Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Men's decathlon; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	August 7 & August 8, 1936
Medalists
	← 1932 1948 →

The men's decathlon event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place between August 7 & August 8.^[1]

Results

100 metres

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

Long jump

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

Shot put

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

High jump

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

400 metres

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

110 metre hurdles

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

Discus throw

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

Pole vault

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

Javelin throw

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

1500 metres

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

Final standings

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points	Adjusted points	Notes
	Glenn Morris	United States	7900	7254	WR
	Bob Clark	United States	7601	7063
	Jack Parker	United States	7275	6760
4	Erwin Huber	Germany	7087	6648
5	Reindert Brasser	Netherlands	7046	6570
6	Armin Guhl	Switzerland	7033	6618
7	Olle Bexell	Sweden	7024	6558
8	Helmut Bonnet	Germany	6939	6492
9	Jerzy Pławczyk	Poland	6871	6446
10	Edvard Natvig	Norway	6759	6453
11	Aulis Reinikka	Finland	6755	6342
12	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	6395	5979
13	Fritz Dällenbach	Switzerland	6311	6030
14	Lyuben Doychev	Bulgaria	6307	5944
15	Osvaldo Wenzel	Chile	6058	5798
16	Josef Klein	Czechoslovakia	5883	5718
17	Maurice Boulanger	Belgium	5097	5020
	Leif Dahlgren	Sweden			DNF
	Zoltán Csányi	Hungary			DNF
	Willy Bührer	Switzerland			DNF
	Franz Sterzl	Austria			DNF
	Émile Binet	Belgium			DNF
	Martti Tolamo	Finland			DNF
	Akilles Järvinen	Finland			DNF
	Jānis Dimza	Latvia			DNF
	Erwin Reimer	Chile			DNF
	Chang Singchow	Republic of China			DNF
	Karl Vilmundarson	Iceland			DNF

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

References

^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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v t e Combined events at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men's decathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women's pentathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women's heptathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other variations: Men's All-Around: 1904 • Men's Triathlon: 1904 • Men's Pentathlon: 1912 • 1920 • 1924

v t e Olympic champions in the men's all-around, pentathlon and decathlon
All-around	1904: Tom Kiely (GBR)
Pentathlon	1912: Jim Thorpe (USA) 1920: Eero Lehtonen (FIN) 1924: Eero Lehtonen (FIN)
Decathlon	1912: Jim Thorpe (USA) 1920: Helge Løvland (NOR) 1924: Harold Osborn (USA) 1928: Paavo Yrjölä (FIN) 1932: Jim Bausch (USA) 1936: Glenn Morris (USA) 1948: Bob Mathias (USA) 1952: Bob Mathias (USA) 1956: Milt Campbell (USA) 1960: Rafer Johnson (USA) 1964: Willi Holdorf (EUA) 1968: Bill Toomey (USA) 1972: Mykola Avilov (URS) 1976: Bruce Jenner (USA) 1980: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1984: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1988: Christian Schenk (GDR) 1992: Robert Změlík (TCH) 1996: Dan O'Brien (USA) 2000: Erki Nool (EST) 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2008: Bryan Clay (USA) 2012: Ashton Eaton (USA) 2016: Ashton Eaton (USA) 2020: Damian Warner (CAN) 2024: Markus Rooth (NOR)