Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of Germany IOC code  GER NOC Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund external link (German)
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	153 Only athletes from West Germany
Flag bearer	Friedel Schirmer Toni Broder
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 0	Silver 7	Bronze 17	Total 24
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 19561 • 19601 • 19641 • 19682 • 19722 • 19762 • 1980 • 19842 • 19882 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 19561 • 19601 • 19641 • 19682 • 19722 • 19762 • 19802 • 19842 • 19882 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 1As the Unified Team of Germany (EUA) 2As the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
Other related appearances
East Germany (1968–1988) Saar (1952)

Germany competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Silver 1.2 Bronze 2 Cycling 2.1 Road Competition 2.2 Track Competition 2.3 Diving 3 References

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Silver

• Karl-Alfred Schwarzmann — horizontal bar
• Karl Storch — hammer throw
• Marianne Werner-Schulze-Entrup — shot put
• Edgar Basel — Boxing - 51 kg (flyweight)

• 4x100m relay Women
• Equestrian / Eventing team Mixed
• Rowing pair-oared shell with coxswain Men

[edit] Bronze

• Edi Ziegler — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Herbert Klein — Swimming, Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Edi Ziegler — 5:07:47.5 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Oscar Zeissner — 5:11:18.5 (→ 8th place)
• Paul Maue — 5:24:44.5 (→ 48th place)
• Walter Becker — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Werner Potzernheim — Bronze Medal

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Hans Aderhold

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

• Werner Sobeck

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

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Official Medal table
• International Olympic Committee results database

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