| Swimming at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin |
| Dates | 8–15 August 1936 |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 248 from 29 nations |
| Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
At the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin, elevenswimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] The competitions were held from Saturday August 8, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936. There was a total of 248 participants from 29 countries competing.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Japan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 |  Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 m freestyle details | Ferenc Csik Hungary | Masanori Yusa Japan | Shigeo Arai Japan |
| 400 m freestyle details | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan | Shozo Makino Japan |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Noboru Terada Japan | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan |
| 100 m backstroke details | Adolph Kiefer United States | Al Vande Weghe United States | Masaji Kiyokawa Japan |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Tetsuo Hamuro Japan | Erwin Sietas Germany | Reizo Koike Japan |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa | United States Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf | Hungary Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel |
248 swimmers from 29 nations competed.[2]
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