The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.

The 1936 Winter Olympics were organized on behalf of the Sports Office of the Third Reich (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt. Von Halt had been named President of the Committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch by Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.

Highlights

• 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 won both the men's and women's 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.
• 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: 100 mm diameter, 4 mm thick, 324 grams.

Sports

A total of 17 events in 8 sporting disciplines were contested at these Games:

• Alpine skiing (2)
• Bobsleigh (2)
• Figure skating (3)
• Ice hockey (1)
• Nordic skiing
  • Cross-country skiing (3)
  • Nordic combined (1)
  • Ski jumping (1)
• Speed skating (4)

Demonstration sports

• Military patrol
• Ice stock sport

Venues

• Große Olympiaschanze - cross country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined
• Riessersee and surrounding area - bobsleigh, ice hockey, and speed skating.

Participating nations

28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Medal count

Bibliography

Berlin Games ? How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream, by Guy Walters ISBN 0-7195-6783-1 (UK) 0060874120 (USA)

See also

• Sports Office of Nazi Germany

External links

• Complete official IOC report. In English
• The program of the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics

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