Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, nine events in gymnastics were contested. The competitions were held from 10 August 1936 to 12 August 1936.[1]

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueDietrich Eckart Open-Air Theatre
Dates10–12 August 1936
← 1932
1948 →

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)61613
2  Switzerland (SUI)1629
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
4  Finland (FIN)1012
5  Yugoslavia (YUG)0101
6  Hungary (HUN)0011
Totals (6 entries)991028

Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
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Alfred Schwarzmann
  Germany
Eugen Mack
  Switzerland
Konrad Frey
  Germany
Team all-around
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  Germany (GER)
Franz Beckert
Konrad Frey
Alfred Schwarzmann
Willi Stadel
Inno Stangl
Walter Steffens
Matthias Volz
Ernst Winter
  Switzerland (SUI)
Walter Bach
Albert Bachmann
Walter Beck
Eugen Mack
Georges Miez
Michael Reusch
Eduard Steinemann
Josef Walter
  Finland (FIN)
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma
Veikko Pakarinen
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Heikki Savolainen
Esa Seeste
Einari Teräsvirta
Eino Tukiainen
Martti Uosikkinen
Floor exercise
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Georges Miez
  Switzerland
Josef Walter
  Switzerland
Konrad Frey
  Germany
Eugen Mack
  Switzerland
Horizontal bar
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Aleksanteri Saarvala
  Finland
Konrad Frey
  Germany
Alfred Schwarzmann
  Germany
Parallel bars
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Konrad Frey
  Germany
Michael Reusch
  Switzerland
Alfred Schwarzmann
  Germany
Pommel horse
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Konrad Frey
  Germany
Eugen Mack
  Switzerland
Albert Bachmann
  Switzerland
Rings
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Alois Hudec
  Czechoslovakia
Leon Štukelj
  Yugoslavia
Matthias Volz
  Germany
Vault
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Alfred Schwarzmann
  Germany
Eugen Mack
  Switzerland
Matthias Volz
  Germany

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
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  Germany (GER)
Anita Bärwirth
Erna Bürger
Isolde Frölian
Friedl Iby
Trudi Meyer
Paula Pöhlsen
Julie Schmitt
Käthe Sohnemann
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Jaroslava Bajerová
Vlasta Děkanová
Božena Dobešová
Vlasta Foltová
Anna Hřebřinová
Matylda Pálfyová
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
Marie Větrovská
  Hungary (HUN)
Margit Csillik
Margit Kalocsai
Ilona Madary
Gabriella Mészáros
Margit Nagy
Olga Törös
Judit Tóth
Eszter Voit
Individual all-around†
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Trudi Meyer
  Germany
Erna Bürger
  Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
  Germany
Vault†
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Anita Bärwirth
  Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
  Germany
Erna Bürger
  Germany
Uneven or Parallel Bars†, ††
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Trudi Meyer
  Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
  Germany
Margit Nagy
  Hungary
Balance Beam†
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Gabriella Mészáros
  Hungary
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
  Czechoslovakia
Erna Bürger
  Germany
Consetta Caruccio-Lenz
  United States

† Within the sport of artistic gymnastics, although men were recognized with individual medals at the time, the women weren’t. The individuals named within individual events are the individuals who garnered a top-three placement in the team competition on the respective apparatus (or all 3 combined, in the case of the all-around) and who would have been awarded a medal with the rules that commenced with the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games and that would change periodically at future Olympic Games with respect to the debut of: 1) the individual finals competitions at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and 2) the New Life rules that made their Olympic debut at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.

†† At this Olympics, some women competed on the Uneven Bars while some others competed on Parallel Bars.

Demonstrations

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In the Official Report of the Games, gymnastics demonstrations from seven countries are listed on the schedule.[2] These countries were Denmark, Norway, Finland, Hungary, Sweden and Germany, as well as China, which performed a wushu (Chinese boxing) demonstration.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Official Report 1936 v.1". LA84 Foundation. p. 97. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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