Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, were held at Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by American Jesse Owens, and teammate Ralph Metcalfe repeated as silver medalist.[1] Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands won that nation's first medal in the men's 100 metres, a bronze.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
Dates2 August 1936 (heats, quarterfinals)
3 August 1936 (semifinals, final)
Competitors63 from 30 nations
Winning time10.3
Medalists
Jesse Owens  United States
Ralph Metcalfe  United States
Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands

Background

This was the tenth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Two finalists from 1932 returned: silver medalist Ralph Metcalfe and 6th-place finisher Takayoshi Yoshioka. The favorite, however, was Jesse Owens, particularly with compatriot Eulace Peacock injured and unable to make the team (Owens had come in third to Peacock and Metcalfe at the 1935 AAU meet).[2]

Afghanistan, Colombia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Peru, and Yugoslavia were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first ten Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format

The event retained the four round format from 1920–1932: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats, of 4–6 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 4 heats of 6 athletes. The top 3 in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, once again with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.2 Jesse Owens Chicago, USA June 20, 1936
Olympic Record 10.3 Eddie Tolan Los Angeles, USA August 1, 1932
10.3 Ralph Metcalfe Los Angeles, USA August 1, 1932

Jesse Owens equalled the standing Olympic record with 10.3 seconds in the final heat of the first round. He matched his own world record of 10.2 seconds, set two months earlier, in the quarterfinals but this result was not counted for records purposes due to wind assistance. His final run, also disqualified from record consideration due to wind, again matched the Olympic record of 10.3 seconds.

Results

Heats

The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Lennart Strandberg Sweden10.7Q
2Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan10.8Q
3Manfred Kersch Germany10.8
4Maurice Carlton France
5Aristidis Sakellariou Greece

Heat two

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Chris Berger Netherlands10.8Q
2Pat Dannaher South Africa11.0Q
3Bernard Marchand Switzerland11.2
4Antonio Sande Argentina11.2
5Julije Bauer Yugoslavia11.5

Heat three

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Wil van Beveren Netherlands10.8Q
2Eric Grimbeek South Africa10.9Q
3Ruudi Toomsalu Estonia11.0
4Antonio Salcedo Philippines
5José Domingo Sánchez Colombia
6Mohammad Khan Afghanistan

Heat four

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Gyula Gyenes Hungary10.7Q
2Monta Suzuki Japan10.7Q
3Palle Virtanen Finland10.9
4Paul Bronner France11.1
5Antonio Cuba Peru
6Elias Gutiérrez Colombia

Heat five

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Howard McPhee Canada10.8Q
2Lennart Lindgren Sweden10.8Q
3Robert Paul France11.0
4George Fahoum Egypt
5Poh Kimseng Republic of China

Heat six

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marthinus Theunissen South Africa10.7Q
2Gerd Hornberger Germany10.7Q
3Tomás Beswick Argentina10.9
4Toivo Sariola Finland
5Sveinn Ingvarsson Iceland
6Oskar Ospelt Liechtenstein

Heat seven

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ralph Metcalfe United States10.8Q
2József Sir Hungary10.8Q
3Nemesio de Guzman Philippines11.1
4Fritz Seeger Switzerland

Heat eight

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Erich Borchmeyer Germany10.7Q
2Bruce Humber Canada10.8Q
3Gábor Gerő Hungary11.3
4Chen Kingkwan Republic of China
5Alfred Bencini Malta

Heat nine

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Frank Wykoff United States10.6Q
2Arthur Sweeney Great Britain10.7Q
3Antonio Fondevilla Argentina11.0
4Toivo Ahjopalo Finland
5Oswaldo Domingues Brazil
6Xaver Frick Liechtenstein

Heat ten

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Tinus Osendarp Netherlands10.5Q
2Alan Pennington Great Britain10.6Q
3Lee Orr Canada10.6
4Robert Struckl Austria
5Eric Whiteside India

Heat eleven

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Paul Hänni Switzerland10.7Q
2Cyril Holmes Great Britain10.8Q
3Renos Frangoudis Greece10.8
4François Mersch Luxembourg10.9
5Liu Changchun Republic of China

Heat twelve

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States10.3Q, =OR
2Kichizo Sasaki Japan11.0Q
3José de Almeida Brazil11.1
4Dieudonné Devrindt Belgium
5Austin Cassar-Torreggiani Malta

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal one

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Lennart Strandberg Sweden10.5Q
2Tinus Osendarp Netherlands10.6Q
3Frank Wykoff United States10.6Q
4Gerd Hornberger Germany10.7
5Gyula Gyenes Hungary
6Cyril Holmes Great Britain

Quarterfinal two

The wind assistance in this quarterfinal was too great for Owens's 10.2 seconds to count to match the world record or better the Olympic record.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States10.2Q
2Paul Hänni Switzerland10.6Q
3József Sir Hungary10.7Q
4Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan10.8
5Eric Grimbeek South Africa10.9
6Lennart Lindgren Sweden11.0

Quarterfinal three

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ralph Metcalfe United States10.5Q
2Alan Pennington Great Britain10.6Q
3Wil van Beveren Netherlands10.7Q
4Marthinus Theunissen South Africa
5Bruce Humber Canada
6Kichizo Sasaki Japan

Quarterfinal four

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Erich Borchmeyer Germany10.5Q
2Arthur Sweeney Great Britain10.6Q
3Howard McPhee Canada10.6Q
4Monta Suzuki Japan10.8
5Chris Berger Netherlands11.0
6Pat Dannaher South Africa

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal one

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jesse Owens United States10.4Q
2Frank Wykoff United States10.5Q
3Lennart Strandberg Sweden10.5Q
4Paul Hänni Switzerland10.7
5Wil van Beveren Netherlands10.8
6Alan Pennington Great Britain

Semifinal two

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ralph Metcalfe United States10.5Q
2Tinus Osendarp Netherlands10.6Q
3Erich Borchmeyer Germany10.7Q
4Howard McPhee Canada10.7
5Arthur Sweeney Great Britain10.7
6József Sir Hungary10.9

Final

Wind: +2.7 m/s

After 30 metres, Owens "had already decided the race in his favour." Metcalfe broke free for silver at 70 metres. Strandberg strained a ligament at the halfway mark.[3]

RankAthleteNationTime
Jesse Owens United States10.3
Ralph Metcalfe United States10.4
Tinus Osendarp Netherlands10.5
4Frank Wykoff United States10.6
5Erich Borchmeyer Germany10.7
6Lennart Strandberg Sweden10.9

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 1, p. 604.
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