page_title: Germany at the Paralympics
section_title: Summer Paralympics
hierarchical_section_title: Germany at the Paralympics / Medal tallies / Summer Paralympics
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian vision impaired cyclist Terri Poole and her pilot Sandra Smith on the medal dais after winning gold in the Women's tandem Kilo on the track at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games. Also on the podium are Elfriede Ranz (Pilot) and Ursula Egner of Germany (left, silver medal) and Guylaine Larouche (Pilot) and Julie Cournoyer of Canada (right, bronze medal).
context_page_description: Germany participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of nine athletes. The country, since 1949 officially the Federal Republic of Germany, was until 1990 also called West Germany while the separate East German Democratic Republic existed, which was recognized by the IOC only after 1964. East German athletes, however, participated in the Paralympics for the first and last time in 1984. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, athletes from all of Germany compete simply as Germany again.
  Germany has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics, and has also taken part in every edition of the Winter Paralympics, from the first in 1976. Germany was the host country of the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg.
  Germany has won a total of 1587 Paralympic medals, of which 554 gold, 535 silver and 500 bronze. This is more than any country other than the United States. The International Paralympic Committee, however, maintains separate records for "Germany" and "West Germany", giving West Germany a total of 873 medals, and Germany a total of 714.
caption: Elfriede Ranz (Pilot) and Ursula Egner of Germany on the medal dais after winning silver in the Women's tandem Kilo on the track at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.
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