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Rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...
featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 11 to 14 August on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See
The Langer See is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-east to north-west and forms part of the course of the Dahme (river), River Dahme. The Langer See is approximately ...
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The competition was dominated by the hosts, Germany, who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals. The final race, men's eights, was won by a working-class United States team from the University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seatt ...
who, in what had become their trademark, started slow and outsprinted the competition to an exceedingly close finish, with only one second separating the top three finishers at the end of a six-and-a-half minute race. This event is chronicled in '' The Boys in the Boat'' written by Daniel James Brown
Daniel James Brown (born 1951) is an American author of narrative nonfiction books.
Biography
Brown was born in Berkeley, California. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and ea ...
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Medal summary
Participating nations
A total of 313 rowers from 24 nations competed at the Berlin Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Medal table
References
Further reading
* ''Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics'' by Michael J. Socolow, 2016, University of Illinois Press {{Rowing at the Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics events1936
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