Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
The total of 33 gold and 89 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany.
Medalists Gold Hans Woellke — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Karl Hein — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Gisela Mauermayer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Tilly Fleischer — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw Willi Kaiser — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Herbert Runge — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Ernst Krebs — Canoeing, Men's K1 10,000 m Kayak Singles Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000 m Tandem Ludwig Stubbendorf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Rolf Lippert, Ludwig Stubbendorf, and Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Kurt Hasse — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Heinz Brandt, Kurt Hasse, and Marten von Barnekow — Equestrian, Jumping Team Heinz Pollay — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Friedrich Gerhard, Heinz Pollay, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski — Equestrian, Dressage Team Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse Franz Beckert, Konrad Frey, Alfred Schwarzmann, Willi Stadel, Walter Steffens, and Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Anita Bärwirth, Erna Bürger, Isolde Frölian, Friedl Iby, Trudi Meyer, Paula Pöhlsen, Julie Schmitt, and Käthe Sohnemann — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Willy Bandholz, Wilhelm Baumann, Helmut Berthold, Helmut Braselmann, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Georg Dascher, Kurt Dossin, Fritz Fromm, Hermann Hansen, Erich Herrmann, Heinrich Keimig, Hans Keiter, Alfred Klingler, Artur Knautz, Heinz Körvers, Karl Kreutzberg, Wilhelm Müller, Günther Ortmann, Edgar Reinhardt, Fritz Spengler, Rudolf Stahl, and Hans Theilig — Handball, Men's Team Competition Gotthard Handrick — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition Gustav Schäfer — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Willi Eichhorn and Hugo Strauß — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Herbert Adamski, Dieter Arend and Gerhard Gustmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs Rudolf Eckstein, Martin Karl, Willi Menne, and Toni Rom — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Fritz Bauer, Ernst Gaber, Hans Maier, Paul Söllner, and Walter Volle — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Peter Bischoff and Hans-Joachim Weise — Sailing, Men's Star Cornelius van Oyen — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Josef Manger — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Silver Lutz Long — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Erwin Blask — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw Anni Steuer — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles Luise Krüger — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw Michael Murach — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Richard Vogt — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Helmut Cämmerer — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles Fritz Bondroit and Ewald Tilker — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs Erich Hanisch and Willi Horn — Canoeing, Men's F2 10,000 m Folding Kayak Pairs Friedrich Gerhard — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Helene Mayer — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Hermann auf der Heide, Ludwig Beisiegel, Erich Cuntz, Karl Dröse, Alfred Gerdes, Werner Hamel, Harald Huffmann, Erwin Keller, Herbert Kemmer, Werner Kubitzki, Paul Mehlitz, Carl Menke, Fritz Messner, Detlef Okrent, Heinrich Peter, Heinz Raack, Carl Ruck, Hans Scherbart, Heinz Schmalix, Tito Warnholtz, Kurt Weiß, and Erich Zander — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition Willi Kaidel and Joachim Pirsch — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls Werner Krogmann — Sailing, Men's Monotype Class Heinz Hax — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Erich Krempel — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Erwin Sietas — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke Martha Genenger — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Gisela Arendt, Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, and Inge Schmitz — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Paul Klingenburg, Bernhard Baier, Fritz Gunst, Gustav Schürger, Josef Hauser, Alfred Kienzle, Hans Schulze, Helmuth Schwenn, Hans Schneider, Heinrich Krug and Fritz Stolze — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Rudolf Ismayr — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight Eugen Deutsch — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight Fritz Schäfer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight Ludwig Schweickert — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Wolfgang Ehrl — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze Alfred Dompert — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger, and Wilhelm Leichum — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Helmut Hamann, Rudolf Harbig, Harry Voigt, and Friedrich von Stülpnagel — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Käthe Krauß — Athletics, Women's 100 metres Elfriede Kaun — Athletics, Women's High Jump Paula Mollenhauer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Josef Miner — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Xaver Hörmann — Canoeing, Men's F1 10,000 m Folding Kayak Singles Erich Koschik — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles Rudolf Karsch — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial Hermann Stork — Diving, Men's Platform Käthe Köhler — Diving, Women's Platform Otto Adam, Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, August Heim, Siegried Lerdon, and Stefan Rosenbauer — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser, August Heim, Hans Jörger, and Richard Wahl — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises Hans-Joachim Hannemann, Heinz Kaufmann, Hans Kuschke, Werner Loeckle, Wilhelm Mahlow, Helmut Radach, Alfred Rieck, Herbert Schmidt, and Gerd Völs — Rowing, Men's Eights Fritz Bischoff, Hans Howaldt, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Eduard Mohr, Felix Scheder-Bieschin, and Otto Wachs — Sailing, 8 Meter Class Gisela Arendt — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle Karl Jansen — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight Adolf Wagner — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight Jakob Brendel — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Kurt Hornfischer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight Johannes Herbert — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight Erich Siebert — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Athletics
Basketball
First round Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second round Winners advanced to the third round, while losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second consolation round Winners advanced to the third round.
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1936.
Individual road race Fritz Scheller Willi Meurer Fritz Ruland Emil Schöpflin
Team road race Fritz Scheller Willi Meurer Fritz Ruland Emil Schöpflin
Sprint Toni Merkens
Time trial Rudolf Karsch
Tandem Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz
Team pursuit Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankLeo Esser3 m springboard137.996Winfried Mahraun134.617Erhard Weiß141.215Hermann Stork10 m platform110.31Siegfried Viebahn105.007Erhard Weiß110.154
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankGerda Daumerlang3 m springboard78.274Suse Heinze71.497Olga Jensch-Jordan77.985Anne Ehscheidt10 m platform29.908Anneliese Kapp28.6611Käthe Köhler33.43
Equestrian
Fencing
16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1936.
Men's foil Erwin Casmir Julius Eisenecker August Heim
Men's team foil Siegfried Lerdon, August Heim, Julius Eisenecker, Erwin Casmir, Stefan Rosenbauer, Otto Adam
Men's épée Siegfried Lerdon Ernst Röthig Otto Schröder
Men's team épée Siegfried Lerdon, Sepp Uhlmann, Hans Esser, Eugen Geiwitz, Ernst Röthig, Otto Schröder
Men's sabre Richard Wahl August Heim
Men's team sabre Richard Wahl, Julius Eisenecker, Erwin Casmir, August Heim, Hans Esser, Hans-Georg Jörger
Women's foil Helene Mayer Hedwig Haß Olga Oelkers
Field hockey
Group B
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Football
First round
Quarter-finals
Gymnastics
Handball
Preliminary round Group A TeamPWTLGFGAGDPts. 2200511+504 2101724−172 2002336−330
22 – 0 7 – 2 29 – 1
Final round TeamPWTLGFGAGDPts. 33004518+276 32012823+54 31022232−102 30031840−220
19 – 6 11 – 6 11 – 7 16 – 6 10 – 5 10 – 6 Attendance: 100,000
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1936, with Gotthard Handrick winning gold.
Gotthard Handrick Hermann Lemp Herbert Bramfeldt
Polo
Group B
Rowing
Germany had 26 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's single sculls Gustav Schäfer
Men's double sculls Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch
Men's coxless pair Willi Eichhorn Hugo Strauß
Men's coxed pair Gerhard Gustmann Herbert Adamski Dieter Arend (cox)
Men's coxless four Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne
Men's coxed four Hans Maier Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Paul Söllner Fritz Bauer (cox)
Men's eight Alfred Rieck Helmut Radach Hans Kuschke Heinz Kaufmann Gerd Völs Werner Loeckle Hans-Joachim Hannemann Herbert Schmidt Wilhelm Mahlow (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Germany in 1936. In the 25 m pistol event, Cornelius van Oyen won gold and Heinrich Hax won silver.
25 m rapid fire pistol Cornelius van Oyen Heinrich Hax Georg Dern
50 m pistol Erich Krempel Paul Wehner Emil Martin
50 m rifle, prone Johann Schulz Erich Hotopf Arran Hoffmann
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHelmuth Fischer100 m freestyle 57.9 2 Q 58.7 4 Q 59.3 5Hermann Heibel 1:01.4 2 Q 1:00.3 6 Did not advanceHeiko Schwartz 1:01.8 3 Did not advanceHeinz Arendt400 m freestyle 4:57.2 3 q 5:13.4 5 Did not advanceHans Freese 5:03.1 2 Q 4:58.5 5 Did not advanceOtto Przywara 5:11.7 2 Q 5:14.9 6 Did not advanceHeinz Arendt1500 m freestyle 20:10.7 3 Q 19:56.1 4 q 19:59.0 7Hans Freese 20:13.7 3 Q 20:27.6 5 Did not advanceOtto Przywara 20:59.0 3 Q 20:55.0 6 Did not advanceHeinz Schlauch100 m backstroke 1:10.1 2 Q 1:10.8 4 Did not advanceHans Schwarz 1:11.0 3 Q 1:11.8 7 Did not advanceErwin Simon 1:11.7 4 q 1:11.7 6 Did not advanceJochen Balke200 m breaststroke 2:46.4 2 Q 2:45.4 2 Q 2:47.8 6Arthur Heina 2:48.5 3 Q 2:47.3 5 Did not advanceErwin Sietas 2:44.6 2 Q 2:44.8 3 Q 2:42.9 Werner PlathHermann HeibelWolfgang HeimlichHelmuth Fischer4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 9:21.4 2 Q 9:19.0 5
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGisela Arendt100 m freestyle 1:07.3 2 Q 1:07.2 2 Q 1:06.6 Leni Lohmar 1:10.3 4 Did not advanceInge Schmitz 1:10.9 5 Did not advanceChristel Rupke100 m backstroke 1:23.7 5 Did not advanceAnni Stolte 1:23.1 4 Q 1:21.7 5 Did not advanceMartha Genenger200 m breaststroke 3:02.9 1 Q 3:02.8 1 Q 3:04.2 Hanni Hölzner 3:11.0 4 Q 3:08.8 3 Q 3:09.5 =4Trude Wollschläger 3:08.5 1 Q 3:10.3 5 Did not advanceRuth HalbsguthLeni LohmarInge SchmitzGisela ArendtUrsula Pollack*4 × 100 m freestyle relay colspan=2 4:40.5 2 Q 4:36.8 *Swimmer who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive a medal.
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database