The 1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 15th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at

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in June 1936. The

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won the team championship. Athletes from 32 universities and colleges participated in the event. For the second consecutive year,

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Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first person to win four gold meda ...

won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's points (40 of 73) in the team scoring. Owens also set a new world record in the 100-meter sprint at the meet.

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set a world record (46.1) in the 400-meter heats; he won the final in 47.0. USC's Kenneth Carpenter won the discus throw with a toss of 173 feet (52.72 m), which was a new American record and surpassed

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that were still pending official ratification. Javelin thrower Alton Terry of Hardin-Simmons also broke the American record in his specialty.

Team scoring

- points
2. Ohio State - 73 points
3. Indiana - 42 points
4. Stanford - 32 points
5. Michigan - 23 points
6. Wisconsin - 18 points
7. California - 17 points
8. Nebraska - 16 points
8. Rice - 16 points
10. Notre Dame - 14 points

Track events

100-meter dash
1.

, Ohio State - 10.2 seconds (new world record)
2.

Foy Draper Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a University of Southern California student, Draper won the IC4A championships i ...

, USC
3.

Sam Stoller Sam Stoller (August 8, 1915 – May 29, 1985) was an American athlete who specialized in sprinting and long jumping. He tied the world record in the 60-yard dash in 1936. Stoller is best known for his exclusion from the American 4 × ...

, Michigan
4. Adrian Talley, USC
5. Harvey Wallender, Texas
6. George Boone, USC 110-meter high hurdles
1.

Forrest Towns Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 – April 9, 1991) was an American Track and field, track and field athlete. He was the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdling, hurdles and broke the world record in that ev ...

, Georgia - 14.3 seconds
2. Dan Caldemeyer, Indiana
3. Sam Klopstock, Stanford
4. Roy Staley, USC
5. Dick Kearns, Colorado
6. Jack Kellner, Wisconsin 200-meter dash
1.

, Ohio State - 21.3 seconds
2. Harvey Wallender, Texas
3. Foy Draper, USC
4. Jack Weiershauser, Stanford
5. Herschel Neil, Northwest (Missouri) State Teachers
6. Clark Crane, USC 220-yard low hurdles
1.

, Ohio State - 23.1 seconds
2. Don Elser, Notre Dame
3. Ben Willis, Kentucky
4. Jack Patterson, Rice
5. Dick Kearns, Colorado
6. Leland Lafond, USC 400-meter hurdles
1.

Bob Osgood Robert D. Osgood (April 21, 1915 – July 24, 1990) was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the 120-yard high hurdles in May 1937 with a time of 14 seconds flat. He also won the Big Ten Conference championship in the ...

, Michigan - 53.4 seconds
2. Herman Nelson, Oklahoma
3. Jack Patterson, Rice
4. Loren Benke, Washington State
5. Ben Stout, Ball (Ind.) State Teachers
6. Dell Fishback, California 400-meter run
1.

, California - 47.0 seconds
2. Al Fitch, USC
3. Harold Smallwood, USC
4. Jack Weiershauser, Stanford
5. Ray Ellinwood, Chicago
6. James Cassin, USC 800-meter run
1.

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, Ohio State - 1:53.0
2. Ross Bush, USC
3. Marmaduke Hobbs, Indiana
4. Joe McGrath, Notre Dame
5. George O'Brien, Ohio State
6. Louis Brothers, Rice 1500-meter run
1. Archie San Romani - Emporia (Kansas) State Teachers - 3:53.0 (new meeting record)
2. Chuck Fenske, Wisconsin
3.

Don Lash Donald Ray Lash (August 15, 1912 – September 19, 1994) was an American long-distance runner who won 12 national titles from 1934 to 1940, including seven consecutive men's national cross-country championships, and who set a world's recor ...

, Indiana
4. Clayton Brailsford, Michigan
5. Ivan Mothershead, Virginia Polytechnic
6. Tom Sexton, Ohio State 5000-meter run
1.

, Indiana - 14:58.5 (new meeting record)
2. Tom Deckard, Indiana
3. Ken Waite, Michigan State
4. Jim Smith, Indiana
5. Paul Benner, Ohio State
6. Fred Lantz, USC

Field events

Broad jump
1.

, Ohio State - 25 feet, inches
2. Kermit King, Pittsburg (Kansas) State Teachers
3. George Boone, USC
4. Donald Skinner, USC
5. Clark Crane, USC
6. Richard Brunton, Illinois High jump
1.

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, Ohio State - 6 feet, inches
1. Mel Walker, Ohio State - 6 feet, inches
3. Al Threadgill, Temple
4. Gil Cruter, Colorado
4. Delos Thurber, USC
4. Jack Vickery, Texas Hop, step and jump
1. Herschel Neil, Northwest Missouri Teacher - 48 feet, inches (new meeting record)
2. Lloyd Cardwell, Nebraska
3. George Boone, USC
4. Ken Cole, Southern Illinois
5. Fran Dittrich, Michigan State
6. Kermit King, Pittsburg (Kansas) State Teachers Pole vault
1.

Earle Meadows Earle Elmer Meadows (June 29, 1913 – November 11, 1992) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl's film '' Olympia''. Meadows had a long rivalry with Bill Sefton ...

, USC - 14 feet, inches
1. William Sefton, USC - 14 feet, inches
3. Albert Haller, Wisconsin
3. David Weichert, Rice
5. Loring Day, USC
5. John Hooker, USC Discus throw
1.

Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter (born 21 September 1949) is an American paleontologist. He is the former director of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum and author or co-author of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life. His main research interests are armore ...

, USC - 173 feet (new American record; exceeded officially listed world record)
2. Phil Levy, Stanford
3. Paul Halleck, Ohio State
4. Jess Petty, Rice
5. Widmer Etchells, Michigan
6. John Townsend, Michigan Javelin
1. Alton Terry, Hardin-Simmons - 226 feet, inches (new American record)
2. Ward Cuff, Marquette
3. Jack Thornley, Utah
4. Don Johnson, Idaho
5. Tex Milner, USC
6. Lawrence Minsky, Iowa State Shot put
1. James Reynolds, Stanford - 50 feet, inches
2.

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, Nebraska
3. George Mackey, California
4. Irwin Rubow, Wisconsin
5. Don Elser, Notre Dame
6. Clarence Schleimer, USC

References

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Events at Stagg Field (1893–1957) NCAA track and field championships NCAA track and field championships

Team scoring

Track events

Field events

See also

References