Germany at the Paralympics
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Germany (GER) 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 (FRG), was until 1990 also called West Germany while the separate East German Democratic Republic (GDR) 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 (GER) 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. (And if one adds East Germany's tally, the total rises to 1591.) This is more than any country other than the United States. The International Paralympic Committee, however, maintains separate records for "Germany" (1960–64 and 1992–present) and "West Germany" (due to their separate IPC codes), giving West Germany a total of 873 medals, and Germany a total of 714. This places the "two countries" sixth and seventh, respectively, on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table - behind the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France and Australia.
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