United States at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch‑Partenkirchen
Competitors 55 (46 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Rolf Monsen
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
3		 Total
4
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The United States competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Brown, IvanIvan Brown
Alan Washbond		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Bronze Colgate, GilbertGilbert Colgate
Richard Lawrence		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Bronze United States men's national ice hockey team
John Garrison   Thomas Moone   Gordon Smith
August Kammer   Elbridge Ross   Francis Spain
Philip LaBatte   Paul Rowe   Frank Stubbs
John Lax   Francis Shaughnessy
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Freisinger, LeoLeo Freisinger Speed skating Men's 500 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Rank Time 1 Time 2 Rank Total points Rank
Link Washburn Combined 6:30.8 37 1:56.7 (+0:06) DSQ – DNF –
Robert Livermore 6:04.4 29 1:37.5 1:36.7 20 77.18 23
George Page 5:42.8 18 1:25.7 1:33.4 14 82.85 13
Dick Durrance 5:16.2 11 1:26.4 (+0:06) 1:26.9 8 87.74 10
Women
Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Rank Time 1 Time 2 Rank Total points Rank
Mary Bird Combined 8:32.4 33 2:38.9 DSQ – DNF –
Clarita Heath 7:39.2 30 2:25.4 2:00.3 27 59.89 27
Helen Boughton-Leigh 7:17.4 25 1:46.7 1:50.8 18 67.46 21
Elizabeth Woolsey 6:12.8 14 2:00.8 2:09.3 25 69.24 19

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 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
USA-2 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
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 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
USA-2 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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Warren Chivers 1'30:25 48
Richard Parsons 1'30:09 46
Berger Torrissen 1'29:08 45
Karl Magnus Satre 1'25:56 34
50 km Nils Backstrom 4'29:30 33
Richard Parsons 4'11:08 29
Berger Torrissen 4'07:44 27
Karl Magnus Satre 3'58:45 18
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Birger Torrissen
Warren Chivers
Richard Parsons
Karl Satre		 3'06:26 11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
George Hill Men's singles 18 23 148 325.1 22
Erle Reiter 12 17 95 352.9 13
Robin Lee 13 13 80 363.0 12
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Estelle Weigel Women's singles 23 22 151 324.5 22
Louise Weigel 22 20 140 336.4 21
Audrey Peppe 18 8 85 363.3 12
Maribel Vinson 6 7 39 388.7 5
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Grace Madden
James Madden		 95 9.1 11
Maribel Vinson
George Hill		 46.5 10.4 5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 5 1 4
 United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 4
 Italy 3 1 2 0 2 5 2
 Switzerland 3 1 2 0 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

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
Bronze:
 United States (USA)
Thomas Moone
Francis Shaughnessy
Philip LaBatte
Frank Stubbs
John Garrison
Paul Rowe
John Lax
Gordon Smith
Elbridge Ross
Francis Spain
August Kammer

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (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
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Paul Ottar Satre Individual 1'36:27 129.4 45 48.5 53.0 144.5 44 273.9 44
Edward Blood 1'33:45 142.5 42 44.0 43.0 183.1 26 325.5 37
Berger Torrissen 1'29:08 165.3 29 45.0 44.0 190.2 19 355.5 28
Karl Magnus Satre 1'25:56 181.8 24 39.0 41.0 174.0 35 355.8 27

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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
Caspar Oimoen 71.5 100.5 23 72.5 107.1 9 207.6 13
Roy Mikkelsen 69.5 102.0 18 68.0 100.6 25 202.6 23
Sverre Fredheim 73.5 107.7 10 73.0 106.4 10 214.1 11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Robert Petersen 45.0 11
Allan Potts 44.8 6
Del Lamb 44.2 5
Leo Freisinger 44.0
1500 m Allan Potts 2:31.2 32
Robert Petersen 2:25.4 17
Eddie Schroeder 2:24.3 12
Leo Freisinger 2:21.3 4
5000 m Eddie Schroeder 8:49.1 15
Robert Petersen 8:46.5 11
10,000 m Robert Petersen DNF –
Eddie Schroeder 17:52.0 8

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