Athletics at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 29 |
Competitors | 776 from 43 nations |
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Helen Stephens![]() |
11.5 | Stanisława Walasiewicz![]() |
11.7 | Käthe Krauß![]() |
11.9 |
80 metres hurdles |
Trebisonda Valla![]() |
11.7 | Anni Steuer![]() |
11.7 | Betty Taylor![]() |
11.7 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens |
46.9 | ![]() Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke |
47.6 | ![]() Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher |
47.8 |
High jump |
Ibolya Csák![]() |
1.60 m | Dorothy Odam![]() |
1.60 m | Elfriede Kaun![]() |
1.60 m |
Discus throw |
Gisela Mauermayer![]() |
47.63 m | Jadwiga Wajs![]() |
46.22 m | Paula Mollenhauer![]() |
39.80 m |
Javelin throw |
Tilly Fleischer![]() |
45.18 m | Luise Krüger![]() |
43.29 m | Maria Kwaśniewska![]() |
41.80 m |
20 new Olympic records and 6 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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80 metres hurdles | 5 August | Semi-final | Trebisonda Valla | ![]() |
11.6 | OR[3] | |
4 × 100 metres relay | 8 August | Heats | Emmy Albus Käthe Krauß Marie Dollinger Ilse Dörffeldt |
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46.4 | OR | WR |
Discus throw | 4 August | Final | Gisela Mauermayer | ![]() |
47.63 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | 2 August | Final | Tilly Fleischer | ![]() |
45.18 m | OR |