United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1936 Summer Olympics
United States at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Berlin
Competitors	359 (313 men and 46 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Al Jochim
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 24 Silver 21 Bronze 12 Total 57
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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:

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

Rowing

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

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

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

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

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented the United States in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Al Sellinger

Time trial

Al Sellinger

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

22 fencers represented the United States in 1936.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

Football (soccer)

Gymnastics

16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented the United States in 1936.

Men's team

Women's team

Handball

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.

Rowing

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

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

US Athletes:

2-person Keelboat, open - Star Class

William G. Waterhouse and Woody Metcalf.

Shooting

Six shooters represented the United States in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

50 m pistol

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "United States at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ "1936 Summer Olympics Overview". Olympedia.
^ "Berlin 1936 Medal Table". International Olympic Committee.
^ Maraniss, David (2008). Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. New York, Simon & Schuster. p. 415. ISBN 1-4165-3407-5.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2018.