This is: Olympics 1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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Olympics 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, February 6 - 16
No. of countries: 28
No. of athletes: 668 (588 m + 80 w)
No. of events: 16 in 6 sports
Just like the Olympics 1936 - Berlin would be, these games were held in the
taste of Adolf Hitler. Rigid censorship and propaganda would ensure that the
Nazi Germany would be pictured according to the Nazi party's wish.
Norway was back at top of the medal board, with 7 out of 16 gold medals.
Canada lost their first ever Olympic ice hockey game in a 2-1 loss to the British
team. This British team did however mostly consisted of Canadians. USA
would go on to claim the gold. A crowd of more than 150,000 saw Norway remain undefeated
with its fourth Olympic ski jump gold.