The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on 3 and 4 August. The final was won by American Helen Stephens. Some Eastern European (especially Polish) journalists suggested she might be a man. Besides Stephens, the silver medalist, Stanisława Walasiewicz, had also faced accusations of being a male imposter. The International Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and concluded that she was a woman.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Emmy Albus 12.4 2 Johanna Vancura 12.5 3 Hilda Cameron 12.7 4 Harriet Bland Unknown 5 Raili Halttu Unknown
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Helen Stephens 11.4 2 Jeanette Dolson 12.3 3 Grete Neumann 12.9 4 Etsuko Komiya 13.1 5 Flora Hofman Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Stanisława Walasiewicz 12.5 2 Rauni Essman 12.8 3 Elisabeth Koning 12.9 4 Marguerite Perrou 12.3 5 Li Sen Unknown
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Eileen Hiscock 12.6 2 Annette Rogers 12.8 3 Alida de Vries 13.0 4 Charlotte Machmer Unknown 5 Ebba From Unknown
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Käthe Krauß 12.1 2 Aileen Meagher 12.4 3 Audrey Brown 12.6 4 Vera Romanić Unknown 5 Claudia Testoni Unknown
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Marie Dollinger 12.0 2 Barbara Burke 12.4 3 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou 12.8 4 Yvonne Mabille Unknown 5 Raquel Martínez Unknown
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Helen Stephens 11.5 2 Käthe Krauß 11.9 3 Emmy Albus 12.2 4 Eileen Hiscock Unknown 5 Aileen Meagher Unknown 6 Johanna Vancura Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Marie Dollinger 12.0 2 Stanisława Walasiewicz 12.0 3 Annette Rogers 12.1 4 Barbara Burke 12.2 5 Jeanette Dolson Unknown 6 Rauni Essman Unknown
Final
Rank Athlete Nation Time Helen Stephens 11.5 Stanisława Walasiewicz 11.7 Käthe Krauß 11.9 4 Marie Dollinger 12.0 5 Annette Rogers 12.2 6 Emmy Albus 12.3
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