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Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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A National Olympic Committee of the Saarland[1] was created in spring of 1950 in the Saar protectorate, a part of Western Germany that was controlled in 1945 by France. As a separate team, they only took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics. The athletes of Saar joined the German team for the summer games of 1956. 36 people, 31 men and 5 women, took part in 32 events in 9 sports.[2] The Protectorate became the German state of Saarland after 1956.
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IOC code | SAA |
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Competitors | 36 in 9 sports |
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