1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 44 athletes from 23 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympiastadion Berlin | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 4, 1936 (preliminary / quarter-finals) August 5, 1936 (semi-final / final) |
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Winning time | 20.7 s | ||||||||
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The men's 200-meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 4th and 5th, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 44 athletes took part.
The American Jesse Owens was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Mack Robinson . Bronze went to Martinus Osendarp from the Netherlands .
Existing records
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World record : 20.3 s - Jesse Owens ( USA ), Ann Arbor , May 25, 1935
on a straight track over the actually even longer 220 yards . The IAAF then made in the recognition of world records not make the difference between straight lines and those with full curve like on a 400-meter track. - Olympic record : 21.2s - Eddie Tolan ( USA ), Los Angeles final , August 3, 1932
Conducting the competition
The runners started eight heats on August 4th. The three best runners in each case qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day from which the three best runners in each case also made it to the next round, the semifinals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on August 5th. In the semi-finals, the first three starters qualified for the final.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The times in brackets are the electronically timed times.
Prelims
August 4, 1936, 10.30 a.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 18.5 ° C, wind speeds of approx. 3.3 m / s head wind in the curve, cross wind on the straight.
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.4 s | |
2 | Tomás Beswick | Argentina | 22.1 s | |
3 | Mutsuo Taniguchi | Japan | 22.2 s | |
4th | Antonio Salcedo | Philippines | k. A. | |
5 | José de Almeida | Brazil | ||
6th | Aristidis Sakellariou | Greece |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.7 s | |
2 | Egon Schein | German Empire | 22.0 s | |
3 | Alan Pennington | Great Britain | 22.1 s | |
4th | Masao Yazawa | Japan | 22.4 s | |
5 | Pierre Dondelinger | France | k. A. | |
6th | Xaver Frick | Liechtenstein |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jesse Owens | United States | 21.1 s | OR |
2 | Lee Orr | Canada | 21.6 s | |
3 | Karl Neckermann | German Empire | 21.8 s | |
4th | Arthur Sweeney | Great Britain | 22.1 s | |
5 | Nemesio de Guzman | Philippines | 22.9 s | |
6th | Gunnar Christensen | Denmark | 23.1 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.1 s | |
2 | Gyula Gyenes | Hungary | 22.1 s | |
3 | Felix Rinner | Austria | 22.4 s | |
4th | Paul Bronner | France | 22.6 s | |
5 | Chen Kingkwan | China | k. A. |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.9 s | |
2 | Renos Frangoudis | Greece | 22.1 s | |
3 | József sir | Hungary | 22.2 s | |
4th | Poh Kimseng | China | k. A. | |
5 | Pat Dannaher | South African Union |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Marthinus Theunissen | South African Union | 21.7 s | |
2 | Howard McPhee | Canada | 21.8 s | |
3 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 22.6 s | |
4th | George Fahoum | Egypt | k. A. | |
5 | Liu Changchun | China | ||
6th | Antonio Fondevilla | Argentina |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Robert Packard | United States | 21.2 s | |
2 | Eric Grimbeek | South African Union | 21.8 s | |
3 | Albert Steinmetz | German Empire | 21.9 s | |
4th | Eric Whiteside | British India | k. A. |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mack Robinson | United States | 21.6 s | |
2 | Aki Tammisto | Finland | 22.2 s | |
3 | Carlos Hofmeister | Argentina | 22.3 s | |
4th | Dieudonné Devrindt | Belgium | k. A. | |
5 | Mario Minai | Hungary | ||
6th | Alfred King | Austria |
Quarter finals
August 4, 1936, 3:30 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 19.5 ° C, tail wind at approx. 3.7 m / s.
Not all times have been passed down.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Lee Orr | Canada | 21.2 s | electronic: 21.37 s |
2 | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.3 s | electronic: 21.385 s |
3 | Robert Packard | United States | 21.3 s | electronic: 21.40 s |
4th | József sir | Hungary | 21.6 s | electronic: 21.65 s |
5 | Egon Schein | German Empire | 21.7 s | electronic: 21.67 s |
6th | Tomás Beswick | Argentina | k. A. |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.7 s | |
2 | Marthinus Theunissen | South African Union | 21.9 s | |
3 | Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.1 s | |
4th | Renos Frangoudis | Greece | k. A. | |
5 | Matsuo Taniguchi | Japan | ||
6th | Carlos Hofmeister | Argentina |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jesse Owens | United States | 21.1 s | ORe |
2 | Howard McPhee | Canada | 21.8 s | electronic: 21.90 s |
3 | Eric Grimbeek | South African Union | 21.9 s | electronic: 21.94 s |
4th | Aki Tammisto | Finland | 22.0 s | electronic: 22.07 s |
5 | Felix Rinner | Austria | k. A. | |
DSQ | Albert Steinmetz | German Empire |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mack Robinson | United States | 21.2 s | |
2 | Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.3 s | |
3 | Karl Neckermann | German Empire | 21.6 s | |
4th | Gyula Gyenes | Hungary | k. A. | |
5 | Börje Strandvall | Finland |
Semifinals
August 5, 1936, 3 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 17 ° C, tail wind at approx. 3.0 m / s.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mack Robinson | United States | 21.1 s | ORe |
2 | Lee Orr | Canada | 21.3 s | |
3 | Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.5 s | |
4th | Robert Packard | United States | 21.6 s | |
5 | Karl Neckermann | German Empire | 21.8 s | |
6th | Eric Grimbeek | South African Union | 22.2 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jesse Owens | United States | 21.3 s | |
2 | Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.5 s | |
3 | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.6 s | |
4th | Marthinus Theunissen | South African Union | 21.8 s | |
5 | Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.0 s | |
6th | Howard McPhee | Canada | 22.0 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jesse Owens | United States | 20.7 s | OR |
2 | Mack Robinson | United States | 21.1 s | |
3 | Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.3 s | |
4th | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.6 s | |
5 | Lee Orr | Canada | 21.6 s | |
6th | Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.9 s |
August 5, 1936, 6 p.m.
Weather conditions: cloudy, 13.3 ° C, decreasing wind.
Jesse Owens ran the Olympic record with 21.1 s in the preliminary and intermediate runs , which Mack Robinson also achieved in his semi-finals. Although Mack was just as quick in the finals, like all other runners, Owens demoted him to an extra. The star of these games, who had already won gold over 100 meters and in the long jump , came out of the curve with a clear lead and won his third gold medal. He improved the Olympic record to 20.7 s. Behind them, Mack reached second place and the Dutchman Martinus Osendarp won the bronze medal like he did in the 100 meters.
For Jesse Owens it was the third of four gold medals he was able to win in Berlin.
Owens won the seventh gold medal for the USA in the ninth Olympic final. At the same time it was the sixth US double success.
Martinus Osendarp won the first Dutch medal in the 200 meters .
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 269f
Web links
- SportsReference 200 m , accessed September 19, 2017
- Official report pp. 621–622, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 19, 2017
- 1936 olympics 200m , published July 4, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed September 19, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 270
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