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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.
In fact, it would be 12 years before the Olympic flame would once again burn in an Olympic stadium, in London, in 1948. Ceremonies. Berlin 1936. Arrival of the Olympic Flame at the Olympic Stadium. Official Opening of the Games by: Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Fritz Schilgen (athletics) Olympic Oath by: Rudolf Ismayr ...
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 American city of Denver, 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.
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.
The complete list of Olympic winners at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
400 metres, Men. Archie Williams had won the 1936 NCAA Championships in 46.1 for a new world record. The final in Berlin was contested by two Americans, two Canadians, and two Britons.
