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)
Winning time	20.7 s
Medalist Jesse Owens ( USA ) Mack Robinson ( USA ) Martinus Osendarp ( HOL )
← 1932 1948 →

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

• 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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  The Dutchman Martinus Osendarp won bronze.

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  Liu Changchun (CHN) failed in the preliminary run.

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

1. ↑ 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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