1936 Winter Olympics

	IV Olympic Winter Games
	; It comprises the Olympic rings in the foreground and; the summit of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alps; with a ski track leading to the mountains in the background.; Around, there is the inscription “IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936; GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN”
Host city	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nations participating	28
Athletes participating	646; (566 men, 80 women)
Events	17 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	February 6
Closing ceremony	February 16
Officially opened by	Adolf Hitler
Athlete's Oath	Wilhelm Bogner
Stadium	Olympia Skistadion

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.

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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.

A total of 17 events in 8 sporting disciplines were contested at these Games:

28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Main article: 1936 Winter Olympics medal count

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IV Olympic Winter Games
It comprises the Olympic rings in the foreground and the summit of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alps with a ski track leading to the mountains in the background. Around, there is the inscription “IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN”
Host city	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nations participating	28
Athletes participating	646 (566 men, 80 women)
Events	17 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	February 6
Closing ceremony	February 16
Officially opened by	Adolf Hitler
Athlete's Oath	Wilhelm Bogner
Stadium	Olympia Skistadion