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The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Nazi Germany, from 1 to 15 August 1936. Athletics Medal table ... List of 1936 Summer Olympics medal winners.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade ) and officially branded as Berlin 1936 , was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin , then part of Nazi Germany .
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.
The 1936 Games had 3,963 athletes from 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participating in a total of 129 events in 19 sports. This was the highest number of nations represented at any Games to date. [3] Athletes from 32 NOCs won medals, of which 21 secured at least one gold medal. As a result, 17 NOCs were left without any medal.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.
The infamous 1936 Summer Olympics take place in Berlin Germany wins the most medals (89) and the most gold medals (33) Jesse Owens wins four athletics gold medals; The first torch relay takes place from Olympia, Greece; 1936 Winter Olympics takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Norway wins the most medals (15) and the most gold medals (7)
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, were held at Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by 0.1 seconds by American Jesse Owens, and teammate Ralph Metcalfe repeated as silver medalist. [1] Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands won that nation's first medal in the men's 100 metres, a bronze.
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.