Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 6 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 7 (semifinals and final)
Competitors42 from 25 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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
1 Bill Roberts Great Britain 48.1
2 Olle Danielsson Sweden 48.6
3 Johnny Loaring Canada 49.1
4Albert Jud Switzerland 49.4
5Tibor Ribényi Hungary 50.1

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Georges Henry France 49.2
2 Karel Kněnický Czechoslovakia 49.6
3 Dennis Shore South Africa 49.9
4Sven Strömberg Sweden 50.0
5Johann Baptist Gudenus Austria 52.9

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Godfrey Brown Great Britain 48.8
2 Mario Lanzi Italy 49.3
3 Adolf Metzner Germany 50.2
4Mohamed Ebeid Egypt 50.5
5Jean Verhaert Belgium 50.7
6Leonard Tay Republic of China 52.4

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harold Smallwood United States 49.0
2 Marshall Limon Canada 49.2
3 József Vadas Hungary 49.2
4Rolf Schønheyder Norway 49.4
5Antônio de Carvalho Brazil 50.4
6Hiroyoshi Kubota Japan 50.8

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jimmy LuValle United States 49.1
2 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 49.4
3 Zoltán Zsitva Hungary 49.8
4Francisc Nemeş Romania 50.9
5Keiji Imai Japan 51.0

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hermann Blazejezak Germany 47.9
2 Godfrey Rampling Great Britain 48.6
3 Börje Strandvall Finland 49.3
4Raymond Boisset France 49.5
5Jean Krombach Luxembourg 50.4

Heat seven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Archie Williams United States 47.8
2 William Fritz Canada 49.0
3 Gunnar Christensen Denmark 49.3
4Toyoyi Aihara Japan 50.2
5Raúl Muñoz Chile 50.5

Heat eight

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pierre Skawinski France 48.9
2 Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden 49.0
3 Rudolf Klupsch Germany 49.1
4Alfred König Austria 49.4
5Gyan 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
1 Bill Roberts Great Britain 47.7
2 Harold Smallwood United States 48.6
3 Mario Lanzi Italy 48.8
4Zoltán Zsitva Hungary 49.4
5Dennis Shore South Africa 49.6
6Gunnar Christensen Denmark 51.0

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hermann Blazejezak Germany 48.2
2 Godfrey Brown Great Britain 48.3
3 William Fritz Canada 48.4
4Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden 48.5
5Georges Henry France 49.4
6Börje Strandvall Finland 49.9

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Archie Williams United States 48.0
2 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 48.7
3 Johnny Loaring Canada 49.3
4Olle Danielsson Sweden 49.6

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jimmy LuValle United States 47.6
2 Pierre Skawinski France 48.0
3 Godfrey Rampling Great Britain 48.0
4Rudolf Klupsch Germany 48.8
5Marshall Limon Canada 48.9
6Karel 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
1 Archie Williams United States 47.2
2 Bill Roberts Great Britain 48.0
3 Johnny Loaring Canada 48.1
4Mario Lanzi Italy 48.2
5Pierre Skawinski France 52.0

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jimmy LuValle United States 47.1
2 Godfrey Brown Great Britain 47.3
3 William Fritz Canada 47.4
4Godfrey Rampling Great Britain 47.5
5Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 48.5
5Hermann Blazejezak Germany 49.2

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Archie Williams United States 46.5
2nd, silver medalist(s) Godfrey Brown Great Britain 46.7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

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