1936 Summer Olympics medal table
1936 Summer Olympics medals | |
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Location | Berlin, Germany |
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Most gold medals | Germany (38) |
Most total medals | Germany (101) |
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Berlin, Germany, from 1 August to 16 August.
Berlin had previously been chosen to host the
A boycott by the United States was suggested due to Germany's
Marjorie Gestring became the youngest Olympic champion ever at the age of 13,[nb 1] winning a gold medal in the women's 3 meter springboard.[1] As Korea was under Japanese rule, Korean athletes who hoped to compete in the Games were required to qualify for the Japanese team. Sohn Kee-chung, competing as Kitei Son, won gold in the marathon, which made him Japan's first gold medalist at these Games and the first Korean ever to win a medal.[10] His fellow countryman Nam Sung-yong won the bronze medal in the same event.[11][1]
Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the
A dead heat in the lightweight section of the weightlifting competition resulted in gold medals being awarded to both Austria's Robert Fein and Egypt's Anwar Mesbah, and resulted in a silver medal not being awarded for that event. A dead heat for third place in the floor competition of the gymnastic events resulted in bronze medals going to both Germany's Konrad Frey and Eugen Mack of Switzerland. This resulted in 130 gold and bronze medals being awarded, but only 128 silver medals.[12]
* Host nation (Germany)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany* | 38 | 31 | 32 | 101 |
2 | United States | 24 | 20 | 12 | 56 |
3 | Hungary | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
4 | Italy | 9 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
5 | Finland | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
6 | France | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
7 | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
8 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
9 | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
10 | Austria | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
11 | Great Britain | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
13 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Estonia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
15 | Egypt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
16 | Switzerland | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
17 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
18 | Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
19 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
20 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
23 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
24 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
25 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
29 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
30 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (32 entries) | 138 | 137 | 138 | 413 |
Notes
- ^ In the 1900 men's coxed pair rowing, an unidentified boy aged 12 or less coxed the winning pair in the final; however, only semifinal cox Hermanus Brockmann is listed by the IOC.[8] Winners received silver medals at the 1900 games.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Olympic history: Berlin 1936". Eurosport. March 12, 2012. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c "The Movement to Boycott the Berlin Olympics of 1936". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Medal Table". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Games Berlin 1936". International Olympic Committee.
- ^ Pope, John (March 1, 2010). "Fred Feran, who boycotted 1936 Olympics in Berlin, dies at age 92". New Orleans Metro. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Patrick T. (Spring 1998). "Ireland & the Olympic Games". History Ireland. 6 (1). Dublin. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ISBN 0-252-02815-5.
- ^ "Hermanus Gerardus BROCKMANN — Olympic Rowing". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
- ^ "Kitei Son". Olympic.org. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ^ Lewis, Mike (November 30, 2002). "Obituary: Sohn Kee-chung". The Guardian. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XI Olympiad" (PDF). The Organising Committee for the XI Olympiad. 1936. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
External links
- "Berlin 1936". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1936 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Olympic Games Berlin 1936". International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympic Analytics/1936_1". olympanalyt.com.
- Byron, Lee; Cox, Amanda; Ericson, Matthew (August 4, 2008). "A Map of Olympic Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved February 26, 2012.