1936 Summer Olympics / handball

Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Berlin
Competition venue	Olympic Stadium , BSV Square , Police Stadium
Teams	6th
Nations	6th
Athletes	105 (105 )
date	August 6-14, 1932
decisions	1
Munich 1972 →

At the XI. Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin was first and last time a field handball played contest of men. In the final round, the German team won ahead of Austria.

Results

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
German Empire Karl Kreutzberg Arthur Knautz Willy Bandholz Hans Keiter Wilhelm Brinkmann Rudolf Stahl Fritz Spengler Erich Herrmann Günter Ortmann Wilhelm Baumann Fritz Fromm Heinz Körvers Wilhelm Müller Georg Dascher Kurt Dossin Hermann Hansen Edgar Reinhardt Hans Theilig Helmut Berthold Alfred Klingler Helmut Braselmann Heinrich Keimig Trainer: Otto Kaundinya	Austria Friedrich Maurer Franz Brunner Fritz Wurmböck Siegfried Purner Hans Zehetner Hans Houschka Franz Bistricky Franz Berghammer Walter Reisp Ferdinand Kiefler Anton Perwein Alois Schnabel Franz Bartl Johann Tauscher Otto Licha Emil Juracka Leopold Wohlrab Jaroslav Volak Alfred Schmalzer Ludwig Schuberth Josef Krejci Siegfried Powolny Trainer: Wilhelm Tolar	Switzerland Eduard Schmid Erland Herkenpath Erich Schmitt Rolf Fäs Max Streib Robert Studer Rudolf Wirz Georg Mischon Ernst Hufschmid Willy Hufschmid Eugen Seiterle Max Bloesch Werner Scheurmann Willy Schäfer Willy Gysi Werner Meyer Burkhard Gantenbein Trainer: Fritz Müllener

Elimination round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	German Empire	02	02	00	00	0051: 1000	+50	04th
02.	Hungary	02	01	00	01	0007:2400	−17	02
03.	United States	02	00	00	02	0003:3600	−33	00

August 6, 1936 5:15 p.m.	German Empire	22: 0	Hungary	Police Stadium , Berlin Referee: H. Wessely  Linesmen: E. Karge   & W. Scheibel
	Baumann (7)	(14: 0)

August 7, 1936 5:20 pm	Hungary	7: 2	United States	Police  stadium , Berlin Referee: H. Urech  Linesmen : R. Hütter  & K. Wittschuß
		(4: 1)

August 8, 1936 5:15 p.m.	German Empire	29: 1	United States	Police Stadium , Berlin Referee: A. Schwab  Linesmen: E. Karge   & W. Scheibel
	Partly (10)	(17: 0)	Kaylor (1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Austria	02	02	00	00	0032: 6000	+26	04th
02.	Switzerland	02	01	00	01	0011:2000	−9	02
03.	Romania	02	00	00	02	0009:2600	−17	00

August 6, 1936 5:15 p.m.	Austria	18: 3	Romania	BSV-Platz , Berlin Referee: H. Stühmer  Linesmen: M. Ackermann   & G. Weiland
	Kiefler (6)	(5: 1)	Kirschner (2)

August 7, 1936 5:15 p.m.	Romania	6: 8	Switzerland	BSV-Platz , Berlin Referee: L. Kovác Linesmen  : H. Frank   & W. Grosse
		(2: 5)

August 8, 1936 5:15 p.m.	Austria	14: 3	Switzerland	BSV-Platz , Berlin Referee: H. Schwinietrk Linesmen  : H. Immel   & G. Weiland
	Krejci (4)	(8: 2)	Shepherd (2)

Play for 5th place

August 10, 1936 11:00 a.m.	Romania	10: 3	United States	BSV-Platz , Berlin Referee: M. Ackermann  Linesmen: E. Linder   & G. Heide
		(4: 0)

Finals

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	German Empire	03	03	00	00	0045:1800	+27	06th
02.	Austria	03	02	00	01	0028:2300	+5	04th
03.	Switzerland	03	01	00	02	0022:3200	−10	02
04th	Hungary	03	00	00	03	0018:4000	−22	00

August 10, 1936 4:00 p.m.	German Empire	19: 6	Hungary	Police Stadium , Berlin Referee: A. Schwab  Linesmen: H. Urech   & G. Weiland
	Partial (7)	(11: 3)	Salgo (4)

August 10, 1936 5:45 p.m.	Austria	11: 6	Switzerland	Police Stadium , Berlin Spectators: 2,000 Referees: A. Müller  Linesmen: W. Schellenberger   & K. Schultz
	Schmalzer (5)	(6: 3)	Streib & Wirz (2)

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August 12, 1936 3:00 p.m.	Austria	11: 7	Hungary	Olympiastadion , Berlin Spectators: 60,000 Referees: M. Ackermann  Linesmen: H. Urech   & A. Müller
	Volak (4)	(5: 2)	Fodor (5)

August 12, 1936 4:45 p.m.	German Empire	16: 6	Switzerland	Olympiastadion , Berlin Spectators: 70,000 Referees: H. Wessely   Linesmen : E. Kovács  & H. Schwinietzki
	Baumann (6)	(9: 3)	Meyer & Seiterle (2)

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August 14, 1936 3:00 p.m.	Switzerland	10: 5	Hungary	Olympiastadion , Berlin Spectators: 80,000 Referees: H. Stühmer  Linesmen: E. Karge   & W. Scheibel
	Meyer & Mischon (3)	(7: 2)	Salgó & Takács (2)

August 14, 1936 4:50 p.m.	German Empire	10: 6	Austria	Olympiastadion , Berlin Spectators: 100,000 Referees: H. Urech   Linesmen : K. Kietz  & H. Schwinietzki
	Partial (5)	(5: 3)	Kiefler (3)

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	country	Gates
1	Hans Theilig	German Empire	22nd
2
3

Team squad 4th to 6th place

4th to 6th place

Hungary	Romania	United States
Antal Benda , Sándor Cséfai , Ferenc Cziráki , Miklos Fodor , Lőrinc Galgóczi , János Koppány , Lajos Kutasi , Tibor Máté , Imre Páli , Ferenc Rákosi , Endre Salgó , István Serényi , Sándor Szomori , Gyula Takács , Antal Újváry , Ferenc Velkey ;	Péter Facsi , Carol Haffer , Ludovic Haffer , Fritz Halmen , Willi Heidel , Hans Hermannstädter , Hans Georg Herzog , Alfred Höchsmann , Bruno Holzträger , Willi Kirschner , Günter Schorsten , Robert Speck , Willi Zacharias , Hans Zikeli , Stefan Zoller , Dragan Comanescu , Fritz Kasemiresch , Stippi Orendi , Oki Sonntag ; Trainer: Hans Schuschnig	William Ahlemeyer , Walter Bowden , Charles Dauner , Edward Hagen , Joe Kaylor , Fred Leinweber , Henry Oehler , Otto Oehler , Herbert Oehmichen , Willy Renz (player- coach ), Alfred Rosesco , Edmund Schallenberg , Gerard Yantz , Philipp Schupp

Web links

• Handball at the Berlin Summer Olympics 1936 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 15, 2019.
• Handball at the Berlin Summer Olympics 1936: Men's handball in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 15, 2019.

literature

Organizing Committee for the XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 EV (Ed.): The XI ᵗʰ Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936: Official Report, Volume II . Wilhelm Limpert , Berlin 1937, OCLC 563522547 , p. 1065-1073 ( LA84 Foundation [accessed July 15, 2019]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Stephan Müller & Helmut Laaß: German handball international games. (CD; 87MB) Sport-record.de, July 20, 2015, accessed on June 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} favorites in handball. In: Prager Tagblatt . August 7, 1936, p. 6 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
3. ^ First handball victory for the Austrians. In: Salzburger Chronik . August 8, 1936, p. 17 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Peter Baer & Michael Wobmann: The history of Swiss handball: From the origin to 1945 . In: ETH Zurich (ed.): The history of Swiss handball . tape 1 . Zurich 1992, 00100002282099 , p. 42-47 .
5. ↑ Record victory of our handball players. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger . August 10, 1936, p. 7 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Final round in handball. In: Salzburger Volksblatt . August 11, 1936, p. 7 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Our handball players in the final. In: Salzburger Volksblatt . August 12, 1936, pp. 6-7 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} handball finals. In: Sport-Tagblatt . August 13, 1936, p. 27 , accessed June 23, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Johannes Kopp: Full intoxication of the clueless. In: taz . Taz, the daily newspaper publishing cooperative , January 18, 2019, accessed on February 28, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Austria's handball players win the silver medal. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten . August 17, 1936, p. 6 , accessed June 23, 2019 .