Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

	Men's football; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	Aug 3-15
Medalists
	Italy national football team; Italy
	Austria national football team; Austria
	Norway national football team; Norway
«1928	1948»

The 1936 Olympic football tournament was won by Italy. They were the favourites to win, having won the FIFA World Cup in 1934. The host nation, Germany, were also one of the favourites at the start of the competition. They had only lost at home once in three years. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals. The bronze- and gold-medal games were watched by a combined total of 195,000 people.

Medalists[change | change source]

Italy

Bruno Venturini
Alfredo Foni
Pietro Rava
Giuseppe Baldo
Achille Piccini
Ugo Locatelli
Annibale Frossi
Libero Marchini
Luigi Scarabello
Carlo Biagi
Giulio Cappelli
Sergio Bertoni
Alfonso Negro
Francesco Gabriotti

Austria

Franz Fuchsberger
Max Hofmeister
Eduard Kainberger
Karl Kainberger
Martin Kargl
Josef Kitzmüller
Anton Krenn
Ernst Künz
Adolf Laudon
Franz Mandl
Klement Steinmetz
Karl Wahlmüller
Walter Werginz

Norway

Henry Johansen
Fredrik Horn
Nils Eriksen
Frithjof Ulleberg
Jørgen Juve
Rolf Holmberg
Sverre Hansen
Magnar Isaksen
Alf Martinsen
Reidar Kvammen
Arne Brustad
Øivind Holmsen
Odd Frantzen
Magdalon Monsen

First round[change | change source]

August 3, 1936
17:30

Italy	1–0	United States
Frossi 58'	Report

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER)

Attendance: 9.000

August 3, 1936
17:30

Norway	4–0	Turkey
Martinsen 30' 70' Brustad 53' Kvammen 80'	Report

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA)

Attendance: 8.000

August 4, 1936
17:30

Empire of Japan	3–2	Sweden
Kamo 49' Ukon 62' Matsunaga 85'	Report	Persson 24' 37'

Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER)

Attendance: 5.000

August 4, 1936
17:30

Germany	9–0	Luxembourg
Urban 16' 54' 75' Simetsreiter 32' 48' 74' Gauchel 49' 89' Elbern 76'	Report

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

Attendance: 12.000

August 5, 1936
17:30

Poland	3–0	Hungary
Gad 12' 27' Wodarz 88'	Report

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)

Attendance: 5.000

August 5, 1936
17:30

Austria	3–1	Egypt
Steinmetz 4' 65' Laudon 7'	Report	Sakr 85'

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)

Attendance: 6.000

August 6, 1936
17:30

Peru	7–3	Finland
Fernández 17' 33' 47' 49' 70' Villanueva 21' 67'	Report	Kanerva 42' (pen.) Grönlund 75' Larvo 80'

Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 2.500

August 6, 1936
17:30

Great Britain	2–0	Republic of China
Doods 55' Finch 65'	Report

Mommsenstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Helmut Fink (GER)

Quarter finals[change | change source]

August 7, 1936
17:30

Italy	8–0	Empire of Japan
Frossi 14' 75' 80' Biagi 32' 57' 81' 82' Cappelli 89'	Report

Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE)

Attendance: 8.000

August 7, 1936
17:30

Germany	0–2	Norway
	Report	Isaksen 7' 83'

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Attendance: 55.000

August 8, 1936
17:30

Poland	5–4	Great Britain
Gad 33' Wodarz 43' 48' 53' Piec 56'	Report	Clements 26' Shearer 71' Joy 78' 80'

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE)

Attendance: 6.000

August 8, 1936
17:30

Peru	4–2 (a.e.t.) ¹	Austria
Alcade 75' Villanueva 81' 117' Fernández 119'	Report	Wergin 23' Steinmetz 37'

Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)

Attendance: 5.000

Replay

August 10, 1936
17:30

Peru	0–2 ²	Austria

Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 0

¹ Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void. It was ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru did not accept this decision and withdrew from the tournament.