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{{Infobox Olympic games|1936|Summer
|Name                   = Games of the XI Olympiad
|Logo                   = 1936_berlin_logo.jpg
|Host city              = [[Berlin]], [[National Socialist Germany|Germany]]
|Nations participating  = 49
|Athletes participating = 3,963{{-}}(3,632 men, 331 women)
|Events                 = 129 in 19 sports
|Opening ceremony       = August 1, 1936
|Closing ceremony       = August 16, 1936
}}
The '''1936 Olympic Games''', officially known as the '''Games of the XI Olympiad''', were held in [[Germany]]. The Summer Olympics were opened on 1 August, 1936 in [[Berlin]] by [[Adolf Hitler]], Germany's Head of State. The '''1936 Winter Olympics''' took place in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Bavaria]]. [[Richard Strauss]], the world-famous composer of "Salome" and "Der Rosenkavalier", composed the Olympic Hymn.
==History==
[[File:Olympics_1936.png|thumb|310px|Aerial view from the Zeppelin ''[[LZ 129 Hindenburg]]'' of the Berlin Olympic Stadium]]
[[File:Olympia-Ehrenzeichen und Erinnerungsmedaille.png|thumb|310px|''Olympia-Ehrenzeichen und Erinnerungsmedaille'']]
[[National Socialist Germany]] outdid the [[Los Angeles]] Games of 1932 by constructing a vast new 100,000-seat track and field stadium, 6 gymnasiums, and many other smaller arenas. Athletes from 49 nations came to Berlin numbering 3961, setting a new record. The [[Olympic flame relay]] from [[Athens, Greece]] to Berlin was re-instituted and filmed for the modern games. 

Officials installed a closed-circuit television system, radio network that reached 41 countries, and many other forms of expensive high-tech electronic equipment.<ref [[name]]="ReferenceA">Rader, Benjamin G. "[[American]] Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports" --5th Ed.</ref> Filmmaker [[Leni Riefenstahl]], a favorite of [[Hitler]], was commissioned for $7 million <ref name="ReferenceA"/> by the [[German]] Olympic Committee to film the Games. Her film, entitled ''Olympia'', introduced many of the techniques now common to the filming of sports. The film remains the International Olympic Committee's official record of the Berlin Games. 

==Medal count==
[[Germany]] led the wins with 33 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze metals. These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games.
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
|- bgcolor=ccccff
| 1 ||align=[[left]]| {{flagIOC|GER|1936 Summer}} (host [[nation]]) ||33||26||30||89
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1936 Summer}} ||24||20||12||56
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1936 Summer}} ||10||1||5||16
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1936 Summer}} ||8||9||5||22
|-
|rowspan=2| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1936 Summer}} || 7 || 6 || 6 || 19
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1936 Summer}} || 7 || 6 || 6 || 19
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1936 Summer}} || 6 || 5 || 9 || 20
|-
| 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1936 Summer}} || 6 || 4 || 8 || 18
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1936 Summer}} || 6 || 4 || 7 || 17
|-
|10 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1936 Summer}} || 4 || 7 || 3 || 14
|}

==German Olympia Honour Badge==
The '''German Olympia Honour Badge''', '''Medal of Honour''' or '''Olympic Decoration''' ({{lang-de|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Olympia-Ehrenzeichen Deutsche Olympia-Ehrenzeichen] or Deutsches Olympiaehrenzeichen}}) is a civil decoration of [[Germany]] awarded to administrators of the IV Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The award was not intended for actual participants in the Olympic Games, but rather in recognition of those who had orchestrated the "behind the scenes" preparations and work for the events. It was awarded in three classes to natives and foreigners:

*    1st Class; A total of 767 were awarded; the neck order was only worn as such on award day, after that, as with the other classes, miniaturized on a medal or ribbon bar.
*    2nd Class; A total of 3,364 were awarded.
*    German Olympic Commemorative Medal ({{lang-de|Deutsche Olympia-Erinnerungsmedaille}});  A total of 54,915 were awarded. 

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="330" heights="200" perrow="3">
File:1936 Berlin Olympics IX.png|Poster
File:Olympische Spiele Berlin.png|The stadium
File:Badge for Judges of the Berlin Olympic Summer Games 1936.png|Badge for the judges of the games
File:Olympische Sommerspiele Berlin 1936 II.png|The "Hindenburg" over the [[Brandenburg Gate]]
File:Olympische Sommerspiele Berlin 1936.png|The German youth gathered at the Lustgarten at noon on 1 August 1936, the first day of the Berlin Olympics, and then wandered ceremonially to the Olympic Stadum.
File:1936 Berlin Olympics III.jpg
File:1936 Berlin Olympics IV.jpg
File:1936 Berlin Olympics VIII.jpg
File:1936 Berlin Olympics X.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Jesse Owens]]
*[[Olympic Games]]
* [[Olympia (1938 film)]]

==Further reading==
*''Die Olympischen Spiele 1936'' in Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in several volumes, Germany, 1936.

==External links==
* [[Leni Riefenstahl]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LOPhRq3Es Olympia – Fest der Völker (1936)], Film, 1938, [[YouTube]]

==References==
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