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1932 Los Angeles 1948 London All 32 editions

Global Global championships · since 1896

1936 Olympic Games

Berlin, Germany 1–16 Aug 1936

events: 29
medals awarded: 87
nations on the podium: 16
world records: 5

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +2.7

1

Jesse Owens 10.3

2

Ralph Metcalfe 10.4

3

Martinus Osendarp 10.5

Sprints

200m

1

Jesse Owens OR 20.7

2

Mack Robinson 21.1

3

Martinus Osendarp 21.3

Sprints

400m

1

Archie Williams Adjusted 46.66 46.5

2

Godfrey Brown Adjusted 46.68 46.7

3

James LuValle Adjusted 46.84 46.8

Middle & long

800m

1

John Woodruff 1:52.9

2

Mario Lanzi 1:53.3

3

Phil Edwards 1:53.6

Middle & long

1500m

1

Jack Lovelock WR 3:47.8

2

Glenn Cunningham AR 3:48.4

3

Luigi Beccali 3:49.2

Middle & long

5000m

1

Gunnar Höckert OR 14:22.2

2

Lauri Lehtinen 14:25.8

3

Henry Jonsson NR 14:29.0

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Ilmari Salminen 30:15.4

2

Arvo Askola 30:15.6

3

Volmari Iso-Hollo 30:20.2

Road

Marathon

1

Kee-Chung Sohn OR 2:29:19

2

Ernie Harper 2:31:24

3

Sung-Yong Nam 2:31:42

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Volmari Iso-Hollo WR 9:03.8

2

Kaarlo Tuominen 9:06.8

3

Alfred Dompert 9:07.2

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Forrest Towns 14.2

2

Don Finlay 14.4

3

Fritz Pollard 14.4

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Glenn Hardin 52.4

2

John Loaring 52.7

3

Miguel White 52.8

Jumps

High jump

1

Cornelius Johnson OR 2.03

2

Dave Albritton 2.00

3

Delos Thurber 2.00

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Earle Meadows 4.35

2

Shuhei Nishida 4.25

3

Sueo Oe 4.25

Jumps

Long jump

1

Jesse Owens 8.06 w

2

Luz Long 7.87 w

3

Naoto Tajima 7.74 w

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Naoto Tajima WR 16.00

2

Masao Harada 15.66

3

Jack Metcalfe 15.50

Throws

Shot put

1

Hans Woellke OR 16.20

2

Sulo Bärlund 16.12

3

Gerhard Stöck 15.66

Throws

Discus throw

1

Ken Carpenter OR 50.48

2

Gordon Dunn 49.36

3

Giorgio Oberweger 49.23

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Karl Hein OR 56.49

2

Erwin Blask 55.04

3

Fred Warngard NR 54.83

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Gerhard Stöck 71.84

2

Yrjo Nikkanen 70.77

3

Kalervo Toivonen 70.72

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Harold Whitlock OR 4:30:42

2

Arthur Tell Schwab 4:32:10

3

Adalberts Bubenko 4:32:43

Combined

Decathlon

1

Glenn Morris Upd to 84 table: 7254 pts WR 7900

2

Bob Clark Upd to 84 table: 7063 pts 7601

3

Jack Parker Upd to 84 table: 6760 pts 7275

Relays

4x100m

1

United States of America

Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff

WR 39.8

2

Italy

Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli

41.1

3

Germany

Wilhelm Leichum Erich Borchmeyer Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger

41.2

Relays

4x400m

1

Great Britain & NI

Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown

3.09.0

2

United States of America

Harold Cagle Robert Young Edward O'Brien Alfred Fitch

3.11.0

3

Germany

Helmut Hamann Friedrich Von Stülpnagel Harry Voigt Rudolf Harbig

3.11.8

Medal table

16 nations · 87 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	14	7	4	25
2	Germany GER	5	4	7	16
3	Finland FIN	3	5	2	10
4	Great Britain & NI GBR	2	5	0	7
5	Japan JPN	2	2	3	7
6	Italy ITA	1	2	2	5
7	Hungary HUN	1	0	0	1
8	New Zealand NZL	1	0	0	1
9	Poland POL	0	2	1	3
10	Canada CAN	0	1	3	4
11	Switzerland SUI	0	1	0	1
12	Netherlands NED	0	0	2	2
13	Sweden SWE	0	0	2	2
14	Australia AUS	0	0	1	1
15	Latvia LAT	0	0	1	1
16	Philippines PHI	0	0	1	1

Records set

5 WR · 11 OR · 1 AR

WR Jack Lovelock 1500m · Men 3:47.8
WR Volmari Iso-Hollo 3000m steeplechase · Men 9:03.8
WR Naoto Tajima Triple jump · Men 16.00
WR Glenn Morris Decathlon · Men 7900
WR United States of America 4x100m · Men 39.8
OR Jesse Owens 200m · Men 20.7
AR Glenn Cunningham 1500m · Men 3:48.4
OR Gunnar Höckert 5000m · Men 14:22.2
OR Kee-Chung Sohn Marathon · Men 2:29:19
OR Cornelius Johnson High jump · Men 2.03
OR Hans Woellke Shot put · Men 16.20
OR Ken Carpenter Discus throw · Men 50.48
OR Karl Hein Hammer throw · Men 56.49
OR Harold Whitlock 50 km race walk · Men 4:30:42
OR= Ondina Valla 80m hurdles · Women 11.7
OR= Anni Steuer 80m hurdles · Women 11.7
OR= Betty Taylor 80m hurdles · Women 11.7