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100 metres, Women

Date	3 – 4 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	30 from 15 countries

At the 1934 FSFI Women’s World Games Germany’s Käthe Krauss won the 100 and 200 metres over the defending Olympic 100 champion, Poland’s Stanisława Wałasiewicz. Wałasiewicz did win the 60 metres. But in 1935 the women’s world record had been brought down to 11.6 by Helen Stephens of the United States. She equaled that time at the 1935 AAU Meet, and then twice in 1936 ran 11.5, although neither mark was ever ratified as a world record. The three were considered co-favorites at the Olympics, but it was not that close. Stephens won the final easily, running a windy 11.5 and finishing two metres ahead of Wałasiewicz, with Krauss getting the bronze medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	737	Helen Stephens	USA	11.4w (1 h2)	11.5w (1 h1)	11.5w (1)	Gold
2	539	Stanisława Walasiewicz	POL	12.5 (1 h3)	12.0 (2 h2)	11.7w (2)	Silver
3	819	Käthe Krauß	GER	12.1 (1 h5)	11.9w (2 h1)	11.9w (3)	Bronze
4	818	Marie Dollinger	GER	12.0 (1 h6)	12.0 (1 h2)	12.0w (4)
5	736	Annette Rogers	USA	12.8 (2 h4)	12.1 (3 h2)	12.2w (5)
6	817	Emmy Albus	GER	12.4 (1 h1)	12.2w (3 h1)	12.3w (6)
4 h1 r2/3	249	Eileen Hiscock	GBR	12.6 (1 h4)	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	248	Barbara Burke	GBR	12.4 (2 h6)	12.2 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	69	Aileen Meagher	CAN	12.4 (2 h5)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	68	Jeanette Dolson	CAN	12.3w (2 h2)	– (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	485	Johanna Vancura	AUT	12.5 (2 h1)	– (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	155	Rauni Essman	FIN	12.8 (2 h3)	– (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	67	Hilda Cameron	CAN	12.7 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	484	Grete Neumann	AUT	12.9w (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	300	Lies Koning	NED	12.9 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	301	Ali de Vries	NED	13.0 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	247	Audrey Brown	GBR	12.6 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	3	Domnitsa Lanitou	GRE	12.8 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	735	Harriet Bland	USA	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	368	Etsuko Komiya	JPN	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	193	Marguerite Perrou	FRA	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	483	Charlotte Machmer	AUT	– (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	417	Vera Romanić	YUG	– (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	192	Yvonne Mabille	FRA	– (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	157	Raili Halttu	FIN	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	416	Flora Hofman	YUG	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	106	Li Sen	CHN	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	156	Ebba From	FIN	– (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	326	Claudia Testoni	ITA	– (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	92	Raquel Martínez	CHI	– (5 h6)	–	–
DNS	415	Renata Čabrijan	YUG	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One (3 August 1936 — 16:00)

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

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	817	Emmy Albus	GER	12.4	Q
2	485	Johanna Vancura	AUT	12.5	Q
3	67	Hilda Cameron	CAN	12.7
4	735	Harriet Bland	USA	–
5	157	Raili Halttu	FIN	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	737	Helen Stephens	USA	11.4w	Q
2	68	Jeanette Dolson	CAN	12.3w	Q
3	484	Grete Neumann	AUT	12.9w
4	368	Etsuko Komiya	JPN	–
5	416	Flora Hofman	YUG	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	539	Stanisława Walasiewicz	POL	12.5	Q
2	155	Rauni Essman	FIN	12.8	Q
3	300	Lies Koning	NED	12.9
4	193	Marguerite Perrou	FRA	–
5	106	Li Sen	CHN	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	249	Eileen Hiscock	GBR	12.6	Q
2	736	Annette Rogers	USA	12.8	Q
3	301	Ali de Vries	NED	13.0
4	483	Charlotte Machmer	AUT	–
5	156	Ebba From	FIN	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	819	Käthe Krauß	GER	12.1	Q
2	69	Aileen Meagher	CAN	12.4	Q
3	247	Audrey Brown	GBR	12.6
4	417	Vera Romanić	YUG	–
5	326	Claudia Testoni	ITA	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	818	Marie Dollinger	GER	12.0	Q
2	248	Barbara Burke	GBR	12.4	Q
3	3	Domnitsa Lanitou	GRE	12.8
4	192	Yvonne Mabille	FRA	–
5	92	Raquel Martínez	CHI	–
DNS	415	Renata Čabrijan	YUG	–

Semi-Finals (3 August 1936 — 17:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	737	Helen Stephens	USA	11.5w	Q
2	819	Käthe Krauß	GER	11.9w	Q
3	817	Emmy Albus	GER	12.2w	Q
4	249	Eileen Hiscock	GBR	–
5	69	Aileen Meagher	CAN	–
6	485	Johanna Vancura	AUT	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	818	Marie Dollinger	GER	12.0	Q
2	539	Stanisława Walasiewicz	POL	12.0	Q
3	736	Annette Rogers	USA	12.1	Q
4	248	Barbara Burke	GBR	12.2
5	68	Jeanette Dolson	CAN	–
6	155	Rauni Essman	FIN	–

Final (4 August 1936 — 16:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Helen Stephens	USA	11.5w
2	6	Stanisława Walasiewicz	POL	11.7w
3	5	Käthe Krauß	GER	11.9w
4	1	Marie Dollinger	GER	12.0w
5	2	Annette Rogers	USA	12.2w
6	3	Emmy Albus	GER	12.3w