Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained
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
- 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.
- News: Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes . BBC Sport. 26 April 2018.
- Web site: Helen Stephens is real girl . August 6, 1936 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 14 . August 23, 2016 .
