Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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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.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Jesse Owens
United States (USA)
United States Ralph Metcalfe
United States (USA)
Netherlands Tinus Osendarp
Netherlands (NED)
200 metres United States Jesse Owens
United States (USA)
United States Matthew Robinson
United States (USA)
Netherlands Tinus Osendarp
Netherlands (NED)
400 metres United States Archie Williams
United States (USA)
Great Britain Godfrey Brown
Great Britain (GBR)
United States James LuValle
United States (USA)
800 metres United States John Woodruff
United States (USA)
Italy Mario Lanzi
Italy (ITA)
Canada Phil Edwards
Canada (CAN)
1500 metres New Zealand Jack Lovelock
New Zealand (NZL)
United States Glenn Cunningham
United States (USA)
Italy Luigi Beccali
Italy (ITA)
5000 metres Finland Gunnar Höckert
Finland (FIN)
Finland Lauri Lehtinen
Finland (FIN)
Sweden Henry Jonsson
Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres Finland Ilmari Salminen
Finland (FIN)
Finland Arvo Askola
Finland (FIN)
Finland Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finland (FIN)
110 metre
hurdles
United States Forrest Towns
United States (USA)
Great Britain Donald Finlay
Great Britain (GBR)
United States Frederick Pollard
United States (USA)
400 metre
hurdles
United States Glenn Hardin
United States (USA)
Canada John Loaring
Canada (CAN)
Philippines Miguel White
Philippines (PHI)
3000 metre
steeplechase
Finland Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finland (FIN)
Finland Kaarlo Tuominen
Finland (FIN)
Germany Alfred Dompert
Germany (GER)
4×100 metre
relay
United States United States (USA)
Jesse Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Foy Draper
Frank Wykoff
Italy Italy (ITA)
Orazio Mariani
Gianni Caldana
Elio Ragni
Tullio Gonnelli
Germany Germany (GER)
Wilhelm Leichum
Erich Borchmeyer
Erwin Gillmeister
Gerd Hornberger
4×400 metre
relay
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Frederick Wolff
Godfrey Rampling
William Roberts
Godfrey Brown
United States United States (USA)
Harold Cagle
Robert Young
Edward O’Brien
Alfred Fitch
Germany Germany (GER)
Helmut Hamann
Friedrich Von Stülpnagel
Harry Voigt
Rudolf Harbig
Marathon Japan Sohn Kee-chung
Japan (JPN)
Great Britain Ernest Harper
Great Britain (GBR)
Japan Nam Sung-yong
Japan (JPN)
50km walk Great Britain Harold Whitlock
Great Britain (GBR)
Switzerland Arthur Schwab
Switzerland (SUI)
Latvia Adalberts Bubenko
Latvia (LAT)
Long jump United States Jesse Owens
United States (USA)
Germany Luz Long
Germany (GER)
Japan Naoto Tajima
Japan (JPN)
Triple jump Japan Naoto Tajima
Japan (JPN)
Japan Masao Harada
Japan (JPN)
Australia Jack Metcalfe
Australia (AUS)
High jump United States Cornelius Cooper Johnson
United States (USA)
United States David Albritton
United States (USA)
United States Delos Thurber
United States (USA)
Pole vault United States Earle Meadows
United States (USA)
Japan Shuhei Nishida
Japan (JPN)
Japan Sueo Oe
Japan (JPN)
Shot put Germany Hans Woellke
Germany (GER)
Finland Sulo Bärlund
Finland (FIN)
Germany Gerhard Stöck
Germany (GER)
Discus throw United States Ken Carpenter
United States (USA)
United States Gordon Dunn
United States (USA)
Italy Giorgio Oberweger
Italy (ITA)
Javelin throw Germany Gerhard Stöck
Germany (GER)
Finland Yrjo Nikkanen
Finland (FIN)
Finland Kalervo Toivonen
Finland (FIN)
Hammer throw Germany Karl Hein
Germany (GER)
Germany Erwin Blask
Germany (GER)
Sweden Fred Warngård
Sweden (SWE)
Decathlon United States Glenn Morris
United States (USA)
United States Robert Clark
United States (USA)
United States Jack Parker
United States (USA)

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Helen Stephens
United States (USA)
Poland Stanisława Walasiewicz
Poland (POL)
Germany Käthe Krauss
Germany (GER)
80 metre
hurdles
Italy Trebisonda Valla
Italy (ITA)
Germany Anni Steuer
Germany (GER)
Canada Elizabeth Taylor
Canada (CAN)
4×100 metre
relay
United States United States (USA)
Harriet Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Eileen Hiscock
Violet Olney
Audrey Brown
Barbara Burke
Canada Canada (CAN)
Dorothy Brookshaw
Mildred Dolson
Hilda Cameron
Aileen Meagher
High jump Hungary Ibolya Csák
Hungary (HUN)
Great Britain Dorothy Odam
Great Britain (GBR)
Germany Elfriede Kaun
Germany (GER)
Discus throw Germany Gisela Mauermayer
Germany (GER)
Poland Jadwiga Wajsówna
Poland (POL)
Germany Paula Mollenhauer
Germany (GER)
Javelin throw Germany Tilly Fleischer
Germany (GER)
Germany Luise Krüger
Germany (GER)
Poland Maria Kwaśniewska
Poland (POL)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 14 7 4 25
2 Germany Germany (GER) 5 4 7 16
3 Finland Finland (FIN) 3 5 2 10
4 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 2 5 0 7
5 Japan Japan (JPN) 2 2 3 7
6 Italy Italy (ITA) 1 2 2 5
7 Hungary Hungary (HUN) 1 0 0 1
New Zealand New Zealand (NZL) 1 0 0 1
9 Poland Poland (POL) 0 2 1 3
10 Canada Canada (CAN) 0 1 3 4
11 Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
12 Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 0 0 2 2
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2
14 Australia Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
Latvia Latvia (LAT) 0 0 1 1
Philippines Philippines (PHI) 0 0 1 1

[edit] References