Australia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
# Australia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 32 competitors, 28 men and 4 women, took part in 26 events in 7 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. In terms of medals won Berlin 1936 was Australia's poorest result at the Summer Olympics, winning just a single bronze in the Men's triple jump.

## Medalist

The following Australian competitor won a medal at the games.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 6 August 1936 |

## Athletics

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* NP = Not placed

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Gerald Backhouse | 800 m | 1:57.7 | 1 Q | 1:53.2 | 2 Q | | 8 |
| Gerald Backhouse | 1500 m | | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alf Watson | 110 m hurdles | 15.1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alf Watson | 400 m hurdles | 54.5 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jack Metcalfe | high jump | 1.85 | 1T Q | 1.85 | 12 |
| Jack Metcalfe | triple jump | | Q | 15.50 | |
| Basil Dickinson | triple jump | | Q | 14.48 | 16 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Doris Carter | high jump | 1.55 | 6T |

## Boxing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Henry Cooper | flyweight | Sobkowiak (POL) L KO2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leonard Cook | welterweight | Pisarski (POL) W PTS | Suvio (FIN) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leslie Harley | light heavyweight | van Bueren (SUI) W PTS | Havelka (TCH) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road race

| Cyclist | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank |
| Tassy Johnson | Road race | 2:33:08 | 16T |
| Chris Wheeler | Road race | Unknown | Unknown |

### Track

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Cyclist | Event | First round | First round | First repechage | First repechage | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dunc Gray | Sprint | | 2 | 13.0 | 1 Q | 12.2 | 1 Q | | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Tassy Johnson | Time trial | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:15.8 | 11 |

## Diving

| Diver | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Diver | Event | Points | Rank |
| Ron Masters | 3 m springboard | 115.72 | 14 |
| Ron Masters | 10 m platform | 86.95 | 15 |

## Rowing

Australia had 12 rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1936.

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Rower | Event | First round | First round | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rower | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Cecil Pearce | Single sculls | 7:27.0 | 4 r | 7:33.2 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bill Dixon Herb Turner | Double sculls | 6:55.6 | 4 | — | — | 7:58.8 | 1 | 7:45.1 | 6 |
| Len Einsaar Joe Gould Mervyn Wood Walter Jordan George Elias Wal Mackney William Cross Don Ferguson Norman Ella | Eight | | 4 r | — | — | 6:55.1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

### Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bill Kendall | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.0 | 3 q | 59.9 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Percy Oliver | 100 m backstroke | 1:10.2 | 2 Q | 1:09.4 | 3 Q | 1:10.7 | 7 |

### Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Evelyn de Lacy | 400 m freestyle | 5:51.9 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Evelyn de Lacy | 100 m freestyle | 1:08.5 | 2 Q | 1:10.0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kitty Mackay | 100 m freestyle | 1:13.8 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kitty Mackay | 100 m backstroke | 1:24.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pat Norton | 100 m backstroke | 1:22.3 | 3 Q | 1:21.9 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wrestling

### Men's

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dick Garrard | lightweight | Romagnoli (ITA) L | Kárpáti (HUN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John O'Hara | welterweight | Paar (GER) L | Samec (TCH) W | Andersson (SWE) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eddie Scarf | light heavyweight | Beke (BEL) W | Prokop (TCH) L | Siebert (GER) L | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
