At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. 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.
Medal table
Medal summary
thumb|Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
thumb|Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
thumb|The podium of 100 m freestyle at the 1936 Olympic Games
Men's events
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| 100 m freestyle<br>
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| 400 m freestyle<br>
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| 1500 m freestyle<br>
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| 100 m backstroke<br>
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| 200 m breaststroke<br>
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| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br>
| <br>Shigeo Arai<br>Shigeo Sugiura<br>Masaharu Taguchi<br>Masanori Yusa
| <br>Ralph Flanagan<br>John Macionis<br>Jack Medica<br>Paul Wolf
| <br>Oszkár Abay-Nemes<br>Ferenc Csik<br>Ödön Gróf<br>Árpád Lengyel
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Women's events
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| 100 m freestyle<br>
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| 400 m freestyle<br>
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| 100 m backstroke<br>
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| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>
| <br>Rie Mastenbroek<br>Willy den Ouden<br>Jopie Selbach<br>Tini Wagner
| <br>Gisela Arendt<br>Ruth Halbsguth<br>Leni Lohmar<br>Ingeborg Schmitz
| <br>Mavis Freeman<br>Bernice Lapp<br>Olive McKean<br>Katherine Rawls
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Participating nations
248 swimmers from 29 nations competed.