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Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.

Highlights

  • Alpine skiing made its first appearance in the winter olympics as the combined, which added a skier's results in both the downhill and slalom. German athletes won both the men's and women's events:
  • Ivar Ballangrud won three out of the four speed skating races.
  • Sonja Henie won her third consecutive gold medal in woman's figure skating.
  • Switzerland won the 4 man bobsled in a time of 5:19.85.
  • The country who won the overall games was Norway with a total of 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.
  • These games had the largest and heaviest medals ever awarded to athletes: 100 mm diameter, 4 mm thick, 324 grams.

Medal count

Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway Norway 7 5 3 15
2 Germany Germany (host nation) 3 3 0 6
3 Sweden Sweden 2 2 3 7
4 Finland Finland 1 2 3 6
5 Switzerland Switzerland 1 2 0 3
6 Austria Austria 1 1 2 4
7 Great Britain Great Britain 1 1 1 3
8 United States United States 1 0 3 4
9 Canada Canada 0 1 0 1
10 France France 0 0 1 1
Hungary Hungary 0 0 1 1
 
 
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