Field handball was only part of the Olympic program once, at the 1936 Berlin Games. The German Reich dominated their two preliminary round matches, beating Hungary 22-0 and then the USA 29-1, before winning all three matches in the final round, including a 10-6 win over Austria in the deciding match that won the gold medal. Heinrich Keimig was the second choice goalkeeper and played just one match. With his home club Polizei-SV Darmstadt he won the German Championship in 1934. During World War II he was heavily wounded in North Africa in 1941, and was only released from captivity in 1949.
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