Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5. The final was won by American Jesse Owens.[1]

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 4 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 5 (semifinals and final)
Competitors44 from 23 nations
Medalists
Jesse Owens
 United States
Mack Robinson
 United States
Tinus Osendarp
 Netherlands

Results

Heats

The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Wil van Beveren Netherlands21.4
2Tomás Beswick Argentina22.1
3Mutsuo Taniguchi Japan22.2
4Antonio Salcedo Philippines
5José de Almeida Brazil
6Aristidis Sakellariou Greece

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tinus Osendarp Netherlands21.7
2Egon Schein Germany22.0
3Alan Pennington Great Britain22.1
4Masao Yazawa Japan22.4
5Pierre Dondelinger France
6Xaver Frick Liechtenstein

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States21.1=OR
2Lee Orr Canada21.6
3Karl Neckermann Germany21.8
4Arthur Sweeney Great Britain22.1
5Nemesio de Guzman Philippines22.9
6Gunnar Christensen Denmark23.1

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bruce Humber Canada22.1
2Gyula Gyenes Hungary22.1
3Felix Rinner Austria22.4
4Paul Bronner France22.6
5Chen Kingkwan Republic of China

Heat five

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Paul Hänni Switzerland21.9
2Renos Frangoudis Greece22.1
3József Sir Hungary22.2
4Poh Kimseng Republic of China
5Pat Dannaher South Africa

Heat six

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marthinus Theunissen South Africa21.7
2Howard McPhee Canada21.8
3Börje Strandvall Finland22.6
4George Fahoum Egypt
5Liu Changchun Republic of China
6Antonio Fondevilla Argentina

Heat seven

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bob Packard United States21.2
2Eric Grimbeek South Africa21.8
3Albert Steinmetz Germany21.9
4Eric Whiteside India

Heat eight

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mack Robinson United States21.6
2Aki Tammisto Finland22.2
3Carlos Hofmeister Argentina22.3
4Dieudonné Devrindt Belgium
5Mario Minai Hungary
6Alfred König Austria

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lee Orr Canada21.2
2Paul Hänni Switzerland21.3
3Bob Packard United States21.3
4József Sir Hungary21.6
5Egon Schein Germany21.7
6Tomás Beswick Argentina

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Wil van Beveren Netherlands21.7
2Marthinus Theunissen South Africa21.9
3Bruce Humber Canada22.1
4Renos Frangoudis Greece
5Mutsuo Taniguchi Japan
6Carlos Hofmeister Argentina

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States21.1=OR
2Howard McPhee Canada21.8
3Eric Grimbeek South Africa21.9
4Aki Tammisto Finland22.0
5Felix Rinner Austria
Albert Steinmetz GermanyDQ

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mack Robinson United States21.2
2Tinus Osendarp Netherlands21.3
3Karl Neckermann Germany21.6
4Gyula Gyenes Hungary
5Börje Strandvall Finland

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mack Robinson United States21.1=OR
2Lee Orr Canada21.3
3Wil van Beveren Netherlands21.5
4Bob Packard United States21.6
5Karl Neckermann Germany21.8
6Eric Grimbeek South Africa22.2

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States21.3
2Tinus Osendarp Netherlands21.5
3Paul Hänni Switzerland21.6
4Marthinus Theunissen South Africa21.8
5Bruce Humber Canada22.0
6Howard McPhee Canada22.0

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jesse Owens United States20.7WR
Mack Robinson United States21.1
Tinus Osendarp Netherlands21.3
4Paul Hänni Switzerland21.6
5Lee Orr Canada21.6
6Wil van Beveren Netherlands21.9

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
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