1936 Winter Olympics





















IV Olympic Winter Games

1936 Winter Olympics.svg
Logo of the 1936 Winter Olympics[a]

Host city
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nations28
Athletes646 (566 men, 80 women)
Events17 in 4 sports (8 disciplines)
Opening6 February
Closing16 February
Opened by

Führer Adolf Hitler
StadiumGroße Olympiaschanze
Winter


← Lake Placid 1932 St. Moritz 1948 →
Garmisch 1940
Summer


← Los Angeles 1932 Berlin 1936 →

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1936), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted that year's Summer Olympics in Berlin. 1936 is the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games were both held in the same country (the cancelled 1940 Games would have been held in Japan, with that country likewise hosting the Winter and Summer games).


The 1936 Winter Olympics were organized on behalf of the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt. Von Halt had been named President of the Committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.




Contents





  • 1 Highlights


  • 2 Sports

    • 2.1 Demonstration sports



  • 3 Venues


  • 4 Participating nations


  • 5 Medal count


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links


  • 9 Further reading




Highlights





Opening Ceremony with Rudolf Hess, president of IOC count Henri de Baillet-Latour, and Adolf Hitler


  • German skier Willy Bogner took the Olympic oath during the opening ceremonies.


  • Alpine skiing made its first appearance in the winter Olympics as the combined, which added a skier's results in both the downhill and slalom. German athletes Franz Pfnür won men's alpine and Christl Cranz won women's alpine events.


  • Ivar Ballangrud won three out of the four speed skating races.


  • Sonja Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in woman's figure skating.


  • Switzerland won the 4 man bobsled in a time of 5:19.85.


  • Great Britain upset 1932 gold medalists Canada in ice hockey when Edgar Brenchley scored the winning goal within the last ninety seconds.

  • The country who won the overall games was Norway with a total of 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.

  • These games had the largest and heaviest medals ever awarded to athletes: 100 mm diameter, 4 mm thick, weighing 324 g.


Sports


Medals were awarded in 17 events contested in 4 sports (8 disciplines).



  • Bobsleigh (2) (details)


  • Ice hockey (1) (details)


  • Skating

    • Figure skating (3) (details)


    • Speed skating (4) (details)



  • Skiing

    • Alpine skiing (2) (details)


    • Nordic skiing (details)

      • Cross-country skiing (3) (details)


      • Nordic combined (1) (details)


      • Ski jumping (1) (details)




Demonstration sports


  • Military patrol

  • Ice stock sport


Venues




  • Große Olympiaschanze – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and Ski Jumping.


  • Gudiberg – Alpine skiing (combined – slalom)


  • Kreuzjoch – Alpine skiing (combined – downhill)


  • Kreuzeck – Alpine skiing (downhill finish line)


  • Olympia-Kunsteisstadion – Figure skating and Ice hockey


  • Riessersee and surrounding areas – Bobsleigh, Ice hockey, and Speed skating


Participating nations


28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.


Participating National Olympic Committees



  •  Australia (1)


  •  Austria (60)


  •  Belgium (27)


  •  Bulgaria (7)


  •  Canada (29)


  •  Czechoslovakia (48)


  •  Estonia (5)


  •  Finland (19)


  •  France (28)


  •  Germany (55) (host)


  •  Great Britain (38)


  •  Greece (1)


  •  Hungary (25)


  •  Italy (40)


  •  Japan (31)


  •  Latvia (26)


  •  Liechtenstein (4)


  •  Luxembourg (4)


  •  Netherlands (8)


  •  Norway (31)


  •  Poland (20)


  •  Romania (15)


  •  Spain (6)


  •  Sweden (32)


  •  Switzerland (34)


  •  Turkey (6)


  •  United States (55)


  •  Yugoslavia (17)



Medal count






Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie


  *   Host nation (Germany)















































































RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1
 Norway
75315
2
 Germany*
3306
3
 Sweden
2237
4
 Finland
1236
5
 Switzerland
1203
6
 Austria
1124
7
 Great Britain
1113
8
 United States
1034
9
 Canada
0101
10
 France
0011

 Hungary
0011
Totals (11 nations)17171751


See also



  • 1936 Summer Olympics

  • Olympic Games celebrated in Germany

    • 1936 Winter Olympics – Garmisch-Partenkirchen


    • 1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin


    • 1972 Summer Olympics – Munich


  • Winter Olympic Games

  • Olympic Games

  • International Olympic Committee

  • List of IOC country codes

  • Sports Office of Nazi Germany


References


Notes




  1. ^ The 1936 Olympic Logo comprises the Olympic rings in the foreground and the summit of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alps with a ski track leading to the mountains in the background. Around, there is the inscription "IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936
    GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN"




Citations





External links





  • "Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  • "Results and Medalists — 1936 Winter Olympics". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

  • Complete official IOC report. In German

  • The program of the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics


Further reading



  • Berlin Games – How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream, by Guy Walters
    ISBN 0-7195-6783-1 (UK) 0060874120 (USA)



Preceded by
Lake Placid

Winter Olympics
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

IV Olympic Winter Games (1936)
Succeeded by
Sapporo
cancelled due to World War II













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