1936 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Berlin
Competition venue	Olympiastadion , Poststadion , Mommsenstadion , Hertha-Platz
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	201 (201 )
date	August 3-15, 1936
decisions	1
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At the XI. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , a football competition was held.

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , football was not part of the program, as the increasing professionalism of football made it difficult to determine who was an amateur and a professional. Since football generated the highest number of spectators and the organizers needed the income, it was decided to include a tournament in the program again. Of the 16 participants, four took part with their amateur national team or players, namely Great Britain , Austria , Hungary and Italy. However, FIFA counts these games - in contrast to Austria and Hungary - as A international matches. With China and Japan , two Asian teams played outside Asia for the first time, with Japan surprisingly prevailing against Sweden in the round of 16. The best South American teams at the time, Uruguay and Argentina , which were still the Olympic champions among themselves in 1928, did not take part. Instead, Peru , third in the South American Championship in 1935 , played for the first time for international matches outside South America.

The German team was one of the favorites because they had only lost one home game since December 4, 1932. In the first game Luxembourg could also be defeated 9-0, but in the second game against the later bronze medalist Norway the end came for the German team. For Norway, third place is the best result in a major men's football tournament. Olympic champion became world champion Italy, but there were no players from the 34 world championship team in the squad. Sergio Bertoni , Alfredo Foni , Ugo Locatelli and Pietro Rava also became soccer world champions two years later with Italy .

The venues were the Berlin Olympic Stadium , the Post Stadium , the Mommsen Stadium and the Hertha-Platz am Gesundbrunnen. With 95,000 spectators each at the semi-finals between Italy and Norway and the bronze medal between Norway and Poland in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the number of spectators at Olympic football matches was the highest until October 24, 1968. Then the record was beaten in the game for 3rd place between Japan and Mexico. The referee of the final was the later DFB President Peco Bauwens .

A competition ball can be seen in the German Leather Museum .

The tournament

Olympic football tournament 1936
Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	Italy (1st title)
venue	Berlin
Opening game	August 3, 1936
Endgame	August 15, 1936
Games	16
Gates	78  (⌀: 4.88 per game)
spectator	484,500  (⌀: 30,281 per game)
Top scorer	Annibale Frossi (7 goals)
References	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

Round of 16

date		game		Result	Stadion	spectator
August 3, 1936	Italy	-	United States	1: 0 (0: 0)	Post Stadium	9,000
August 3, 1936	Norway	-	Turkey	4: 0 (1: 0)	Mommsen Stadium	8,000
4th August 1936	Japan	-	Sweden	3: 2 (0: 2)	Hertha Square	5,000
4th August 1936	German Empire	-	Luxembourg	9: 0 (2: 0)	Post Stadium	12,000
August 5, 1936	Poland	-	Hungary	3: 0 (2: 0)	Post Stadium	5,000
August 5, 1936	Austria	-	Egypt	3: 1 (2: 0)	Mommsen Stadium	6,000
August 6, 1936	Great Britain	-	Republic of China	2: 0 (0: 0)	Mommsen Stadium	8,000
August 6, 1936	Peru	-	Finland	7: 3 (3: 1)	Hertha Square	2,500

Quarter finals

date		game		Result	Stadion	spectator
August 7, 1936	Italy	-	Japan	8: 0 (2: 0)	Mommsen Stadium	8,000
August 7, 1936	Norway	-	German Empire	2: 0 (1: 0)	Post Stadium	55,000
August 8, 1936	Poland	-	Great Britain	5: 4 (2: 1)	Post Stadium	6,000
August 8, 1936	Peru	-	Austria *	4: 2 n.V. (2: 2; 0: 2)	Hertha Square	5,000

* After the 4-2, Peruvian fans stormed the pitch. Austria protested against the result and justified this with the space storm, which, according to the Austrians, should have already taken place when the score was 2: 2. The protest was allowed and a replay was ordered, but this never happened because Peru withdrew all Olympians in protest. Austria reached the semi-finals without a fight.

Semifinals

date		game		Result	Stadion	spectator
August 10, 1936	Italy	-	Norway	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1; 1: 0)	Olympic Stadium	95,000
August 11, 1936	Austria	-	Poland	3: 1 (1: 0)	Olympic Stadium	82,000

Bronze game

Norway		Poland
	August 13, 1936 in Berlin (Olympiastadion) Result: 3: 2 (2: 2) Spectators: 82,000 Referee: Alfred Birlem ( German Empire )
	Henry Johansen - Nils Eriksen , Øivind Holmsen - Frithjof Ulleberg , Jørgen Juve , Rolf Holmberg - Reidar Kvammen , Magdalon Monsen , Alf Martinsen , Odd Frantzen , Arne Brustad	Spirydion Albański - Władysław Szczepaniak , Antoni Gałecki - Wilhelm Góra , Franciszek Cebulak , Ewald Dytko - Walerian Kisieliński , Michał Matyas , Teodor Peterek , Hubert Gad , Gerard Wodarz
	1: 1 chest wheel (15th) 2: 1 chest wheel (21st) 3: 2 chest wheel (84th)	0: 1 Wodarz (5th) 2: 2 Peterek (24th)

final

Italy		Austria
	August 15, 1936 in Berlin (Olympiastadion) Result: 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 85,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens ( German Empire )
	Bruno Venturini - Alfredo Foni , Pietro Rava - Giuseppe Baldo , Achille Piccini , Ugo Locatelli - Annibale Frossi , Libero Marchini , Sergio Bertoni , Carlo Biagi , Francesco Gabriotti	Eduard Kainberger - Ernst Künz , Martin Kargl - Anton Krenn , Karl Wahlmüller , Max Hofmeister - Walter Werginz , Adolf Laudon , Klement Steinmetz , Karl Kainberger , Franz Fuchsberger
	1: 0 Frossi (70th) 2: 1 Frossi (92nd)	1: 1 Franz Fuchsberger (79th)

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold italy	Giuseppe Baldo , Sergio Bertoni , Carlo Biagi , Giulio Cappelli , Alfredo Foni , Annibale Frossi , Francesco Gabriotti , Mario Giani , Carlo Girometta , Adolfo Giuntoli , Ugo Locatelli , Libero Marchini , Alfonso Negro , Mario Nicolini , Lamberto Petri , Achille Piccini , Sandro Puppo Petri , Pietro Rava , Luigi Scarabello , Corrado Tamietti , Paolo Vannucci , Bruno Venturini Trainers: Vittorio Pozzo
Silver Austria	Franz Fuchsberger , Max Hofmeister , Karl Kainberger , Eduard Kainberger (TW), Martin Kargl , Josef Kitzmüller , Ernst Künz , Anton Krenn , Adolf Laudon , Franz Mandl , Klement Steinmetz , Karl Wahlmüller , Walter Werginz Trainer: Jimmy Hogan
Bronze Norway	Arne Brustad , Nils Eriksen , Odd Frantzen , Sverre Hansen , Rolf Holmberg , Øivind Holmsen , Fredrik Horn , Magnar Isaksen , Henry Johansen (TW), Jørgen Juve , Reidar Kvammen , Magdalon Monsen , Alf Martinsen , Frithjof Ulleberg Trainer: Asbjørn Halvorsen

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Annibale Frossi	7th
2	Theodor Fernández Meyzán	6th
3	Arne Brustad	5
	Gerard Wodarz	5
5	Alejandro Villanueva	4th
	Carlo Biagi	4th
	Hubert Gad	4th
8th	Wilhelm Simetsreiter	3
	Adolf Urban	3
	Klement Steinmetz	3
11	Josef Gauchel	2
	Adolf Laudon	2
...
17th	Franz Elbern	1
	Karl Kainberger	1
	Franz Fuchsberger	1
	Franz Mandl	1
	Walter Werginz	1

References

literature

• International Federation of Football History & Statistics : Olympic Football Tournaments [2] . Wiesbaden 2000.

Web links

• Official website of FIFA
• IFFHS website (Olympic Football Tournaments)
• Detailed data on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: "Olympic Football Tournament Berlin 1936 - Overview"
2. ↑ The Joy of Six: Olympic football tournament stories , Guardian article , July 20, 2012