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The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (German: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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February 6, 1936 - January 16, 1936. Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Germany. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ger., that took place Feb. 6–16, 1936. The Garmish-Partenkirchen Games were the fourth occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games.
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On 13 May 1933, Germany informed the 32nd IOC Session that their choice for the winter site was Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Montréal, Québec (Canada) and St. Moritz (Switzerland) had applied in case Germany would be unable to host the Winter Games.
The Winter Olympic Games were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 1936, between Feb 6-16. 28 Nations with 668 participants competed in 17 events. Alpine skiing events were held for the first time at the Winter Olympics, but ski instructors were barred as they were classified as being professionals.
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Opening date: 6 February 1936 Closing date: 16 February 1936 Country of the host city: Germany (GER) Candidate cities: St Moritz (SUI) Nations: 28 Events: 17 At the IV Olympic Winter Games the focus was on ‘Olympic’ and ‘Winter’ as athletes from more nations than ever before participated in the celebrations.
From February 6 to February 16, 1936, Germany hosted the Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps. Yielding to international Olympic leaders' insistence on "fair play," German officials allowed Rudi Ball, who was half-Jewish, to compete on the nation's ice hockey team.
