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The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936 ), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session ...
1906 Intercalated Games. The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
200 m. 1936 Berlin. 4×100 m relay. 1936 Berlin. Long jump. James Cleveland " Jesse " Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [ 3] Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and ...
Great Britain at the1936 Summer Olympics. Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports. [1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games .
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Berlin, Germany, from 1 August to 16 August. Berlin had previously been chosen to host the 1916 Summer Olympics, which were subsequently cancelled due to the First World War. [ 1] The 1936 Games had 3,963 athletes from 49 ...
t. e. The men's marathon event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 9. Fifty-six athletes from 27 nations competed. [ 1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The race was won by Sohn Kee-chung, a Korean athlete competing for Japan; Sohn refused to acknowledge the Japanese ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses icons, flags, and symbols to elevate the Olympic Games. These symbols include those commonly used during Olympic competitions such as the flame, fanfare, and theme and those used throughout the years, such as the Olympic flag . The Olympic flag was created in 1913 under the guidance of Baron de ...
The Opening Ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics was the official opening ceremony held on September 1, 1936, at the Reichssportsfeld in Berlin, Germany. [ 1][ 2] It was attended by the German Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, as well as several high-profile Nazi figures. [ 3][ 4] German weightlifter Rudolf Ismayr gave the Olympic Oath.