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Athletics At The 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metres Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 8 and August 9. The United States, American team won with a time of 46.9 second, s after the Germany, German team, which had been in the lead, dropped the baton on the final leg. Results Heats Heat 1 Key: Q = Qualified Heat 2 Key: Q = Qualified, WR = World record Final Key: DSQ = Disqualified In the heats, the German team set a world record of 46.4 s. In the final, they built a commanding lead, but their fourth runner, Ilse Dörffeldt, dropped the baton.Duff Hart-Davis, ''Hitler's games: the 1936 Olympics'', New York: Harper, 1986, p. 200 The American team won in 46.9 s.Guy Walters, ''Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream'', London: Hodder-John Murray, , pp. 268–69, wrongly stating that the time of 46.9 s was half a second faster than the record 46.4. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 Metre R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Bland
Harriet Claiborne Bland (February 13, 1915 – November 6, 1991), later Harriet Bland Green, was an American sprinter from St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Early life Bland was born in St. Louis, the daughter of Isabelle Heard Bland. She attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, Mary Institute, a private day school. Sports career Bland nearly qualified for the 1932 Summer Olympics team in 1932, and protested the decision to exclude her. She qualified for the 1936 team, but was told that there was no money to send her to Berlin. After a fundraising campaign by the ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'', to cover her travel expenses, and losing her track shoes and handbag in New York before sailing for Berlin, she competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, under track coach Dee Boeckmann, in the individual 100m and relay. She won a gold medal in the relay, with Betty Robinson, Annette Rogers, and Helen Stephens. Bland was honored upon her return, alongside other American Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Dolson
Mildred Jeannette Dolson (later ''Cavill'', August 13, 1918 – July 17, 2004) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died in North Palm Beach, Florida, United States. In 1936 she won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay event with her team mates Dorothy Brookshaw, Hilda Cameron and Aileen Meagher Aileen Aletha Meagher (November 26, 1910 – August 2, 1987) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, sharing bronze in the 4×100 metres event. She was also a painter. Life She was born and died in Halifax, Nova Sco .... In the 100 metre competition she was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 1938 Empire Games she was a member of the Canadian team which won the silver medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay contest and the bronze medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay event. She also won the bronze medal in the 100 yards competition and in the 220 yards cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World Records In Athletics
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The only non-metric track distance for which official records are kept is the mile run. Criteria The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games. The criteria include: * The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards. In road events, the course must be accurately measured, by a certified measurer. * Except in road events (road running and race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Dörffeldt
Ilse Dörffeldt (23 March 1912 – 14 September 1992) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Her 4 × 100 m team set a world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ... in the semifinals and led the final until a missed exchange in the final leg. She was part of the German teams that set 4 × 200 m relay world records in 1938 and 1940. After retiring from competitions she taught sports, history and German language in Banzendorf and later in East Berlin. References 1912 births 1992 deaths German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes from Berlin Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Dollinger
Maria "Marie" Dollinger-Hendrix (28 October 1910 – 10 August 1994) was a German track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events and the 800 metres. She represented Germany at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1928, 1932 and 1936. She set an early Olympic record for the 800 m then the 100 m four years later. She was an 800 m finalist in 1928 and placed fourth in the 100 m at both the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. She had most success with the 4×100 metres relay team, setting a world record at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, although the team were disqualified in the final for a dropped baton. Outside of the Olympics she won an 800 m silver medal at the 1930 Women's World Games, a relay gold medal at the 1934 Women's World Games, and several medals at the Olympics of Grace competition. Individually, in her career she won six titles at the German Athletics Championships and equalled the 800 m world record as well as the European record in the 200&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Krauß
Käthe or Kathe is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957), German actress *Käthe Gold (1907–1997), Austrian actress *Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (1917–2001), German alpine skier * Kathe Green (born 1944), American actress, model and singer *Käthe Haack (1897–1986), German actress *Käthe Hoffmann, German botanist who discovered and catalogued many plant species in New Guinea and South East Asia * Käthe Köhler (born 1913), German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *Kathe Koja (born 1960), American writer *Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German painter, printmaker, and sculptor * Käthe Krauß (1906–1970), German athlete, 1936 Olympic bronze medallist in 100 m * Käthe Pohland, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s *Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), German writer, journalist, women's rights activist and journalist *Käthe Sohnemann Käthe or Kate Sohnemann (6 May 1913 – 15 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Albus
Emmy Albus Liersch (13 December 1911 – 20 September 1995) was a German sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Championships, the same year she set a world record in the 4 × 200 m relay. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics her 4 × 100 m team set a world record in the semifinals and led the final until a missed exchange in the final leg. Individually, she finished sixth in the 100 m event. At the 1938 European Athletics Championships, Albus finished sixth in the 100 metres in addition to the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu .... In 1958 Albus married Walter Liersch, a fellow German sprinter. References 1911 births 1995 deaths German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Kohlbach
Veronika "Ronny" Kohlbach (3 January 1906 – 1996) was an Austrian athlete. In 1931 Kohlbach earned a bronze medal at the Olympics of Grace in the Swedish relay (with Herma Schurinek, Veronika Kohlbach, Liesl Perkaus and Maria Weese). In 1934 Kohlbach earned a bronze medal''1934 Women's World Games'' Intersportstats.com (accessdate 04 July 2021) at the in the 4 × 100 m relay (with Veronika Kohlbach, Johanna Vancura, Else Spennader and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grete Neumann
Grete Neumann (19 June 1912 – 14 September 1946) was an Austrian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1912 births 1946 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Austrian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Austria Olympic female sprinters {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Vancura
Johanna Vancura (20 July 1915 – 26 September 1998) was an Austrian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1915 births 1998 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Austrian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Austria Olympic female sprinters {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Machmer
Charlotte Machmer (born 13 August 1905, date of death unknown) was an Austrian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1905 births Year of death missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Austrian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Austria Place of birth missing Olympic female sprinters {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Koning
Elisabeth Koning (''Elisabeth Goverdina "Lies" Koning,'' married name ''van der Stam;'' 7 November 1917 – 12 February 1975) was a Dutch sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1917 births 1975 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Dutch female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Netherlands People from Zandvoort Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
