Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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Venue | Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin |
Dates | 8–15 August 1936 |
No. of events | 11 |
Competitors | 248 from 29 nations |
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] The competitions were held from Saturday August 8, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936. There was a total of 248 participants from 29 countries competing.[2]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
2 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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100 m freestyle details | Ferenc Csik Hungary | Masanori Yusa Japan | Shigeo Arai Japan |
400 m freestyle details | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan | Shozo Makino Japan |
1500 m freestyle details | Noboru Terada Japan | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan |
100 m backstroke details | Adolph Kiefer United States | Al Vande Weghe United States | Masaji Kiyokawa Japan |
200 m breaststroke details | Tetsuo Hamuro Japan | Erwin Sietas Germany | Reizo Koike Japan |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan (JPN) Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa | United States (USA) Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf | Hungary (HUN) Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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100 m freestyle details | Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands | Jeannette Campbell Argentina | Gisela Arendt Germany |
400 m freestyle details | Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands | Ragnhild Hveger Denmark | Lenore Wingard United States |
100 m backstroke details | Nida Senff Netherlands | Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands | Alice Bridges United States |
200 m breaststroke details | Hideko Maehata Japan | Martha Genenger Germany | Inge Sørensen Denmark |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Netherlands (NED) Rie Mastenbroek Willy den Ouden Jopie Selbach Tini Wagner | Germany (GER) Gisela Arendt Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz | United States (USA) Mavis Freeman Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Katherine Rawls |
Participating nations
248 swimmers from 29 nations competed.[2]
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References
- ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 January 2007.