Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained
| Noc: | GER |
| Nocname: | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Games Link: | 1936 Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Website: | |
| Date: | 1–16 August 1936 |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Competitors: | 433 (389 men and 44 women) |
| Sports: | 22 |
| Flagbearer: | Hans Fritsch |
| Rank: | 1 |
| Gold: | 38 |
| Silver: | 31 |
| Bronze: | 32 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games
(1952)
(1956–1964)
(1968–1988)
(1968–1988) |
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.[1]
The total of 38 gold and 101 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany.[2]
Medalists
Gold
- Hans Woellke - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Karl Hein - Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Gerhard Stöck - Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Gisela Mauermayer - Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Tilly Fleischer - Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Willi Kaiser - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Herbert Runge - Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Ernst Krebs - Canoeing, Men's K1 10,000m Kayak Singles
- Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers - Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000m Kayak Pairs
- Toni Merkens - Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz - Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
- Ludwig Stubbendorf - Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Rolf Lippert, Ludwig Stubbendorf, and Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim - Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Kurt Hasse - Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Heinz Brandt, Kurt Hasse, and Marten von Barnekow - Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Heinz Pollay - Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Friedrich Gerhard, Heinz Pollay, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski - Equestrian, Dressage Team
- Alfred Schwarzmann - Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Konrad Frey - Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Alfred Schwarzmann - Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Konrad Frey - Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Franz Beckert, Konrad Frey, Alfred Schwarzmann, Willi Stadel, Walter Steffens, and Matthias Volz - Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Anita Bärwirth, Erna Bürger, Isolde Frölian, Friedl Iby, Trudi Meyer, Paula Pöhlsen, Julie Schmitt, and Käthe Sohnemann - Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
- Willy Bandholz, Wilhelm Baumann, Helmut Berthold, Helmut Braselmann, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Georg Dascher, Kurt Dossin, Fritz Fromm, Hermann Hansen, Erich Herrmann, Heinrich Keimig, Hans Keiter, Alfred Klingler, Artur Knautz, Heinz Körvers, Karl Kreutzberg, Wilhelm Müller, Günther Ortmann, Edgar Reinhardt, Fritz Spengler, Rudolf Stahl, and Hans Theilig - Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Gotthard Handrick - Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Gustav Schäfer - Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Willi Eichhorn and Hugo Strauß - Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Herbert Adamski, Dieter Arend and Gerhard Gustmann - Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Rudolf Eckstein, Martin Karl, Willi Menne, and Toni Rom - Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- Fritz Bauer, Ernst Gaber, Hans Maier, Paul Söllner, and Walter Volle - Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Peter Bischoff and Hans-Joachim Weise - Sailing, Men's Star
- Cornelius van Oyen - Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Josef Manger - Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Silver
- Lutz Long - Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Erwin Blask - Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Anni Steuer - Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Luise Krüger - Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Michael Murach - Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Richard Vogt - Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Helmut Cämmerer - Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
- Fritz Bondroit and Ewald Tilker - Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
- Erich Hanisch and Willi Horn - Canoeing, Men's F2 10,000m Folding Kayak Pairs
- Friedrich Gerhard - Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Helene Mayer - Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Konrad Frey - Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Hermann auf der Heide, Ludwig Beisiegel, Erich Cuntz, Karl Dröse, Alfred Gerdes, Werner Hamel, Harald Huffmann, Erwin Keller, Herbert Kemmer, Werner Kubitzki, Paul Mehlitz, Carl Menke, Fritz Messner, Detlef Okrent, Heinrich Peter, Heinz Raack, Carl Ruck, Hans Scherbart, Heinz Schmalix, Tito Warnholtz, Kurt Weiß, and Erich Zander - Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
- Willi Kaidel and Joachim Pirsch - Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Werner Krogmann - Sailing, Men's Monotype Class
- Heinz Hax - Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Erich Krempel - Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- Erwin Sietas - Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Martha Genenger - Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Gisela Arendt, Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, and Inge Schmitz - Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Paul Klingenburg, Bernhard Baier, Fritz Gunst, Gustav Schürger, Josef Hauser, Alfred Kienzle, Hans Schulze, Helmuth Schwenn, Hans Schneider, Heinrich Krug and Fritz Stolze - Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
- Rudolf Ismayr - Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Eugen Deutsch - Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Fritz Schäfer - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
- Ludwig Schweickert - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Wolfgang Ehrl - Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze
- Alfred Dompert - Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger, and Wilhelm Leichum - Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Helmut Hamann, Rudolf Harbig, Harry Voigt, and Friedrich von Stülpnagel - Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Gerhard Stöck - Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Käthe Krauß - Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Elfriede Kaun - Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Paula Mollenhauer - Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Josef Miner - Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Xaver Hörmann - Canoeing, Men's F1 10,000m Folding Kayak Singles
- Erich Koschik - Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
- Rudolf Karsch - Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
- Hermann Stork - Diving, Men's Platform
- Käthe Köhler - Diving, Women's Platform
- Otto Adam, Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, August Heim, Siegried Lerdon, and Stefan Rosenbauer - Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
- Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser, August Heim, Hans Jörger, and Richard Wahl - Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
- Konrad Frey - Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Alfred Schwarzmann - Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Alfred Schwarzmann - Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Matthias Volz - Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Matthias Volz - Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Konrad Frey - Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Hans-Joachim Hannemann, Heinz Kaufmann, Hans Kuschke, Werner Loeckle, Wilhelm Mahlow, Helmut Radach, Alfred Rieck, Herbert Schmidt, and Gerd Völs - Rowing, Men's Eights
- Fritz Bischoff, Hans Howaldt, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Eduard Mohr, Felix Scheder-Bieschin, and Otto Wachs - Sailing, 8 Meter Class
- Gisela Arendt - Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
- Karl Jansen - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Adolf Wagner - Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Jakob Brendel - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
- Kurt Hornfischer - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
- Johannes Herbert - Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
- Erich Siebert - Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Basketball
See main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
First round
Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second round
Winners advanced to the third round, while losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second consolation round
Winners advanced to the third round.
Boxing
See main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Canoeing
See main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1936.
- Individual road race
- Team road race
- Sprint
- Time trial
- Tandem
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Equestrian
See main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. 16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1936.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
Field hockey
See main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Group B
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Gold medal match
Football
See main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Quarter-finals
Gymnastics
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Handball
See main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Preliminary round
Group A
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | +50 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | −33 | 0 | |
Final round
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 0 | |
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| 19 – 6 | |
| 11 – 6 | |
| 11 – 7 | |
| 16 – 6 | |
| 10 – 5 | |
| 10 – 6 | | Attendance: 100,000[3] | |
Modern pentathlon
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1936, with Gotthard Handrick winning gold.
Polo
See main article: Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- Group B
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Germany had 26 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.[4]
- Men's single sculls
- Men's double sculls
- Men's coxless pair
- Men's coxed pair
- Men's coxless four
- Men's coxed four
- Men's eight
Sailing
See main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Nine shooters represented Germany in 1936. In the 25 m pistol event, Cornelius van Oyen won gold and Heinrich Hax won silver.
- 25 m rapid fire pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 50 m rifle, prone
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Water polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Art competitions
See main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Germany at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . 13 January 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113150703/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1936/ . 13 November 2014 . dmy .
- Web site: Olympic Games Berlin 1936. International Olympic Committee.
- Web site: Vollrausch der Ahnungslosen. Kopp. Johannes. 18 January 2019. taz. de. drunken stupor of the unsuspecting. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228100627/http://www.taz.de/!5564033/. 28 February 2019. live. 28 February 2019.
- Germany Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417075954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1936/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 May 2018.
