Tags: Olympic Result, Results Of A Sport Competition.
Germany was represented at the 1956 Summer Olympics by a Unified Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (West Germany) and for the first time at Summer Games also from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany) which had not joined in 1952. Also the Saarland athletes who had to enter as a separate team in 1952 could now join in even though the accession of their state was not yet in effect.