4. The XI Summer Olympic Games of the
modern age were held in Berlin, Germany,
between 1 and 16 of August 1936, during the
period of the Third German Empire.
Participated 4066 athletes (3738 men and 328
women) from 49 countries who competed in 19
sports and 129 specialties.
Hitler saw the Games as an opportunity to
promote his government and ideals of racial
supremacy, and he wrote that Jews and Black
people should not be allowed to participate in
the Games. However, when other nations
threatened with a boycott of the Games, he
relented and allowed Black people and Jews to
participate.
Spain boycotted these games and didn't
participate.
5. Jesse Owens was an American athlete
from African, which winning 4 gold
medals in 100 meters, 200 meters, long
jump and as a participant of the
winning team in athletism in 4x100 m.
Hitler and other members of the
government have high hopes that
German athletes dominate the games
with victories, but Owens cause a
surprise by winning four gold medals.
Hitler refused to give the medal for the
100m and it says that whispered that
Americans should be embarrassed of
themselves to let compete at a "black"
for them.
6.
7. German gymnasts Konrad Frey
and Alfred Schwarzmann both won
three gold medals.
Jesse Owens won four gold medals
and his German competitor Luz
Long offered Owens advice after he
almost failed to qualify in the long
jump.
The effort of Zamperini caught
the attention of Adolf Hitler who
personally commended him.
In one of the most dramatic 800
meter races in history, American
John Woodruff won gold.
8. The following countries participated in the games:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda
, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Chile, China, Colo
mbia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, United
States, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ital
y, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco,
Netherlands, New
Zealand, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, United
Kingdom, Romania, South
Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
15. The Reich Sports
Office, promoted the idea that the
use of sports would harden the
German spirit and instill unity
among German youth. At the
same time he also believed that
sports ware a "way to weed out
the weak, Jewish, and other
undesirables.
The German Olympic
committee, in accordance with
Nazi directives, virtually barred
that Germans who were Jewish or
Roma, participated in the Games.
This decision meant exclusion for
many of the country's top athletes.
16. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympic
Games, the Olympic flame was lit with fire collected
directly from the sanctuary of the ancient Olympic Games
from Olympia to Berlin for the relay.
In the handle is written in german that "Lauf
Fackelstaffel Olympia-Berlin-1936“ (Olympic torch relay
run Berlin 1936), with the Olympic rings and the German
eagle superimposed. In the platform, the inscription
"Komitee für die Organisazions-XI. Olympiade Berlin 1926
Als Trager Dank dem" (Organizations Committee for the
XI. Olympics Berlin 1936 To thank the support.)
