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Berlin 1936
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C., the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
The 1936 Olympics were held at Berlin and represented a part of summer Olympic XI games. The event included 49 nations, 129 events and 3,963 athletes including 331 women and 3,632 men. The competitions started on 1st of August through an official opening by Chancellor Adolf Hitler lighting the Olympic flame. The event also comprised of 19 sports including aquatics athletics, basketball, boxing, canoe, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, modern pentathlon, polo, rowing, sailing, shooting and weightlifting.
Inge Sorensen of Denmark earned a bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the age of 12, making her the youngest medalist ever in an individual event. Hungarian water polo player Olivier Halassy won his third medal in spite of the fact that one of his legs had been amputated below the knee following a streetcar accident. Rower Jack Beresford of Great Britain won a gold medal in the double sculls event, marking the fifth Olympics at which he earned a medal. Kristjan Palusalu of Estonia won the heavyweight division in both freestyle and wrestling.
The Germany athletic team presented the leading position with to many medals. They achieved 33, 26, 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively. The Olympic event concluded by a grand closing ceremony that was held on 16 August 1936.
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