Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany
Dates	2 August 1936 (heats, quarterfinals) 3 August 1936 (semifinals, final)
Competitors	63 from 30 nations
Winning time	10.3
Medalists
Jesse Owens   United States   Ralph Metcalfe   United States   Tinus Osendarp   Netherlands
«1932	1948»

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 100 metres sprint was an event in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. They were in the Olympiastadion on 2 and 3 August. The final was won by 0.1 seconds by the American Jesse Owens. Ralph Metcalfe was also from America, and was in 2nd place.^[1] Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands won 3rd place. This was their first medal in this event.

This was the 10th time this event was in the Olympics. This event has been in every Olympics. There were 2 finalists from 1932 in this event. Ralph Metcalfe was in 2nd place in 1932. Takayoshi Yoshioka was in 6th place in 1932. The favorite runner in this race was Jesse Owens.^[2]

This was the first time that Afghanistan, Colombia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Peru, and Yugoslavia were in the Olympics. The United States was the only nation that had been in this event for every Olympic games.

The event had the same format from 1920–1932. There were heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats. Each heat had 4–6 athletes. The 2 fastest runners in each heat went to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were put into 4 heats. Each heat had 6 athletes. The 3 fastest runners in each quarterfinal went to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals. Each semifinal had 6 racers. The 3 fastest racers in each semifinal went to the final. The final had 6 athletes.^[2]

These were the world records and Olympic records before the 1932 Olympics. The times are in seconds.

World Record	10.2	Jesse Owens	Chicago, USA	June 20, 1936
Olympic Record	10.3	Eddie Tolan	Los Angeles, USA	August 1, 1932
	10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	Los Angeles, USA	August 1, 1932

Jesse Owens tied the Olympic record with 10.3 seconds in the last heat of the first round. In the quarterfinals, he tied his world record of 10.2 seconds. However, this time was not official because of the wind. In the finals, he ran 10.3 again. This would not count because of the wind.