1956 Olympians from Germany

A united team represented both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

By sport

Aquatics Men (19-4)
Athletics Men (29-4)
Boxing Men (8-3)
Canoeing Men (9-5)
Cycling Men (10)
Fencing Men (1)
Football Men (11-3)
Gymnastics Men (6-5)
Hockey Men (11-6)
Rowing Men (12)
Sailing Men (9-5)
Shooting Men (2-1)
Weightlifting Men (2)
Wrestling Men (5)
total men 134-36
Aquatics Women (9-2)
Athletics Women (14-2)
Kayak Women (1-1)
total women 24-5

The full list - Men:

(37259) Wilfried Dietrich (frg-GER/WRF-WRG/1956-72)
(12750) Moritz von Groddeck (GER/ROW/1956-64)
(9920) Michel Scheuer (GER/KAY/1952-56)
(9600) Wolfgang Behrendt (GER/BOX/1956)
(8563) Egon Drews (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(8400) Wilfried Soltau (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(7900) Martin Lauer (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(6770) Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(6280) Meinrad Miltenberger (GER/KAY/1952-56)
(6004) Edgar Basel (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(6000) Harry Kurschat (GER/BOX/1956)
(5601) Dieter Lindner (GER/ATH/1956-64)
(5000) Horst Arndt (GER/ROW/1956)
(5000) Rainer Borkowsky (GER/ROW/1956)
(4890) Gustav-Adolf Schur (GER/CYR/1956-60)
(4000) Klaus Richtzenhain (GER/ATH/1956)
(4000) Ingo von Bredow (GER/SAI/1956-60)
(4000) Rolf Mulka (GER/SAI/1956-60)
(3900) Hans Sterr (GER/WRG-WRF/1956)
(3841) Herbert Klein (GER/SWI/1952-56)
(3600) Franz Johannsen (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(3427) Helmut Bantz (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(3278) Theodor Thomsen (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
(3120) Siegfried Köhler (GER/CYT/1956-60)
(3001) Erich Hagen (GER/CYR/1956-60)
(3000) Fritz Briel (GER/KAY/1956)
(3000) Theo Kleine (GER/KAY/1956)
(2808) Manfred Preußger (GER/ATH/1956-64)
(2760) Herbert Schade (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(2700) Fred Kämmerer (GER/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
(2660) Erich Natusch (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(2660) Georg Nowka (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(2640) Horst Tüller (GER/CYR/1956)
(2460) Herbert Koschel (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(2400) Manfred Steinbach (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(2400) Heinz Laufer (GER/ATH/1956)
(2400) Jürgen Vogler (GER/SAI/1956)
(2400) Siegfried Schäfer (GER/WRG/1956)
(2000) Kurt Hipper (GER/ROW/1956)
(2000) Thomas Schneider (GER/ROW/1956)
(1980) Günther Ullerich (GER/HOC/1952-60)
(1980) Hugo Budinger (GER/HOC/1952-60)
(1780) Hugo Dollheiser (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1780) Werner Rosenbaum (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1722) Dieter Wemhöner (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(1640) Manfred Germar (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(1604) Friedrich Janke (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(1600) Paul Schmidt (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(1600) Günther Brennecke (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1480) Eberhard Ferstl (GER/HOC/1956-60)
(1480) Helmut Nonn (GER/HOC/1956-60)
(1480) Werner Delmes (GER/HOC/1956-60)
(1444) Alfred Lücker (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1350) Hans Zierold (GER/SWI/1956-60)
(1303) Theo Wied (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(1280) Heinz Radzikowski (GER/HOC/1956)
(1280) Wolfgang Nonn (GER/HOC/1956)
(1025) Claus Heß (GER/ROW/1956)
(1025) Helmut Sauermilch (GER/ROW/1956)
(998.4) Georg Miske (GER/WEI/1956-60)
(969.6) Walter Meier (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(968.0) Leo Pohl (GER/ATH/1956)
(861.0) Ulli Nitzschke (GER/BOX/1956)
(861.0) Ulrich Kienast (GER/BOX/1956)
(854.0) Hans Zeitler (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(854.0) Herbert Schäfer (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(854.0) Matthias Mauritz (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(760.1) Jakob Kiefer (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(655.6) Erich Wied (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(651.0) Hans Pfann (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(647.3) Emil Bildstein (GER/WAT/1952-60)
(643.2) Reinhold Pommer (GER/CYR/1956)
(642.3) Heinz Fütterer (GER/ATH/1956)
(640.0) Achim Schneider (GER/WAT/1956-60)
(640.0) Friedhelm Osselmann (GER/WAT/1956-60)
(640.0) Lothar Knörzer (GER/ATH/1956)
(615.0) Gunther Kaschlun (GER/ROW/1956)
(615.0) Horst Stobbe (GER/ROW/1956)
(615.0) Manfred Fitze (GER/ROW/1956)
(615.0) Willi Montag (GER/ROW/1956)
(600.0) Karl-Heinz Wegmann (GER/ATH/1956)
(580.0) Hans Lubinus (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
(492.0) Bert Steines (GER/ATH/1956)
(492.0) Klaus von Fersen (GER/ROW/1956)
(402.3) Jürgen Kühl (GER/ATH/1956)
(400.0) Manfred Poerschke (GER/ATH/1956)
(400.0) Walter Oberste (GER/ATH/1956)
(356.6) Robert Klein (GER/GYM/1956)
(327.3) Wilfried Bode (GER/WAT/1952-56)
(327.3) Willi Sturm (GER/WAT/1952-56)
(320.0) Alfred Obschernikat (GER/WAT/1956)
(320.0) Erich Pennekamp (GER/WAT/1956)
(320.0) Hans-Werner Seher (GER/WAT/1956)
(320.0) Harry Hilker (GER/WAT/1956)
(320.0) Karl Neuse (GER/WAT/1956)
(278.4) Dieter Pfeifer (GER/SWI/1956,64)
(260.0) Ludwig Bielenberg (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(258.0) Hans Köhler (GER/SWI/1956)
(256.0) Ernst Steinhauer (GER/KAY/1956)
(254.0) Hans-Joachim Reich (GER/SWI/1956)
(250.1) Horst Bleeker (GER/SWI/1956)
(240.0) Alfred Tischendorf (GER/WRF/1956)
(240.0) Heiner Will (GER/ATH/1956)
(230.4) Günther Stratmann (GER/FEN/1956)
(224.0) Rudi Sigl (GER/SHO/1956)
(200.0) Fritz Neuser (GER/CYT/1956)
(200.0) Günther Ziegler (GER/CYT/1956)
(162.5) Herbert Kirschner (GER/CAF/1956)
(158.3) Willi Roth (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(120.0) Manfred Gieseler (GER/CYT/1956)
(120.0) Rolf Nitzsche (GER/CYT/1956)
(120.0) Werner Malitz (GER/CYT/1956)
(100.0) Adolf Stein (GER/SAI/1956)
(96.00) Horst Weber (GER/SWI/1956)
(79.13) Bernhard Schröter (GER/BOX/1956)
(65.05) Albert Sigl (GER/SHO/1952-56)
(64.00) Siegfried Herrmann (GER/ATH/1956,64)
(60.00) Ekkehard Miersch (GER/SWI/1956)
(60.00) Willi Kolb (GER/WEI/1956)
(54.00) Albert Görtz (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Ernst-Günter Habig (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Fritz Semmelmann (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Hermann Höfer (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Karl Hoffmann (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Rolf Geiger (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Rudi Hoffmann (GER/FOO/1956)
(54.00) Willi Gerdau (GER/FOO/1956)
(26.60) Paul Voell (GER/SWI/1956-60)
(25.60) Walter Konrad (GER/ATH/1956)
(4.000) Klaus Porbadnik (GER/ATH/1956)
(2.400) Lothar Beckert (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(1.399) Günter Dohrow (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(0.038) Kurt Hartung (GER/ATH/1956)
(-4.40) Horst Mann (GER/ATH/1956)

The full list - Women:

(13240) Therese Zenz (GER/KAY/1952-60)
(11311) Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(10230) Marianne Werner (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(9638) Ursula Happe (GER/SWI/1952-56)
(8160) Christa Stubnick (GER/ATH/1956)
(6336) Johanna Hübner-Lüttge (GER/ATH/1956-64)
(5115) Maria Sander (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(3840) Eva-Maria ten Elsen (GER/SWI/1956)
(2500) Helga Schmidt-Neuber (GER/SWI/1956-64)
(2454) Helga Hoffmann (GER/ATH/1956-64)
(2400) Erika Fisch (GER/ATH/1956)
(984.0) Zenta Gastl-Kopp (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(960.0) Jutta Langenau (GER/SWI/1956)
(642.6) Christel Steffin (GER/SWI/1956-60)
(501.6) Kati Jansen (GER/SWI/1952-56)
(416.0) Ingrid Künzel (GER/SWI/1956)
(406.4) Birgit Klomp (GER/SWI/1956)
(400.0) Hertha Haase (GER/SWI/1956)
(160.0) Bärbel Mayer (GER/ATH/1956)
(150.0) Erika Raue (GER/ATH/1956)
(75.00) Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz (GER/ATH/1956)
(48.60) Almut Brömmel (GER/ATH/1956-60)
(21.52) Inge Fuhrmann (GER/ATH/1956)
(3.840) Inge Kilian (GER/ATH/1956)

Men who competed before:

(9920) Michel Scheuer (GER/KAY/1952-56)
(8563) Egon Drews (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(8400) Wilfried Soltau (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(6770) Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(6280) Meinrad Miltenberger (GER/KAY/1952-56)
(6004) Edgar Basel (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(3841) Herbert Klein (GER/SWI/1952-56)
(3600) Franz Johannsen (GER/CAF/1952-56)
(3427) Helmut Bantz (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(3278) Theodor Thomsen (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
(2760) Herbert Schade (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(2660) Erich Natusch (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(2660) Georg Nowka (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(2460) Herbert Koschel (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(1980) Günther Ullerich (GER/HOC/1952-60)
(1980) Hugo Budinger (GER/HOC/1952-60)
(1780) Hugo Dollheiser (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1780) Werner Rosenbaum (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1722) Dieter Wemhöner (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(1600) Günther Brennecke (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1444) Alfred Lücker (GER/HOC/1952-56)
(1303) Theo Wied (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(854.0) Hans Zeitler (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(854.0) Herbert Schäfer (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(854.0) Matthias Mauritz (GER/FOO/1952-56)
(760.1) Jakob Kiefer (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(655.6) Erich Wied (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(651.0) Hans Pfann (GER/GYM/1952-56)
(647.3) Emil Bildstein (GER/WAT/1952-60)
(580.0) Hans Lubinus (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
(327.3) Wilfried Bode (GER/WAT/1952-56)
(327.3) Willi Sturm (GER/WAT/1952-56)
(260.0) Ludwig Bielenberg (GER/SAI/1952-56)
(158.3) Willi Roth (GER/BOX/1952-56)
(65.05) Albert Sigl (GER/SHO/1952-56)
(1.399) Günter Dohrow (GER/ATH/1952-56)

Women who competed before:

(13240) Therese Zenz (GER/KAY/1952-60)
(10230) Marianne Werner (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(9638) Ursula Happe (GER/SWI/1952-56)
(5115) Maria Sander (GER/ATH/1952-56)
(501.6) Kati Jansen (GER/SWI/1952-56)

full list for Germany

Written 2020-03-24 - last modified 2020-03-24

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