United Team of Germany

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The United Team of Germany was a combined Olympic team that represented athletes from both East and West Germany during several Games in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before the two states competed separately.

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Label Occurrences
Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft 1
United Team of Germany canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic team
combined national team
athletesCompetedAs one team in medal table
competedUnder single German team designation
countryRepresented East Germany
West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic

West Germany
dissolved 1964
endTime 1964
followedBy East Germany
surface form: East Germany at the Olympics

West Germany at the Olympics
governedBy National Olympic Committee of Germany
surface form: National Olympic Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany

East Germany Olympic team
surface form: National Olympic Committee of the GDR
hadOfficialLanguage German
historicalContext Cold War
NOCCode EUA
notableFor joint East and West German participation at Olympics
participatedIn 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Winter Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Winter Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Winter Olympics
precededBy German Olympic teams
surface form: Germany at the Olympics
reasonForDissolution separate Olympic teams for East and West Germany
recognizedBy International Olympic Committee
region Europe
represented Germany at the Olympics
representedAt Olympic Games
representedAthletesFrom East Germany
West Germany
representedPoliticalEntities two separate German states
separatedInto East Germany Olympic team
West Germany Olympic team
sportingDiscipline multi-sport
startTime 1956
status defunct Olympic team
timePeriod early 1960s
late 1950s
typeOfRepresentation joint Olympic representation of two states
usedFlag black-red-gold tricolour with Olympic rings
usedNameInGerman United Team of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft

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1956 Winter Olympics lastAppearanceNation United Team of Germany
United Team of Germany usedNameInGerman United Team of Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft