Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
The total of 33 gold and 89 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany.
Medalists
Gold
- Hans Woellke — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Karl Hein — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Gisela Mauermayer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Tilly Fleischer — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Willi Kaiser — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Herbert Runge — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Ernst Krebs — Canoeing, Men's K1 10,000 m Kayak Singles
- Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs
- Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
- Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000 m Tandem
- Ludwig Stubbendorf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Rolf Lippert, Ludwig Stubbendorf, and Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Kurt Hasse — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Heinz Brandt, Kurt Hasse, and Marten von Barnekow — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Heinz Pollay — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Friedrich Gerhard, Heinz Pollay, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski — Equestrian, Dressage Team
- Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Franz Beckert, Konrad Frey, Alfred Schwarzmann, Willi Stadel, Walter Steffens, and Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Anita Bärwirth, Erna Bürger, Isolde Frölian, Friedl Iby, Trudi Meyer, Paula Pöhlsen, Julie Schmitt, and Käthe Sohnemann — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
- Willy Bandholz, Wilhelm Baumann, Helmut Berthold, Helmut Braselmann, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Georg Dascher, Kurt Dossin, Fritz Fromm, Hermann Hansen, Erich Herrmann, Heinrich Keimig, Hans Keiter, Alfred Klingler, Artur Knautz, Heinz Körvers, Karl Kreutzberg, Wilhelm Müller, Günther Ortmann, Edgar Reinhardt, Fritz Spengler, Rudolf Stahl, and Hans Theilig — Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Gotthard Handrick — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Gustav Schäfer — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Willi Eichhorn and Hugo StrauÃÂ — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Herbert Adamski, Dieter Arend and Gerhard Gustmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Rudolf Eckstein, Martin Karl, Willi Menne, and Toni Rom — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- Fritz Bauer, Ernst Gaber, Hans Maier, Paul Söllner, and Walter Volle — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Peter Bischoff and Hans-Joachim Weise — Sailing, Men's Star
- Cornelius van Oyen — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Josef Manger — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Silver
- Lutz Long — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Erwin Blask — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Anni Steuer — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
- Luise Krüger — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Michael Murach — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Richard Vogt — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Helmut Cämmerer — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
- Fritz Bondroit and Ewald Tilker — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs
- Erich Hanisch and Willi Horn — Canoeing, Men's F2 10,000 m Folding Kayak Pairs
- Friedrich Gerhard — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
- Helene Mayer — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Hermann auf der Heide, Ludwig Beisiegel, Erich Cuntz, Karl Dröse, Alfred Gerdes, Werner Hamel, Harald Huffmann, Erwin Keller, Herbert Kemmer, Werner Kubitzki, Paul Mehlitz, Carl Menke, Fritz Messner, Detlef Okrent, Heinrich Peter, Heinz Raack, Carl Ruck, Hans Scherbart, Heinz Schmalix, Tito Warnholtz, Kurt WeiÃÂ, and Erich Zander — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
- Willi Kaidel and Joachim Pirsch — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Werner Krogmann — Sailing, Men's Monotype Class
- Heinz Hax — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Erich Krempel — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- Erwin Sietas — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Martha Genenger — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Gisela Arendt, Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, and Inge Schmitz — Swimming, Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Paul Klingenburg, Bernhard Baier, Fritz Gunst, Gustav Schürger, Josef Hauser, Alfred Kienzle, Hans Schulze, Helmuth Schwenn, Hans Schneider, Heinrich Krug and Fritz Stolze — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
- Rudolf Ismayr — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Eugen Deutsch — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Fritz Schäfer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
- Ludwig Schweickert — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Wolfgang Ehrl — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze
- Alfred Dompert — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
- Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger, and Wilhelm Leichum — Athletics, Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Relay
- Helmut Hamann, Rudolf Harbig, Harry Voigt, and Friedrich von Stülpnagel — Athletics, Men's 4 à400 m Relay
- Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Käthe Krauà— Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Elfriede Kaun — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Paula Mollenhauer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Josef Miner — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Xaver Hörmann — Canoeing, Men's F1 10,000 m Folding Kayak Singles
- Erich Koschik — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
- Rudolf Karsch — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
- Hermann Stork — Diving, Men's Platform
- Käthe Köhler — Diving, Women's Platform
- Otto Adam, Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, August Heim, Siegried Lerdon, and Stefan Rosenbauer — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
- Erwin Casmir, Julius Eisenecker, Hans Esser, August Heim, Hans Jörger, and Richard Wahl — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
- Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Alfred Schwarzmann — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Matthias Volz — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Konrad Frey — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Hans-Joachim Hannemann, Heinz Kaufmann, Hans Kuschke, Werner Loeckle, Wilhelm Mahlow, Helmut Radach, Alfred Rieck, Herbert Schmidt, and Gerd Völs — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Fritz Bischoff, Hans Howaldt, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Eduard Mohr, Felix Scheder-Bieschin, and Otto Wachs — Sailing, 8 Meter Class
- Gisela Arendt — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Karl Jansen — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Adolf Wagner — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Jakob Brendel — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
- Kurt Hornfischer — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
- Johannes Herbert — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
- Erich Siebert — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Athletics
Basketball
First round
Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second round
Winners advanced to the third round, while losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.
Second consolation round
Winners advanced to the third round.
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1936.
Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Fencing
16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1936.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Field hockey
Group B
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Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Football
First round
Quarter-finals
Gymnastics
Handball
Preliminary round
Group A
Final round
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1936, with Gotthard Handrick winning gold.
Polo
Group B
Rowing
Germany had 26 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Germany in 1936. In the 25 m pistol event, Cornelius van Oyen won gold and Heinrich Hax won silver.
25 m rapid fire pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Swimming
Men
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
Women
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
<small>*Swimmer who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive a medal.</small>
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links