United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Berlin
Competitors	359 (313 men and 46 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Al Jochim
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 24 Silver 21 Bronze 12 Total 57
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1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Athletics

Men's events

• Archie Williams – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m race.
• Jesse Owens – Won 4 gold medals in the 100m race, the 200m race, the long jump, and the 4 × 100 m relay team.
• John Woodruff – Won 1 gold medal in the 800m race.
• Mack Robinson – Won 1 silver medal in the 200m race.
• Ralph Metcalfe – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team and 1 silver medal in the 100m race.
• James LuValle – Won 1 bronze medal in the 400m race.
• Glenn Cunningham – Won 1 silver medal in the 1500m race.
• Forrest Towns – Won 1 gold medal in the 110m hurdles.
• Fritz Pollard – Won 1 bronze medal in the 110m hurdles.
• Glenn Hardin – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m hurdles.
• Foy Draper – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Frank Wykoff – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Eddie O'Brien – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Harold Cagle – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Robert Young – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Alfred Fitch – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Cornelius Johnson – Won 1 gold medal in the high jump.
• Dave Albritton – Won 1 silver medal in the high jump.
• Delos Thurber – Won 1 bronze medal in the high jump.
• Earle Meadows – Won 1 gold medal in the pole vault.
• Ken Carpenter – Won 1 gold medal in the discus.
• Gordon Dunn – Won 1 silver medal in the discus.
• Glenn Morris – Won 1 gold medal in the decathlon.
• Bob Clark – Won 1 silver medal in the decathlon.
• Jack Parker – Won 1 bronze medal in the decathlon.

Basketball

The men's basketball team won the gold medal. The players were as follows:

• Sam Balter
• Ralph Bishop
• Joe Fortenberry
• Tex Gibbons
• Francis Johnson
• Carl Knowles
• Frank Lubin
• Art Mollner
• Donald Piper
• Jack Ragland
• Willard Schmidt
• Carl Shy
• Duane Swanson
• Bill Wheatley

Boxing

• Jack Wilson – Won 1 silver medal in the bantamweight.
• Louis Laurie – Won 1 bronze medal in the flyweight.

Canoeing

• Ernest Riedel – Won 1 bronze medal in K1 10000 meters.

Football (soccer)

Results

• U.S. 0–1 Italy

Roster

• Charles Altemose
• Frank Bartkus
• Edward Begley
• Julius Chmielewski
• James Crockett
• William Fiedler
• Andrew Gajda
• Frank Greinert
• Fred Lutkefedder
• George Nemchik
• Peter Pietras
• Francis Ryan
• Fred Zbikowski
• Fritz Stoll
• Rob Denton

Rowing

The men's eight-man team won the gold medal. The team consisted of the following rowers:

• Herbert Morris
• Charles Day
• Gordon Adam
• John White
• James McMillin
• George Hunt
• Joe Rantz
• Don Hume
• Robert Moch

Women competitors

Athletics

• Helen Stephens – Won 2 gold medals in the 100m race and the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Harriet Bland – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Betty Robinson – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Annette Rogers – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

• Famous swimmer Eleanor Holm was suspended by Avery Brundage over "a drinking episode" while she was traveling to Germany together with other American athletes. She had swum in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, winning gold in 1932. Holm's Olympic teammates unsuccessfully petitioned to have her dismissal overturned. She was the top favorite for the 100-meter backstroke event, and watched from the stands as the gold medal went to Dutch swimmer Nida Senff. Decades later, Holm told Olympic sprinter Dave Sime that Brundage held a grudge from an incident in which he propositioned her, and she turned him down. ^[4] Brundage was one of the most controversial figures in the US Olympic history, known for his racist and sexist remarks and actions and also for appeasing dictatorships, such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

• Louis Zamperini – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter event.
• Don Lash – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter events.
• Ellison Brown – marathon runner.

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented the United States in 1936.

Individual road race

• Albert Byrd
• Charles Morton
• Paul Nixon
• John Sinibaldi

Team road race

• Albert Byrd
• Charles Morton
• Paul Nixon
• John Sinibaldi

Sprint

• Al Sellinger

Time trial

• Al Sellinger

Tandem

• William Logan
• Al Sellinger

Team pursuit

• Albert Byrd
• William Logan
• Charles Morton
• John Sinibaldi

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Richard Degener	3 m springboard	163.57
Alan Greene		146.29
Marshall Wayne		159.56
Frank Kurtz	10 m platform	108.61	5
Elbert Root		110.60
Marshall Wayne		113.58

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Marjorie Gestring	3 m springboard	89.27
Dorothy Poynton-Hill		82.36
Katherine Rawls		88.35
Velma Dunn	10 m platform	33.63
Cornelia Gilissen		30.47	5
Dorothy Poynton-Hill		33.93

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

22 fencers represented the United States in 1936.

Men's foil

• Joe Levis
• Hugh Alessandroni
• Bill Pecora

Men's team foil

• Joe Levis, Hugh Alessandroni, John Potter, John Hurd, Warren Dow, Bill Pecora

Men's épée

• Frederick Weber
• Gustave Heiss
• Frank Righeimer

Men's team épée

• Frank Righeimer, Thomas Sands, Tracy Jaeckel, Gustave Heiss, José Raoul de Capriles, Andrew Boyd

Men's sabre

• John Huffman
• Peter Bruder
• Norman Cohn-Armitage

Men's team sabre

• Peter Bruder, Miguel de Capriles, Bela De Nagy, John Huffman, Samuel Stewart, Norman Cohn-Armitage

Women's foil

• Marion Lloyd
• Dorothy Locke
• Joanna de Tuscan

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented the United States in 1936.

Men's team

• Frank Cumiskey
• Kenny Griffin
• Frank Haubold
• Al Jochim
• Fred Meyer
• Chet Phillips
• Artie Pitt
• George Wheeler

Women's team

• Jennie Caputo
• Connie Caruccio-Lenz
• Margaret Duff
• Irma Haubold
• Marie Kibler
• Ada Lunardoni
• Adelaide Meyer
• Mary Wright

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.

• Charles Leonard
• Alfred Starbird
• Frederick Weber

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1936. ^[5]

Men's single sculls

• Dan Barrow

Men's double sculls

• John Houser
• Bill Dugan

Men's coxless pair

• Harry Sharkey
• George Dahm

Men's coxed pair

• Tom Curran
• Joe Dougherty
• George Loveless (cox)

Men's coxless four

• James Thomson
• Eugene Fruehauf
• George Hague
• Alfred Sapecky

Men's coxed four

• William Haskins
• Roger W. Cutler Jr.
• Paul Austin
• Robert B. Cutler
• Edward Bennett (cox)

Men's eight

• Herbert Morris
• Charles Day
• Gordon Adam
• John White
• James McMillin
• George Hunt
• Joe Rantz
• Don Hume
• Robert Moch (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

US Athletes:

2-person Keelboat, open - Star Class

William G. Waterhouse and Woody Metcalf.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Six shooters represented the United States in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

• Ingals Fisher
• Morris Doob
• Dean Hudnutt

50 m pistol

• Elliott Jones
• William Riedell
• Ralph Marshall

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Fick	100 m freestyle	57.6 OR	1 Q	58.2	3 Q	59.7	6
Arthur Highland		59.9	2 Q	59.4	4	Did not advance
Arthur Lindegren		58.3	1 Q	58.7	3 Q	59.9	7
Ralph Flanagan	400 m freestyle	4:54.7	2 Q	4:49.9	2 Q	4:52.7	4
John Macionis		4:57.1	2 Q	4:56.4	4	Did not advance
Jack Medica		4:55.9	1 Q	4:48.2	=2 Q	4:44.5 OR
Jim Cristy	1500 m freestyle	20:26.5	1 Q	20:25.8	4	Did not advance
Ralph Flanagan		19:49.9	2 Q	19:59.4	2 Q	19:54.8	5
Jack Medica		19:55.5	1 Q	19:42.8	1 Q	19:34.0
Taylor Drysdale	100 m backstroke	1:09.0	1 Q	1:08.6	1 Q	1:09.4	4
Adolph Kiefer		1:06.9 OR	1 Q	1:06.8 OR	1 Q	1:05.9 OR
Al Vande Weghe		1:10.6	2 Q	1:08.6	2 Q	1:07.7
John Higgins	200 m breaststroke	2:48.8	1 Q	2:44.0	2 Q	2:45.2	4
Jack Kasley		2:54.4	3 Q	2:53.4	6	Did not advance
Ray Kaye		2:48.5	3 Q	2:49.2	4	Did not advance
Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica Ralph Gilman* Charles Hutter*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:10.4	1 Q	9:03.0

*Swimmers who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive medals.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernice Lapp	100 m freestyle	1:09.0	1 Q	1:09.6	4	Did not advance
Olive McKean		1:09.3	3 Q	1:08.9	3 Q	1:08.4	6
Katherine Rawls		1:08.5	3 Q	1:08.5	3 Q	1:08.7	7
Mary Lou Petty	400 m freestyle	6:16.6	3 Q	5:45.9	4 q	5:32.2	4
Lenore Wingard		5:34.0	2 Q	5:42.2	2 Q	5:29.0
Alice Bridges	100 m backstroke	1:19.2	1 Q	1:20.4	3 Q	1:19.4
Edith Motridge		1:21.0	1 Q	1:19.1	2 Q	1:19.6	4
Iris Cummings	200 m breaststroke	3:21.9	4	Did not advance
Ann Govednik		3:25.3	5	Did not advance
Dorothy Schiller		3:17.4	5 q	3:18.5	7	Did not advance
Katherine Rawls Bernice Lapp Mavis Freeman Olive McKean Elizabeth Ryan*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:47.1	1 Q	4:40.2

*Swimmers who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive medals.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

1. "United States at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
2. "1936 Summer Olympics Overview". Olympedia.
3. "Berlin 1936 Medal Table". International Olympic Committee.
4. Maraniss, David (2008). Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. New York, Simon & Schuster. p. 415. ISBN   1-4165-3407-5.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2018.