Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Heats
Saturday 8 August 1936: The fastest two in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Section Title: Heats
Table Section Text: Saturday 8 August 1936: The fastest two in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.

1	Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)	57.5	QQ OR

2	John Christensen (DEN)	1:01.1	QQ

3	George Larson (CAN)	1:01.5

4	Zaki Saad al-Dine (EGY)	1:03.7

5	Juan Paz (PER)	1:05.6

6	Spyridon Mavrogiorgos (GRE)	1:08.2

Sentence(s)

In the heat Masaharu Taguchi had the Olympic record with 57.5 seconds.

final_sentence: In the heat Masaharu Taguchi had the Olympic record with 57.5 seconds.