Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Wednesday to Friday, 12 to 14 August 1936.

Thirty swimmers from 17 nations competed.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World record 1:04.8 Adolph Kiefer Detroit (USA) 18 January 1936 Olympic record 1:08.2 George Kojac Amsterdam (NED) 9 August 1928

Adolph Kiefer set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1:06.9 minutes. He bettered his record in the first semi-final with 1:06.8 minutes. In the final he improved the Olympic record again when he swam 1:05.9 minutes.

Results Heats

Wednesday 12 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:06.9 QQ OR 2 1:07.2 QQ 3 1:11.0 QQ 4 1:12.4 5 1:15.0 6 1:16.9

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.0 QQ 2 1:10.1 QQ 3 1:11.7 QQ 4 1:13.6 5 1:15.2 6 1:17.2 7 1:21.0

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.7 QQ 2 1:10.6 QQ 3 1:11.5 QQ 4 1:11.7 qq 5 1:14.7 6 1:18.8

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:12.0 QQ 2 1:12.9 QQ 3 1:15.2 QQ 4 1:21.1 5 1:21.5

Heat 5

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:10.0 QQ 2 1:10.2 QQ 3 1:13.7 QQ 4 1:17.0 5 1:17.3 6 1:21.0

Semifinals

Thursday 13 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:06.8 QQ OR 2 1:08.6 QQ 3 1:09.4 QQ 4 1:09.5 qq 5 1:11.1 6 1:11.7 7 1:11.8 8 1:16.3

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.6 QQ 2 1:09.7 QQ 3 1:09.9 QQ 4 1:10.8 5 1:11.2 6 1:13.3 7 1:13.6 8 1:14.1

Final

Friday 14 August 1936:

Place Swimmer Time 1 1:05.9 OR 2 1:07.7 3 1:08.4 4 1:09.4 5 1:09.7 6 1:10.4 7 1:10.7

References

External links Olympic Report