List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners explained

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the IV Olympic Winter Games,[1] were a multi-sport event held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from February 6 through February 16, 1936. A total of 646 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 17 events across 8 disciplines.

The Olympic programme was changed from that of the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, with the addition of alpine skiing for both men and women. Two demonstration sports were held—eisschiessen and military patrol.[2] Later added to the regular programme as biathlon, military patrol made its third appearance as a demonstration sport in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games.[3] Both men and women participated at these Games, with the women's alpine skiing event being the first medal event women contested at the Winter Olympics outside of figure skating. Two figure skating events for women—ladies' singles and pairs—had been part of the programme since the first Winter Olympics.[4] [5] [6]

A total of 95 athletes won medals at the Games.[7] Norway topped the medal count with fifteen medals, seven of which were gold. Sweden had the second most number of medals with seven, but had one less gold medal than host nation Germany, who had three golds and six overall medals. Austria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States won medals in more than one event. Athletes from 11 of the 28 participating NOCs won at least a bronze medal; athletes from eight countries won at least one gold. Great Britain's unexpected win in ice hockey remains their only Olympic gold medal in the sport to date.[2] [8]

Sonja Henie of Norway won her third straight gold medal in the ladies' singles figure skating event, her last Olympic medal as she turned professional shortly after the Games.[2] Karl Schäfer of Austria also successfully defended his men's singles figure skating title from Lake Placid.[9] [10] Sweden swept the medals in the cross-country 50 km, as did Norway in the Nordic combined.[9] Norway's Ivar Ballangrud was the most successful athlete, winning three golds and a silver in speed skating[9] and taking his career total to seven Olympic medals.[2] Other multiple medal winners were Oddbjørn Hagen of Norway (one gold, two silvers), Ernst Baier of Germany (one gold, one silver), Joseph Beerli of Switzerland (one gold, one silver), Erik August Larsson of Sweden (one gold, one bronze), Birger Wasenius of Finland (two silvers, one bronze), Olaf Hoffsbakken of Norway (two silvers), Fritz Feierabend of Switzerland (two silvers) and Sverre Brodahl of Norway (one silver, one bronze).[9]

Alpine skiing

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Bobsleigh

See also: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Two-man
[13]
USA I
Ivan Brown
Alan Washbond		[14]
Switzerland II
Fritz Feierabend
Joseph Beerli
USA II
Gilbert Colgate
Richard Lawrence
Four-man

Switzerland II
Pierre Musy
Arnold Gartmann
Charles Bouvier
Joseph Beerli
Switzerland I
Reto Capadrutt
Hans Aichele
Fritz Feierabend
Hans Bütikofer		[15]
Great Britain I
Frederick McEvoy
James Cardno
Guy Dugdale
Charles Green

Cross-country skiing

See also: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

See also: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Ice hockey

See also: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men's team
[26]
James Foster
Carl Erhardt
Gordon Dailley
Archibald Stinchcombe
Edgar Brenchley
John Coward
James Chappell
Alexander Archer
Gerry Davey
James Borland
Robert Wyman
Jack Kilpatrick		[27]
Francis Moore
Arthur Nash
Herman Murray
Walter Kitchen
Raymond Milton
David Neville
Kenneth Farmer
Hugh Farquharson
Maxwell Deacon
Alexander Sinclair
Bill Thomson
James Haggarty
Ralph St. Germain		[28]
Thomas Moone
Frank Shaughnessy, Jr.
Philip LaBatte
Frank Stubbs
John Garrison
Paul Rowe
John Lax
Gordon Smith
Elbridge Ross
Francis Spain
August Kammer

Nordic combined

See also: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual[29]

Ski jumping

See also: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual[30]

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Multiple medallists

Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.[9]

AthleteNationSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Speed skating3104
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined		1203
Figure skating1102
Bobsleigh1102
Cross-country skiing1012
Speed skating0213
Bobsleigh0202
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined		0202
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined		0112

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele, p. 29.
  2. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Garmisch-Partenkirchen-1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
  3. News: Olympics; Biathlon; Fourth Gold Medal For a Positive Thinker . LeDuff . Charlie . February 21, 2002 . The New York Times . October 25, 2010.
  4. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Chamonix-1924 Chamonix 1924
  5. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1928 St. Moritz 1928
  6. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lake-Placid-1932 Lake Placid 1932
  7. Web site: 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . October 23, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110107015135/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1936/ . January 7, 2011 .
  8. Web site: All the medallists since 1896 . International Olympic Committee . October 22, 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101001235338/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/ . October 1, 2010 .
  9. Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele, p. 437.
  10. no . Karl Schäfer . October 23, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110420163528/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/karl-schafer-1.html . April 20, 2011 .
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  13. "United States Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  14. "Switzerland Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  15. "Great Britain Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  16. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 18 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  17. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
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  19. "Mprway Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
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  21. "Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's Singles ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  22. "Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Women's Singles ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
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  27. "Canada Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  28. "United States Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  29. "Nordic Combined at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  30. "Ski Jumping at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  31. "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 500 Meters ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  32. "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 1,500 Meters ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  33. "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 5,000 Meters ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  34. "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 10,000 Meters ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

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