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East Germany participated as Germany or United Team of Germany from 1896 until 1964. East German athletes have been competing under Germany since 1992 again.

East Germany has won over 400 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and around 100 medals at the Winter Olympic Games, with most medals in Athletics and Swimming. The nation has won medals at every edition of the Olympic Games it participated in.

The East German Olympic Committee was created in 1951, and recognized in 1965. After 1990, the Olympic committee was merged with the West German Olympic Committee to form a united committee over Germany.

Medal Table[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Mexico City 1968 226 9 9 7 25 5
Munich 1972 297 20 23 23 66 3
Montreal 1976 267 40 25 25 90 2
Moscow 1980 345 47 37 42 126 2
Los Angeles 1984 Did not participate
Seoul 1988 259 37 35 30 102 2
Total 153 129 127 409

Medals by Winter Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Grenoble 1968 57 1 2 2 5 10
Sapporo 1972 42 4 3 7 14 2
Innsbruck 1976 59 7 5 7 19 2
Lake Placid 1980 53 9 7 7 23 2
Sarajevo 1984 56 9 9 6 24 1
Calgary 1988 53 9 10 6 25 2
Total 39 36 35 110

Medals by Sport[]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 38 36 35 109
Swimming 38 32 22 92
Rowing 33 7 8 48
Canoeing 14 7 9 30
Luge 13 8 8 29
Speed Skating 8 12 9 29
Gymnastics 6 13 17 36
Cycling 6 6 4 16
Bobsleigh 5 5 3 13
Boxing 5 2 6 13
Shooting 3 8 5 16
Biathlon 3 4 4 11
Figure Skating 3 3 4 10
Nordic Combined 3 0 4 7
Ski Jumping 2 3 2 7
Wrestling 2 3 2 7
Diving 2 2 3 7
Sailing 2 2 2 6
Cross-Country Skiing 2 1 1 4
Weightlifting 1 4 6 11
Judo 1 2 6 9
Football 1 1 1 3
Handball 1 1 1 3
Volleyball 0 2 0 2
Fencing 0 1 0 1
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