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Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Olympic football tournament was won by Italy. They were the favourites to win, having won the FIFA World Cup in 1934. The host nation, Germany, were also one of the favourites at the start of the competition. They had only lost at home once in three years. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals. The bronze- and gold-medal games were watched by a combined total of 195,000 people.

Men's football
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAug 3-15
Medalists
Gold medal Italy national football team
Italy
Silver medal Austria national football team
Austria
Bronze medal Norway national football team
[[Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]]
«19281948»
A ball of the competitions is on display at the German Leather Museum

Medalists

  Italy
Bruno Venturini
Alfredo Foni
Pietro Rava
Giuseppe Baldo
Achille Piccini
Ugo Locatelli
Annibale Frossi
Libero Marchini
Luigi Scarabello
Carlo Biagi
Giulio Cappelli
Sergio Bertoni
Alfonso Negro
Francesco Gabriotti 		  Austria
Franz Fuchsberger
Max Hofmeister
Eduard Kainberger
Karl Kainberger
Martin Kargl
Josef Kitzmüller
Anton Krenn
Ernst Künz
Adolf Laudon
Franz Mandl
Klement Steinmetz
Karl Wahlmüller
Walter Werginz 		  [[Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]]
Henry Johansen
Fredrik Horn
Nils Eriksen
Frithjof Ulleberg
Jørgen Juve
Rolf Holmberg
Sverre Hansen
Magnar Isaksen
Alf Martinsen
Reidar Kvammen
Arne Brustad
Øivind Holmsen
Odd Frantzen
Magdalon Monsen

First round

August 3, 1936
17:30
 Italy   1–0   United States Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER)
Attendance: 9.000

Frossi   58' Report
August 3, 1936
17:30
 Norway   4–0   Turkey Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA)
Attendance: 8.000

Martinsen   30'   70'
Brustad   53'
Kvammen   80' 		Report
August 4, 1936
17:30
 Empire of Japan   3–2   Sweden Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER)
Attendance: 5.000

Kamo   49'
Ukon   62'
Matsunaga   85' 		Report Persson   24'   37'
August 4, 1936
17:30
 Germany   9–0   Luxembourg Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)
Attendance: 12.000

Urban   16'   54'   75'
Simetsreiter   32'   48'   74'
Gauchel   49'   89'
Elbern   76' 		Report
August 5, 1936
17:30
 Poland   3–0   Hungary Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)
Attendance: 5.000

Gad   12'   27'
Wodarz   88' 		Report
August 5, 1936
17:30
 Austria   3–1   Egypt Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)
Attendance: 6.000

Steinmetz   4'   65'
Laudon   7' 		Report Sakr   85'
August 6, 1936
17:30
 Peru   7–3   Finland Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)
Attendance: 2.500

Fernández   17'   33'   47'   49'   70'
Villanueva   21'   67' 		Report Kanerva   42' (pen.)
Grönlund   75'
Larvo   80'
August 6, 1936
17:30
 Great Britain   2–0   Republic of China Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Helmut Fink (GER)
Doods   55'
Finch   65' 		Report

Quarter finals

August 7, 1936
17:30
 Italy   8–0   Empire of Japan Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE)
Attendance: 8.000

Frossi   14'   75'   80'
Biagi   32'   57'   81'   82'
Cappelli   89' 		Report
August 7, 1936
17:30
 Germany   0–2   Norway Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)
Attendance: 55.000

Report Isaksen   7'   83'
August 8, 1936
17:30
 Poland   5–4   Great Britain Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE)
Attendance: 6.000

Gad   33'
Wodarz   43'   48'   53'
Piec   56' 		Report Clements   26'
Shearer   71'
Joy   78'   80'
August 8, 1936
17:30
 Peru   4–2 (a.e.t.) 1   Austria Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)
Attendance: 5.000

Alcade   75'
Villanueva   81'   117'
Fernández   119' 		Report Wergin   23'
Steinmetz   37'

Replay

August 10, 1936
17:30
 Peru   0–2 2   Austria Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)
Attendance: 0

1 Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void. It was ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru did not accept this decision and withdrew from the tournament.

Semi finals

August 10, 1936
17:00
 Italy   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Norway Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Attendance: 95.000
Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)
Negro   15'
Frossi   96' 		Report Brustad   58'
August 11, 1936
17:00
 Austria   3–1   Poland Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Attendance: 82.000
Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)
Kainberger   14'
Laudon   55'
Mandl   88' 		Report Gad   73'

Bronze medal match

August 13, 1936
16:00
 Norway   3–2   Poland Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER)
Attendance: 95.000

Brustad   15'   21'   84' Report Wodarz   5'
Peterek   24' (pen.)

The Final (Gold medal match)

August 15, 1936
16:00
 Italy   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Austria Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER)
Attendance: 85.000

Frossi   70'   92' Report Kainberger   79'

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
3 August – Berlin            
    Italy  1
7 August – Berlin
    United States  0  
    Italy  8
4 August – Berlin
      Japan  0  
    Japan  3
10 August – Berlin
    Sweden  2  
    Italy (AET)  2
3 August – Berlin
      Norway  1  
    Norway  4
7 August – Berlin
    Turkey  0  
    Norway  2
4 August – Berlin
      Germany  0  
    Germany  9
15 August – Berlin
    Luxembourg  0  
    Italy (AET)  2
5 August – Berlin
      Austria  1
    Austria  3
8 August – Berlin
    Egypt  1  
    Austria  2
6 August – Berlin
      Peru  02  
    Peru  7
11 August – Berlin
    Finland  3  
    Austria  3
5 August – Berlin
      Poland  1   Third place
    Poland  3
8 August – Berlin 13 August – Berlin
    Hungary  0  
    Poland  5     Norway  3
6 August – Berlin
      Great Britain  4       Poland  2
    Great Britain  2
    Republic of China  0  

2Awarded.

Final ranking

  1.   Italy
  2.   Austria
  3.   Norway
  4.   Poland
  5.   Peru
  6.   Great Britain
  7.   Germany
  8.   Japan
  9.   China PR
  10.   Finland
  11.   Egypt
  12.   Hungary
  13.   Luxembourg
  14.   Sweden
  15.   Turkey
  16.   United States

Football At The 1936 Summer Olympics Media

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R82532, Berlin, Olympia-Stadion (Luftaufnahme)

  • Hertha Stadion am Gesundbrunnen (Plumpe) ca. 1930

  • Poststadion main stand far

  • Berlin-Westend Mommsenstadion

  • Peruvian goalkeeper Juan Valdivieso reaches out for the football during match between Austria and Peru

  • The Italian squad that won the Gold Medal

Other websites

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