When it comes to Chinese athletes participating in the Olympic Games, people often talk about Liu Changchun's solo trip to Los Angeles in 1932, and Xu Haifeng's breakthrough in China's gold medal table with a crisp gunshot in 1984. But there was also a forgotten Olympic Games, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, when the country was worried about internal and external troubles, Chinese athletes also turned the tide on the sports field, although they did not get a medal in the end, but let foreigners see the indomitable spirit of the Chinese people.
In 1931, the International Olympic Committee awarded the right to host the 11th Summer Olympic Games in 1936 to Berlin, Germany, at that time, China and Germany were in a ten-year honeymoon period, China used raw materials in exchange for German military products to form the so-called German armament division, and hired German consultants to guide military construction in China. The eldest brother's family has a happy event, and the younger brother will definitely go to the venue, so the national government decided to send a delegation to Berlin to compete.
To this end, the Chinese sports team of this Olympic Games has a total of 141 people, with Wang Zhengting as the general leader to Berlin to participate, including 69 athletes, 33 sports delegations, and a martial arts performance team, which is already huge compared to Liu Changchun's single-handed meeting four years ago, these 69 athletes participated in six major competitions, of which the largest number of people participated in athletics competitions, 23 people, in addition to 2 swimming competitions, 3 weightlifting competitions, 1 bicycle competition, 4 boxing competitions, There are 14 players in basketball and 22 in football.
At this time, a classic and practical problem came, that is, insufficient funds, compared with a dime four years ago, the national government allocated 170,000 yuan this time, but according to the calculation of the sports association, a total of 220,000 yuan is needed, and there is a gap of 50,000 yuan. Fortunately, people from all walks of life know that they are going to the Olympic Games to win glory for the country, so people from all walks of life, including warlords in various places, donated enthusiastically, such as Chen Jitang donated 3,000 yuan, and famous warlords such as Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Long Yun, and Yan Xishan also donated 1,000 yuan. After these donations add up, there is still a gap of nearly 20,000 yuan.
What about this? At this time, the Chinese men's football team stood up!
At that time, the men's football team was completely different from the current group of FWs who ate sea cucumbers every day, when they won nine championships at the Far East Games (the Far Eastern Games were held ten times in total), which was a veritable light of Asia, and the captain of the men's football team at that time, Li Huitang, was known as the king of Asia. At the suggestion of Li Qiuwang, the Chinese football team set off from Shanghai on May 20, 1936, traveled to various parts of Southeast Asia via Hong Kong, and played 27 games in two months, of which 23 won and the remaining 4 were draws. At that time, the Chinese men's football team was indeed the light of Asia, so tickets for the game were often difficult to find, so the Chinese football team raised 40,000 yuan and donated 20,000 to the sports association, solved the problem of funding for the competition, and also got a certain amount of training to improve the tactical level. In this process, the Chinese football team also tried to save money, traveling in the lowest cabin, staying in cheap hotels, and even many people slept on the floor, not even the team doctor, accidentally sick can only find a way to recover. There was only one belief that supported the Chinese football team at that time, that is, to win glory for the country!
The problem of money is solved, then go to war!
On June 26, 1936, the Chinese delegation, all dressed in blue suits and white trousers, under the send-off of thousands of people from all walks of life, boarded the Italian cruise ship "S.S Conte Verde" in Shanghai to Berlin, met with the Chinese football team in Mumbai, India on July 8, and arrived in Berlin on July 23 after nearly a month of wandering, where he was warmly welcomed by overseas Chinese and international students.
At 4 p.m. on August 1, 1936, the Berlin Olympic Games opened, Hitler personally attended the opening ceremony, a total of 53 countries participated in the Olympic Games, and the Chinese delegation entered in the 13th place in German alphabetical order.
The next morning, the intense competition was in full swing, first of all, the 100-meter sprint preliminary round of the athletics competition, China had Liu Changchun, Fu Jincheng, Cheng Jinguan (and Liu Changchun and known as "North Liu Nancheng") three people participated, but Liu Changchun is still the same as four years ago, at the beginning of running fast, far ahead of others, but then insufficient physical strength was overtaken, The final time was 11.2 seconds, the other two had 11.5 seconds and 11.6 seconds respectively, and the champion was 10.7 seconds, all three missed the rematch, and then the 200m qualifier was the same, all three regretted not to qualify for the final. But their hard work was highly praised, and Owens, known as the greatest track and field athlete of the 20th century, took a photo with Cheng Jinguan, who pointed out his shortcomings and gave him advice. Cheng Jinguan spent his life quietly dedicating himself to China's sports cause until his death on May 1, 2000, unfortunately not seeing the successful bid for the Beijing Olympic Games two months later. There was also a female athlete competing in the women's track and field competition, who finished fourth in the 100m heats and was also eliminated in the heats.
Not to be outdone, a total of four Chinese people participated in the boxing match: Wang Runlan, Jin Guidi, Jin Gui and Li Menghua, who originally belonged to the 32nd Army boxing team. In the match, Jin Guidi defeated consecutive Canadian and Egyptian fighters, but in the fight against British boxing champion Hillimdon, the British constantly played tricks, and the blind referee always favored the British, and finally lost. And Wang Runlan was seriously injured in several bloody battles, and was also eliminated with two wins and three losses because of the unfair referee, and the other two also regretted to stop the preliminary round.
The next year, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the four boxing kings took off their fists and carried their guns to the battlefield, on September 14, 1937, in the Zhanghe blockade in Hebei, Wang Runlan, who had become a platoon leader, heroically killed the enemy, fierce battle until the 21st, the Chinese army ran out of ammunition and only ten people remained, Wang Runlan was also seriously wounded, but he was strapped with grenades, and the Japanese tanks died. A month later, in the defense of Anyang, Jin Guidi was also strapped with grenades, jumped onto Japanese tanks like he jumped into the ring last year, and died heroically. The next year, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Jin Gui also died heroically, and Li Menghua was also silent in the fierce battle of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is likely that he also died for the country. CCTV6's hit movie "Bone Steel Fist" is adapted from their deeds.
In the swimming competition, Chen Zhenxing and Yang Xiuqiong, who represented China, were eliminated in the preliminary round. Known as a mermaid, Yang Xiuqiong has repeatedly won swimming competitions held in Hong Kong, but she has been adrift for a month on the way to Berlin and has been very energetic, so she finished bottom in the heats. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War and the fall of Hong Kong, she became an intelligence officer, providing the Nationalist government with information on the activities of high-ranking Chinese traitors in Hong Kong, and made her own contributions to the Anti-Japanese War.
Only the pole vault athlete Fu Paulu entered the semi-finals with a score of 3.80 meters. Unfortunately, due to insufficient preparation before departure, the Chinese delegation did not have a bamboo pole for pole vaulting, which led to Fu Paulu nodding and bowing to a Japanese athlete before each competition, borrowing an old bamboo pole for training, which was only 4.15 meters long, resulting in Fu Baolu failing to challenge the four-meter jump in the rematch, not performing at his best, and missing out on the medal.
After returning to China, Fu Baolu was very sought after, and in 1934, he starred in the movie "Burial at Sea", which left a deep impression on the audience. After that, he entered Jinan University for further study in foreign languages. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he gave up his superior life, resolutely joined the Chinese Air Force, and after graduating from the 12th destroyer crew of the Air Force Officer School, he became a second lieutenant third-class pilot of the 4th Air Force Group (Gao Zhihang Group), fought bravely with Japanese aircraft over Wuhan, and later went to the United States for training, and on July 8, 1943, the P40 fighter he piloted stalled while turning, and the plane crashed and died. The body was buried in Nanshan, Chongqing, and his name was engraved on the Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs' Monument in the Nanjing Aviation Martyrs' Cemetery, and also in the hearts of the Chinese people. The stadium of Harbin No. 3 Middle School, where he attended, was also renamed Fu Baolu Stadium.
Although the current performance is not satisfactory, everyone is not discouraged, and they have high hopes for the upcoming Light of Asia Chinese football team. But the Chinese football team, which was burdened with heavy responsibilities, was not favored by the gods of luck, and the competition at that time did not have a group stage, and adopted a single-game elimination system that determined the victory of a single battle. The Chinese football team unfortunately drew the British team, the birthplace of modern football, which gave everyone a lot of pressure, in order to cheer up the Chinese football team, the Chinese ambassador at that time led all the embassy personnel and a large number of Chinese students to the field to cheer.
At 5:03 p.m. on August 6, at the beginning of the game, the Chinese team resisted the fierce attack of the British team and then turned to counterattack, once suppressing the opponent, and player Sun Jinshun scored a goal first, but was judged by the referee to be offside first, and the goal was invalid. In the first half, the score was 0-0, but the main player Li Huitang was hit in the abdomen by the ball and fell to the ground, and it took two minutes to recover, which greatly affected his performance.
In the second half, the Chinese team's impeccable defense still made Britain's attack fruitless, and at the same time, seized every opportunity to turn to defense, but after more than an hour of play, the Chinese team's physical decline began to be exhausted, and the British team scored 1 goal in the melee, this time the mentality of the Chinese team was greatly affected, coupled with physical reasons, the British team scored another goal, and finally the Chinese team lost 0-2 to the British team. But despite the defeat, the tactics of the Chinese team were still praised by everyone. After that, the Chinese team was invited to visit European countries. Looking at this group of ten defeats and nine defeats, brutally humiliated by all sides, what face do you have to meet your predecessors? Ah, I'm sorry, if you still have a face, you wouldn't kick so badly every time!
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, most of the Chinese football players also participated in the war to defend the country, and left winger Chen Zhenhe also joined the Chinese Air Force and fought bloody battles with the Japanese army in South China, destroying many Japanese aircraft and transport ships. On January 28, 1941, on the way back from receiving the Soviet plane to China, it encountered strong winds, the aircraft operation failed, and Chen Zhenhe unfortunately crashed and died. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, his teammate Tan Jiangbai (father of singer Alan Tam) went to Yunnan to transport supplies on the blood transfusion artery Burma Road.
On August 7, the basketball game began, the Chinese team first played against the Japanese team, in the previous Far East Games, the Japanese team was defeated by the Chinese team, at this time due to the sensitive relationship between China and Japan, everyone very much wanted to teach the Japanese a lesson on the court. After the opening, the Chinese team once led the Japanese team with exquisite technology and ingenious cooperation, but the Japanese have always been unscrupulous, they will release gas if they can't fight on the battlefield, and they will be fouled on a large scale if they can't fight on the field, so the Japanese are the least qualified to say "let's face off squarely." The foul of the Japanese team disrupted the mentality of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team began to make frequent mistakes, and finally was overtaken by Japan by 5 points in the first half, and did not perform well in the second half, losing 19-35. However, the Chinese team was not disturbed by the defeat, and the next day, they defeated France in the second half and successfully advanced to the second round, but in the end, they lost to Brazil and Peru one after another.
In the basketball game, there was a Chinese referee for the first time, and Shu Hong, director of the sports department of Zhejiang University, enforced the basketball match between the United States and Canada on the morning of August 14, which was widely reported by domestic newspapers.
Although the martial arts team mentioned above did not participate in the competition, their performance attracted countless spectators. After the Olympic Games, they were invited to tour many cities, which allowed many foreigners to understand China's excellent traditional culture.
Although China did not get a medal in the entire Berlin Olympic Games, in that era of internal and external troubles, poverty and weakness, Chinese athletes were able to bravely walk on the field and fight with Western powers without fear, which is enough to prove that Chinese are strong and unyielding, and their hard work is worth remembering!
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