Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon explained

Event:Men's decathlon
Games:1936 Summer
Dates:August 7 & August 8
Gold:Glenn Morris
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Bob Clark
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Jack Parker
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1932
Next:1948

The men's decathlon event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place between August 7 & August 8.[1]

Results

100 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 10.9 872 830 OB
2 11.1 814 786
3 11.3 760 744
4 11.4 735 723
4 11.4 735 723
4 11.4 735 723
7 11.5 710 703
7 11.5 710 703
7 11.5 710 703
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
10 11.6 686 683
17 11.7 662663
18 11.8 640 643
19 11.9 618 624
19 11.9 618 624
21 12.0 597 605
22 12.1 576 586
22 12.1 576 586
22 12.1 576 586
25 12.2 556 567
25 12.2 556 567
27 12.4 517 531
28 12.6 481 495

Long jump

Rank Athlete Country Round one Round twoRound threeDistance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 7.62 foul 7.36 7.62 977 965 OB
2 7.18 7.35 7.34 7.35 899 898
3 6.98 6.94 7.12 7.12 836 842
4 7.04 6.85 6.83 7.04 815 823
5 6.63 6.83 6.97 6.97 796 807
6 6.76 6.89 6.78 6.89 775 788
7 foul 6.81 6.84 6.84 762 776
8 6.66 6.40 6.78 6.78 746 762
9 6.69 foul 6.52 6.69 723 741
9 5.74 6.69 6.62 6.69 723 741
11 6.42 6.41 6.68 6.68 721 739
12 6.36 6.57 6.66 6.66 716 734
13 6.58 6.65 6.50 6.65 713 732
14 6.50 6.55 6.39 6.55 688 709
14 6.32 foul 6.55 6.55 688 709
16 6.28 6.52 6.22 6.52 681 702
17 6.18 6.03 6.48 6.48 671 693
18 6.42 6.24 6.39 6.42 656 679
19 6.29 6.06 6.36 6.36 641 666
19 6.21 6.30 6.36 6.36 641 666
21 6.01 6.35 6.05 6.35 639 644
22 6.20 6.20 6.32 6.32 632 657
23 6.28 foul foul 6.28 622 648
24 6.08 6.25 5.99 6.25 615 641
25 6.22 6.18 6.03 6.22 608 635
26 5.92 5.92 5.91 5.92 538 569
27 5.57 5.85 5.59 5.85 522 554
28 5.62 foul foul 5.62 472 5.06

Shot put

Rank Athlete Country Round one Round twoRound threeDistance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 13.59 14.10 13.35 14.10 826 734
2 14.00 13.89 13.79 14.00 816 728
3 13.66 13.47 12.60 13.66 781 708
4 13.54 13.22 13.54 13.54 769 700
5 13.33 12.92 13.53 13.53 768 700
6 13.44 13.52 13.09 13.52 767 699
7 13.45 13.50 13.45 13.50 765 698
8 13.40 13.49 12.52 13.49 764 697
9 12.94 12.76 13.25 13.25 740 682
10 foul 12.89 12.37 12.89 705 661
11 11.61 12.74 12.22 12.74 690 651
12 12.43 12.70 12.50 12.70 687 649
13 12.33 12.68 12.57 12.68 685 648
13 12.68 12.67 12.44 12.68 685 648
15 12.44 12.63 12.48 12.63 680 645
16 12.43 12.37 12.02 12.43 661 633
17 12.30 11.72 12.29 12.30 649 625
18 11.94 11.89 12.26 12.26 645 622
19 11.93 11.48 11.94 11.94 615 603
20 11.58 11.77 foul 11.77 600 592
21 11.59 11.12 11.24 11.59 584 582
22 10.99 10.91 10.77 10.99 530 545
23 10.85 10.98 10.60 10.98 530 545
24 foul 9.60 9.92 9.92 615 641
25 6.98 8.26 foul 8.26 311 382

High jump

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 1.90 909 714
2 1.85 846 670
2 1.85 846 670
2 1.85 846 670
5 1.80 786 627
5 1.80 786 627
5 1.80 786 627
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
8 1.75 727 585
16 1.70 671 544
16 1.70 671 544
16 1.70 671 544
16 1.70 671 544
16 1.70 671 544
21 1.65 616 504
21 1.65 616 504
23 1.60 563 464
23 1.60 563 464
25 1.55 512 426

400 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 49.4 910 836
2 50.0 874 808
3 50.7 834 776
4 51.2 807 754
4 51.2 807 754
6 51.5 791 741
7 52.2 755 710
8 52.3 750 706
8 52.3 750 706
10 52.5 740 697
11 53.1 711 671
12 53.3 701 663
12 53.3 701 663
12 53.3 701 663
15 53.6 687 650
16 53.7 683 646
17 54.0 669 634
17 54.0 669 634
19 54.1 665 630
20 54.5 647 613
21 54.9 630 597
22 55.1 622 589
23 55.3 614 581
24 56.3 574 542

110 metre hurdles

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 14.9 946 833 OB
2 15.0 929 821
3 15.6 833 751
4 15.7 818 740
5 15.8 804 728
6 16.0 776 706
6 16.0 776 706
6 16.0 776 706
9 16.1 762 695
10 16.2 749 684
10 16.2 749 684
12 16.3 736 673
12 16.3 736 673
14 16.4 723 662
15 16.5 710 652
15 16.5 710 652
17 16.6 698 641
17 16.6 698 641
19 17.0 651 599
20 17.3 618 569
21 18.2 529 483
22 18.4 511 464
23 19.2 444 395

Discus throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 43.02 803
2 40.97 740
3 39.64 701
4 39.60 699
5 39.45 695
6 39.39 693
7 39.16 686
8 39.11 685
9 38.83 677
10 38.61 670
11 38.30 662
12 38.25 660
13 38.06 655
14 37.11 628
15 36.43 609
16 35.88 593
17 35.86 5.93
18 35.46 582
19 35.33 578
20 34.36 552
21 33.18 520
2226.87 363
23 25.20 324

Pole vault

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes
1= 3.90 862 590
1= 3.90 862 590
3 3.80 818 562
4=3.70 775 535
4= 3.70 775 535
4= 3.70 775 535
4= 3.70 775 535
4= 3.70 775 535
4= 3.70 775 535
10= 3.60 733 509
10= 3.60 733 509
12= 3.50 692 482
12= 3.50 692 482
14 3.40 652 457
15= 3.30 613 431
15= 3.30 613 431
15= 3.30 613 431
15= 3.30 613 431
19= 3.20 575 406
19= 3.20 575 406
21 3.10 538 381
--NM

Javelin throw

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 58.36 748 713
2 58.15 744 710
3 57.07 722 694
4 56.46 710 685
5 56.45 710 685
6 55.90 6.99 676
7 55.75 696 674
8 54.93 680 662
9 54.52 672 656
10 54.26 667 652
11 52.39 632 624
12 51.72 619 614
13 51.12 608 605
14 51.02 606 604
15 50.80 602 600
16 48.70 564 569
17 48.43 559 565
18 47.74 546 555
19 43.43 471 492
20 43.10 466 487
-- NM

1500 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes
1 4:32.4 602 729
2 4:33.2 595 724
3 4:34.6 584 715
4 4:35.0 581 712
5 4:35.2 580 711
6 4:40.4 541 678
7 4:44.4 513 653
8 4:48.0 489 631
9 4:49.2 481 623
10 4:49.6 478 621
11 4:54.0 450 595
12 5:04.0 392 537
13 5:04.0 392 537
14 5:06.0 381 526
15 5:07.8 371 516
16 5:30.6 262 396
17 5:34.2 247 379
-- NM
-- NM

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted points Notes
7900 7254 WR
Bob Clark7601 7063
7275 6760
70876648
7046 6570
70336618
70246558
69396492
68716446
10 67596453
11 6755 6342
12 6395 5979
13 63116030
14 63075944
15 60585798
16 58835718
17 50975020
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record, OB = Olympic best

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Decathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/mens-decathlon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.

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