1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in Berlin, Germany.[2]

Games of the XI Olympiad
Host cityBerlin, Germany
MottoI Call the Youth of the World!
(German: Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt!)
Nations49
Athletes3,963 (3,632 men, 331 women)
Events129 in 19 sports (25 disciplines)
Opening1 August
Closing16 August
Opened by
Führer Adolf Hitler[1]
Cauldron
Fritz Schilgen[1]
StadiumOlympiastadion
Summer
← Los Angeles 1932 London 1948 →
Tokyo 1940 →
Winter
← Garmisch 1936 St. Moritz 1948 →
Sapporo 1940 →
Olympic Stadium in Berlin, 1936

The games were thought to be successful. The costs of the games was mostly paid for by the German government.[3]

Participating nations

A total of 49 nations sent athletes to compete at the Berlin games.[4]

References
Countries at the 1936 Olympics
  1. "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 13 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1936 Berlin Summer Games" Archived 2008-07-07 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-24.
  3. Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 21-22 [6-7 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
  4. Taking part in the games for the first time were Afghanistan, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Liechtenstein and Peru.

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