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Canada competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 97 competitors, 79 men and 18 women, took part in 69 events in 12 sports. [1]
10 sie 2011 · Canadian canoeists Harvey Charters and Frank Saker also won silver in the C-2 10,000m and bronze in the C-2 1000m. Canada won silver in the debut of men’s basketball, losing 19-8 to the United States in the gold medal game. That would be Canada’s last medal in a summer team sport until London 2012. In athletics, the highlight was Phil ...
After Toni Sailer, Jean-Claude Killy became the second person to win all three alpine skiing events in a single Olympics. His victory in the slalom was controversial, as Karl Schranz was disqualified under mysterious circumstances.
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.
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.
10 wrz 2012 · Canada did not send an official team to the Olympic Games, but George Orton, a Canadian studying in the United States, travelled to Paris with the American team and won a gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase, a bronze in the 400 m hurdles and finished fifth in the 4000 m steeplechase.
10 sie 2011 · These Games marked the first Olympic appearances for basketball, canoeing, and handball, while polo was included on the Olympic program for the last time. Canada’s only gold of the Games came in one of those new sports, as canoeist Frank Amyot finished first in the C-1 1000m.
