Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place in early August. Forty-two athletes from 25 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by 0.2 seconds by American Archie Williams, the third consecutive and seventh overall title in the event for the United States.[2] Godfrey Brown's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1924.
Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
Dates | August 6 (heats and quarterfinals) August 7 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 46.5 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Background
editThis was the tenth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1932 returned. Archie Williams of the United States was the favorite, setting the world record at 46.1 seconds at the 1936 NCAA championships.[1]
The Republic of China and Romania appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its tenth appearance in the event, the only nation to compete in it at every Olympic Games to that point.
Competition format
editThe competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. There were 8 heats in the first round, each with 5 or 6 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. There were 4 quarterfinals of 6 runners each; the top three athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 6 runners each. The top three runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making a six-man final.[1][3]
Records
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
World record | 46.1 | Chicago, United States | 19 June 1936 | |
Olympic record | 46.2 | Los Angeles, United States | 5 August 1932 |
No records were set during this event.
Schedule
editDate | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 6 August 1936 | 10:30 15:15 |
Heats Quarterfinals |
Friday, 7 August 1936 | 15:00 17:30 |
Semifinals Final |
Results
editHeats
editThe fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat 1
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Roberts | 48.1 | Q | |
2 | Olle Danielsson | 48.6 | Q | |
3 | Johnny Loaring | 49.1 | Q | |
4 | Albert Jud | 49.4 | ||
5 | Tibor Ribényi | 50.1 |
Heat 2
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Georges Henry | 49.2 | Q | |
2 | Karel Kněnický | 49.6 | Q | |
3 | Dennis Shore | 49.9 | Q | |
4 | Sven Strömberg | 50.0 | ||
5 | Johann Baptist Gudenus | 52.9 |
Heat 3
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Godfrey Brown | 48.8 | Q | |
2 | Mario Lanzi | 49.3 | Q | |
3 | Adolf Metzner | 50.2 | Q | |
4 | Mohamed Ebeid | 50.5 | ||
5 | Jean Verhaert | 50.7 | ||
6 | Leonard Tay | 52.4 |
Heat 4
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Harold Smallwood | 49.0 | Q | |
2 | Marshall Limon | 49.2 | Q | |
3 | József Vadas | 49.2 | Q | |
4 | Rolf Schønheyder | 49.4 | ||
5 | Antônio de Carvalho | 50.4 | ||
6 | Hiroyoshi Kubota | 50.8 |
Heat 5
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy LuValle | 49.1 | Q | |
2 | Juan Carlos Anderson | 49.4 | Q | |
3 | Zoltán Zsitva | 49.8 | Q | |
4 | Francisc Nemeş | 50.9 | ||
5 | Keiji Imai | 51.0 |
Heat 6
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hermann Blazejezak | 47.9 | Q | |
2 | Godfrey Rampling | 48.6 | Q | |
3 | Börje Strandvall | 49.3 | Q | |
4 | Raymond Boisset | 49.5 | ||
5 | Jean Krombach | 50.4 |
Heat 7
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Archie Williams | 47.8 | Q | |
2 | William Fritz | 49.0 | Q | |
3 | Gunnar Christensen | 49.3 | Q | |
4 | Toyoyi Aihara | 50.2 | ||
5 | Raúl Muñoz | 50.5 |
Heat 8
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pierre Skawinski | 48.9 | Q | |
2 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt | 49.0 | Q | |
3 | Rudolf Klupsch | 49.1 | Q | |
4 | Alfred König | 49.4 | ||
5 | Gyan Bhalla | 52.4 |
Quarterfinals
editThe fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Quarterfinal 1
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Bill Roberts | 47.7 | Q | |
2 | 1 | Harold Smallwood | 48.6 | Q | |
3 | 3 | Mario Lanzi | 48.8 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Zoltán Zsitva | 49.4 | ||
5 | 4 | Dennis Shore | 49.6 | ||
6 | 6 | Gunnar Christensen | 51.0 |
Quarterfinal 2
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Hermann Blazejezak | 48.2 | Q | |
2 | 5 | Godfrey Brown | 48.3 | Q | |
3 | 6 | William Fritz | 48.4 | Q | |
4 | 4 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt | 48.5 | ||
5 | 1 | Georges Henry | 49.4 | ||
6 | 3 | Börje Strandvall | 49.9 |
Quarterfinal 3
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Archie Williams | 48.0 | Q | |
2 | 3 | Juan Carlos Anderson | 48.7 | Q | |
3 | 2 | Johnny Loaring | 49.3 | Q | |
4 | 4 | Olle Danielsson | 49.6 | ||
— | — | Adolf Metzner | DNS | ||
— | József Vadas | DNS |
Quarterfinal 4
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Jimmy LuValle | 47.6 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Pierre Skawinski | 48.0 | Q | |
3 | 3 | Godfrey Rampling | 48.0 | Q | |
4 | 4 | Rudolf Klupsch | 48.8 | ||
5 | 1 | Marshall Limon | 48.9 | ||
6 | 5 | Karel Kněnický | 49.6 |
Semifinals
editThe fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Archie Williams | 47.2 | Q | |
2 | 2 | Bill Roberts | 48.0 | Q | |
3 | 3 | Johnny Loaring | 48.1 | Q | |
4 | 1 | Mario Lanzi | 48.2 | ||
5 | 5 | Pierre Skawinski | 52.0 | ||
— | — | Harold Smallwood | DNS |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Jimmy LuValle | 47.1 | Q | |
2 | 5 | Godfrey Brown | 47.3 | Q | |
3 | 6 | William Fritz | 47.4 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Godfrey Rampling | 47.5 | ||
5 | 3 | Juan Carlos Anderson | 48.5 | ||
6 | 1 | Hermann Blazejezak | 49.2 |
Final
editRank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Archie Williams | 46.5 | ||
6 | Godfrey Brown | 46.7 | ||
2 | James LuValle | 46.8 | ||
4 | 3 | Bill Roberts | 46.8 | |
5 | 1 | William Fritz | 47.8 | |
6 | 4 | Johnny Loaring | 48.2 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "400 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 1, pp. 624–26.