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]
| Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 3 (heats and semifinals) August 4 (final) | |||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 1
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmy Albus |  Germany |
12.4 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Vancura |  Austria |
12.5 | Q |
| 3 | Hilda Cameron |  Canada |
12.7 | |
| 4 | Harriet Bland |  United States |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Raili Halttu |  Finland |
Unknown |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Stephens | United States |
11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Jeanette Dolson | Canada |
12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Grete Neumann | Austria |
12.9 | |
| 4 | Etsuko Komiya |  Japan |
13.1 | |
| 5 | Flora Hofman |  Yugoslavia |
Unknown |
Heat 3
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland |
12.5 | Q |
| 2 | Rauni Essman | Finland |
12.8 | Q |
| 3 | Elisabeth Koning |  Netherlands |
12.9 | |
| 4 | Marguerite Perrou |  France |
12.3 | |
| 5 | Li Sen |  Republic of China |
Unknown |
Heat 4
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eileen Hiscock |  Great Britain |
12.6 | Q |
| 2 | Annette Rogers | United States |
12.8 | Q |
| 3 | Alida de Vries | Netherlands |
13.0 | |
| 4 | Charlotte Machmer | Austria |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Ebba From | Finland |
Unknown |
Heat 5
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Käthe Krauß | Germany |
12.1 | Q |
| 2 | Aileen Meagher | Canada |
12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Audrey Brown | Great Britain |
12.6 | |
| 4 | Vera Romanić | Yugoslavia |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Claudia Testoni |  Italy |
Unknown |
Heat 6
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie Dollinger | Germany |
12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Barbara Burke | Great Britain |
12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou |  Greece |
12.8 | |
| 4 | Yvonne Mabille | France |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Raquel Martínez |  Chile |
Unknown |
Semifinals
editSemifinal 1
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Stephens | United States |
11.5 | Q |
| 2 | Käthe Krauß | Germany |
11.9 | Q |
| 3 | Emmy Albus | Germany |
12.2 | Q |
| 4 | Eileen Hiscock | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Aileen Meagher | Canada |
Unknown | |
| 6 | Johanna Vancura | Austria |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie Dollinger | Germany |
12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Stanisława Walasiewicz | Poland |
12.0 | Q |
| 3 | Annette Rogers | United States |
12.1 | Q |
| 4 | Barbara Burke | Great Britain |
12.2 | |
| 5 | Jeanette Dolson | Canada |
Unknown | |
| 6 | Rauni Essman | Finland |
Unknown |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Helen Stephens | United States |
11.5 |
 |
Stanisława Walasiewicz | Poland |
11.7 |
 |
Käthe Krauß | Germany |
11.9 |
| 4 | Marie Dollinger | Germany |
12.0 |
| 5 | Annette Rogers | United States |
12.2 |
| 6 | Emmy Albus | Germany |
12.3 |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Helen Stephens is real girl". Harrisburg Telegraph. August 6, 1936. p. 14. Retrieved August 23, 2016.