Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in GarmischPartenkirchen
Competitors 38 (28 men, 10 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Frederick McEvoy
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldGreat Britain men's national ice hockey team
James Foster John Coward Robert Wyman
Carl Erhardt James Chappell Arthur Child
Gordon Dailley Alexander Archer John Kilpatrick
Archibald Stinchcombe Gerry Davey
Edgar Brenchley James Borland
Ice hockeyMen's competition
 SilverCecilia ColledgeFigure skatingWomen's singles
 BronzeFrederick McEvoy
James Cardno
Guy Dugdale
Charles Green
BobsleighFour-man

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Rank Time 1 Time 2 Rank Total points Rank
James Riddell Combined DNF DNF
Christopher Hudson 6:41.4 40 1:29.9 1:42.4 18 73.92 29
James Palmer-Tomkinson 5:51.0 24 1:29.8 1:26.5 11 82.52 14
Peter Lunn 5:35.6 15 1:26.3 1:32.5 13 83.82 12
Women
Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Rank Time 1 Time 2 Rank Total points Rank
Helen Blane Combined 7:26.4 28 1:59.9 (+0:06) 1:51.2 20 64.84 25
Birnie Duthie 6:37.2 19 2:06.2 2:09.3 (+0:12) 26 66.13 23
Jeanette Kessler 6:05.4 12 1:25.7 1:22.2 6 83.97 8
Evie Pinching 5:27.2 7 1:40.4 1:38.8 11 82.19 9

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Frederick McEvoy
James Cardno
Two-man 1:25.61 4 1:23.85 6 1:28.58 9 1:22.21 4 5:40.25 4
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Frederick McEvoy
James Cardno
Guy Dugdale
Charles Green
Four-man 1:23.38 6 1:20.18 4 1:20.74 4 1:19.11 4 5:23.41 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Francis Walter 1'44:13 71

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Geoffrey Yates Men's singles 10 20 110 348.7 16
Freddie Tomlins 11 10 77 364.2 10
Jack Dunn 8 3 42 387.7 6
Graham Sharp 2 6 34 394.1 5
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Gweneth Butler Women's singles 5 DNS
Belita Jepson-Turner 14 18 107 352.6 16
Mollie Phillips 12 12 78 366.2 11
Cecilia Colledge 2 2 13.5 418.1 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Rosemarie Stewart
Ernest Yates
102.5 9.0 10
Violet Cliff
Leslie Cliff
56.5 10.1 7

Ice hockey

Group D

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 2200404
 Sweden 2110212
 Japan 2020050
6 February Great Britain1-0
(1-0,0-0,0-0)
 Sweden
7 February Great Britain3-0
(2-0,0-0,1-0)
 Japan

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 3201835
 Canada 32102244
 Germany 3111583
 Hungary 30302220
11 February Great Britain2-1
(1-1,0-0,1-0)
 Canada
12 February Germany1-1
(0-0,0-1,1-0,0-0)
 Great Britain
13 February Great Britain5-1
(1-0,3-1,1-0)
 Hungary

Medal Round

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 1st, gold medalist(s) 3201715
 Canada 3210924
 United States 3111213
 Czechoslovakia 30300140

Relevant results from the semifinal were carried over to the final

11 February Great Britain2-1
(1-1, 0-0, 1-0)
 Canada
14 February Great Britain5-0
(2-0,3-0,0-0)
 Czechoslovakia
15 February Great Britain0-0
(0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0,0-0)
 United States
Gold:
 Great Britain (GBR)
James Foster
Carl Erhardt
Gordon Dailley
Archibald Stinchcombe
Edgar Brenchley
John Coward
James Chappell
Alexander Archer
Gerry Davey
James Borland
Robert Wyman
Jack Kilpatrick
Arthur Child

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 Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Percy Legard Individual 1'47:47 76.8 48 39.5 45.0 172.5 37 249.3 45

References

  • (ed.) Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com
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