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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Location: Olympiastadion
Date Started: August 3, 1936
Date Finished: August 3, 1936
Format: All those reaching 46.00 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Karl Hein |
| Silver: | Erwin Blask |
| Bronze: | Fred Warngård |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP | Karl Hein | 28 | Germany | GER | QU |
| NP | Erwin Blask | 26 | Germany | GER | QU |
| NP | Fred Warngård | 29 | Sweden | SWE | QU |
| NP | Gustaf Alfons Koutonen | 25 | Finland | FIN | QU |
| NP | William Rowe | 23 | United States | USA | QU |
| NP | Donald Favor | 23 | United States | USA | QU |
| NP | Bernhard Greulich | 33 | Germany | GER | QU |
| NP | Koit Annamaa | 23 | Estonia | EST | QU |
| NP | Henry Dreyer | 25 | United States | USA | QU |
| NP | Sulo Heino | 27 | Finland | FIN | QU |
| NP | Ville Pörhölä | 38 | Finland | FIN | QU |
| NP | Gunnar Jansson | 38 | Sweden | SWE | QU |
| NP | Isao Abe | 24 | Japan | JPN | QU |
| NP | Evert Linné | 25 | Sweden | SWE | QU |
| NP | Giovanni Cantagalli | 22 | Italy | ITA | QU |
| NP | Joseph Wirtz | 24 | France | FRA | QU |
| NP | Anton Barticevic | 30 | Chile | CHI | QU |
| AC | Assis Naban | 29 | Brazil | BRA | DNQ |
| AC | Khristos Dimitropoulos | Greece | GRE | DNQ | |
| AC | Eiichiro Matsuno | 21 | Japan | JPN | DNQ |
| AC | Emil Janausch | 35 | Austria | AUT | DNQ |
| AC | Jaroslav Eliáš | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | DNQ |
| AC | Jaroslav Knotek | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | DNQ |
| AC | Hans Houtzager | 25 | Netherlands | NED | DNQ |
| AC | Milan Stepišnik | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG | DNQ |
| AC | Norman Drake | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | DNQ |
| AC | Pedro Goić | 40 | Yugoslavia | YUG | DNQ |