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100 metres, Men

Date	2 – 3 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	63 from 30 countries

In 1935 the two top sprinters (and long jumpers) in the world were Jesse Owens and Eulace Peacock. In addition, Ralph Metcalfe, who had won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200 in Los Angeles, was still a top sprinter, giving the USA a formidable threesome. At the most important American meet in 1935, the AAU, Peacock had won, with Metcalfe second and Owens third. Unfortunately he was injured early in 1936 and although he tried to make the American team, was not the runner he had been in 1935. The 1936 Olympics were a showcase for Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals, the 100, 200, long jump, and on the 4x100 relay. Further, in front the Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, he shattered their myths of Aryan supremacy.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	10.3 (1 h12)	10.2w (1 h2)	10.4 (1 h1)	10.3w (1)	Gold
2	732	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.8 (1 h7)	10.5 (1 h3)	10.5 (1 h2)	10.4w (2)	Silver
3	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	10.5 (1 h10)	10.6 (2 h1)	10.6 (2 h2)	10.5w (3)	Bronze
4	734	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6 (1 h9)	10.6 (3 h1)	10.5 (2 h1)	10.6w (4)
5	814	Erich Borchmeyer	GER	10.7 (1 h8)	10.5 (1 h4)	10.7 (3 h2)	10.7w (5)
6	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	10.7 (1 h1)	10.5 (1 h1)	10.5 (3 h1)	10.9w (6)
4 h1 r3/4	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	10.7 (1 h11)	10.6w (2 h2)	10.7 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	10.8 (1 h5)	10.6 (3 h4)	10.7 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	10.8 (1 h3)	10.7 (3 h3)	10.8 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	10.7 (2 h9)	10.6 (2 h4)	10.7 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	10.6 (2 h10)	10.6 (2 h3)	– (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	703	József Sír	HUN	10.8 (2 h7)	10.7w (3 h2)	10.9 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	815	Gerd Hornberger	GER	10.7 (2 h6)	10.7 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	367	Takayoshi Yoshioka	JPN	10.8 (2 h1)	10.8w (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	10.7 (1 h6)	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	366	Bunta Suzuki	JPN	10.7 (2 h4)	– (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	10.7 (1 h4)	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	10.9 (2 h3)	10.9w (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	10.8 (2 h8)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	297	Chris Berger	NED	10.8 (1 h2)	– (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	244	Cyril Holmes	GBR	10.8 (2 h11)	– (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	567	Lennart Lindgren	SWE	10.8 (2 h5)	11.0w (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	365	Kichizo Sasaki	JPN	11.0 (2 h12)	– (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	646	Pat Dannaher	RSA	11.0 (2 h2)	– (6 h4)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	816	Manfred Kersch	GER	10.8 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	613	Bernard Marchand	SUI	11.2 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	145	Ruudi Toomsalu	EST	11.0 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	154	Palle Virtanen	FIN	10.9 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	191	Robert Paul	FRA	11.0 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	27	Tomás Beswick	ARG	10.9 (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	533	Nemesio de Guzman	PHI	11.1 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	701	Gábor Gerő	HUN	11.3 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	28	Antonio Fondevilla	ARG	11.0 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	66	Lee Orr	CAN	10.6 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	1	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	10.8 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	55	José de Almeida	BRA	11.1 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	190	Maurice Carlton	FRA	11.1 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	29	Antonio Sande	ARG	11.2 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	534	Antonio Salcedo	PHI	– (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	189	Paul Bronner	FRA	11.1 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	20	George Fahoum	EGY	– (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	153	Toivo Sariola	FIN	– (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	614	Fritz Seeger	SUI	– (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	103	Cheng Jinguan	CHN	– (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	152	Toivo Ahjopalo	FIN	– (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	482	Robert Struckl	AUT	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	454	François Mersch	LUX	10.9 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	41	Dieudonné Devrindt	BEL	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2	Aristidis Sakellariou	GRE	– (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	412	Julije Bauer	YUG	11.5 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	127	José Domingo Sánchez	COL	– (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	524	Antonio Cuba	PER	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	105	Fu Jincheng	CHN	– (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	322	Sveinn Ingvarsson	ISL	– (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	460	Alfred Bencini	MLT	– (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	–	Oswaldo Domingues	BRA	– (5 h9)	–	–	–		1
5 h10 r1/4	318	Eric Whiteside	IND	– (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	104	Liu Changchun	CHN	– (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	461	Austin Cassar-Torreggiani	MLT	– (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	23	Mohammad Khan	AFG	– (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	126	Campo Elías Gutiérrez	COL	– (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	453	Oskar Ospelt	LIE	– (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	452	Xaver Frick	LIE	– (6 h9)	–	–	–
DNS	481	Alfred Lechner	AUT	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	480	Ludwig Berger	AUT	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	463	Pascual Gutiérrez	MEX	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	569	Irvin Ternström	SWE	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	414	Alfonz Kovačić	YUG	– (DNS h11)	–	–	–
DNS	413	Darko Dremil	YUG	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–

Round One (2 August 1936 — 10:00)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	10.7	Q
2	367	Takayoshi Yoshioka	JPN	10.8	Q
3	816	Manfred Kersch	GER	10.8
4	190	Maurice Carlton	FRA	11.1
5	2	Aristidis Sakellariou	GRE	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	297	Chris Berger	NED	10.8	–	Q
2	646	Pat Dannaher	RSA	11.0	11.11	Q
3	613	Bernard Marchand	SUI	11.2	11.345
4	29	Antonio Sande	ARG	11.2	11.342
5	412	Julije Bauer	YUG	11.5	–
DNS	480	Ludwig Berger	AUT	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	10.8	Q
2	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	10.9	Q
3	145	Ruudi Toomsalu	EST	11.0
4	534	Antonio Salcedo	PHI	–
5	127	José Domingo Sánchez	COL	–
6	23	Mohammad Khan	AFG	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	10.7	Q
2	366	Bunta Suzuki	JPN	10.7	Q
3	154	Palle Virtanen	FIN	10.9
4	189	Paul Bronner	FRA	11.1
5	524	Antonio Cuba	PER	–
6	126	Campo Elías Gutiérrez	COL	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	10.8	Q
2	567	Lennart Lindgren	SWE	10.8	Q
3	191	Robert Paul	FRA	11.0
4	20	George Fahoum	EGY	–
5	105	Fu Jincheng	CHN	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	10.7	Q
2	815	Gerd Hornberger	GER	10.7	Q
3	27	Tomás Beswick	ARG	10.9
4	153	Toivo Sariola	FIN	–
5	322	Sveinn Ingvarsson	ISL	–
6	453	Oskar Ospelt	LIE	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	732	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.8	Q
2	703	József Sír	HUN	10.8	Q
3	533	Nemesio de Guzman	PHI	11.1
4	614	Fritz Seeger	SUI	–
DNS	463	Pascual Gutiérrez	MEX	–
DNS	569	Irvin Ternström	SWE	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	6	Erich Borchmeyer	GER	10.7	Q
2	3	Bruce Humber	CAN	10.8	Q
3	5	Gábor Gerő	HUN	11.3
4	4	Cheng Jinguan	CHN	–
5	2	Alfred Bencini	MLT	–
DNS	413	Darko Dremil	YUG	–

Heat Nine

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	734	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6	Q
2	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	10.7	Q
3	28	Antonio Fondevilla	ARG	11.0
4	152	Toivo Ahjopalo	FIN	–
5	–	Oswaldo Domingues	BRA	–		2
6	452	Xaver Frick	LIE	–
DNS	481	Alfred Lechner	AUT	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	3	Tinus Osendarp	NED	10.5	Q
2	4	Alan Pennington	GBR	10.6	Q
3	5	Lee Orr	CAN	10.6
4	2	Robert Struckl	AUT	–
5	6	Eric Whiteside	IND	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	10.7	Q
2	244	Cyril Holmes	GBR	10.8	Q
3	1	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	10.8
4	454	François Mersch	LUX	10.9
5	104	Liu Changchun	CHN	–
DNS	414	Alfonz Kovačić	YUG	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	10.3	Q=OR
2	365	Kichizo Sasaki	JPN	11.0	Q
3	55	José de Almeida	BRA	11.1
4	41	Dieudonné Devrindt	BEL	–
5	461	Austin Cassar-Torreggiani	MLT	–

Quarter-Finals (2 August 1936 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	10.5	Q
2	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	10.6	Q
3	734	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6	Q
4	815	Gerd Hornberger	GER	10.7
5	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	–
6	244	Cyril Holmes	GBR	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	10.2w	Q
2	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	10.6w	Q
3	703	József Sír	HUN	10.7w	Q
4	367	Takayoshi Yoshioka	JPN	10.8w
5	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	10.9w
6	567	Lennart Lindgren	SWE	11.0w

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	732	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.5	Q
2	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	10.6	Q
3	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	10.7	Q
4	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	–
5	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	–
6	365	Kichizo Sasaki	JPN	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	814	Erich Borchmeyer	GER	10.5	10.62	Q
2	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	10.6	10.75	Q
3	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	10.6	10.76	Q
4	366	Bunta Suzuki	JPN	–	10.84
5	297	Chris Berger	NED	–	11.02
6	646	Pat Dannaher	RSA	–	–

Semi-Finals (3 August 1936 — 15:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	10.4	Q
2	734	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.5	Q
3	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	10.5	Q
4	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	10.7
5	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	10.8
6	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	732	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.5	Q
2	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	10.6	Q
3	814	Erich Borchmeyer	GER	10.7	Q
4	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	10.7
5	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	10.7
6	703	József Sír	HUN	10.9

Final (3 August 1936 — 17:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	1	Jesse Owens	USA	10.3w
2	6	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	10.4w
3	4	Tinus Osendarp	NED	10.5w
4	5	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.6w
5	3	Erich Borchmeyer	GER	10.7w
6	2	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	10.9w