Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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.[2]
| Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GER |
| NOC | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
| Website | www |
| in Helsinki, Finland 19 July–3 August 1952 | |
| Competitors | 205 (173 men and 32 women) Only athletes from West Germany in 18 sports |
| Flag bearer | Friedel Schirmer[1] |
| Medals Ranked 28th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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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. As a result, the team 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 rank, 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
| 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
Boxing
Cycling
- Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
- Edi Ziegler — 5:07:47.5 (→
Bronze Medal) - Oskar Zeissner — 5:11:18.5 (→ 8th place)
- Paul Maue — 5:24:44.5 (→ 48th place)
- Walter Becker — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Werner Potzernheim — Bronze Medal
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Hans Aderhold
- Preliminary Round — 67.09 points (→ 11th place)
- Werner Sobeck
- Preliminary Round — 66.75 points (→ 12th place)
Fencing
Nine fencers, eight men and one woman, represented Germany in 1952.
- Men's foil
- Norman Casmir
- Kurt Wahl
- Julius Eisenecker
- Men's team foil
- Willy Fascher, Kurt Wahl, Norman Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Siegfried Rossner
- Men's épée
- Erwin Kroggel
- Men's sabre
- Willy Fascher
- Hans Esser
- Richard Liebscher
- Men's team sabre
- Siegfried Rossner, Willy Fascher, Hans Esser, Richard Liebscher
- Women's foil
- Lilo Allgayer
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1952.
- Individual
- Berthold Slupik
- Dietloff Kapp
- Adolf Harder
- Team
- Berthold Slupik
- Dietloff Kapp
- Adolf Harder
Rowing
Germany had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.[3]
- Men's double sculls
- Waldemar Beck
- Gerhard Füßmann
- Men's coxless pair
- Heinz Renneberg
- Heinz Eichholz
- Men's coxed pair
- Heinz Manchen
- Helmut Heinhold
- Helmut Noll (cox)
- Men's coxed four
- Günter Twiesselmann
- Klaus Schulze
- Heinz Beyer
- Gerd Vogeley
- Hans Joachim Wiemken (cox)
- Men's eight
- Anton Reinartz
- Michael Reinartz
- Roland Freihoff
- Heinz Zünkler
- Peter Betz
- Stefan Reinartz
- Hans Betz
- Toni Siebenhaar
- Hermann Zander (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Six shooters represented Germany in 1952.
- 25 m pistol
- Ludwig Leupold
- Paul Wehner
- 50 m pistol
- Fritz Krempel
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- Erich Spörer
- Albert Sigl
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Erich Spörer
- Albert Sigl
- Trap
- Kurt Schöbel
Water polo
Wrestling
Men's flyweight
- Heini Weber
Men's bantamweight
- Ferdinand Schmitz
Men's featherweight
- Rolf Ellerbrock
Men's lightweight
- Heini Nettesheim
Men's welterweight
- Anton Mackowiak
Men's middleweight
- Gustav Gocke
Men's light-heavyweight
- Max Leichter
Men's heavyweight
- Willi Waltner
References
- "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.