26 56
2004 Athens 13 16 20 49
2008 Beijing 16 10 15 41
Total 163 163 204 530

References

  1. ^ Does not include medals won as part of mixed teams with athletes from other nations (1896–1904).
  2. ^ Competed 1896–1952 and 1992–current as Germany (GER), and from 1968–1988 as the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Does not include the totals of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) team that competed 1968–1988, but does include the totals of the United Team of Germany (EUA, 1956–1964), composed of athletes from both the FRG and GDR.
  3. ^ Competed 1968–1988. Totals not combined with those of Germany (GER).
  4. ^ "Germany". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

Germany at Olympia

Germany's first team at Olympia, leading Greek workers in the excavations of 1875/1876

The history of Germany at Olympia predates the First Olympics of 1896, as exclusive access rights to excavate the ancient Greek site have been granted to German Empire archaeologists in 1874. Since 1875, systematic excavations are undertaken by several German expeditions and initiatives.

Nadine Kleinert won a silver medal at the ancient site as the shot put contests of the 2004 Summer Olympics were held there.

See also

For more information, please see:

External links

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