Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Germany
Germany at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (German) (English) (French)
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	205 (173 men and 32 women); Only athletes from West Germany in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Friedel Schirmer; Toni Broder
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
Intercalated Games
	1906
	Other related appearances
	Unified Team of Germany (1956–1964); West Germany (1968–1988); East Germany (1968–1988); Saar (1952)

Germany competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 205 competitors, 173 men and 32 women, took part in 123 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Germany had not been invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain because of their role in World War II, and because their NOC restored in 1947 did not represent a recognized state yet, which was founded in 1949. Germany took part in the 1952 Winter Olympics, with the GDR declining to cooperate in a single team Germany as required by the IOC, joining only in 1956 and later. On the other hand, the French-occupied Saar protectorate had to send a separate team, but could join for 1956.

While the first-ever (and only) failure to score Gold in Summer Games was disappointing, resulting in a 28th rank, the number of total medals ranked fifth.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Helga Klein Ursula Knab Marga Petersen Maria Sander	Athletics	Women's 4x100m Relay
02 ! Silver	Karl Storch	Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw
02 ! Silver	Marianne Werner	Athletics	Women's Shot Put
02 ! Silver	Edgar Basel	Boxing	Men's Flyweight
02 ! Silver	Otto Rothe Klaus Wagner Willi Büsing	Equestrian	Team Eventing
02 ! Silver	Alfred Schwarzmann	Gymnastics	Men's Horizontal Bar
02 ! Silver	Heinz Manchen Helmut Heinhold Helmut Noll	Rowing	Men's Coxed Pairs
03 ! Bronze	Heinz Ulzheimer	Athletics	Men's 800m
03 ! Bronze	Maria Sander	Athletics	Women's 80m Hurdles
03 ! Bronze	Herbert Schade	Athletics	Men's 5000m
03 ! Bronze	Günter Steines Hans Geister Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas	Athletics	Men's 4x400m Relay
03 ! Bronze	Werner Lueg	Athletics	Men's 1500m
03 ! Bronze	Günther Heidemann	Boxing	Men's Welterweight
03 ! Bronze	Michael Scheuer	Canoeing	Men's K-1 10000m
03 ! Bronze	Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000m
03 ! Bronze	Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10000m
03 ! Bronze	Edi Ziegler	Cycling	Men's Road Race
03 ! Bronze	Werner Potzernheim	Cycling	Men's Sprint
03 ! Bronze	Günther Haase	Diving	Men's 10m Platform
03 ! Bronze	Heinz Pollay Ida von Nagel Fritz Thiedemann	Equestrian	Team Dressage
03 ! Bronze	Fritz Thiedemann	Equestrian	Individual Jumping
03 ! Bronze	Willi Büsing	Equestrian	Individual Eventing
03 ! Bronze	Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka	Sailing	Dragon Class
03 ! Bronze	Herbert Klein	Swimming	Men's 200m Breaststroke