page_title: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
hierarchical_section_title: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
caption_attribution_description: English: 116 ten-seater Canadian canoes with young German sportsmen greet the Olympic guests on August 6th at the start of the Canoeing events of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
context_page_description: 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. In total, 158 canoeists from 19 nations took part in the canoe races. All these countries had sent in entries before the deadline, the only late entry came from Latvia, which was as a result excluded from participating in the canoeing competitions.
  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.
context_section_description: 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. In total, 158 canoeists from 19 nations took part in the canoe races. All these countries had sent in entries before the deadline, the only late entry came from Latvia, which was as a result excluded from participating in the canoeing competitions.
  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.
caption: parade of 116 ten-seater Canadian Canoes at 1936 Olympic Games
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