Fritz Schilgen (8 September 1906 – 12 September 2005) was a German athlete and the final torchbearer of the first Olympic torch relay at the 1936 Summer...

Fritz Schilgen, a three time 1500m champion, was suggested by former German athletics president Karl Ritter von Halt as the final runner. Schilgen, viewed...

Fritz Schilgen carrying the Olympic torch at the Berlin Olympic Stadium with the public giving the Nazi salute in the background...

Otto Pöhl (1929-2014) president of the Deutsche Bundesbank 1980-1991 Fritz Schilgen (1906–2005) last torchbearer in the relay to the Summer Olympics in...

Baillet-Latour President of the International Olympic Committee Cauldron Fritz Schilgen Stadium Olympiastadion Summer ← Los Angeles 1932 London 1948 → Tokyo...

Olympic Games Preceded by Fritz Schilgen Final Olympic torchbearer London 1948 Succeeded by Eigil Nansen Preceded by Fritz Schilgen Final Summer Olympic torchbearer...

Games Location Lighter Sport Note Ref. 1936 Summer Berlin Fritz Schilgen Track and field Schilgen was not a competitor at the Olympics, but was chosen for...

of state Adolf Hitler, and the Olympic cauldron was lit by athlete Fritz Schilgen. Four million tickets were sold for all the events of the 1936 Summer...

world wars. The final leg of the relay was completed on 1 August by Fritz Schilgen, a German electrical engineer and national champion runner, who ran...

the summer games. From the urns, the flame was then transferred to Fritz Schilgen, who lit the Olympic Cauldron in Olympic stadium. Even with his athletic...