Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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Field handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport at the Olympics. It was contested by six teams. Games were played outdoors with 11 players on each side.[1]
Handball pictogram | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Germany |
| Venues | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 6–14 August 1936 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Austria |
| Third place |  Switzerland |
| Fourth place |  Hungary |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 239 (18.38 per match) |
| Top scorers | Hans Theilig (22 goals) |
The six teams were split into two groups of three. Each team played one match each against the other two within its group. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the third-ranked teams played each other to vie for the fifth place. In the final round, each team played each other. Final rankings were based on the records of each team in those three games.[2]
Participating nations
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation.
A total of 107(*) field handball players from 6 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
Austria (22)
Germany (22)
Hungary (16 – from a squad of 21)
Romania (15 – from a squad of 20)
Switzerland (17 – from a squad of 18)
United States (13 – from a squad of 14)
(*) NOTE: Only players that participated in at least one game are counted.
Not all reserve players are known.
Squads
Medallists
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | P | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | +50 | 4 |
 Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 2 |
 United States |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | −33 | 0 |
| Germany |
22 – 0 | Hungary |
| Hungary |
7 – 2 | United States |
| Germany |
29 – 1 | United States |
Group B
| Team | P | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 4 |
| Switzerland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 2 |
 Romania |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 0 |
| Austria |
18 – 3 | Romania |
| Switzerland |
8 – 6 | Romania |
| Austria |
14 – 3 | Switzerland |
Classification 5/6
| Romania |
10 – 3 | United States |
Final round
| Team | P | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 6 |
| Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 4 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 2 |
| Hungary |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 0 |
| Germany |
19 – 6 | Hungary | |
| Austria |
11 – 6 | Switzerland | |
| Austria |
11 – 7 | Hungary | |
| Germany |
16 – 6 | Switzerland | |
| Switzerland |
10 – 5 | Hungary | |
| Germany |
10 – 6 | Austria |
Attendance: 100,000[3] |
Summary
| Place | Nation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
| 2 | Austria |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
| Max Blösch Rolf Fäs Burkhard Gantenbein Willy Gysi Erland Herkenrath (Grasshopper-Club Zürich) Ernst Hufschmid Willy Hufschmid Werner Meyer (Abstinenten Basel) Georg Mischon Willy Schäfer Werner Scheurmann Edy Schmid (Grasshopper-Club Zürich) Erich Schmitt Eugen Seiterle Max Streib Robert Studer Rudolf Wirz | |
| 4 |  HungaryAntal Benda (UTE) Sándor Cséfai (Elektromos MSE) Ferenc Cziráki (UTE) Miklós Fodor (Elektromos MSE) Lőrinc Galgóczi (UTE) János Koppány (Elektromos MSE) Lajos Kutasi (Elektromos MSE) Tibor Máté (VAC) Imre Páli (UTE) Ferenc Rákosi (Elektromos MSE) Endre Salgó (VAC) István Serényi (VAC) Sándor Szomori (UTE) Gyula Takács (MAFC) Antal Újváry (Elektromos MSE) Ferenc Velkey (Elektromos MSE) |
| 5 | Romania Coach: Hans Schuschnig (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Péter Facsi (Bukarest) Carol Haffer (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Ludovic Haffer (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Fritz Halmen (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Willi Heidel (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Hans Hermannstädter (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Hans Georg Herzog (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Alfred Höchsmann (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Bruno Holzträger (Mediasch) Willi Kirschner (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Günther Schorsten (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Robert Speck (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Wilhelm Zacharias (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Hans Zikeli (Mediasch) Stefan Zoller (Hermannstädter Turnverein) Dragan Comanescu (Viforul Dacia Bukarest) Fritz Kasemiresch (Mediasch) Stippi Orendi (Kronstadt) Oki Sonntag (Hermannstädter Turnverein) |
| 6 |  United StatesWilliam Alexander Ahlemeyer Walter Bowden Charles C. Dauner Edward John Hagen Joseph Kaylor Fred Leinweber Henry Oehler Otto Oehler Herbert Karl Oehmichen Willy K. Renz Alfred Rosesco Edmund Schallenberg Gerard A. Yantz Philip Schupp |