Marie Dollinger
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Maria "Marie" Dollinger-Hendrix was a German track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events and the 800 metres. She represented Germany at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1928, 1932 and 193
Marie Dollinger winning an 800 m semifinal at the 1928 Olympics
Marie Dollinger, Lina Radke and Elfriede Wever, finalists in the 800 m at the 1928 Olympics
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participant
Marie Dollinger
…which made her the fourth best in the world that season. She had her final year of competition in 1936 and the biggest races of her career came at the Berlin Olympic Games. In June, prior to the Olympics, she helped set a European record in the 4 × 100 m relay, timing 46.5 seconds in Köln with a team of Emmy Albus, Krauss…
The newly-built Olympiastadion (pictured in 2015) hosted the events
Volmari Iso-Hollo, 3000 m steeplechase, 1936 Summer Olympics