Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | SAA |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Saarland |
in Helsinki | |
Competitors | 36 in 9 sports |
Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Germany (1896–1936, 1952, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964) West Germany (1968–1988) |
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Saarland[1] was founded in the spring of 1950 in the Saar Protectorate, which existed from 1947 to 1956 (German state of Saarland since), a region of Western Germany that was occupied in 1945 by France. As a separate team, Saar took part in its sole Olympic Games at the 1952 Summer Olympics before being allowed to rejoin the German team in 1956. Thirty-six competitors, 31 men and five women, took part in 32 events in nine sports.[2]