Sport in West Germany

Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to West Germany.

West Germany only existed between May 1949 and 3 October 1990. See also about sport in the previous nations of Saarland and East Germany, and also Germany.

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Popular sports of West Germany

• Football (Soccer), Rugby Union, Cycling, Motorsport, Swimming

West Germany Sporting Success

• West Germany were winners of the FIFA World Cup three times: 1954, 1974 and 1990.

Great athletes from West Germany

• Michael Schumacher (F1 driving)
• Boris Becker (tennis)
• Katarina Witt (figure skating)

West Germany Sports trivia

• Berlin was scheduled to host the 1916 Olympic Games, but the Games were postponed due to the World War.

West Germany at major events

• West Germany at the Summer Olympics
• West Germany at the Winter Olympics
• Germany at the Winter Olympics
• Germany at the FIFA World Cup

Past sporting events hosted in West Germany

• 1936 Olympic Games Berlin
• 1936 Winter Olympic Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• 1959 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund
• 1972 Olympic Games Munich
• 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany
• 1978 World Swimming Championships Berlin
• 1982 Men's World Boxing Championships in Munich
• 1988 UEFA European (Euro) Football Championship
• 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund
• 2006 FIFA World Cup was hosted in Germany

Sporting Facilities in West Germany

• Franken-Stadion (Nuremberg)
• Allianz-Arena (Munich)
• Fritz-Walter (Kaiserslautern)
• AWD-Arena (Hanover)
• AOL-Arena (Hamburg)
• Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
• Waldstadion (Frankfurt)
• Westfalenstadion (Dortmund)
• RheinEnergie (Cologne)
• Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
• Neckarstadion (Stuttgart)