GAMES OF THE 11 OLYMPIAD
Start:
01 Aug 1936
End:
16 Aug 1936
Countries:
49
Athletes:
3963
Sports:
22
Events:
129
City:
Berlin, Germany (Kiel - sailing)
BERLIN 1936 - Bid History
- Berlin, Germany was selected as the host city for the Olympics 1936 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.
Games of the 11 Olympiad,1936 - Interesting Facts
- The Third Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler officially opened the Olympic Games in 1936 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 saw the Torch Relay, in which a flaming torch from Olympia, Greece traveled through seven countries to Berlin for the Opening Ceremony.
- Olympics 1936 were televised live for the first time, and twenty-five large screens were set up throughout Berlin, allowing the residents to see 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 crashed Hitler's theory.
Summer Olympics 1936 - Medal Table
BERLIN 1936 - Top Medalists
USA
4
0
0
GER
3
1
2
3
1
0
3
0
2
3
0
0