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The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Nazi Germany, from 1 to 15 August 1936.
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.
Thirteen-year-old Marjorie Gestring of the U.S. won the gold medal in springboard diving. She remains the youngest female gold medallist in the history of the Summer Olympic Games. Twelve-year-old Inge Sorensen of Denmark earned a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke, making her the youngest medallist ever in an individual event. Debuts and Firsts
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 1936's finest athletes.
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 ...
The complete list of Olympic winners at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The sprinter/long jumper won four gold medals, in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4x100 metre relay, and long jump. It would be 48 years before anyone would equal Owens’ feat in athletics, when Carl Lewis won the same events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
