List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners
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]
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]
Contents
Alpine skiing[edit]
![A Scandinavian woman is pictured standing surrounded by three men, one of whom is seen patting her shoulder.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170214141849im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bundesarchiv_R_8076_Bild-0100%2C_Olympische_Winterspiele%2C_Abfahrtslauf_Damen.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_R_8076_Bild-0100%2C_Olympische_Winterspiele%2C_Abfahrtslauf_Damen.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's combined[12] |
Franz Pfnür![]() |
Gustav Lantschner![]() |
Émile Allais![]() |
Women's combined[13] |
Christl Cranz![]() |
Käthe Grasegger![]() |
Laila Schou Nilsen![]() |
Bobsleigh[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Two-man |
![]() USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
![]() Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
![]() USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
Four-man |
![]() Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
![]() Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
![]() Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
Cross-country skiing[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
18 km[17] |
Erik August Larsson![]() |
Oddbjørn Hagen![]() |
Pekka Niemi![]() |
50 km[18] |
Elis Wiklund![]() |
Axel Wikström![]() |
Nils-Joel Englund![]() |
4×10 km relay |
![]() Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela |
![]() Sverre Brodahl Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Bjarne Iversen |
![]() John Berger Arthur Häggblad Erik August Larsson Martin Matsbo |
Figure skating[edit]
![A young smiling woman wearing an embroidered hat and a jacket with furred collar and sleeve hems.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170214141849im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-09482%2C_Sonja_Henie.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-09482%2C_Sonja_Henie.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles[22] |
Karl Schäfer![]() |
Ernst Baier![]() |
Felix Kaspar![]() |
Ladies' singles[23] |
Sonja Henie![]() |
Cecilia Colledge![]() |
Vivi-Anne Hultén![]() |
Pairs |
![]() Maxi Herber Ernst Baier |
![]() Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin |
![]() Emília Rotter László Szollás |
Ice hockey[edit]
Nordic combined[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual[30] |
Oddbjørn Hagen![]() |
Olaf Hoffsbakken![]() |
Sverre Brodahl![]() |
Ski jumping[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual[31] |
Birger Ruud![]() |
Sven Eriksson![]() |
Reidar Andersen![]() |
Speed skating[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
500 metres[32] |
Ivar Ballangrud![]() |
Georg Krog![]() |
Leo Freisinger![]() |
1500 metres[33] |
Charles Mathiesen![]() |
Ivar Ballangrud![]() |
Birger Wasenius![]() |
5000 metres[34] |
Ivar Ballangrud![]() |
Birger Wasenius![]() |
Antero Ojala![]() |
10000 metres[35] |
Ivar Ballangrud![]() |
Birger Wasenius![]() |
Max Stiepl![]() |
Multiple medallists[edit]
Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.[9]
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballangrud, IvarIvar Ballangrud | ![]() |
Speed skating | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Hagen, OddbjørnOddbjørn Hagen | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Baier, ErnstErnst Baier | ![]() |
Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Beerli, JosephJoseph Beerli | ![]() |
Bobsleigh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Larsson, Erik AugustErik August Larsson | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wasenius, BirgerBirger Wasenius | ![]() |
Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Feierabend, FritzFritz Feierabend | ![]() |
Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hoffsbakken, OlafOlaf Hoffsbakken | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Brodahl, SverreSverre Brodahl | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- General
- "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
- Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). München: Knorr & Hirth. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele, p. 29.
- ^ a b c d e Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ LeDuff, Charlie (February 21, 2002). "Olympics; Biathlon; Fourth Gold Medal For a Positive Thinker". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Chamonix 1924. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ St. Moritz 1928. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ Lake Placid 1932. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ "1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Organisationskomitee für die IV. Olympischen Winterspiele, p. 437.
- ^ "All the medallists since 1896". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ "Karl Schäfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's Combined". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Women's Combined". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ a b "United States Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Switzerland Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Great Britain Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 18 kilometres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Finland Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Mprway Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Sweden Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's Singles". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Women's Singles". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Germany Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Austria Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Hungary Figure Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Great Britain Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Canada Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "United States Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 500 Meters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 1,500 Meters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 5,000 Meters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 10,000 Meters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
External links[edit]
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