Countries That Have Won Fewer Olympic Medals Than East Germany

The map above shows all the countries in the world that have won fewer Olympic medals than East Germany, who last competed at a games in 1988. In total, they won 519 medals across 5 Summer and 6 Winter Game appearances.

At just 16.4 million people at the time of reunification, East Germany has still won more medals than India (pop 1.47 Billion) in less than a third as many appearances.

In fact, only 14 countries have won more and are listed below along with a breakdown between summer and winter Olympic performances.

The 14 countries which have won more medals than East Germany:

Country	Number of Games	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals	Medals Per Games
United States	53	1,219	1,000	876	3,095	58.40
Soviet Union	18	473	376	355	1,204	66.89
Great Britain	54	310	344	360	1,014	18.78
Germany	31	318	317	320	955	30.81
France	54	281	319	354	954	17.67
China	24	325	258	221	804	33.50
Italy	53	271	244	284	799	15.08
Sweden	53	216	232	243	691	13.04
Australia	48	188	199	232	619	12.90
Japan	46	206	191	221	618	13.43
Canada	52	157	189	232	578	11.12
Norway	52	213	187	177	577	11.10
Russia	12	192	164	184	540	45.00
Hungary	52	189	163	188	540	10.38
East Germany [GDR]	11	192	165	162	519	47.18

Countries That Have Won Fewer Summer Olympic Medals Than East Germany

Here is the list just for Summer Olympics with only 12 countries beating them:

Country	Summer Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Medals Per Games
United States	29	1,105	879	781	2,765	95.34
Soviet Union	9	395	319	296	1,010	112.22
Great Britain	30	298	339	343	980	32.67
France	30	239	278	299	816	27.20
China	12	303	226	198	727	60.58
Germany	18	213	220	255	688	38.22
Italy	29	229	201	228	658	22.69
Australia	28	182	192	226	600	21.43
Japan	24	189	162	191	542	22.58
Hungary	28	187	161	182	530	18.93
Sweden	29	151	181	182	514	17.72
Russia	6	147	125	150	422	70.33
East Germany	5	153	129	127	409	81.80

Countries That Have Won Fewer Winter Olympic Medals Than East Germany

And here is the list for the Winter Olympics, notably China has still won fewer medals than East Germany At The Winter Olympics.

Country	Winter Olympic Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Medals Per Game
Norway	24	148	134	124	406	16.92
United States	24	114	121	95	330	13.75
Germany	13	105	97	65	267	20.54
Austria	24	71	89	91	251	10.46
Canada	24	77	72	76	225	9.38
Soviet Union	9	78	57	59	194	21.56
Sweden	24	65	51	61	177	7.38
Finland	24	45	65	65	175	7.29
Switzerland	24	63	47	58	168	7.00
Netherlands	22	53	49	45	147	6.68
Italy	24	42	43	56	141	5.88
France	24	42	41	55	138	5.75
Russia	6	45	39	34	118	19.67
East Germany	6	39	36	35	110	18.33

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