Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates6–16 February 1936
Teams15
Final positions
Champions  Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  United States
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played37
Goals scored165 (4.46 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Hugh Farquharson 10 goals.

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fifth Olympic Championship, also serving as the tenth World Championships and the 21st European Championships.[1]

The British national ice hockey team pulled off a major upset when they won the gold medal, marking a number of firsts in international ice hockey competition. Great Britain made history as the first team ever to win an Olympic, World, and European (its second) Championships and the first to win all three in the same year.[2] They were the first team to stop Canada from winning the Olympic ice hockey gold, following Canada's four consecutive gold medals.

  1. ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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