1936 Winter Olympics

1936 Winter Olympics

Olympics infobox|1936|Winter
Name = IV Olympic Winter Games

Size = 150
Optional caption = It comprises the Olympic rings in the foreground and the summit of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alps with a ski track leading to the mountains in the background. Around, there is the inscription “IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN”
Host city = Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Bavaria, Germany
Nations participating = 28
Athletes participating = 646
(566 men, 80 women)
Events = 17 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony = February 6, 1936
Closing ceremony = February 16, 1936
Officially opened by = Adolf Hitler
Athlete's Oath = Wilhelm Bogner
Judge's Oath =
Olympic Torch =
Stadium = Olympia Skistadion
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.

Highlights

* Alpine skiing made its first appearance in the winter olympics as the combined, which added a skier's results in both the downhill and slalom. German athletes won both the men's and women's events:
* Ivar Ballangrud won three out of the four speed skating races.
* Sonja Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in woman's figure skating.
* Switzerland won the 4 man bobsled in a time of 5:19.85.
* The country who won the overall games was Norway with a total of 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.
* These games had the largest and heaviest medals ever awarded to athletes: 100 mm diameter, 4 mm thick, 324 grams.

Sports

A total of 17 events in 8 sporting disciplines were contested at these Games:
* Alpine skiing (2)
* Bobsleigh (2)
* Figure skating (3)
* Ice hockey (1)
* Nordic skiing
** Cross-country skiing (3)
** Nordic combined (1)
** Ski jumping (1)
* Speed skating (4)

Demonstration sports

* Military patrol
* Ice stock sport

Venues

*Große Olympiaschanze - cross country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined
*Riessersee and surrounding area - bobsleigh, ice hockey, and speed skating.

Participating nations

28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Medal count

Bibliography

"Berlin Games – How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream", by Guy Walters ISBN 0-7195-6783-1 (UK) 0060874120 (USA)

External links

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936win.pdf Complete official IOC report. In English]
* [http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1936/winter/index.php The program of the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics]


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