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1 Medalists  





2 Athletics  





3 Boxing  





4 Canoeing  





5 Cycling  





6 Diving  





7 Equestrian  





8 Fencing  





9 Football  





10 Gymnastics  





11 Hockey  





12 Modern pentathlon  





13 Rowing  





14 Sailing  





15 Shooting  





16 Water polo  





17 Weightlifting  





18 Wrestling  



18.1  Men's flyweight  





18.2  Men's bantamweight  





18.3  Men's featherweight  





18.4  Men's lightweight  





18.5  Men's welterweight  





18.6  Men's middleweight  





18.7  Men's light-heavyweight  





18.8  Men's heavyweight  







19 References  





20 External links  














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Germany at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGER
NOCGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
Websitewww.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
inHelsinki, Finland
19 July–3 August 1952
Competitors205 (173 men and 32 women)
Only athletes from West Germany in 18 sports
Flag bearer Friedel Schirmer[1]
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
7
Bronze
17
Total
24
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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  • 1952
  • 1956–1988
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  • Other related appearances
    1906 Intercalated Games

    ––––

     Saar (1952)
     United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
     East Germany (1968–1988)
     West Germany (1968–1988)

    Germany competed at the 1952 Summer OlympicsinHelsinki, Finland. 205 competitors, 173 men and 32 women, took part in 123 events in 18 sports.[2]

    Germany had not been invited to the 1948 Summer OlympicsinLondon, 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 and form a United German team 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. As a result, the team for the 1952 Summer Games was de facto representing West Germany.

    While the first-ever (and only) failure to score gold in the Summer Games was disappointing, resulting in a 28th ranking, the number of total medals ranked fifth. 24 medals is the highest number of total medals achieved at an Olympic Games without a gold medal.

    Medalists[edit]

    Medal Name Sport Event
     Silver Helga Klein
    Ursula Knab
    Marga Petersen
    Maria Sander
    Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
     Silver Karl Storch Athletics Men's Hammer Throw
     Silver Marianne Werner Athletics Women's Shot Put
     Silver Edgar Basel Boxing Men's Flyweight
     Silver Otto Rothe
    Klaus Wagner
    Willi Büsing
    Equestrian Team Eventing
     Silver Alfred Schwarzmann Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar
     Silver Heinz Manchen
    Helmut Heinhold
    Helmut Noll
    Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs
     Bronze Heinz Ulzheimer Athletics Men's 800m
     Bronze Maria Sander Athletics Women's 80m Hurdles
     Bronze Herbert Schade Athletics Men's 5000m
     Bronze Günther Steines
    Hans Geister
    Heinz Ulzheimer
    Karl-Friedrich Haas
    Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
     Bronze Werner Lueg Athletics Men's 1500m
     Bronze Günther Heidemann Boxing Men's Welterweight
     Bronze Michael Scheuer Canoeing Men's K-1 10000m
     Bronze Egon Drews
    Wilfried Soltau
    Canoeing Men's C-2 1000m
     Bronze Egon Drews
    Wilfried Soltau
    Canoeing Men's C-2 10000m
     Bronze Edi Ziegler Cycling Men's Road Race
     Bronze Werner Potzernheim Cycling Men's Sprint
     Bronze Günther Haase Diving Men's 10m Platform
     Bronze Heinz Pollay
    Ida von Nagel
    Fritz Thiedemann
    Equestrian Team Dressage
     Bronze Fritz Thiedemann Equestrian Individual Jumping
     Bronze Willi Büsing Equestrian Individual Eventing
     Bronze Theodor Thomsen
    Erich Natusch
    Georg Nowka
    Sailing Dragon Class
     Bronze Herbert Klein Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke

    Athletics[edit]

    Boxing[edit]

    Canoeing[edit]

    Cycling[edit]

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

    Track Competition

    Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

    Diving[edit]

    Men's 3m Springboard

    • Preliminary Round — 67.09 points (→ 11th place)
    • Preliminary Round — 66.75 points (→ 12th place)

    Equestrian[edit]

    Fencing[edit]

    Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Germany in 1952.

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    Women's foil

    Football[edit]

    Gymnastics[edit]

    Hockey[edit]

    Modern pentathlon[edit]

    Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1952.

    Individual
    Team

    Rowing[edit]

    Germany had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.[3]

    Men's double sculls
    Men's coxless pair
    Men's coxed pair
    Men's coxed four
    Men's eight

    Sailing[edit]

    Shooting[edit]

    Six shooters represented Germany in 1952.

    25 m pistol
    50 m pistol
    50 m rifle, three positions
    50 m rifle, prone
    Trap

    Water polo[edit]

    Weightlifting[edit]

    Wrestling[edit]

    Men's flyweight[edit]

    Men's bantamweight[edit]

    Men's featherweight[edit]

    Men's lightweight[edit]

    Men's welterweight[edit]

    Men's middleweight[edit]

    Men's light-heavyweight[edit]

    Men's heavyweight[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Flagbearers for Germany". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  • ^ "Germany at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  • ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germany Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  • External links[edit]


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