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Dates
August 1-16
Candidate cities
Berlin, Barcelona, Alexandria, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cologne, Dublin, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Lausanne, Nuremberg, Rio de Janeiro, Rome
Participants
3,963 (331 women)
Participating nations
49
Sports
19
Events
129
Medals given out
385
IOC president
Henri de Baillet-Latour (Belgium)
Games declared open by
Adolf Hitler (German chancellor)
Olympic oath read by
Rudolf Ismayr (weightlifting)
Last relay bearer of the Olympic torch
Fritz Schilgen (track and field)
Olympic flame lit by
Fritz Schilgen (track and field)
Journalists
1710