Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
No. of events29
Competitors776 from 43 nations
← 1932
1948 →

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.

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)147425
2 Germany (GER)54716
3 Finland (FIN)35210
4 Great Britain (GBR)2507
5 Japan (JPN)2237
6 Italy (ITA)1225
7 Hungary (HUN)1001
 New Zealand (NZL)1001
9 Poland (POL)0213
10 Canada (CAN)0134
11 Switzerland (SUI)0101
12 Netherlands (NED)0022
 Sweden (SWE)0022
14 Australia (AUS)0011
 Latvia (LAT)0011
 Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (16 entries)29292987

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 metres 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 metres 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
2:29:19.2 Ernest Harper
 Great Britain
2:31:23.2 Nan Shoryu
 Japan
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

Games 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 Wajs
 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 meters 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
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
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
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

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Was a "world best" time as world records were not yet recognised for the event.
  3. ^ a b Wind-aided mark recognised as Olympic record.

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