1936 Winter Olympics

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IV Olympic Winter Games
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
Stadium	Olympia Skistadion

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.

Contents 1 Highlights 2 Medal winners 2.1 Demonstration sports 3 Participating nations 4 Medal count 4.1 Bibliography

[edit] Highlights

• Alpine skiing made its first appearance in the winter olympics. German athletes won both the 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.

[edit] Medal winners

• Alpine skiing
• Bobsleigh
• Figure skating
• Ice hockey
• Nordic skiing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
• Speed skating

[edit] Demonstration sports

• Military patrol
• Ice stock sport

[edit] Participating nations

28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany, to date the largest number at a Winter Games. 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.

Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Czechoslovakia Estonia Finland France Germany

Great Britain Greece Japan Hungary Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Netherlands

Norway Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States Yugoslavia

[edit] Medal count

Main article: 1936 Winter Olympics medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	7	5	3	15
2	Germany (host nation)	3	3	0	6
3	Sweden	2	2	3	7
4	Finland	1	2	3	6
5	Switzerland	1	2	0	3
6	Austria	1	1	2	4
7	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
8	United States	1	0	3	4
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1

[edit] Bibliography

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

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