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 38 Silver 31 Bronze 32 Total 101
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)

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]

The total of 38 gold and 101 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

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

Second consolation round

Winners advanced to the third round.

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

Team road race

Sprint

Toni Merkens

Time trial

Rudolf Karsch

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

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

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

4 August 1936

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

Berlin Poststadion

Attendance: 12.000

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

Quarter-finals

7 August 1936

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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	2	2	0	51	1	+50	4
Hungary	2	1	1	7	24	−17	2
United States	2	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	3	3	0	45	18	+27	6
Austria	3	2	1	28	23	+5	4
Switzerland	3	1	2	22	32	−10	2
Hungary	3	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]