Germany at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Germany competed in the Olympic Games since the inaugural edition of the Summer Olympics in 1896. However, the nation was not allowed to participate in the inaugural Winter Olympics held in 1924 in France as a consequence of the First World War. Hence, the nation made its debut in the Winter Olympics at the second Games held in 1928 held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This edition of the Games marked the nation's second appearance at the Winter Games.^[1]

The 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, held between 4 and 13 February 1932.^[2][3] The German delegation consisted of 20 athletes competing across three sports.^[4][5] Ice hockey player Martin Schröttle was the country's flag-bearer in the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony.^[6] Germany was ranked ninth in the overall medal table with two bronze medals.^[7][8]

There were 20 athletes (all men) who took part in the medal events across three sports.^[4][5]

Bobsleigh competitions were held between 8 and 15 February at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Recreation Area in Lake Placid.^[9][10] Germany entered nine athletes across two events in the competition.^[4][5] In the two-man event, the best placed team of Hanns Kilian and Sebastian Huber finished fifth.^[9] In the subsequent four-man event, the German team of Kilian, Huber, Max Ludwig, and Hans Mehlhorn won the bronze medal with a combined time of just over eight minutes across four runs.^[10]

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GER-1	Hanns Kilian Max Ludwig Hans Mehlhorn Sebastian Huber	Four-man	2:03.11	3	2:01.34	3	1:58.19	2	1:57.40	3	8:00.04
GER-2	Walther von Mumm Hasso von Bismarck Gerhard von Hessert Georg Gyssling		2:11.59	7	2:11.72	6	2:07.89	6	2:04.25	7	8:35.45	7

Figure skating competitions were held on 8 and 9 February at the Olympic Arena. As per the terms of the competition, the skaters were ranked by every judge from first through last place, which were based on the points awarded with 60% for Compulsory Figures and 40% for Free Skating. The final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule with the ranks tallied together.^[11] Ernst Baier was the lone competitor for Germany in the competition and was ranked fifth in the final classification.^[4][5]