Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics
in Berlin
, eleven swimming
events were contested, six for men and five for women. 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.
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, eleven swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
events were contested, six for men and five for women. 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.
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
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Men's events
| 100 m freestyle |
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| 400 m freestyle |
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| 1500 m freestyle |
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| 100 m backstroke |
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| 200 m breaststroke |
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| 4×200 m freestyle relay |
Shigeo Arai Shigeo Arai was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay and bronze medal for 100 m freestyle in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was killed in Burma on July 18, 1944.... Shigeo Sugiura Shigeo Sugiura was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics, alongside Masanori Yusa, Masaharu Taguchi, and Shigeo Arai.-External links:*... Masaharu Taguchi Masaharu Taguchi was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics, alongside Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, and Shigeo Arai.-External links:*... Masanori Yusa Masanori Yusa was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics... |
Ralph Flanagan Ralph Flanagan (swimmer) Ralph Drew Flanagan was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event, was fourth in the 400 m freestyle event and fifth in the 1500 m freestyle event.He died in Los Alamitos, California.-External links:*... John Macionis John Macionis John Joseph Macionis is a former American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Born in Philadelphia, Macionis swam for Big Brothers, Germantown Y.M.C.A., and Central High School, where he captained the swim team and set a world's record in the 200 yard freestyle in 1933... Jack Medica Jack Medica Jack Chapman Medica was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle event and silver medals in the 1500-meter freestyle event and in 4x200-meter freestyle relay event.After his retirement, brought on by World War... Paul Wolf Paul Wolf Paul G. Wolf was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event.He was born in Madison, Indiana and died in Pasadena, California.... |
Oszkár Abay-Nemes Oszkár Abay-Nemes Oszkár Abay-Nemes was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event. He was also seventh in his semifinal of the 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.-External links:*... Ferenc Csik Ferenc Csík Ferenc Csik was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle event and a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event. Csik went on to become a medical doctor, and died in an air raid while assisting a... Ödön Gróf Ödön Gróf Ödön Gróf was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event... Árpád Lengyel Árpad Lengyel Árpád Lengyel was an Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kaposvár and died in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States.... |
Women's events
| 100 m freestyle |
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| 400 m freestyle |
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| 100 m backstroke |
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| 200 m breaststroke |
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| 4×100 m freestyle relay |
Rie Mastenbroek Rie Mastenbroek Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Biography:... Willy den Ouden Willy den Ouden Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the world record for the 100 m freestyle swimming for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956.... Jopie Selbach Jopie Selbach Johanna "Jopie" Katarina Selbach was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany she won the gold medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Willy den Ouden, Rie Mastenbroek and Tini Wagner.She was born in Haarlem and died in... Tini Wagner Tini Wagner Catharina "Tini" Wilhelmina Wagner was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.She was born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.... |
Gisela Arendt Gisela Arendt Gisela Arendt was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event and a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle event.-External links:*... Ruth Halbsguth Ruth Halbsguth Ruth Halbsguth was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event.-External links:*... Leni Lohmar Leni Lohmar Magdalena "Leni" Lohmar was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.... Ingeborg Schmitz Ingeborg Schmitz Ingeborg "Inge" Schmitz is a former German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event. She was also fifth in her first round heat of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.-External links:*... |
Mavis Freeman Mavis Freeman Mavis Ann Freeman was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 Olympics Freeman won a bronze medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event.-External links:*... Bernice Lapp Bernice Lapp Bernice Ruth Lapp was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.... Olive McKean Olive McKean Olive Mary McKean was an American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.... Katherine Rawls Katherine Rawls Katherine Louise Rawls was a multiple United States national champion in swimming and diving in the 1930s.-Swimming career:... |