West Germany at the Olympics

West Germany at the Olympics
Flag of Germany
IOC code	FRG
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 67 Silver 82 Bronze 94 Total 243
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Winter appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–)   Saar (1952)   United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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.

Timeline of participation

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

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

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

  Host country

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896–1912	as part of Germany (GER)
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris
1928–1936	as part of / Germany (GER)
1948 London	did not participate
1952 Helsinki	as part of   Germany  (GER)
1956–1964	as part of   United Team of Germany  (EUA)
1968 Mexico City	275	5	11	10	26	8
1972 Munich	423	13	11	16	40	4
1976 Montreal	290	10	12	17	39	4
1980 Moscow	boycotted
1984 Los Angeles	390	17	19	23	59	3
1988 Seoul	347	11	14	15	40	5
1992– present	as part of   Germany  (GER)
Total (5/30)	1,725	56	67	81	204	24

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1936	as part of / Germany (GER)
1948 St. Moritz	did not participate
1952 Oslo	as part of   Germany  (GER)
1956–1964	as part of   United Team of Germany  (EUA)
1968 Grenoble	87	2	2	3	7	8
1972 Sapporo	78	3	1	1	5	6
1976 Innsbruck	71	2	5	3	10	5
1980 Lake Placid	80	0	2	3	5	12
1984 Sarajevo	84	2	1	1	4	8
1988 Seoul	90	2	4	2	8	8
1992– present	as part of   Germany  (GER)
Total (6/24)	490	11	15	13	39	19

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	12	14	17	43
Equestrian	11	5	9	25
Fencing	7	8	1	16
Cycling	4	5	5	14
Rowing	4	4	6	14
Shooting	4	4	3	11
Swimming	3	5	14	22
Canoeing	2	6	3	11
Sailing	2	2	3	7
Weightlifting	2	2	3	7
Wrestling	1	4	4	9
Judo	1	4	3	8
Field hockey	1	3	0	4
Boxing	1	0	5	6
Tennis	1	0	1	2
Handball	0	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	0	2	2
Football	0	0	1	1
Water polo	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)	56	67	81	204

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	3	5	1	9
Speed skating	3	0	0	3
Nordic combined	2	1	0	3
Luge	1	4	5	10
Bobsleigh	1	3	2	6
Biathlon	1	2	2	5
Figure skating	0	0	2	2
Ice hockey	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)	11	15	13	39

See also

• Germany at the Olympics

External links

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