1936 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Jesse Owens, USA | 10.3 | |
| Ralph Metcalfe, USA | 10.4 | ||
| Martinus Osendarp, NED | 10.5 | ||
| 200m | Jesse Owens, USA | 20.7 | OR |
| Matthew Robinson, USA | 21.1 | ||
| Martinus Osendarp, NED | 21.3 | ||
| 400m | Archie Williams, USA | 46.5 | |
| Godfrey Brown, GBR | 46.7 | ||
| James LuValle, USA | 46.8 | ||
| 800m | John Woodruff, USA | 1:52.9 | |
| Mario Lanzi, ITA | 1:53.3 | ||
| Philip Edwards, CAN | 1:53.6 | ||
| 1500m | Jack Lovelock, NZE | 3:47.8 | WR |
| Glenn Cunningham, USA | 3:48.4 | ||
| Luigi Beccali, ITA | 3:49.2 | ||
| 5000m | Gunnar Höckert, FIN | 14:22.2 | OR |
| Lauri Lehtinen, FIN | 14:25.8 | ||
| Henry Jonsson, SWE | 14:29.0 | ||
| 10,000m | Ilmari Salminen, FIN | 30:15.4 | |
| Arvo Askola, FIN | 30:15.6 | ||
| Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN | 30:20.2 | ||
| Marathon | Sohn Kee-chung, JPN | 2:29:19.2 | OR |
| Ernest Harper, GBR | 2:31:23.2 | ||
| Shoryu Nan, JPN | 2:31:42.0 | ||
| 110m H | Forrest Towns, USA | 14.2 | |
| Donald Finlay, GBR | 14.4 | ||
| Frederick Pollard, USA | 14.4 | ||
| 400m H | Glenn Hardin, USA | 52.4 | |
| John Loaring, CAN | 52.7 | ||
| Miguel White, PHI | 52.8 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN | 9:03.8 | WR |
| Kaarlo Tuominen, FIN | 9:06.8 | ||
| Alfred Dompert, GER | 9:07.2 | ||
| 50k walk | Harold Whitlock, GBR | 4:30:41.4 | OR |
| Arthur Schwab, SWI | 4:32:09.2 | ||
| Adalbert Bubenko, LAT | 4:32:42.2 |
Note: Marathon winner Sohn was a Korean, but was forced to run for Japan, which occupied his country.
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4x100m | USA (Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff) | 39.8 | WR |
| Italy | 41.1 | ||
| Germany | 41.2 | ||
| 4x400m | GBR (Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, A.G. Brown) | 3:09.0 | |
| United States | 3:11.0 | ||
| Germany | 3:11.8 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Cornelius Johnson, USA | 6- 8 | OR |
| David Albritton, USA | 6-63/4 | ||
| Delos Thurber, USA | 6-63/4 | ||
| Pole Vault | Earle Meadows, USA | 14- 31/4 | OR |
| Shuhei Nishida, JPN | 14-0 | ||
| Sueo Oe, JPN | 13-111/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Jesse Owens, USA | 26- 51/2 | OR |
| Luz Long, GER | 25-93/4 | ||
| Naoto Tajima, JPN | 25-41/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Naoto Tajima, JPN | 52- 6 | WR |
| Masao Harad, JPN | 51-41/2 | ||
| John P.Metcalfe, AUS | 50-10 | ||
| Shot Put | Hans Woellke, GER | 53- 13/4 | OR |
| Sulo Bärlund, FIN | 52-101/2 | ||
| Gerhard Stöck, GER | 51-41/2 | ||
| Discus | Ken Carpenter, USA | 165- 7 | OR |
| Gordon Dunn, USA | 161-11 | ||
| Giorgio Oberweger, ITA | 161-6 | ||
| Hammer | Karl Hein, GER | 185- 4 | OR |
| Erwin Blask, GER | 180-61/2 | ||
| Fred Warngard, SWE | 179-101/2 | ||
| Javelin | Gerhard Stöck, GER | 235- 8 | |
| Yrjö Nikkanen, FIN | 232-2 | ||
| Kalervo Toivonen, FIN | 232-0 | ||
| Decathlon | Glenn Morris, USA | 7900 pts | WR |
| Robert Clark, USA | 7601 | ||
| Jack Parker, USA | 7275 |
Women
| Event | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | Helen Stephens, USA | 11.5w |
| Stanislawa Walasiewicz, POL | 11.7 | |
| Käthe Kraub, GER | 11.9 | |
| 80m H | Trebisonda Valla, ITA | 11.7 |
| Ann Steuer, GER | 11.7 | |
| Elizabeth Taylor, CAN | 11.7 | |
| 4x100m | USA (Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens) | 46.9 |
| Great Britain | 47.6 | |
| Canada | 47.8 |
w indicates wind-aided.
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Ibolya Csák, HUN | 5- 3 | |
| Dorothy Odam, GBR | 5-3 | ||
| Elfriede Kaun, GER | 5-3 | ||
| Discus | Gisela Mauermayer, GER | 156- 3 | OR |
| Jadwiga Wajswna, POL | 151-71/2 | ||
| Paula Mollenhauer, GER | 130-61/2 | ||
| Javelin | Tilly Fleischer, GER | 148- 3 | OR |
| Luise Krüger, GER | 142-0 | ||
| Maria Kwasniewska, POL | 137-11/2 |
