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2 unusual facts about 1936 Winter Olympics


1936 Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, which were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

New York State Route 86

As Main, NY 86 runs through the village and along Mirror Lake as the major tourist thoroughfare, passing numerous businesses and the sites of the 1936 and 1980 Winter 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.

Audrey Sale-Barker

Sale-Barker was captain of the British women's team at the 1936 Winter Olympics, held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the first Olympics to include alpine skiing.

Edgardo Vaghi

Vaghi finished 11th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Frank Shaughnessy

His son Frank Shaughnessy, Jr. also played football and ice hockey, and played ice hockey for the United States in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

Gratia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing 14th in the alpine combined event.

Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Gudiberg

It hosted the slalom part of the alpine skiing combined event for the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Jean-Marie Musy

Another son, Pierre, received numerous equestrian competition titles and won the four-man bobsleigh gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Kreuzjoch

For the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen, it was the starting line for the alpine skiing downhill part of the combined event.

Louis Balsan

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Balsan earned his best finish of ninth in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.

Olympische Hymne

During the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the composer invited members of the IOC executive board to hear the work sung by an opera star from Munich.

Per Samuelshaug

Per Samuelshaug (1905 – 1990) was a Norwegian cross country skier from Alvdal who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Percy Nicklin

Percy Harold Nicklin was an ice hockey coach who is best known for putting together and coaching the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics).

Port Arthur Bearcats

When the 1935 Allan Cup champion Halifax Wolverines was unavailable, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association chose the runnerup Bearcats to be Canada's representative at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Sven Bergqvist

In 1936 he represented Sweden at both the summer olympics in Berlin and the winter olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, representing Sweden in ice hockey and football.

Sverre Fredheim

He competed in ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, where he placed sixth in ski jumping.

Werner Maihofer

An avid speed skater in his youth, Maihofer was a member of the German national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.


see also

Rossner

Alfred Rössner (1911–2005), Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics