Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

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]

Medal table

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

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
details
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Team all-around
details
 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
details
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Josef Walter
 Switzerland
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Horizontal bar
details
Aleksanteri Saarvala
 Finland
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
Parallel bars
details
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Michael Reusch
 Switzerland
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
Pommel horse
details
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Albert Bachmann
 Switzerland
Rings
details
Alois Hudec
 Czechoslovakia
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Matthias Volz
 Germany
Vault
details
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Matthias Volz
 Germany

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
details
 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†
details
Trudi Meyer
 Germany
Erna Bürger
 Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
 Germany
Vault†
details
Anita Bärwirth
 Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
 Germany
Erna Bürger
 Germany
Uneven or Parallel Bars†, ††
details
Trudi Meyer
 Germany
Käthe Sohnemann
 Germany
Margit Nagy
 Hungary
Balance Beam†
details
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

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

  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.