1936 Winter Olympics medal table
| 1936 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
 Ivar Ballangrud of Norway won the most gold medals and overall medals for an individual at the 1936 Winter Olympics, winning three and four respectively in men's speed skating. | |
| Location | Garmisch-Partenkirchen,  Germany |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Norway (7) |
| Most total medals | Norway (15) |
| Medalling NOCs | 11 |
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 6 to 16 February 1936. A total of 646 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, 11 NOCs more than the last Winter Games in Lake Placid, United States. The games featured 17 events in 4 sports across 8 disciplines. These games were the last time that the same country hosted the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics in the same year, with the 1936 Summer Olympics being held after from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin.[1][2][3][a]
Overall, athletes representing 11 NOCs won at least one medal, and 8 NOCs won at least one gold medal. Norway won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 7 and 15 respectively.[6] Germany's team obtained their first Winter Olympic gold medal, with alpine skier Christl Cranz winning the women's combined event.[7][b] Norway and Sweden both achieved podium sweeps at the games, with the former in the individual nordic combined event with Oddbjørn Hagen winning the gold, Olaf Hoffsbakken winning the silver, and Sverre Brodahl winning the bronze, and the latter in the men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event with Elis Wiklund winning the gold, Axel Wikström winning the silver, and Nils-Joel Englund winning the bronze.[10][11]
Speed skater Ivar Ballangrud of Norway won the most gold medals and overall medals for an individual at the games, with three and four respectively. Ballangrud became the first athlete since middle- and long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, to attain the greatest Olympic performance by an individual.[12]
Medal table
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The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[13][14] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[15]
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Germany* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1940 Winter Olympics and 1940 Summer Olympics were both planned to be held in Japan, with Sapporo hosting the Winter Games and Tokyo hosting the Summer Games but were both cancelled due to World War II.[4][5]
- ^ Germany also won two other gold medals during the games, though Cranz's event was held before the other two, therefore making her Germany's first Winter Olympic gold medalist.[8][9]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Factsheet: The Winter Olympic Games" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. October 14, 2021. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Factsheet The Games of the Olympiad" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Organizing Committee for the IV Olympic Winter Games 1936, pp. 437–438.
- ^ Brockell, Gillian (24 March 2020). "This isn't the first time Olympics in Japan have been disrupted". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Games of the XII Olympiad Cancelled 1940". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Olympics Ski Title Goes to German Girl". Brooklyn Citizen. United Press. 8 February 1936. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Combined, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Archived from the original on December 15, 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Canada Must Tie Germany In Game Tonight To Gain Finals". Ottawa Citizen. The Canadian Press. 13 February 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 2 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Winter Olympic Cross-country Sweeps". Toronto Star. 24 February 2014. p. 49. Retrieved 2 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Olympic Crown to Ballangrud". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 15 February 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 2 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Olympic Medal Table - Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- IV Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht [IV Olympic Winter Games 1936 Official Report] (PDF). Organizing Committee for the IV Olympic Winter Games 1936 (Report) (in German). 1936. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2025 – via LA84 Foundation.
External links
[edit]- "Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1936 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
