| Final 18:00 Wind 0.0 m/s?. 13.3°C | time | | L | | 1. Jesse Owens |  United States | 20.7s | Wr | 3 | | 2. Mack Robinson | United States | 21.1s | | 4 | | 3. Tinus Osendarp |  Netherlands | 21.3s | | 1 | | 4. Paul Hänni |  Switzerland | 21.6s | | 5 | | 5. Lee Orr |  Canada | 21.6s | | 6 | | 6. Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.9s | | 2 |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000. 44 competitors from 23 nations. |
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Semi-Finals - Wednesday 05.08 15:00 | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. Wind 3.0 m/s. 17°C |
| Semi 1 | time | | L | | 1. Mack Robinson | United States | 21.1s | =OR | 1 | | 2. Lee Orr | Canada | 21.3s | | 5 | | 3. Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.5s | | 4 | | 4. Bob Packard | United States | 21.6s | | 3 | | 5. Karl Neckermann |  Germany | 21.8s | | 6 | | 6. Eric Grimbeek |  South Africa | 22.2s | | 2 |
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| Semi 2 | time | | L | | 1. Jesse Owens | United States | 21.3s | | 2 | | 2. Tinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.5s | | 4 | | 3. Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.6s | | 5 | | 4. Marthinus Theunissen | South Africa | 21.8s | | 1 | | 5. Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.0s | | 3 | | 6. Howard McPhee | Canada | 22.0s | | 6 |
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| | | First 3 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals. Wind 3.7 m/s. 19.5°C |
| Quarter 1 | time | time el | L | | 1. Lee Orr | Canada | 21.2s | 21.37s | 4 | | 2. Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.3s | 21.385s | 6 | | 3. Bob Packard | United States | 21.3s | 21.40s | 2 | | 4. József Sir |  Hungary | 21.6s | 21.65s | 3 | | 5. Egon Schein | Germany | 21.7s | 21.67s | 1 | | 6. Tomás Beswick |  Argentina | | | 5 |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | L | | 1. Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.7s | | 4 | | 2. Marthinus Theunissen | South Africa | 21.9s | | 1 | | 3. Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.1s | | 6 | | 4. Renos Frangoudis |  Greece | | | 3 | | 5. Mutsuo Taniguchi |  Japan | | | 5 | | 6. Carlos Hofmeister | Argentina | | | 2 |
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| Quarter 3 | time | tiem el | L | | 1. Jesse Owens | United States | 21.1s | =OR | 4 | | 2. Howard McPhee | Canada | 21.8s | 21.90s | 6 | | 3. Eric Grimbeek | South Africa | 21.9s | 21.94s | 1 | | 4. Aki Tammisto |  Finland | 22.0s | 22.07s | 2 | | 5. Felix Rinner |  Austria | | | 5 | | -. Albert Steinmetz | Germany | | Dq | 3 |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | L | | 1. Mack Robinson | United States | 21.2s | | 4 | | 2. Tinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.3s | | 3 | | 3. Karl Neckermann | Germany | 21.6s | | 6 | | 4. Gyula Gyenes | Hungary | | | 2 | | 5. Börje Strandvall | Finland | | | 1 |
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Heats - Tuesday 04.08 10:30 | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals. Wind 3.3 m/s. 18.5°C |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Wil van Beveren | Netherlands | 21.4s | | | 2. Tomás Beswick | Argentina | 22.1s | | | 3. Mutsuo Taniguchi | Japan | 22.2s | | | 4. Antonio Salcedo |  Philippines | | | | 5. José de Almeida |  Brazil | | | | 6. Aristidis Sakellariou | Greece | | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Tinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 21.7s | | | 2. Egon Schein | Germany | 22.0s | | | 3. Alan Pennington |  Great Britain | 22.1s | | | 4. Masao Yazawa | Japan | 22.4s | | | 5. Pierre Dondelinger |  France | | | | 6. Xaver Frick |  Liechtenstein | | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Jesse Owens | United States | 21.1s | =OR | | 2. Lee Orr | Canada | 21.6s | | | 3. Karl Neckermann | Germany | 21.8s | | | 4. Arthur Sweeney | Great Britain | 22.1s | | | 5. Nemesio de Guzman | Philippines | 22.9s | | | 6. Gunnar Christensen |  Denmark | 23.1s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Bruce Humber | Canada | 22.1s | | | 2. Gyula Gyenes | Hungary | 22.1s | | | 3. Felix Rinner | Austria | 22.4s | | | 4. Paul Bronner | France | 22.6s | | | 5. Chen Kingkwan |  Rep. China | | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 21.9s | | | 2. Renos Frangoudis | Greece | 22.1s | | | 3. József Sir | Hungary | 22.2s | | | 4. Poh Kimseng | Rep. China | | | | 5. Pat Dannaher | South Africa | | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Marthinus Theunissen | South Africa | 21.7s | | | 2. Howard McPhee | Canada | 21.8s | | | 3. Börje Strandvall | Finland | 22.6s | | | 4. George Fahoum |  Egypt | | | | 5. Liu Changchun | Rep. China | | | | 6. Antonio Fondevilla | Argentina | | |
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| Heat 7 | time | | | 1. Bob Packard | United States | 21.2s | | | 2. Eric Grimbeek | South Africa | 21.8s | | | 3. Albert Steinmetz | Germany | 21.9s | | | 4. Eric Whiteside |  India | | |
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| Heat 8 | time | | | 1. Mack Robinson | United States | 21.6s | | | 2. Aki Tammisto | Finland | 22.2s | | | 3. Carlos Hofmeister | Argentina | 22.3s | | | 4. Dieudonné Devrindt |  Belgium | | | | 5. Mario Minai | Hungary | | | | 6. Alfred König | Austria | | |
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