Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, there were 29 athletics events. 23 of these were for men. 6 of these were for women. These events were the same in the 1932 games. There were 776 athletes. These athletes were from 43 different nations.

Medal summary

Men
 100 metres 10.3 10.4 10.5 200 metres 20.7 21.1 21.3 400 metres 46.5 46.7 46.8 800 metres 1:52.9 1:53.3 1:53.6 1500 metres 3:47.8 3:48.4 3:49.2 5000 metres 14:22.2 14:25.8 14:29.0 10,000 metres 30:15.4 30:15.6 30:20.2 110 metres hurdles 14.2 14.4 14.4 400 metres hurdles 52.4 52.7 52.8 3000 metres steeplechase 9:03.8 9:06.8 9:07.2 4 × 100 metres relay Jesse OwensRalph MetcalfeFoy DraperFrank Wykoff39.8 Orazio MarianiGianni CaldanaElio RagniTullio Gonnelli41.1 Wilhelm LeichumErich BorchmeyerErwin GillmeisterGerd Hornberger41.2 4 × 400 metres relay Freddie WolffGodfrey RamplingBill RobertsGodfrey Brown3:09.0 Harold CagleRobert YoungEdward O’BrienAl Fitch3:11.0 Helmut HamannFriedrich Von StülpnagelHarry VoigtRudolf Harbig3:11.8 MarathonBoth 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.2:29:19.22:31:23.22:31:42.0 50 kilometres walk 4:30:41.4 4:32:09.2 4:32:42.2 High jump 2.03 m 2.00 m 2.00 m Pole vault 4.35 m 4.25 m 4.25 m Long jump 8.06 m 7.87 m 7.74 m Triple jump 16.00 m 15.66 m 15.50 m Shot put 16.20 m 16.12 m 15.66 m Discus throw 50.48 m 49.36 m 49.23 m Hammer throw 56.49 m 55.04 m 54.83 m Javelin throw 71.84 m 70.77 m 70.72 m Decathlon 7900 7601 7275

Women
 100 metres 11.5 11.7 11.9 80 metres hurdles 11.7 11.7 11.7 4 × 100 metres relay Harriet BlandAnnette RogersBetty RobinsonHelen Stephens46.9 Eileen HiscockViolet OlneyAudrey BrownBarbara Burke47.6 Dorothy BrookshawMildred DolsonHilda CameronAileen Meagher47.8 High jump 1.60 m 1.60 m 1.60 m Discus throw 47.63 m 46.22 m 39.80 m Javelin throw 45.18 m 43.29 m 41.80 m

 Records broken 
There were 20 new Olympic records. There were also 6 new world records that were broken.

 Men's Olympic and world records 

 Event  Date  Round  Name  Nationality  Result  OR  WR 200 metres 5 August  Final  Jesse Owens    20.7  OR   1500 meters 6 August  Final  Jack Lovelock    3:47.8  OR  WR 5000 metres 7 August  Final  Gunnar Höckert    14:22.2  OR   110 metres hurdles 6 August  Semi-final  Forrest Towns    14.1  OR  WR 3000 metres steeplechase 8 August  Final  Volmari Iso-Hollo    9:03.8  OR  Was a "world best" time as world records were not yet recognised for the event. 4 × 100 metres relay 9 August  Final  Jesse OwensRalph MetcalfeFoy DraperFrank Wykoff    39.8  OR  WR Marathon 9 August  Final  Son Kitei    2:29:19.2  OR   50 kilometres walk 5 August  Final  Harold Whitlock    4:30:41.4  OR   Long jump 4 August  Final  Jesse Owens    8.06 m  ORWind-aided mark recognised as Olympic record.   Triple jump 6 August  Final  Naoto Tajima    16.00 m  OR  WR High jump 2 August  Final  Cornelius Johnson    2.03 m  OR   Pole vault 5 August  Final  Earle Meadows    4.35 m  OR   Shot put 2 August  Final  Hans Woellke    16.20 m  OR   Discus throw 5 August  Final  Ken Carpenter    50.48 m  OR   Hammer throw 3 August  Final  Karl Hein    56.49 m  OR   Decathlon 8 August  Final  Glenn Morris    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    11.6  OR  4 × 100 metres relay 8 August  Heats  Emmy AlbusKäthe KraußMarie DollingerIlse Dörffeldt    46.4  OR  WR Discus throw 4 August  Final  Gisela Mauermayer    47.63 m  OR  Javelin throw 2 August  Final  Tilly Fleischer    45.18 m  OR 

References
1936 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-05.
International Olympic Committee results database

Notes


Category:1936 Summer Olympics events
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