title: Germany at the 1936 Winter Olympics
text: # Germany at the 1936 Winter Olympics
  
  Germany was the host nation at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The country placed second in the medal standings.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Franz Pfnür | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
  | Gold | Christl Cranz | Alpine skiing | Women's combined |
  | Gold | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | Figure skating | Pairs |
  | Silver | Gustav Lantschner | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
  | Silver | Käthe Grasegger | Alpine skiing | Women's combined |
  | Silver | Ernst Baier | Figure skating | Men's singles |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank |
  | Rudi Cranz | Combined | 5:04.0 | 8 | 1:32.9 (+0:12) | 1:14.6 | 4 | 91.03 | 6 |
  | Roman Wörndle | Combined | 5:01.2 | 6 | 1:22.9 | 1:25.8 (+0:06) | 5 | 91.16 | 5 |
  | Gustav Lantschner | Combined | 4:58.2 | 3 | 1:16.9 | 1:15.6 | 2 | 96.26 | |
  | Franz Pfnür | Combined | 4:51.8 | 2 | 1:12.1 | 1:14.5 | 1 | 99.25 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank |
  | Christl Cranz | Combined | 5:23.4 | 6 | 1:12.0 | 1:10.1 | 1 | 97.06 | |
  | Hadi Pfeifer | Combined | 5:21.6 | 5 | 1:20.8 | 1:18.8 | 4 | 91.85 | 5 |
  | Käthe Grasegger | Combined | 5:11.0 | 3 | 1:16.0 | 1:17.4 | 2 | 95.26 | |
  | Lisa Resch | Combined | 5:08.4 | 2 | 1:37.5 (+0:06) | 1:22.9 | 8 | 88.74 | 6 |
  
  ## Bobsleigh
  
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | GER-1 | Hanns Kilian Hermann von Valta | Two-man | 1:27.29 | 7 | 1:24.24 | 8 | 1:26.63 | 7 | 1:23.85 | 8 | 5:42.01 | 5 |
  | GER-2 | Fritz Grau Albert Brehme | Two-man | 1:30.66 | 12 | 1:23.33 | 4 | 1:26.94 | 8 | 1:23.78 | 6 | 5:44.71 | 6 |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | GER-1 | Hanns Kilian Sebastian Huber Fritz Schwarz Hermann von Valta | Four-man | 1:20.73 | 1 | 1:23.05 | 8 | 1:24.09 | 10 | 1:21.20 | 9 | 5:29.07 | 7 |
  | GER-2 | Walter Trott Fritz Vonhof Wolfgang Kummer Rudolf Werlich | Four-man | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Friedl Däuber | 1'24:57 | 29 |
  | 18 km | Toni Zeller | 1'24:32 | 27 |
  | 18 km | Georg von Kaufmann | 1'22:39 | 20 |
  | 18 km | Walter Motz | 1'21:20 | 18 |
  | 50 km | Erich Marx | 4'25:48 | 32 |
  | 50 km | Josef Ponn | 4'13:12 | 30 |
  | 50 km | Fritz Gaiser | 4'05:44 | 25 |
  | 50 km | Matthias Wörndle | 4'03:33 | 24 |
  
  ### Men's 4 x 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Friedl Däuber Willy Bogner Herbert Leupold Toni Zeller | 2'54:54 | 6 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Günther Lorenz | Men's singles | 19 | 12 | 119 | 343.5 | 18 |
  | Ernst Baier | Men's singles | 3 | 4 | 24 | 400.8 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Herta Frey-Dexler | Women's singles | 17 | 19 | 129 | 345.4 | 19 |
  | Victoria Lindpaintner | Women's singles | 7 | 10 | 51 | 381.4 | 8 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Eva Prawitz Otto Weiß | 74.5 | 9.5 | 8 |
  | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | 11 | 11.5 | |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Group B
  
  Top two teams advanced to semifinals
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
  | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
  | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
  | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
  | 6 February | Germany | 0-1 (0-1,0-0,0-0) | United States |
  | 7 February | Germany | 3-0 (1-0,1-0,1-0) | Italy |
  | 8 February | Germany | 2-0 (0-0,1-0,1-0) | Switzerland |
  
  ### Group A
  
  Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
  | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 |
  | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
  | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
  | 11 February | Germany | 2-1 (0-0,1-0,1-1) | Hungary |
  | 12 February | Germany | 1-1 (0-0,0-1,1-0,0-0) | Great Britain |
  | 13 February | Germany | 2-6 (0-1,0-3,2-2) | Canada |
  
  * Contestants Wilhelm Egginger Joachim Albrecht von Bethmann Hollweg Gustav Jaenecke Philipp Schenk Rudi Ball Karl Kögel Toni Wiedemann Herbert Schibukat Alois Kuhn Werner George Georg Strobl Paul Trautmann
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  Events:
  
  * 18 km cross-country skiing
  * normal hill ski jumping
  
  The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.
  
  The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Toni Eisgruber | Individual | 1'31:38 | 152.8 | 37 | 51.5 | 49.0 | 212.1 | 2 | 364.9 | 23 |
  | Friedl Wagner | Individual | 1'24:33 | 189.2 | 12 | 40.0 | 46.0 | 182.7 | 27 | 371.9 | 18 |
  | Josef Gumpold | Individual | 1'24:19 | 190.4 | 11 | 45.0 | 46.0 | 190.3 | 16 | 380.7 | 13 |
  | Willy Bogner | Individual | 1'24:11 | 191.2 | 10 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 190.3 | 16 | 381.5 | 12 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Franz Haslberger | Normal hill | 64.0 | 100.4 | 24 | 67.0 | 104.2 | 17 | 204.6 | 17 |
  | Paul Krauß | Normal hill | 62.5 | 101.7 | 20 | 62.5 | 102.7 | 19 | 204.4 | 18 |
  | Kurt Körner | Normal hill | 70.0 | 104.8 | 14 | 71.5 | 104.5 | 16 | 209.3 | 12 |
  | Hans Marr | Normal hill | 71.5 | 107.0 | 12 | 69.0 | 107.2 | 8 | 214.2 | 10 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Heinz Sames | 47.0 | 28 |
  | 500 m | Willi Sandner | 46.2 | 19 |
  | 1500 m | Heinz Sames | 2:29.3 | 27 |
  | 1500 m | Willi Sandner | 2:25.3 | 16 |
  | 5000 m | Willi Sandner | DNF | – |
  | 5000 m | Heinz Sames | 8:48.5 | 13 |
  | 10,000 m | Heinz Sames | 18:04.3 | 15 |
  | 10,000 m | Willi Sandner | 18:02.0 | 12 |
  