1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin)

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Summer Olympic Games international sporting event multi-sport event

The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin were an international multi-sport event infamous for their use as a Nazi propaganda showcase and notable for athletic feats such as Jesse Owens’ four gold medals.

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Surface form Occurrences
1936 Summer Olympics 17
1936 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 1
Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
international sporting event ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
aquaticsVenue Olympia-Schwimmstadion ⓘ
artCompetitionCategories architecture ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artCompetitionsIncluded true ⓘ
athletesParticipating 3963 ⓘ
boycottDebate widespread international discussion of boycott ⓘ
broadcastMedium early television ⓘ
radio ⓘ
city Berlin ⓘ
continentOfHostCity Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
discriminationContext antisemitic policies in Nazi Germany ⓘ
endDate 1936-08-16 ⓘ
equestrianVenue May Field ⓘ
eventsCount 129 ⓘ
followedBy Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics
genderParticipation men and women ⓘ
hostCity Berlin ⓘ
hostCityBidRivals Alexandria ⓘ
Barcelona ⓘ
Budapest ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
surface form: Frankfurt

Helsinki ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ
Nuremberg ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
hostCitySelectedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCitySelectionYear 1931 ⓘ
hostCountry Germany ⓘ
hostNationGovernment Nazi Germany ⓘ
introducedSport basketball (Olympic debut as medal sport) ⓘ
canoeing (Olympic debut) ⓘ
iocPresidentAtGames Henri de Baillet-Latour ⓘ
iocSessionCity Barcelona ⓘ
iocSessionCountry Spain ⓘ
iocSessionSelectingHost International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 29th IOC Session
jewishAthletesParticipationIssue restrictions and exclusions by Nazi authorities ⓘ
legacy iconic performances challenging Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
symbol of politicization of sport ⓘ
mainStadium Olympiastadion Berlin ⓘ
medalTableLeader Germany ⓘ
motto Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt ⓘ
nationsParticipating 49 ⓘ
notableAthlete Cornelius Johnson ⓘ
Jesse Owens ⓘ
Kristin Otto ⓘ
Luz Long ⓘ
Mack Robinson ⓘ
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung) ⓘ
Tinus Osendarp ⓘ
Toni Merkens ⓘ
notableFirst first Olympic Games with extensive torch relay ⓘ
first Olympics with significant television coverage ⓘ
notableFor Jesse Owens winning four gold medals ⓘ
Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia ⓘ
use as Nazi propaganda showcase ⓘ
officialName Games of the XI Olympiad ⓘ
olympiadNumber 11 ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayFirstUsed true ⓘ
openingBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
politicalContext Nazi regime in power in Germany ⓘ
precededBy 1932 Summer Olympics ⓘ
propagandaUse promote image of peaceful, modern Nazi Germany ⓘ
showcase supposed superiority of Aryan race ⓘ
rowingVenue Langer See, Grünau ⓘ
sailingVenue Kiel Bay ⓘ
secondInMedalTable United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
securityContext heavy presence of Nazi paramilitary organizations ⓘ
sportsCount 19 ⓘ
startDate 1936-08-01 ⓘ
televisionCoverageScope limited local broadcasts in Berlin ⓘ
thirdInMedalTable Hungary ⓘ
torchRelayEndPoint Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin, Germany
torchRelayOrigin Olympia, Greece ⓘ
venueComplex Olympiastadion Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Reichssportfeld
womenEventsCount 15 ⓘ
year 1936 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Games of the XI Olympiad → commonName → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Jesse Owens → competedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Germany → hasHostedEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
Olympia-Schwimmstadion → hostedEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympiastadion Berlin → hostedEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
XIV Olympiad → lastGamesBeforeHiatus → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Games of the X Olympiad → nextGames → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
United States men's national basketball team → olympicDebut → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
May Field → partOfEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Mack Robinson → participantIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Fanny Blankers-Koen → participatedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Luz Long → participatedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Son Kitei (Son Kee-chung) → participatedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
subject surface form: Son Kitei
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Tinus Osendarp → participatedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Toni Merkens → participatedIn → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics 1948 → previousEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
subject surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Toni Merkens → representedCountry → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympia-Schwimmstadion → significantEvent → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
Italy national football team → wonOlympicFootballTournament → 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics