1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games , was a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. The country also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin. It was the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games both took place in the same country.
The 1936 Winter Olympics were organized on behalf of the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise by Karl Ritter von Halt, who had been named president of the committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.
Highlights
- German skier Willy Bogner took the Olympic oath during the opening ceremonies.
- Alpine skiing made its first appearance in the winter Olympics as the combined, which added a skier's results in both the downhill and slalom. German athletes Franz Pfnür won men's alpine and Christl Cranz won women's alpine events.
- Ivar Ballangrud won three out of the four speed skating races.
- Sonja Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in woman's figure skating.
- Switzerland won the 4 man bobsled in a time of 5:19.85.
- Great Britain upset 1932 gold medalists Canada in ice hockey when Edgar Brenchley scored the winning goal within the last ninety seconds.
- The country who won the overall games was Norway with a total of 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.
- These games had the largest and heaviest medals ever awarded to athletes: diameter, thick, weighing.
Sports
- Skating
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- Skiing
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Demonstration sports
- Military patrol
- Ice stock sport
Venues
- Große Olympiaschanze – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and Ski Jumping.
- Gudiberg – Alpine skiing
- Kreuzjoch – Alpine skiing
- Kreuzeck – Alpine skiing
- Olympia-Kunsteisstadion – Figure skating and Ice hockey
- Riessersee and surrounding areas – Bobsleigh, Ice hockey, and Speed skating
Participating nations
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