| Malta at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MLT |
| NOC | Malta Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inBerlin | |
| Competitors | 11 (men) in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Godfrey Craig[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Malta participated at the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin, Germany, held between 1 and 16 August 1936. The country's participation in the Games marked its second appearance at theSummer Olympics since its debut in the1928 Games.
The Maltese team consisted of 11 athletes who competed in two sports. Godfrey Craig served as the country's flag-bearer during theopening ceremony. Malta had not won a Summer Olympics medal previously and did not win any medal in the current Games.
The1928 Summer Olympics marked Malta's first participation in the Olympic Games. TheMalta Olympic Committee was formed in 1928 just before the Games. After the nation made its debut in theSummer Olympics at the 1928 edition, it missed thenext edition in 1932. This edition of the Games in1936 marked the nation's second appearance and return to the Summer Games.[2]
The 1936 Summer Olympics was held inBerlin, Germany, between 1 and 16 August 1936.[3][4] The Maltese delegation consisted of 11 athletes.[5][6] Godfrey Craig served as the country's flag-bearer in the Parade of Nations during theopening ceremony.[7] Malta had not previously won an Olympic Games medal and did not win any medal in the current Games.[2]
Malta sent a delegation of 11 athletes (all men) who competed in two events across two sports at the Games.[5][6]
| Sport | Men | Women | Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Water polo | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Theathletic competitions were held at theOlympiastadion in Berlin.[8] For Malta,Alfred Bencini andAustin Cassar-Torreggiani took part in themen's 100 m competition.[5][6] Bencini was 19 years old and Cassar-Torreggiani was 21 years old with both of them competing in their first Summer Games.[9][10] In the event, Bencini finished fifth and last in the eighth heat and Cassar-Torreggiani recorded a similar finish in the twelfth heat. Thus, both of them failed to advance beyond the first round.[8][11]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank[a] | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alfred Bencini | Men's 100 m | NS | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Austin Cassar-Torreggiani | NS | 5 | |||||||
Water polo competitions were held between 8 and 15 August at Schwimmstadion,Reichssportfeld, Berlin. There were 16 teams in the competition. The format consisted of a series of round-robin elimination pools, followed by round-robin semi-finals with the top teams from each group advancing to the gold medal match.[12] As a part of Group B in the initial round robin competitions, Malta lost all three matches to finish last and exit the competition.[5][8]
 Malta (MLT) |
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Semi final | Final /BM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Malta | Men's tournament |  Great Britain (GBR)L 2–8 |  Hungary (HUN)L 0–12 |  Yugoslavia (YUG)L 0–7 | 3 | Did not qualify | |||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |  | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 | X | 10:1 | 4:1 | 12:0 | |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1:10 | X | 4:3 | 8:2 | |
| 3. | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1:4 | 3:4 | X | 7:0 | |
| 4. | Malta (MLT) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0:12 | 2:8 | 0:7 | X |
