List Of 1936 Winter Olympics Medal Winners
The Olympic programme was changed from that of the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, with the addition of alpine skiing for both men and women. Two demonstration sports were held—eisschiessen and military patrol. Later added to the regular programme as biathlon, military patrol made its third appearance as a demonstration sport in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games. Both men and women participated at these Games, with the women's alpine skiing event being the first medal event women contested at the Winter Olympics outside of figure skating. Two figure skating events for women—ladies' singles and pairs—had been part of the programme since the first Winter Olympics.
A total of 95 athletes won medals at the Games. Norway topped the medal count with fifteen medals, seven of which were gold. Sweden had the second most number of medals with seven, but had one less gold medal than host nation Germany, who had three golds and six overall medals. Austria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States won medals in more than one event. Athletes from 11 of the 28 participating NOCs won at least a bronze medal; athletes from eight countries won at least one gold. Great Britain's unexpected win in ice hockey remains their only Olympic gold medal in the sport to date.
Sonja Henie of Norway won her third straight gold medal in the ladies' singles figure skating event, her last Olympic medal as she turned professional shortly after the Games. Karl Schäfer of Austria also successfully defended his men's singles figure skating title from Lake Placid. Sweden swept the medals in the cross-country 50 km, as did Norway in the Nordic combined. Norway's Ivar Ballangrud was the most successful athlete, winning three golds and a silver in speed skating and taking his career total to seven Olympic medals. Other multiple medal winners were Oddbjørn Hagen of Norway (one gold, two silvers), Ernst Baier of Germany (one gold, one silver), Joseph Beerli of Switzerland (one gold, one silver), Erik August Larsson of Sweden (one gold, one bronze), Birger Wasenius of Finland (two silvers, one bronze), Olaf Hoffsbakken of Norway (two silvers), Fritz Feierabend of Switzerland (two silvers) and Sverre Brodahl of Norway (one silver, one bronze).
Alpine skiing
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's combined |
Franz Pfnür Germany
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Gustav Lantschner Germany
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Émile Allais France
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| Women's combined |
Christl Cranz Germany
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Käthe Grasegger Germany
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Laila Schou Nilsen Norway
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Bobsleigh
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man |
 United States (USA)USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
 Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
| Four-man |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
 Great Britain (GBR)Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
Cross-country skiing
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 km |
Erik August Larsson Sweden
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Oddbjørn Hagen Norway
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Pekka Niemi Finland
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| 50 km |
Elis Wiklund Sweden
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Axel Wikström Sweden
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Nils-Joel Englund Sweden
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| 4×10 km relay |
 Finland (FIN)Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela |
 Norway (NOR)Sverre Brodahl Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Bjarne Iversen |
 Sweden (SWE)John Berger Arthur Häggblad Erik August Larsson Martin Matsbo |
Figure skating
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Karl Schäfer Austria
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Ernst Baier Germany
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Felix Kaspar Austria
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| Ladies' singles |
Sonja Henie Norway
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Cecilia Colledge Great Britain
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Vivi-Anne Hultén Sweden
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| Pairs |
 Germany (GER)Maxi Herber Ernst Baier |
 Austria (AUT)Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin |
 Hungary (HUN)Emília Rotter László Szollás |
Ice hockey
Nordic combined
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |
Oddbjørn Hagen Norway
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Olaf Hoffsbakken Norway
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Sverre Brodahl Norway
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Ski jumping
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |
Birger Ruud Norway
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Sven Eriksson Sweden
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Reidar Andersen Norway
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Speed skating
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway
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Georg Krog Norway
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Leo Freisinger United States
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| 1500 metres |
Charles Mathiesen Norway
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Ivar Ballangrud Norway
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Birger Wasenius Finland
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| 5000 metres |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway
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Birger Wasenius Finland
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Antero Ojala Finland
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| 10000 metres |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway
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Birger Wasenius Finland
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Max Stiepl Austria
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Multiple medallists
Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.
| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivar Ballangrud | Norway (NOR)
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Speed skating | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Oddbjørn Hagen | Norway (NOR)
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Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ernst Baier | Germany (GER)
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Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Joseph Beerli | Switzerland (SUI)
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Bobsleigh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Erik August Larsson | Sweden (SWE)
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Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Birger Wasenius | Finland (FIN)
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Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Fritz Feierabend | Switzerland (SUI)
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Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Olaf Hoffsbakken | Norway (NOR)
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Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sverre Brodahl | Norway (NOR)
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Cross-country skiing Nordic combined |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |