Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.
The competitions were held from August 11, 1936 to August 14, 1936. They were held on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See.
The competition was dominated by the hosts, Germany, who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals. The final race, men's eights, was won by a working-class United States team from the University of Washington who, in what had become their trademark, started slow and outsprinted the competition to an exceedingly close finish, with only one second separating the top three finishers at the end of a six-and-a-half minute race.[1]
Medal summary
Participating nations
A total of 313 rowers from 24 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
Argentina (3)
Australia (12)
Austria (9)
Belgium (7)
Brazil (21)
Canada (10)
Czechoslovakia (17)
Denmark (16)
Estonia (1)
France (19)
Germany (26)
Great Britain (18)
Hungary (23)
Italy (22)
Japan (16)
Netherlands (11)
Norway (1)
Poland (11)- 23x15px South Africa (1)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (16)
United States (26)
Uruguay (8)
Yugoslavia (14)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Argentina (ARG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ↑ Michael J. Socolow, Six Minutes in Berlin, Slate.com. Published 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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