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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]
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.
The 1936 Olympics were held in Nazi Germany at a critical juncture between the building of the racial state and the Holocaust. The world faced a decision about whether to participate in these controversial Games. Canadian athletes, particularly young Jewish athletes, were caught in a dilemma.
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.
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.
5 sie 2021 · Category:1936 Summer Olympics maps. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. See also category: Countries at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Second World War.
