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Athletics At The 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Shot Put
The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 2 August 1936. Twenty-two athletes from 14 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Hans Woellke of Germany. It was Germany's first victory in the men's shot put, and first medal since bronze in 1928. Germany also received bronze in 1936, with Gerhard Stöck finishing third. Between the two Germans was Sulo Bärlund of Finland with silver, the nation's first medal in the event since gold in 1920. For the first time, the United States won no medals in the men's shot put, with the three Americans finishing 4th, 5th, and 6th. Background This was the 10th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning shot putters from the 1932 Games were bronze medalist František Douda of Czechoslovakia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Woellke
Hans-Otto Woellke (18 February 1911 – 22 March 1943) was a Nazi German shot putter, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography Woellke won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1937 AAA Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships. Woellke served with the Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing Mass killing is a concept which has been proposed by genocide scholars who wish to define incidents of non-combat killing which are perpetrated by a government or a state. A mass killing is commonly defined as the killing of group members without ... of civilians took place by Schutzmannschaft and Waffen-SS soldiers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Baoqiu
Chen Baoqiu (born 30 January 1911, date of death unknown) was a Chinese athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References 1911 births Year of death missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Chinese male shot putters Olympic athletes for China Place of birth missing 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rahim (athlete)
Abdul Rahim (born 11 February 1913, date of death unknown) was an athlete from Afghanistan, who specialised in the shot put. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in the shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ... but failed to reach the qualifying distance. References External links * 1913 births Year of death missing Place of birth missing Olympic athletes for Afghanistan Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Afghan male shot putters {{Afghanistan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Hoplíček
Karel Hoplíček (15 December 1913 – 1964) was a Czechoslovak athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References External links * 1913 births 1964 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Czech male shot putters Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Place of birth missing {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Horváth (athlete)
István Horváth (12 July 1910 – 15 July 1976) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul .... References 1910 births 1976 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Hungarian male shot putters Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risto Kuntsi
Risto Johannes Kuntsi (18 June 1912 – 6 August 1964) was a Finnish shot putter who won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ... and finished in 13th place. References 1912 births 1964 deaths Finnish male shot putters Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Jyväskylä Athletes from Central Finland 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksa Kovačević
Aleksa Kovačević (1 February 1910 – 22 August 1979) was a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ..., representing Yugoslavia. References 1910 births 1979 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina male shot putters Yugoslav male shot putters Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportspeople from Nevesinje 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen {{BosniaHerzegovina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Bergh
Sten Gunnar Bergh (20 March 1909 – 25 January 1986) was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the shot put and discus throw. He competed in these events at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and seventh place, respectively. At the 1938 European Championships Bergh won a bronze medal in the discus and finished fifth in the shot put. He won the Swedish titles in the shot put in 1935–42 and 1937–41 and in the discus in 1943–44. Bergh improved the Swedish shot put record several times, and his last record stood for 11 years. Bergh trained as a boxer before changing to athletics, and worked as a policeman in Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub .... His daughter Wivianne also became an Olympic discus thrower. References 1909 births 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Viiding
Arnold Viiding (19 March 1911 in Valga, Estonia, Valga, Estonia – 20 October 2006 in Sydney, Australia) was an Estonian shot putter and discus thrower. At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he achieved eighth place in the Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, shot put event with 15.23 metres. Biography Viiding graduated from the Tallinn Police School in 1932 and worked as a policeman. In 1936, he joined the academic corporation Fraternitas Estica. In 1940, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu. After the German occupation of Estonia during World War II, Nazi occupation in 1941 during the Second World War, Viiding served as the chief of the police school of the Estonian Security Police and SD, Estonian Security Police. In 1944, Viiding fled the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States, Soviet occupation of Estonia and emigrated first to Germany and in 1949 to Australia. Along with other Estonians, he established a plastics factory, "Arnolds Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Zaitz
Dimitri Zaitz (November 7, 1917 – January 26, 1996) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Boston College Eagles track and field team, he competed in the 1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ... and 1937 NCAA Track and Field Championships. References External links * 1917 births 1996 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics American male shot putters Boston College Eagles men's track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-shotputt-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Francis (American Football)
Harrison Samuel Francis (October 26, 1913 – April 23, 2002) was an American football player and coach, Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ... shot putter, and United States Army, Army officer. Biography Francis was born in Dunbar, Nebraska, and graduated from high school in Oberlin, Kansas. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where, in 1936, he was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Francis was also an exceptional athlete in track and field and placed fourth in the shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Francis was the first overall selection in the 1937 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. His rights were traded to the Chicago Bears in exchange for Bill Hewitt (American football), Bill Hewitt and $4,000 in cash on February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
