Berlin 1936 - Olympic Games Winners

Start:

01 Aug 1936

End:

16 Aug 1936

Countries:

Athletes:

3963

Sports:

Events:

129

City:

Berlin, Germany (Kiel - sailing)

Berlin, Germany, was selected as the host city for the 1936 Summer Olympics in 1931, two years before Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power.
After the news about the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, several calls were made for a boycott of the Games all over the world.
An alternative, also known as the People's Olympics, was scheduled for Barcelona, Spain, but they were canceled when the Spanish Civil War broke out.

The Third Reich's Chancellor Adolf Hitler officially opened the 1936 Olympic Games at the 100,000-seat Olympic Stadium.
Spain did not take part in the Games because of their Civil War.
For the first time, the international community watched the Torch Relay, in which a flaming torch from Olympia, Greece, traveled through seven countries to Berlin for the Opening Ceremony.
The 1936 Olympics were televised live for the first time, and 25 large screens were set up throughout Berlin, allowing residents to watch competitions for free.
In 1936, the world remembered two persons - Adolf Hitler, who attempted to prove his theories on the superiority of the Aryan race, and African-American athlete Jesse OWENS of the USA, who disproved Hitler's theory by winning four gold medals.
The German gymnast Konrad FREY won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. His teammate Alfred SCHWARZMANN won three gold and two bronze medals.
The female swimmer from the Netherlands Hendrika MASTENBROEK won three gold and one silver medal.
The French athlete Robert CHARPENTIER won three gold medals in Cycling.