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Swimming At The 1936 Summer Olympics
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 8, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936. There was a total of 248 participants from 29 countries competing. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events Participating nations 248 swimmers from 29 nations competed. References External links * {{Swimming at the Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics events 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ... 1936 in swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin
Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin (german: Berlin Olympic Swim Stadium) is an aquatics venue located at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany constructed for the 1936 Summer Olympics. Located north of the Olympic Stadium it hosted the diving, swimming, water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ..., and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon events. A total of 140,231 attended during all competitions. It hosted the World Aquatics Championships in 1978 as well and was a venue of European Maccabi Games 2015. The stadium's ground level was constructed lower than the top part of the Olympic Stadium. Its swimming pool is 50 m long by 20 m wide, separated into eight lanes. Men's dressing rooms are located under the east stands while women's dressing rooms were loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Vande Weghe
Albert Joseph Vande Weghe (July 28, 1916 – August 13, 2002) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. As a 20-year-old high school senior at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he won the silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Al Vande Weghe Retrieved January 29, 2013. Vande Weghe finished second behind fellow American Adolph Kiefer and recorded a time of 1:07.7.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games Men's 100 metres Backstroke Final Retrieved January 29, 2013. Like Kiefer, Vande Weghe never achieved his full potential as a swimmer after his competition career was interrupted by military service during World War II. He was known for being the first man to swim the 100-yard backstroke in under a minute, and for the competitive advantage he gained in the turn by inventing the flip turn. After the Olympics, Vande Weghe attended Princeton University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek (26 February 1919 – 6 November 2003) was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion. Biography Born in Rotterdam, she started swimming under the coaching of "Ma" Braun, who had coached her daughter to an Olympic gold medal in 1928. In 1934, Mastenbroek won three gold medals and a silver at the European Championships. She repeated that performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics, aged only 17, winning the 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle. In the 100 m backstroke, she finished second behind teammate Nida Senff. (Senff missed a turning point and had to swim back before completing the last 50 m. She nevertheless beat Mastenbroek thanks to an outstanding last leg.) The following year she became a swimming instructor, thereby losing her amateur status and becoming ineligible for competition. During her career she broke nine world records (six for backstroke and three for freestyle). In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Árpád Lengyel
Árpád Lengyel (4 September 1915 – 30 April 1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kaposvár and died in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States. In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. He was also fourth in his first round heat of the 400 m freestyle event and fifth in his first round heat of the 100 m backstroke event and did not advance in both occasions. See also *World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ... External links * * 1915 births 1993 deaths Hungarian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ödön Gróf
Ödön Gróf (15 April 1915 – 16 January 1997) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Neteča, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of .... In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. He was also seventh in his semifinal of the 400 m freestyle event and third in his first round heat of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance in both occasions. References External links * * * Ödön Gróf at databaseOlympics.com 1915 births 1997 deaths People from Virovitica-Podravina County People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oszkár Abay-Nemes
Oszkár Abay-Nemes (22 September 1913 in Sládkovičovo – 30 January 1959) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the 1936 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ... relay event. He was also seventh in his semifinal of the 100 m freestyle event and did not advance. External linksprofile 1913 births 1959 deaths People from Galanta District Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1947–1949) Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Hungarian male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{hungary-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wolf
Paul G. Wolf (October 5, 1915 – October 14, 1972) was an American competition swimmer. He won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Ralph Flanagan, John Macionis and Jack Medica. In 1941 he enlisted to the U.S. Navy. :File:Paul Wolf 1941.jpg See also * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * List of University of Southern California people * World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ... References 1915 births 1972 deaths American male freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming People from Madison, Indiana Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics USC Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Macionis
John Joseph Macionis ( ; May 27, 1916 – February 16, 2012) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Early life Born in Philadelphia, Macionis swam for Big Brothers, Germantown Y.M.C.A., and Central High School, where he captained the swim team and set a world's record in the 200-yard freestyle in 1933. He spent the next year at Mercersburg Academy (1934), where he swam under coach John "King" Miller and set two additional national freestyle records: According to school legend – as reported in the ''Mercersburg Magazine'' in Summer 2008 – it was Macionis who gave Miller the nickname "King". Continuing his swimming career at Yale University (1938), he swam under their legendary coach Bob Kiputh. Macionis was interviewed for the Mercersburg Academy oral history project in 2008 and recalled his single year at the academy. Macionis said he was the son of working class Lithuanian immigrants, who, in the midst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Flanagan (swimmer)
Ralph Drew Flanagan (December 14, 1918 – February 8, 1988) was an American competitive swimmer who represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics during the 1930s.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Ralph Flanagan Retrieved January 30, 2013. As a 13-year-old at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Flanagan competed in the semifinals of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Individually, he finished fourth in the men's 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final Retrieved January 30, 2013. Flanagan was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1978. See also * List of members of the Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaharu Taguchi
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m relay, setting a new world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Shigeo Arai and was placed fourth, although photographs suggest he was second. Taguchi graduated from the Rikkyo University, and later worked at a Daimaru is a Japanese department store chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. At one time Daimaru was an independent company, , hea ... department store and coached swimming at a local Daimaru swimming club. He was recruited in 1961 to prepare the national swimming team for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeo Sugiura
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a new world record. References External links * * 1917 births 1988 deaths Olympic swimmers of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Japanese male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reizo Koike
was a Japanese swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke. In this event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics, and set an unofficial world record in 100 m between these Olympics. During his career Koike won eight national titles. After the end of World War II, Koike became a coach for the Japanese national Olympic swimming team and chairman of the Japan Swimming Federation. He was present in Barcelona during the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Kyoko Iwasaki won the gold medal. In 1990 Koike received the Olympic Order in Silver, and in 1996 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He died of lung cancer in 1998. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
