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The East Germany national athletics team represented

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at the

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such as

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History

After the defeat in

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was not invited to various events, and appeared at the Olympic Games for the first time in Helsinki 1952 and for the next three editions afterwards competed as one team, up to and including the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Germany’s first appearance at the European Championships after the war was in Bern 1954, and even before the construction of the

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(1961-1989) at the

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competed as two separate teams (East Germany and

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), in the 1958 and 1962 Championships, and this continued up to 1990, for the last time at the ''European Championships'' in Split 1990).

Medal count

has 5 participations in the Summer Olympic of 28 editions held from 1896 to 2016.

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East Germany Athletics at Summer Olympics
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History

Medal count

See also

References

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