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Fourth episode of our history of the Winter Olympic Games, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen edition'''' c'' is the introduction of alpine skiing in the official program.
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In 1931 the German capital Berlin is chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the Summer Olympics of 1936. Two years after this decision comes time to indicate the seat of the quarter Winter Games. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party came to power and Germany also wants very strongly Olympic white. The choice of the German authorities, after they were discarded and Schreiberhau Braunlage-Schierke, fell on the two Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen benefit greatly under the'' appearance of the plant compared to other places and especially very close to the headquarters of the mountain Hitler, Berchtesgaden. The nomination was approved by the IOC Assembly'' held in Vienna from 7 to June 11, 1933'','' beat the other candidate in St. Moritz. In 1935 the two towns became a common one at the behest of Hitler himself. 1936'' will be the last year that will contend both the Winter Olympics that summer ones in the same country.
What better occasion, plus double for Nazi Germany to enhance the size and efficiency of the Third Reich and to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race? Garmisch-Partenkirchen, however, will be only a prologue to the propaganda of the regime that will be the Berlin Games. Meanwhile, the IOC President Baillet-Latour, in view of the Games whites, he removed from the premises the words "forbidden'' s entry for dogs and Jews" by objecting to the Führer that it is true that the'' guest must comply with the customs of the host, but it is also true that under the banner of Olympia guest becomes the host of the Olympic machine. The epochal novelty of these games is the'' introduction of alpine skiing in the official program, the demonstration sports are ice'' s stock, a sort of variant of curling, and military patrols, the ancestor of the biathlon race, which reappear in this rank after eight years, again at the behest of Hitler, who is opposed to the opinion of the International Olympic Committee who did not want them. The number of athletes participating is almost three times that of Lake Placid and the nations increased from 17 to 28.
We said alpine skiing: the most prestigious race before the World Cup was'''' s Arlberg-Kandahar, is staged since 1928, the World Championships, FIS International Competition named, since 1931. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen are just two of the titles assigned, those in the combined men's and women's slalom descent. Among women imposes the legendary German Christl Cranz-winning career of over 12 world titles, bronze is the Norwegian Laila Schou Nilsen who is the ruler of the speed skating women's sport in those years, not even Olympic. In the men's race controversy because the IOC disqualified for professionalism ski instructors, among them appears to be the Austrian Toni Seelos, perhaps the strongest skier in the world, then Austria and Switzerland also withdraw their delegations and athletes of the house have green, gold goes to Franz Pfnür.
In this race, there is also the Norwegian Birger Ruud, who in ski jumping (race which, thanks to the system of shuttles that leave every 10 minutes from Monaco, attends a huge audience of 150,000 people, including 106,000 participants) confirms the title of Lake Placid and going by a company no one ever managed to take the medal in alpine skiing which is in the northern in the same edition of the Games: the first is down but then lost ground and finished fourth in the slalom. It would not be a surprise given that the year before had been combined in bronze World: Ruud is therefore a versatile for all types of sport of skiing!
The other race introduced for the first time in the Olympic program in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the 4x10 km relay men who naturally sees the bottom of the domain of the Nordic countries Finland with gold, Norway silver and Sweden bronze. The individual tests Nordic skiers go to the Swedes Erik August Larsson (the 18 km), and Elis Wiklund (to 50 km), the podium entirely in Norwegian Nordic combined, as always happened so far (but it will be the last time), gold go to Oddbjørn Hagen. Hockey is one of the most sensational surprises of history: Britain breaks the domain of Canada, defeated the Americans 2-1 and wins the gold, however, with a team whose members were born for the vast majority at home but who have grown up or learned to play in the land of the maple leaf.
The gold of the bob go to the U.S. to race in two (pilot Ivan Brown) and Switzerland to four (pilot Pierre Musy). In the men's speed skating is back to compete against the clock and the domain is complete with Norwegian Ivar Ballangrud who wins the gold of the 500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters and silver in the 1500 going to compatriot Charles Mathiesen. A revolutionary pair won the title of the artistic figure skating and that is formed by the Germans Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier, she Bavarian Monaco, and among other things he Saxon silver in the men's race which confirms the step more , the top of the podium Austrian Karl Schäfer. The two Germans are revolutionary because they introduce the "shadow skating," the shadow skating, remained to this day and which provides identical movements of the two skaters detached from each other.
In the artistic female third consecutive title for Sonja Henie, the Norwegian next week in Paris will win his tenth world gold in a row and then, after being the first diva ever in the history of the sport, will also become a movie star and then devote himself to ice shows. At the end of a life of excess, alcohol, three marriages, two of which failed and many extramarital affairs dies at only 57 years cut short by leukemia October 12, 1969 the plane that brought her back from Paris in his Oslo for treatment.
Still no medal for Italy but success in the race demonstration of military patrols get great prominence in our country and the four members of that team, all cottages, namely Enrico Silvestri, Alois Prenn (renamed fascisticamente Louis Perennial), Stefano Sertorelli Sisto Scilligo, they get a prize of 30,000 pounds per head at the behest of Mussolini in person. Then there is the resounding as inexplicable, given that our country is light years away from the best teams in hockey, 2-1 win in the second overtime of the blue on the United States but does not lead to anything since the Our representatives lose the other two matches of the group stage with Germany and Switzerland. In the bottom of the relay Blues are fourth, first northern European country not even 7 minutes from the bronze in the combined alpine skiing Hyacinth Sertorelli Bormio younger brother Erminio, bearer Italian cross-country skier in Lake Placid, and Stephen, is the seventh, sadly he died at age 23 in 1938 after a fall into a descent that was racing right on Kreuzeck of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Summary
4th edition of the Olympic Winter Games
Host city and date of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany), 6-16 February 1936
Athletes participating: 668 (588 men, 80 women)
Participating countries: 28
Italian participants: 40 (35 men, 5 women)
Standard Bearer Italian Adriano Guarnieri (Alpine skiing)
Securities allotted: 17 in 8 sports
Official opening: Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Olympic athletes' oath: Willy Bogner (cross country)
The medal
Norway: 7 gold 5 silver 3 bronze
Germany: 3 gold 3 silver
Sweden: 2 gold 2 silver 3 bronze
Finland: 1 gold 2 silver 3 bronze
Switzerland: 1 gold 2 silver
Austria: 1 gold 1 silver 2 bronze
Great Britain: 1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze
United States: 1 3 bronze gold
Canada: 1 silver
France: 1 bronze
Hungary: 1 bronze
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