List of 1936 Summer Olympics medal winners explained

The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Nazi Germany, from 1 to 15 August 1936.

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

100 metres		10.3		10.4		10.5
200 metres		20.7		21.1		21.3
400 metres		46.5		46.7		46.8
800 metres		1:52.9		1:53.3		1:53.6
1500 metres		3:47.8		3:48.4		3:49.2
5000 metres		14:22.2		14:25.8		14:29.0
10,000 metres		30:15.4		30:15.6		30:20.2
110 metres hurdles		14.2		14.4		14.4
400 metres hurdles		52.4		52.7		52.8
3000 metres steeplechase		9:03.8		9:06.8		9:07.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff	39.8	Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli	41.1	Wilhelm Leichum Erich Borchmeyer Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger	41.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown	3:09.0	Harold Cagle Robert Young Edward O’Brien Al Fitch	3:11.0	Helmut Hamann Friedrich Von Stülpnagel Harry Voigt Rudolf Harbig	3:11.8
Marathon	^[1]	2:29:19.2		2:31:23.2		2:31:42.0
50 kilometres walk		4:30:41.4		4:32:09.2		4:32:42.2
High jump		2.03 m		2.00 m		2.00 m
Pole vault		4.35 m		4.25 m		4.25 m
Long jump		8.06 m		7.87 m		7.74 m
Triple jump		16.00 m		15.66 m		15.50 m
Shot put		16.20 m		16.12 m		15.66 m
Discus throw		50.48 m		49.36 m		49.23 m
Hammer throw		56.49 m		55.04 m		54.83 m
Javelin throw		71.84 m		70.77 m		70.72 m
Decathlon		7900		7601		7275

Women's events

100 metres		11.5		11.7		11.9
80 metres hurdles		11.7		11.7		11.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens	46.9	Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke	47.6	Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher	47.8
High jump		1.60 m		1.60 m		1.60 m
Discus throw		47.63 m		46.22 m		39.80 m
Javelin throw		45.18 m		43.29 m		41.80 m

Basketball

See also: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

Sam Balter Ralph Bishop Joe Fortenberry Tex Gibbons Francis Johnson Carl Knowles Frank Lubin Art Mollner Donald Piper Jack Ragland Willard Schmidt Carl Shy Duane Swanson Bill Wheatley

Gordon Aitchison Ian Allison Art Chapman Chuck Chapman Edward Dawson Irving Meretsky Doug Peden James Stewart Malcolm Wiseman Stanley Nantais

Carlos Borja Víctor Borja Rodolfo Choperena Luis de la Vega Raúl Fernández Andrés Gómez Silvio Hernández Francisco Martínez Jesús Olmos José Pamplona Greer Skousen

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb)
Bantamweight (−53.5 kg / 118 lb)
Featherweight (−57.2 kg / 126 lb)
Lightweight (−61.2 kg / 135 lb)
Welterweight (−66.7 kg / 147 lb)
Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb)
Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb)
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb)

Canoeing

See also: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

C-1 1000 metres
C-2 1000 metres	Jan Brzák-Felix Vladimír Syrovátka	^[2] Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl	Frank Saker Harvey Charters
C-2 10000 metres	Václav Mottl Zdeněk Škrland	Frank Saker Harvey Charters	Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl
K-1 1000 metres
K-1 10000 metres
K-1 10000 metres folding
K-2 1000 metres	Adolf Kainz Alfons Dorfner	Ewald Tilker Fritz Bondroit	Nicolaas Tates Wim van der Kroft
K-2 10000 metres	Paul Wevers Ludwig Landen	Viktor Kalisch Karl Steinhuber	Tage Fahlborg Helge Larsson
K-2 10000 metres folding	Erik Bladström Sven Johansson	Erich Hanisch Willi Horn	Piet Wijdekop Kees Wijdekop

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Road cycling

Individual road race
Team road race	Robert Charpentier Robert Dorgebray Guy Lapébie	Edgar Buchwalder Ernst Nievergelt Kurt Ott	Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeys François Vandermotte

Track cycling

Team pursuit	Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie	Severino Rigoni Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini	Ernie Mills Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King
Sprint
Tandem	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Bernhard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Pierre Georget Georges Maton
1000 metres time trial

Diving

See also: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Women's events

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Equestrian events

See also: Equestrian events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Individual dressage
Team dressage	valign=top	Heinz Pollay on Kronos Friedrich Gerhard on Absinth Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski on Gimpel	valign=top	André Jousseaume on Favorite Gérard de Ballorre on Debaucheur Daniel Gillois on Nicolas	valign=top	Gregor Adlercreutz on Teresina Sven Colliander on Kål XX Folke Sandström on Pergola
Individual eventing
Team eventing	Ludwig Stubbendorf on Nurmi Rudolf Lippert on Fasan Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim on Kurfürst	Henryk Roycewicz on Arlekin III Zdzisław Kawecki on Bambino Seweryn Kulesza on Tóska	Alec Scott on Bob Clive Edward Howard-Vyse on Blue Steel Richard Fanshawe on Bowie Knife
Individual jumping
Team jumping	valign=top	Kurt Hasse and Tora Marten von Barnekow and Nordland Heinz Brandt and Alchimist	valign=top	Johan Greter and Ernica Jan de Bruine and Trixie Henri van Schaik and Santa Bell	valign=top	José Beltrão and Biscuit Domingos de Sousa and Merle Blanc Luís Mena e Silva and Fossette

Fencing

See also: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

Individual épée
Team épée	Alfredo Pezzana Edoardo Mangiarotti Saverio Ragno Giancarlo C. Cornaggia-Medici Giancarlo Brusati Franco Riccardi	Hans Drakenberg Hans Granfelt Gustaf Dyrssen Gustav Almgren Birger Cederin Sven Thofelt	Henri Dulieux Philippe Cattiau Georges Buchard Paul Wormser Michel Pécheux Bernard Schmetz
Individual foil
Team foil	Giorgio Bocchino Manlio Di Rosa Gioachino Guaragna Ciro Verratti Giulio Gaudini Gustavo Marzi	Edward Gardère André Gardere Jacques Coutrot René Bougnol René Bondoux René Lemoine	Siegfried Lerdon August Heim Erwin Casmir Julius Eisenecker Stefan Rosenbauer Otto Adam
Individual sabre
Team sabre	Pál Kovács Tibor Berczelly Imre Rajczy Aladár Gerevich Endre Kabos László Rajcsányi	Vincenzo Pinton Aldo Masciotta Athos Tanzini Aldo Montano Gustavo Marzi Giulio Gaudini	Hans Jörger Julius Eisenecker August Heim Erwin Casmir Richard Wahl Hans Esser

Women's event

Individual foil

Field hockey

See also: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shahab-ud-Din G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell

Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Carl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander

Ernst van den Berg Piet Gunning Ru van der Haar Inge Heybroek Tonny van Lierop Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Rein de Waal Max Westerkamp

Football

See also: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

Bruno Venturini Alfredo Foni Pietro Rava Giuseppe Baldo Achille Piccini Ugo Locatelli Annibale Frossi Libero Marchini Luigi Scarabello Carlo Biagi Giulio Cappelli Sergio Bertoni Alfonso Negro Francesco Gabriotti

Franz Fuchsberger Max Hofmeister Eduard Kainberger Karl Kainberger Martin Kargl Josef Kitzmüller Anton Krenn Ernst Künz Adolf Laudon Franz Mandl Klement Steinmetz Karl Wahlmüller Walter Werginz

Henry Johansen Fredrik Horn Nils Eriksen Frithjof Ulleberg Jørgen Juve Rolf Holmberg Sverre Hansen Magnar Isaksen Alf Martinsen Reidar Kvammen Arne Brustad Øivind Holmsen Odd Frantzen Magdalon Monsen

Gymnastics

See also: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

Individual all-around
Team all-around	Franz Beckert Konrad Frey Alfred Schwarzmann Willi Stadel Inno Stangl Walter Steffens Matthias Volz Ernst Winter	Walter Bach Albert Bachmann Walter Beck Eugen Mack Georges Miez Michael Reusch Eduard Steinemann Josef Walter	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Veikko Pakarinen Aleksanteri Saarvala Heikki Savolainen Esa Seeste Einari Teräsvirta Eino Tukiainen Martti Uosikkinen
Floor exercise
Horizontal bar
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault

Women's event

Team all-around

Anita Bärwirth Erna Bürger Isolde Frölian Friedl Iby Trudi Meyer Paula Pöhlsen Julie Schmitt Käthe Sohnemann

Jaroslava Bajerová Vlasta Děkanová Božena Dobešová Vlasta Foltová Anna Hřebřinová Matylda Pálfyová Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Marie Větrovská

Margit Csillik Margit Kalocsai Ilona Madary Gabriella Mészáros Margit Nagy Olga Törös Judit Tóth Eszter Voit

Handball

See also: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

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 Hans Theilig

Franz Bartl Franz Berghammer Franz Bistricky Franz Brunner Johann Houschka Emil Juracka Ferdinand Kiefler Josef Krejci Otto Licha Friedrich Maurer Anton Perwein Siegfried Powolny Siegfried Purner Walter Reisp Alfred Schmalzer Alois Schnabel Ludwig Schuberth Johann Tauscher Jaroslav Volak Leopold Wohlrab Friedrich Wurmböck Johann Zehetner

Max Bloesch Rolf Fäs Burkhard Gantenbein Willy Gysi Erland Herkenrath Ernst Hufschmid Willy Hufschmid Werner Meyer Georg Mischon Willy Schäfer Werner Scheurmann Edy Schmid Erich Schmitt Eugen Seiterle Max Streib Robert Studer Rudolf Wirz

Modern pentathlon

See also: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Individual

Polo

See also: Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

Manuel Andrada Roberto Cavanagh Luis Duggan Andrés Gazzotti

David Dawnay Bryan Fowler Humphrey Patrick Guinness William Hinde

Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos

Rowing

See also: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Single sculls
Double sculls	Jack Beresford Dick Southwood	Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch	Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski
Coxless pair	Willi Eichhorn Hugo Strauß	Harry Larsen Richard Olsen	Horacio Podestá Julio Curatella
Coxed pair	Gerhard Gustmann Herbert Adamski Dieter Arend	Almiro Bergamo Guido Santin Luciano Negrini	Marceau Fourcade Georges Tapie Noël Vandernotte
Coxless four	Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne	Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid
Coxed four	Hans Maier Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Paul Söllner Fritz Bauer	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid Rolf Spring	Fernand Vandernotte Marcel Vandernotte Jean Cosmat Marcel Chauvigné Noël Vandernotte
Eight	Herbert Morris Charles Day Gordon Adam John White James McMillin George Hunt Joe Rantz Donald Hume Robert Moch	Guglielmo Del Bimbo Dino Barsotti Oreste Grossi Enzo Bartolini Mario Checcacci Dante Secchi Ottorino Quaglierini Enrico Garzelli Cesare Milani	Alfred Rieck Helmut Radach Hans Kuschke Heinz Kaufmann Gerd Völs Werner Loeckle Hans-Joachim Hannemann Herbert Schmidt Wilhelm Mahlow

Sailing

See also: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

O-Jolle
Star	Peter Bischoff Hans-Joachim Weise	Arvid Laurin Uno Wallentin	Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch
6 metre	Christopher Boardman Miles Bellville Russell Harmer Charles Leaf Leonard Martin	Magnus Konow Karsten Konow Fredrik Meyer Vaadjuv Nyqvist Alf Tveten	Sven Salén Lennart Ekdahl Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Dagmar Salén
8 metre	Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi	Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen John Ditlev-Simonsen Hans Struksnæs Lauritz Schmidt Jacob Thams Nordahl Wallem	Hans Howaldt Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs

Shooting

See also: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

50 m pistol
25 m rapid fire pistol
50 m rifle prone

Swimming

See also: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa	Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf	Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel

Women's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Rie Mastenbroek Willy den Ouden Jopie Selbach Tini Wagner	Gisela Arendt Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz	Mavis Freeman Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Katherine Rawls

Water polo

See also: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

Mihály Bozsi Jenő Brandi György Bródy Olivér Halassy Kálmán Hazai Márton Homonnai György Kutasi István Molnár János Németh Miklós Sárkány Sándor Tarics

Bernhard Baier Fritz Gunst Josef Hauser Alfred Kienzle Paul Klingenburg Heinrich Krug Hans Schneider Hans Schulze Gustav Schürger Helmuth Schwenn Fritz Stolze

Weightlifting

See also: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

60 kg
67.5 kg		none awarded (as there was a tie for gold)
75 kg
82.5 kg
+82.5 kg

Wrestling

See also: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

Greco-Roman

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

Notes and References

1. Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea. The IOC credits both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the Games as a representative of Japan and Japan required them to use the Japanese forms of their names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kitei as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon.
2. The 1936 official Olympic Report has the silver medalists listed as Josef Kampfl and Alois Edeltitsch, but information from Olympisch Enzyklopaedie, the Austrian Olympic Committee, and from Volker Kluge's Olympia Chronik all confirm that the actual silver medalists were Weinstabl and Proisl.