1936 Winter Olympics

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IV Olympic Winter Games

Logo of the 1936 Winter Olympics[a]
Host city	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Nations	28
Athletes	646 (566 men, 80 women)
Events	17 in 4 sports (8 disciplines)
Opening	6 February 1936
Closing	16 February 1936
Opened by	Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Stadium	Große Olympiaschanze
Winter ← Lake Placid 1932 St. Moritz 1948 → Sapporo 1940 → Summer ← Los Angeles 1932 Berlin 1936 →

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (German: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The country also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin. It was the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games both took place in the same country (the cancelled 1940 Olympics would have been held in Japan, with Tokyo hosting the Summer Games and Sapporo hosting the Winter Games).

The 1936 Winter Games were organized on behalf of the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt, who had been named president of the committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.
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