Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle |  Ferenc CsíkHungary (HUN) |
57.6 |  Masanori YusaJapan (JPN) |
57.9 | Shigeo Arai Japan (JPN) |
58.0 |
| 400 m freestyle |  Jack MedicaUnited States (USA) |
4:44.5 | Shunpei Uto Japan (JPN) |
4:45.6 | Shozo Makino Japan (JPN) |
4:48.1 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Noboru Terada Japan (JPN) |
19:13.7 | Jack Medica United States (USA) |
19:34.0 | Shunpei Uto Japan (JPN) |
19:34.5 |
| 100 m backstroke | Adolph Kiefer United States (USA) |
1:05.9 | Albert van de Weghe United States (USA) |
1:07.7 | Masaji Kiyokawa Japan (JPN) |
1:08.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Tetsuo Hamuro Japan (JPN) |
2:42.5 |  Erwin SietasGermany (GER) |
2:42.9 | Reizo Koike Japan (JPN) |
2:44.2 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Japan (JPN) Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai |
8:51.5 | United States (USA) Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica |
9:03.0 | Hungary (HUN) Árpad Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csík |
9:12.3 |
[edit] Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle |  Rie MastenbroekNetherlands (NED) |
1:05.9 |  Jeanette CampbellArgentina (ARG) |
1:06.4 | Gisela Arendt Germany (GER) |
1:06.6 |
| 400 m freestyle | Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands (NED) |
5:26.4 |  Ragnild HvegerDenmark (DEN) |
5:27.5 | Lenore Kight-Wingard United States (USA) |
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| 100 m backstroke | Nida Senff Netherlands (NED) |
1:18.9 | Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands (NED) |
1:19.2 | Alice Bridges United States (USA) |
1:19.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Hideko Maehata Japan (JPN) |
3:03.6 | Martha Genenger Germany (GER) |
3:04.2 | Inge Sørensen Denmark (DEN) |
3:07.8 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Netherlands (NED) Jopie Selbach Tini Wagner Willy den Ouden Rie Mastenbroek |
4:36.0 | Germany (GER) Ruth Halbsguth Maria Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz Gisela Arendt |
4:36.8 | United States (USA) Katherine Rawls Bernice Lapp Mavis Freeman Mary McKean |
4:40.2 |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Argentina (ARG) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Reference
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
| Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) |
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| Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gliding (demonstration) • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Polo • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Swimming at the Summer Olympics |  |
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