Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Polo returned to the Olympic program at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after not being contested at the 1928 Games or 1932 Games. The 1936 tournament was the last time that the sport was contested at the Olympic Games.

1 Medalists
2 Results
3 Participating nations
4 Summary
5 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Argentina (ARG) Manuel Andrada Roberto Cavanagh Luis Duggan Andrés Gazzotti	Great Britain (GBR) David Dawnay Bryan Fowler Humphrey Guinness William Hinde	Mexico (MEX) Juan Gracia Julio Mueller Antonio Nava Alberto Ramos

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

[edit] Results

[edit] Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 8 players and they all were eligible for participation.

A total of 21(*) polo players from 5 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

Argentina (4 - from a squad of 7)
Germany (4 - from a squad of 6)
Great Britain (4 - from a squad of 6)
Hungary (5 - from a squad of 8)
Mexico (4 - from a squad of 6)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Only a few reserve players are known.

[edit] Summary

Place	Nation
1	Argentina (ARG)
	reserve players Enrique J. Alberdi Diego Cavanagh Juan Diego Nelson
2	Great Britain (GBR)
3	Mexico (MEX)
	reserve players Alfinio Flores Miguel Salvagoitia
4	Hungary (HUN) Kálmán Bartalis István Bethlen Tivadar Dienes-Öhm Dezső Kovács Imre Szentpály
5	Germany (GER) Heinrich Amsinck Walter Bartram Arthur Köser Robert Miles Reincke Erich Ottens

[edit] References

Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.

v • d • e Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin

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