Olympic Games
- The infamous 1936 Summer Olympics take place in Berlin
- Germany wins the most medals (89) and the most gold medals (33)
- Jesse Owens wins four athletics gold medals
- The first torch relay takes place from Olympia, Greece
- 1936 Winter Olympics takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- Norway wins the most medals (15) and the most gold medals (7)
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Famous quotes containing the words olympic and/or games:
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“As long as lightly all their livelong sessions,
Like a yardful of schoolboys out at recess
Before their plays and games were organized,
They yelling mix tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch,
And leapfrog in each other’s way all’s well.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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