1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 m
gender	Men
participant	63 athletes from 30 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Berlin
Competition phase	August 2, 1936 (prelims / quarter-finals) August 3, 1936 (semi-finals / finals)
Winning time	10.3 s
Medalists Jesse Owens ( USA ) Ralph Metcalfe ( USA ) Martinus Osendarp ( HOL )
← 1932 1948 →

The Olympic Stadium in  Berlin

The men's 100-meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 2nd and 3rd, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 63 athletes took part.

The American Jesse Owens was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Ralph Metcalfe . The bronze medal went to Martinus Osendarp from the Netherlands .

Records

Existing records

World record	10.2 s	Jesse Owens ( USA )	Chicago , USA	June 20, 1936
Olympic record	10.3 s	Eddie Tolan ( USA )	Final OS Los Angeles , USA	August 1, 1932
		Ralph Metcalfe ( USA )

Record equalization

The later American Olympic champion Jesse Owens equalized the existing Olympic record in the twelfth preliminary run. Owens also achieved this time in the final, in the second quarter-finals he was even a tenth of a second faster with 10.2 seconds. But these achievements could not be recognized because the tailwind was too strong.

Conducting the competition

The runners competed in twelve preliminary runs on August 2nd. The two best runners - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day that the three best runners - again highlighted in light blue - made it to the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on August 3rd. In the semi-finals, the first three starters - highlighted in light blue - qualify for the final.

As far as known, the unofficial electronically timed times are also listed.

Prelims

August 2, 1936, 10.30 a.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 18 to 19 ° C, tail wind at 1.6 to 1.7 m / s
. Not all times have been recorded.

Forward 1

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.7 s
2	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	10.8 s
3	Manfred Kersch	Deutsches Reich	10.8 s
4th	Maurice Carlton	France	k. A.
5	Aristidis Sakellariou	Greece

Forward 2

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Christiaan Berger	Netherlands	10.8 s
2	Pat Dannaher	South African Union	11.0 s	electronic: 11.11 s
3	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	11.2 s	electronic: 11.345 s
4th	Antonio Sande	Argentina	11.2 s	electronic: 11.342 s
5	Julije Bauer	Yugoslavia	11.5 s

Forward 3

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.8 s
2	Eric Grimbeek	South African Union	10.9 s
3	Ruudi Toomsalu	Estonia	11.0 s
4th	Antonio Salcedo	Philippines	k. A.
5	José Domingo Sánchez	Colombia
6th	Mohammad Khan	Afghanistan

With Mohammad Khan, an athlete from Afghanistan took part in the Olympic athletics competitions for the first time in the third heat . Together with his teammate Abdul Rahim in the shot put and the national hockey team, he was the first ever participant from Afghanistan at the Olympic Games.

Forward 4

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	10.7 s
2	Monta Suzuki	Japan	10.7 s
3	Palle Virtanen	Finland	10.9 s
4th	Paul Bronner	France	11.1 s
5	Antonio Cuba	Peru	k. A.
6th	Elias Gutierrez	Colombia

Forward 5

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Howard McPhee	Canada	10.8 s
2	Lennart Lindgren	Sweden	10.8 s
3	Robert Paul	France	11.0 s
4th	George Fahoum	Egypt	k. A.
5	Poh Kimseng	China

Forward 6

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Marthinus Theunissen	South African Union	10.7 s
2	Gerd Hornberger	Deutsches Reich	10.7 s
3	Tomás Beswick	Argentina	10.9 s
4th	Toivo Sariola	Finland	k. A.
5	Sveinn Ingvarsson	Iceland
6th	Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstein

With Oskar Ospelt (run six) and Xaver Frick (run nine), athletes from Liechtenstein took part in the Olympic athletics competitions for the first time.

Forward 7

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.8 s
2	József sir	Hungary	10.8 s
3	Nemesio de Guzman	Philippines	11.1 s
4th	Fritz Seeger	Switzerland	k. A.

Forward 8

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Erich Borchmeyer	Deutsches Reich	10.7 s
2	Bruce Humber	Canada	10.8 s
3	Gábor Gerő	Hungary	11.3 s
4th	Chen Kingkwan	China	k. A.
5	Alfred Bencini	Malta

With Alfred Bencini (run eight) and Austin Cassar-Torreggiani (run twelve), athletes from Malta took part in the Olympic athletics competitions for the first time.

Forward 9

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6 s
2	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.7 s
3	Antonio Fondevilla	Argentina	11.0 s
4th	Toivo Ahjopalo	Finland	k. A.
5	Oswaldo Dominguez	Brazil
6th	Xaver Frick	Liechtenstein

Forward 10

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5 s
2	Alan Pennington	Great Britain	10.6 s
3	Lee Orr	Canada	10.6 s
4th	Robert Struckl	Austria	k. A.
5	Eric Whiteside	British India

Forward 11

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  François Mersch (second from left) - eliminated fourth in the eleventh heat

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  Liu Changchun - eliminated fifth in the eleventh heat

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Paul Hänni	Switzerland	10.7 s
2	Cyril Holmes	Great Britain	10.8 s
3	Renos Frangoudis	Greece	10.8 s
4th	François Mersch	Luxembourg	10.9 s
5	Liu Changchun	China	k. A.

Forward 12

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Jesse Owens	USA	10.3 s	ORe
2	Kichizo Sasaki	Japan	11.0 s
3	José de Almeida	Brazil	11.1 s
4th	Dieudonné Devrindt	Belgium	k. A.
5	Austin Cassar-Torreggiani	Malta

Quarter finals

August 2, 1936, 3 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, 18 to 19 ° C, tail wind at approx. 2.3 m / s
. Not all times have been recorded.

Run 1

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.5 s
2	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.6 s
3	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6 s
4th	Gerd Hornberger	Deutsches Reich	10.7 s
5	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	k. A.
6th	Cyril Holmes	Great Britain

Run 2

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  Takayoshi Yoshioka - eliminated fourth in the second quarter-finals

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  Lennart Lindgren - eliminated in sixth in the second quarter-finals

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Jesse Owens	USA	10.2 s	The times were not ripe for the best of the best because of the strong tail wind
2	Paul Hänni	Switzerland	10.6 s
3	József sir	Hungary	10.7 s
4th	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	10.8 s
5	Eric Grimbeek	South African Union	10.9 s
6th	Lennart Lindgren	Sweden	11.0 s

Run 3

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.5 s
2	Alan Pennington	Great Britain	10.6 s
3	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.7 s
4th	Marthinus Theunissen	South African Union	k. A.
5	Bruce Humber	Canada
6th	Kichizo Sasaki	Japan

Run 4

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  Christiaan Berger - European champion 1934 - retired as fifth in the fourth quarter-finals

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Erich Borchmeyer	Deutsches Reich	10.5 s	electronic: 10.62 s
2	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.6 s	electronic: 10.75 s
3	Howard McPhee	Canada	10.6 s	electronic: 10.76 s
4th	Monta Suzuki	Japan	10.8 s	electronic: 10.84 s
5	Christiaan Berger	Netherlands	11.0 s	electronic: 11.02 s
6th	Pat Dannaher	South African Union	k. A.

Semifinals

August 3, 1936, 3:30 p.m.
Weather conditions: cloudy, 19 to 20 ° C, tail wind at approx. 2.7 m / s

Run 1

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Jesse Owens	USA	10.4 s
2	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.5 s
3	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.5 s
4th	Paul Hänni	Switzerland	10.7 s
5	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.8 s
6th	Alan Pennington	Great Britain	k. A.

Run 2

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.5 s
2	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.6 s
3	Erich Borchmeyer	Deutsches Reich	10.7 s
4th	Howard McPhee	Canada	10.7 s
5	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.7 s
6th	József sir	Hungary	10.9 s

final

Number one gold medal for Jesse Owens - four at the end of the games

August 3, 1936, 5 p.m.
Weather conditions: cloudy, 19 to 20 ° C, tail wind at approx. 2.7 m / s

city ​​square	Surname	nation	Time	annotation
1	Jesse Owens	USA	10.3 s	The times were not ripe for the best of the best because of the strong tail wind
2	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.4 s
3	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5 s
4th	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6 s
5	Erich Borchmeyer	Deutsches Reich	10.7 s
6th	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.9 s

Jesse Owens ran an Olympic record with 10.3 seconds . In the intermediate run, he finished after 10.2 seconds, but this time was not recognized as a record due to the strong tailwind. In the final, too, the tailwind was too strong for the winning time to be recognized as an Olympic record.

In the final, three Americans - Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens and Frank Wykoff - competed against three Europeans - Erich Borchmeyer, Martinus Osendarp and Lennart Strandberg. After fifty meters, the exceptional athlete Owens was clearly ahead of his main competitor Ralph Metcalfe, who had already won silver in 1932. Metcalfe came dangerously close, but Owens became Olympic champion. In third place, the Dutchman Martinus Osendarp was the only one to break into the phalanx of US runners. The Swede Strandberg had to leave fifth place to the German Borchmeyer due to a ligament injury.

For Jesse Owens it was the first of four gold medals that he could win in Berlin.
Owens won the seventh gold medal for the USA in the tenth Olympic final.
Martinus Osendarp won the first Dutch medal in the 100 meters .

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  The three US finalists (from left to right): Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe and Frank Wykoff

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  Ralph Metcalfe won the silver medal like in 1932

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  Martinus Osendarp won bronze

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  The fourth-placed Frank Wykoff

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  Lennart Strandberg injured himself and finished sixth

Video links

• 1936, 100m, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin , youtube.com, accessed on July 11, 2021
• Olympia Berlin 1936 100m run , youtube.com, accessed on July 11, 2021
• Berlin 1936 - Olympics - Olympia - Stadium - Athletics compilation1 - Leichtathletik1 , range 1:25 min to 1:50 min, youtube.com, accessed on July 11, 2021
• Berlin 1936 - Olympics - Olympia - Athletics - Track and Field - Footage 3 , range 2:53 min to 4:43 min, youtube.com, accessed on July 11, 2021

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 267-269

Web links

• Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 100 meters , web.archive.org, sports-reference.com, accessed on September 19, 2017
• Berlin 1936 Athletics, 100m men , IOC website, olympics.com, accessed July 11, 2021
• Olympedia, 1936 Summer Olympics, Athletics 100 meters, Men , olympedia.org, accessed July 11, 2021
• The XIth Olympic Games Berlin 1936 , pp. 616 to 620, digital.la84.org, English (PDF; 42,432 KB), accessed on July 11, 2021

Individual evidence

1. ↑ world records. 100 m men , rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 11, 2021
2. ↑ The XIth Olympic Games Berlin 1936 , p. 616, digital.la84.org, English (PDF; 42,432 KB), accessed on July 11, 2021
3. ↑ The XIth Olympic Games Berlin 1936 , p. 618, digital.la84.org, English (PDF; 42,432 KB), accessed on July 11, 2021
4. ↑ ^{a b} The XIth Olympic Games Berlin 1936 , p. 619, digital.la84.org, English (PDF; 42,432 KB), accessed on July 11, 2021
5. ↑ The XIth Olympic Games Berlin 1936 , p. 604, digital.la84.org, English (PDF; 42,432 KB), accessed on July 11, 2021