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 | |||||||
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Medalists
First round
| August 3, 1936 17:30 |
Italy |
1–0 | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER) | |
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| Frossi |
Report |
| August 3, 1936 17:30 |
Norway |
4–0 | Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA) | |
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| Martinsen Brustad Kvammen |
Report |
| August 4, 1936 17:30 |
Empire of Japan |
3–2 | Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER) | |
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| Kamo Ukon Matsunaga |
Report | Persson |
| August 4, 1936 17:30 |
Germany File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | 9–0 | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN) | |
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| Urban Simetsreiter Gauchel Elbern |
Report |
| August 5, 1936 17:30 |
Poland |
3–0 | 22x20px Hungary | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA) |
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| Gad Wodarz |
Report |
| August 5, 1936 17:30 |
Austria |
3–1 | 22x20px Egypt | Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR) |
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| Steinmetz Laudon |
Report | Sakr |
| August 6, 1936 17:30 |
Peru 22x20px | 7–3 | Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) | |
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| Fernández Villanueva |
Report | Kanerva Grönlund Larvo |
| August 6, 1936 17:30 |
Great Britain 22x20px | 2–0 | [[File:{{{flag alias-1928}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] China PR | Mommsenstadion, Berlin Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Helmut Fink (GER) |
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| Doods Finch |
Report |
Quarter finals
| August 7, 1936 17:30 |
Italy |
8–0 | Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE) | |
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| Frossi Biagi Cappelli |
Report |
| August 7, 1936 17:30 |
Germany File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | 0–2 | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR) | |
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| Report | Isaksen |
| August 8, 1936 17:30 |
Poland |
5–4 | 22x20px Great Britain | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE) |
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| Gad Wodarz Piec |
Report | Clements Shearer Joy |
| August 8, 1936 17:30 |
Peru 22x20px | 4–2 (a.e.t.) 1 | Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR) | |
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| Alcade Villanueva Fernández |
Report | Wergin Steinmetz |
Replay
| August 10, 1936 17:30 |
Peru 22x20px | 0–2 2 | Berlin Poststadion Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) | |
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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.) | Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 95.000 Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN) | |
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| Negro Frossi |
Report | Brustad |
| August 11, 1936 17:00 |
Austria |
3–1 | Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 82.000 Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR) | |
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| Kainberger Laudon Mandl |
Report | Gad |
Bronze medal match
| August 13, 1936 16:00 |
Norway |
3–2 | Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER) | |
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| Brustad |
Report | Wodarz Peterek |
The Final (Gold medal match)
| August 15, 1936 16:00 |
Italy |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER) | |
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| Frossi |
Report | Kainberger |
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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| 7 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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| 3 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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| 7 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
| 8 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| 22x20px Egypt | 1 | |||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| 22x20px Peru | 02 | |||||||||||||
| 22x20px Peru | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 11 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
| 8 August – Berlin | 13 August – Berlin | |||||||||||||
| 22x20px Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| 6 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| 22x20px Great Britain | 4 | |
2 | |||||||||||
| 22x20px Great Britain | 2 | |||||||||||||
| [[File:{{{flag alias-1928}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] China PR | 0 | |||||||||||||
2Awarded.
Final ranking
Italy
Austria
Norway
Poland- 22x20px Peru
- 22x20px Great Britain
- File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany
Japan- [[File:{{{flag alias-1928}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] China PR
Finland- 22x20px Egypt
Hungary
Luxembourg
Sweden
Turkey
United States
Football At The 1936 Summer Olympics Media
Other websites
- Olympic Football Tournament Berlin 1936 Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Archive