Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Olympic football tournament was won by Italy. They were the favourites to win, having won the FIFA World Cup in 1934. The host nation, Germany, were also one of the favourites at the start of the competition. They had only lost at home once in three years. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals. The bronze- and gold-medal games were watched by a combined total of 195,000 people.

Men's football at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	Aug 3-15
Medalists
Italy national football team  Italy   Austria national football team  Austria   Norway national football team  Norway
«1928	1948»

A ball of the competitions is on display at the German Leather Museum

Medalists

Italy Bruno Venturini Alfredo Foni Pietro Rava Giuseppe Baldo Achille Piccini Ugo Locatelli Annibale Frossi Libero Marchini Luigi Scarabello Carlo Biagi Giulio Cappelli Sergio Bertoni Alfonso Negro Francesco Gabriotti	Austria Franz Fuchsberger Max Hofmeister Eduard Kainberger Karl Kainberger Martin Kargl Josef Kitzmüller Anton Krenn Ernst Künz Adolf Laudon Franz Mandl Klement Steinmetz Karl Wahlmüller Walter Werginz	Norway Henry Johansen Fredrik Horn Nils Eriksen Frithjof Ulleberg Jørgen Juve Rolf Holmberg Sverre Hansen Magnar Isaksen Alf Martinsen Reidar Kvammen Arne Brustad Øivind Holmsen Odd Frantzen Magdalon Monsen

First round

Italy	1–0	United States
Frossi  58'	Report

August 3, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER)

Attendance: 9.000

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Norway	4–0	Turkey
Martinsen  30'  70' Brustad  53' Kvammen  80'	Report

August 3, 1936
17:30

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA)

Attendance: 8.000

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Empire of Japan	3–2	Sweden
Kamo  49' Ukon  62' Matsunaga  85'	Report	Persson  24'  37'

August 4, 1936
17:30

Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER)

Attendance: 5.000

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

August 4, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

Attendance: 12.000

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Poland	3–0	Hungary
Gad  12'  27' Wodarz  88'	Report

August 5, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)

Attendance: 5.000

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Austria	3–1	Egypt
Steinmetz  4'  65' Laudon  7'	Report	Sakr  85'

August 5, 1936
17:30

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)

Attendance: 6.000

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Peru	7–3	Finland
Fernández  17'  33'  47'  49'  70' Villanueva  21'  67'	Report	Kanerva  42' (pen.) Grönlund  75' Larvo  80'

August 6, 1936
17:30

Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 2.500

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Great Britain	2–0	China
Doods  55' Finch  65'	Report

August 6, 1936
17:30

Mommsenstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Helmut Fink (GER)

Quarter finals

Italy	8–0	Empire of Japan
Frossi  14'  75'  80' Biagi  32'  57'  81'  82' Cappelli  89'	Report

August 7, 1936
17:30

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE)

Attendance: 8.000

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Germany	0–2	Norway
	Report	Isaksen  7'  83'

August 7, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Attendance: 55.000

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Poland	5–4	Great Britain
Gad  33' Wodarz  43'  48'  53' Piec  56'	Report	Clements  26' Shearer  71' Joy  78'  80'

August 8, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE)

Attendance: 6.000

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Peru	4–2 (a.e.t.) 1	Austria
Alcade  75' Villanueva  81'  117' Fernández  119'	Report	Wergin  23' Steinmetz  37'

August 8, 1936
17:30

Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)

Attendance: 5.000

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Replay

Peru	0–2 2	Austria

August 10, 1936
17:30

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 0

¹ Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void. It was ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru did not accept this decision and withdrew from the tournament.

Semi finals

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Norway
Negro  15' Frossi  96'	Report	Brustad  58'

August 10, 1936
17:00

Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Attendance: 95.000

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

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Austria	3–1	Poland
Kainberger  14' Laudon  55' Mandl  88'	Report	Gad  73'

August 11, 1936
17:00

Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Attendance: 82.000

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Bronze medal match

Norway	3–2	Poland
Brustad  15'  21'  84'	Report	Wodarz  5' Peterek  24' (pen.)

August 13, 1936
16:00

Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER)

Attendance: 95.000

The Final (Gold medal match)

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria
Frossi  70'  92'	Report	Kainberger  79'

August 15, 1936
16:00

Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER)

Attendance: 85.000

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 August – Berlin

Italy

1

7 August – Berlin

United States

0

Italy

8

4 August – Berlin

Japan

0

Japan

3

10 August – Berlin

Sweden

2

Italy (AET)

2

3 August – Berlin

Norway

1

Norway

4

7 August – Berlin

Turkey

0

Norway

2

4 August – Berlin

Germany

0

Germany

9

15 August – Berlin

Luxembourg

0

Italy (AET)

2

5 August – Berlin

Austria

1

Austria

3

8 August – Berlin

Egypt

1

Austria

2

6 August – Berlin

Peru

02

Peru

7

11 August – Berlin

Finland

3

Austria

3

5 August – Berlin

Poland

1

Third place

Poland

3

8 August – Berlin

13 August – Berlin

Hungary

0

Poland

5

Norway

3

6 August – Berlin

Great Britain

4

Poland

2

Great Britain

2

China

0

²Awarded.

Final ranking

1.  Italy
2.  Austria
3.  Norway
4.  Poland
5.  Peru
6.  Great Britain
7.  Germany
8.  Japan
9.  China
10.  Finland
11.  Egypt
12.  Hungary
13.  Luxembourg
14.  Sweden
15.  Turkey
16.  United States

Other websites

• Olympic Football Tournament Berlin 1936 Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Archive