Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
| Athletics at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 The newly-built Olympiastadion (pictured in 2015) hosted the events | |
| No. of events | 29 |
| Competitors | 776 from 43 nations |
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
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
Men
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Women
[edit]| 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
[edit]20 new Olympic records and 6 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
[edit]Women's Olympic and world records
[edit]| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 metres hurdles | 5 August | Semi-final | Trebisonda Valla | Italy |
11.6 | OR[3] | |
| 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
[edit]- 1936 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-05.
- International Olympic Committee results database
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Was a "world best" time as world records were not yet recognised for the event.
- ^ a b Wind-aided mark recognised as Olympic record.
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