List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners

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Matti Lahde, a member of Finland's gold medal-winning team in the cross-country 4 x 10 km relay Mattilahde.JPG
Matti Lähde, a member of Finland's gold medal-winning team in the cross-country 4 × 10 km relay

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the IV Olympic Winter Games, [1] were a multi-sport event held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from February 6 through February 16, 1936. A total of 646 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 17 events across 8 disciplines. [2]

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The Olympic programme was changed from that of the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, with the addition of alpine skiing for both men and women. Two demonstration sports were held—eisschiessen and military patrol. [2] Later added to the regular programme as biathlon, military patrol made its third appearance as a demonstration sport in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games. [3] Both men and women participated at these Games, with the women's alpine skiing event being the first medal event women contested at the Winter Olympics outside of figure skating. Two figure skating events for women—ladies' singles and pairs—had been part of the programme since the first Winter Olympics. [4] [5] [6]

A total of 95 athletes won medals at the Games. [7] Norway topped the medal count with fifteen medals, seven of which were gold. Sweden had the second most number of medals with seven, but had one less gold medal than host nation Germany, who had three golds and six overall medals. Austria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States won medals in more than one event. Athletes from 11 of the 28 participating NOCs won at least a bronze medal; athletes from eight countries won at least one gold. [8] [9] Great Britain's unexpected win in ice hockey remains their only Olympic gold medal in the sport to date. [2] [10]

Sonja Henie of Norway won her third straight gold medal in the ladies' singles figure skating event, her last Olympic medal as she turned professional shortly after the Games. [2] Karl Schäfer of Austria also successfully defended his men's singles figure skating title from Lake Placid. [9] [11] Sweden swept the medals in the cross-country 50 km, as did Norway in the Nordic combined. [9] Norway's Ivar Ballangrud was the most successful athlete, winning three golds and a silver in speed skating [9] and taking his career total to seven Olympic medals. [2] Other multiple medal winners were Oddbjørn Hagen of Norway (one gold, two silvers), Ernst Baier of Germany (one gold, one silver), Joseph Beerli of Switzerland (one gold, one silver), Erik August Larsson of Sweden (one gold, one bronze), Birger Wasenius of Finland (two silvers, one bronze), Olaf Hoffsbakken of Norway (two silvers), Fritz Feierabend of Switzerland (two silvers) and Sverre Brodahl of Norway (one silver, one bronze). [9]

Alpine skiing

Norwegian Laila Schou Nilsen, the women's combined bronze medallist in alpine skiing Bundesarchiv R 8076 Bild-0100, Olympische Winterspiele, Abfahrtslauf Damen.jpg
Norwegian Laila Schou Nilsen, the women's combined bronze medallist in alpine skiing
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's combined [12]
details
Franz Pfnür
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Gustav Lantschner
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Émile Allais
Flag of France.svg  France
Women's combined [13]
details
Christl Cranz
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Käthe Grasegger
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Laila Schou Nilsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Bobsleigh

EventGoldSilverBronze
Two-man
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA) [14]
USA I
Ivan Brown
Alan Washbond
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI) [15]
Switzerland II
Fritz Feierabend
Joseph Beerli
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA) [14]
USA II
Gilbert Colgate
Richard Lawrence
Four-man
details
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI) [15]
Switzerland II
Pierre Musy
Arnold Gartmann
Charles Bouvier
Joseph Beerli
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI) [15]
Switzerland I
Reto Capadrutt
Hans Aichele
Fritz Feierabend
Hans Bütikofer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR) [16]
Great Britain I
Frederick McEvoy
James Cardno
Guy Dugdale
Charles Green

Cross-country skiing

Elis Wiklund, the Swedish gold medallist in the 50 km cross-country skiing race Elis Wiklund in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936.jpg
Elis Wiklund, the Swedish gold medallist in the 50 km cross-country skiing race
EventGoldSilverBronze
18 km [17]
details
Erik August Larsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Oddbjørn Hagen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Pekka Niemi
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
50 km [18]
details
Elis Wiklund
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Axel Wikström
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Nils-Joel Englund
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
4×10 km relay
details
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN) [19]
Kalle Jalkanen
Klaes Karppinen
Matti Lähde
Sulo Nurmela
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR) [20]
Sverre Brodahl
Oddbjørn Hagen
Olaf Hoffsbakken
Bjarne Iversen
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE) [21]
John Berger
Arthur Häggblad
Erik August Larsson
Martin Matsbo

Figure skating

Ladies' singles gold medallist Sonja Henie pictured in 1930. Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in 1936 and turned professional shortly after the Games. Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09482, Sonja Henie.jpg
Ladies' singles gold medallist Sonja Henie pictured in 1930. Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in 1936 and turned professional shortly after the Games.
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles [22]
details
Karl Schäfer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Ernst Baier
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Felix Kaspar
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Ladies' singles [23]
details
Sonja Henie
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Cecilia Colledge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Vivi-Anne Hultén
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Pairs
details
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany  (GER) [24]
Maxi Herber
Ernst Baier
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT) [25]
Ilse Pausin
Erik Pausin
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary  (HUN) [26]
Emília Rotter
László Szollás

Ice hockey

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's team
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR) [27]
James Foster
Carl Erhardt
Gordon Dailley
Archibald Stinchcombe
Edgar Brenchley
John Coward
James Chappell
Alexander Archer
Gerry Davey
James Borland
Robert Wyman
Jack Kilpatrick
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN) [28]
Francis Moore
Arthur Nash
Herman Murray
Walter Kitchen
Raymond Milton
David Neville
Kenneth Farmer
Hugh Farquharson
Maxwell Deacon
Alexander Sinclair
Bill Thomson
James Haggarty
Ralph St. Germain
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA) [29]
Thomas Moone
Frank Shaughnessy, Jr.
Philip LaBatte
Frank Stubbs
John Garrison
Paul Rowe
John Lax
Gordon Smith
Elbridge Ross
Francis Spain
August Kammer

Nordic combined

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual [30]
details
Oddbjørn Hagen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olaf Hoffsbakken
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sverre Brodahl
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Ski jumping

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual [31]
details
Birger Ruud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sven Eriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Reidar Andersen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Speed skating

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres [32]
details
Ivar Ballangrud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Georg Krog
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Leo Freisinger
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
1500 metres [33]
details
Charles Mathiesen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Ivar Ballangrud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Birger Wasenius
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5000 metres [34]
details
Ivar Ballangrud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Birger Wasenius
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Antero Ojala
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
10000 metres [35]
details
Ivar Ballangrud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Birger Wasenius
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Max Stiepl
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Multiple medallists

Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below. [9]

AthleteNationSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Ivar Ballangrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR) Speed skating 3104
Oddbjørn Hagen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR) Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
1203
Ernst Baier Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany  (GER) Figure skating 1102
Joseph Beerli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI) Bobsleigh 1102
Erik August Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE) Cross-country skiing 1012
Birger Wasenius Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN) Speed skating 0213
Fritz Feierabend Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI) Bobsleigh 0202
Olaf Hoffsbakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR) Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
0202
Sverre Brodahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR) Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
0112

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