

Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:

Men's 400 metres Hurdles



Host City: Berlin, Germany
Date Started: August 3, 1936
Date Finished: August 4, 1936

Gold: USA Glenn Hardin
Silver: CAN Johnny Loaring
Bronze: PHI Miguel White


At an International in Stockholm in 1934, Glenn Hardin had shattered the world record by over one second, a mark which would last until 1953. Hardin was the defending silver medalist and was heavily favored in Berlin, not having lost since the Los Angeles final. The final was closer than expected as Hardin won, but only by 3/10ths of a second over Canadian John Loaring, who would win the 1938 Commonwealth Games title.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Glenn Hardin 26 United States USA Gold
2 Johnny Loaring 20 Canada CAN Silver
3 Miguel White 26 Philippines PHI Bronze
4 Joe Patterson 23 United States USA
5 Sylvio Padilha 27 Brazil BRA
6 Khristos Mantikas Greece GRE
4 h1 r2/3 Dale Schofield 21 United States USA
4 h2 r2/3 Juul Bosmans 22 Belgium BEL
5 h1 r2/3 Juan Lavenás 21 Argentina ARG
5 h2 r2/3 József Kovács 25 Hungary HUN
6 h1 r2/3 Willi Kürten 28 Germany GER
6 h2 r2/3 Fritz Nottbrock 26 Germany GER
3 h1 r1/3 Prudent Joye 22 France FRA
3 h2 r1/3 Luigi Facelli 38 Italy ITA
3 h3 r1/3 Alf Watson 29 Australia AUS
3 h4 r1/3 Hans Scheele 27 Germany GER
3 h5 r1/3 Vane Ivanović 23 Yugoslavia YUG
3 h6 r1/3 Ernst Leitner 23 Austria AUT
4 h1 r1/3 Tokio Fukuda 21 Japan JPN
4 h2 r1/3 Jim Worrall 22 Canada CAN
4 h3 r1/3 Masao Ichihara 22 Japan JPN
4 h4 r1/3 Umberto Ridi 22 Italy ITA
4 h5 r1/3 Frank Rushton 27 South Africa RSA
4 h6 r1/3 Ernst Berndt 21 Czechoslovakia TCH
5 h2 r1/3 Louis Gailliard 23 France FRA
5 h3 r1/3 Ioannis Skiadas 23 Greece GRE
5 h4 r1/3 Teodoro Malasig 24 Philippines PHI
5 h5 r1/3 Kell Areskoug 29 Sweden SWE
5 h6 r1/3 John Sheffield 26 Great Britain GBR
6 h2 r1/3 August Banščak 24 Yugoslavia YUG
6 h3 r1/3 Emilio Mori 28 Italy ITA
6 h5 r1/3 Walter Fritsch 24 Chile CHI