Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place between August 7 & August 8.

Results

100 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Bob Clark 10.9 872 830 OB 2 Glenn Morris 11.1 814 786 3 Armin Guhl 11.3 760 744 4 Émile Binet 11.4 735 723 4 Jack Parker 11.4 735 723 4 Akilles Järvinen 11.4 735 723 7 Martti Tolamo 11.5 710 703 7 Lyuben Doychev 11.5 710 703 7 Erwin Huber 11.5 710 703 10 Zoltán Csányi 11.6 686 683 10 Olle Bexell 11.6 686 683 10 Reindert Brasser 11.6 686 683 10 Jerzy Pławczyk 11.6 686 683 10 Helmut Bonnet 11.6 686 683 10 Leif Dahlgren 11.6 686 683 10 Josef Klein 11.6 686 683 17 Franz Sterzl 11.7 662 663 18 Willy Bührer 11.8 640 643 19 Fritz Dällenbach 11.9 618 624 19 Jānis Dimza 11.9 618 624 21 Erwin Reimer 12.0 597 605 22 Edvard Natvig 12.1 576 586 22 Aulis Reinikka 12.1 576 586 22 Péter Bácsalmási 12.1 576 586 25 Chang Singchow 12.2 556 567 25 Osvaldo Wenzel 12.2 556 567 27 Maurice Boulanger 12.4 517 531 28 Karl Vilmundarson 12.6 481 495

Long jump

Rank Athlete Country Round one Round two Round three Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Bob Clark 7.62 foul 7.36 7.62 977 965 OB 2 Jack Parker 7.18 7.35 7.34 7.35 899 898 3 Jerzy Pławczyk 6.98 6.94 7.12 7.12 836 842 4 Armin Guhl 7.04 6.85 6.83 7.04 815 823 5 Glenn Morris 6.63 6.83 6.97 6.97 796 807 6 Erwin Huber 6.76 6.89 6.78 6.89 775 788 7 Martti Tolamo foul 6.81 6.84 6.84 762 776 8 Péter Bácsalmási 6.66 6.40 6.78 6.78 746 762 9 Akilles Järvinen 6.69 foul 6.52 6.69 723 741 9 Reindert Brasser 5.74 6.69 6.62 6.69 723 741 11 Olle Bexell 6.42 6.41 6.68 6.68 721 739 12 Helmut Bonnet 6.36 6.57 6.66 6.66 716 734 13 Leif Dahlgren 6.58 6.65 6.50 6.65 713 732 14 Edvard Natvig 6.50 6.55 6.39 6.55 688 709 14 Émile Binet 6.32 foul 6.55 6.55 688 709 16 Franz Sterzl 6.28 6.52 6.22 6.52 681 702 17 Willy Bührer 6.18 6.03 6.48 6.48 671 693 18 Zoltán Csányi 6.42 6.24 6.39 6.42 656 679 19 Fritz Dällenbach 6.29 6.06 6.36 6.36 641 666 19 Jānis Dimza 6.21 6.30 6.36 6.36 641 666 21 Lyuben Doychev 6.01 6.35 6.05 6.35 639 644 22 Aulis Reinikka 6.20 6.20 6.32 6.32 632 657 23 Chang Singchow 6.28 foul foul 6.28 622 648 24 Osvaldo Wenzel 6.08 6.25 5.99 6.25 615 641 25 Josef Klein 6.22 6.18 6.03 6.22 608 635 26 Erwin Reimer 5.92 5.92 5.91 5.92 538 569 27 Maurice Boulanger 5.57 5.85 5.59 5.85 522 554 28 Karl Vilmundarson 5.62 foul foul 5.62 472 5.06

Shot put

Rank Athlete Country Round one Round two Round three Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Glenn Morris 13.59 14.10 13.35 14.10 826 734 2 Zoltán Csányi 14.00 13.89 13.79 14.00 816 728 3 Jānis Dimza 13.66 13.47 12.60 13.66 781 708 4 Olle Bexell 13.54 13.22 13.54 13.54 769 700 5 Akilles Järvinen 13.33 12.92 13.53 13.53 768 700 6 Jack Parker 13.44 13.52 13.09 13.52 767 699 7 Helmut Bonnet 13.45 13.50 13.45 13.50 765 698 8 Reindert Brasser 13.40 13.49 12.52 13.49 764 697 9 Willy Bührer 12.94 12.76 13.25 13.25 740 682 10 Edvard Natvig foul 12.89 12.37 12.89 705 661 11 Aulis Reinikka 11.61 12.74 12.22 12.74 690 651 12 Erwin Huber 12.43 12.70 12.50 12.70 687 649 13 Martti Tolamo 12.33 12.68 12.57 12.68 685 648 13 Bob Clark 12.68 12.67 12.44 12.68 685 648 15 Leif Dahlgren 12.44 12.63 12.48 12.63 680 645 16 Osvaldo Wenzel 12.43 12.37 12.02 12.43 661 633 17 Armin Guhl 12.30 11.72 12.29 12.30 649 625 18 Lyuben Doychev 11.94 11.89 12.26 12.26 645 622 19 Jerzy Pławczyk 11.93 11.48 11.94 11.94 615 603 20 Péter Bácsalmási 11.58 11.77 foul 11.77 600 592 21 Fritz Dällenbach 11.59 11.12 11.24 11.59 584 582 22 Josef Klein 10.99 10.91 10.77 10.99 530 545 23 Franz Sterzl 10.85 10.98 10.60 10.98 530 545 24 Maurice Boulanger foul 9.60 9.92 9.92 615 641 25 Émile Binet 6.98 8.26 foul 8.26 311 382

High jump

Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Reindert Brasser 1.90 909 714 2 Edvard Natvig 1.85 846 670 2 Glenn Morris 1.85 846 670 2 Jerzy Pławczyk 1.85 846 670 5 Armin Guhl 1.80 786 627 5 Jack Parker 1.80 786 627 5 Bob Clark 1.80 786 627 8 Akilles Järvinen 1.75 727 585 8 Franz Sterzl 1.75 727 585 8 Helmut Bonnet 1.75 727 585 8 Leif Dahlgren 1.75 727 585 8 Martti Tolamo 1.75 727 585 8 Olle Bexell 1.75 727 585 8 Péter Bácsalmási 1.75 727 585 8 Willy Bührer 1.75 727 585 16 Aulis Reinikka 1.70 671 544 16 Erwin Huber 1.70 671 544 16 Fritz Dällenbach 1.70 671 544 16 Jānis Dimza 1.70 671 544 16 Lyuben Doychev 1.70 671 544 21 Osvaldo Wenzel 1.65 616 504 21 Émile Binet 1.65 616 504 23 Maurice Boulanger 1.60 563 464 23 Zoltán Csányi 1.60 563 464 25 Josef Klein 1.55 512 426

400 metres

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Glenn Morris 49.4 910 836 2 Bob Clark 50.0 874 808 3 Akilles Järvinen 50.7 834 776 4 Martti Tolamo 51.2 807 754 4 Leif Dahlgren 51.2 807 754 6 Reindert Brasser 51.5 791 741 7 Émile Binet 52.2 755 710 8 Armin Guhl 52.3 750 706 8 Erwin Huber 52.3 750 706 10 Aulis Reinikka 52.5 740 697 11 Péter Bácsalmási 53.1 711 671 12 Jack Parker 53.3 701 663 12 Franz Sterzl 53.3 701 663 12 Josef Klein 53.3 701 663 15 Fritz Dällenbach 53.6 687 650 16 Helmut Bonnet 53.7 683 646 17 Jerzy Pławczyk 54.0 669 634 17 Zoltán Csányi 54.0 669 634 19 Lyuben Doychev 54.1 665 630 20 Willy Bührer 54.5 647 613 21 Olle Bexell 54.9 630 597 22 Maurice Boulanger 55.1 622 589 23 Osvaldo Wenzel 55.3 614 581 24 Edvard Natvig 56.3 574 542

110 metre hurdles

Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Glenn Morris 14.9 946 833 OB 2 Jack Parker 15.0 929 821 3 Armin Guhl 15.6 833 751 4 Bob Clark 15.7 818 740 5 Erwin Huber 15.8 804 728 6 Émile Binet 16.0 776 706 6 Olle Bexell 16.0 776 706 6 Leif Dahlgren 16.0 776 706 9 Edvard Natvig 16.1 762 695 10 Reindert Brasser 16.2 749 684 10 Helmut Bonnet 16.2 749 684 12 Fritz Dällenbach 16.3 736 673 12 Lyuben Doychev 16.3 736 673 14 Jerzy Pławczyk 16.4 723 662 15 Aulis Reinikka 16.5 710 652 15 Franz Sterzl 16.5 710 652 17 Martti Tolamo 16.6 698 641 17 Willy Bührer 16.6 698 641 19 Zoltán Csányi 17.0 651 599 20 Josef Klein 17.3 618 569 21 Osvaldo Wenzel 18.2 529 483 22 Péter Bácsalmási 18.4 511 464 23 Maurice Boulanger 19.2 444 395

Discus throw Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Glenn Morris 43.02 803 2 Armin Guhl 40.97 740 3 Péter Bácsalmási 39.64 701 4 Edvard Natvig 39.60 699 5 Reindert Brasser 39.45 695 6 Bob Clark 39.39 693 7 Helmut Bonnet 39.16 686 8 Jack Parker 39.11 685 9 Olle Bexell 38.83 677 10 Aulis Reinikka 38.61 670 11 Jerzy Pławczyk 38.30 662 12 Lyuben Doychev 38.25 660 13 Leif Dahlgren 38.06 655 14 Osvaldo Wenzel 37.11 628 15 Willy Bührer 36.43 609 16 Josef Klein 35.88 593 17 Zoltán Csányi 35.86 5.93 18 Erwin Huber 35.46 582 19 Franz Sterzl 35.33 578 20 Martti Tolamo 34.36 552 21 Fritz Dällenbach 33.18 520 22 Émile Binet 26.87 363 23 Maurice Boulanger 25.20 324

Pole vault Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points Notes 1= Aulis Reinikka 3.90 862 590 1= Péter Bácsalmási 3.90 862 590 3 Erwin Huber 3.80 818 562 4= Edvard Natvig 3.70 775 535 4= Bob Clark 3.70 775 535 4= Olle Bexell 3.70 775 535 4= Jerzy Pławczyk 3.70 775 535 4= Lyuben Doychev 3.70 775 535 4= Zoltán Csányi 3.70 775 535 10= Helmut Bonnet 3.60 733 509 10= Fritz Dällenbach 3.60 733 509 12= Jack Parker 3.50 692 482 12= Glenn Morris 3.50 692 482 14 Reindert Brasser 3.40 652 457 15= Armin Guhl 3.30 613 431 15= Leif Dahlgren 3.30 613 431 15= Maurice Boulanger 3.30 613 431 15= Willy Bührer 3.30 613 431 19= Osvaldo Wenzel 3.20 575 406 19= Franz Sterzl 3.20 575 406 21 Josef Klein 3.10 538 381 -- Émile Binet NM

Javelin throw Rank Athlete Country Distance Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Edvard Natvig 58.36 748 713 2 Helmut Bonnet 58.15 744 710 3 Olle Bexell 57.07 722 694 4 Jack Parker 56.46 710 685 5 Erwin Huber 56.45 710 685 6 Péter Bácsalmási 55.90 6.99 676 7 Reindert Brasser 55.75 696 674 8 Osvaldo Wenzel 54.93 680 662 9 Glenn Morris 54.52 672 656 10 Jerzy Pławczyk 54.26 667 652 11 Fritz Dällenbach 52.39 632 624 12 Josef Klein 51.72 619 614 13 Bob Clark 51.12 608 605 14 Armin Guhl 51.02 606 604 15 Aulis Reinikka 50.80 602 600 16 Zoltán Csányi 48.70 564 569 17 Lyuben Doychev 48.43 559 565 18 Leif Dahlgren 47.74 546 555 19 Maurice Boulanger 43.43 471 492 20 Willy Bührer 43.10 466 487 -- Franz Sterzl NM

1500 metres Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points Notes 1 Aulis Reinikka 4:32.4 602 729 2 Glenn Morris 4:33.2 595 724 3 Osvaldo Wenzel 4:34.6 584 715 4 Maurice Boulanger 4:35.0 581 712 5 Erwin Huber 4:35.2 580 711 6 Olle Bexell 4:40.4 541 678 7 Bob Clark 4:44.4 513 653 8 Fritz Dällenbach 4:48.0 489 631 9 Armin Guhl 4:49.2 481 623 10 Josef Klein 4:49.6 478 621 11 Helmut Bonnet 4:54.0 450 595 12 Jerzy Pławczyk 5:04.0 392 537 13 Edvard Natvig 5:04.0 392 537 14 Reindert Brasser 5:06.0 381 526 15 Jack Parker 5:07.8 371 516 16 Péter Bácsalmási 5:30.6 262 396 17 Lyuben Doychev 5:34.2 247 379 -- Zoltán Csányi NM -- Leif Dahlgren NM

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Adjusted points Notes Glenn Morris 7900 7254 WR Bob Clark 7601 7063 Jack Parker 7275 6760 Erwin Huber 7087 6648 Reindert Brasser 7046 6570 Armin Guhl 70336618 Olle Bexell 7024 6558 Helmut Bonnet 69396492 Jerzy Pławczyk 68716446 10 Edvard Natvig 67596453 11 Aulis Reinikka 6755 6342 12 Péter Bácsalmási 6395 5979 13 Fritz Dällenbach 6311 6030 14 Lyuben Doychev 6307 5944 15 Osvaldo Wenzel 6058 5798 16 Josef Klein 58835718 17 Maurice Boulanger 5097 5020 Leif Dahlgren DNF Zoltán Csányi DNF Willy Bührer DNF Franz Sterzl DNF Émile Binet DNF Martti Tolamo DNF Akilles Järvinen DNF Jānis Dimza DNF Erwin Reimer DNF Chang Singchow DNF Karl Vilmundarson DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record, OB = Olympic best

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