Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the XI Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936, a competition was held in football.

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, football was not part of the programme, as it was difficult to determine who was an amateur and who was a professional due to the increasing professionalisation of football. However, since football generated the highest number of spectators and the organizers needed the income, it was decided to include a tournament in the program again. Of the 16 participants, four took part with their amateur national team or amateur players, namely Great Britain, Austria, Hungary and Italy. However, unlike Austria and Hungary, FIFA counts these matches as senior internationals. China and Japan were the first two Asian teams to play outside Asia, with Japan surprisingly beating Sweden in the last 16. The best South American teams at the time, Uruguay and Argentina, who were still the Olympic champions in 1928, did not take part. Instead, Peru, third in the 1935 South American Championship, made their first appearance in international matches outside South America.

The German team was one of the favourites, as they had only lost one home match since 4 December 1932. In the first match, Luxembourg was also defeated 9:0, but in the second match against the later bronze medal winner Norway already came the end for the German team. For Norway the third place is the best result at a major men's football tournament. Olympic champions were Italy, but no players from the 34-man world championship team were in the squad. However, Sergio Bertoni, Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli and Pietro Rava also became football world champions with Italy two years later.

The venues were the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the Post Stadium, the Mommsen Stadium and the Hertha-Platz at Gesundbrunnen. With 95,000 spectators each for the semi-final between Italy and Norway and the bronze medal match between Norway and Poland in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, there were the highest crowds for Olympic football matches until 24 October 1968. Then the record was beaten in the match for third place between Japan and Mexico. The referee of the final was the later DFB president Peco Bauwens.

A ball of the competitions can be seen in the German Leather Museum.Zoom
A ball of the competitions can be seen in the German Leather Museum.

The tournament

1936 Olympic Football Tournament

Olympische RingeFußball

Number of nations

16

Olympic Champion

Italy 1861Königreich Italien (1861–1946) Kingdom of Italy (1st title)

Venue

Berlin

Opening match

August 3, 1936

Final

August 15, 1936

Games

16

Gates

78 (⌀: 4.88 per game)

Viewers

484,500 (⌀: 30,281 per game)

Top scorer

AItalianAItaliener Annibale Frossi (7 goals)

Sent off

1 (⌀: 0.06 per game)

Round of 16

Date

Game

Result

Stadium

Viewers

August 3, 1936

Italy 1861Königreich Italien (1861–1946)Italy

- –

United States 48Vereinigte StaatenUnited States

1:0 (0:0)

Post Stadium

9.000

August 3, 1936

Norway NorwegenNorway

- –

Turkey TürkeiTurkey

4:0 (1:0)

Mommsenstadion

8.000

August 4, 1936

Japan JapanJapan

- –

Sweden SchwedenSweden

3:2 (0:2)

Hertha Square

5.000

August 4, 1936

German Reich NSDeutsches Reich (NS-Zeit)German Reich

- –

Luxembourg LuxemburgLuxembourg

9:0 (2:0)

Post Stadium

12.000

August 5, 1936

Poland 1928Zweite Polnische RepublikPoland

- –

Hungary 1940UngarnHungary

3:0 (2:0)

Post Stadium

5.000

August 5, 1936

AustriaÖsterreich Austria

- –

Egypt 1922ÄgyptenEgypt

3:1 (2:0)

Mommsenstadion

6.000

August 6, 1936

United Kingdom Vereinigtes KönigreichGreat Britain

- –

China Republic 1928Republik China (1912–1949)Republic of China

2:0 (0:0)

Mommsenstadion

8.000

August 6, 1936

Peru 1825PeruPeru

- –

Finland FinnlandFinland

7:3 (3:1)

Hertha Square

2.500

Quarterfinals

Date

Game

Result

Stadium

Viewers

August 7, 1936

Italy 1861Königreich Italien (1861–1946)Italy

- –

Japan JapanJapan

8:0 (2:0)

Mommsenstadion

8.000

August 7, 1936

Norway NorwegenNorway

- –

German Reich NSDeutsches Reich (NS-Zeit)German Reich

2:0 (1:0)

Post Stadium

55.000

August 8, 1936

Poland 1928Zweite Polnische RepublikPoland

- –

United Kingdom Vereinigtes KönigreichGreat Britain

5:4 (2:1)

Post Stadium

6.000

August 8, 1936

Peru 1825PeruPeru

- –

Austria ÖsterreichAustria*

4:2 n. V. (2:2; 0:2)

Hertha Square

5.000

*After the score was 4-2, Peruvian fans stormed the pitch. Austria then protested against the result and justified this with the storming of the pitch, which according to the Austrians had already taken place at 2:2. The protest was upheld and a replay was ordered, but it never happened as Peru withdrew all their Olympians in protest. Austria thus reached the semi-finals without a fight.

Semifinals

Date

Game

Result

Stadium

Viewers

August 10, 1936

Italy 1861Königreich Italien (1861–1946)Italy

- –

Norway NorwegenNorway

2:1 n. V. (1:1; 1:0)

Olympic Stadium

95.000

August 11, 1936

AustriaÖsterreich Austria

- –

Poland 1928Zweite Polnische RepublikPoland

3:1 (1:0)

Olympic Stadium

82.000

Bronze game

Norway

Poland

Norway Norwegen

13 August 1936 in Berlin (Olympic Stadium)

Result: 3:2 (2:2)

Spectators: 82,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (German Reich NS Deutsches Reich (NS-Zeit)German Reich)

Poland Polen

Henry Johansen - Nils Eriksen, Øivind Holmsen - Frithjof Ulleberg, Jørgen Juve, Rolf Holmberg - Reidar Kvammen, Magdalon Monsen, Alf Martinsen, Odd Frantzen, Arne Brustad

Spirydion Albański - Władysław Szczepaniak, Antoni Gałecki - Wilhelm Góra, Franciszek Cebulak, Ewald Dytko - Walerian Kisieliński, Michał Matyas, Teodor Peterek, Hubert Gad, Gerard Wodarz


Tor1:1 Brustad (15.)
Tor2:1 Brustad (21.)

Tor3:2 Brustad (84.)

Tor0:1 Wodarz (5.)

Tor2:2 Peterek (24.)

Finale

Italy

Austria

Italy Italien

15 August 1936 in Berlin (Olympic Stadium)

Result: 2:1 n. V. (1:1, 0:0)

Spectators: 85,000

Referee: Peco Bauwens (German Reich NS Deutsches Reich (NS-Zeit)German Reich)

Austria Österreich

Bruno Venturini - Alfredo Foni (C)Kapitän der Mannschaft , Pietro Rava - Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli - Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti

Eduard Kainberger (C)Kapitän der Mannschaft - Ernst Künz, Martin Kargl - Anton Krenn, Karl Wahlmüller, Max Hofmeister - Walter Werginz, Adolf Laudon, Klement Steinmetz, Karl Kainberger, Franz Fuchsberger

Tor1:0 Frossi (70.)

Tor2:1 Frossi (92.)


Tor1:1 Franz Fuchsberger (79.)



Medal Ranks

Rank

Medalists

Gold
Italy 1861
Königreich Italien (1861–1946)
Italy

Giuseppe Baldo, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Giulio Cappelli, Alfredo Foni, Annibale Frossi, Francesco Gabriotti, Mario Giani, Carlo Girometta, Adolfo Giuntoli, Ugo Locatelli, Libero Marchini, Alfonso Negro, Mario Nicolini, Lamberto Petri, Achille Piccini, Sandro Puppo, Pietro Rava, Luigi Scarabello, Corrado Tamietti, Paolo Vannucci, Bruno Venturini...
Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Silver
Austria
Österreich
 Austria

Franz Fuchsberger, Max Hofmeister, Karl Kainberger, Eduard Kainberger (TW), Martin Kargl, Josef Kitzmüller, Ernst Künz, Anton Krenn, Adolf Laudon, Franz Mandl, Klement Steinmetz, Karl Wahlmüller, Walter Werginz
Coach: England
England Jimmy Hogan

Bronze
Norway
Norwegen
Norway

Arne Brustad, Nils Eriksen, Odd Frantzen, Sverre Hansen, Rolf Holmberg, Øivind Holmsen, Fredrik Horn, Magnar Isaksen, Henry Johansen (TW), Jørgen Juve, Reidar Kvammen, Magdalon Monsen, Alf Martinsen, Frithjof Ulleberg
Coach: Asbjørn Halvorsen



Questions and Answers

Q: Who won the 1936 Olympic football tournament?


A: Italy won the 1936 Olympic football tournament.

Q: Why were Italy considered the favourites to win the tournament?


A: Italy were considered the favourites to win the tournament because they had won the FIFA World Cup in 1934.

Q: Which nation was the host of the 1936 Olympic football tournament?


A: Germany was the host nation of the 1936 Olympic football tournament.

Q: How well was Germany doing at the tournament before they were beaten in the quarter-finals?


A: Germany had only lost at home once in three years before being beaten in the quarter-finals.

Q: How many people watched the bronze- and gold-medal games of the 1936 Olympic football tournament?


A: A combined total of 195,000 people watched the bronze- and gold-medal games of the 1936 Olympic football tournament.

Q: How popular was football in the 1936 Summer Olympics?


A: Football was popular enough in the 1936 Summer Olympics to attract nearly 200,000 spectators to the bronze- and gold-medal games.

Q: Did the host nation of Germany win any medals in the 1936 Olympic football tournament?


A: Germany did not win any medals at the 1936 Olympic football tournament as they were beaten in the quarter-finals.

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