The 1936 Olympic Games took place in Berlin, Germany and were formally known as the Games of the XI Olympiad from 1st to 16 of August 1936. Germany competed against Barcelona to get given the games in 1931. The games have been notable for the Nazi propaganda that resulted in substantial strife and also the exclusionary guidelines from the Nazi party ahead of the Olympics, but countries around the world however agreed to participate. The Führer Adolf Hitler was resolute to one-up the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics that he developed a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium together with six gymnasiums as well as other stadiums. These Olympics had been the 1st Olympics to be broadcast on TV and in addition to radio programming, they reached forty one nations. The nations around the world which did take part afforded some authenticity for the Nazi regime. The Olympic games were fiscally successful with overall ticket sales getting 7.5 million Reichsmark which resulted in an operating profit of more than one million Reichsmark. That did not add the outlays by the city of Berlin or outlays of the German national government therefore the real expense of hosting the Olympics isn't obvious because they never put up these records.

Adolf Hitler furthermore saw these 1936 Olympics being an chance to advertise and publicize his government and beliefs in its racial supremacy and also antisemitism. The state run Nazi Party newspaper published prior to the Olympics in the strongest achievable stipulations that Jewish people must not be allowed to participate in these Olympics. The German Olympic committee following the Nazi directives, virtually prohibited Germans who were Jewish or had this type of origins from taking part in the Olympic Games. Once the Olympic Games were confronted with a boycott by other countries, Adolf Hitler gave in and allowed Black and Jewish people to play a part. The Germany team added one token participant, a Jewish woman, Helene Mayer. This meant that many of Germany’s best sports athletes being omitted from taking part with a few world record holders. Individual Jewish athletes coming from a number of countries decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics along with other countries made a decision to not send any avoiding annoying the Nazi regime. In the United States, the American Jewish Congress along with the Jewish Labor Committee endorsed a boycott of the Olympic Games.

Nearly 4,000 competitors took part 129 events. Much to Hitler’s disgust and despite make fun of from the Nazi managed local media, the black American athlete, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump competitions. This made Owens the most successful sportsman to participate at Berlin. The 1500m race was won by Jack Lovelock from NZ. Hendrika Mastenbroek from the Netherlands won three gold medals along with a silver in the swimming events. Basketball along with canoeing made there debutes as an Olympic sport at these 1936 Olympic Games. The United States won the basketball. Germany was the most successful nation all round with it gaining 89 medals total and the USA being second with 56 medals. They were the last summer Olympic Games for 12 years as a result of interruption of the Second World War with the subsequent Olympic Games being later in 1948 in London, Great Britain.