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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.
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.
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.
Great Britain: 4 h2 r1/2: Charles Wiard • Don Finlay • Walter Rangeley • Alan Pennington • Godfrey Brown (DNS) • Cyril Holmes (DNS) • Arthur Sweeney (DNS) • John Thornton (DNS) 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men: Great Britain: 1: Gold
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
African-American athlete Jesse Owens lit up Berlin with stirring victories in the men's 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump, and then formed part of the U.S 4x100 metres relay team which set a world record which would stand for 20 years. Great Britain came 10th in the overall medal table. 01. Jack Beresford and L Southwood win the Douible Sculls.
