The United States, the previous host of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, 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.
Medalists Athletics Men's events Archie Williams – Won 1 gold medal in the 400 m race. Jesse Owens – Won 4 gold medals in the 100 m race, the 200 m race, the long jump, and the 4 × 100 m relay team. John Woodruff – Won 1 gold medal in the 800 m race. Mack Robinson – Won 1 silver medal in the 200 m race. Ralph Metcalfe – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team and 1 silver medal in the 100 m race. James LuValle – Won 1 bronze medal in the 400 m race. Glenn Cunningham – Won 1 silver medal in the 1500 m race. Forrest Towns – Won 1 gold medal in the 110 m hurdles. Fritz Pollard – Won 1 bronze medal in the 110 m hurdles. Glenn Hardin – Won 1 gold medal in the 400 m 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 100 m 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.Maraniss, David (2008). Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World. New York, Simon & Schuster. p. 415. . 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 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
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankRichard Degener3 m springboard163.57Alan Greene146.29Marshall Wayne159.56Frank Kurtz10 m platform108.615Elbert Root110.60Marshall Wayne113.58
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankMarjorie Gestring3 m springboard89.27Dorothy Poynton-Hill82.36Katherine Rawls88.35Velma Dunn10 m platform33.63Cornelia Gilissen30.475Dorothy Poynton-Hill33.93
Equestrian
Fencing
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)
Gymnastics
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
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.
Charles Leonard Alfred Starbird Frederick Weber
Rowing
The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1936.
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
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 Ingals Fisher Morris Doob Dean Hudnutt
50 m pistol Elliott Jones William Riedell Ralph Marshall
Swimming
Ranks given are within the heat. Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter Fick100 m freestyle 57.6 1 Q 58.2 3 Q 59.7 6Arthur Highland 59.9 2 Q 59.4 4 Did not advanceArthur Lindegren 58.3 1 Q 58.7 3 Q 59.9 7Ralph Flanagan400 m freestyle 4:54.7 2 Q 4:49.9 2 Q 4:52.7 4John Macionis 4:57.1 2 Q 4:56.4 4 Did not advanceJack Medica 4:55.9 1 Q 4:48.2 =2 Q 4:44.5 Jim Cristy1500 m freestyle 20:26.5 1 Q 20:25.8 4 Did not advanceRalph Flanagan 19:49.9 2 Q 19:59.4 2 Q 19:54.8 5Jack Medica 19:55.5 1 Q 19:42.8 1 Q 19:34.0 Taylor Drysdale100 m backstroke 1:09.0 1 Q 1:08.6 1 Q 1:09.4 4Adolph Kiefer 1:06.9 1 Q 1:06.8 1 Q 1:05.9 Al Vande Weghe 1:10.6 2 Q 1:08.6 2 Q 1:07.7 John Higgins200 m breaststroke 2:48.8 1 Q 2:44.0 2 Q 2:45.24Jack Kasley 2:54.4 3 Q 2:53.4 6 Did not advanceRay Kaye 2:48.5 3 Q 2:49.2 4 Did not advanceRalph FlanaganJohn MacionisPaul WolfJack MedicaRalph Gilman*Charles Hutter*4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 9:10.4 1 Q 9:03.0 *Swimmers who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive medals.
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBernice Lapp100 m freestyle 1:09.0 1 Q 1:09.6 4 Did not advanceOlive McKean 1:09.3 3 Q 1:08.9 3 Q 1:08.4 6Katherine Rawls 1:08.5 3 Q 1:08.5 3 Q 1:08.7 7Mary Lou Petty400 m freestyle 6:16.6 3 Q 5:45.9 4 q 5:32.2 4Lenore Wingard 5:34.0 2 Q 5:42.2 2 Q 5:29.0 Alice Bridges100 m backstroke 1:19.2 1 Q 1:20.4 3 Q 1:19.4 Edith Motridge 1:21.0 1 Q 1:19.1 2 Q 1:19.6 4Iris Cummings200 m breaststroke 3:21.9 4 Did not advanceAnn Govednik 3:25.3 5 Did not advanceDorothy Schiller 3:17.4 5 q 3:18.5 7 Did not advanceKatherine RawlsBernice LappMavis FreemanOlive McKeanElizabeth Ryan*4 × 100 m freestyle relay colspan=2 4:47.1 1 Q 4:40.2 *Swimmers who participated in the semifinals only and did not receive medals.
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
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