Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 4 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 5 (semifinals and final)
Competitors44 from 23 nations
Winning time20.7 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jesse Owens
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mack Robinson
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tinus Osendarp
 Netherlands
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Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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The men's

African American Jesse Owens, with silver going to Mack Robinson (brother of baseball's Jackie).[2] Owens thus reached 3 gold medals in 1936 (along with the 100 metres and long jump), with the sprint relay still to come. The Netherlands earned its first medal in the men's 200 metres with Tinus Osendarp
's bronze.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. None of the six finalists from the 1932 Games returned. Jesse Owens was the favorite coming into the Games. He had already won both the 100 metres and the long jump in Berlin.[1]

Liechtenstein made its debut in the event. The United States made its ninth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 8 heats of between 4 and 6 runners each, with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 6 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 6 runners. Again, the top 3 athletes advanced. The final had 6 runners. The races were run on a now-standard 400 metre track.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record 20.6*
Olympic record  Eddie Tolan (USA) 21.2 Los Angeles, United States 3 August 1932

*On straightaway. No world record existed for running on a curve.[3][1]

Jesse Owens set a new Olympic record in the third heat, running in 21.1 seconds. He repeated that performance in the third quarterfinal. Mack Robinson matched Owens' new record in the first semifinal, and again in the final—but Owens finished with a time of 20.7 seconds in the final to lower the Olympic record and set an unofficial world record for curved-track running.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 4 August 1936 10:30
15:30		 Heats
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 5 August 1936 15:00
18:00		 Semifinals
Final

Results

Heats

The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wil van Beveren  Netherlands 21.4 Q
2 Tomás Beswick  Argentina 22.1 Q
3 Mutsuo Taniguchi  Japan 22.2 Q
4 Antonio Salcedo  Philippines Unknown
5 José de Almeida  Brazil Unknown
6 Aristidis Sakellariou  Greece Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands 21.7 Q
2 Egon Schein  Germany 22.0 Q
3 Alan Pennington  Great Britain 22.1 Q
4 Masao Yazawa  Japan 22.4
5 Pierre Dondelinger  France Unknown
6 Xaver Frick  Liechtenstein Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jesse Owens  United States 21.1 Q, OR
2 Lee Orr  Canada 21.6 Q
3 Karl Neckermann  Germany 21.8 Q
4 Arthur Sweeney  Great Britain 22.1
5 Nemesio de Guzman  Philippines 22.9
6 Gunnar Christensen  Denmark 23.1

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bruce Humber  Canada 22.1 Q
2 Gyula Gyenes  Hungary 22.1 Q
3 Felix Rinner  Austria 22.4 Q
4 Paul Bronner  France 22.6
5 Chen Kingkwan  Republic of China Unknown

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Paul Hänni  Switzerland 21.9 Q
2
Renos Frangoudis
  Greece 22.1 Q
3 József Sir  Hungary 22.2 Q
4 Poh Kimseng  Republic of China Unknown
5 Pat Dannaher  South Africa Unknown

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marthinus Theunissen  South Africa 21.7 Q
2 Howard McPhee  Canada 21.8 Q
3 Börje Strandvall  Finland 22.6 Q
4 George Fahoum  Egypt Unknown
5 Liu Changchun  Republic of China Unknown
6 Antonio Fondevilla  Argentina Unknown

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bob Packard  United States 21.2 Q
2 Eric Grimbeek  South Africa 21.8 Q
3 Albert Steinmetz  Germany 21.9 Q
4 Eric Whiteside  India Unknown

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mack Robinson  United States 21.6 Q
2 Aki Tammisto  Finland 22.2 Q
3 Carlos Hofmeister  Argentina 22.3 Q
4 Dieudonné Devrindt  Belgium Unknown
5 Mario Minai  Hungary Unknown
6 Alfred König  Austria Unknown

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lee Orr  Canada 21.2 Q
2 Paul Hänni  Switzerland 21.3 Q
3 Bob Packard  United States 21.3 Q
4 József Sir  Hungary 21.6
5 Egon Schein  Germany 21.7
6 Tomás Beswick  Argentina Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wil van Beveren  Netherlands 21.7 Q
2 Marthinus Theunissen  South Africa 21.9 Q
3 Bruce Humber  Canada 22.1 Q
4
Renos Frangoudis
  Greece Unknown
5 Mutsuo Taniguchi  Japan Unknown
6 Carlos Hofmeister  Argentina Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jesse Owens  United States 21.1 Q, =OR
2 Howard McPhee  Canada 21.8 Q
3 Eric Grimbeek  South Africa 21.9 Q
4 Aki Tammisto  Finland 22.0
5 Felix Rinner  Austria Unknown
— Albert Steinmetz  Germany DSQ

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mack Robinson  United States 21.2 Q
2 Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands 21.3 Q
3 Karl Neckermann  Germany 21.6 Q
4 Gyula Gyenes  Hungary Unknown
5 Börje Strandvall  Finland Unknown
— Alan Pennington  Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mack Robinson  United States 21.1 Q, =OR
2 Lee Orr  Canada 21.3 Q
3 Wil van Beveren  Netherlands 21.5 Q
4 Bob Packard  United States 21.6
5 Karl Neckermann  Germany 21.8
6 Eric Grimbeek  South Africa 22.2

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jesse Owens  United States 21.3 Q
2 Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands 21.5 Q
3 Paul Hänni  Switzerland 21.6 Q
4 Marthinus Theunissen  South Africa 21.8
5 Bruce Humber  Canada 22.0
6 Howard McPhee  Canada 22.0

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jesse Owens  United States 20.7 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mack Robinson  United States 21.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands 21.3
4 Paul Hänni  Switzerland 21.6
5 Lee Orr  Canada 21.6
6 Wil van Beveren  Netherlands 21.9

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 621.
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