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Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
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The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the ninth appearance of the event, which had not been featured only at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 9 August 1936. Forty-five swimmers from 23 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games. The event was won by Ferenc Csik of Hungary, the nation's first victory in the event since 1904 and third overall (second all-time behind the United States with 5). For the second consecutive Games, Japan took two medals in the 100 metre freestyle, this time silver (Masanori Yusa) and bronze (Shigeo Arai). The United States' seven-Games medal streak in the event ended as the nation's best result was sixth place by Peter Fick.
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Swimming at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin | |||||||||
Dates | 8–9 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.6 | |||||||||
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