Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
| Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeple | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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
Men
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Helen StephensUnited States (USA) | 11.5 |  Stanisława WalasiewiczPoland (POL) | 11.7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Käthe KraußGermany (GER) | 11.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
.svg.png){kind=small} Trebisonda VallaItaly (ITA) | 11.7 | Anni Steuer Germany (GER) | 11.7 |  Betty TaylorCanada (CAN) | 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 CsákHungary (HUN) | 1.60 m | Dorothy Odam Great Britain (GBR) | 1.60 m | Elfriede Kaun Germany (GER) | 1.60 m |
| Discus throw |
Gisela Mauermayer Germany (GER) | 47.63 m | Jadwiga Wajsówna Poland (POL) | 46.22 m | Paula Mollenhauer Germany (GER) | 39.80 m |
| Javelin throw |
Tilly Fleischer Germany (GER) | 45.18 m | Luise Krüger Germany (GER) | 43.29 m | Maria Kwaśniewska Poland (POL) | 41.80 m |
Records broken
20 new Olympic records and 6 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
Women's Olympic and world records
| 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 |
Medal table
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan (JPN) [1] | 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-05.
- International Olympic Committee results database
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wind-aided mark recognised as Olympic record.
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