1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Berlin
Competition venue	Olympic swimming stadium
Nations	29
Athletes	248 (154 , 94 )
date	August 8-15, 1936
decisions	11
← Los Angeles 1932 London 1948 →

At the XI. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , eleven swimming competitions were held. In 1936 the disciplines of water polo and diving were officially part of the sport of swimming.

The swimming stadium today.

1936 Summer Olympics, swimming

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Japan	4th	2	5	11
2	Netherlands	4th	1	-	5
3	United States	2	3	3	8th
4th	Hungary	1	-	1	2
5	German Empire	-	3	1	4th
6th	Denmark	-	1	1	2
7th	Argentina	-	1	-	1
total		11	11	11	33

Medalist

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Ferenc Csik	Yusa Masanori	Arai Shigeo
400 m freestyle	Jack Medica	Shumpei Uto	Makino Shozo
1500 m freestyle	Noboru Terada	Jack Medica	Shumpei Uto
100 m back	Adolph Kiefer	Albert van de Weghe	Masaji Kiyokawa
200 m chest	Tetsuo Hamuro	Erwin Sietas	Reizo Koike
4 × 200 m freestyle	Japan Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	United States Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica	Hungary Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Hendrika Mastenbroek	Jeanette Campbell	Gisela Arendt
400 m freestyle	Hendrika Mastenbroek	Ragnhild Hveger	Lenore Kight
100 m back	Nida Senff	Hendrika Mastenbroek	Alice Bridges
200 m chest	Hideko Maehata	Martha Genenger	Inge Sørensen
4 × 100 m freestyle	Netherlands Johanna Selbach Catharina Wagner Willemijntje den Ouden Hendrika Mastenbroek	German Empire Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz Gisela Arendt	United States Katherine Rawls Bernice Lapp Mavis Freeman Olive McKean

Results men

100 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Ferenc Csik	57.6 s
2	JPN	Yusa Masanori	57.9 s
3	JPN	Arai Shigeo	58.0 s
4th	JPN	Taguchi Masaharu	58.1 s
5	GER	Helmut Fischer	59.3 s
6th	United States	Peter fuck	59.7 s
7th	United States	Arthur Lindegren	59.9 s

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jack Medica	4: 44.5 min ( OR )
2	JPN	Shumpei Uto	4: 45.6 min
3	JPN	Makino Shozo	4: 48.1 min
4th	United States	Ralph Flanagan	4: 52.7 min
5	JPN	Hiroshi Negami	4: 53.6 min
6th	FRA	Jean Taris	4: 53.8 min
7th	GBR	Bob Leivers	5:00, 9 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	JPN	Noboru Terada	19: 13.7 min
2	United States	Jack Medica	19: 34.0 min
3	JPN	Shumpei Uto	19: 34.5 min
4th	JPN	Sunao Ishiharada	19: 48.5 min
5	United States	Ralph Flanagan	19: 54.8 min
6th	GBR	Bob Leivers	19: 57.4 min
7th	GER	Heinz Arendt	19: 56.0 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Adolph Kiefer	1: 05.9 min
2	United States	Albert van de Weghe	1: 07.7 min
3	JPN	Masaji Kiyokawa	1: 08.4 min
4th	United States	Taylor Drysdale	1: 09.4 min
5	JPN	Kiichi Yoshida	1: 09.7 min
6th	JPN	Yasuhiko Kojima	1: 10.4 min
7th	OUT	Percy Oliver	1: 10.7 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	JPN	Tetsuo Hamuro	2: 42.5 min
2	GER	Erwin Sietas	2: 42.9 min
3	JPN	Reizo Koike	2: 44.2 min
4th	United States	John Higgins	2: 45.2 min
5	JPN	Saburō Iro	2: 47.6 min
6th	GER	Joachim Balke	2: 47.8 min
7th	PHI	Teófilo Yldefonso	2: 51.1 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)

space	country	Athletes	time
1	JPN	Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	8: 51.5 min
2	United States	Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica	9: 03.0 min
3	HUN	Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik	9: 12.3 min
4th	FRA	Alfred Nakache Christian Talli René Cavalero Jean Taris	9: 18.2 min
5	GER	Werner Plath Hermann Heibel Wolfgang Heimlich Helmut Fischer	9: 19.0 min
6th	GBR	Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Rom and Gabrielsen Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright	9: 21.5 min
7th	CAN	Munroe Bourne Robert Hamerton Robert Hooper Robert Pirie	9: 27.5 min
8th	SWE	Björn Borg Sten-Olof Bolldén Sven-Pelle Pettersson Gunnar Werner	9: 37.5 min

Results women

100 m freestyle

100 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Hendrika Mastenbroek	1: 05.9 min
2	ARG	Jeanette Campbell	1: 06.4 min
3	GER	Gisela Arendt	1: 06.6 min
4th	NED	Willy den Ouden	1: 07.6 min
5	NED	Tini Wagner	1: 08.1 min
6th	United States	Olive McKean	1: 08.4 min
7th	United States	Katherine Rawls	1: 08.7 min

400 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m freestyle (women)

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Hendrika Mastenbroek	5: 26.4 min
2	THE	Ragnhild Hveger	5: 27.5 min
3	United States	Lenore Kight	5: 29.0 min
4th	United States	Mary Lou Petty	5: 32.2 min
5	BRA	Piedade Coutinho	5: 35.2 min
6th	JPN	Kazue Kojima	5: 43.1 min
7th	THE	Grete Frederiksen	5: 45.0 min
8th	NED	Tini Wagner	5: 46.0 min

100 m back

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m back (women)

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NED	Nida Senff	1: 18.9 min
2	NED	Hendrika Mastenbroek	1: 19.2 min
3	United States	Alice Bridges	1: 19.4 min
4th	United States	Edith Motridge	1: 19.6 min
5	THE	Tove Bruunstrøm	1: 20.4 min
6th	GBR	Lorna Frampton	1: 20.6 min
7th	GBR	Phyllis Harding	1: 21.5 min

The favored American Eleanor Holm , gold medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics , was kicked out of the team by team boss Avery Brundage for drinking alcohol on the ship .

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	JPN	Hideko Maehata	3: 03.6 min
2	GER	Martha Genenger	3: 04.2 min
3	THE	Inge Sørensen	3: 07.8 min
4th	GER	Hanni Hölzner	3: 09.5 min
5	NED	Jopie Waalberg	3: 09.5 min
6th	GBR	Doris Storey	3: 09.7 min
7th	NED	Jenny Kastein	3: 12.8 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (women)

space	country	Athletes	time
1	NED	Johanna Selbach Catharina Wagner Willemijntje den Ouden Hendrika Mastenbroek	4: 36.0 min
2	GER	Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz Gisela Arendt	4: 36.8 min
3	United States	Katherine Rawls Bernice Lapp Mavis Freeman Olive McKean	4: 40.2 min
4th	HUN	Ilona Ács Ágnes Bíró Vera Harsányi Magda Lenkei	4: 48.0 min
5	CAN	Mary McConkey Irene Pirie-Milton Margaret Stone Phyllis Dewar	4: 48.0 min
6th	GBR	Margaret Jeffrey Zilpha Grant Edna Hughes Olive Wadham	4: 51.0 min
7th	THE	Ragnhild Hveger Tove Bruunstrøm Elvi Svendsen Eva Arndt	4: 51.4 min

Unofficial continental seasons

As part of the swimming competitions, continental relays were held, but they did not constitute an official Olympic competition.

Continental relay men 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Asia	Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	8: 56.4 min
2	United States	Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Arthur Lindegren Jack Medica	9: 12.5 min
3	Europe	Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik Robert Leivers Jean Taris

Continent relay women 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Europe	Johanna Selbach Leni Lohmar Willemijntje den Ouden Gisela Arendt	4: 42.4 min
2	United States	Mary Lou Petty Bernice Lapp Katherine Rawls Olive McKean	4: 47.8 min
3	Asia	Kazue Kojima Hatsuko Morioka Tsuneko Furuta Rei Takemura	4: 55.7 min