The Sports Almanac



1936 Summer Olympics

Berlin, Germany


MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GERMANY -  89 Medals

UNITED STATES -  56 Medals

ITALY -  22 Medals

Athletics
Swimming Diving Water Polo
Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling
Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Soccer
Gymnastics Handball Modern Pentathlon Polo
Rowing Sailing Shooting Weightlifting
Wrestling



1936 Berlin Overall Medal Standings
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Germany
33
26
30
89
2
United States
24
20
12
56
3
Italy
8
9
5
22
4
Sweden
6
5
9
20
5
Finland
7
6
6
19
6
France
7
6
6
19
7
Japan
6
4
8
18
8
Netherlands
6
4
7
17
9
Hungary
10
1
5
16
10
Switzerland
1
9
5
15
11
Great Britain
4
7
3
14
12
Austria
4
6
3
13
13
Canada
1
3
5
9
14
Czechoslovakia
3
5
0
8
15
Argentina
2
2
3
7
16
Estonia
2
2
3
7
17
Norway
1
3
2
6
18
Poland
0
3
3
6
19
Egypt
2
1
2
5
20
Denmark
0
2
3
5
21
Mexico
0
0
3
3
22
Turkey
1
0
1
2
23
Latvia
0
1
1
2
24
Belgium
0
0
2
2
25
India
1
0
0
1
26
New Zealand
1
0
0
1
27
Romania
0
1
0
1
28
South Africa
0
1
0
1
29
Yugoslavia
0
1
0
1
30
Australia
0
0
1
1
31
Philippines
0
0
1
1
32
Portugal
0
0
1
1

1936 Berlin Athletics
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 100 Meters
Jesse Owens - United States
Ralph Metcalfe - United States
Tinus Osendarp - Netherlands
Women's 100 Meters
Helen Stephens - United States
Stanisława Walasiewicz - Poland
Käthe Krauß - Germany
Men's 200 Meters
Jesse Owens - United States Mack Robinson - United States
Tinus Osendarp - Netherlands
Men's 400 Meters
Archie Williams - United States
Godfrey Brown - Great Britain
James LuValle - United States
Men's 800 Meters
John Woodruff - United States
Mario Lanzi - Italy
Phil Edwards - Canada
Men's 1500 Meters
Jack Lovelock - New Zealand
Glenn Cunningham - United States
Luigi Beccali - Italy
Men's 5000 Meters
Gunnar Höckert - Finland
Lauri Lehtinen - Finland
Henry Johnsson - Sweden
Men's 10000 Meters
Ilmari Salminen - Finland
Arvo Askola - Finland
Volmari Iso-Hollo - Finland
Men's 110 Meter Hurdles
Forrest Towns - United States
Don Finlay - Great Britain
Fritz Pollard - United States
Women's 80 Meter Hurdles
Trebisonda Valla - Italy
Anni Steuer - Germany
Betty Taylor - Canada
Men's 400 Meter Hurdles
Glenn Hardin - United States
Jhn Loaring - Canada
Miguel White - Philippines
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Volmari Iso-Hollo - Finland Kaarlo Tuominen - Finland
Alfred Dompert - Germany
Men's 4X100 Meter Relay
United States
Italy
Germany
Women's 4X100 Meter Relay
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Men's 4X400 Meter Relay
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Men's Marathon
Son Kitei - Japan
Ernest Harper - Great Britain
Nan Shoryu - Japan
Men's 50KM Walk
Harold Whitlock - Great Britain
Arthur Tell Schwab - Switzerland
Adalberts Bubenko - Latvia
Men's Long Jump
Jesse Owens - United States
Luz Long - Germany
Naoto Tajima - Japan
Men's Triple Jump
Naoto Tajima - Japan Masao Harada - Japan
Jack Metcalfe - Australia
Men's High Jump
Cornelius Johnson - United States
Dave Albritton - United States
Delos Thurber - United States
Women's High Jump
Ibolya Csák - Hungary
Dorothy Odam - Great Britain
Elfriede Kaun - Germany
Men's Pole Vault
Earle Meadows - United States
Shuhei Nishida - Japan
Sueo Ōe - Japan
Men's Shot Put
Hans Woellke - Germany
Sulo Bärlund - Finland
Gerhard Stöck - Germany
Men's Discus
Ken Carpenter - United States
Gordon Dunn - United States
Giorgio Oberweger - Italy
Women's Discus
Gisela Mauermayer - Germany
Jadwiga Wajsówna - Poland
Paula Mollenhauer - Germany
Men's Javelin
Gerhard Stöck - Germany Yrjo Nikkanen - Finland
Kalervo Toivonen - Finland
Women's Javelin
Tilly Fleischer - Germany
Luise Krüger - Germany
Maria Kwaśniewska - Poland
Men's Hammer Throw
Karl Hein - Germany
Erwin Blask - Germany
Fred Warngård - Sweden
Decathlon
Glenn Morris - United States
Bob Clark - United States
Jack Parker - United States

1936 Berlin Swimming
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 100 Meter Freestyle
Ferenc Csik - Hungary
Masanori Yusa - Japan
Shigeo Arai - Japan
Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
Rie Mastenbroek - Netherlands
Jeannette Campbell - Argentina
Gisela Arendt - Germany
Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
Jack Medica - United States
Shunpei Uto - Japan
Shozo Makino - Japan
Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
Rie Mastenbroek - Netherlands Ragnhild Hveger - Denmark
Lenore Wingard - United States
Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle
Noboru Terada - Japan
Jack Medica - United States Shunpei Uto - Japan
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
Adolph Kiefer - United States
Al Vande Weghe - United States
Masaji Kiyokawa - Japan
Women's 100 Meter Backstroke
Nida Senff - Netherlands
Rie Mastenbroek - Netherlands Alice Bridges - United States
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
Tetsuo Hamuro - Japan
Erwin Sietas - Germany
Reizo Koike - Japan
Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke
Hideko Maehata - Japan
Martha Genenger - Germany
Inge Sørensen - Denmark
Women's 4X100 Meter Freestyle Relay
Netherlands
Germany
United States
Men's 4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
Japan
United States
Hungary

1936 Berlin Diving
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 3 Meter Springboard
Richard Degener - United States
Marshall Wayne - United States
Alan Greene - United States
Women's 3 Meter Springboard
Marjorie Gestring - United States
Katherine Rawls - United States
Dorothy Poynton-Hill - United States
Men's 10 Meter Platform
Marshall Wayne - United States Elbert Root - United States
Hermann Stork - Germany
Women's 10 Meter Platform
Dorothy Poynton-Hill - United States Velma Dunn - United States
Käthe Köhler - Germany

1936 Berlin Water Polo
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Hungary
Germany
Belgium

1936 Berlin Basketball
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
United States
Canada
Mexico

1936 Berlin Boxing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Flyweight
Willy Kaiser - Germany
Gavino Matta - Italy
Louis Laurie - United States
Bantanweight
Ulderico Sergo - Italy
Jack Wilson - United States
Fidel Ortiz - Mexico
Featherweight
Oscar Casanovas - Argentina
Charles Catterall - South Africa
Josef Miner - Germany
Lightweight
Imre Harangi - Hungary
Nikolai Stepulov - Estonia
Erik Ȃgren - Sweden
Welterweight
Sten Suvio - Finland
Michael Murach - Germany
Gerhard Pedersen - Denmark
Middleweight
Jean Despeaux - France
Henry Tiller - Norway
Raúl Villarreal - Argentina
Light Heavyweight
Roger Michelot - France
Richard Vogt - Germany
Francisco Risiglione - Argentina
Heavyweight
Herbert Runge - Germany
Guillermo Lovell - Argentina
Erling Nilsen - Norway

1936 Berlin Canoeing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
C-1 1000 Meters
Frank Amyot - Canada
Bohuslav Karlík - Czechoslovakia
Erich Koschik - Germany
C-2 1000 Meters
Jan Brzák-Felix, Vladimír Syrovátka - Czechoslovakia
Rupert Weinstabl, Karl Proisl - Austria
Frank Saker, Harvey Charters - Canada
C-2 10000 Meters
Václav Mottl, Zdeněk Škrland - Czechoslovakia
Frank Saker, Harvey Charters - Canada Rupert Weinstabl, Karl Proisl - Austria
K-1 1000 Meters
Gregor Hradetzky - Austria
Helmut Cämmerer - Germany
Jaap Kraaier - Netherlands
K-1 10000 Meters
Ernst Krebs - Germany
Fritz Landertinger - Austria
Ernest Riedel - United States
K-1 10000 Meters Folding
Gregor Hradetzky - Austria Henri Eberhardt - France
Xaver Hörmann - Germany
K-2 1000 Meters
Adolf Kainz, Alfons Dorfner - Austria
Ewald Tilker, Fritz Bondroit - Germany
Nicolaas Tates, Willem Frederik van der Kroft - Netherlands
K-2 10000 Meters
Paul Wevers, Ludwig Landen - Germany
Viktor Kalisch, Karl Steinhuber - Austria
Tage Fahlborg, Helge Larsson - Sweden
K-2 10000 Meters Folding Erik Bladström, Sven Johansson - Sweden
Erich Hanisch, Willi Horn - Germany
Piet Wijdekop, Kees Wijdekop - Netherlands

1936 Berlin Cycling
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
ROAD CYCLING
Individual
Robert Charpentier - France
Guy Lapébie - France
Ernst Nievergelt - Switzerland
Team
France
Switzerland
Belgium
TRACK CYCLING
Team Pursuit
France
Italy
Great Britain
Sprint
Toni Merkens - Germany
Arie van Vliet - Netherlands
Louis Chaillot - France
Tandem
Ernst Ihbe, Carl Lorenz - Germany
Bernhard Leene, Hendrik Ooms - Netherlands
Pierre Georget, Georges Maton - France
1000 Meter Time Trial
Arie van Vliet - Netherlands Pierre Georget - France Rudolf Karsch - Germany

1936 Berlin Equestrian
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Individual Dressage
Heinz Pollay - Germany
Friedrich Gerhard - Germany
Alois Podhajsky - Austria
Team Dressage
Germany
France
Sweden
Individual Eventing
Ludwig Stubbendorf - Germany
Earl Foster Thomson - United States
Hans Lunding - Denmark
Team Eventing
Germany
Poland
Great Britain
Individual Jumping
Kurt Hasse - Germany
Henri Rang - Romania
József von Platthy - Hungary
Team Jumping
Germany
Netherlands
Portugal

1936 Berlin Fencing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's Individual Épée
Franco Riccardi - Italy
Saverio Ragno - Italy
Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici - Italy
Men's Team Épée Italy
Sweden
France
Men's Individual Foil
Giulio Gaudini - Italy
Edward Gardère - France
Giorgio Bocchino - Italy
Men's Team Foil
Italy
France
Germany
Men's Individual Sabre
Endre Kabos - Hungary
Gustavo Marzi - Italy
Aladár Gerevich - Hungary
Men's Team Sabre
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Women's Individual Foil
Ilona Elek - Hungary
Helene Mayer - Germany
Ellen Preis - Austria

1936 Berlin Field Hockey
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
India
Germany
Netherlands

1936 Berlin Soccer
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Italy
Austria
Norway

1936 Berlin Gymnastics
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's Individual All-Around
Alfred Schwarzmann - Germany
Eugen Mack - Switzerland
Konrad Frey - Germany
Men's Team All-Around
Germany
Switzerland
Finland
Men's Floor
Georges Miez - Switzerland
Josef Walter - Switzerland
Konrad Frey - Germany
Eugen Mack - Switzerland
Men's Horizontal Bar
Aleksanteri Saarvala - Finland
Konrad Frey - Germany Alfred Schwarzmann - Germany
Men's Parallel Bars
Konrad Frey - Germany Michael Reusch - Switzerland
Alfred Schwarzmann - Germany
Men's Pommel Horse
Konrad Frey - Germany Eugen Mack - Switzerland Albert Bachmann - Switzerland
Men's Rings
Alois Hudec - Czechoslovakia
Leon Štukelj - Yugoslavia
Matthias Volz - Germany
Men's Vault
Alfred Schwarzmann - Germany Eugen Mack - Switzerland Matthias Volz - Germany
Women's Team All-Around
Germany
Czechoslovakia Hungary

1936 Berlin Handball
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Germany
Austria
Switzerland

1936 Berlin Modern Pentathlon
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Gotthard Handrick - Germany
Charles Leonard - United States
Silvano Abba - Italy

1936 Berlin Polo
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Argentina
Great Britain
Mexico

1936 Berlin Rowing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Single Sculls
Gustav Schäfer - Germany
Josef Hasenöhrl - Austria
Dan Barrow - United States
Double Sculls
Jack Beresford, Dick Southwood - Great Britain
Willi Kaidel, Joachim Pirsch - Germany
Roger Verey, Jerzy Ustupski - Poland
Coxless Pairs
Willi Eichhorn, Hugo Strauß - Germany
Harry Larsen, Richard Olsen - Denmark
Horacio Podestá, Julio Curatella - Argentina
Coxed Pairs
Germany
Italy
France
Coxless Fours
Germany
Great Britain
Switzerland
Coxed Fours
Germany
Switzerland
France
Eights
United States
Italy
Germany

1936 Berlin Sailing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
O-Jolle
Daan Kagchelland - Netherlands
Werner Krogmann - Germany
Peter Scott - Great Britain
Star
Peter Bischoff, Hans-Joachim Weise - Germany
Arvid Laurin, Uno Wallentin - Sweden
Bob Maas, Willem de Vries Lentsch - Netherlands
6 Meter Keelboat
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
8 Meter Keelboat
Italy
Norway
Germany

1936 Berlin Shooting
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Rapid Fire Pistol
Cornelius van Oyen - Germany
Heinz Max - Germany
Torsten Ullman - Sweden
Pistol
Torsten Ullman - Sweden Erich Krempel - Germany
Charles des Jammonières - France
Rifle Prone
Willy Røgeberg - Norway
Ralph Berzsenyi - Hungary
Władysław Karaś - Poland

1936 Berlin Weightlifting
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Featherweight
Anthony Terlazzo - United States
Saleh Soliman - Egypt
Ibrahim Shams - Egypt
Lightweight
Robert Fein - Austria
Anwar Mesbah - Egypt
None Awarded
Karl Jansen - Germany
Middleweight
Khadr El Touni - Egypt
Rudolf Ismayr - Germany
Adolf Wagner - Germany
Light Heavyweight
Louis Hostin - France
Eugen Deutsch - Germany
Ibrahim Wasif - Egypt
Heavyweight
Josef Manger - Germany
Václav Pšenička - Czechoslovakia
Arnold Luhaäär - Estonia

1936 Berlin Wrestling
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Freestyle Bantamweight
Ödön Zombori - Hungary
Ross Flood - United States
Johannes Herbert - Germany
Freestyle Featherweight
Kustaa Pihlajamäki - Finland
Francis Millard - United States
Gösta Frändfors - Sweden
Freestyle Lightweight
Károly Kárpáti - Hungary
Wolfgang Ehrl - Germany
Hermanni Pihlajamäki - Finland
Freestyle Welterweight
Frank Lewis - United States
Thure Andersson - Sweden
Joe Schleimer - Canada
Freestyle Middleweight
Emile Poilvé - France
Richard Voliva - United States
Ahmet Kireççi - Turkey
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Knut Fridell - Sweden
August Neo - Estonia
Erich Siebert - Germany
Freestyle Heavyweight
Kristjan Palusalu - Estonia
Josef Klapuch - Czechoslovakia
Hjalmar Nyström - Finland
Greco-Roman Bantamweight Mártin Lõrincz - Hungary
Egon Svensson - Sweden
Jakob Brendel - Germany
Greco-Roman Featherweight Yaşar Erkan - Turkey
Aarne Reini - Finland
Einar Karlsson - Sweden
Greco-Roman Lightweight Lauri Koskela - Finland
Jozef Herda - Czechoslovakia
Voldemar Väli - Estonia
Greco-Roman Welterweight Rudolf Svedberg - Sweden
Fritz Schäfer - Germany
Eino Virtanen - Finland
Greco-Roman Middleweight Ivar Johansson - Sweden
Ludwig Schweickert - Germany
József Palotás - Hungary
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Axel Cadier - Sweden
Edvīns Bietags - Latvia
August Neo - Estonia
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Kristjan Palusalu - Estonia John Nyman - Sweden
Kurt Hornfischer - Germany