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Official Basketball results from the Berlin 1936 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 1936. Official results of the basketball basketball men event at the Berlin Summer Olympics.
The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed.
Basketball, canoeing and field handball all made their first appearances. 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.
All the results from the games played in the basketball tournament of the 1936 Olympics with stages, dates, scores, boxscores and more.
1948 Men's Olympics Standings and Stats. Host: Berlin, Germany. Start Date: Aug 7, 1936. End Date: Aug 14, 1936. Gold: United States. Silver: Canada. Bronze: Mexico. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.
The 1936 Olympic basketball event was played outdoors on a sand court, and unfortunately, the final was played underneath a heavy rain, which turned the court into a quagmire and markedly limited scoring. The United States defeated Canada, 19-8, to win the first Olympic basketball gold medal.
