Austria at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold
Gregor Hradetzky
Canoeing
Men's Folding K-1 10000m

Gold
Gregor Hradetzky
Canoeing
Men's K-1 1000m

Gold
Adolf Kainz
Alfons Dorfner
Canoeing
Men's K-2 1000m

Gold
Robert Fein
Weightlifting
Men's Lightweight

Silver
Fritz Landertinger
Canoeing
Men's K-1 10000m

Silver
Rupert Weinstabl
Karl Proisl
Canoeing
Men's C-2 1000m

Silver
Viktor Kalisch
Karl Steinhuber
Canoeing
Men's K-2 10000m

Silver
Men's Football Squad
Football
Men's Football Competition

Silver
Men's Handball Squad
Handball
Men's Handball Competition

Silver
Josef Hasenöhrl
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls

Bronze
Rupert Weinstabl
Karl Proisl
Canoeing
Men's C-2 10000m

Bronze
Alois Podhajsky
Equestrian
Individual Dressage

Bronze
Ellen Preis
Fencing
Women's Individual Foil

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Gregor Hradetzky ( 31 January 1909 - 29 December 1984 ) was an Austrian canoeist and organ builder who competed in the late 1930s . He was born in Krems an der Donau and died in Bad Kleinkirchheim . At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , he won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metre competition as well as in the folding K-1 10000 metres event . He is only one of two Austrians ever who won two Olympic gold medals in the same Summer Olympic Games ( the other is Julius Lenhart ) . Hradetzky also won a bronze in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm representing Germany .
Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games , all in canoe sprint for men . The competitions were held on Friday , August 7 , 1936 , and Saturday , August 8 , 1936 . They were held on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See .
These are the results of the men 's folding K-1 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks and took place on Friday , August 7 . Thirteen canoeists from 13 nations competed . The 1936 Games was the only time when the folding K-1 10000 metres competition was part of the canoeing program .
These are the results of the men 's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks . The heats and the final took place on Saturday , August 8 . Fifteen canoeists from 15 nations competed .
Adolf Adi Kainz ( 5 June 1903 , Linz - 12 July 1948 ) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s . He won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . Kainz also won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm though he competed under Germany because they had annexed Austria earlier that year .
Alfons Dorfner ( January 27 , 1911 - January 22 , 1982 ) was an Austrian canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics . He was born in Lembach im Mühlkreis . In 1936 he won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 metre competition with his partner Adolf Kainz . They also competed in the folding K-2 10000 metre event and finished fourth .
These are the results of the men 's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks . Heats and final took place on Saturday , August 8 . Twenty-four canoeists from twelve nations competed .
Robert Fein ( 9 December 1907 - 2 January 1975 ) was an Austrian weightlifter .
The weightlifting competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin consisted of five weight classes , all for men only .
The men 's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The weight class was the second-lightest contested , and allowed weightlifters of up to 67.5 kilograms ( 148.8 pounds ) . The competition was held on Sunday , 2 August 1936 . Sixteen weightlifters from twelve nations competed .
Fritz Landertinger ( February 26 , 1914 - January 18 , 1943 ) is an Austrian canoeist who competed in the late 1930s . He won the silver medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . He was killed in action during World War II .
These are the results of the men 's K-1 10,000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks and took place on Friday , August 7 . Fifteen canoeists from 15 nations competed .
Rupert Weinstabl ( November 20 , 1911 - September 7 , 1953 ) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s . At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , he won two medals with his partner Karl Proisl with a silver in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 10000 m events . Weinstabl also won two medals at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and silver in the C-2 10000 m events . He competed for Germany because it had annexed Austria at the time of the championships .
Karl Proisl ( 9 July 1911 - 2 December 1949 ) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s . At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , he won two medals with his partner Rupert Weinstabl : a silver in the C-2 1000 m event and a bronze in the C-2 10000 m event . Proisl also won two medals at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm : a gold in the C-2 1000 m event and silver in the C-2 10000 m event . He competed for Germany because it had annexed Austria at the time of the championships .
These are the results of the men 's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes and was held on Saturday , August 8 , 1936 . Ten canoeists from five nations competed .
Viktor Kalisch ( December 4 , 1902 in Linz - July 21 , 1976 ) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s . He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin .
Karl Steinhuber ( May 1 , 1906 in Linz - November 2002 ) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s . He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin .
These are the results of the men 's K-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks , and took place on Friday , August 7 . Twenty-four canoeists from twelve nations competed .
Head coach : James Hogan
Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics was won by Italy . After the introduction of the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 ( which had , in itself lead to the absence of a football tournament from the 1932 Games programme ) , competing nations would from now on only be permitted to play their best players if those players were amateur or ( where national associations were assisted by interested states to traverse such a rule ) where professional players were state-sponsored . However , since amateur players were counted as senior squad players , their results would be still counted as senior side 's results until 1992 .
Austria had a squad of 22 players . Head coach :
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 each other within each group . The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round , while the third-ranked teams played each other for fifth and sixth places . In the final round , each team played each other . Final rankings were based on the records of each team in those three games .
Josef Hasenöhrl ( 5 May 1915 - 13 March 1945 ) was an Austrian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics . He was killed in action in World War II . Hasenöhrl was a sculler with Ruderverein Ellida , Vienna . In 1936 he won the silver medal in the single sculls competition rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . In 1937 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta beating J F Coulson in the final . His coach was Tom Sullivan . Hasenöhrl was serving with the Wehrmacht when he lost his life in Luxembourg at the end of the Second World War .
Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics featured seven events , for men only . The competitions were held from 11 to 14 August on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See . The competition was dominated by the hosts , Germany , who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals . The final race , men 's eights , was won by a working-class United States team from the University of Washington who , in what had become their trademark , started slow and outsprinted the competition to an exceedingly close finish , with only one second separating the top three finishers at the end of a six-and-a-half minute race . This event is chronicled in The Boys in the Boat written by Daniel James Brown .
The men 's single sculls competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place at Grünau Regatta Course , near Berlin , Germany . The event was held from 11 to 14 October .
These are the results of the Men 's C-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics . The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes . The race took place on Friday , August 7 . Ten canoeists from five nations competed .
Alois Podhajsky ( 24 February 1898 - 23 May 1973 ) was the director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna , Austria as well as an Olympic medal-winner in dressage , riding instructor , and writer .
The equestrian events at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics included dressage , eventing , and show jumping . All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions . The host country , Germany , had a stellar year , winning both individual and team gold in every equestrian event , as well as individual silver in dressage . The competitions were held from 12 to 16 August 1936 . Moderately priced tickets meant huge crowds at all equestrian events , with 15,000-20,000 spectators at any time during the dressage competition , 60,000 on the endurance day of eventing , and 120,000 for the Nations Cup in jumping . There were 127 riders total ( 133 entries ) from 21 nations ( Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Great Britain , Hungary , Italy , Japan , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , and the United States ) . Seven countries ( Czechoslovakia , France , Germany , Hungary , the Netherlands , Sweden , and the USA ) fielded 3-person teams for all three disciplines . Of those 127 riders , only two were civilians : a Dutch eventer and a jumper rider from Norway . The majority of horses were German ( 24/133 ) or French-bred ( 23/133 ) , with 25 coming that were either British or Irish-bred ( it is thought 17 from Ireland and 8 Britain ) , 8/133 US-bred ( all on the US team , in addition to one French-bred horse ) , and the Japanese riders using 2 Japanese , 2 Australian , 1 British and 1 French-bred horse .
Ellen Müller-Preis , née Preis , ( 6 May 1912 - 18 November 2007 ) was German-born Austrian Olympic-champion foil fencer . In 1949 , she was named Austrian female athlete of the year .
At the 1936 Summer Olympics , seven fencing events were contested , six for men and one for women .
The women 's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme . It was the fourth appearance of the event . The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 5 August 1936 . 41 fencers from 17 nations competed , with one additional fencer entered but withdrawing . Nations were limited to three fencers . The competition format was pool play round-robin , with bouts to five touches . Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement . Two points were awarded for each bout won . Ties were broken through fence-off bouts in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement , but by touches received in final rounds ( and for non-advancement-necessary placement in earlier rounds ) .