| United States at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |
| Competitors | 55 (46 men, 9 women) in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Rolf Monsen |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Men
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Average points | Rank | ||
| Dick Durrance | Combined | 5:16.2 | 90.89 | 1:26.4 (+0:06) | 1:26.9 | 2:53.3 | 84.59 | 87.74 | 10 |
| Robert Livermore | 6:04.4 | 78.87 | 1:37.5 | 1:36.7 | 3:14.2 | 75.49 | 77.18 | 23 | |
| George Page | 5:42.8 | 83.84 | 1:25.7 | 1:33.4 | 2:59.1 | 81.86 | 82.85 | 13 | |
| Albert Washburn | 6:30.8 | 73.54 | 1:56.7 (+0:06) | Did not advance | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Average points | Rank | ||
| Mary Bird | Combined | 8:32.4 | 59.41 | 2:38.9 | Did not advance | ||||
| Helen Boughton-Leigh | 7:17.4 | 69.59 | 1:46.7 | 1:50.8 | 3:37.5 | 65.33 | 67.46 | 21 | |
| Clarita Heath | 7:39.2 | 66.29 | 2:25.4 | 2:00.3 | 4:25.7 | 53.48 | 59.89 | 27 | |
| Elizabeth Woolsey | 6:12.8 | 81.68 | 2:00.8 | 2:09.3 | 4:10.1 | 56.82 | 69.24 | 19 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ivan Brown Alan Washbond | Two-man | 1:22.50 | 1 | 1:21.02 | 2 | 1:25.39 | 3 | 1:20.38 | 2 | 5:29.29 |  |
| Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence | 1:25.06 | 2 | 1:21.94 | 3 | 1:24.80 | 2 | 1:22.16 | 3 | 5:33.96 |  | |
| Hubert Stevens Crawford Merkel Robert Martin John Shene | Four-man | 1:25.61 | 8 | 1:19.17 | 2 | 1:20.51 | 3 | 1:18.84 | 2 | 5:24.13 | 4 |
| Francis Tyler James Bickford Richard Lawrence Max Bly | 1:25.61 | 8 | 1:23.85 | 10 | 1:20.22 | 2 | 1:19.32 | 5 | 5:29.00 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Chivers | 18 km | 1:30:25 | 48 |
| Richard Parsons | 1:30:09 | 46 | |
| Karl Magnus Satre | 1:25:56 | 34 | |
| Berger Torrissen | 1:29:08 | 45 | |
| Nils Backstrom | 50 km | 4:29:30 | 33 |
| Richard Parsons | 4:11:08 | 29 | |
| Karl Magnus Satre | 3:58:45 | 18 | |
| Berger Torrissen | 4:07:44 | 27 | |
| Warren Chivers Richard Parsons Karl Satre Birger Torrissen | 4 × 10 km relay | 3:06:26 | 11 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank | ||
| George Hill | Men's singles | 18 | 23 | 148 | 325.1 | 22 |
| Robin Lee | 13 | 13 | 80 | 363.0 | 12 | |
| Erle Reiter | 12 | 17 | 95 | 352.9 | 13 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Rank | ||
| Audrey Peppe | Ladies' singles | 18 | 8 | 85 | 363.3 | 12 |
| Maribel Vinson | 6 | 7 | 39 | 388.7 | 5 | |
| Estelle Weigel | 23 | 22 | 151 | 324.5 | 22 | |
| Louise Weigel | 22 | 20 | 140 | 336.4 | 21 | |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Madden James Madden | Pairs | 95 | 9.1 | 11 |
| Maribel Vinson George Hill | 46.5 | 10.4 | 5 |
Summary
| Team | Event | First round | Second round | Medal round | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| United States men | Men's tournament |  Germany W 1–0 |  Switzerland W 3–0 |  Italy L 1–2 | 2 Q |  Czechoslovakia W 2–0 |  Austria W 1–0 |  Sweden W 2–1 | 1 Q |  Great Britain T 0–0 |  Canada L 0–1 | |
Roster
| Thomas Moone |
| Francis Shaughnessy |
| Philip LaBatte |
| Frank Stubbs |
| John Garrison |
| Paul Rowe |
| John Lax |
| Gordon Smith |
| Elbridge Ross |
| Francis Spain |
| August Kammer |
First round
Top two teams advanced to semifinals
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 February | Germany | 0-1 (0-1,0-0,0-0) | United States |
| 7 February | United States | 3-0 (0-0,3-0,0-0) | Switzerland |
| 8 February | United States | 1-2 (0-0,0-0,1-1,0-0,0-1) | Italy |
Second round
Top two teams advanced to Medal round
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 February | United States | 2-0 (0-0,2-0,0-0) | Czechoslovakia |
| 12 February | United States | 1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0) | Austria |
| 13 February | United States | 2-1 (0-0,1-1,1-0) | Sweden |
Medal round
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Relevant results from the semifinal were carried over to the final
| 11 February | United States | 2-0 (0-0, 2–0, 0-0) | Czechoslovakia |
| 15 February | Great Britain | 0-0 (0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0) | United States |
| 16 February | Canada | 1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0) | United States |
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 kilometer race 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.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Edward Blood | Individual | 1:33:45 | 142.5 | 42 | 44.0 | 43.0 | 183.1 | 26 | 325.5 | 37 |
| Karl Magnus Satre | 1:25:56 | 181.8 | 24 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 174.0 | 35 | 355.8 | 27 | |
| Paul Ottar Satre | 1:36:27 | 129.4 | 45 | 48.5 | 53.0 | 144.5 | 44 | 273.9 | 44 | |
| Berger Torrissen | 1:29:08 | 165.3 | 29 | 45.0 | 44.0 | 190.2 | 19 | 355.5 | 28 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Walter Bietila | Normal hill | 66.5 | 100.4 | 24 | 63.5 | 94.8 | 34 | 195.2 | 30 |
| Sverre Fredheim | 73.5 | 107.7 | 10 | 73.0 | 106.4 | 10 | 214.1 | 11 | |
| Roy Mikkelsen | 69.5 | 102.0 | 18 | 68.0 | 100.6 | 25 | 202.6 | 23 | |
| Caspar Oimoen | 71.5 | 100.5 | 23 | 72.5 | 107.1 | 9 | 207.6 | 13 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Freisinger | 500 m | 44.0 | |
| Del Lamb | 44.2 | 5 | |
| Robert Petersen | 45.0 | 11 | |
| Allan Potts | 44.8 | 6 | |
| Leo Freisinger | 1500 m | 2:21.3 | 4 |
| Robert Petersen | 2:25.4 | 17 | |
| Allan Potts | 2:31.2 | 32 | |
| Eddie Schroeder | 2:24.3 | 12 | |
| Robert Petersen | 5000 m | 8:46.5 | 11 |
| Eddie Schroeder | 8:49.1 | 15 | |
| Robert Petersen | 10,000 m | DNF | |
| Eddie Schroeder | 17:52.0 | 8 | |
Canada competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games. Canadian Olympic Committee secretary-treasurer Fred Marples served as head of mission for the Canadian delegation to the Olympics and oversaw all travel arrangements. Amateur Athletic Union of Canada president W. A. Fry self-published a book covering Canadian achievements at the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. His 1936 book, Canada at eleventh Olympiad 1936 in Germany : Garmisch-Partenkirchen, February 6th to 13th, Berlin, August 1st to 16th, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and subtitled an official report of the Canadian Olympic Committee. He wrote that Canadians did very well at the 1936 Olympic games despite having one-tenth of the population of other countries. He opined that the length of the Canadian winter negatively affected summer training, and that Canadian athletes were underfunded compared to other countries.
France was the host nation for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. For the first time in modern Olympics history, the host nation did not win a gold medal.
Switzerland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Austria competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
France competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The lone bronze medal won in men's ice hockey remains the lowest output by a host nation at a modern Olympic games.
Germany competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Germany had not been invited to the inaugural 1924 Games due to its role in World War I.
Sweden competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Norway competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Austria competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Italy competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Switzerland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Hungary competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Poland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Germany was the host nation at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The country placed second in the medal standings.
Japan competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. With Sapporo being the host of the cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Latvia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.
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