Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

Men's football

at the Games of the XI Olympiad

Dates

Aug 3-15

Competitors

from 16 nations

Medalists

1		Italy national football team Italy
2		Austria national football team Austria
3		Norway national football team Norway

← 1928

1948 →

A ball of the competitions is on display at the German Leather Museum

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.

Medalists
First round
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Bronze medal match
The Final (Gold medal match)
- Bracket
Final ranking
Images for kids
See also

Medalists

Italy

Bruno Venturini
Alfredo Foni
Pietro Rava
Giuseppe Baldo
Achille Piccini
Ugo Locatelli
Annibale Frossi
Libero Marchini
Luigi Scarabello
Carlo Biagi
Giulio Cappelli
Sergio Bertoni
Alfonso Negro
Francesco Gabriotti

Austria

Franz Fuchsberger
Max Hofmeister
Eduard Kainberger
Karl Kainberger
Martin Kargl
Josef Kitzmüller
Anton Krenn
Ernst Künz
Adolf Laudon
Franz Mandl
Klement Steinmetz
Karl Wahlmüller
Walter Werginz

Norway

Henry Johansen
Fredrik Horn
Nils Eriksen
Frithjof Ulleberg
Jørgen Juve
Rolf Holmberg
Sverre Hansen
Magnar Isaksen
Alf Martinsen
Reidar Kvammen
Arne Brustad
Øivind Holmsen
Odd Frantzen
Magdalon Monsen

First round

August 3, 1936 17:30	Italy	1–0	United States	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER) Attendance: 9.000
	Frossi 58'	Report

August 3, 1936 17:30	Norway	4–0	Turkey	Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA) Attendance: 8.000
	Martinsen 30' 70' Brustad 53' Kvammen 80'	Report

August 4, 1936 17:30	Empire of Japan	3–2	Sweden	Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER) Attendance: 5.000
	Kamo 49' Ukon 62' Matsunaga 85'	Report	Persson 24' 37'

August 4, 1936 17:30	Germany	9–0	Luxembourg	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN) Attendance: 12.000
	Urban 16' 54' 75' Simetsreiter 32' 48' 74' Gauchel 49' 89' Elbern 76'	Report

August 5, 1936 17:30	Poland	3–0	Hungary	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA) Attendance: 5.000
	Gad 12' 27' Wodarz 88'	Report

August 5, 1936 17:30	Austria	3–1	Egypt	Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR) Attendance: 6.000
	Steinmetz 4' 65' Laudon 7'	Report	Sakr 85'

August 6, 1936 17:30	Peru	7–3	Finland	Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) Attendance: 2.500
	Fernández 17' 33' 47' 49' 70' Villanueva 21' 67'	Report	Kanerva 42' (pen.) Grönlund 75' Larvo 80'

August 6, 1936 17:30	Great Britain	2–0	Republic of China	Mommsenstadion, Berlin Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Helmut Fink (GER)
	Doods 55' Finch 65'	Report

Quarter finals

August 7, 1936 17:30	Italy	8–0	Empire of Japan	Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE) Attendance: 8.000
	Frossi 14' 75' 80' Biagi 32' 57' 81' 82' Cappelli 89'	Report

August 7, 1936 17:30	Germany	0–2	Norway	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR) Attendance: 55.000
		Report	Isaksen 7' 83'

August 8, 1936 17:30	Poland	5–4	Great Britain	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE) Attendance: 6.000
	Gad 33' Wodarz 43' 48' 53' Piec 56'	Report	Clements 26' Shearer 71' Joy 78' 80'

August 8, 1936 17:30	Peru	4–2 (a.e.t.) ¹	Austria	Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR) Attendance: 5.000
	Alcade 75' Villanueva 81' 117' Fernández 119'	Report	Wergin 23' Steinmetz 37'

Replay

August 10, 1936 17:30	Peru	0–2 ²	Austria	Berlin Poststadion Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) Attendance: 0

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.)	Norway	Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 95.000 Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)
	Negro 15' Frossi 96'	Report	Brustad 58'

August 11, 1936 17:00	Austria	3–1	Poland	Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 82.000 Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)
	Kainberger 14' Laudon 55' Mandl 88'	Report	Gad 73'

Bronze medal match

August 13, 1936 16:00	Norway	3–2	Poland	Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER) Attendance: 95.000
	Brustad 15' 21' 84'	Report	Wodarz 5' Peterek 24' (pen.)

The Final (Gold medal match)

August 15, 1936 16:00	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria	Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER) Attendance: 85.000
	Frossi 70' 92'	Report	Kainberger 79'