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6 unusual facts about 1936 Summer Olympics


Baseball at the Summer Olympics

In 1936 Berlin, two United States teams played each other before approximately 90,000 - 100,000 spectators at the Reichsportsfeld.

At the IOC meeting on July 7, 2005, baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, becoming the first sport voted out of the Olympics since polo was eliminated from the 1936 Olympics.

Estadio Campeones del 36

No Peruvian League was actually played in 1936 as the national team was preparing itself to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.

Ma Yuehan

In 1936, he coached the Chinese sports delegation to the 11th Olympic Games.

OSiR Stadium in Słubice

Despite its name and contrary to common belief, the Olympic Stadium (originally named Ostmarkstadion) was not built for the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Siegfried Eifrig

The torch which Eifrig bore in the 1936 Summer Olympics was buried with other mementoes of his athletic youth in a suitcase under a bowling lane.


Ans Timmermans

Anna Petronella "Ans" Timmermans (10 April 1919, Rotterdam – 21 August 1958, Parkdale, Victoria, Australia) was a Dutch swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany

In the weeks before and during the 1936 Winter and Summer Olympic Games held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berlin, respectively, the Nazi regime actually toned down much of its public anti-Jewish rhetoric and activities.

Archie San Romani

San Romani placed 4th in the 1500 meters at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and set a world record at 2000 meters the following year.

Armand Pagnoulle

Armand Pagnoulle (born 2 May 1901, date of death unknown) was a Belgian canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Arthur W. Barton

He was a top-class football referee: he refereed the Semi-final between Austria and Poland in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, and was linesman in the 1936 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield United.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight

The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's featherweight

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's flyweight

The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight

The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Bruno Lips

Bruno Lips (born June 16, 1908, date of death unknown) was a Swiss canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the K-1 10000 m event.

Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Chelsea Piers

In July 1936, the Chelsea Piers were the point of departure for Jesse Owens and the United States Olympic team as they left for the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany.

Dave Albritton

Both were born in Alabama, Albritton in Danville and Owens in nearby Oakville; both attended East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio; both attended the Ohio State University; both were members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; both competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Days in Europa

Initially released with an Aryan album cover reminiscent of the 1936 Olympics, complete with Germanic gothic-style lettering, this was quickly withdrawn and a new cover designed.

Earl Foster Thomson

At the 1936 Olympics, he won the team gold and individual silver in eventing on the legendary mare Jenny Camp, being one of the few riders, and the only American, to successfully negotiate the 4th obstacle on cross-country, a water jump.

Ernest C. Quigley

He also refereed the basketball finals between the United States and Canada at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, played outdoors in the rain, in the first Games at which basketball was a medal sport.

Flag of Liechtenstein

The crown was added in 1937, after it was discovered by Liechtenstein's team at the 1936 Summer Olympics that the flag then in use was identical to the flag of Haiti.

Foy Draper

Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Heinz Schlauch

Heinz Schlauch (13 November 1915 in Gera – 21 February 1945 in Niederrhein) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Henri van Schaik

Henri Louis Marie van Schaik (July 24, 1899 in Delft – August 19, 1991 in Cavendish, United States) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Jacob Tullin Thams

He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person (after Gillis Grafström who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan) to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team.

Jan Ambrus

Ambrus was a highly resepcted pilot and had won awards at aerobatic competitions, including at Vincennes in 1934, and at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Józef Noji

Józef Noji (born September 8, 1909 in the village of Pęckowo, near Czarnków, died February 15, 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp) was a Polish track and field athlete and participant of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Jules Mackowiak

Jules Mackowiak (born December 12, 1916, date of death unknown) was a French canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Kristiansund BK

Since Magnar Isaksen won a bronze medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, many footballers from Kristiansund have played for the Norwegian national team including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen and Trond Andersen.

Louis Maes

Louis Maes (born 6 February 1913, date of death unknown) was a Belgian canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Ludwig Stubbendorf

Ludwig Stubbendorf (born February 24, 1906 in Turloff, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; died July 17, 1941) was a German horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Marzahn

Marzahn was the site of a labour camp (today a water treatment plant), where Romani were interned from July 16, 1936 on, two weeks prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, away from visitor's eyes.

Otakar Kouba

Otakar Kouba (born October 24, 1906, date of death unknown) was a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Project 119

This marked the first time since the 1936 Summer Olympics that neither the United States, nor the Soviet Union/Russia, had won the most gold medals at a Summer Olympics.

Ralph Gilman

Ralph A. Gilman (March 25, 1916 – October 5, 1955) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

Ray Kaye

Raymond Kaye (February 16, 1912 – July 17, 1983) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

René Lacelle

He competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was eliminated in the heats.

Seweryn Kulesza

Seweryn Roman Kulesza (October 23, 1900, in Radom – May 14, 1983, in Los Angeles, United States) was a Polish horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

Although the club wanted the new stadium to retain the old name Stade Henri Jooris (named after Henri Jooris, former Lille OSC manager), the mayor proposed it to be called Stade Félix Grimonprez after Félix Grimonprez, a former field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Thomas Woodrooffe

He was one of its main commentators during the 1930s, covering amongst many other events the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics and Neville Chamberlain's return from Munich in 1938.

Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

The men's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Woodhouse College

This tree had been presented by the Third Reich authorities to a member of the British team who attended the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and subsequently became known as 'the Hitler tree'.


see also

Biagi

Carlo Biagi (1914–1986), an Italian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Dibiasi

Carlo Dibiasi (1909–1984), Italian diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Ekdahl

Lennart Ekdahl (1912–2005), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Evenson

Tom Evenson (1910–1997), English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics

Gote

Göte Andersson, a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Klingler

Alfred Klingler (born 1912), German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Lőrinc

Lőrinc Galgóczi (born 1911), Hungarian field handball player, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Nordahl

Nordahl Wallem, Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Sjöqvist

Ingeborg Sjöqvist (born 1912), Swedish diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Zilpha

Zilpha Grant (1919–2011), English freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics