Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||
Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | ||||||
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Dates | August 6 (heats and quarterfinals) August 7 (semifinals and final) | ||||||
Competitors | 42 from 25 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | |||
400 m | men | |||
800 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeple | men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | |||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | |||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place in early August. The final was won by American Archie Williams.
Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Roberts | Great Britain | 48.1 | |
2 | Olle Danielsson | Sweden | 48.6 | |
3 | Johnny Loaring | Canada | 49.1 | |
4 | Albert Jud | Switzerland | 49.4 | |
5 | Tibor Ribényi | Hungary | 50.1 | |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Georges Henry | France | 49.2 | |
2 | Karel Kněnický | Czechoslovakia | 49.6 | |
3 | Dennis Shore | South Africa | 49.9 | |
4 | Sven Strömberg | Sweden | 50.0 | |
5 | Johann Baptist Gudenus | Austria | 52.9 | |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Godfrey Brown | Great Britain | 48.8 | |
2 | Mario Lanzi | Italy | 49.3 | |
3 | Adolf Metzner | Germany | 50.2 | |
4 | Mohamed Ebeid | Egypt | 50.5 | |
5 | Jean Verhaert | Belgium | 50.7 | |
6 | Leonard Tay | Republic of China | 52.4 | |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harold Smallwood | United States | 49.0 | |
2 | Marshall Limon | Canada | 49.2 | |
3 | József Vadas | Hungary | 49.2 | |
4 | Rolf Schønheyder | Norway | 49.4 | |
5 | Antônio de Carvalho | Brazil | 50.4 | |
6 | Hiroyoshi Kubota | Japan | 50.8 | |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jimmy LuValle | United States | 49.1 | |
2 | Juan Carlos Anderson | Argentina | 49.4 | |
3 | Zoltán Zsitva | Hungary | 49.8 | |
4 | Francisc Nemeş | Romania | 50.9 | |
5 | Keiji Imai | Japan | 51.0 | |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hermann Blazejezak | Germany | 47.9 | |
2 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 48.6 | |
3 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 49.3 | |
4 | Raymond Boisset | France | 49.5 | |
5 | Jean Krombach | Luxembourg | 50.4 | |
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Archie Williams | United States | 47.8 | |
2 | William Fritz | Canada | 49.0 | |
3 | Gunnar Christensen | Denmark | 49.3 | |
4 | Toyoyi Aihara | Japan | 50.2 | |
5 | Raúl Muñoz | Chile | 50.5 | |
Heat eight
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pierre Skawinski | France | 48.9 | |
2 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt | Sweden | 49.0 | |
3 | Rudolf Klupsch | Germany | 49.1 | |
4 | Alfred König | Austria | 49.4 | |
5 | Gyan Bhalla | India | 52.4 | |
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Roberts | Great Britain | 47.7 | |
2 | Harold Smallwood | United States | 48.6 | |
3 | Mario Lanzi | Italy | 48.8 | |
4 | Zoltán Zsitva | Hungary | 49.4 | |
5 | Dennis Shore | South Africa | 49.6 | |
6 | Gunnar Christensen | Denmark | 51.0 | |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hermann Blazejezak | Germany | 48.2 | |
2 | Godfrey Brown | Great Britain | 48.3 | |
3 | William Fritz | Canada | 48.4 | |
4 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt | Sweden | 48.5 | |
5 | Georges Henry | France | 49.4 | |
6 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 49.9 | |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Archie Williams | United States | 48.0 | |
2 | Juan Carlos Anderson | Argentina | 48.7 | |
3 | Johnny Loaring | Canada | 49.3 | |
4 | Olle Danielsson | Sweden | 49.6 | |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jimmy LuValle | United States | 47.6 | |
2 | Pierre Skawinski | France | 48.0 | |
3 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 48.0 | |
4 | Rudolf Klupsch | Germany | 48.8 | |
5 | Marshall Limon | Canada | 48.9 | |
6 | Karel Kněnický | Czechoslovakia | 49.6 | |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Archie Williams | United States | 47.2 | |
2 | Bill Roberts | Great Britain | 48.0 | |
3 | Johnny Loaring | Canada | 48.1 | |
4 | Mario Lanzi | Italy | 48.2 | |
5 | Pierre Skawinski | France | 52.0 | |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jimmy LuValle | United States | 47.1 | |
2 | Godfrey Brown | Great Britain | 47.3 | |
3 | William Fritz | Canada | 47.4 | |
4 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 47.5 | |
5 | Juan Carlos Anderson | Argentina | 48.5 | |
5 | Hermann Blazejezak | Germany | 49.2 | |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Archie Williams | United States | 46.5 | ||
Godfrey Brown | Great Britain | 46.7 | ||
James LuValle | United States | 46.8 | ||
4 | Bill Roberts | Great Britain | 46.8 | |
5 | William Fritz | Canada | 47.8 | |
6 | Johnny Loaring | Canada | 48.2 |
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's 400 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-03.
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