Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The women's
The women's 100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...
sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
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 sprin ...
. Some journalists suggested she might be a man. However, the International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
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 athleticsAth
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 ...