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Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics featured seven events. The competitions were held from 11 to 14 August on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See. [1] The competition was dominated by the hosts, Germany, who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals.
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Berlin, Germany, from 1 August to 16 August. [ 1 ] Berlin had previously been chosen to host the 1916 Summer Olympics , which were subsequently cancelled due to the First World War . [ 2 ]
The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [7] The 1936 competition had a six-boat final for the first time.
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.
1900 Paris details Mixed team (ZZX) François Brandt Roelof Klein Hermanus Brockmann [4] unknown cox [5] France (FRA) Lucien Martinet René Waleff unknown cox France (FRA) Carlos Deltour Antoine Védrenne Raoul Paoli: 1904–1912: not included in the Olympic program: 1920 Antwerp details Italy (ITA) Ercole Olgeni Giovanni Scatturin Guido De ...
In 1936, he won the Olympic gold medal rowing in the stroke seat of the American boat in the eights competition. [4] His role in the University of Washington eight and their Olympic victory is explored in the 2013 non-fiction book by author Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat. [3] During WWII Hume served in the merchant marine. Post-war ...
James Burge McMillin (March 8, 1914 – August 22, 2005) was an American rower who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics. McMillin was born in Seattle and raised in the Queen Anne Hill area. McMillin rowed in the University of Washington senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and ...
Charles Ward Day (October 19, 1914 – May 26, 1962) was an American rower who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics.. The son of a dentist, Day was born in Colville, Washington into an Irish American family.