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

Event:Women's 100 metres
Games:1936 Summer
Dates:August 3 (heats and semifinals)
August 4 (final)
Longnames:yes
Gold:Helen Stephens
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Stanisława Walasiewicz
Silvernoc:POL
Bronze:Käthe Krauß
Bronzenoc:GER
Prev:1932
Next:1948

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 12.4
2 12.5
3 12.7
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 11.4
2 12.3
3 12.9
4 13.1
5 Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 12.5
2 12.8
3 12.9
4 12.3
5 Unknown

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 12.6
2 12.8
3 13.0
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 12.1
2 12.4
3 12.6
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 12.0
2 12.4
3 12.8
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 11.5
2 11.9
3 12.2
4 Unknown
5 Unknown
6 Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes
1 12.0
2 12.0
3 12.1
4 12.2
5 Unknown
6 Unknown

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time
11.5
11.7
11.9
4 12.0
5 12.2
6 12.3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 June 2017 . Sports Reference.
  2. News: Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes . BBC Sport. 26 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Helen Stephens is real girl . August 6, 1936 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 14 . August 23, 2016 .