List of Olympic medalists from Germany

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The list of Olympic medal winners from Germany lists all athletes of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and its predecessor organizations who were able to win a medal at the Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee for Germany was founded in 1895 and accepted by the International Olympic Committee in the same year .

Overview

→ Main article : Olympic history of Germany

In 1920, 1924 and 1948, German athletes were not allowed to take part in the Olympic Games, as Germany had been excluded from the IOC or not yet reopened as a result of the First and Second World Wars. After the Second World War, Germany's Olympic tradition was continued by the NOK recognized by the IOC, which was re-established in Bonn.

In German Olympic history, due to the political circumstances after the Second World War, several German teams competed at the same time (Saarland and the all-German team in 1952, the GDR and the FRG with their own teams from 1968 to 1988). Even after the GDR was allowed to participate with its own team in 1968, the West German team continued to be listed as Germany ("GER") up to and including 1976 (or in the languages ​​of the host countries as "D", "ALE", "ALL") . "FRG" was only used in the 1980s. In contrast to the names actually used, the IOC website currently uses two additional names for the period from 1956 to 1976:

• The German team with the Olympic country code "GER" (until 1952 and after 1988)

  283 gold medals, 287 silver medals, 292 bronze medals

• The all-German team with the Olympic country code "EUA" (1956–1964)

  36 gold medals, 60 silver medals, 41 bronze medals

• The team of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Olympic country code "FRG" (1968–1988)

  67 gold medals, 82 silver medals, 94 bronze medals

• The team of the German Democratic Republic with the Olympic country code "GDR" (1968–1988)

  192 gold medals, 165 silver medals, 162 bronze medals

• The team from Saarland with the Olympic country code "SAA" (summer 1952)

  no medals

Hints

• 1906 is not included.
• In 1952 Germany or the German team as a whole was only represented by German athletes. The GDR boycotted because they wanted to compete with their own team.
• In 1980 (FRG) and 1984 (GDR) a German team each took part in the boycott of their political camp.

Other competitions

At the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 , 15 medals were won (4 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals). However, these awards no longer appear in the official lists of the International Olympic Committee, which is why these successes are not included here either.

In the Olympic art competitions , which were held seven times, German artists were able to win a total of 23 medals. These are divided into seven gold, seven silver and nine bronze medals. Franz Schmid and Toni Schmid were also honored with the Olympic mountaineering prize Prix ​​olympique d'alpinisme in 1932 for the first ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn. These medals are also not added to the overall balance.

Medals balances

So far, athletes from Germany have been able to win Olympic medals in sports competitions in 1757 . These are divided into 578  gold, 590  silver and 589  bronze medals. This puts them in 3rd place in the all-time medal table of the Olympic Games . In addition, he participated in a mixed team gold medal (United Kingdom / German Empire) in the men's tennis doubles in 1896 (by Friedrich Adolf Traun ) and a participation in a mixed team bronze medal (USA / German Empire) in the 1904 tug of war (by Frank Kugler ).

Olympic Summer Games

year	Games	space	IOC code				total
1896	Athens	3.	GER	6th	5	2	13
1900	Paris	7th	GER	4th	2	2	8th
1904	St. Louis	2.	GER	4th	5	7th	16
1906	Athens	6th	GER	(4)	(6)	(5)	(15)
1908	London	5.	GER	3	5	5	14th
1912	Stockholm	6th	GER	5	13	7th	25th
1916	Berlin	-
1920	Antwerp	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	Paris	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	Amsterdam	2.	GER	10	7th	14th	31
1932	los Angeles	9.	GER	3	12	5	20th
1936	Berlin	1.	GER	33	26th	30th	89
1940	Helsinki	-
1944	London	-
1948	London	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Helsinki	28.	GER	0	7th	17th	24
		45.	SAA	0	0	0	0
1956	Melbourne	7th	EUA	6th	13	7th	26th
1960	Rome	4th	EUA	12	19th	11	42
1964	Tokyo	4th	EUA	10	22nd	18th	50
1968	Mexico city	8th.	FRG	5	11	10	26th
		5.	GDR	9	9	7th	25th
1972	Munich	4th	FRG	13	11	16	40
		3.	GDR	20th	23	23	66
1976	Montreal	4th	FRG	10	12	17th	39
		2.	GDR	40	25th	25th	90
1980	Moscow	-	FRG	-	-	-	-
		2.	GDR	47	37	42	126
1984	los Angeles	3.	FRG	17th	19th	23	59
		-	GDR	-	-	-	-
1988	Seoul	5.	FRG	11	14th	15th	40
		2.	GDR	37	35	30th	102
1992	Barcelona	3.	GER	33	21st	28	82
1996	Atlanta	3.	GER	20th	18th	27	65
2000	Sydney	5.	GER	13	17th	26th	56
2004	Athens	6th	GER	13	16	20th	49
2008	Beijing	5.	GER	16	11	14th	41
2012	London	6th	GER	11	20th	13	44
2016	Rio de Janeiro	5.	GER	17th	10	15th	42
total		3.		428	445	476	1349

Germany has taken part in the Summer Olympics 25 times and also participated in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens. The first participation took place in Athens in 1896 , the last in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro .

Overall, the teams of the GDR ("GDR") were disproportionately successful with 409 medals in only five Olympic participations.

In 1916, 1940 and 1944 the Summer Games did not take place due to the war. Three times, in 1920, 1924 and 1948, no German team was allowed to take part in the Summer Games. Because of its role in the First and Second World War , Germany was excluded from the sporting event during these years. Furthermore, the 1980 Games in Moscow were boycotted by the Federal Republic of Germany and the 1984 Games in Los Angeles by the German Democratic Republic.

winter Olympics

year	Games	space	IOC code				total
1924	Chamonix	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	St. Moritz	8th.	GER	0	0	1	1
1932	Lake Placid	9.	GER	0	0	2	2
1936	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	2.	GER	3	3	0	6th
1948	St. Moritz	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Oslo	4th	GER	3	2	2	7th
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	9.	EUA	1	0	1	2
1960	Squaw Valley	2.	EUA	4th	3	1	8th
1964	innsbruck	6th	EUA	3	3	3	9
1968	Grenoble	8th.	FRG	2	2	3	7th
		10.	GDR	1	2	2	5
1972	Sapporo	6th	FRG	3	1	1	5
		2.	GDR	4th	3	7th	14th
1976	innsbruck	5.	FRG	2	5	3	10
		2.	GDR	7th	5	7th	19th
1980	Lake Placid	12.	FRG	0	2	3	5
		2.	GDR	9	7th	7th	23
1984	Sarajevo	8th.	FRG	2	1	1	4th
		1.	GDR	9	9	6th	24
1988	Calgary	8th.	FRG	2	4th	2	8th
		2.	GDR	9	10	6th	25th
1992	Albertville	1.	GER	10	10	6th	26th
1994	Lillehammer	3.	GER	9	7th	8th	24
1998	Nagano	1.	GER	12	9	8th	29
2002	Salt Lake City	2.	GER	12	16	8th	36
2006	Turin	1.	GER	11	12	6th	29
2010	Vancouver	2.	GER	10	13	7th	30th
2014	Sochi	6th	GER	8th	6th	5	19th
2018	Pyeongchang	2.	GER	14th	10	7th	31
total		1.		150	145	113	408

As of February 25, 2018

Germany has taken part in the Winter Olympics 20 times so far . The first participation took place in 1928 in St. Moritz , the last one in 2018 in Pyeongchang .

Twice, in 1924 and 1948, no German team was allowed to take part in the Winter Games. Because of its role in the First and Second World War, Germany was excluded from the sporting event during these years.

Youth Olympic Summer Games

year	Games	space	IOC code				total
2010	Singapore	13.	GER	4th	9	9	22nd
2014	Nanjing	26th	GER	2	8th	15th	25th
2018	Buenos Aires	21st	GER	3	4th	2	9
total		19th		9	21st	26th	56

As of July 31, 2018

Germany has taken part in the Summer Youth Olympic Games three times .

Youth Olympic Winter Games

year	Games	space	IOC code				total
2012	innsbruck	1.	GER	8th	7th	2	17th
2016	Lillehammer	4th	GER	7th	7th	8th	22nd
total		2.		15th	14th	10	39

As of July 31, 2018

Germany has taken part in the two Winter Youth Olympic Games twice so far .

Olympic medalist

German Olympic medalist A. B. C. D. E. F. G H I. J K L. M. N O P Q R. S. T U V W. X Y Z

Most successful German participant in the Summer Olympics (as of January 25, 2017)

space	Sportswoman	country	sport	Period	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Birgit Fischer	DDR Germany	canoe	1980-2004	8th	4th	0	12
2	Isabell Werth	Germany	Dressage riding	1992-2016	6th	4th	0	10
3	Reiner Klimke	Germany FR Germany	Dressage riding	1964-1988	6th	0	2	8th
4th	Kristin Otto	GDR	swim	1988	6th	0	0	6th
5	Hans Günter Winkler	Germany FR Germany	Show jumping	1956-1976	5	1	1	7th
6th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	swim	1972-1976	4th	4th	0	8th
7th	Roland Matthes	GDR	swim	1968-1976	4th	2	2	8th
8th	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Germany	canoe	2000-2012	4th	1	1	6th
9	Ludger Beerbaum	Germany	Show jumping	1988-2016	4th	0	1	5
9	Kathrin Boron	Germany	rowing	1992-2008	4th	0	1	5
11	Nicole Uphoff	Germany	Dressage riding	1988-1992	4th	0	0	4th
11	Bärbel Wöckel	GDR	athletics	1976-1980	4th	0	0	4th

Most successful German participant in Olympic Winter Games (as of February 25, 2018)

space	Sportswoman	country	sport	Period	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	Speed ​​skating	1992-2006	5	2	2	9
2	Ricco Great	Germany	biathlon	1992-2006	4th	3	1	8th
3	Sven Fischer	Germany	biathlon	1994-2006	4th	2	2	8th
4th	Kevin Kuske	Germany	bob	2002-2018	4th	2	0	6th
5	André Lange	Germany	bob	2002-2010	4th	1	0	5
6th	Natalie Geisenberger	Germany	Luge	2010-2018	4th	0	1	5
7th	Tobias Arlt	Germany	Luge	2014-2018	4th	0	0	4th
7th	Tobias Wendl	Germany	Luge	2014-2018	4th	0	0	4th

Medalist at Youth Olympic Games

→ Main article : List of medal winners at Youth Olympic Games from Germany

Footnotes

1. ^ Bill Mallon, Ove Karlsson: IOC and OCOG abbreviations for NOCs. In: Journal of Olympic History. May 2004, pp. 25-28. PDF .
2. ↑ The IOC registers the medals achieved in Oslo in 1952 partly under the country code “GER”, partly under the code “FRG”. ( olympic.org ) However, it is clear from the Wikipedia pages of the medal winners that all of them clearly came from West Germany.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Because Frank Kugler 's nationality was usually wrongly assigned , his medals from 1904 are usually assigned to the US Olympic team; In 1904, however, Kugler was still German.