men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics

E281606

Olympic athletics event sprint race

The men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a marquee sprint event in Berlin that featured some of the era’s fastest athletes, including Jesse Owens and Tinus Osendarp, and became historically significant amid the Games’ charged political atmosphere.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics canonical	1
men’s 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics	1
men’s 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athletics event ⓘ sprint race ⓘ
athleticsGoverningBody	International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
bronzeMedalist	Tinus Osendarp ⓘ
bronzeMedalistNation	Netherlands ⓘ
continentOfHost	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
discipline	100 metres ⓘ
distance	100 metres ⓘ
endDate	1936-08-03 ⓘ
eventType	individual sprint ⓘ
featuredAthlete	Eulace Peacock ⓘ Jesse Owens ⓘ Ralph Metcalfe ⓘ Tinus Osendarp ⓘ
finalWinningTime	10.3 seconds ⓘ
format	multi-round elimination ⓘ
games	1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
gender	men’s ⓘ
goldMedalist	Jesse Owens ⓘ
goldMedalistNation	USA ⓘ surface form: United States
governingBody	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbolic challenge to Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
hostCity	Berlin ⓘ
hostNation	Nazi Germany ⓘ
laneSurface	cinder track ⓘ
location	Berlin ⓘ
nextOlympicEdition	men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: men’s 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics
notableFor	victory of African-American sprinter Jesse Owens in Nazi Germany ⓘ
numberOfCompetitors	63 ⓘ
numberOfLanesInFinal	6 ⓘ
numberOfNations	30 ⓘ
OlympicRecordBeforeEvent	10.3 seconds ⓘ
partOf	athletics at the Summer Olympics ⓘ surface form: athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
politicalContext	Nazi propaganda Games ⓘ
previousOlympicEdition	men’s 100 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics ⓘ
rounds	final ⓘ heats ⓘ quarterfinals ⓘ semifinals ⓘ
silverMedalist	Ralph Metcalfe ⓘ
silverMedalistNation	USA ⓘ surface form: United States
sport	athletics ⓘ
startDate	1936-08-02 ⓘ
timingMethod	hand timing ⓘ
venue	Olympiastadion Berlin ⓘ surface form: Olympiastadion
worldRecordBeforeEvent	10.3 seconds ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tinus Osendarp → notableEvent → men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: men’s 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics

men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics → nextOlympicEdition → men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: men’s 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics