Die deutsche Sportmedizin seit 1945 zwischen Prävention und Leistungssport

Abstract

This article presents the design, structure and methodology of a research project for the critical analysis of the history of German sports medicine. The project was supported for three years from 2015 to 2018 by the German Institute of Sports Science (BISp). Its results have already been published in part. This article deals with the mainly unpublished results. It includes the history of sports medicine in East Germany (former GDR), in which sports physicians were included in the state-ordered doping system; a critical analysis of German sports medicine between prevention and competitive sports; and the role and significance of doping and anti-doping for sports medicine in East, West and unified Germany.