1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Afghanistan)

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Afghanistan took part in the XI. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin for the first time participated in the Olympic Games. In the German capital, the country was represented by a delegation of 15 athletes. 14 of them took part in the competitions. The team was accompanied by two representatives of the National Olympic Committee of Afghanistan , Ghazi Shah Mahmud Kahn and Shahzada Mohammed Yusuf Khan , as well as the hockey referee Yaqub. There were no female athletes present for the country.

Participants by sport

hockey

• Afghan national hockey team → eliminated second in the preliminary round

  Jammal-ud-Din Affendi

  S. Mohammad Asif

  Sayed Ali Atta

  Sayed Mohammad Ayub

  Sayed Ali Baba

  Mian Faruk Shah

  Fazal Hussain

  Saadat Shazada Malook

  Sultan Mohammad Shazada

  Shujadin Shuja Shazada

  Sardar Abdul Wahid

  Shah Zahir

The Afghan hockey team finished their preliminary group in second place. However, this was not enough to qualify for the semi-finals. In the consolation round, which however no longer had any influence on the final ranking, Afghanistan won its two games against Belgium (4-1) and the USA (3-0).

athletics

• Elif Khan
• Mohamed Mohamed Kahn

  Men, 100 m → eliminated sixth in the third heat

  Men, long jump → eliminated in the qualification with less than 7.15 m

• Abdul Rahim

  Men, shot put → eliminated in qualification with less than 14.50 m

Footnotes

1. ↑ The team consisted of 18 players, of whom only twelve are named in the Olympic report, as they had played at least one game during the tournament.

Web links

• 1936 Afghan Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )