Germany At The 1960 Winter Olympics
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Squaw Valley, United States. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Biathlon ;Men : 1 Two minutes added per missed target. Cross-country skiing ;Men ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women ;Women's 3 x 5 km relay Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs Ice hockey Group B Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round. *USSR 8-0 Germany *Germany 4-1 Finland Final round *Canada 12-0 Germany *USA 9-1 Germany *USSR 7-1 Germany *Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany *Sweden 8-2 Germany Nordic combined Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 15 km cross-country skiing Ski jumping Speed skating ;Men ;Women ReferencesOfficial Olymp ...
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Flag Of Germany
The national flag of Germany is a tricolour (flag), tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: Sable (heraldry), black, Gules, red, and Or (heraldry), gold (german: :de:Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Schwarz-Rot-Gold). The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation. It was officially adopted as the national flag of the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933, and has been in use since its reintroduction in West Germany in 1949. Since the mid-19th century, Germany has two competing traditions of national colours, black-red-gold and black-white-red. Black-red-gold were the colours of the German revolutions of 1848–1849, 1848 Revolutions, the Weimar Republic of 1919–1933 and the Federal Republic (since 1949). They were also Flag of East Germany, adopted by the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990). The colours black-white-red appeared for the first time in 1867, in the constitution of the North German Confederation. This n ...
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