United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Events

• Archie Williams – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m race.
• Jesse Owens – Won 4 gold medals in the 100m race, the 200m race, the long jump, and the 4 × 100 m relay team.
• John Woodruff – Won 1 gold medal in the 800m race.
• Mack Robinson – Won 1 silver medal in the 200m race.
• Ralph Metcalfe – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team and 1 silver medal in the 100m race.
• James LuValle – Won 1 bronze medal in the 400m race.
• Glenn Cunningham – Won 1 silver medal in the 1500m race.
• Forrest Towns – Won 1 gold medal in the 110m hurdles.
• Fritz Pollard – Won 1 bronze medal in the 110m hurdles.
• Glenn Hardin – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m hurdles.
• Foy Draper – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Frank Wykoff – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Eddie O'Brien – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Harold Cagle – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Robert Young – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Alfred Fitch – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
• Cornelius Johnson – Won 1 gold medal in the high jump.
• Dave Albritton – Won 1 silver medal in the high jump.
• Delos Thurber – Won 1 bronze medal in the high jump.
• Earle Meadows – Won 1 gold medal in the pole vault.
• Ken Carpenter – Won 1 gold medal in the discus.
• Gordon Dunn – Won 1 silver medal in the discus.
• Glenn Morris – Won 1 gold medal in the decathlon.
• Bob Clark – Won 1 silver medal in the decathlon.
• Jack Parker – Won 1 bronze medal in the decathlon.

Basketball

The men's basketball team won the gold medal. The players were as follows:

• Sam Balter
• Ralph Bishop
• Joe Fortenberry
• Tex Gibbons
• Francis Johnson
• Carl Knowles
• Frank Lubin
• Art Mollner
• Donald Piper
• Jack Ragland
• Willard Schmidt
• Carl Shy
• Duane Swanson
• Bill Wheatley

Boxing

• Jack Wilson – Won 1 silver medal in the bantamweight.
• Louis Laurie – Won 1 bronze medal in the flyweight.

Canoeing

• Ernest Riedel – Won 1 bronze medal in K1 10000 meters.

Football (soccer)

Results

• U.S. 0–1 Italy

Roster

• Charles Altemose

• Frank Bartkus

• Edward Begley

• Julius Chmielewski

• James Crockett

• William Fiedler

• Andrew Gajda

• Frank Greinert

• Fred Lutkefedder

• George Nemchik

• Peter Pietras

• Francis Ryan

• Fred Zbikowski

• Fritz Stoll

• Rob Denton

Rowing

The men's eight-man team won the gold medal. The team consisted of the following rowers:

• Herbert Morris
• Charles Day
• Gordon Adam
• John White
• James McMillin
• George Hunt
• Joe Rantz
• Don Hume
• Robert Moch

Women competitors

Athletics

• Helen Stephens – Won 2 gold medals in the 100m race and the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Harriet Bland – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Betty Robinson – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
• Annette Rogers – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

• Famous swimmer Eleanor Holm was suspended by Avery Brundage over "a drinking episode" while she was traveling to Germany together with other American athletes. She had swum in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, winning gold in 1932. Holm's Olympic teammates unsuccessfully petitioned to have her dismissal overturned. She was the top favorite for the 100-meter backstroke event, and watched from the stands as the gold medal went to Dutch swimmer Nida Senff. Decades later, Holm told Olympic sprinter Dave Sime that Brundage held a grudge from an incident in which he propositioned her, and she turned him down.^[4] Brundage was one of the most controversial figures in the US Olympic history, known for his racist and sexist remarks and actions and also for appeasing dictatorships, such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

• Louis Zamperini – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter event.
• Don Lash – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter events.
• Ellison Brown – marathon runner.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented the United States in 1936.

Individual road race

• Albert Byrd
• Charles Morton
• Paul Nixon
• John Sinibaldi

Team road race

• Albert Byrd
• Charles Morton
• Paul Nixon
• John Sinibaldi

Sprint

• Al Sellinger

Time trial

• Al Sellinger

Tandem

• William Logan
• Al Sellinger

Team pursuit

• Albert Byrd
• William Logan
• Charles Morton
• John Sinibaldi

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. 22 fencers represented the United States in 1936.

Men's foil

• Joe Levis
• Hugh Alessandroni
• Bill Pecora

Men's team foil

• Joe Levis, Hugh Alessandroni, John Potter, John Hurd, Warren Dow, Bill Pecora

Men's épée

• Frederick Weber
• Gustave Heiss
• Frank Righeimer

Men's team épée

• Frank Righeimer, Thomas Sands, Tracy Jaeckel, Gustave Heiss, José Raoul de Capriles, Andrew Boyd

Men's sabre

• John Huffman
• Peter Bruder
• Norman Cohn-Armitage

Men's team sabre

• Peter Bruder, Miguel de Capriles, Bela De Nagy, John Huffman, Samuel Stewart, Norman Cohn-Armitage

Women's foil

• Marion Lloyd
• Dorothy Locke
• Joanna de Tuscan

Football (soccer)

See main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics. 16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented the United States in 1936.

Men's team

• Frank Cumiskey
• Kenny Griffin
• Frank Haubold
• Al Jochim
• Fred Meyer
• Chet Phillips
• Artie Pitt
• George Wheeler

Women's team

• Jennie Caputo
• Connie Caruccio-Lenz
• Margaret Duff
• Irma Haubold
• Marie Kibler
• Ada Lunardoni
• Adelaide Meyer
• Mary Wright

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.

• Charles Leonard
• Alfred Starbird
• Frederick Weber

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1936.^[5]

Men's single sculls

• Dan Barrow

Men's double sculls

• John Houser
• Bill Dugan

Men's coxless pair

• Harry Sharkey
• George Dahm

Men's coxed pair

• Tom Curran
• Joe Dougherty
• George Loveless (cox)

Men's coxless four

• James Thomson
• Eugene Fruehauf
• George Hague
• Alfred Sapecky

Men's coxed four

• William Haskins
• Roger W. Cutler Jr.
• Paul Austin
• Robert B. Cutler
• Edward Bennett (cox)

Men's eight

• Herbert Morris
• Charles Day
• Gordon Adam
• John White
• James McMillin
• George Hunt
• Joe Rantz
• Don Hume
• Robert Moch (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented the United States in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

• Ingals Fisher
• Morris Doob
• Dean Hudnutt

50 m pistol

• Elliott Jones
• William Riedell
• Ralph Marshall

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1936/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-06-06 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: 1936 Summer Olympics Overview. Olympedia.
3. Web site: Berlin 1936 Medal Table. International Olympic Committee.
4. Maraniss, David (2008). Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. New York, Simon & Schuster. p. 415. .
5. United States Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1936/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 March 2018.