Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Wednesday August 12, 1936 to Friday August 14, 1936.

Thirty swimmers from 17 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Adolph Kiefer
 United States		 Al Vande Weghe
 United States		 Masaji Kiyokawa
 Japan

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:04.8 United States Adolph Kiefer Detroit (USA) January 18, 1936
Olympic Record 1:08.2 United States George Kojac Amsterdam (NED) August 9, 1928

Adolph Kiefer set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1:06.9 minutes. He bettered his record in the first semi-final with 1:06.8 minutes. In the final he improved the Olympic record again when he swam 1:05.9 minutes.

Results

Heats

Wednesday August 12, 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Adolph Kiefer (USA)1:06.9QQ OR
2 Masaji Kiyokawa (JPN)1:07.2QQ
3 Hans Schwarz (GER)1:11.0QQ
4 Elemér Gombos (HUN)1:12.4
5 Jack Middleton (GBR)1:15.0
6 Benvenuto Nunes (BRA)1:16.9

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Taylor Drysdale (USA)1:09.0QQ
2 Heinz Schlauch (GER)1:10.1QQ
3 Draško Vilfan (YUG)1:11.7QQ
4 Stans Scheffer (NED)1:13.6
5 Árpád Lengyel (HUN)1:15.2
6 Munroe Bourne (CAN)1:17.2
7 Antônio Amaral Filho (BRA)1:21.0

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Yasuhiko Kojima (JPN)1:09.7QQ
2 Al Vande Weghe (USA)1:10.6QQ
3 Nils Christiansen (PHI)1:11.5QQ
4 Erwin Simon (GER)1:11.7qq
5 György Erdélyi (HUN)1:14.7
6 Marcel Neumann (LUX)1:18.8

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jack Besford (GBR)1:12.0QQ
2 Gordon Kerr (CAN)1:12.9QQ
3 Björn Borg (SWE)1:15.2QQ
4 Boris Roolaid (EST)1:21.1
5 Emmanouil Mallidis (GRE)1:21.5

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Kiichi Yoshida (JPN)1:10.0QQ
2 Percy Oliver (AUS)1:10.2QQ
3 Piet Metman (NED)1:13.7QQ
4 Ademar Caballero (BRA)1:17.0
5 Børge Bæth (DEN)1:17.3
6 Alfonso Casasempere (CHI)1:21.0

Semifinals

Thursday August 13, 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Adolph Kiefer (USA)1:06.8QQ OR
2 Al Vande Weghe (USA)1:08.6QQ
3 Percy Oliver (AUS)1:09.4QQ
4 Kiichi Yoshida (JPN)1:09.5qq
5 Nils Christiansen (PHI)1:11.1
6 Erwin Simon (GER)1:11.7
7 Hans Schwarz (GER)1:11.8
8 Björn Borg (SWE)1:16.3

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Taylor Drysdale (USA)1:08.6QQ
2 Masaji Kiyokawa (JPN)1:09.7QQ
3 Yasuhiko Kojima (JPN)1:09.9QQ
4 Heinz Schlauch (GER)1:10.8
5 Gordon Kerr (CAN)1:11.2
6 Draško Vilfan (YUG)1:13.3
7 Jack Besford (GBR)1:13.6
8 Piet Metman (NED)1:14.1

Final

Friday August 14, 1936:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Adolph Kiefer (USA)1:05.9 OR
2 Al Vande Weghe (USA)1:07.7
3 Masaji Kiyokawa (JPN)1:08.4
4 Taylor Drysdale (USA)1:09.4
5 Kiichi Yoshida (JPN)1:09.7
6 Yasuhiko Kojima (JPN)1:10.4
7 Percy Oliver (AUS)1:10.7

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 December 2008.
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