Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Parade of 116 ten-seater Canadian Canoes at 1936 Olympic Games

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Canoeing
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg

Sprint pictogram

Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venue Langer See, Grünau
Dates7–8 August 1936
Competitors119 from 19 nations
  1924 (demonstration)
1948  

Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men. In total, 158 canoeists from 19 nations took part in the canoe races. All these countries had sent in entries before the deadline; the only late entry came from Latvia, which was as a result excluded from participating in the canoeing competitions.

The competitions were held on August 7 and 8, 1936. They were held on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)3317
2Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany  (GER)2327
3Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)2103
4Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada  (CAN)1113
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1012
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0033
8US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (8 entries)99927

Medal summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
C-1 1000 m
details
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Frank Amyot  (CAN)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Bohuslav Karlík  (TCH)Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Erich Koschik  (GER)
C-2 1000 m
details
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jan Brzák-Felix
and Vladimír Syrovátka  (TCH)
Flag of Austria.svg  Rupert Weinstabl
and Karl Proisl  (AUT) [1]
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Frank Saker
and Harvey Charters  (CAN)
C-2 10000 m
details
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Václav Mottl
and Zdeněk Škrland  (TCH)
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Frank Saker
and Harvey Charters  (CAN)
Flag of Austria.svg  Rupert Weinstabl
and Karl Proisl  (AUT)
K-1 1000 m
details
Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Hradetzky  (AUT)Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Helmut Cämmerer  (GER)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jaap Kraaier  (NED)
K-1 10000 m
details
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Ernst Krebs  (GER)Flag of Austria.svg  Fritz Landertinger  (AUT)US flag 48 stars.svg  Ernest Riedel  (USA)
K-1 10000 m folding
details
Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Hradetzky  (AUT)Flag of France.svg  Henri Eberhardt  (FRA)Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Xaver Hörmann  (GER)
K-2 1000 m
details
Flag of Austria.svg  Adolf Kainz
and Alfons Dorfner  (AUT)
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Ewald Tilker
and Fritz Bondroit  (GER)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nicolaas Tates
and Wim van der Kroft  (NED)
K-2 10000 m
details
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Paul Wevers
and Ludwig Landen  (GER)
Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Kalisch
and Karl Steinhuber  (AUT)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Tage Fahlborg
and Helge Larsson  (SWE)
K-2 10000 m folding
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Erik Bladström
and Sven Johansson  (SWE)
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Erich Hanisch
and Willi Horn  (GER)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Piet Wijdekop
and Kees Wijdekop  (NED)

Participating nations

A total of 119 canoers from 19 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

Notes

  1. The 1936 official Olympic Report has the silver medalists listed as Josef Kampfl and Alois Edeltitsch, but information from Olympisch Enzyklopaedie(in German), the Austrian Olympic Committee, and from Volker Kluge's Olympia Chronik(in German) all confirm that the actual silver medalists were Weinstabl and Proisl.

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