Germany at the Olympics

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.

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)

  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	38	26	30	94	1
1948 London	did not participate
1952 Helsinki	205	0	7	17	24	28
1956 Melbourne	as 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	428	12	13	8	33	10
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane
Total		218	220	255	693	7

  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 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 Milano Cortina	future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City
Total		104	98	65	267	3

Medals by Summer Sport edit   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total   Canoeing 36 21 26 83   Equestrian 32 15 14 61   Rowing 24 16 15 55   Athletics 20 30 37 87   Cycling 15 17 17 49   Gymnastics 15 12 14 41   Swimming 14 18 31 63   Shooting 10 9 5 24   Weightlifting 6 7 9 22   Wrestling 5 13 11 29   Fencing 5 7 9 21   Boxing 4 9 11 24   Field hockey 4 3 4 11   Tennis 3 6 2 11   Sailing 3 5 7 15   Judo 3 4 15 22   Diving 2 8 12 22   Beach volleyball 2 1 1 4   Triathlon 2 1 0 3   Modern pentathlon 2 0 1 3   Handball 1 2 1 4   Marathon swimming 1 2 1 4   Water polo 1 2 0 3   Football 1 1 4 6   3x3 basketball 1 0 0 1   Table tennis 0 4 5 9   Archery 0 3 2 5   Taekwondo 0 1 1 2   Golf 0 1 0 1   Rugby 0 1 0 1 Totals (30 entries) 212 219 255 686 *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 edit   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.

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.

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Olympics, as of August 13, 2024

	Summer Games					Winter Games					Combined total
Team (IOC code)	No.					No.					No.
Germany (GER)	18	218	220	255	693	13	104	98	65	267	31	322	318	320	960
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	27	455	470	499	1424	22	162	155	118	435	49	617	625	617	1859

Combined IOC codes	No. Games				Combined total
Germany (GER)[1]	30	322	318	320	960
Germany (GER) (EUA)	37	358	378	361	1097
Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG)	48	425	460	455	1340
Germany (GER) (EUA) (FRG) (GDR)[2]	59[3]	617	625	617	1859

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

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

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