Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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 38 gold and 101 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 10,000m Kayak Singles
Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000m Kayak Pairs
Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000m 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 80m 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 1000m Kayak Singles
Fritz Bondroit and Ewald Tilker — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Erich Hanisch and Willi Horn — Canoeing, Men's F2 10,000m 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 200m Breaststroke
Martha Genenger — Swimming, Women's 200m 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 3000m 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 10,000m Folding Kayak Singles
Erich Koschik — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Rudolf Karsch — Cycling, Men's 1000m 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 100m 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
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
Final round
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1936, with Gotthard Handrick winning gold.
Gotthard Handrick
Hermann Lemp
Herbert Bramfeld
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
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936
Summer Olympics