The men's 100 metre freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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was a swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 8, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936. There was a total of 248 participants from 29 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's...

 programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event, which had not been featured only at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Saturday August 8, 1936 and on Sunday August 9, 1936.

Forty-five swimmers from 23 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	56.4	Peter Fick Peter Fick Peter Joseph Fick was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he finished sixth in the 100 metre freestyle event.-External links:*...	New Haven New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	February 11, 1936
Olympic Record	58.0	Yasuji Miyazaki Yasuji Miyazaki was a Japanese swimmer. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. There, he won two gold medals, in the 100 m freestyle event and 4x200 m freestyle relay event.-External links:*...	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 6, 1932

Peter Fick

Peter Fick

Peter Joseph Fick was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he finished sixth in the 100 metre freestyle event.-External links:*...

 set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 57.6 seconds. In the fifth heat Masaharu Taguchi

Masaharu Taguchi

was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics, alongside Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, and Shigeo Arai.-External links:*...

 bettered the Olympic record with 57.5 seconds. Masanori Yusa

Masanori Yusa

was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics...

equalized this record in the second semi-final with 57.5 seconds.

Heats

Saturday August 8, 1936: The fastest two in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.6	QQ OR
2		58.3	QQ
3		1:02.2
4		1:02.1
5		1:02.6
6		1:03.8
7		1:04.9
8		1:06.5

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.8	QQ
2		59.9	QQ
3		1:01.0	qq
4		1:01.5
5		1:02.2
6		1:03.4
7		1:17.5

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:00.7	QQ
2		1:01.0	QQ
3		1:01.8
4		1:02.4
5		1:03.5
6		1:03.9

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.7	QQ
2		57.9	QQ
3		1:01.3
4		1:01.9
5		1:07.2
6		1:07.5

Heat 5

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.5	QQ OR
2		1:01.1	QQ
3		1:01.5
4		1:03.7
5		1:05.6
6		1:08.2

Heat 6

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:00.5	QQ
2		1:01.4	QQ
3		1:01.6
4		1:01.7
5		1:03.3
6		1:07.8

Heat 7

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		58.3	QQ
2		1:00.2	QQ
3		1:01.0	qq
4		1:01.3
5		1:01.6
6		1:04.1

Semifinals

Saturday August 8, 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.9	QQ
2		58.1	QQ
3		58.2	QQ
4		58.7	qq
5		1:00.5
		1:00.5
		1:00.5
8		1:01.0

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		57.5	QQ =OR
2		57.9	QQ
3		58.7	QQ
4		59.4
5		59.9
6		1:00.3
7		1:01.1
8		1:01.6

Final

Sunday August 9, 1936:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		57.6
2		57.9
3		58.0
4		58.1
5		59.3
6		59.7
7		59.9