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

The men's 100 metres sprint was an event in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. They were in the Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by 0.1 seconds by the American Jesse Owens. Ralph Metcalfe was also from America, and was in 2nd place. Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands won 3rd place. This was their first medal in this event.

Background

This was the 10th time this event was in the Olympics. This event has been in every Olympics. There were 2 finalists from 1932 in this event. Ralph Metcalfe was in 2nd place in 1932. Takayoshi Yoshioka was in 6th place in 1932. The favorite runner in this race was Jesse Owens.

This was the first time that Afghanistan, Colombia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Peru, and Yugoslavia were in the Olympics. The United States was the only nation that had been in this event for every Olympic games.

Competition

The event had the same format from 1920–1932. There were heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats. Each heat had 4–6 athletes. The 2 fastest runners in each heat went to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were put into 4 heats. Each heat had 6 athletes. The 3 fastest runners in each quarterfinal went to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals. Each semifinal had 6 racers. The 3 fastest racers in each semifinal went to the final. The final had 6 athletes.

Records
These were the world records and Olympic records before the 1932 Olympics. The times are in seconds.

 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 tied the Olympic record with 10.3 seconds in the last heat of the first round. In the quarterfinals, he tied his world record of 10.2 seconds. However, this time was not official because of the wind. In the finals, he ran 10.3 again. This would not count because of the wind.

Results

Heats

The 2 fastest runners in each heat went to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Lennart Strandberg    10.7   2  Takayoshi Yoshioka  10.8  3 Manfred Kersch  10.8  4Maurice Carlton   5Aristidis Sakellariou  

Heat 2

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Chris Berger    10.8   2  Pat Dannaher  11.0  3 Bernard Marchand  11.2 4Antonio Sande  11.2  5Julije Bauer  11.5  

Heat 3

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Wil van Beveren    10.8   2  Eric Grimbeek  10.9  3 Ruudi Toomsalu  11.0 4Antonio Salcedo   5José Domingo Sánchez   6Mohammad Khan   

Heat 4

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Gyula Gyenes    10.7   2  Monta Suzuki  10.7  3 Palle Virtanen  10.9 4Paul Bronner 11.1  5Antonio Cuba   6Elias Gutiérrez  

Heat 5

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Howard McPhee    10.8   2  Lennart Lindgren  10.8  3 Robert Paul  11.0 4George Fahoum   5Poh Kimseng   

Heat 6

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Marthinus Theunissen    10.7   2  Gerd Hornberger  10.7  3 Tomás Beswick  10.9 4Toivo Sariola   5Sveinn Ingvarsson   6Oskar Ospelt   

Heat 7

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Ralph Metcalfe    10.8   2  József Sir  10.8  3 Nemesio de Guzman  11.1 4Fritz Seeger   

Heat 8

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Erich Borchmeyer    10.7   2  Bruce Humber  10.8  3 Gábor Gerő  11.3 4Chen Kingkwan   5Alfred Bencini   

Heat 9

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Frank Wykoff    10.6   2  Arthur Sweeney  10.7  3 Antonio Fondevilla  11.0 4Toivo Ahjopalo   5Oswaldo Domingues   6Xaver Frick   

Heat 10

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Tinus Osendarp    10.5   2  Alan Pennington  10.6  3 Lee Orr  10.6 4Robert Struckl   5Eric Whiteside   

Heat 11

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Paul Hänni    10.7   2  Cyril Holmes  10.8  3 Renos Frangoudis  10.8 4François Mersch 10.9  5Liu Changchun  

Heat 12
 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Jesse Owens    10.3  ,  2  Kichizo Sasaki  11.0  3 José de Almeida  11.1 4Dieudonné Devrindt   5Austin Cassar-Torreggiani   

Quarterfinals

The fastest 3 runners in each quarterfinal went to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Lennart Strandberg    10.5   2  Tinus Osendarp   10.6   3 Frank Wykoff   10.6   4Gerd Hornberger  10.7  5Gyula Gyenes   6Cyril Holmes   

Quarterfinal 2

Jesse Owens tied the world record for this event. However, there was too much wind. Therefore, this time did not count.

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Jesse Owens    10.2   2  Paul Hänni   10.6   3 József Sir   10.7   4Takayoshi Yoshioka  10.8  5Eric Grimbeek  10.9  6Lennart Lindgren  11.0  

Quarterfinal 3

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Ralph Metcalfe    10.5   2  Alan Pennington  10.6  3 Wil van Beveren  10.7  4Marthinus Theunissen   5Bruce Humber   6Kichizo Sasaki   

Quarterfinal 4

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Erich Borchmeyer    10.5   2  Arthur Sweeney  10.6  3 Howard McPhee  10.6  4Monta Suzuki 10.8  5Chris Berger 11.0  6Pat Dannaher   

Semifinals

The fastest 3 runners in each semifinal went to the final round.

Semifinal 1

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Jesse Owens    10.4   2  Frank Wykoff   10.5   3 Lennart Strandberg   10.5   4Paul Hänni  10.7  5Wil van Beveren  10.8  6Alan Pennington   

Semifinal 2

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Ralph Metcalfe    10.5   2  Tinus Osendarp   10.6   3 Erich Borchmeyer   10.7   4Howard McPhee  10.7  5Arthur Sweeney  10.7  6József Sir  10.9 

Final
Wind: +2.7 m/s

Owens was in front of the race by the first 30 metres. At 70 metres, Metcalfe ran ahead of everyone else. At 50 metres, Strandberg got an injury in his ligament.Official Report, vol. 1, p. 604.

 Rank  Athlete  Nation  Time Jesse Owens    10.3 Ralph Metcalfe    10.4  Tinus Osendarp    10.5 4  Frank Wykoff    10.6 5  Erich Borchmeyer    10.7 6  Lennart Strandberg    10.9

References

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