Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics
1932 did not belong to the football program of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, because it was difficult to determine who was an amateur and professional due to the increasing professionalization of football. However, since the football generated the highest number of spectators and the organizers needed the Einnmahmen, was in the XI. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin again, a competition held in football. Of the 16 participants who took four of their amateur national amateur players or in part, namely Great Britain, Austria, Hungary and Italy. With China and Japan for the first time played two Asian teams outside of Asia, where Japan was surprisingly prevail in the second round against Sweden,. The best time to the South American teams Uruguay and Argentina, which represented the 1928 Olympic champion among themselves, did not participate. Instead, first met in Peru, third in the South American Championship 1935, to countries outside South America to play.
The German team was one of the favorites, as they had since December 4, 1932 only lost one home game. In the first game was also defeated Luxembourg 9-0, in the second game against the eventual bronze medalist Norway came but already the end for the German team. For Norway, the third place is the best result at a major football tournament of men. Olympic champion was world champion Italy, but there were no players of the '34 world champions in the squad. Sergio Bertoni, Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli Pietro Rava, however, two years later, with Italy also won the World Cup.
Venues were next to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the post stadium Mommsenstadion and Hertha place at the Well. With each 95,000 spectators during the semi-final between Italy and Norway, playing for bronze between Norway and Poland in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, there was the highest to the October 24, 1968 attendances at Olympic soccer games. Then the record was raised on the 3rd place match between Japan and Mexico. Referee of the final and to date only German referee a final of the men at the Olympics was the later DFB President Peco Bauwens.
- 4.1 Literature
- 4.2 External links
- 4.3 Notes and references
The tournament
Second round
Quarterfinals
* After 4-2 Peruvian fans stormed the court. Austria protested then against the result, citing the square tower which is supposed to have, according to the Austrians already taken place with the score at 2-2. The protest was upheld and arranged a replay, but also it did not come as Peru withdrew all Olympians in protest. Austria thus reached the semi-finals without a fight.