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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.
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.
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.
The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Nazi Germany, from 1 to 15 August 1936.
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
Jesse Owens of the United States won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events, and became the most successful athlete to compete in Berlin, while Germany was the most successful country overall with 101 medals (38 of them gold); the United States placed a distant second with 57 medals. [9] .
The complete list of Olympic winners at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
