What is 1936 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1936|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Bavaria]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | nations = 28 | athletes = 646 (566 men, 80 women) | events = 17 in 4 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (8 disciplines) | opening = 6 February | closing = 16 February | opened_by = [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Adolf Hitler]] | stadium = [[Große Olympiaschanze]] | winter_prev = [[1932 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid 1932]] | winter_next = [[1948 Winter Olympics|St. Moritz 1948]] →<br />{{Colored link|grey|1940 Winter Olympics|Sapporo 1940}} | summer_prev = [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1932]] | summer_next = [[1936 Summer Olympics|Berlin 1936]] }} The '''1936 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''IV Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1936 in the town of [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. Germany also hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] the same year in [[Berlin]]. == Participating nations == 28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany, to date the largest number at a Winter Games. [[Australia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Spain]], and [[Turkey]] all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Yugoslavia]] all returned to the Games after having missed the [[1932 Winter Olympics]]. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Australia}} * {{flag|Austria|state}} * {{flag|Belgium|state}} * {{flag|Bulgaria|1878}} * {{flag|Canada|1921}} * {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} * {{flag|Estonia}} * {{flag|Finland}} * {{flag|France|1794}} * {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|UK|name=United Kingdom}} * {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|state}} * {{flag|Hungary|1920}} * {{flag|Italy|1861}} * {{flag|Japan|1870}} * {{flag|Latvia}} * {{flag|Liechtenstein|1921}} * {{flag|Luxembourg}} * {{flag|Netherlands}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Norway}} * {{flag|Poland|1928}} * {{flag|Spain|1931|name=The Republic of Spain}} * {{flag|Sweden}} * {{flag|Switz