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Handball, Men

Date6 – 14 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Polizeistadion, Berlin / BSV-Platz, Berlin
Participants105 from 6 countries
FormatRound-robin pools followed by playoffs for place. Tournament held outdoors with 11 men to a side.

Originally, ten nations intended to send teams to Berlin, but Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden eventually withdrew their entries. The absence of the Scandinavian countries, where the indoor variety was more popular, was particularly disappointing. This essentially left the title to the other native country of the sport, Germany. Also competing in Berlin were four Central European nations – Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and Romania – and the United States, the only non-European entry, with the Romanian team made up of ethnic Germans from Transylvania. After setting aside Hungary (22-0) and the United States (29-1), Germany encountered somewhat more resistance in the final pool. The last match against Austria, played in a packed Olympic Stadium was relatively closely contested, but the Germans still emerged victorious: 10-6.

In 1938, Germany and Austria also finished 1-2 at the inaugural world championships (indoor handball). Later that year, the first outdoor handball world championship was also won by the Germans. Austria was absent, as it had been annexed by Germany earlier in the year. Apart from eight German Olympic champions, the world champion team also featured Austrian Leopold Wohlrab, who had won a silver medal in Berlin.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1GermanyGERGold
Willy BandholzWilhelm BaumannHelmut BertholdHelmut BraselmannWilli BrinkmannGeorg DascherKurt DossinFritz FrommHannes HansenErich HerrmannHans KeiterHeinrich KeimigAlfred KlinglerArtur KnautzHeinz KörversKarl KreutzbergWilhelm MüllerGünter OrtmannEdgar ReinhardtFritz SpenglerRudi StahlHans Theilig
2AustriaAUTSilver
Franz BartlFranz BerghammerFranz BistrickyFranz BrunnerHans HouschkaEmil JurackaFerdinand KieflerJosef KrejciOtto LichaFritz MaurerAnton PerweinSiegfried PowolnySiegfried PurnerWalter ReispAlfred SchmalzerAlois SchnabelLudwig SchuberthHans TauscherJaroslav VolakPoldl WohlrabFritz WurmböckHans Zehetner
3SwitzerlandSUIBronze
Max BloeschRolf FaesBurkhard GantenbeinWilly GysiErland HerkenrathErnst HufschmidWilly HufschmidWerner MeyerGeorg MischonWilly SchäferWerner ScheurmannEdy SchmidErich SchmittEugen SeiterleMax StreibRobert StuderRudolf WirzPaul Gerber (DNS)
4HungaryHUN
Antal BendaSándor CséfayFerenc CzirákiMiklós FodorLőrinc GalgócziJános KoppányLajos KutasiTibor MátéImre PáliFerenc RákosiEndre SalgóIstván SerényiSándor SzomoriGyula TakácsAntal UjváryFerenc VelkeyGyula Benkö (DNS)Imre Dobos (DNS)Lajos Drégely (DNS)Lajos Koltai (DNS)Géza Kovács (DNS)József Kubai (DNS)
5RomaniaROU
Peter FecsiKarl HafferFritz HafferFritz HalmenWilli HeidelHans HermannstädterHans Georg HerzogBruno HolzträgerAlfred HöchsmannWilli KirschnerGünther SchorstenRobert SpeckWilli ZachariasHans ZikeliȘtefan ZollerIon M. Dobreanu (DNS)Emil Drâgan (DNS)I. Kasemieresch (DNS)Alexandru Mincu (DNS)Theodor Popovici (DNS)
6United StatesUSA
William AhlemeyerWalter BowdenCharles DaunerEdward HagenJoe KaylorFred LeinweberHenry OehlerOtto OehlerHerbert OehmichenWilly RenzAlfred RosescoEdmund SchallenbergGerard Yantz

Preliminary Round

Date6 – 8 August 1936

Group A

Date6 – 8 August 1936
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1GermanyGER200451-1
2HungaryHUN10127-24
3United StatesUSA00203-36
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #106 Aug 17:15GermanyGER22 – 0HungaryHUN
Match #207 Aug 17:20HungaryHUN7 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #308 Aug 17:15GermanyGER29 – 1United StatesUSA

Group B

Date6 – 8 August 1936
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1AustriaAUT200432-6
2SwitzerlandSUI101211-20
3RomaniaROU00209-26
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #106 Aug 17:15AustriaAUT18 – 3RomaniaROU
Match #207 Aug 17:15SwitzerlandSUI8 – 6RomaniaROU
Match #308 Aug 17:15AustriaAUT14 – 3SwitzerlandSUI

Final Round

Date10 – 14 August 1936
FormatMedal round.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1GermanyGER300645-18
2AustriaAUT201428-23
3SwitzerlandSUI102222-32
4HungaryHUN003018-40
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #110 Aug 16:00GermanyGER19 – 6HungaryHUN
Match #210 Aug 18:00AustriaAUT11 – 6SwitzerlandSUI
Match #312 Aug 15:00AustriaAUT11 – 7HungaryHUN
Match #412 Aug 17:00GermanyGER16 – 6SwitzerlandSUI
Match #514 Aug 15:00SwitzerlandSUI10 – 5HungaryHUN
Match #614 Aug 16:50GermanyGER10 – 6AustriaAUT
Match 5/610 Aug 11:00RomaniaROU10 – 3United StatesUSA