1936 Summer Olympics medal table

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1936 Summer Olympics medals
Location Berlin, Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany  (38)
Most total medalsFlag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany  (101)
Medalling NOCs32
  1932  · Olympics medal tables ·  1948  
A gold medal from the 1936 Olympics WoodRuff 1936 Olympics medal front.jpg
A gold medal from the 1936 Olympics

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.

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Berlin had previously been chosen to host the 1916 Summer Olympics, which were subsequently cancelled due to the First World War. [1] 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. [2] Athletes from 32 NOCs won medals, of which 21 secured at least one gold medal. As a result, 17 NOCs were left without any medal. The host NOC, Germany, received a total of 101 medals (38 of them gold), [3] the most of any nation and a record for a united German team, although East Germany broke that record in 1976, 1980 and 1988. [4]

A boycott by the United States was suggested due to Germany's National Socialist regime, but it was not implemented. [1] The other NOCs which threatened to boycott the Games for the same reason were the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. [2] An alternative People's Olympiad was planned to take place in Barcelona, Spain, but was cancelled at the last moment following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War after the athletes had already begun to arrive. [2] The civil war also meant that Spain's NOC did not compete at the 1936 Games. [1] While no NOCs ended up boycotting the Games on anti-Nazi grounds, a multinational Jewish-led boycott of the Games took place, with individual athletes refusing to take part. [5] Also, the IAAFs' refusal to allow athletes from Northern Ireland to compete for the Irish Olympic Council in athletics events led the Irish Free State to boycott. [6] [7]

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

Ibolya Csak, gold medallist for Hungary in the women's high jump Ibolya Csak.jpg
Ibolya Csák, gold medallist for Hungary in the women's high jump
Tilly Fleischer, gold medallist for Germany in the women's javelin Berlin, Olympiade, Tilly Fleischer.jpg
Tilly Fleischer, gold medallist for Germany in the women's javelin

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a National Olympic Committee have won (a nation is represented at a Games by the associated National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If NOCs are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.

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)

1936 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany*383132101
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 24211257
3Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 101516
4Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 913527
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 86620
6Flag of France.svg  France 76619
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 651021
8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 641020
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 64717
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57517
11Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 49518
12Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 47314
13Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 3519
14Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2237
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2237
16Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 2125
17Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada 1359
18Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1326
19Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey 1012
20Flag of the Governor-General of India (1885-1947).svg  India 1001
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1001
22Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 0459
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0235
24Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 0112
25Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0101
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 0101
Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 0101
28Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0033
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 0033
30Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0011
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 0011
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0011
Totals (32 entries)141140141422

Notes

  1. 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]

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