Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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.^[1]

Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Berlin 1–16 August 1936
Competitors	433 (389 men and 44 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Hans Fritsch
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 33 Silver 26 Bronze 30 Total 89
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920–1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Saar (1952)  United Team of Germany (1956–1964)  East Germany (1968–1988)  West Germany (1968–1988)

The total of 33 gold and 89 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany.^[2]

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 10,000m Kayak Singles
• Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000m Kayak Pairs
• Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000m 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 Strauß — 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 80m 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 1000m Kayak Singles
• Fritz Bondroit and Ewald Tilker — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
• Erich Hanisch and Willi Horn — Canoeing, Men's F2 10,000m 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 Weiß, 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 200m Breaststroke
• Martha Genenger — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
• Gisela Arendt, Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, and Inge Schmitz — Swimming, Women's 4 × 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 3000m Steeplechase
• Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister, Gerd Hornberger, and Wilhelm Leichum — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Helmut Hamann, Rudolf Harbig, Harry Voigt, and Friedrich von Stülpnagel — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
• Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Käthe Krauß — 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 10,000m Folding Kayak Singles
• Erich Koschik — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Rudolf Karsch — Cycling, Men's 1000m 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 100m 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

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

First round

Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Switzerland	25–18	Germany	Berlin, Germany
	Scoring by half: 8–10, 17–8

Switzerland  v  Germany

Second round

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Italy	58–16	Germany	Berlin, Germany

Italy  v  Germany

Second consolation round

Winners advanced to the third round.

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Czechoslovakia	20–9	Germany	Berlin, Germany

Czechoslovakia  v  Germany

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Germany in 1936.

Individual road race

• Fritz Scheller
• Willi Meurer
• Fritz Ruland
• Emil Schöpflin

Team road race

• Fritz Scheller
• Willi Meurer
• Fritz Ruland
• Emil Schöpflin

Sprint

• Toni Merkens

Time trial

• Rudolf Karsch

Tandem

• Ernst Ihbe
• Carl Lorenz

Team pursuit

• Erich Arndt
• Heinz Hasselberg
• Heiner Hoffmann
• Karl Klöckner

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Leo Esser	3 m springboard	137.99	6
Winfried Mahraun		134.61	7
Erhard Weiß		141.21	5
Hermann Stork	10 m platform	110.31
Siegfried Viebahn		105.00	7
Erhard Weiß		110.15	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Gerda Daumerlang	3 m springboard	78.27	4
Suse Heinze		71.49	7
Olga Jensch-Jordan		77.98	5
Anne Ehscheidt	10 m platform	29.90	8
Anneliese Kapp		28.66	11
Käthe Köhler		33.43

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented Germany in 1936.

Men's foil

• Erwin Casmir
• Julius Eisenecker
• August Heim

Men's team foil

• Siegfried Lerdon, August Heim, Julius Eisenecker, Erwin Casmir, Stefan Rosenbauer, Otto Adam

Men's épée

• Siegfried Lerdon
• Ernst Röthig
• Otto Schröder

Men's team épée

• Siegfried Lerdon, Sepp Uhlmann, Hans Esser, Eugen Geiwitz, Ernst Röthig, Otto Schröder

Men's sabre

• Richard Wahl
• August Heim

Men's team sabre

• Richard Wahl, Julius Eisenecker, Erwin Casmir, August Heim, Hans Esser, Hans-Georg Jörger

Women's foil

• Helene Mayer
• Hedwig Haß
• Olga Oelkers

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	4	Semi-finals
2	Afghanistan	2	0	1	1	7	10	−3	1
3	Denmark	2	0	1	1	6	12	−6	1

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

6 August 1936 18:00 Germany  6–0  Denmark Report

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8 August 1936 16:30 Germany  4–1  Afghanistan Report

Semi-finals

12 August 1936 18:00 Germany  3–0  Netherlands

Gold medal match

15 August 1936 11:00 India  8–1  Germany Chand  32', 44', 45', 70' Tapsell  43' Jaffar  56' Dara  62', ?' Report Weiß  51'

Football

Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

First round

Germany	9–0	Luxembourg
Urban 16', 54', 75' Simetsreiter 32', 48', 74' Gauchel 49', 89' Elbern 76'	Report

4 August 1936

Berlin Poststadion

Attendance: 12.000

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

Quarter-finals

Germany	0–2	Norway
	Report	Isaksen 7', 83'

7 August 1936

Berlin Poststadion

Attendance: 55.000

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	2	2	0	0	51	1	+50	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	7	24	−17	2
United States	2	0	0	2	3	36	−33	0

Germany	22 – 0	Hungary
Hungary	7 – 2	United States
Germany	29 – 1	United States

Final round

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	3	3	0	0	45	18	+27	6
Austria	3	2	0	1	28	23	+5	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	22	32	−10	2
Hungary	3	0	0	3	18	40	−22	0

Germany	19 – 6	Hungary
Austria	11 – 6	Switzerland
Austria	11 – 7	Hungary
Germany	16 – 6	Switzerland
Switzerland	10 – 5	Hungary
Germany	10 – 6	Austria	Attendance: 100,000[3]

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1936, with Gotthard Handrick winning gold.

• Gotthard Handrick
• Hermann Lemp
• Herbert Bramfeld

Polo

Main article: Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Group B

Hungary	8–8	Germany

4 August

Hungary	16–6	Germany

6 August

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Germany had 26 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[4]

Men's single sculls

• Gustav Schäfer

Men's double sculls

• Willi Kaidel
• Joachim Pirsch

Men's coxless pair

• Willi Eichhorn
• Hugo Strauß

Men's coxed pair

• Gerhard Gustmann
• Herbert Adamski
• Dieter Arend (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Rudolf Eckstein
• Anton Rom
• Martin Karl
• Wilhelm Menne

Men's coxed four

• Hans Maier
• Walter Volle
• Ernst Gaber
• Paul Söllner
• Fritz Bauer (cox)

Men's eight

• Alfred Rieck
• Helmut Radach
• Hans Kuschke
• Heinz Kaufmann
• Gerd Völs
• Werner Loeckle
• Hans-Joachim Hannemann
• Herbert Schmidt
• Wilhelm Mahlow (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

• Cornelius van Oyen
• Heinrich Hax
• Georg Dern

50 m pistol

• Erich Krempel
• Paul Wehner
• Emil Martin

50 m rifle, prone

• Johann Schulz
• Erich Hotopf
• Arran Hoffmann

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helmuth Fischer	100 m freestyle	57.9	2 Q	58.7	4 Q	59.3	5
Hermann Heibel		1:01.4	2 Q	1:00.3	6	Did not advance
Heiko Schwartz		1:01.8	3	Did not advance
Heinz Arendt	400 m freestyle	4:57.2	3 q	5:13.4	5	Did not advance
Hans Freese		5:03.1	2 Q	4:58.5	5	Did not advance
Otto Przywara		5:11.7	2 Q	5:14.9	6	Did not advance
Heinz Arendt	1500 m freestyle	20:10.7	3 Q	19:56.1	4 q	19:59.0	7
Hans Freese		20:13.7	3 Q	20:27.6	5	Did not advance
Otto Przywara		20:59.0	3 Q	20:55.0	6	Did not advance
Heinz Schlauch	100 m backstroke	1:10.1	2 Q	1:10.8	4	Did not advance
Hans Schwarz		1:11.0	3 Q	1:11.8	7	Did not advance
Erwin Simon		1:11.7	4 q	1:11.7	6	Did not advance
Jochen Balke	200 m breaststroke	2:46.4	2 Q	2:45.4	2 Q	2:47.8	6
Arthur Heina		2:48.5	3 Q	2:47.3	5	Did not advance
Erwin Sietas		2:44.6	2 Q	2:44.8	3 Q	2:42.9
Werner Plath Hermann Heibel Wolfgang Heimlich Helmuth Fischer	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:21.4	2 Q	9:19.0	5

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gisela Arendt	100 m freestyle	1:07.3	2 Q	1:07.2	2 Q	1:06.6
Leni Lohmar		1:10.3	4	Did not advance
Inge Schmitz		1:10.9	5	Did not advance
Christel Rupke	100 m backstroke	1:23.7	5	Did not advance
Anni Stolte		1:23.1	4 Q	1:21.7	5	Did not advance
Martha Genenger	200 m breaststroke	3:02.9 OR	1 Q	3:02.8	1 Q	3:04.2
Hanni Hölzner		3:11.0	4 Q	3:08.8	3 Q	3:09.5	=4
Trude Wollschläger		3:08.5	1 Q	3:10.3	5	Did not advance
Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Inge Schmitz Gisela Arendt Ursula Pollack*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:40.5	2 Q	4:36.8

*Swimmer who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive a medal.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics