Military patrol at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 1936, a military patrol competition was held. The International Olympic Committee refused admission of this sport into the Olympic Program, but the expressed desires of Adolf Hitler forced the IOC to make this program a demonstration sport. Military patrol is considered the precursor to biathlon.
Event held on February 14, 1936
| Place | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy(Enrico Silvestri, Luigi Perenni, Stefano Sertorelli, Sisto Sciligio) |
2:28:35.0 |
| 2 |  Finland(Eino Kuvaja, Olli Remes, Kalle Arantola, Olli Huttunen) |
2:28:49.0 |
| 3 |  Sweden(Gunnar Wahlberg, Seth Olofsson, Johan Wiksten, John Westberg) |
2:35:24.0 |
| 4 |  Austria(Albert Bach, Edwin Hartmann, Franz Hiermann, Eugen Tschurtschentaler) |
2:36:19.0 |
| 5 |  Germany(Herbert Leupold, Johan Hieble, Hermann Lochbühler, Michael Kirchmann) |
2:36:24.0 |
| 6 |  France(Jacques Faure, Marcel Cohendoz, Eugéne Sibué, Jean Morand) |
2:40:55.0 |
| 7 |  Switzerland(Arnold Kaech, Josef Jauch, Eduard Waser, Josef Lindauer) |
2:43:39.0 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia(Karel Steiner, Josef Mateasko, Bohuslav Musil, Bohumil Kosour) |
2:50:08.8 |
| 9 |  Poland(Wladislaw Zytkowiecz, Jean Pydych, Jozef Zubek, Adam Rzepka) |
2:52:27.0 |
[edit] External Reference
| Biathlon at the Winter Olympics |  |
|---|---|
| 1924* • 1928* (demonstration) • 1932 • 1936* (demonstration) • 1948* (demonstration) • 1952 • 1956 *Military patrol 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in biathlon |
