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

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Women's 100 metres; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	August 3, 1936 (heats and semifinals); August 4, 1936 (final)
Medalists
	← 1932 1948 →

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American Helen Stephens.^[1] Some Eastern European (especially Polish) journalists suggested she might be a man.^[2] However, the International Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and concluded that she was a woman.^[3]

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Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Emmy Albus	Germany	12.4	Q
2	Johanna Vancura	Austria	12.5	Q
3	Hilda Cameron	Canada	12.7
4	Harriet Bland	United States	Unknown
5	Raili Halttu	Finland	Unknown

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Helen Stephens	United States	11.4	Q
2	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	12.3	Q
3	Grete Neumann	Austria	12.9
4	Etsuko Komiya	Japan	13.1
5	Flora Hofman	Yugoslavia	Unknown

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.5	Q
2	Rauni Essman	Finland	12.8	Q
3	Elisabeth Koning	Netherlands	12.9
4	Marguerite Perrou	France	12.3
5	Li Sen	Republic of China	Unknown

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.6	Q
2	Annette Rogers	United States	12.8	Q
3	Alida de Vries	Netherlands	13.0
4	Charlotte Machmer	Austria	Unknown
5	Ebba From	Finland	Unknown

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Käthe Krauß	Germany	12.1	Q
2	Aileen Meagher	Canada	12.4	Q
3	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.6
4	Vera Romanić	Yugoslavia	Unknown
5	Claudia Testoni	Italy	Unknown

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

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

References

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