Afghanistan at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:AFG
Nocname:Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1936
Location:Berlin
Competitors:15
Sports:2
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1936

Afghanistan sent a delegation to compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin, Germany, from 1 to 16 August 1936. This was the nation's first appearance at a Summer Olympic Games and sent 19 competitors (but names of only 16 are known).[1] Most of these competed in the field hockey where they finished runner up in their group and not advancing to the knockout stage. The other two athletes competed in the sport of athletics with Mohammad Khan competing in the 100 meters sprint and long jump, failing to advance to the next stage of either of those events. Abdul Rahim competed in the shot put with him not advancing to the final.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Afghanistan sent two athletes to compete in the athletics competitions. One was 25 year old, Mohammad Khan who in his only Olympics competed in two events.[2] His first event was the men's 100 m which was held on the 26 July. Competing in heat three, he ended in last place to not qualify for the following stage.[3] The other event that he competed in was the men's Long jump which was held eight days later. Khan wouldn't qualify to the semi-final as he wouldn't reach the 7.15 meters qualifying distance to go through to the semi-final.[4] [5]

Twenty-three year old Abdul Rahim competed in his only Olympics, and he competed in only one event during the games. That being the men's Shot put which was held on 2 August. Much like Khan, he wouldn't advance to the final, as he fell short of the 14.50 meters required to advance.[6]

Track & road events
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mohammad KhanMen's Long jumpdid not advance
Abdul RahimMen's Shot putdid not advance

Field Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Afghanistan entered a team in the field hockey competition for the first time. The team entered a squad of 17 (three of them being unknown). The national team were drawn in Group B with Denmark and host nation, Germany.[7]

Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf was captain of the field hockey team. However, he did not play in any of the two matches.[8] He had represented the Indian field hockey team in the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam.

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games
width=6%Tournament
goals
Abouwi Ahmad Shah ? 0 ?
B June 23, 1908 28 ? 2 ?
GK August 25, 1913 22 ? 2 ?
FW Sayed Ali Baba March 12, 1915 21 ? 2 ?
HB March 12, 1919 17 ? 2 ?
HB November 20, 1908 27 ? 2 ?
FW June 3, 1907 29 ? 1 ?
B October 21, 1906 29 ? 2 ?
HB August 26, 1916 19 ? 2 ?
FW/B November 18, 1910 25 ? 2 ?
FW September 12, 1913 22 ? 2 ?
FW December 23, 1918 17 ? 2 1
FW March 12, 1901 35 ? 1 ?

Games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of competitors. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150217013945/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936spart2.pdf. 17 February 2015. 24 July 2013. LA84 Foundation. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Los Angeles.
  2. Web site: Mohammad Khan. Olympedia. 2 September 2020.
  3. Web site: 100 metres, Men. Olympedia. 2 September 2020.
  4. Web site: 1936 results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233026/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/. 27 August 2013. 20 July 2013. LA84 Foundation. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Los Angeles. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Long Jump, Men. Olympedia. 2 September 2020.
  6. Web site: Shot Put, Men. Olympedia. 2 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Hockey, Men. Olympedia. 6 September 2020.
  8. https://books.google.com/books/about/Great_Britain_and_the_East.html?id=7IMXAQAAMAAJ#s%20m%20yusuf%20hockey