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Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:

Men's 200 metres

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 4, 1936
Date Finished: August 5, 1936

Gold: USA Jesse Owens
Silver: USA Mack Robinson
Bronze: NED Tinus Osendarp

Summary

The favorite was American Jesse Owens who had already won the 100 and long jump gold medals. He won the final easily in 20.7, with four metres over American Mack Robinson. Though the IAAF did not yet recognize 200 metre records set on a turn, this was easily the fastest time ever run. Mack Robinson was the brother of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in 20th century major league baseball.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Jesse Owens 22 United States USA Gold WR
2 Mack Robinson 22 United States USA Silver
3 Tinus Osendarp 20 Netherlands NED Bronze
4 Paul Hänni 21 Switzerland SUI
5 Lee Orr 19 Canada CAN
6 Wil van Beveren 24 Netherlands NED
4 h1 r3/4 Bob Packard 20 United States USA
4 h2 r3/4 Marthinus Theunissen 25 South Africa RSA
5 h1 r3/4 Karl Neckermann 25 Germany GER
5 h2 r3/4 Bruce Humber 22 Canada CAN
6 h1 r3/4 Eric Grimbeek 27 South Africa RSA
6 h2 r3/4 Howie McPhee 20 Canada CAN
4 h1 r2/4 József Sír 24 Hungary HUN
4 h2 r2/4 Renos Frangoudis 27 Greece GRE
4 h3 r2/4 Aki Tammisto 21 Finland FIN
4 h4 r2/4 Gyula Gyenes 25 Hungary HUN
5 h1 r2/4 Egon Schein 24 Germany GER
5 h2 r2/4 Mutsuo Taniguchi 23 Japan JPN
5 h3 r2/4 Felix Rinner 25 Austria AUT
5 h4 r2/4 Börje Strandvall 27 Finland FIN
6 h1 r2/4 Tomás Beswick 24 Argentina ARG
6 h2 r2/4 Carlos Hofmeister 26 Argentina ARG
AC h3 r2/4 Albert Steinmetz 26 Germany GER
3 h2 r1/4 Alan Pennington 20 Great Britain GBR
4 h1 r1/4 Antonio Salcedo 23 Philippines PHI
4 h2 r1/4 Masao Yazawa 21 Japan JPN
4 h3 r1/4 Arthur Sweeney 27 Great Britain GBR
4 h4 r1/4 Paul Bronner 23 France FRA
4 h5 r1/4 Poh Kimseng 24 China CHN
4 h6 r1/4 George Fahoum 27 Egypt EGY
4 h7 r1/4 Eric Whiteside 31 India IND
4 h8 r1/4 Dieudonné Devrindt 24 Belgium BEL
5 h1 r1/4 José de Almeida 31 Brazil BRA
5 h2 r1/4 Pierre Dondelinger 23 France FRA
5 h3 r1/4 Nemesio de Guzman 19 Philippines PHI
5 h4 r1/4 Chen Kingkwan 23 China CHN
5 h5 r1/4 Pat Dannaher 23 South Africa RSA
5 h6 r1/4 Liu Changchun 26 China CHN
5 h8 r1/4 Mario Minai 24 Hungary HUN
6 h1 r1/4 Aristidis Sakellariou 25 Greece GRE
6 h2 r1/4 Xaver Frick 23 Liechtenstein LIE
6 h3 r1/4 Gunnar Christensen 23 Denmark DEN
6 h6 r1/4 Antonio Fondevilla 19 Argentina ARG
6 h8 r1/4 Alfred König 22 Austria AUT