No German team was allowed at

the 1948 Summer
Olympics in London or the Winter
Games in St. Moritz. Brundage was
anxious to reintegrate Germany into
the Olympic movement once
the Federal Republic of
Germany (West Germany, through
Brundage's lifetime) was formed in
1949. Soon after the state's
formation, its National Olympic
Committee approached the IOC,
seeking recognition, but there was
still much animus towards Germany.
Just prior to the IOC session
in Vienna in 1951 (Brundage was still
vice president), the German
Democratic Republic (East Germany)
also formed an NOC and requested
recognition. This created controversy,
as the Federal Republic and its NOC
claimed to represent both West and
East Germany, but did not control the
latter. Despite lengthy discussions,
no resolution was reached in 1951,
and the matter was put over until
February 1952, when a negotiating
session was scheduled
for Copenhagen. Although the East
Germans came to Copenhagen, they
refused to attend the session, which
was eventually cancelled by Edström
after the IOC officials and West
Germans waited for hours in vain.
The German team which competed in
Helsinki that summer was entirely
West German (with Saarland, then a
French protectorate, competing as an
independent Saar team).[82]