1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 3, 1936 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 4, 1936 (final)
Winning time	11.5 s
Medalists Helen Stephens ( USA ) Stanisława Walasiewicz ( POL ) Käthe Krauss ( GER )
← 1932 1948 →

The 100-meter run for women at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 3rd and 4th, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Thirty athletes took part.

The American Helen Stephens was Olympic champion ahead of Stanisława Walasiewicz from Poland . Bronze won the German Käthe Krauss .

Existing records

• World record : 11.6 s - Helen Stephens ( USA ), Kansas City , June 8, 1935
• Olympic record : 11.9 s - Stanisława Walasiewicz ( Poland ), Los Angeles, preliminary, semi-finals, final , August 1-2, 1932 / Helen Stephens ( USA ), Los Angeles, final , August 2, 1932

Conducting the competition

The starters competed in six preliminary runs on August 3rd. The two best athletes each qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. The three best runners from the two preliminary rounds made it to the final on August 4th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

August 3, 1936, 4 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 20 ° C, tail wind at 2.9 m / s.
Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.4 s
2	Johanna Vancura	Austria	12.5 s
3	Hilda Cameron	Canada	12.7 s
4th	Harriet Bland	United States	k. A.
5	Raili Halttu	Finland |

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helen Stephens	United States	11.4 s	OR not recognized due to strong tail wind
2	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	12.3 s
3	Grete Neumann	Austria	12.9 s
4th	Etsuko Komiya	Japan	k. A.
5	Flora Hofman	Yugoslavia

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.5 s
2	Rauni Essman	Finland	12.8 s
3	Elisabeth Koning	Netherlands	12.9 s
4th	Marguerite Perrou	France	k. A.
5	Li Sen	China

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.6 s
2	Annette Rogers	United States	12.8 s
3	Alida de Vries	Netherlands	13.0 s
4th	Charlotte Machmer	Austria	k. A.
5	Ebba From	Finland

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	12.1 s
2	Aileen Meagher	Canada	12.4 s
3	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.6 s
4th	Vera Romanić	Yugoslavia	k. A.
5	Claudia Testoni	Italy

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marie Dollinger	German Empire	12.0 s
2	Barbara Burke	Great Britain	12.4 s
3	Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou	Greece	12.8 s
4th	Yvonne Mabille	France	k. A.
5	Raquel Martínez	Chile

Semifinals

Aileen Meagher (CAN) was eliminated in the semi-finals.

At her third participation in the Olympic Games, Marie Dollinger (DEU) came fourth in the final.

August 3, 1936, 5.30 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 19 ° C, tail wind at approx. 2.4 m / s.
Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helen Stephens	United States	11.5 s
2	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	11.9 s
3	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.2 s
4th	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	k. A.
5	Aileen Meagher	Canada
6th	Johanna Vancura	Austria

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marie Dollinger	German Empire	12.0 s
2	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.0 s
3	Annette Rogers	United States	12.1 s
4th	Barbara Burke	Great Britain	12.2 s
5	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	k. A.
6th	Rauni Essman	Finland

final

The 1932 Olympic champion , Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL), won silver.

August 4, 1936, 4 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 17.5 ° C, tail wind at approx. 3.5 m / s.

Helen Stephens already ran 11.4 s and 11.5 s in the pre- and intermediate run, but all these times could not be recognized due to a strong tailwind. This also applied to the excellent times of the finalists.
In the final, the high favorite Stephens was immediately in front and won the race by a clear margin. Behind them, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Olympic champion from 1932, and Käthe Krauß fought up to the 80-meter mark for the silver medal, which Walasiewicz then clearly secured ahead of Krauss.

Helen Stephens did not lose a single 100-meter race in her short two-year career.

Käthe Krauss won the first German medal over 100 meters .

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helen Stephens	United States	11.5 s
2	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.7 s
3	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	11.9 s
4th	Marie Dollinger	German Empire	12.0 s
5	Annette Rogers	United States	12.2 s
6th	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.3 s

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 305f

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed September 22, 2017
• Official report pp. 692-693, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 22, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 640 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official report p. 693, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original dated January 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 609, engl. (PDF)