Field handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport at the Olympics. It was contested by six teams. Games were played outdoors with 11 players on each side.
The six teams were split into two groups of three. Each team played one match each against the other two within its group. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the third-ranked teams played each other to vie for the fifth place. In the final round, each team played each other. Final rankings were based on the records of each team in those three games.
Participating nations Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation.
A total of 107(*) field handball players from 6 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
(*) NOTE: Only players that participated in at least one game are counted.
Not all reserve players are known.
Squads
Medallists Willy BandholzWilhelm BaumannHelmut BertholdHelmut BraselmannWilhelm BrinkmannGeorg DascherKurt DossinFritz FrommHermann HansenErich HerrmannHeinrich KeimigHans KeiterAlfred KlinglerArtur KnautzHeinz KörversKarl KreutzbergWilhelm MüllerGünther OrtmannEdgar ReinhardtFritz SpenglerRudolf StahlHans Theilig Franz BartlFranz BerghammerFranz BistrickyFranz BrunnerJohann HouschkaEmil JurackaFerdinand KieflerJosef KrejciOtto LichaFriedrich MaurerAnton PerweinSiegfried PowolnySiegfried PurnerWalter ReispAlfred SchmalzerAlois SchnabelLudwig SchuberthJohann TauscherJaroslav VolakLeopold WohlrabFriedrich WurmböckJohann Zehetner Max BloeschRolf FäsBurkhard GantenbeinWilly GysiErland HerkenrathErnst HufschmidWilly HufschmidWerner MeyerGeorg MischonWilly SchäferWerner ScheurmannEdy SchmidErich SchmittEugen SeiterleMax StreibRobert StuderRudolf Wirz
Results Preliminary round Group A TeamPWTLGFGAGDPts. 2200511+504 2101724−172 2002336−330
22 – 0 7 – 2 29 – 1
Group B TeamPWTLGFGAGDPts. 2200326+264 21011120−92 2002926−170
18 – 3 8 – 6 14 – 3
Classification 5/6 10 – 3
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
Summary Place Nation 1 2 3 Max BlöschRolf FäsBurkhard GantenbeinWilly GysiErland Herkenrath (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)Ernst HufschmidWilly HufschmidWerner Meyer (Abstinenten Basel)Georg MischonWilly SchäferWerner ScheurmannEdy Schmid (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)Erich SchmittEugen SeiterleMax StreibRobert StuderRudolf Wirz 4 Antal Benda (UTE)Sándor Cséfai (Elektromos MSE)Ferenc Cziráki (UTE)Miklós Fodor (Elektromos MSE)Lőrinc Galgóczi (UTE)János Koppány (Elektromos MSE)Lajos Kutasi (Elektromos MSE)Tibor Máté (VAC)Imre Páli (UTE)Ferenc Rákosi (Elektromos MSE)Endre Salgó (VAC)István Serényi (VAC)Sándor Szomori (UTE)Gyula Takács (MAFC)Antal Újváry (Elektromos MSE)Ferenc Velkey (Elektromos MSE) 5 Coach: Hans Schuschnig (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Péter Facsi (Bukarest)Carol Haffer (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Ludovic Haffer (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Fritz Halmen (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Willi Heidel (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Hans Hermannstädter (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Hans Georg Herzog (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Alfred Höchsmann (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Bruno Holzträger (Mediasch)Willi Kirschner (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Günther Schorsten (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Robert Speck (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Wilhelm Zacharias (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Hans Zikeli (Mediasch)Stefan Zoller (Hermannstädter Turnverein)Dragan Comanescu (Viforul Dacia Bukarest)Fritz Kasemiresch (Mediasch)Stippi Orendi (Kronstadt)Oki Sonntag (Hermannstädter Turnverein) 6 William Alexander AhlemeyerWalter BowdenCharles C. DaunerEdward John HagenJoseph KaylorFred LeinweberHenry OehlerOtto OehlerHerbert Karl OehmichenWilly K. RenzAlfred RosescoEdmund SchallenbergGerard A. YantzPhilip Schupp
References
External links Official Olympic Report Olympedia results database