Australia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 32 competitors, 28 men and 4 women, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Athletes

Athlete	Gender	Age	Sport
Jack Metcalfe	Male	24	Athletics
Gerald Backhouse	Male	23	Athletics
Doris Carter	Female	24	Athletics
Leonard Cook	Male	24	Boxing
Henry Cooper	Male	22	Boxing
William Cross	Male	28	Rowing
Evelyn de Lacy	Female	18	Swimming
Basil Dickinson	Male	21	Athletics
Bill Dixon	Male	23	Rowing
Len Einsaar	Male	23	Rowing
Clyde Elias	Male	22	Rowing
Norman Ella	Male	26	Rowing
Don Ferguson	Male	24	Rowing
Dick Garrard	Male	26	Wrestling
Joe Gould	Male	27	Rowing
Dunc Gray	Male	30	Cycling
Leslie Harley	Male	23	Boxing
Tasman Johnson	Male	19	Cycling
Walter Jordan	Male	30	Rowing
William Kendall	Male	??	Swimming
Kitty MacKay	Female	21	Swimming
Walter MacKney	Male	31	Rowing
Ron Masters	Male	23	Diving
Pat Norton	Female	17	Swimming
John O'Hara	Male	22	Wrestling
Percy Oliver	Male	17	Swimming
Cecil Pearce	Male	22	Rowing
Eddie Scarf	Male	27	Wrestling
Herb Turner	Male	25	Rowing
Alf Watson	Male	29	Athletics
Chris Wheeler	Male	22	Cycling
Merv Wood	Male	19	Rowing

The following Australian competitor won a medal at the games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Metcalfe, JackJack Metcalfe	Athletics	Men's triple jump	6 August 1936

↑ "Australia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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