Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAugust 3, 1936 (heats and semifinals)
August 4, 1936 (final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helen Stephens
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Käthe Krauß
 Germany
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen
Image from the final of the women's 100 m

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American Helen Stephens.[1] Some Eastern European (especially Polish) journalists suggested she might be a man.[2] However, the International Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and concluded that she was a woman.[3]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Emmy Albus  Germany 12.4 Q
2 Johanna Vancura  Austria 12.5 Q
3 Hilda Cameron  Canada 12.7
4 Harriet Bland  United States Unknown
5 Raili Halttu  Finland Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Helen Stephens  United States 11.4 Q
2 Jeanette Dolson  Canada 12.3 Q
3 Grete Neumann  Austria 12.9
4 Etsuko Komiya  Japan 13.1
5 Flora Hofman  Yugoslavia Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 12.5 Q
2 Rauni Essman  Finland 12.8 Q
3 Elisabeth Koning  Netherlands 12.9
4 Marguerite Perrou  France 12.3
5 Li Sen  Republic of China Unknown

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Eileen Hiscock  Great Britain 12.6 Q
2 Annette Rogers  United States 12.8 Q
3 Alida de Vries  Netherlands 13.0
4 Charlotte Machmer  Austria Unknown
5 Ebba From  Finland Unknown

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Käthe Krauß  Germany 12.1 Q
2 Aileen Meagher  Canada 12.4 Q
3 Audrey Brown  Great Britain 12.6
4 Vera Romanić  Yugoslavia Unknown
5 Claudia Testoni  Italy Unknown

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Marie Dollinger  Germany 12.0 Q
2 Barbara Burke  Great Britain 12.4 Q
3 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou  Greece 12.8
4 Yvonne Mabille  France Unknown
5 Raquel Martínez  Chile Unknown

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Helen Stephens  United States 11.5 Q
2 Käthe Krauß  Germany 11.9 Q
3 Emmy Albus  Germany 12.2 Q
4 Eileen Hiscock  Great Britain Unknown
5 Aileen Meagher  Canada Unknown
6 Johanna Vancura  Austria Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 Marie Dollinger  Germany 12.0 Q
2 Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 12.0 Q
3 Annette Rogers  United States 12.1 Q
4 Barbara Burke  Great Britain 12.2
5 Jeanette Dolson  Canada Unknown
6 Rauni Essman  Finland Unknown

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helen Stephens  United States 11.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 11.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Käthe Krauß  Germany 11.9
4 Marie Dollinger  Germany 12.0
5 Annette Rogers  United States 12.2
6 Emmy Albus  Germany 12.3

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Helen Stephens is real girl". Harrisburg Telegraph. August 6, 1936. p. 14. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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