Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, were held at Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by American Jesse Owens, and teammate Ralph Metcalfe repeated as silver medalist.[1]
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||
Dates | 2 August 1936 (heats, quarterfinals) 3 August 1936 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.3 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
Final
Wind: +2.7 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jesse Owens | 10.3 | |||
Ralph Metcalfe | 10.4 | |||
Tinus Osendarp | 10.5 | |||
4 | Frank Wykoff | 10.6 | ||
5 | Erich Borchmeyer | 10.7 | ||
6 | Lennart Strandberg | 10.9 |
Key: WR = World record; =OR = Olympic record
Preliminaries
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lennart Strandberg | 10.7 | ||
2 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | 10.8 | ||
3 | Manfred Kersch | 10.8 | ||
4 | Maurice Carlton | |||
5 | Aristidis Sakellariou | |||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Chris Berger | 10.8 | ||
2 | Pat Dannaher | 11.0 | ||
3 | Bernard Marchand | 11.2 | ||
4 | Antonio Sande | 11.2 | ||
5 | Julije Bauer | 11.5 | ||
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wil van Beveren | 10.8 | ||
2 | Eric Grimbeek | 10.9 | ||
3 | Ruudi Toomsalu | 11.0 | ||
4 | Antonio Salcedo | |||
5 | José Domingo Sánchez | |||
6 | Mohammad Khan | |||
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gyula Gyenes | 10.7 | ||
2 | Monta Suzuki | 10.7 | ||
3 | Palle Virtanen | 10.9 | ||
4 | Paul Bronner | 11.1 | ||
5 | Antonio Cuba | |||
6 | Elias Gutiérrez | |||
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Howard McPhee | 10.8 | ||
2 | Lennart Lindgren | 10.8 | ||
3 | Robert Paul | 11.0 | ||
4 | George Fahoum | |||
5 | Poh Kimseng | |||
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marthinus Theunissen | 10.7 | ||
2 | Gerd Hornberger | 10.7 | ||
3 | Tomás Beswick | 10.9 | ||
4 | Toivo Sariola | |||
5 | Sveinn Ingvarsson | |||
6 | Oskar Ospelt | |||
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | 10.8 | ||
2 | József Sir | 10.8 | ||
3 | Nemesio de Guzman | 11.1 | ||
4 | Fritz Seeger | |||
Heat eight
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Erich Borchmeyer | 10.7 | ||
2 | Bruce Humber | 10.8 | ||
3 | Gábor Gerő | 11.3 | ||
4 | Chen Kingkwan | |||
5 | Alfred Bencini | |||
Heat nine
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Frank Wykoff | 10.6 | ||
2 | Arthur Sweeney | 10.7 | ||
3 | Antonio Fondevilla | 11.0 | ||
4 | Toivo Ahjopalo | |||
5 | Oswaldo Domingues | |||
6 | Xaver Frick | |||
Heat ten
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tinus Osendarp | 10.5 | ||
2 | Alan Pennington | 10.6 | ||
3 | Lee Orr | 10.6 | ||
4 | Robert Struckl | |||
5 | Eric Whiteside | |||
Heat eleven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Paul Hänni | 10.7 | ||
2 | Cyril Holmes | 10.8 | ||
3 | Renos Frangoudis | 10.8 | ||
4 | François Mersch | 10.9 | ||
5 | Liu Changchun | |||
Heat twelve
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jesse Owens | 10.3 | =OR | |
2 | Kichizo Sasaki | 11.0 | ||
3 | José de Almeida | 11.1 | ||
4 | Dieudonné Devrindt | |||
5 | Austin Cassar-Torreggiani | |||
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lennart Strandberg | 10.5 | ||
2 | Tinus Osendarp | 10.6 | ||
3 | Frank Wykoff | 10.6 | ||
4 | Gerd Hornberger | 10.7 | ||
5 | Gyula Gyenes | |||
6 | Cyril Holmes | |||
Heat two *
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jesse Owens | 10.2 | ||
2 | Paul Hänni | 10.6 | ||
3 | József Sir | 10.7 | ||
4 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | 10.8 | ||
5 | Eric Grimbeek | 10.9 | ||
6 | Lennart Lindgren | 11.0 | ||
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | 10.5 | ||
2 | Alan Pennington | 10.6 | ||
3 | Wil van Beveren | 10.7 | ||
4 | Marthinus Theunissen | |||
5 | Bruce Humber | |||
6 | Kichizo Sasaki | |||
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Erich Borchmeyer | 10.5 | ||
2 | Arthur Sweeney | 10.6 | ||
3 | Howard McPhee | 10.6 | ||
4 | Monta Suzuki | 10.8 | ||
5 | Chris Berger | 11.0 | ||
6 | Pat Dannaher | |||
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jesse Owens | 10.4 | ||
2 | Frank Wykoff | 10.5 | ||
3 | Lennart Strandberg | 10.5 | ||
4 | Paul Hänni | 10.7 | ||
5 | Wil van Beveren | 10.8 | ||
6 | Alan Pennington | |||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | 10.5 | ||
2 | Tinus Osendarp | 10.6 | ||
3 | Erich Borchmeyer | 10.7 | ||
4 | Howard McPhee | 10.7 | ||
5 | Arthur Sweeney | 10.7 | ||
6 | József Sir | 10.9 | ||
Key: WR = World record; =OR = Olympic record
* Wind assisted, time did not count toward a world or Olympic record.
References
- "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.