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)
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