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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	8 – 9 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmstadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	45 from 23 countries

The world record for this event had passed between only three swimmers since 1912 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku, Johnny Weissmuller and, since 1934, Peter Fick of the USA. Fick travelled to Germany as the marginal favourite although the strength in depth of the Japanese team made sure that predicting the competition would be difficult. Fick disappointed in the final but the Japanese victory did not materialize either. Although Ferenc Csik was the reigning European champion, he was not expected to defeat the American or Japanese favourites but as they battled each other, Csik came through on the outside to surprise them all. Ferenc Csik would not live to see the next Olympic Games. By then a qualified doctor, he died during an air raid in 1945.

Masanori Yusa and Shigeo Arai of Japan were awarded the other medals although the actual finishing positions are a matter of debate. Photographic evidence suggests that 4th placed Masahuru Taguchi may in fact have been the true silver medallist with only the first and last places in the final certain to be correct.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	396	Ferenc Csík	HUN	58.3 (2 h1)	58.1 (2 h1)	57.6 (1)	Gold
2	206	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.8 (1 h2)	57.5 (1 h2)	57.9 (2)	Silver
3	204	Shigeo Arai	JPN	57.7 (1 h4)	57.9 (2 h2)	58.0 (3)	Bronze
4	205	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	57.5 (1 h5)	57.9 (1 h1)	58.1 (4)
5	485	Helmut Fischer	GER	57.9 (2 h4)	58.7 (4 h1)	59.3 (5)
6	436	Peter Fick	USA	57.6 (1 h1)	58.2 (3 h1)	59.7 (6)
7	438	Art Lindegren	USA	58.3 (1 h7)	58.7 (3 h2)	59.9 (7)
8	437	Arthur Highland	USA	59.9 (2 h2)	59.4 (4 h2)	–
9	17	Bill Kendall	AUS	1:01.0 (3 h2)	59.9 (5 h2)	–
10	–	Hermann Heibel	GER	1:01.4 (2 h6)	1:00.3 (6 h2)	–
=11	102	Heikki Hietanen	FIN	1:01.0 (3 h7)	1:00.5 (=5 h1)	–
=11	323	Jikirum Adjaluddin	PHI	1:01.0 (2 h3)	1:00.5 (=5 h1)	–
=11	–	Draško Vilfan	YUG	1:00.5 (1 h6)	1:00.5 (=5 h1)	–
14	–	Mickey Ffrench-Williams	GBR	1:00.7 (1 h3)	1:01.0 (8 h1)	–
15	395	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	HUN	1:00.2 (2 h7)	1:01.1 (7 h2)	–
16	80	John Christensen	DEN	1:01.1 (2 h5)	1:01.6 (8 h2)	–
17	128	Rom Gabrielsen	GBR	1:01.2 (3 h1)	–	–
=18	–	Ödön Gróf	HUN	1:01.3 (3 h4)	–	–
=18	165	Piet Stam	NED	1:01.3 (4 h7)	–	–
=20	58	George Larson	CAN	1:01.5 (3 h5)	–	–
=20	100	Egon Roolaid	EST	1:01.5 (4 h2)	–	–
=22	126	Freddie Dove	GBR	1:01.6 (3 h6)	–	–
=22	–	Poul Petersen	DEN	1:01.6 (5 h7)	–	–
24	324	José Obial	PHI	1:01.7 (4 h6)	–	–
25	487	Heiko Schwartz	GER	1:01.8 (3 h3)	–	–
26	36	Leonard Spence	BER	1:01.9 (4 h4)	–	–
27	57	Bob Hamerton	CAN	1:02.1 (4 h1)	–	–
28	105	René Cavalero	FRA	1:02.2 (5 h2)	–	–
29	56	Munroe Bourne	CAN	1:02.4 (4 h3)	–	–
30	–	Álvaro Tatto	BRA	1:02.6 (5 h1)	–	–
31	44	Leônidas da Silva	BRA	1:03.3 (5 h6)	–	–
32	164	Bertus Mooi Wilten	NED	1:03.4 (6 h2)	–	–
33	–	Isaac Moraes	BRA	1:03.5 (5 h3)	–	–
34	6	Zaki Saad al-Dine	EGY	1:03.7 (4 h5)	–	–
35	7	Qadri Mahmud	EGY	1:03.8 (6 h1)	–	–
36	284	Günther Zobernig	AUT	1:03.9 (6 h3)	–	–
37	–	Roger Zirilli	SUI	1:04.1 (6 h7)	–	–
38	320	Arturo Álvarez Calderón	PER	1:04.9 (7 h1)	–	–
39	316	Juan Paz	PER	1:05.6 (5 h5)	–	–
40	78	Chen Zhenxiang	CHN	1:06.5 (8 h1)	–	–
41	106	Claude Desusclade	FRA	1:07.2 (5 h4)	–	–
42	1	Richardos Brousalis	GRE	1:07.5 (6 h4)	–	–
43	37	John Young	BER	1:07.8 (6 h6)	–	–
44	2	Spyridon Mavrogiorgos	GRE	1:08.2 (6 h5)	–	–
45	43	Alberto Conrad	BOL	1:17.5 (7 h2)	–	–
DNS	23	Jan Guillini	BEL	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	–	Alfred Nakache	FRA	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	319	Walter Ledgard Jiménez	PER	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	354	Alfred Doria	SUI	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	–	Victor Dunand	SUI	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	244	Darko Prvan	YUG	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	45	Manoel Villar	BRA	–	–	–

Round One

Date	8 August 1936 — 9:00
Format	Top two in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	57.5	QOR
2	–	Peter Fick	USA	57.6	QOR
3	–	Shigeo Arai	JPN	57.7	Q
4	–	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.8	Q
5	–	Helmut Fischer	GER	57.9	Q
=6	–	Ferenc Csík	HUN	58.3	Q
=6	–	Art Lindegren	USA	58.3	Q
8	–	Arthur Highland	USA	59.9	Q
9	–	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	HUN	1:00.2	Q
10	–	Draško Vilfan	YUG	1:00.5	Q
11	–	Mickey Ffrench-Williams	GBR	1:00.7	Q
=12	–	Bill Kendall	AUS	1:01.0	q
=12	–	Jikirum Adjaluddin	PHI	1:01.0	Q
=12	–	Heikki Hietanen	FIN	1:01.0	q
15	–	John Christensen	DEN	1:01.1	Q
16	–	Rom Gabrielsen	GBR	1:01.2
=17	–	Ödön Gróf	HUN	1:01.3
=17	–	Piet Stam	NED	1:01.3
19	–	Hermann Heibel	GER	1:01.4	Q
=20	–	Egon Roolaid	EST	1:01.5
=20	–	George Larson	CAN	1:01.5
=22	–	Freddie Dove	GBR	1:01.6
=22	–	Poul Petersen	DEN	1:01.6
24	–	José Obial	PHI	1:01.7
25	–	Heiko Schwartz	GER	1:01.8
26	–	Leonard Spence	BER	1:01.9
27	–	Bob Hamerton	CAN	1:02.1
28	–	René Cavalero	FRA	1:02.2
29	–	Munroe Bourne	CAN	1:02.4
30	–	Álvaro Tatto	BRA	1:02.6
31	–	Leônidas da Silva	BRA	1:03.3
32	–	Bertus Mooi Wilten	NED	1:03.4
33	–	Isaac Moraes	BRA	1:03.5
34	–	Zaki Saad al-Dine	EGY	1:03.7
35	–	Qadri Mahmud	EGY	1:03.8
36	–	Günther Zobernig	AUT	1:03.9
37	–	Roger Zirilli	SUI	1:04.1
38	–	Arturo Álvarez Calderón	PER	1:04.9
39	–	Juan Paz	PER	1:05.6
40	–	Chen Zhenxiang	CHN	1:06.5
41	–	Claude Desusclade	FRA	1:07.2
42	–	Richardos Brousalis	GRE	1:07.5
43	–	John Young	BER	1:07.8
44	–	Spyridon Mavrogiorgos	GRE	1:08.2
45	–	Alberto Conrad	BOL	1:17.5
DNS	–	Alfred Doria	SUI	–
DNS	–	Walter Ledgard Jiménez	PER	–
DNS	–	Darko Prvan	YUG	–
DNS	–	Victor Dunand	SUI	–
DNS	–	Alfred Nakache	FRA	–
DNS	–	Jan Guillini	BEL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Peter Fick	USA	57.6	QOR
2	–	Ferenc Csík	HUN	58.3	Q
3	–	Rom Gabrielsen	GBR	1:01.2
4	–	Bob Hamerton	CAN	1:02.1
5	–	Álvaro Tatto	BRA	1:02.6
6	–	Qadri Mahmud	EGY	1:03.8
7	–	Arturo Álvarez Calderón	PER	1:04.9
8	–	Chen Zhenxiang	CHN	1:06.5

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.8	Q
2	–	Arthur Highland	USA	59.9	Q
3	–	Bill Kendall	AUS	1:01.0	q
4	–	Egon Roolaid	EST	1:01.5
5	–	René Cavalero	FRA	1:02.2
6	–	Bertus Mooi Wilten	NED	1:03.4
7	–	Alberto Conrad	BOL	1:17.5
DNS	–	Alfred Doria	SUI	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Mickey Ffrench-Williams	GBR	1:00.7	Q
2	–	Jikirum Adjaluddin	PHI	1:01.0	Q
3	–	Heiko Schwartz	GER	1:01.8
4	–	Munroe Bourne	CAN	1:02.4
5	–	Isaac Moraes	BRA	1:03.5
6	–	Günther Zobernig	AUT	1:03.9
DNS	–	Walter Ledgard Jiménez	PER	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Shigeo Arai	JPN	57.7	Q
2	–	Helmut Fischer	GER	57.9	Q
3	–	Ödön Gróf	HUN	1:01.3
4	–	Leonard Spence	BER	1:01.9
5	–	Claude Desusclade	FRA	1:07.2
6	–	Richardos Brousalis	GRE	1:07.5
DNS	–	Darko Prvan	YUG	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	57.5	QOR
2	–	John Christensen	DEN	1:01.1	Q
3	–	George Larson	CAN	1:01.5
4	–	Zaki Saad al-Dine	EGY	1:03.7
5	–	Juan Paz	PER	1:05.6
6	–	Spyridon Mavrogiorgos	GRE	1:08.2
DNS	–	Victor Dunand	SUI	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Draško Vilfan	YUG	1:00.5	Q
2	–	Hermann Heibel	GER	1:01.4	Q
3	–	Freddie Dove	GBR	1:01.6
4	–	José Obial	PHI	1:01.7
5	–	Leônidas da Silva	BRA	1:03.3
6	–	John Young	BER	1:07.8
DNS	–	Alfred Nakache	FRA	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Art Lindegren	USA	58.3	Q
2	–	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	HUN	1:00.2	Q
3	–	Heikki Hietanen	FIN	1:01.0	q
4	–	Piet Stam	NED	1:01.3
5	–	Poul Petersen	DEN	1:01.6
6	–	Roger Zirilli	SUI	1:04.1
DNS	–	Jan Guillini	BEL	–

Semi-Finals

Date	8 August 1936 — 15:00
Format	Top three in each heat and the fastest fourth-place advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.5	Q=OR
=2	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	57.9	Q
=2	Shigeo Arai	JPN	57.9	Q
4	Ferenc Csík	HUN	58.1	Q
5	Peter Fick	USA	58.2	Q
=6	Helmut Fischer	GER	58.7	q
=6	Art Lindegren	USA	58.7	Q
8	Arthur Highland	USA	59.4
9	Bill Kendall	AUS	59.9
10	Hermann Heibel	GER	1:00.3
=11	Heikki Hietanen	FIN	1:00.5
=11	Draško Vilfan	YUG	1:00.5
=11	Jikirum Adjaluddin	PHI	1:00.5
14	Mickey Ffrench-Williams	GBR	1:01.0
15	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	HUN	1:01.1
16	John Christensen	DEN	1:01.6

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	57.9	Q
2	Ferenc Csík	HUN	58.1	Q
3	Peter Fick	USA	58.2	Q
4	Helmut Fischer	GER	58.7	q
=5	Heikki Hietanen	FIN	1:00.5
=5	Draško Vilfan	YUG	1:00.5
=5	Jikirum Adjaluddin	PHI	1:00.5
8	Mickey Ffrench-Williams	GBR	1:01.0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.5	Q=OR
2	Shigeo Arai	JPN	57.9	Q
3	Art Lindegren	USA	58.7	Q
4	Arthur Highland	USA	59.4
5	Bill Kendall	AUS	59.9
6	Hermann Heibel	GER	1:00.3
7	Oszkár Abay-Nemes	HUN	1:01.1
8	John Christensen	DEN	1:01.6

Final Round

Date	9 August 1936 — 15:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Ferenc Csík	HUN	57.6
2	–	Masanori Yusa	JPN	57.9
3	–	Shigeo Arai	JPN	58.0
4	–	Masaharu Taguchi	JPN	58.1
5	–	Helmut Fischer	GER	59.3
6	–	Peter Fick	USA	59.7
7	–	Art Lindegren	USA	59.9