Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.
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.
Medalists
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
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)
Equestrian
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.
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
Weightlifting
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
External links
Official Olympic Reports
Official Medal table
International Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952
Summer Olympics