Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics
# 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.

The total of 38 gold and 101 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany.

## 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

## Basketball

### First round

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

### Second round

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

### Second consolation round

Winners advanced to the third round.

## Cycling

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

## Fencing

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

### 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 | |

* 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' |

## Handball

### 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 |

## Modern pentathlon

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

* Gotthard Handrick
* Hermann Lemp
* Herbert Bramfeld

## Rowing

Germany had 26 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.

### 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)

## Shooting

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
