Men 100m Freestyle Swimming XI Olympic Games 1936 Berlin, Germany - Friday, 9th August

Men 100m Freestyle Swimming XI Olympic Games 1936 Berlin, Germany - Friday, 9th August - Gold Medal: Ferenc Csik, Hungary

Final 15:20		time	gap	L	Y
1. Ferenc Csik	Hungary	57.6s		7	22
2. Masanori Yusa	Japan	57.9s	+0.3s	2	21
3. Shigeo Arai	Japan	58.0s	+0.4s	1	20
4. Masaharu Taguchi	Japan	58.1s	+0.5s	6	20
5. Helmuth Fischer	Germany	59.3s	+1.7s	5	25
6. Peter Fick	United States	59.7s	+2.1s	4	22
7. Arthur Lindegren	United States	59.9s	+2.3s	3	24

Venue: Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field. 45 Competitors from 23 Nations.

World Record: Peter Fick, Hungary 56.4s New Heaven, United States 11 February 1936

Olympic Record: Yasuji Miyazaki, Japan 58.0s Los Angeles, United States 6 August 1932

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Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay

1948 Men 100m Freestyle

Men 100m Freestyle History

1932 Men 100m Freestyle

Fick disappointed in the final but the Japanese victory did not materialize either. Although Ferenc Csik was the reigning European champion, he was not expected to defeat the American or Japanese favourites but as they battled each other, Csik came through on the outside to surprise them all. Ferenc Csik would not live to see the next Olympic Games. By then a qualified doctor, he died during an air raid in 1945.
Masanori Yusa and Shigeao Arai of Japan were awarded the other medals although the actual finishing positions are a matter of debate. Photographic evidence suggests that 4th placed Masahuru Taguchi may in fact have been the true silver medallist with only the first and last places in the final certain to be correct.

Semi-Finals - Saturday, 8th August 15:00

First 3 from each Semi and Best 4th (Helmuth Fischer, Germany) advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Masanori Yusa	Japan	57.5s	=OR	-	21	1.
2. Shigeo Arai	Japan	57.9s	+0.4s	-	20	2.
3. Arthur Lindegren	United States	58.7s	+1.2s	-	24	6.
4. Arthur Raymond Highland	United States	59.4s	+1.9s	-	24	8.
5. William Ernest Kendall	Australia	59.9s	+2.4s	-	_	9.
6. Hermann Heibel	Germany	1:00.3	+2.8s	-	24	10.
7. Oszkar Abay-Nemes	Hungary	1:01.1	+3.6s	-	22	15.
8. John Aksel Frederik Christensen	Denmark	1:01.6	+4.1s	-	21	16.

Semi 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Masaharu Taguchi	Japan	57.9s	+0.4s	-	20	2.
2. Ferenc Csik	Hungary	58.1s	+0.6s	-	22	4.
3. Peter Fick	United States	58.2s	+0.7s	-	22	5.
4. Helmuth Fischer	Germany	58.7s	+1.2s	-	25	6.
5. Jikirum Adjaluddin	Philippines	1:00.5	+3.0s	-	25	11.
6. Heikki Johannes Hietanen	Finland	1:00.5	+3.0s	-	21	11.
7. Drasko Wilfan	Yugoslavia	1:00.5	+3.0s	-	22	11.
8. Mostyn Yanto Ffrench-Williams	Great Britain	1:01.0	+3.5s	-	21	14.

The world record for this event had passed between only three swimmers since 1912 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku, Johnny Weissmuller and, since 1934, Peter Fick of the USA. Fick travelled to Germany as the marginal favourite although the strength in depth of the Japanese team made sure that predicting the competition would be difficult.

Heats - Saturday, 8th August 09:00

First 2 from each Heat and Best 4th (William Kendall, Australia and Heikki Hietanen, Finland) advanced to Semi-Finals.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Peter Fick	United States	57.6s	+0.1s OR	7	22	2.
2. Ferenc Csik	Hungary	58.3s	+0.8s	3	22	6.
3. Romund Gabrielson	Great Britain	1:01.2	+3.7s	6	19	16.
4. Robert Williams Hamerton	Canada	1:02.1	+4.6s	2	25	27.
5. Paulo Alvaro Tarrto	Brazil	1:02.6	+5.1s	4	22	30.
6. Mahmoud Kadri	Egypt	1:03.8	+6.3s	5	18	35.
7. Arturo Alvarez Calderon Wells	Peru	1:04.9	+7.4s	1	16	38.
8. Charlie Chan	China	1:06.5	+9.0s	8	25	40.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Masanori Yusa	Japan	57.8s	+0.3s	3	21	4.
2. Arthur Raymond Highland	United States	59.9s	+2.4s	5	24	8.
3. William Ernest Kendall	Australia	1:01.0	+3.5s	4	_	12.
4. Egon Roolaid	Estonia	1:01.5	+4.0s	2	17	20.
5. Rene Cavalero	France	1:02.2	+4.7s	6	18	28.
6. Sjoerd Lambertus Mooi Wilten	Netherlands	1:03.4	+5.9s	7	22	32.
7. Alberto Conrad Machuca	Bolivia	1:17.5	+20.0s	8	26	45.
-. Alfred Doria	Switzerland	DNS		1	27	-.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Mostyn Yanto Ffrench-Williams	Great Britain	1:00.7	+3.2s	4	21	11.
2. Jikirum Adjaluddin	Philippines	1:01.0	+3.5s	3	25	12.
3. Heiko Schwartz	Germany	1:01.8	+4.3s	6	24	25.
4. Munroe Bourne	Canada	1:02.4	+4.9s	5	26	29.
5. Isaac Morais	Brazil	1:03.5	+6.0s	7	22	33.
6. Gunther Zobernig	Austria	1:03.9	+6.4s	1	20	36.
-. Walter Ledgard Sr	Peru	DNS		2	20	-.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Shigeo Arai	Japan	57.7s	+0.2s	2	20	3.
2. Helmuth Fischer	Germany	57.9s	+0.4s	6	25	5.
3. Odon Grof	Hungary	1:01.3	+3.8s	5	21	17.
4. Leonard Spence	Bermuda	1:01.9	+4.4s	4	27	26.
5. Claude Desusclade	France	1:07.2	+9.7s	7	17	41.
6. Rikhardos Brousalis	Greece	1:07.5	+10.0s	3	_	42.
-. Darko Prvan	Yugoslavia	DNS		1	22	-.

Heat 5		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Masaharu Taguchi	Japan	57.5s	OR	6	20	1.
2. John Aksel Frederik Christensen	Denmark	1:01.1	+3.6s	1	21	15.
3. George Larson	Canada	1:01.5	+4.0s	5	24	20.
4. Zaki Saad El Din	Egypt	1:03.7	+6.2s	3	_	34.
5. Juan Paz Soldan	Peru	1:05.6	+8.1s	4	24	39.
6. Spyridoon Mavrogeorgos	Greece	1:08.2	+10.7s	7	_	44.
-. Victor Dunand	Switzerland	DNS		2	31	-.

Heat 6		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Drasko Wilfan	Yugoslavia	1:00.5	+3.0s	4	22	10.
2. Hermann Heibel	Germany	1:01.4	+3.9s	5	24	19.
3. Frederick Dove	Great Britain	1:01.6	+4.1s	2	18	22.
4. Jose Obial	Philippines	1:01.7	+4.2s	7	22	24.
5. Leonidas Francisco Marques Da Silva	Brazil	1:03.3	+5.8s	3	22	31.
6. John Young	Bermuda	1:07.8	+10.3s	1	19	43.
-. Artem Nakache	France	DNS		6	20	-.

Heat 7		time	gap	L	Y	Rk.
1. Arthur Lindegren	United States	58.3s	+0.8s	7	24	6.
2. Oszkar Abay-Nemes	Hungary	1:00.2	+2.7s	1	22	9.
3. Heikki Johannes Hietanen	Finland	1:01.0	+3.5s	2	21	12.
4. Pieter Hendrik Stam	Netherlands	1:01.3	+3.8s	5	17	17.
5. Poul Arne Petersen	Denmark	1:01.6	+4.1s	6	23	22.
6. Roger Zirilli	Switzerland	1:04.1	+6.6s	3	25	37.
-. Jan Guillini	Belgium	DNS		4	24	-.

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