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Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
- Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
NOCs: 49 Athletes: 3,963 (331 women, 3,632 men) Events: 129...
- Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports. [1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session on ...
NOCs: 49 Athletes: 3,963 (331 women, 3,632 men) Events: 129 Volunteers: N/A Media: N/A The Symbol of Fire. These Games saw the introduction of the torch relay based on an idea by Dr Carl Diem. A lit torch was carried from Olympia to the site of the Games through seven countries—Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany: a total journey of more than 3,000 km.
Games; Results; Berlin 1936; Results by event for Berlin 1936 Aeronautics: Aeronautics, Open: Alpinism: Alpinism, Open: Art Competitions: ... Colorado was elected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but in a referendum the population decided against them. The Games were eventually held in Innsbruck, Austria, which had also hosted the 1964 edition
The 1936 Games had 3,963 athletes from 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participating in a total of 129 events in 19 sports. This was the highest number of nations represented at any Games to date. [3] Athletes from 32 NOCs won medals, of which 21 secured at least one gold medal.
The 1936 Olympics were the first to be broadcast - twenty-five large screens were set up throughout Berlin, allowing the local people to see the events for free. Basketball, canoeing and handball made their first appearances, while polo was included in the Olympic program.
