Germany at the Summer Olympics explained

Noc:GER
Nocname:German Olympic Sports Confederation
Games:Summer Olympics
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Gold:450
Silver:470
Bronze:499
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See also: Germany at the Winter Olympics and Germany at the Olympics. Athletes from Germany (GER) have appeared in 27 of the 30 Summer Olympic Games, having competed in all Games except[1] those of 1920, 1924 and 1948, when they were not permitted to do so. Germany has hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice; the 1936 Games in Berlin, and the 1972 Games in Munich.

The nation appeared 15 times as a single country (IOC code GER), before World War II and again after German reunification in 1990. Three times, from 1956 to 1964, German athletes from the separate states in West and East competed as a United Team of Germany, which is currently listed by the IOC as EUA, not GER.

Due to partition under occupation that resulted in three (until 1957) post-war German states, two concurrent Olympic teams with German athletes appeared on five occasions, in 1952, from 1968 to 1976, and in 1988. The all-time results of German athletes are thus divided among the designations GER, EUA, FRG, GDR and SAA (the Saarland, which only took part in the 1952 Summer Games and won no medals).

Including the Summer Games of 2020, German athletes have won 1384 medals: 438 gold, 456 silver and 490 bronze. The IOC currently splits these results among four codes, even though only the German Democratic Republic (East Germany; 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.

Timeline of Germany at the Summer Olympics

1896–1912

Germany entered all Olympic Games starting in 1896, even though the relations between the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the French Third Republic where Pierre de Coubertin revived Olympic games and held the 1900 Summer Olympics, were strained following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. The country's overall medal ranks varied from second through seventh.

The worst result, seventh, occurred in the 1900 Paris Olympics. The German gymnasts were judged no better than 53rd in the single gymnastic contest organized by the French, behind dozens of Frenchmen, who occupied the first 18 places and thus won all three medals. In contrast, the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens had seen eight contests, with Germans scoring five gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

The anticipated 1916 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were to have been held in Germany's capital, Berlin. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, organization continued, as no one foresaw the war dragging on for four years. Eventually, though, the games were canceled.

1920–1948

After World War I, the German Empire became a republic informally known as Weimar Republic, a change which was reflected in a new flag of Germany that in fact was older than the former one, dating back to early 19th century democratic movements. In the Paris Peace Conference, the outbreak of the war was blamed on Germany and other Central Powers allies. These nations, which by now had new governments, were banned from the 1920 Summer Olympics. While all other banned nations were invited again for the 1924 Summer Olympics, held for the second time in Pierre de Coubertin's home town of Paris, the ban on Germany was not lifted until 1925. This was likely related to French Occupation of the Ruhr and the Rheinland between 1923 and 1925.

After 16 years of absence, a new generation of German athletes returned in the 1928 Summer Olympics, scoring second overall. Four years later, the worldwide Great Depression prevented many athletes from competing in the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Winning only three gold medals, the German team was ranked ninth, though it did finish tied in silver medals, with 12.

In the spring of 1931 the 1936 Summer Olympics were awarded to Berlin, 20 years later than originally planned. From 1933 onwards, the Nazi Party ruled Germany, a change being marked by the use of the Nazi flag. In the games, the 348 German athletes not only outnumbered the 310 Americans, but outscored them for the first time in the medal count in which Germany ranked first. Also, German gymnasts Konrad Frey and Alfred Schwarzmann won the most medals, with six and five in total, of which three each were gold, while American Jesse Owens had won four gold medals himself. Leni Riefenstahl documented the games in the film Olympia.

The 1940 Summer Olympics as well as the 1944 Summer Olympics were canceled due to World War II. For the 1948 Summer Olympics, with the war a recent memory, Germany and Japan were not invited.

Separate German teams 1952–1988

A United Team of Germany with athletes from two states appeared three times at the Olympic games from 1956 to 1964. The IOC currently does not attribute these results to Germany (GER), but lists them separately as the Equipe Unifiée Allemande (EUA).

In the 1952 Games, only athletes from West Germany and the Saar Protectorate took part. The former represented the Federal Republic of Germany (GER), which as the only independent democratic state, covering the largest part of Germany, claimed exclusive mandate to represent the entire country. Athletes from the Saar Protectorate (SAA) competed as a separate team, as the French-occupied region would not join the Federal Republic of Germany until 1955.

West Germany used the code GER at the Games from 1968 to 1976, although its athletes' participation is now coded as FRG by the IOC, a code introduced in 1980.

Athletes from the Soviet-occupied German Democratic Republic (GDR) appeared in a separate team after the United Team effort was discontinued. In five Games, from 1968 to 1980 and again in 1988, they represented the GDR before the East German states joined the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, and the GDR ceased to exist.

Since 1990, the enlarged Federal Republic of Germany has been simply called Germany (GER). West Germany's six Olympic teams (from 1952, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984 and 1988) are still listed by the IOC under FRG, though, and not attributed to GER.

In the 1980s, each of the two states participated in one of the multinational boycotts of Summer Games. Many Western countries, including the Federal Republic of Germany, boycotted the Moscow Games of 1980 due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the year before. In return, 14 Eastern Bloc states, including the GDR, boycotted the Los Angeles Games in 1984. Thus, only one German team was present in each of these two Olympics.

FRG (West Germany)

The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), often called West Germany during the Cold War, was founded in 1949 as the largest of the three German states formed under occupation after the division of Germany following World War II. The West German NOC continued the tradition of the German NOC that had joined the IOC in 1895, and continued to represent the Germany that was enlarged after the Saar Protectorate (SAA) joined the Federal Republic of Germany in 1956, and after the states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany) had joined in the process of German reunification in 1990.

German teams competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics under the designations of GER and SAA. In the Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964, German athletes competed as a United Team of Germany (EUA), but 1968 until the end of the Cold War, the two states sent independent teams designated as West and East Germany, until the separate East German state ceased to exist.

United Team of Germany 1956–1964

After three German states had been founded in Germany under occupation after World War II, athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) competed together as the United Team of Germany (EUA for French: Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne, German: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympics.

Prior to that, German athletes from West Germany and the French-occupied Saar Protectorate took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics organized in different teams designated as GER and SAA. The Saar Protectorate joined the Federal Republic after 1955, while the East German authorities, which had not taken part in the 1952 Games, agreed in 1956 to let their athletes compete in a united team that used the black-red-gold tricolour, but with additional Olympic rings in white placed upon the red middle stripe, as East German politicians were eager not to compete under the traditional German flag used both by West Germany and even themselves. Only in 1959, the GDR added socialist symbols to create a distinct Flag of East Germany. As the use of the Deutschlandlied, dating back to 1841 and 1797, of the recently created East German anthem, or of possible combinations was also rejected, Beethoven's melody to Schiller's Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy) was played for winning German athletes as a compromise in lieu of a national anthem.

During the Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964 the traditional abbreviation GER for Germany was used, or rather the equivalents in the language of the host country. In Innsbruck in 1964, the Austrian officials used the international license plate code of D for Deutschland (Germany) for the country. The IOC code currently uses EUA (from the official French-language IOC designation, Equipe Unifiée Allemande) and applies this in hindsight for the United German Team. No reasoning is given, it may be done to allow for the political circumstances during the German divide between 1949 and 1990, and the involvement of two National Olympic Committees rather than only one.

Despite initially calling for a "united Germany" in the East German anthem, the socialist East German government intensified its separation in Germany, with the erection of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 obstructing travel within Germany even more. The travel of GDR athletes, such as to contests and training sites in the Alps, was limited due to fear of Republikflucht.

As a result of this development, in the 1968 Winter and Summer Olympics, German athletes competed as separate West and East teams, while still using the compromise flag and Beethoven anthem that year. The French organizers of the Grenoble Games used the codes ALL (Allemagne, Germany) and ADE (Allemagne de l'Est, East Germany), which roughly correspond to the IOC codes of GER and GDR.

The separation was completed at the 1972 Winter and Summer Olympics (the latter was hosted by West Germany), when the two countries used separate flags and anthems. This continued until the German Reunification of 1990 where the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Overview of Olympic participation

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

All German NOCs at the Summer Olympics

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRankTeam
6 5 2 13 (GER)
4 3 2 9 (GER)
4 5 6 15 (GER)
3 5 5 13 (GER)
5 13 7 25 (GER)
did not participate
10 7 14 31 (GER)
3 12 5 20 (GER)
33 26 30 89 (GER)
did not participate
align=left rowspan=20 7 17 24 (GER)
0 0 0 0 (SAA)
6 13 7 26 (EUA)
12 19 11 42 (EUA)
10 22 18 50 (EUA)
align=left rowspan=29 9 7 25 (GDR)
5 11 10 26 (FRG)
align=left rowspan=220 23 23 66 (GDR)
13 11 16 40 (FRG)
align=left rowspan=240 25 25 90 (GDR)
10 12 17 39 (FRG)
align=left rowspan=247 37 42 126 (GDR)
did not participate West Germany (FRG)
align=left rowspan=2did not participate East Germany (GDR)
17 19 23 59 (FRG)
align=left rowspan=237 35 30 102 (GDR)
11 14 15 40 (FRG)
33 21 28 82 (GER)
20 18 27 65 (GER)
13 17 26 56 (GER)
13 16 20 49 (GER)
16 11 14 41 (GER)
11 20 13 44 (GER)
17 10 15 42 (GER)
10 11 16 37 (GER)
12 13 8 33 (GER)
future event
Total 450 470 499 1419 3

Combined medals at the Summer Olympics (including all German NOCs)

status after the 2024 Olympics

Summer Games
  18213220255688
10000
3285436118
5153129127409
5566781204
Total274504704991419
Combined IOC codesNo. GamesCombined total
[2] 18213220255688
(EUA)21241274291806
(EUA) (FRG)262973413721,010
(EUA) (FRG) (GDR)[3] 31[4] 4504704991,419

Medals by sport (GER 1896-1936, 1952, 1992-current)

These totals do not include the one gold and one silver medal won by Germany in figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Medals by sport (FRG 1968-1988)

Medalists

Archery

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Women's team
Women's team
Women's individual
Women's team

Athletics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's 100 metres
Men's high jump
Men's medley relay
Men's 800 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's high jump
Women's 800 metres
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's shot put
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's javelin throw
Men's 100 metres
Men's decathlon
Women's javelin throw
Men's shot put
Men's hammer throw
Men's javelin throw
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw
Men's long jump
Men's hammer throw
Women's 80 metres hurdles
Women's javelin throw
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Men's shot put
Women's 100 metres
Women's high jump
Women's discus throw
Men's hammer throw
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's shot put
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 5000 metres
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Women's 80 metres hurdles
Men's 5000 metres
Women's high jump
Women's long jump
Women's javelin throw
Men's discus throw
Men's marathon
Men's 50 kilometres walk
Women's shot put
Women's javelin throw
Women's heptathlon
Men's discus throw
Women's shot put
Women's discus throw
Men's decathlon
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's pole vault
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Men's 800 metres
Women's long jump
Men's discus throw
Women's shot put
Women's hammer throw
Women's shot put
Women's javelin throw
Women's javelin throw
Men's discus throw
Men's pole vault
Men's shot put
Women's hammer throw
Women's javelin throw
Women's heptathlon
Men's pole vault
Women's javelin throw
Men's discus throw
Men's javelin throw
Men's discus throw
Women's long jump
Women's discus throw
Jonathan HilbertMen's 50 kilometres walk

Boxing

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's light heavyweight
Men's bantamweight
Men's featherweight
Men's welterweight
Men's flyweight
Men's heavyweight
Men's welterweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's featherweight
Men's flyweight
Men's welterweight
Men's featherweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's lightweight
Men's light flyweight
Men's light welterweight
Men's flyweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's heavyweight
Men's heavyweight
Men's flyweight
Men's featherweight
Men's light welterweight

Beach volleyball

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Jörg Ahmann
Axel Hager
Men's tournament
Julius Brink
Jonas Reckermann
Men's tournament
Laura Ludwig
Kira Walkenhorst
Women's tournament

Canoeing

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's sprint K-1 10000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 10000 metres
Men's sprint K-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 (folding) 10000 metres
Men's sprint C-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-1 (folding) 10000 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-2 10000 metres
Men's sprint K-1 10000 metres
Women's slalom K-1
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-2 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-1 500 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 500 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's slalom K-1
Men's sprint C-1 500 metres
Men's slalom K-1
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's sprint K-2 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's slalom C-2
Men's slalom K-1
Men's slalom K-1
Men's sprint C-1 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-1 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's sprint C-1 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 500 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's slalom C-2
Men's sprint C-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's slalom C-1
Men's slalom K-1
Men's sprint K-2 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's sprint C-2 500 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-1 500 metres
Men's sprint C-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Men's slalom C-1
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's slalom K-1
Men's sprint K-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-1 1000 metres
Men's sprint C-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-2 1000 metres
Men's sprint K-4 1000 metres
Women's sprint K-2 500 metres
Women's sprint K-4 500 metres
Men's sprint K-1 200 metres
Men's K-4 500 metres
Women's slalom K-1
Men's K-2 1000 metres
Men's slalom C-1
Women's slalom C-1
Men's slalom K-1
Men's C-2 1000 metres

Cycling

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's road race individual
Men's points race
Men's team pursuit
Men's 660 yards
Men's tandem
Men's sprint
Men's tandem
Men's 1000 metres time trial
Men's road race individual
Men's sprint
Men's team time trial
Men's team pursuit
Men's sprint
Women's individual pursuit
Men's individual pursuit
Women's sprint
Men's sprint
Women's individual pursuit
Men's road race individual
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's time trial individual
Men's individual pursuit
Men's 1000 metres time trial
Women's road race individual
Men's road race individual
Men's keirin
Men's sprint
Men's team sprint
Women's road race individual
Men's points race
Men's sprint
Men's 1000 metres time trial
Women's cross-country
Women's cross-country
Men's points race
Men's team sprint
Women's team sprint
Men's time trial individual
Men's keirin
Women's time trial individual
Women's cross-country
Men's team sprint
Women's sprint
Women's team sprint
Women's team pursuit
Women's team sprint

Diving

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's 10 metre platform
Men's 10 metre platform
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 10 metre platform
Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 10 metre platform
Women's 10 metre platform
Men's 10 metre platform
Women's 3 metre springboard
Men's 10 metre platform
Women's 10 metre platform
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
Women's 3 metre springboard
Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard
Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard
Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard

Equestrian

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Eventing, individual
Jumping, individual
Eventing, team
Jumping, team
Dressage, individual
Dressage, team
Eventing, individual
Eventing, team
Kurt HasseJumping, individual
Ludwig StubbendorfEventing, individual
Dressage, individual
Dressage, team
Jumping, team
Dressage, individual
Eventing, team
Eventing, individual
Jumping, individual
Dressage, team
Dressage, individual
Jumping, individual
Dressage, team
Eventing, individual
Dressage, individual
Dressage, individual
Eventing, team
Jumping, individual
Dressage, individual
Jumping, team
Dressage, team
Dressage, team
Jumping, team
Dressage, individual
Dressage, individual
Dressage, team
Dressage, individual
Jumping, individual
Jumping, team
Eventing, individual
Eventing, team
Dressage, team
Dressage, individual
Dressage, individual
Eventing, team
Eventing, individual
Dressage, team
Eventing, individual
Dressage, team
Eventing, individual
Eventing, team
Dressage, individual
Dressage, individual
Jumping, team
Eventing, individual
Dressage, team
Dressage, individual
Dressage, individual

Fencing

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Women's Foil, Individual
Men's Foil, Individual
Women's Foil, Individual
Women's Foil, Individual
Men's Foil, Team
Men's Sabre, Team
Men's Foil, Team
Men's Épée, Team
Women's Foil, Team
Women's Foil, Team
Women's Foil, Individual
Men's Foil, Individual
Men's Sabre, Team
Women's Foil, Team
Men's Sabre, Individual
Women's Épée, Team
Men's Épée, Team
Women's Épée, Individual
Men's Foil, Individual
Women's Épée, Individual
Men's Foil, Team

Field Hockey

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Women's Field Hockey
Women's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Men's Field Hockey
Women's Field Hockey

Figure Skating

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Pairs
Ladies' Singles

Football

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Women's Tournament
Women's Tournament
Women's Tournament
Women's Tournament
Men's Tournament

Gymnastics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Vault
Horizontal Bar
Parallel Bars
Team Parallel Bars
Team Horizontal Bar
Horizontal Bar
Rings
Pommel Horse
Rope Climbing
Vault
Individual All-Around
Gymnastic Triathlon
Individual All-Around
Parallel Bars
Pommel Horse
Vault
Men's Team All-Around
Women's Team All-Around
Horizontal Bar
Floor Exercise
Individual All-Around
Horizontal Bar
Parallel Bars
Rings
Vault
Horizontal Bar
Horizontal Bar
Pommel Horse
Rings
Horizontal Bar
Trampoline (W) Individual
Trampoline (M) Individual
Vault
Horizontal Bar
Parallel Bars
Individual All-Around
Horizontal Bar
Horizontal Bar
Uneven Bar
Parallel Bars

Handball

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's Tournament
Men's Tournament
Men's Tournament

Judo

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's extra lightweight (-60kg)
Men's half lightweight (-65kg)
Men's half lightweight (-65kg)
Men's extra lightweight (-60kg)
Men's middleweight (-86kg)
Women's heavyweight (70kg+)
Men's heavyweight (95kg+)
Women's extra lightweight (-48kg)
Women's lightweight (-57kg)
Women's extra lightweight (-48kg)
Women's middleweight (-70kg)
Men's half heavyweight (-100kg)
Men's half middleweight (-81kg)
Men's half middleweight (-81kg)
Women's middleweight (-70kg)
Men's half heavyweight (-100kg)
Men's heavyweight (100kg+)
Women's middleweight (-70kg)
Men's middleweight (-90kg)
Women's half heavyweight (-78kg)
Team

Modern pentathlon

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's individual
Men's individual
Women's individual

Rowing

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's coxed four
Men's coxed four
Men's coxed four
Men's single scull
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed fours
Men's eight
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless four
Men's single sculls
Men's coxless pairs
Men's coxed pairs
Men's coxless fours
Men's coxed fours
Men's double sculls
Men's eight
Men's coxed pairs
Women's quadruple sculls
Men's single sculls
Men's quadruple sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's coxless pair
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four
Women's coxless four
Women's eight
Men's eight
Men's quadruple sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
Men's eight
Men's single sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
Women's lightweight double sculls
Men's single sculls
Men's quadruple sculls
Women's single sculls
Women's single sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's lightweight double sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
Men's quadruple sculls
Men's eight
Women's quadruple sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
Men's quadruple sculls
Men's eight
Men's lightweight double sculls
Men's eight

Sailing

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
1 to 2 ton
Open Class
Star
O-Jolle
8 metre
Dragon
Soling
Women's mistral
Soling
Tornado
49er
49er
49er FX
49er
Nacra 17

Shooting

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's Trap
Men's Trap Team
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's 50 meter pistol, individual
Men's 10 meter running target
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's Air Rifle
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's 50 meter rifle prone
Women's Rapid Air Rifle
Women's double trap
Men's 10 meter running target
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's 50 meter rifle prone
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Women's Pistol
Women's Skeet
Women's Rifle Three Positions
Men's 50 meter rifle prone
Men's Rapid fire Pistol
Women's Pistol

Swimming

Men

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
200 metres backstroke
200 metres team race
1 mile freestyle
100 yards backstroke
440 yards breaststroke
880 yards freestyle
440 yards breaststroke
100 yards backstroke
100 yards backstroke
220 yards freestyle
100 metres backstroke
200 metres breaststroke
400 metres breaststroke
100 metres backstroke
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
100 metres backstroke
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
1500 metres freestyle
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
100 metres breaststroke
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
100 metres backstroke
4 × 100 metres medley relay
4 × 100 metres medley relay
10 km marathon
10 km marathon
10 km marathon
1500 metres freestyle

Women

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
4×100 metres freestyle relay
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
4 x 100 metres freestyle relay
100 metres freestyle
400 metres freestyle
200 metres freestyle
4 x 100 metres medley relay
200 metres backstroke
100 metres freestyle
200 metres freestyle
4 x 100 metres freestyle relay
800 metres freestyle
200 metres individual medley
100 metres freestyle
200 metres freestyle
400 metres freestyle
800 metres freestyle
Dagmar Hase
Kerstin Kielgass
Franziska van Almsick
Sandra Völker
Meike Freitag (heats)
Simone Osygus (heats)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Antje Buschschulte
Simone Osygus
Franziska van Almsick
Sandra Völker
Meike Freitag (heats)
4 x 100 metres freestyle relay
200 metres Freestyle
50 metres freestyle
200 metres backstroke
Antje Buschschulte
Sara Harstick
Kerstin Kielgass
Franziska van Almsick
Meike Freitag (heats)
Britta Steffen (heats)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
200 metres breaststroke
200 metres backstroke
4 x 100 metres medley relay
100 metres freestyle
50 metres freestyle
1500 metres freestyle

Table tennis

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's doubles
Jörg RoßkopfMen's singles
Men's team
Dimitrij OvtcharovMen's singles
Men's team
Women's team
Men's team
Men's team
Men's singles

Taekwondo

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's middleweight
Women's middleweight

Tennis

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's single
Mixed
Women's single
Men's single
Men's double
Women's single
Men's double
Men's single
Men's double
Women's single
Men's single

Triathlon

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's individual
Men's individual

Water Polo

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men
Men
Men

Weightlifting

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Heavyweight (82,5kg+)
Lightweight (-67,5kg)
Featherweight (-60kg)
Middleweight (-75kg)
Heavyweight (82,5kg+)
Featherweight (-60kg)
Heavyweight (82,5kg+)
Light heavyweight (-82,5kg)
Middleweight (-75kg)
Lightweight (-67,5kg)
Middleweight (-75kg)
Heavyweight (-110kg)
Lightweight (-67,5kg)
Super heavyweight (110kg+)
Super heavyweight (108kg+)
Light heavyweight (-83kg)
Middle heavyweight (-91kg)
Light heavyweight (-85kg)
Super heavyweight (105kg+)
Super heavyweight (105kg+)

Wrestling

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's Greco-Roman open class
Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (-60kg)
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (-58kg)
Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight (-82,5kg)
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight (-67,5kg)
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight (82,5kg+)
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (-56kg)
Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (-61kg)
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight (-79kg)
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight (-66kg)
Men's Greco-Roman welterweight (-72kg)
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight (-79kg)
Men's freestyle lightweight (-67,5kg)
Men's freestyle bantamweight (-56kg)
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (-56kg)
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight (87kg+)
Men's freestyle light heavyweight (-87kg)
Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight (-90kg)
Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (-57kg)
Men's freestyle heavyweight (-100kg)
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight (-82kg)
Men's freestyle heavyweight (-100kg)
Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight (-90kg)
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight (-96kg)
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight(-85kg)
Women's freestyle heavyweight (-76kg)
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight (-85kg)
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight (-67kg)

Summary by sport

Aquatics

Swimming

Germany first competed in swimming at 1900 Games, with six swimmers in five events, winning two gold medals.

GamesSwimmersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
6 5/7 2 0 0 2
Total 13 19 29 61

Athletics

GamesAthletesEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
5 9/12 0 1 0 1
6 9/23 0 0 0 0
Total 19 26 38 83

Cycling

Germany competed in all six of the cycling events at the first Games in 1896, earning a silver medal.

GamesCyclistsEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
5 6/6 0 1 0 1
Total 14 14 16 44

Equestrian

Germany competed in equestrian at the first Games in which the sport was held, in Paris 1900. One rider competed in the mail coach event, winning no medals.

GamesRidersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 1/5 0 0 0 0
Total 25 13 14 52

Fencing

Germany first competed in fencing in 1900, with a single sabreur who did not advance past the first round.

GamesAthletesEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 1/7 0 0 0 0
Total 5 7 9 21

Gymnastics

Germany competed in all eight of the gymnastics events at the first Games in 1896, winning five of them and medaling in all eight.

GamesGymnastsEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
11 8/8 5 3 2 10
14 1/1 0 0 0 0
Total 13 11 13 37

Rowing

Germany was among the nations that competed at the first Olympic rowing regatta in 1900, with three boats in the men's coxed four (all of which earned medals in an unusual event that awarded two full sets of medals) and one in the men's eight.

GamesRowersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
21 2/4 1 0 2 3
Total 23 14 14 51

Rugby

Germany competed in the inaugural Olympic rugby union contest in 1900, taking joint silver with Great Britain behind winners France. Germany did not compete in any of the other rugby union competitions (in 1908, 1920, or 1924) and was not among the nations competing in the rugby sevens in 2016.

GamesPlayersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
15 1/1 0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 0 1

Sailing

Germany competed in the first Olympic sailing competitions in 1900, taking a gold and a silver medal.

GamesRowersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
4 3/13 1 1 0 2
Total 3 4 4 11

Tennis

Germany first competed in tennis at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one player competing in men's singles and, as part of a mixed team, in men's doubles. Friedrich Traun lost to John Boland in the first round of the singles, but paired with him to win the gold in the doubles. The mixed team medal is not credit to Germany.

GamesAthletesEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 2[5] /2 0 0 0 0[6]
Total 2 6 2 10

Weightlifting

Germany first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one lifter competing in one event.

GamesLiftersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 6 7 7 20

Wrestling

Germany first competed in wrestling at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one wrestler (actually a gymnast, Carl Schuhmann) competing in the open weight class event. He won the gold medal.

GamesWrestlersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 1/1 1 0 0 1
Total 4 12 9 25

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Notes and References

  1. In the boycotts of 1980 and 1984, only one of two teams remained absent, with the East Germans being the only Germans present in Moscow 1980
  2. [International Olympic Committee]
  3. BBC: Timeline: Olympic Powers
  4. Counting the four Summer Games where both East Germany (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) competed as two appearances.
  5. Includes participation as part of a mixed doubles team.
  6. Does not include a gold medal won in 1896 by a mixed team that included a German player.