1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	45 athletes from 23 countries
Competition location	Olympic swimming stadium
Competition phase	August 8, 1936 (preliminary) August 9, 1936 (final)
Winning time	57.6 s
Medalist  Ferenc Csik ( HUN )  Yusa Masanori ( JPN )  Arai Shigeo ( JPN )
← 1932 1948 →

Swimming competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men

The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 8th and 9th. The Hungarian Ferenc Csik became Olympic champion. Silver went to Yusa Masanori from Japan and bronze to his compatriot Arai Shigeo .

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record	56.4 s	Peter fuck	New Haven , United States	February 11, 1936
Olympic record	58.0 s	Miyazaki Yasuji	Los Angeles , United States	August 6, 1932

The following new records were set:

Olympic record	57.5 s	Yusa Masanori	Semi-final 2
	57.5 s	Taguchi Masaharu	Forward 5
	57.6 s	Peter fuck	Forward 1

Results

Prelims

The preliminary runs were held on August 8th. The first two athletes of each run and the two fastest athletes of all runs qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Peter fuck	United States	57.6 s	Q ( OR )
2	Ferenc Csik	Hungary	58.3 s	Q
3	Rom and Gabrielsen	Great Britain	1: 01.2 min
4th	Robert Hamerton	Canada	1: 02.1 min
5	Paulo Tarrto	Brazil	1: 02.6 min
6th	Mahmoud Kadri	Egypt	1: 03.8 min
7th	Arturo Álvarez	Peru	1: 04.9 min
8th	Charlie Chan	China	1: 06.5 min

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Yusa Masanori	Japan	57.8 s	Q
2	Arthur Highland	United States	59.9 s	Q
3	William Kendall	Australia	1: 01.0 min	q
4th	Egon Roolaid	Estonia	1: 01.5 min
5	René Cavalero	France	1: 02.2 min
6th	Bertus Mooi Wilten	Netherlands	1: 03.4 min
7th	Alberto Conrad	Bolivia	1: 17.5 min

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	Great Britain	1: 00.7 min	Q
2	Jikirum Adjaluddin	Philippines	1: 01.0 min	Q
3	Heiko Schwartz	German Empire	1: 01.8 min
4th	Munroe Bourne	Canada	1: 02.4 min
5	Isaac Morais	Brazil	1: 03.5 min
6th	Günther Zobernig	Austria	1: 03.9 min

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Arai Shigeo	Japan	57.7 s	Q
2	Helmut Fischer	German Empire	57.9 s	Q
3	Ödön Gróf	Hungary	1: 01.3 min
4th	Leonard Spence	Bermuda	1: 01.9 min
5	Claude Desusclade	France	1: 07.2 min
6th	Richardos Brousalis	Greece	1: 07.5 min

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Taguchi Masaharu	Japan	57.5 s	Q ( OR )
2	John Christensen	Denmark	1: 01.1 min	Q
3	George Larson	Canada	1: 01.5 min
4th	Zaki Saad al-Dine	Egypt	1: 03.7 min
5	Juan Paz	Peru	1: 05.6 min
6th	Spyridon Mavrogiorgos	Greece	1: 08.2 min

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Draško Vilfan	Yugoslavia	1: 00.5 min	Q
2	Hermann Heibel	German Empire	1: 01.4 min	Q
3	Frederick Dove	Great Britain	1: 01.6 min
4th	José Obial	Philippines	1: 01.7 min
5	Leônidas da Silva	Brazil	1: 03.3 min
6th	John Young	Bermuda	1: 07.8 min

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Arthur Lindegren	United States	58.3 s	Q
2	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	Hungary	1: 00.2 min	Q
3	Heikki Hietanen	Finland	1: 01.0 min	q
4th	Piet Stam	Netherlands	1: 01.3 min
5	Poul Petersen	Denmark	1: 01.6 min
6th	Roger Zirilli	Switzerland	1: 04.1 min

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 8th. The first three athletes of each run as well as the fastest fourth placed qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Taguchi Masaharu	Japan	57.9 s	Q
2	Ferenc Csik	Hungary	58.1 s	Q
3	Peter fuck	United States	58.2 s	Q
4th	Helmut Fischer	German Empire	58.7 s	q
5	Heikki Hietanen	Finland	1: 00.5 min
	Draško Vilfan	Yugoslavia	1: 00.5 min
	Jikirum Adjaluddin	Philippines	1: 00.5 min
8th	Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	Great Britain	1: 01.0 min

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Yusa Masanori	Japan	57.5 s	Q ( OR )
2	Arai Shigeo	Japan	57.9 s	Q
3	Arthur Lindegren	United States	58.7 s	Q
4th	Arthur Highland	United States	59.4 s
5	William Kendall	Australia	59.9 s
6th	Hermann Heibel	German Empire	1: 00.3 min
7th	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	Hungary	1: 01.1 min
8th	John Christensen	Denmark	1: 01.6 min

final

August 9, 1936

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Ferenc Csik	Hungary	57.6 s
2	Yusa Masanori	Japan	57.9 s
3	Arai Shigeo	Japan	58.0 s
4th	Taguchi Masaharu	Japan	58.1 s
5	Helmut Fischer	German Empire	59.3 s
6th	Peter fuck	United States	59.7 s
7th	Arthur Lindegren	United States	59.9 s

Web links

• Results ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )