United States at the 1936 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1936 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1936 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	55 (46 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Rolf Monsen
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Photograph of the 1936 American Ice Hockey squad from the January 5, 1936 edition of The New York Times (Times Wide World Photos.)

Medalists[]

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ivan Brown Alan Washbond	Bobsleigh	Two-man	February 15
Bronze	Leo Freisinger	Speed skating	500 meters	February 11
Bronze	Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence	Bobsleigh	Two-man	February 15
Bronze	United States men's national ice hockey team John Garrison August Kammer Philip LaBatte John Lax Thomas Moone Elbridge Ross Paul Rowe Francis Shaughnessy Gordon Smith Francis Spain Frank Stubbs	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	February 16

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Bobsleigh	1	0	1	2
Ice hockey	0	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
6	February 11	0	0	1	1
10	February 15	1	0	1	2
11	February 16	0	0	1	1
Total		1	0	3	4

Alpine skiing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Average points	Rank
Dick Durrance	Combined	5:16.2	90.89	1:26.4 (+0:06)	1:26.9	2:53.3	84.59	87.74	10
Robert Livermore		6:04.4	78.87	1:37.5	1:36.7	3:14.2	75.49	77.18	23
George Page		5:42.8	83.84	1:25.7	1:33.4	2:59.1	81.86	82.85	13
Albert Washburn		6:30.8	73.54	1:56.7 (+0:06)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Average points	Rank
Mary Bird	Combined	8:32.4	59.41	2:38.9	Did not advance
Helen Boughton-Leigh		7:17.4	69.59	1:46.7	1:50.8	3:37.5	65.33	67.46	21
Clarita Heath		7:39.2	66.29	2:25.4	2:00.3	4:25.7	53.48	59.89	27
Elizabeth Woolsey		6:12.8	81.68	2:00.8	2:09.3	4:10.1	56.82	69.24	19

Bobsleigh[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Brown Alan Washbond	Two-man	1:22.50	1	1:21.02	2	1:25.39	3	1:20.38	2	5:29.29
Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence	Two-man	1:25.06	2	1:21.94	3	1:24.80	2	1:22.16	3	5:33.96
Hubert Stevens Crawford Merkel Robert Martin John Shene	Four-man	1:25.61	8	1:19.17	2	1:20.51	3	1:18.84	2	5:24.13	4
Francis Tyler James Bickford Richard Lawrence Max Bly	Four-man	1:25.61	8	1:23.85	10	1:20.22	2	1:19.32	5	5:29.00	6

Cross-country skiing[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Warren Chivers	18 km	1:30:25	48
Richard Parsons		1:30:09	46
Karl Magnus Satre		1:25:56	34
Berger Torrissen		1:29:08	45
Nils Backstrom	50 km	4:29:30	33
Richard Parsons		4:11:08	29
Karl Magnus Satre		3:58:45	18
Berger Torrissen		4:07:44	27
Warren Chivers Richard Parsons Karl Satre Birger Torrissen	4×10 km relay	3:06:26	11

Figure skating[]

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Places	Points	Rank
George Hill	Men's singles	18	23	148	325.1	22
Robin Lee		13	13	80	363.0	12
Erle Reiter		12	17	95	352.9	13

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Places	Points	Rank
Audrey Peppe	Ladies' singles	18	8	85	363.3	12
Maribel Vinson		6	7	39	388.7	5
Estelle Weigel		23	22	151	324.5	22
Louise Weigel		22	20	140	336.4	21

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Points	Score	Rank
Grace Madden James Madden	Pairs	95	9.1	11
Maribel Vinson George Hill	Pairs	46.5	10.4	5

Ice hockey[]

Summary

Team	Event	First round				Second round				Medal round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Germany W 1–0	Switzerland W 3–0	Italy L 1–2	2 Q	Czechoslovakia W 2–0	Austria W 1–0	Sweden W 2–1	1 Q	Great Britain T 0–0	Canada L 0–1

Roster

Thomas Moone
Francis Shaughnessy
Philip LaBatte
Frank Stubbs
John Garrison
Paul Rowe
John Lax
Gordon Smith
Elbridge Ross
Francis Spain
August Kammer

First round
Group B

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	5	1	4
United States	3	2	1	5	2	4
Italy	3	1	2	2	5	2
Switzerland	3	1	2	1	5	2

6 February	Germany	0-1 (0-1,0-0,0-0)	United States
7 February	United States	3-0 (0-0,3-0,0-0)	Switzerland
8 February	United States	1-2 (0-0,0-0,1-1,0-0,0-1)	Italy

Second round
Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	5	1	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	6	4	4
Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	6	2
Austria	3	0	3	0	1	4	0

11 February	United States	2-0 (0-0,2-0,0-0)	Czechoslovakia
12 February	United States	1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)	Austria
13 February	United States	2-1 (0-0,1-1,1-0)	Sweden

Medal Round

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7	1	5
Canada	3	2	1	0	9	2	4
United States	3	1	1	1	2	1	3
Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	0	0	14	0

Relevant results from the semifinal were carried over to the final

11 February	United States	2-0 (0-0, 2-0, 0-0)	Czechoslovakia
15 February	Great Britain	0-0 (0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0)	United States
16 February	Canada	1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)	United States

Nordic combined[]

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 kilometer race of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event; their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edward Blood	Individual	1:33:45	142.5	42	44.0	43.0	183.1	26	325.5	37
Karl Magnus Satre		1:25:56	181.8	24	39.0	41.0	174.0	35	355.8	27
Paul Ottar Satre		1:36:27	129.4	45	48.5	53.0	144.5	44	273.9	44
Berger Torrissen		1:29:08	165.3	29	45.0	44.0	190.2	19	355.5	28

Ski jumping[]

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Walter Bietila	Normal hill	66.5	100.4	24	63.5	94.8	34	195.2	30
Sverre Fredheim		73.5	107.7	10	73.0	106.4	10	214.1	11
Roy Mikkelsen		69.5	102.0	18	68.0	100.6	25	202.6	23
Caspar Oimoen		71.5	100.5	23	72.5	107.1	9	207.6	13

Speed skating[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leo Freisinger	500 m	44.0
Del Lamb		44.2	5
Robert Petersen		45.0	11
Allan Potts		44.8	6
Leo Freisinger	1500 m	2:21.3	4
Robert Petersen		2:25.4	17
Allan Potts		2:31.2	32
Eddie Schroeder		2:24.3	12
Robert Petersen	5000 m	8:46.5	11
Eddie Schroeder	5000 m	8:49.1	15
Robert Petersen	10,000 m	DNF
Eddie Schroeder	10,000 m	17:52.0	8

References[]

1936 United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey at Fanbase
Peter von le Fort, ed. (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com

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