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IV Olympic Winter Games

Nations participating	28
Athletes participating	646 (566 men, 80 women)
Events	17 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	February 6, 1936
Closing ceremony	February 16, 1936
Officially opened by	Adolf Hitler
Athlete's Oath	Wilhelm Bogner
Olympic Torch	---

The IV Olympic Winter Games were held in the villages of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Hitler, the German Nazi leader, wished to show the world that the ' Aryan' team the National Socialist state had assembled was better than everyone elses', and would win all events.

1 Medal winners

Alpine skiing
Bobsleigh
Figure skating
Ice hockeyIn a shocking upset at the 1936 Winter Olympics, the perpetual powerhouse Canada did not win Gold. Instead, Great Britain won the men's ice hockey competition, although it should be noted that the British team was mostly made up of Canadians with dual cit
Nordic skiingAt the 1936 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested. 18 km cross-country skiing, Men Pos Athlete 1 Erik August Larsson (SWE) 1:14:38 2 Oddbjorn hagen (NOR) 1:15:33 3 Pekka Niemi (FIN) 1:16:59 50 km cross-country skiing, Men Pos Athlete 1
Speed skatingAt the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. 500 m speed skating, Men Pos Athlete 1 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) 43. 4 2 Georg Krog (NOR) 43. 5 3 Leo Freisinger (USA) 44. 0 1500 m speed skating, Men Pos Athlete 1 Charles Mathiesen (NOR)

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Top medal-collecting nations:

1936 Winter OlympicsThe IV Olympic Winter Games were held in the villages of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Hitler, the German Nazi leader, wished to show the world that the Aryan' team the National Socialist state had assembled was better than everyone elses', and w medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1936 Winter Olympics . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countr
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	NorwayThe Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west of Sweden on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway's famous fjords are found. In addition to Sweden, it borders R	7	5	3	15
2	Germany	3	3	0	6
3	SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf	2	2	3	7
4	Finland	1	2	3	6
5	Switzerland	1	2	0	3
6	Austria	1	1	2	4
7	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
8	United States	1	0	3	4
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	1	1
10	Hungary	0	0	1	1

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