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Athletics At The 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metres
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. Some journalists suggested she might be a man. However, the International Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and concluded that she was a woman. Results Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Semifinals Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 Metres Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics 100 metres at the Olympics 1936 in women's athletics Ath Ath (; nl, Aat, ; pcd, Ât; wa, Ate) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Arbre, Ath, Bouvignies, Ghislenghien, Gibecq, Houtaing, Irc ...
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Helen Stephens
Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994) was an American athlete and a double Olympic champion in 1936. Biography Stephens, nicknamed the "Fulton Flash" after her birthplace, Fulton, Missouri, was a strong athlete in sprint events—she never lost a race in her entire career—and also in weight events such as the shot put and discus throw. She won national titles in both categories. When she was 18, Stephens participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics. There she won the 100 m final, beating reigning champion and world record holder, Stanisława Walasiewicz (aka Stella Walsh) of Poland. Stephen's time of 11.5 s was below the world record, but was not recognized because a strong tailwind was blowing at the time of the race. Next, Stephens anchored the American 4 × 100 m relay team that won the Olympic title after the leading German team dropped its baton. Stephens is quoted by Olympic historian, David Wallechinsky, about her post-race experience with Adolf Hi ...
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Etsuko Komiya
was a Japanese 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 .... She later became a middle school gym teacher in Omuta, Fukuoka. References External links * 1919 births 2014 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japanese female sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture Japan Championships in Athletics winners Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Vera Romanić
Vera Romanić (13 April 1911 – 21 August 1993) was a Yugoslav 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 * 1911 births 1993 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Yugoslav female sprinters Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Sportspeople from Graz Olympic female sprinters {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Audrey Brown
Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Personal life She was born in Bankura, India and was the younger sister of Ralph Kilner Brown and older sister of Godfrey Brown. At the age of nine, Brown moved to the United Kingdom. She studied at the University of Birmingham. In 1940, she married William Court. Career Whilst at University, Brown competed for the Birchfield Harriers. She competed at the 1933 World Student Games. She competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney and Barbara Burke. After retiring from athletics in 1938, Brown was an employee of Rowntree's Rowntree's is a British confectionery brand and former business based in York, England. Rowntree developed the Kit Kat (introduced in 1935), Aero (introduced in 1935), Fruit ...
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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 Scotia. She joined the track team at Dalhousie University. She was Canadian record holder in the 100- and 220-yard events. In 1936 she was a member of the Canadian relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres event with her teammates Dorothy Brookshaw, Mildred Dolson and Hilda Cameron. In the 100 metre competition Meagher was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 1934 Empire Games she won the gold medal with the Canadian team in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay contest and the silver medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay competition. In the 220 yards event she won the silver medal. Four years later she was part of the Canadian team she won the silver medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay competition and the bronze medal in the 22 ...
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Ebba From
Ebba Ingegerd From Svahn (23 October 1915, Helsinki – 25 November 2006, Helsinki) was a Finnish track athlete. She was one of the first four female Finnish Olympic athletes in athletics. From qualified for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin in the 100 meter and 4 × 100 meter relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ... events. Sources * 1915 births 2006 deaths Finnish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic female sprinters Athletes from Helsinki {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ...
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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 ...
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Alida De Vries
Alida de Vries (''Alida Elisabeth Christina "Ali" De Vries,'' married name ''Gerritsen;'' 9 August 1914 – 20 January 2007) was a Dutch athlete, who finished in fifth position at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 m relay event alongside Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen and Elisabeth Koning. She was born in Den Helder. She died at the age of 92 in her hometown Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar .... References * 1914 births 2007 deaths Dutch sports executives and administrators Dutch female sprinters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Den Helder Olympic female sprinters {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Annette Rogers
Annette Rogers (later ''Kelly'', October 22, 1913 – November 8, 2006) was an American sprinter and high jumper. She competed in the individual 100 m, 4×100 m relay and high jump at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two gold medals in the relay, setting a world record in 1932. She placed fifth in the individual 100 m in 1932 and sixth in the high jump in 1932 and 1936. Domestically she won the AAU outdoor titles in the 100 yards in 1933 and in the relay in 1931–1933. She also won the AAU indoor titles in the 200 m and high jump in 1933 and 1936. Rogers was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but at an early age moved to Chicago with her parents, John and Mary Rogers, two immigrants from Ireland. Rogers graduated from Senn High School in Chicago, and Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious acad ...
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Eileen Hiscock
Eileen May Hiscock, later Wilson, (25 August 1909 – 3 September 1958) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Blackheath, London. At the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague she was a member, along with Ethel Scott, Ivy Walker and Daisy Ridgley, of the British 4×100 metre relay team which won the silver medal.Eric L. Cowe, Early women's athletics: statistics and history (Bingley: c1999), pp. 112-13. In the 1934 World Women's Games, she won the bronze medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres contests. In 1932, she was one of five women entered by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics as Britain's first female Olympians in athletics events, together with Ethel Johnson, Gwendoline Porter, Nellie Halstead, and seventeen-year-old Violet Webb. They sailed for five days from Southampton to Quebec and then travelled a further 3000 mil ...
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Li Sen
Li Sen (25 April 1914 – 1942) was a Chinese 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 .... She was the first woman to represent China at the Olympics. References External links * 1914 births 1942 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Chinese female sprinters Olympic athletes for China Place of birth missing People from Hengyang Runners from Hunan Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Marguerite Perrou
Marguerite Perrou (21 October 1916 – 5 February 2013) was a French 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 * 1916 births 2013 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics French female sprinters Olympic athletes for France Place of birth missing Olympic female sprinters {{France-sprint-bio-stub ...
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