United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports.

Athletics

 * Archie Williams – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m race.
 * Jesse Owens – Won 4 gold medals in the 100m race, the 200m race, the long jump, and the 4 × 100 m relay team.
 * John Woodruff – Won 1 gold medal in the 800m race.
 * Mack Robinson – Won 1 silver medal in the 200m race.
 * Ralph Metcalfe – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team and 1 silver medal in the 100m race.
 * James LuValle – Won 1 bronze medal in the 400m race.
 * Glenn Cunningham – Won 1 silver medal in the 1500m race.
 * Forrest Towns – Won 1 gold medal in the 110m hurdles.
 * Fritz Pollard – Won 1 bronze medal in the 110m hurdles.
 * Glenn Hardin – Won 1 gold medal in the 400m hurdles.
 * Foy Draper – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
 * Frank Wykoff – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
 * Eddie O'Brien – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
 * Harold Cagle – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
 * Robert Young – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
 * Alfred Fitch – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.
 * Cornelius Johnson – Won 1 gold medal in the high jump.
 * Dave Albritton – Won 1 silver medal in the high jump.
 * Delos Thurber – Won 1 bronze medal in the high jump.
 * Earle Meadows – Won 1 gold medal in the pole vault.
 * Ken Carpenter – Won 1 gold medal in the discus.
 * Gordon Dunn – Won 1 silver medal in the discus.
 * Glenn Morris – Won 1 gold medal in the decathlon.
 * Bob Clark – Won 1 silver medal in the decathlon.
 * Jack Parker – Won 1 bronze medal in the decathlon.

Basketball
The men's basketball team won the gold medal. The players were as follows:
 * Sam Balter
 * Ralph Bishop
 * Joe Fortenberry
 * Tex Gibbons
 * Francis Johnson
 * Carl Knowles
 * Frank Lubin
 * Art Mollner
 * Donald Piper
 * Jack Ragland
 * Willard Schmidt
 * Carl Shy
 * Duane Swanson
 * Bill Wheatley

Boxing

 * Jack Wilson – Won 1 silver medal in the bantamweight.
 * Louis Laurie – Won 1 bronze medal in the flyweight.

Canoeing

 * Ernest Riedel – Won 1 bronze medal in K1 10000 meters.

Football (soccer)
Results
 * U.S. 0–1 Italy

Roster
 * Charles Altemose
 * Frank Bartkus
 * Edward Begley
 * Julius Chmielewski
 * James Crockett
 * William Fiedler
 * Andrew Gajda
 * Frank Greinert
 * Fred Lutkefedder
 * George Nemchik
 * Peter Pietras
 * Francis Ryan
 * Fred Zbikowski
 * Fritz Stoll
 * Rob Denton

Rowing
The men's eight-man team won the gold medal. The team consisted of the following rowers:
 * Herbert Morris
 * Charles Day
 * Gordon Adam
 * John White
 * James McMillin
 * George Hunt
 * Joe Rantz
 * Don Hume
 * Robert Moch

Athletics

 * Helen Stephens – Won 2 gold medals in the 100m race and the 4 × 100 m relay.
 * Harriet Bland – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
 * Betty Robinson – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
 * Annette Rogers – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Swimming

 * Famous swimmer Eleanor Holm was suspended by Avery Brundage over "a drinking episode" while she was traveling to Germany together with other American athletes. She had swum in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, winning gold in 1932. Holm's Olympic teammates unsuccessfully petitioned to have her dismissal overturned. She was the top favorite for the 100-meter backstroke event, and watched from the stands as the gold medal went to Dutch swimmer Nida Senff. Decades later, Holm told Olympic sprinter Dave Sime that Brundage held a grudge from an incident in which he propositioned her, and she turned him down. Brundage was one of the most controversial figures in the US Olympic history, known for his racist and sexist remarks and actions and also for appeasing dictatorships, such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Athletics

 * Louis Zamperini – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter event.
 * Don Lash – long-distance runner competing in the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter events.
 * Ellison Brown – marathon runner.

Cycling
Six cyclists represented the United States in 1936.


 * Individual road race
 * Albert Byrd
 * Charles Morton
 * Paul Nixon
 * John Sinibaldi


 * Team road race
 * Albert Byrd
 * Charles Morton
 * Paul Nixon
 * John Sinibaldi


 * Sprint
 * Al Sellinger


 * Time trial
 * Al Sellinger


 * Tandem
 * William Logan
 * Al Sellinger


 * Team pursuit
 * Albert Byrd
 * William Logan
 * Charles Morton
 * John Sinibaldi

Fencing
22 fencers represented the United States in 1936.


 * Men's foil
 * Joe Levis
 * Hugh Alessandroni
 * Bill Pecora


 * Men's team foil
 * Joe Levis, Hugh Alessandroni, John Potter, John Hurd, Warren Dow, Bill Pecora


 * Men's épée
 * Frederick Weber
 * Gustave Heiss
 * Frank Righeimer


 * Men's team épée
 * Frank Righeimer, Thomas Sands, Tracy Jaeckel, Gustave Heiss, José Raoul de Capriles, Andrew Boyd


 * Men's sabre
 * John Huffman
 * Peter Bruder
 * Norman Cohn-Armitage


 * Men's team sabre
 * Peter Bruder, Miguel de Capriles, Bela De Nagy, John Huffman, Samuel Stewart, Norman Cohn-Armitage


 * Women's foil
 * Marion Lloyd
 * Dorothy Locke
 * Joanna de Tuscan

Gymnastics
16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented the United States in 1936.


 * Men's team
 * Frank Cumiskey
 * Kenny Griffin
 * Frank Haubold
 * Al Jochim
 * Fred Meyer
 * Chet Phillips
 * Artie Pitt
 * George Wheeler


 * Women's team
 * Jennie Caputo
 * Connie Caruccio-Lenz
 * Margaret Duff
 * Irma Haubold
 * Marie Kibler
 * Ada Lunardoni
 * Adelaide Meyer
 * Mary Wright

Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.


 * Charles Leonard
 * Alfred Starbird
 * Frederick Weber

Rowing
The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1936.


 * Men's single sculls
 * Dan Barrow


 * Men's double sculls
 * John Houser
 * Bill Dugan


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Harry Sharkey
 * George Dahm


 * Men's coxed pair
 * Tom Curran
 * Joe Dougherty
 * George Loveless (cox)


 * Men's coxless four
 * James Thomson
 * Eugene Fruehauf
 * George Hague
 * Alfred Sapecky


 * Men's coxed four
 * William Haskins
 * Roger W. Cutler Jr.
 * Paul Austin
 * Robert B. Cutler
 * Edward Bennett (cox)


 * Men's eight
 * Herbert Morris
 * Charles Day
 * Gordon Adam
 * John White
 * James McMillin
 * George Hunt
 * Joe Rantz
 * Don Hume
 * Robert Moch (cox)

Shooting
Six shooters represented the United States in 1936.


 * 25 m rapid fire pistol
 * Ingals Fisher
 * Morris Doob
 * Dean Hudnutt


 * 50 m pistol
 * Elliott Jones
 * William Riedell
 * Ralph Marshall