Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueStart and finish at Olympiastadion
DatesAugust 9
Competitors56 from 27 nations
Winning time2:29:19.2
Medalists
 Son Kitei
Japan
 Ernest Harper
Great Britain
 Nan Shoryu
Japan
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeple men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's marathon event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 9. The final was won by Son Kitei.

Marathon route

The marathon course started in the Olympic Stadium. After going around stadium, the starting field left the stadium through the Marathon Gate. The runners crossed the Maifeld and then turned right into the Angerburger Avenue. Shortly thereafter, it was then left into Glockenturmstraße and the first checkpoint after 4 km on the Havelchaussee. They went on the banks of the Havel along the Grunewald to the left side. The second checkpoint was 6 kilometers on Rupenhorn, at kilometer 8 of the third control point followed on Schildhorn. The Grunewaldturm was reached after 10 km, at the level of the island Lindwerder sending the runners southeast. At the end of Havelchaussee runners then turned left on the long, straight Avus. The course went on the race track to the Nordschleife, there returned to the rotor field and the previous route ran back to the Olympic Stadium. The athletes came through the Marathon Gate back to the stadium and then ran for about 150 meters to the finish line.[1]

This route differs from the present-day Berlin Marathon.

Korean athletes

During the time of the competition, Korea was a colony of Japan, therefore Korean sportsmen competed as members of Japanese team and were using their Japanese names. Korean names of Son Kitei and Nan Shōryū are Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong respectively. After Sohn's victory, he bowed his head during the Japanese anthem at his medal ceremony and remarked that he was ashamed to compete for Japan, an occupying power, rather than an independent Korea.[2]

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Son Kitei Japan 2:29:19.2 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ernest Harper Great Britain 2:31:23.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nan Shoryu Japan 2:31:42.0
4 Erkki Tamila Finland 2:32:45.0
5 Väinö Muinonen Finland 2:33:46.0
6 Johannes Coleman South Africa 2:36:17.0
7 Donald Robertson Great Britain 2:37:06.2
8 Jackie Gibson South Africa 2:38:04.0
9 Mauno Tarkiainen Finland 2:39:33.0
10 Thore Enochsson Sweden 2:43:12.0
11 Stylianos Kyriakides Greece 2:43:20.0
12 Nouba Khaled France 2:45:34.0
13 Henry Palmé Sweden 2:46:08.4
14 Franz Tuschek Austria 2:46:29.0
15 Jimmy Bartlett Canada 2:48:21.4
16 Émile Duval France 2:48:39.8
17 Manuel Dias Portugal 2:49:00.0
18 Johnny Kelley United States 2:49:32.4
19 Miloslav Luňák Czechoslovakia 2:50:26.0
20 Felix Meskens Belgium 2:51:19.0
21 Ján Takáč Czechoslovakia 2:51:20.0
22 Rudolf Wöber Austria 2:51:28.0
23 Ludovic Gal Romania 2:55:02.0
24 Robert Nevens Belgium 2:55:51.0
25 Anders Hartington Andersen Denmark 2:56:31.0
26 Gabriel Mendoza Peru 2:57:17.8
27 Tommy Lalande South Africa 2:57:20.0
28 Artūrs Motmillers Latvia 2:58:02.0
29 Eduard Braesecke Germany 2:59:33.4
30 Percy Wyer Canada 3:00:11.0
31 Fernand Le Heurteur France 3:01:11.0
32 Wilhelm Rothmayer Austria 3:02:32.0
33 Bronisław Gancarz Poland 3:03:11.0
34 Max Beer Switzerland 3:06:26.0
35 Guillermo Suárez Peru 3:08:18.0
36 Boris Kharalampiev Bulgaria 3:08:53.8
37 Arul Swami India 3:10:44.0
38 Josef Šulc Czechoslovakia 3:11:47.4
39 Franz Eha Switzerland 3:18:17.0
40 Wang Zhenglin Republic of China 3:25:36.4
41 Stane Šporn Yugoslavia 3:30:47.0
42 José Farías Peru 3:33:24.0
Juan Acosta Chile DNF
Franz Barsicke Germany DNF
Tarzan Brown United States DNF
Giannino Bulzoni Italy DNF
Paul de Bruyn Germany DNF
Kazimierz Fiałka Poland DNF
Aurelio Genghini Italy DNF
Billy McMahon United States DNF
Jaime Mendes Portugal DNF
Bert Norris Great Britain DNF
Luis Oliva Argentina DNF
Tamao Shiwaku Japan DNF
Harold Webster Canada DNF
Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

References

  1. ↑ Offizieller Bericht S. 644 (engl.)
  2. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's marathon, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-01.
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