Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics on a German stamp
Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeple | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Records broken
2.1 Men's Olympic and world records
2.2 Women's Olympic and world records
3 Medal table
4 References
5 Notes
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Jesse Owens  United States | 10.3 | Ralph Metcalfe United States | 10.4 | Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands | 10.5 |
| 200 metres | Jesse Owens United States | 20.7 | Mack Robinson United States | 21.1 | Tinus Osendarp Netherlands | 21.3 |
| 400 metres | Archie Williams United States | 46.5 | Godfrey Brown  Great Britain | 46.7 | James LuValle United States | 46.8 |
| 800 metres | John Woodruff United States | 1:52.9 | Mario Lanzi  Italy | 1:53.3 | Phil Edwards  Canada | 1:53.6 |
| 1500 metres | Jack Lovelock  New Zealand | 3:47.8 | Glenn Cunningham United States | 3:48.4 | Luigi Beccali Italy | 3:49.2 |
| 5000 metres | Gunnar Höckert  Finland | 14:22.2 | Lauri Lehtinen Finland | 14:25.8 | Henry Jonsson  Sweden | 14:29.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Ilmari Salminen Finland | 30:15.4 | Arvo Askola Finland | 30:15.6 | Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland | 30:20.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Forrest Towns United States | 14.2 | Don Finlay Great Britain | 14.4 | Fritz Pollard United States | 14.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Hardin United States | 52.4 | John Loaring Canada | 52.7 | Miguel White  Philippines | 52.8 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland | 9:03.8 | Kaarlo Tuominen Finland | 9:06.8 | Alfred Dompert  Germany | 9:07.2 |
| 4 × 100 meters relay |  United States (USA)Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff | 39.8 |  Italy (ITA)Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli | 41.1 |  Germany (GER)Wilhelm Leichum Erich Borchmeyer Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger | 41.2 |
| 4 × 400 meters relay |  Great Britain (GBR)Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown | 3:09.0 | United States (USA) Harold Cagle Robert Young Edward O’Brien Alfred Fitch | 3:11.0 | Germany (GER) Helmut Hamann Friedrich Von Stülpnagel Harry Voigt Rudolf Harbig | 3:11.8 |
| Marathon | Son Kitei  Japan[1] | 2:29:19.2 | Ernest Harper Great Britain | 2:31:23.2 | Nan Shoryu Japan[1] | 2:31:42.0 |
| 50 kilometres walk | Harold Whitlock Great Britain | 4:30:41.4 | Arthur Tell Schwab  Switzerland | 4:32:09.2 | Adalberts Bubenko  Latvia | 4:32:42.2 |
| High jump | Cornelius Johnson United States | 2.03 m | Dave Albritton United States | 2.00 m | Delos Thurber United States | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault | Earle Meadows United States | 4.35 m | Shuhei Nishida Japan | 4.25 m | Sueo Ōe Japan | 4.25 m |
| Long jump | Jesse Owens United States | 8.06 m | Luz Long Germany | 7.87 m | Naoto Tajima Japan | 7.74 m |
| Triple jump | Naoto Tajima Japan | 16.00 m | Masao Harada Japan | 15.66 m | Jack Metcalfe  Australia | 15.50 m |
| Shot put | Hans Woellke Germany | 16.20 m | Sulo Bärlund Finland | 16.12 m | Gerhard Stöck Germany | 15.66 m |
| Discus throw | Ken Carpenter United States | 50.48 m | Gordon Dunn United States | 49.36 m | Giorgio Oberweger Italy | 49.23 m |
| Hammer throw | Karl Hein Germany | 56.49 m | Erwin Blask Germany | 55.04 m | Fred Warngård Sweden | 54.83 m |
| Javelin throw | Gerhard Stöck Germany | 71.84 m | Yrjo Nikkanen Finland | 70.77 m | Kalervo Toivonen Finland | 70.72 m |
| Decathlon | Glenn Morris United States | 7900 | Bob Clark United States | 7601 | Jack Parker United States | 7275 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Helen Stephens United States | 11.5 | Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland | 11.7 | Käthe Krauß Germany | 11.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Trebisonda Valla Italy | 11.7 | Anni Steuer Germany | 11.7 | Betty Taylor Canada | 11.7 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | United States (USA) Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens | 46.9 | Great Britain (GBR) Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke | 47.6 |  Canada (CAN)Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher | 47.8 |
| High jump | Ibolya Csák  Hungary | 1.60 m | Dorothy Odam Great Britain | 1.60 m | Elfriede Kaun Germany | 1.60 m |
| Discus throw | Gisela Mauermayer Germany | 47.63 m | Jadwiga Wajsówna Poland | 46.22 m | Paula Mollenhauer Germany | 39.80 m |
| Javelin throw | Tilly Fleischer Germany | 45.18 m | Luise Krüger Germany | 43.29 m | Maria Kwaśniewska Poland | 41.80 m |
Records broken
20 new Olympic records and 6 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Volmari Iso-Hollo, 3000 m steeplechase, 1936 Summer Olympics
Men's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
200 metres | 5 August | Final | Jesse Owens | United States | 20.7 | OR | |
1500 metres | 6 August | Final | Jack Lovelock |  New Zealand | 3:47.8 | OR | WR |
5000 metres | 7 August | Final | Gunnar Höckert |  Finland | 14:22.2 | OR | |
110 metres hurdles | 6 August | Semi-final | Forrest Towns | United States | 14.1 | OR | WR |
3000 metres steeplechase | 8 August | Final | Volmari Iso-Hollo | Finland | 9:03.8 | OR | [2] |
4 × 100 metres relay | 9 August | Final | Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff | United States | 39.8 | OR | WR |
Marathon | 9 August | Final | Son Kitei | Japan | 2:29:19.2 | OR | |
50 kilometres walk | 5 August | Final | Harold Whitlock | Great Britain | 4:30:41.4 | OR | |
Long jump | 4 August | Final | Jesse Owens | United States | 8.06 m | OR[3] | |
Triple jump | 6 August | Final | Naoto Tajima | Japan | 16.00 m | OR | WR |
High jump | 2 August | Final | Cornelius Johnson | United States | 2.03 m | OR | |
Pole vault | 5 August | Final | Earle Meadows | United States | 4.35 m | OR | |
Shot put | 2 August | Final | Hans Woellke | Germany | 16.20 m | OR | |
Discus throw | 5 August | Final | Ken Carpenter | United States | 50.48 m | OR | |
Hammer throw | 3 August | Final | Karl Hein | Germany | 56.49 m | OR | |
Decathlon | 8 August | Final | Glenn Morris | United States | 7900 | OR | WR |
Women's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 metres hurdles | 5 August | Semi-final | Trebisonda Valla | Italy | 11.6 | OR[3] | |
4 × 100 metres relay | 8 August | Heats | Emmy Albus Käthe Krauß Marie Dollinger Ilse Dörffeldt | Germany | 46.4 | OR | WR |
Discus throw | 4 August | Final | Gisela Mauermayer | Germany | 47.63 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | 2 August | Final | Tilly Fleischer | Germany | 45.18 m | OR |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 nations) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
References
1936 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-05.- International Olympic Committee results database
Notes
^ ab Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea. The IOC credits both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the Games as a representative of Japan and Japan required them to use the Japanese forms of their names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kitei as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon.
^ Was a "world best" time as world records were not yet recognised for the event.
^ ab Wind-aided mark recognised as Olympic record.
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Coordinates: 52°30′53″N 13°14′22″E / 52.5147°N 13.2394°E / 52.5147; 13.2394
