List of the flag bearers of the German teams at the Olympic Games

Entry of the German team in 2010

The list of the flag bearers of the German teams at the Olympic Games chronologically lists all the flag bearers of German teams at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games . In addition, the flag bearers of the closing ceremonies are also sometimes mentioned (completely from W 1992-2016).

Legend:

• greenish = summer games
• white = winter games
• orange = equestrian games
• orange = intermediate games that are not recognized as Olympic Games by the IOC.

Overview Germany

Games	team	Flag bearer of the opening ceremony	Flag bearer of the closing ceremony
		German Empire
I. Summer Games	1896 in Athens	no invasion of the athletes
II. Summer Games	1900 in Paris	no opening ceremony
III. Summer games	1904 in St. Louis	no opening ceremony
Interludes	1906 in Athens	Georg Hax
IV. Summer Games	1908 in London	Wilhelm Kaufmann
V. Summer Games	1912 in Stockholm	Karl stop
		German Empire
VII. Summer Games	1920 in Antwerp	no participation
I. Winter Games	1924 in Chamonix	no participation
VIII. Summer Games	1924 in Paris	no participation
II. Winter Games	1928 in St. Moritz	Karl Neuner
IX. Summer games	1928 in Amsterdam	Ernst Paul
III. Winter games	1932 in Lake Placid	Martin Schröttle
X. Summer Games	1932 in Los Angeles	Georg Gehring
		German Empire
IV. Winter Games	1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Georg von Kaufmann
XI. Summer games	1936 in Berlin	Hans Fritsch
		Germany
V. Winter Games	1948 in St. Moritz	no participation
XIV. Summer Games	1948 in London	no participation
		BR Germany
VI. Winter games	1952 in Oslo	Helmut Böck
XV. Summer games	1952 in Helsinki	Friedel Schirmer
		All-German team
VII. Winter Games	1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo	Andreas Ostler (FRG)
XVI. Summer games	1956 in Melbourne	Karl-Friedrich Haas (FRG)	Klaus Richtzenhain (GDR)
XVI. Equestrian games	1956 in Stockholm	Fritz Thiedemann (FRG)
		All-German team
VIII. Winter Games	1960 in Squaw Valley	Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
XVII. Summer games	1960 in Rome	Fritz Thiedemann (FRG)	Ingrid Krämer (GDR)
IX. Winter games	1964 in Innsbruck	Georg Thoma (FRG)
XVIII. Summer games	1964 in Tokyo	Ingrid Engel-Krämer (GDR)	Bernhard Britting (FRG)
		BR Germany
X. Winter Games	1968 in Grenoble	Hans Plenk
XIX. Summer games	1968 in Mexico City	Wilfried Dietrich	Ingrid Mickler-Becker
		BR Germany
XI. Winter games	1972 in Sapporo	Walter Demel	Wolfgang Zimmerer
XX. Summer games	1972 in Munich	Detlef Lewe	Carsten Keller
XII. Winter games	1976 in Innsbruck	Wolfgang Zimmerer	Rosi Mittermaier
XXI. Summer games	1976 in Montreal	Hans Günter Winkler	Annegret Richter
XIII. Winter games	1980 in Lake Placid	Urban Hettich	Dagmar Lurz
XXII. Summer games	1980 in Moscow	no participation
XIV. Winter Games	1984 in Sarajevo	Monika Pflug	Peter Angerer
XXIII. Summer games	1984 in Los Angeles	Willi Kuhweide	Ulrike Meyfarth
XV. Winter games	1988 in Calgary	Peter Angerer
XXIV. Summer Games	1988 in Seoul	Reiner Klimke	Anja Fichtel
		Germany
XVI. Winter games	1992 in Albertville	Wolfgang Hoppe	Antje Misersky
XXV. Summer games	1992 in Barcelona	Manfred Klein	Nicole Uphoff
XVII. Winter games	1994 in Lillehammer	Mark Kirchner	Claudia Pechstein
XXVI. Summer games	1996 in Atlanta	Arnd Schmitt	Birgit Fischer
XVIII. Winter games	1998 in Nagano	Jochen Behle	Gunda Niemann
XXVII. Summer games	2000 in Sydney	Birgit Fischer	Heike Drechsler
XIX. Winter games	2002 in Salt Lake City	Hilde Gerg	Georg Hackl
XXVIII. Summer games	2004 in Athens	Ludger Beerbaum	Kathrin Boron
XX. Winter games	2006 in Turin	Kati Wilhelm	Claudia Pechstein
XXIX. Summer games	2008 in Beijing	Dirk Nowitzki	Katrin Wagner-Augustin
XXI. Winter games	2010 in Vancouver	André Lange	Magdalena Neuner
XXX. Summer games	2012 in London	Natascha Keller	Kristof Wilke
XXII. Winter games	2014 in Sochi	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Felix Hole
XXXI. Summer games	2016 in Rio de Janeiro	Timo Boll	Sebastian Brendel
XXIII. Winter games	2018 in Pyeongchang	Eric Frenzel	Christian Ehrhoff

Overview GDR

Games	team	Flag bearer of the opening ceremony	Flag bearer of the closing ceremony
		1956–64 part of the all-German team
		GDR
X. Winter Games	1968 in Grenoble	Thomas Koehler
XIX. Summer games	1968 in Mexico City	Karin Balzer	Dieter Schubert
		GDR
XI. Winter games	1972 in Sapporo	Klaus-Michael Bonsack	Wolfgang Scheidel
XX. Summer games	1972 in Munich	Manfred Cloud	Renate Stecher
XII. Winter games	1976 in Innsbruck	Meinhard Taken
XXI. Summer games	1976 in Montreal	Hans-Georg Reimann	Ruth Fuchs
XIII. Winter games	1980 in Lake Placid	Jan Hoffmann
XXII. Summer games	1980 in Moscow	Kristina Richter	Waldemar Cierpinski
XIV. Winter Games	1984 in Sarajevo	Frank Ullrich
XXIII. Summer games	1984 in Los Angeles	no participation
XV. Winter games	1988 in Calgary	Frank-Peter Roetsch
XXIV. Summer Games	1988 in Seoul	Ulf Timmermann	Olaf Heukrodt
		1990 reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany

Statistics of all German teams

Summer games

rank	sport	Opening ceremony				Graduation ceremony				total
		GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑
1	athletics	4th	3	1	8th	4th	3	1	8th	8th	6th	2	16
2	canoe	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	4th	5	1	0	6th
3	horse riding	3	0	1	4th	1	0	0	1	4th	0	1	5
4th	rowing	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	0	4th
5	Diving	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
6th	fencing	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	hockey	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	Wrestling	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
	do gymnastics	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
10	basketball	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Boxing	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Handball	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	sailing	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Table tennis	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total:		18th	5	3	26th	12	5	3	20th	30th	10	6th	46

Winter games

rank	sport	Opening ceremony				Graduation ceremony				total
		GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑
1	biathlon	3	2	0	5	3	0	0	3	6th	2	0	8th
2	bob	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	1	4th	1	1	6th
	Luge	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	6th
3	Nordic combination	4th	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	4th	0	1	5
4th	Speed ​​skating	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	4th	0	0	4th
6th	Alpine skiing	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3
	Cross-country skiing	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
8th	ice Hockey	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	figure skating	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2
10	Ski jumping	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
total		18th	6th	3	27	12	1	0	13	28	7th	3	38

total

rank	sport	Opening ceremony				Graduation ceremony				total
		GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑	GER	GDR	EUA	∑
1	athletics	4th	3	1	8th	4th	3	1	8th	8th	6th	2	16
2	biathlon	3	2	0	5	3	0	0	3	6th	2	0	8th
3	bob	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	1	4th	1	1	6th
	canoe	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	4th	5	1	0	6th
	Luge	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	6th
6th	Nordic combination	4th	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	4th	0	1	5
	horse riding	3	0	1	4th	1	0	0	1	4th	0	1	5
8th	Speed ​​skating	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	4th	0	0	4th
	rowing	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	0	4th
10	Alpine skiing	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3
	Cross-country skiing	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
	Diving	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3
13	ice Hockey	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	figure skating	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2
	fencing	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	hockey	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
	Wrestling	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
	do gymnastics	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
19th	basketball	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Boxing	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Handball	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	sailing	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Ski jumping	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Table tennis	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total:		36	11	6th	53	24	6th	3	33	58	17th	9	84

Saarland

Games	team	Flag bearer of the opening ceremony	Flag bearer of the closing ceremony
		Saarland
VI. Winter games	1952 in Oslo	no participation
XV. Summer games	1952 in Helsinki	Toni Breder
		1956 part of the all-German team. 1957 joining the Federal Republic of Germany

statistics

rank	sport	EF	AF	∑
1	athletics	1	0	1
total		0	1	1

Web links

• German flag bearers at the summer games www.olympia-statistik.de
• German flag bearers at winter games www.olympia-statistik.de