title: West Germany at the Olympics
text: # West Germany at the Olympics
  
  West Germany competed at the Olympic Games between 1952 and 1988. While in 1952 - Germany's first Olympics after World War II and the Partitions of Germany - there was a de facto West German team, given East Germany refused to collaborate, its results are counted towards Germany. Likewise, between 1956 and 1964 both countries competed together under the United Team of Germany flag. It was not until 1968 that a full-fledged West German team appeared, and it competed in all the Olympics but the 1980 Summer Olympics - as it supported the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott - until 1988. Afterwards, the German reunification in 1990 reestablished the German team.
  
  ## Participation
  
  ### Timeline of participation
  
  | Date | Team | Team | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1896–1912 | Germany (GER) |
  | 1920–1924 | denied participation | denied participation | denied participation |
  | 1928–1936 | Germany (GER) | Germany (GER) | Germany (GER) |
  | 1948 | denied participation | denied participation | denied participation |
  | 1952 | Saar (SAA) | Germany (GER) | Germany (GER) |
  | 1956–1964 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | United Team of Germany (EUA) | United Team of Germany (EUA) |
  | 1968–1988 | West Germany (FRG) | West Germany (FRG) | East Germany (GDR) |
  | 1992– | Germany (GER) | Germany (GER) | Germany (GER) |
  
  ## Hosted games
  
  West Germany has hosted the games on one occasion.
  
  | Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1972 Summer Olympics | Munich | 26 August – 10 September | 121 | 7,134 | 195 |
  