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 and form a United German team 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 for the 1952 Summer Games 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 ranking, 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.

Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * Edi Ziegler &mdash; 5:07:47.5 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
 * Oskar Zeissner &mdash; 5:11:18.5 (→ 8th place)
 * Paul Maue &mdash; 5:24:44.5 (→ 48th place)
 * Walter Becker &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Track Competition
 * Werner Potzernheim &mdash; Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
 * Hans Aderhold
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 67.09 points (→ 11th place)


 * Werner Sobeck
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 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

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)

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

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