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Baseball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics after a 24-year absence. Both of the teams that played in Berlin were from the United States.

Baseball at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Demonstration sport

1

August 12, 1936

Olympic Stadium

Berlin, Germany

The exhibition game was played on 12 August 1936 in front of 90,000 spectators in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The two teams were named the "World Champions" and the "U. S. Olympics". The World Champions won, 6–5.


Leslie Mann, who had pushed strongly for inclusion of baseball as an Olympic sport, was the umpire.

Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). . Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.

"Baseball in the Olympics"

Horvitz, Peter S. (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History. S.P.I. Books. p. 222.  978-1561719730.

ISBN

. The XIth Olympic Games Berlin, 1936 volume 2, p. 1098-1100. 1936.

Official Report