Germany at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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Germany at the
1936 Winter Olympics
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg
IOC code GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website www.dosb.de  (in German, English, and French)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors55 (48 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Georg von Kaufmann (Cross-country)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (1968–1988)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany (1968–1988)

Germany was the host nation at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . The country placed second in the medal standings.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Franz Pfnür Alpine skiing Men's combined
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Christl Cranz Alpine skiing Women's combined
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Maxi Herber
Ernst Baier 		Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gustav Lantschner Alpine skiing Men's combined
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Käthe Grasegger Alpine skiing Women's combined
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ernst Baier Figure skating Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRank
Rudi Cranz Combined5:04.081:32.9 (+0:12)1:14.6491.036
Roman Wörndle 5:01.261:22.91:25.8 (+0:06)591.165
Gustav Lantschner 4:58.231:16.91:15.6296.26Silver medal icon.svg
Franz Pfnür 4:51.821:12.11:14.5199.25Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRank
Christl Cranz Combined5:23.461:12.01:10.1197.06Gold medal icon.svg
Hadi Pfeifer 5:21.651:20.81:18.8491.855
Käthe Grasegger 5:11.031:16.01:17.4295.26Silver medal icon.svg
Lisa Resch 5:08.421:37.5 (+0:06)1:22.9888.746

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Hanns Kilian
Hermann von Valta 		Two-man1:27.2971:24.2481:26.6371:23.8585:42.015
GER-2 Fritz Grau
Albert Brehme 		Two-man1:30.66121:23.3341:26.9481:23.7865:44.716
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GER-1 Hanns Kilian
Sebastian Huber
Fritz Schwarz
Hermann von Valta 		Four-man1:20.7311:23.0581:24.09101:21.2095:29.077
GER-2 Walter Trott
Fritz Vonhof
Wolfgang Kummer
Rudolf Werlich 		Four-manDNF–––––––DNF–

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Friedl Däuber 1'24:5729
Toni Zeller 1'24:3227
Georg von Kaufmann 1'22:3920
Walter Motz 1'21:2018
50 km Erich Marx 4'25:4832
Josef Ponn 4'13:1230
Fritz Gaiser 4'05:4425
Matthias Wörndle 4'03:3324
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Friedl Däuber
Willy Bogner
Herbert Leupold
Toni Zeller 		2'54:546

Figure skating

Men
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Günther Lorenz Men's singles1912119343.518
Ernst Baier 3424400.8Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Herta Frey-Dexler Women's singles1719129345.419
Victoria Lindpaintner 71051381.48
Pairs
AthletesPointsScoreFinal rank
Eva Prawitz
Otto Weiß 		74.59.58
Maxi Herber
Ernst Baier 		1111.5Gold medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Group B

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

PldWLTGFGAPts
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 3210514
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3210524
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3120252
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3120152
6 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 0-1
(0-1,0-0,0-0)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 3-0
(1-0,1-0,1-0)		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
8 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 2-0
(0-0,1-0,1-0)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

PldWLTGFGAPts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3201835
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 32102244
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 3111583
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30302220
11 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 2-1
(0-0,1-0,1-1)		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
12 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1-1
(0-0,0-1,1-0,0-0)		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
13 FebruaryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 2-6
(0-1,0-3,2-2)		Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Contestants
Wilhelm Egginger
Joachim Albrecht von Bethmann Hollweg
Gustav Jaenecke
Philipp Schenk
Rudi Ball
Karl Kögel
Toni Wiedemann
Herbert Schibukat
Alois Kuhn
Werner George
Georg Strobl
Paul Trautmann

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Toni Eisgruber Individual1'31:38152.83751.549.0212.12364.923
Friedl Wagner 1'24:33189.21240.046.0182.727371.918
Josef Gumpold 1'24:19190.41145.046.0190.316380.713
Willy Bogner 1'24:11191.21045.049.0190.316381.512

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Franz Haslberger Normal hill64.0100.42467.0104.217204.617
Paul Krauß 62.5101.72062.5102.719204.418
Kurt Körner 70.0104.81471.5104.516209.312
Hans Marr 71.5107.01269.0107.28214.210

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Heinz Sames 47.028
Willi Sandner 46.219
1500 m Heinz Sames 2:29.327
Willi Sandner 2:25.316
5000 m Willi Sandner DNF–
Heinz Sames 8:48.513
10,000 m Heinz Sames 18:04.315
Willi Sandner 18:02.012

References

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