Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics

1936 Winter Olympics

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...

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

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Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Sunday February 9, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...	Men's individual
	Erik Pausin Erik Pausin Erik Pausin was an Austrian pair skater. With his sister and partner Ilse Pausin, he won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 15. They won five consecutive silver medals at the World Figure Skating Championships and three consecutive silver medals at the European Figure Skating...	Figure skating Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Sunday February 9, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...	Pairs
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Sunday February 9, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...	Men's individual
		Speed skating Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, Thursday, February 13, 1936, and on Friday, February 14, 1936.-Medal summary:...	Men's 10,000 metres

Alpine skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Käthe Lettner	Combined	7:02.4	23	1:43.4	1:52.9	16	68.88	20
Grete Weikert		6:47.0	21	1:41.9 (+0:06)	1:52.9	15	70.47	18
Hertha Rosmini		6:40.8	20	1:49.2 (+0:06)	1:48.0	17	70.69	17
Grete Nissl		6:12.8	14	1:38.5	1:38.7	10	76.86	13

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Hans Stürer Hans Stürer Hans Stürer was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 13th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:*... Hans Rottensteiner Hans Rottensteiner Hans Rottensteiner was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 13th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:**...	Two-man	1:28.12	8	1:25.20	11	1:30.55	14	1:28.13	17	5:52.00	13
AUT-2	Hans Volckmar Hans Volckmar Hans Volckmar was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 19th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:**... Anton Kaltenberger Anton Kaltenberger Anton Kaltenberger is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1931 FIBT World Championships in Oberhof....	Two-man	1:33.71	20	1:26.28	14	1:30.50	13	1:31.81	20	6:02.30	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Franz Lorenz Franz Lorenz Franz Lorenz was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. In 1928 he finished 22nd in the four-man event.-References:*** - p. 415.... Richard Lorenz Richard Lorenz Richard Lorenz is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. In 1928 he finished 22nd in the four-man event.-References:*** - p. 415.... Franz Wohlgemuth Franz Wohlgemuth Franz Wohlgemuth was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.-References:*** - p. 415.... Rudolf Höll Rudolf Höll Rudolf Höll is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 11th in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:** - p. 415.*...	Four-man	1:27.38	13	1:26.84	12	1:26.17	12	1:24.74	11	5:45.13	11
AUT-2	Viktor Wigelbeyer Viktor Wigelbeyer Vikotr Wigelbeyer was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.... Franz Bednar Franz Bednar Franz Bednar is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:** - p. 415.*... Robert Bednar Robert Bednar Robert Bednar is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid 1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-References:** - p. 415.*... Johann Baptist Gudenus Johann Baptist Gudenus Johann Baptist Theodor Gudenus was an Austrian sprinter and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished 12th and last in the two-man event...	Four-man	1:30.70	14	1:29.62	14	1:30.95	14	1:26.64	13	5:57.91	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Franz Gallwitz	1'27:28	41
	Fred Rössner	1'27:05	39
	Hans Jamnig	1'26:20	36
	Harald Bosio Harald Bosio Harald Bosio was an Austrian cross country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s and in the 1930s...	1'24:39	28

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Alfred Rössner Alfred Rössner Alfred "Fred" Rössner was an Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.He was born in Sankt Johann am Tauern and died in Salzburg.... Harald Bosio Harald Bosio Harald Bosio was an Austrian cross country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s and in the 1930s... Erich Gallwitz Erich Gallwitz Erich Gallwitz is an Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Austrian relay team which finished eighth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the 18 km event he finished 41st.... Hans Baumann Hans Baumann (skier) Hans Baumann is an Austrian cross-country and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he was a member of the Austrian relay team which finished eighth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the Nordic combined event he finished 17th.-References:...	3'02:48	8

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Hellmut May	Men's singles	14	15	96	354.8	14
Leopold Linhart		16	7	80	364.2	11
Felix Kaspar Felix Kaspar Felix Kaspar was an Austrian figure skater, twice World champion, and 1936 bronze medalist....		5	2	24	400.1
Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he was a dual Olympic Champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics, a seven-time World Champion and the eight-time European Champion...		1	1	7	422.7

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Bianca Schenk	Women's singles	16	14	102	356.4	14
Grete Lainer		10	11	65	373.4	9
Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games and won the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1937 and 1938.-Results:...		9	4	49	381.8	7
Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf was an Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States.Stenuf first became known in the United States when she accompanied the Austrian champion Karl Schäfer on an exhibition tour in North America in 1934, when she was only 11 years old...		8	3	40	387.6	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Eleanore Bäumel Fritz Wächtler	113	8.8	14
Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin-Ulrich was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother and partner Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17... Erik Pausin Erik Pausin Erik Pausin was an Austrian pair skater. With his sister and partner Ilse Pausin, he won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 15. They won five consecutive silver medals at the World Figure Skating Championships and three consecutive silver medals at the European Figure Skating...	19.5	11.4

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	24	3	6
	3	2	1	0	11	7	4
	3	1	2	0	11	12	2
	3	0	3	0	3	27	0

7 February		2-1 (0-0,0-0,2-1)
8 February		5-2 (4-0,1-2,0-0)
9 February		7-1 (4-0,0-0,3-1)

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	5	1	6
	3	2	1	0	6	4	4
	3	1	0	2	3	6	2
	3	0	3	0	1	4	0

11 February		1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)
12 February		1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)
13 February		2-1 (0-0,2-1,0-0)

Contestants Hermann Weiß  Hans Trauttenberg  Rudolf Vojta  Oskar Nowak  Fritz Demmer  Franz Csöngei  Hans Tatzer  Willibald Stanek  Lambert Neumaier  Franz Schüßler  Emil Seidler  Sepp Göbl

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event

Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...

 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Walter Delle Karth Walter Delle Karth Walter Delle Karth Jr. is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s...	Individual	1'37:14	125.8	46	48.0	49.5	207.4	4	333.2	33
Markus Mayer		1'27:31	173.7	28	47.0	49.5	188.2	23	361.9	25
Hubert Köstinger		1'25:09	186.0	15	44.0	48.0	189.2	20	375.2	15
Hans Baumann Hans Baumann (skier) Hans Baumann is an Austrian cross-country and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he was a member of the Austrian relay team which finished eighth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the Nordic combined event he finished 17th.-References:...		1'22:49	198.5	7	40.0	44.0	173.6	36	372.1	17

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Franz Aschenwald	Normal hill	64.5	96.7	31	55.5	88.9	38	185.6	36
Sepp Bradl		64.0	98.9	28	70.5	105.1	14	204.0	19
Hans Mariacher		65.5	100.3	26	69.0	101.2	22	201.5	25
Rudolf Rieger		68.0	102.6	16	67.5	97.8	30	200.4	26

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Gustav Slanec	46.7	24
	Ferdinand Preindl	46.4	21
	Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He finished sixth in the 1500 metres competition, eighth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 10000 metres competition, and 13th in the 500 metres event.-External links:* *...	45.1	13
	Karl Leban Karl Leban Karl Leban was an Austrian speed skater and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	44.8	6
1500 m	Ferdinand Preindl	2:29.0	25
	Karl Leban Karl Leban Karl Leban was an Austrian speed skater and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	2:24.3	12
	Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He finished sixth in the 1500 metres competition, eighth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 10000 metres competition, and 13th in the 500 metres event.-External links:* *...	2:22.2	6
	Max Stiepl Max Stiepl Maximilian "Max" Stiepl was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 10000 metres competition...	2:21.6	5
5000 m	Karl Prochaska	9:02.6	24
	Willy Löwinger	8:53.9	19
	Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He finished sixth in the 1500 metres competition, eighth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 10000 metres competition, and 13th in the 500 metres event.-External links:* *...	8:38.4	8
	Max Stiepl Max Stiepl Maximilian "Max" Stiepl was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 10000 metres competition...	8:35.0	5
10,000 m	Franz Ortner	19:19.1	27
	Willy Löwinger	18:46.5	24
	Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek Karl Wazulek was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He finished sixth in the 1500 metres competition, eighth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 10000 metres competition, and 13th in the 500 metres event.-External links:* *...	17:57.1	11
	Max Stiepl Max Stiepl Maximilian "Max" Stiepl was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 10000 metres competition...	17:30.0