The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans were second in the medals table to Germany. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports.
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 medals 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.
The men's basketball team won the gold medal. The players were as following.
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
Jack Wilson- Won 1 silver medal in the Bantamweight.
Louis Daniel Lauria- Won 1 bronze medal in the Flyweight.
Ernest Riedel- Won 1 bronze medal in K1 10000 metres.
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
The men's eight-man team won the gold medal. The team consisted of the following:
Herbert Morris
Charles Day
Gordon Adam
John White
James McMillin
George Hunt
Joe Rantz
Don Hume
Robert Moch
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.
Eleanor Holm was the favorite for the 100m backstroke, but after a drinking episode on the voyage over she was suspended by team leader Avery Brundage; she had swum in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, winning gold in 1932.
Louis Zamperini - long-distance runner competing on the 5000-meter event
Don Lash - long-distance runner competing on the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter events
Ellison Brown - Marathon runner
Six cyclists, all men, 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
22 fencers, 19 men and 3 women, 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
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
Three male pentathletes represented the United States in 1936.
Charles Leonard
Alfred Starbird
Frederick Weber
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
