1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

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The United States participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 312 athletes. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was Alfred Jochim .

Medals

Note: The medals won in the art competitions are not listed in the medal table.

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Jesse Owens	athletics	100 m men
		200 m men
		Long jump
Archie Williams		400 m men
John Woodruff		800 m men
Forrest Towns		110 m hurdles men
Glenn Hardin		400 m hurdles men
Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff		4 × 100 m relay men
Ken Carpenter		Discus men
Corny Johnson		High jump men
Earle Meadows		Pole vault men
Glenn Morris		Decathlon men
Helen Stephens		100 m women
Harriet Bland , Annette Rogers , Betty Robinson , Helen Stephens		4 × 100 m relay women
Jack Medica	swim	400 m freestyle men
Adolph Kiefer		100 m back men
Marshall Wayne	Diving	Diving men
Dick Degener		Jumping men
Dorothy Poynton		High diving women
Marjorie Gestring		Art jumping women
Chuck Day , Shorty Hunt , Gordon Adam , Don Hume , Jim McMillin , Bob Moch , Roger Morris , Joe Rantz , Johnny White	rowing	Eighth
team	basketball	Men
Tony Terlazzo	Weightlifting	Featherweight men
Frank Lewis	Wrestling	Welterweight men

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ralph Metcalfe	athletics	100 m men
Mack Robinson		200 m men
Glenn Cunningham		1500 m men
Harold Cagle , Bob Young , Edward O'Brien , Al Fitch		4 × 400 m relay men
Dave Albritton		High jump men
Gordon Dunn		Discus men
Bob Clark		Decathlon men
Jack Medica	swim	1500 m freestyle men
Al Vande Weghe		100 m back men
Ralph Flanagan , John Macionis , Paul Wolf , Jack Medica		4 × 200 m freestyle men
Marshall Wayne	Diving	Jumping men
Elbert Root		Diving men
Katherine Rawls		Art jumping women
Velma Dunn		High diving women
Ross Flood	Wrestling	Bantamweight men
Francis Millard		Featherweight men
Dick Voliva		Middleweight men
George Wilson	Boxing	Bantamweight men
Charles Leonard	Modern pentathlon	Men
Earl Foster Thomson	horse riding	Eventing individual men
Charles Downing Lay	Art competitions	Urban planning designs

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Jimmy LuValle	athletics	400 m men
Fritz Pollard		110 m hurdles men
Jack Parker		Decathlon men
Delos Thurber		High jump men
Alice Bridges	swim	100 m back women
Lenore Kight-Wingard		400 m freestyle women
Katherine Rawls , Bernice Lapp , Mavis Freeman , Olive McKean		4 × 100 m freestyle women
Alan Greene	Diving	Jumping men
Dorothy Poynton		Art jumping women
Louis Laurie	Boxing	Flyweight men
Dan Barrow	rowing	One of men
Ernie Riedel	canoe	One-kayak 10,000 m men

sports

basketball

• Men

  gold

• Ralph English Bishop
• Joe Fortenberry
• Carl Knowles
• Jack Williamson Ragland
• Carl Shy
• William John Wheatley
• Francis Lee Johnson
• Samuel Balter
• John Haskell Gibbons
• Frank Lubin
• Arthur Owen Mollner
• Donald Arthur Piper
• Willard Theodore Schmidt
• Duane Alex Swanson

Boxing

• George Wilson

  Bantam weight: silver

• Louis Laurie

  Flyweight: bronze

• Ted Kara

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Andrew Scrivani

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Chester Rutecki

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Jimmy Clark

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Carl Vinciquerra

  Light heavyweight: 16th place

• Kind of Oliver

  Heavyweight: 9th place

fencing

Men Joe Levis Foil single Foil team: 5th place Hugh Alessandroni Foil single Foil team: 5th place Bill Pecora Foil single Foil team: 5th place John Potter Foil team: 5th place John Hurd Foil team: 5th place Warren Dow Foil team: 5th place Gustave Heiss Epee single Degen team: 5th place Frank Righeimer Epee single Degen team: 5th place Frederick Weber Epee single Thomas Sands Degen team: 5th place Tracy Jaeckel Degen team: 5th place Joe de Capriles Degen team: 5th place Andrew Boyd Degen team: 5th place John Huffman Saber single Saber Team: 5th place Peter's brother Saber single Saber Team: 5th place Norman Cohn-Armitage Saber single Saber Team: 5th place Miguel de Capriles Saber Team: 5th place Bela De Nagy Saber Team: 5th place Samuel Stewart Saber Team: 5th place

Women Marion Lloyd Foil single Dorothy Locke Foil single Joanna de Tuscan Foil single

Soccer

• Men

  5th place

• Charlie Altemose
• Frank Bartkus
• James Crockett
• Bill Fiedler
• Andrew Gajda
• Frank Greinert
• Fred Lutkefedder
• George Nemchik
• Peter Pietras
• Francis Ryan
• Fred Zbikowski

Weightlifting

• Tony Terlazzo

  Featherweight: gold

• John Terry

  Featherweight: 7th place

• John Terpak

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Robert Mitchell

  Lightweight: 8th place

• Stanley Kratkowski

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Walter Good

  Middleweight: 14th place

• Bill Good

  Lightweight: 7th place

• John Miller

  Lightweight: 9th place

• John Grimek

  Heavyweight: 9th place

• Dave Mayor

  Lightweight: 12th place

Handball

• Men

  6th place

• William Ahlemeyer
• Walter Bowden
• Charles Dauner
• Edward Hagen
• Joe Kaylor
• Fred Leinweber
• Henry Oehler
• Otto Oehler
• Herbert Oehmichen
• Willy Renz
• Alfred Rosesco
• Edmund Schallenberg
• Phillip Schupp
• Gerard Yantz

hockey

• Men

  10th place

• Bill Boddington
• Lanny Buck
• Amos Deacon
• Horace Disston
• Sam Ewing
• Paul Fentress
• Jimmy Gentle
• Elwood Godfrey
• Larry Knapp
• Dave McMullin
• Leonard O'Brien
• Charles Sheaffer
• Alexis Thompson
• Jack Turnbull

canoe

• Ernie Riedel

  Single kayak 1000 m: 4th place

  Single kayak 10,000 m: bronze

  Two-person canoe 1000 m

• Burr Folks

  Two-person canoe 1000 m

  Single kayak (folding boat) 10,000 m: 10th place

• William Gaehler

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 7th place

• William Lofgren

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 7th place

• Joseph Hasenfus

  Single Canoe 1000 m: 5th place

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 5th place

• Clarence McNutt

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: 5th place

• Robert Graf

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: 5th place

• Walter Hasenfus

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 5th place

• John Lysak

  Two-person kayak (folding boat) 10,000 m: 7th place

• James O'Rourke

  Two-person kayak (folding boat) 10,000 m: 7th place

athletics

Men Jesse Owens 100 m: gold 200 m: gold Long jump: gold 4 × 100 m relay: gold Ralph Metcalfe 100 m: silver 4 × 100 m relay: gold Frank Wykoff 100 m: 4th place 4 × 100 m relay: gold Mack Robinson 200 m: silver Bob Packard 200 m Archie Williams 400 m: gold James LuValle 400 m: bronze Harold Smallwood 400 m John Woodruff 800 m: gold Charles Hornbostel 800 m: 5th place Harry Williamson 800 m: 6th place Glenn Cunningham 1500 m: silver Archie San Romani 1500 m: 4th place Gene Venzke 1500 m: 9th place Louis Zamperini 5000 m: 8th place Donald Lash 5000 m: 13th place 10,000 m: 8th place Tom Deckard 5000 m Eino Pentti 10,000 m: 16th place Stanley Wudyka 10,000 m Johnny Kelley Marathon: 18th place Tarzan Brown marathon Billy McMahon marathon Forrest Towns 110 m hurdles: gold Fritz Pollard, Jr. 110 m hurdles: bronze Roy Staley 110 m hurdles Glenn Hardin 400 m hurdles: gold Joseph Patterson 400 m hurdles: 4th place Dale Schofield 400 m hurdles Harold Manning 3000 m obstacle: 5th place Glen Dawson 3000 m obstacle: 8th place Joe McCluskey 3000 m obstacle: 10th place Foy Draper 4 × 100 m relay: gold Harold Cagle 4 × 400 m relay: silver Robert Young 4 × 400 m relay: silver Edward O'Brien 4 × 400 m relay: silver Alfred Fitch 4 × 400 m relay: silver Albert Mangan 50 km walking: 21st place Ernest Koehler 50 km walking: 23rd place Ernest Crosbie 50 km walking: 26th place Cornelius Johnson High jump: gold Dave Albritton High jump: silver Delos Thurber High jump: bronze Earle Meadows Pole vault: gold William Sefton Pole vault: 4th place William Graber Pole vault: 5th place Bob Clark Long jump: 6th place Decathlon: silver John Brooks Long jump: 7th place Rolland Romero Triple jump: 5th place Dudley Wilkins Triple jump: 8th place Billy Brown Triple jump: 17th place Sam Francis Shot put: 4th place Jack Torrance Shot put: 5th place Dimitri Zaitz Shot put: 6th place Ken Carpenter Discus throw: gold Gordon Dunn Discus throw: silver Walter Wood Discus throw: 13th place William Rowe Hammer throw: 5th place Donald Favor Hammer throw: 6th place Henry Dreyer Hammer throw: 9th place Alton Terry Javelin throw: 6th place Lee Bartlett Javelin throw: 12th place Malcolm Metcalf Javelin throw: 15th place Glenn Morris Decathlon: gold Jack Parker Decathlon: bronze

Women Helen Stephens 100 m: gold 4 × 100 m relay: gold Discus throw: 9th place Annette Rogers 100 m: 5th place 4 × 100 m relay: gold High jump: 6th place Harriet Bland 100 m 4 × 100 m relay: gold Anne Vrana-O'Brien 80 m hurdles Simone Schaller 80 m hurdles Tidye Pickett 80 m hurdles Betty Robinson 4 × 100 m relay: gold Alice Arden High jump: 9th place Kathlyn Kelley High jump: 9th place Gertrude Wilhelmsen Discus throw: 8th place Javelin throw: 7th place Evelyn Ferrara Discus throw: 18th place Martha Worst Javelin throw: 9th place Betty Burch Javelin throw: 13th place

Modern pentathlon

• Charles Leonard

  silver

• Dodd Starbird

  7th place

• Frederick Weber

  9th place

Cycling

• Albert Byrd

  Road race singles

  Road racing team

  4000 m team pursuit: 11th place

• Charles Morton

  Road race singles

  Road racing team

  4000 m team pursuit: 11th place

• Paul Nixon

  Road race singles

  Road racing team

• John Sinibaldi

  Road race singles

  Road racing team

  4000 m team pursuit: 11th place

• Al Sellinger

  sprint

  1000 m time trial: 10th place

  Tandem: 5th place

• Buster Logan

  Tandem: 5th place

  4000 m team pursuit: 11th place

horse riding

• Stanton Babcock

  Dressage singles: 23rd place

  Dressage team: 9th place

• Isaac Kitts

  Dressage singles: 25th place

  Dressage team: 9th place

• Hiram Tuttle

  Dressage singles: 27th place

  Dressage team: 9th place

• Carl Raguse

  Show jumping singles: 5th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

  Versatility Individual: 16th place

  Versatility team

• William Bradford

  Show jumping singles: 25th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Cornelius Jadwin

  Show jumping singles: 34th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Earl Foster Thomson

  Versatility single: silver

  Versatility team

• John Willems

  Versatility single

  Versatility team

Wrestling

• Ross Flood

  Bantamweight Freestyle: Silver

• Frank Millard

  Featherweight freestyle: silver

• Harley de Witt Strong

  Lightweight freestyle: 6th place

• Frank Lewis

  Welterweight Freestyle: Gold

• Richard Voliva

  Middleweight freestyle: silver

• Ray Clemons

  Light Heavyweight Freestyle: 5th place

• Roy Dunn

  Heavyweight freestyle

rowing

• Dan Barrow

  One: bronze

• John Houser

  Double scull: 5th place

• Bill Dugan

  Double scull: 5th place

• Harry Sharkey

  Two without a helmsman

• George Dahm

  Two without a helmsman

• Tom Curran

  Two with a helmsman

• Joe Dougherty

  Two with a helmsman

• George Loveless

  Two with a helmsman

• James Thomson

  Foursome without a helmsman

• Eugene Fruehauf

  Foursome without a helmsman

• George Hague

  Foursome without a helmsman

• Alfred Sapecky

  Foursome without a helmsman

• William Haskins

  Foursome with a helmsman

• Roger Cutler

  Foursome with a helmsman

• Paul Austin

  Foursome with a helmsman

• Robert Cutler

  Foursome with a helmsman

• Edward Bennett

  Foursome with a helmsman

• Roger Morris

  Eighth: gold

• Charles Day

  Eighth: gold

• Gordon Adam

  Eighth: gold

• John White

  Eighth: gold

• James "Jim" McMillin

  Eighth: gold

• George Hunt

  Eighth: gold

• Joseph Rantz

  Eighth: gold

• Donald Hume

  Eighth: gold

• Bob Moch

  Eighth: gold

shoot

• Ingals Fisher

  Rapid fire pistol 50 m: 15th place

• Morris Doob

  Rapid fire pistol 50 m: 24th place

• Dean Hudnutt

  Rapid fire pistol 50 m

• Elliott Jones

  Target pistol 50 m: 6th place

• William Riedell

  Target pistol 50 m: 17th place

• Ralph Marshall

  Target pistol 50 m: 33rd place

swim

Men Peter fuck 100 m freestyle: 6th place Arthur Lindegren 100 m freestyle: 7th place Arthur Highland 100 m freestyle Jack Medica 400 m freestyle: gold 1500 m freestyle: silver 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver Ralph Flanagan 400 m freestyle: 4th place 1500 m freestyle: 5th place 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver John Macionis 400 m freestyle 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver Jim Cristy 1500 m freestyle Paul Wolf 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver Ralph Gilman 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver Charles Hutter 4 × 200 m freestyle: silver Adolph Kiefer 100 m back: gold Albert van de Weghe 100 m back: silver Taylor Drysdale 100 m back: 4th place Herbert Higgins 200 m back: 4th place Ray Kaye 200 m back Jack Kasley 200 m back

Women Olive McKean 100 m freestyle: 6th place 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze Katherine Rawls 100 m freestyle: 7th place 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze Bernice Lapp 100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze Lenore Kight 400 m freestyle: bronze Mary Lou Petty 400 m freestyle: 4th place Mavis Freeman 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze Elizabeth Ryan 4 × 100 m freestyle: bronze Alice Bridges 100 m back: bronze Edith Motridge 100 m back: 4th place Dorothy Schiller 200 m back Iris Cummings 200 m back Ann Govednik 200 m back

sailing

• Frank Jewett

  O-dinghy : 9th place

• William Waterhouse

  Two-man keelboat: 5th place

• Woody Metcalf

  Two-man keelboat: 5th place

• Carl Paul

  6 m class: 9th place

• Charles Garner

  6 m class: 9th place

• John Wallace

  6 m class: 9th place

• Morgan Adams

  6 m class: 9th place

• William Bartholomae

  6 m class: 9th place

• Antonia Churchill

  8 m class: 10th place

• Frederick Shick

  8 m class: 10th place

• Karl Dorsey

  8 m class: 10th place

• Owen Churchill

  8 m class: 10th place

• Robert Sutton

  8 m class: 10th place

• William Keane

  8 m class: 10th place

do gymnastics

Men Frank Cumiskey All-around individual: 48th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 88th place Horse jump: 45th place Bars: 41st place Horizontal bar: 15th place Rings: 82nd place Pommel horse: 21st place Fred Meyer All-around individual: 65th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 67th place Horse jump: 44th place Bars: 61st place Horizontal bar: 50th place Rings: 98th place Pommel horse: 18th place George Wheeler All-around individual: 67th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 23rd place Horse jump: 24th place Bars: 34th place Horizontal bar: 65th place Rings: 87th place Pommel horse: 89th place Chet Phillips All-around individual: 77th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 43rd place Horse jump: 60th place Bars: 30th place Horizontal bar: 87th place Rings: 88th place Pommel horse: 82nd place Artie Pitt All-around individual: 82nd place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 89th place Horse jump: 72nd place Bars: 87th place Horizontal bar: 59th place Rings: 75th place Pommel horse: 69th place Frank Haubold All-around individual: 83rd place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 83rd place Horse jump: 77th place Bars: 80th place Horizontal bar: 79th place Rings: 89th place Pommel horse: 58th place Alfred Jochim All-around individual: 85th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 62nd place Horse jump: 94th place Bars: 96th place Horizontal bar: 79th place Rings: 52nd place Pommel horse: 76th place Kenny Griffin All-around individual: 90th place All-around team: 10th place Floor exercise: 82nd place Horse jump: 76th place Bars: 59th place Horizontal bar: 93rd place Rings: 68th place Pommel horse: 96th place

Women Connie Caruccio-Lenz All-around team: 5th place Jennie Caputo All-around team: 5th place Irma Haubold All-around team: 5th place Margaret Duff All-around team: 5th place Ada Lunardoni All-around team: 5th place Adelaide Meyer All-around team: 5th place Mary Wright All-around team: 5th place Marie Kibler All-around team: 5th place

Water polo

• Men

  9th place

• Herb Wildman
• Charley Finn
• Harold McCallister
• Dixon Fiske
• Wally O'Connor
• Kenneth Beck
• Phil stave bacon
• Ray Ruddy
• Fred Lauer

Diving

Men Dick Degener Jump jumping: gold Marshall Wayne Art jumping: silver Diving: gold Al Greene Art jumping: bronze Elbert Root Diving: silver Frank Kurtz Diving: 5th place

Women Marjorie Gestring Jump jumping: gold Katherine Rawls Art jumping: silver Dorothy Poynton Art jumping: bronze Diving: gold Velma Dunn Diving: silver Cornelia Gilissen Diving: 5th place

Web links

• 1936 United States Olympic Team in Sports-Reference database (archived from original )