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

The men's 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

took place between August 2 and August 3. The final was won by American

African American

African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...

Heats

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Lennart Stranberg finished sixth in the 100m at the Berlin Olympics. He was in 3rd place behind Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe of the US, but his thigh burst 20 yards before the finish...	10.7
2	Takayoshi Yoshioka	10.8
3	Manfred Kersch	10.8
4	Maurice Carlton Maurice Carlton Maurice Carlton was a French athlete who specializes in the 100 meters.Carlton competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Guadeloupe.- references :...
5	Aristidis Sakellariou

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Chris Berger Chris Berger Christiaan David "Chris" Berger was a Dutch athlete competing in the sprints.Born in Amsterdam, Berger's career highlight was at the first European Championships in Athletics, held in 1934 in Turin. There he won both the 100 m and 200 m sprints and came in third with the Dutch team at the 4 x 100...	10.8
2	Pat Dannaher	11.0
3	Bernard Marchand	11.2
4	Antonio Sande	11.2
5	Julije Bauer	11.5

Heat three

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

Heat four

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

Heat five

Rank	Name	Time
1	Howie McPhee	10.8
2	Lennart Lindgren	10.8
3	Robert Paul Robert Paul Robert Paul was a Canadian figure skater, who competed in pairs with Barbara Wagner. He was born in Toronto. From their start as a team in 1952, they captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After skating as...	11.0
4	George Fahoum
5	Poh Kimseng

Heat six

Rank	Name	Time
1	Marthinus Theunissen Marthinus Theunissen Marthinus Wilhelminus S. Theunissen is a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Standerton....	10.7
2	Gerd Hornberger Gerd Hornberger Gerd Hornberger was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Wilhelm Leichum, Erich Borchmeyer and Erwin Gillmeister.Hornberger was...	10.7
3	Tomás Beswick	10.9
4	Toivo Sariola
5	Sveinn Ingvarsson
6	Oskar Ospelt

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Time
1	Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...	10.8
2	József Sír	10.8
3	Nemesio de Guzman	11.1
4	Fritz Seeger

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Time
1	Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Borchmeyer was born in Münster. He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Helmut Körnig,...	10.7
2	Bruce Humber	10.8
3	Gábor Gerő	11.3
4	Chen Kingkwan
5	Alfred Bencini

Heat nine

Rank	Name	Time
1	Frank Wykoff Frank Wykoff Frank Clifford Wyckoff was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....	10.6
2	Arthur Sweeney Arthur Sweeney Arthur Wellington Sweeney was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	10.7
3	Antonio Fondevilla	11.0
4	Toivo Ahjopalo
5	Oswaldo Dominguez
6	Xaver Frick Xaver Frick Xavier Frick was a Liechtensteinian Olympic athlete and cross-country skier. He was born in Balzers, Liechtenstein. He competed as an athlete in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz...

Heat ten

Rank	Name	Time
1	Tinus Osendarp Tinus Osendarp Martinus Bernardus Osendarp was a Dutch athlete, excelling in the sprint events.Born in Delft, Osendarp won two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 100 and 200 m sprint events...	10.5
2	Alan Pennington	10.6
3	Lee Orr Lee Orr Lee Pearce Orr was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Saskatchewan, Canada and grew up in Monroe, Washington....	10.6
4	Robert Struckl
5	Eric Whiteside

Heat eleven

Rank	Name	Time
1	Paul Hänni	10.7
2	Cyril Holmes Cyril Holmes Cyril Butler Holmes was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics...	10.8
3	Renos Frangoudis	10.8
4	François Mersch	10.9
5	Liu Changchun Liu Changchun Liu Changchun born 1909 on Ping Island, Jin County, Fengtian, China,died in Dalian, China) was a Chinese athlete.Liu was the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games...

Heat twelve

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Jesse Owens Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...	10.3	=OR
2	Kichizo Sasaki	11.0
3	José de Almeida	11.1
4	Dieudonné "Guthy" Devrindt
5	Austin Cassar-Torreggiani

Quarterfinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Lennart Stranberg finished sixth in the 100m at the Berlin Olympics. He was in 3rd place behind Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe of the US, but his thigh burst 20 yards before the finish...	10.5
2	Tinus Osendarp Tinus Osendarp Martinus Bernardus Osendarp was a Dutch athlete, excelling in the sprint events.Born in Delft, Osendarp won two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 100 and 200 m sprint events...	10.6
3	Frank Wykoff Frank Wykoff Frank Clifford Wyckoff was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....	10.6
4	Gerd Hornberger Gerd Hornberger Gerd Hornberger was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Wilhelm Leichum, Erich Borchmeyer and Erwin Gillmeister.Hornberger was...	10.7
5	Gyula Gyenes
6	Cyril Holmes Cyril Holmes Cyril Butler Holmes was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics...

Heat two *

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jesse Owens Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...	10.2
2	Paul Hänni	10.6
3	József Sír	10.7
4	Takayoshi Yoshioka	10.8
5	Eric Grimbeek	10.9
6	Lennart Lindgren	11.0

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...	10.5
2	Alan Pennington	10.6
3	Wil van Beveren	10.7
4	Marthinus Theunissen Marthinus Theunissen Marthinus Wilhelminus S. Theunissen is a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Standerton....
5	Bruce Humber
6	Kichizo Sasaki

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Borchmeyer was born in Münster. He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Helmut Körnig,...	10.5
2	Arthur Sweeney Arthur Sweeney Arthur Wellington Sweeney was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	10.6
3	Howie McPhee	10.6
4	Monta Suzuki	10.8
5	Chris Berger Chris Berger Christiaan David "Chris" Berger was a Dutch athlete competing in the sprints.Born in Amsterdam, Berger's career highlight was at the first European Championships in Athletics, held in 1934 in Turin. There he won both the 100 m and 200 m sprints and came in third with the Dutch team at the 4 x 100...	11.0
6	Pat Dannaher

Semifinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jesse Owens Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...	10.4
2	Frank Wykoff Frank Wykoff Frank Clifford Wyckoff was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....	10.5
3	Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Lennart Stranberg finished sixth in the 100m at the Berlin Olympics. He was in 3rd place behind Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe of the US, but his thigh burst 20 yards before the finish...	10.5
4	Paul Hänni	10.7
5	Wil van Beveren	10.8
6	Alan Pennington

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...	10.5
2	Tinus Osendarp Tinus Osendarp Martinus Bernardus Osendarp was a Dutch athlete, excelling in the sprint events.Born in Delft, Osendarp won two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 100 and 200 m sprint events...	10.6
3	Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Borchmeyer was born in Münster. He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Helmut Körnig,...	10.7
4	Howie McPhee	10.7
5	Arthur Sweeney Arthur Sweeney Arthur Wellington Sweeney was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics....	10.7
6	József Sír	10.9

Final*

Rank	Name	Time
	Jesse Owens Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...	10.3
	Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...	10.4
	Tinus Osendarp Tinus Osendarp Martinus Bernardus Osendarp was a Dutch athlete, excelling in the sprint events.Born in Delft, Osendarp won two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 100 and 200 m sprint events...	10.5
4	Frank Wykoff Frank Wykoff Frank Clifford Wyckoff was an American athlete, triple gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....	10.6
5	Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer Erich Borchmeyer was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Borchmeyer was born in Münster. He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Helmut Körnig,...	10.7
6	Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg Lennart Strandberg was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Lennart Stranberg finished sixth in the 100m at the Berlin Olympics. He was in 3rd place behind Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe of the US, but his thigh burst 20 yards before the finish...	10.9

Key: WR = World record; =OR = Olympic record
* Wind assisted, time does not count torward world or Olympic records.

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