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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.