1936 Olympic Games WAG

Various films put into order to give the story of the 1936 Women's Olympic Games. Note that team identifications were done by emblem and performance number (Poland had numbers in the 20s, Hungary the 70s, etc). This was important because Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia had the exact same belted uniforms, white headbands, and hairstyles! NOTE, the beam was only 2 inches wide!

[@em_mkay]

what a fucking contrast to the gymnastics of the past 20 years. hell, even gymnastics from the early 70’s/late 60’s appeared to be a totally different sport from this

[@lablackzed]

Wonder how many of these lady's survived the war?

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Creepy beam, and funny hair, but this is fascinating. And then you realize how far everything has come on all levels since then, and say " what next".

[@DianaDeLuna]

How cool it would be to see today's rhythmic gymnasts perform with archery bows.

[@EVZYL]

Exactly what I was thinking. There's a mythical quality to it!

[@williamnoel1682]

@3:16 Zdeňka Veřmiřovská's (that's how her name is written for her Wikipedia page) compulsory vault score *was* the lowest of all of those that were performed by anybody on the Czechoslovakian team. Her optional vault must have been a good bit better because her score of 13.1 was better than 3 of her 7 teammates and 2 of the 8 Germans. She must not have been too bad overall, at all, because she was the silver medalist in the All-Around at the 1938 World Championships and she made it all the way to the 1948 Olympics, 12 years later, where she was not at all the weakest link on her Gold-Medal-winning team there, either. ETA: We discussed this elsewhere, earlier, some time ago, but that compulsory vault was very prejudicial towards shorter athletes (who could not jump over it as easily as taller ones) and Vermirovska *was* short, even by gymnastics standards. Also, a jump *over* the vault, without using the hands at all as propulsion, is an extremely non-standard approach towards constructing a compulsory exercise on that apparatus.

[@christinadouglas3975]

Funny to see how many of these averaged about 5 1/2 feet and least a size 10-12, one or two about a 14, and what are the girls today? Four ft 10 and maybe a size 2-3

[@lastcommodore2071]

Some of this appears to be footage from Leni Riefenstahl's film.

[@chocdave]

I used whatever films I could find. As I search for more, this may be remade with them as well.

[@LauRa-re9un]

I like women wearing short, I believe it´s much comfortable than the gym mesh.

[@cecilianovais212]

Well, I think I could be a gymnast in 1936...😂

[@user-gz8fc8zp1y]

素晴らしいですね!素敵ですね!

[@marceloaugusto8460]

😔 É muito triste em saber que ABSOLUTAMENTE TODOS que aparecem nesse vídeo está mortos

[@EVZYL]

And then in 1952 the USSR finally competed too and gymastics changed for ever.

[@AszurUballit]

Hello, I am looking for some another sources about gymnastic during Olympic Games in Berlin 1936. I would be very grateful for some information.

[@shieldmaidenforchrist1310]

I wonder what the training programs were like for sports back then. At what age would someone usually begin training a sport like gymnastics? How many hours per week was considered normal if you wanted to be competitive?

[@chocdave]

Most people began at Turnvereins where you performed not only gymnastics but track and field and one team sport (volleyball was the biggie in the US). So even if you began at a really young age you were doing all of those things, plus even for women the sport was more muscle-based. You might be doing the actual gymnastics for a few hours maybe 4 days a week. Since it was muscle and balance gymnasts usually peaked in their 20s but ones in their 40s were not uncommon.

[@bomon.]

My love from Russia 2019

[@carolhutchinson7763]

Synchronized swimming on land.

[@yuttasakarakkitsakul4288]

After this Olympic 4 year later, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and Europe. What happened those Polish and Jewish athletes?

[@user-wt8jf3hs6g]

跳馬の技が素晴らしいです。 今の選手では、あの技はできないでしょう。

[@user-bq5lr6dq6b]

❤️ 🇩🇪 💕✨🌹😍☀️💖💞💗⚡⚡ With love from Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 ❤️

[@LauRa-re9un]

Is the Nazi flag next to the United States flag? That´s funny. 7:18

[@kevinvalentinocasanova8416]

These women are so beautiful not like the ones nowadays

[@TheBeautyofMy2Eyes]

*_Rolling my naked eyes & LOL! Modern gymnasts are far more beautiful, feminine, artistic, and more SKILLED than these old women who wear shooz & sox!_*

[@kevinvalentinocasanova8416]

SnowbirdFlock are you stupid girl nowadays are fake as fuck and ugly

[@davewatson2124]

@@kevinvalentinocasanova8416 Yes and they are mostly obese and covered in tattoos.

[@sjm7290]

Modern world is fucking disgusting

[@TSUTENKAKU007]

Simply because I am sure back then people took care their health, stayed active more, eat more pure foods rather than junk foods of today's chemically processed foods and above all, took life more seriously than today. Healthy life style was important back then.

[@helltotheyeah7963]

Boring

[@chocdave]

But the sport that produced Simone Biles had to start somewhere. No Berlin Olympics, no Simone.

[@helltotheyeah7963]

Ohhhh...

[@kevinvalentinocasanova8416]

Hell to the yeah you are boring loser

[@adamjacksonmedia]

What an incredibly insightful and provocative statement. Well done. You deserve a lifetime achievement award.

[@ryohn5468]

Can't stand Gabby or Simone