Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5. The final was won by American Jesse Owens.Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wil van Beveren | | 21.4 | |
| 2 | Tomás Beswick | | 22.1 | |
| 3 | Mutsuo Taniguchi | | 22.2 | |
| 4 | Antonio Salcedo | | | |
| 5 | José de Almeida | | | |
| 6 | Aristidis Sakellariou | | | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tinus Osendarp | | 21.7 | |
| 2 | Egon Schein | | 22.0 | |
| 3 | Alan Pennington | | 22.1 | |
| 4 | Masao Yazawa | | 22.4 | |
| 5 | Pierre Dondelinger | | | |
| 6 | Xaver Frick | | | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jesse Owens | | 21.1 | =OR |
| 2 | Lee Orr | | 21.6 | |
| 3 | Karl Neckermann | | 21.8 | |
| 4 | Arthur Sweeney | | 22.1 | |
| 5 | Nemesio de Guzman | | 22.9 | |
| 6 | Gunnar Christensen | | 23.1 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruce Humber | | 22.1 | |
| 2 | Gyula Gyenes | | 22.1 | |
| 3 | Felix Rinner | | 22.4 | |
| 4 | Paul Bronner | | 22.6 | |
| 5 | Chen Kingkwan | | | |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Hänni | | 21.9 | |
| 2 | Renos Frangoudis | | 22.1 | |
| 3 | József Sir | | 22.2 | |
| 4 | Poh Kimseng | | | |
| 5 | Pat Dannaher | | | |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marthinus Theunissen | | 21.7 | |
| 2 | Howard McPhee | | 21.8 | |
| 3 | Börje Strandvall | | 22.6 | |
| 4 | George Fahoum | | | |
| 5 | Liu Changchun | | | |
| 6 | Antonio Fondevilla | | | |
Heat seven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bob Packard | | 21.2 | |
| 2 | Eric Grimbeek | | 21.8 | |
| 3 | Albert Steinmetz | | 21.9 | |
| 4 | Eric Whiteside | | | |
Heat eight
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mack Robinson | | 21.6 | |
| 2 | Aki Tammisto | | 22.2 | |
| 3 | Carlos Hofmeister | | 22.3 | |
| 4 | Dieudonné Devrindt | | | |
| 5 | Mario Minai | | | |
| 6 | Alfred König | | | |
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Orr | | 21.2 | |
| 2 | Paul Hänni | | 21.3 | |
| 3 | Bob Packard | | 21.3 | |
| 4 | József Sir | | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Egon Schein | | 21.7 | |
| 6 | Tomás Beswick | | | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wil van Beveren | | 21.7 | |
| 2 | Marthinus Theunissen | | 21.9 | |
| 3 | Bruce Humber | | 22.1 | |
| 4 | Renos Frangoudis | | | |
| 5 | Mutsuo Taniguchi | | | |
| 6 | Carlos Hofmeister | | | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jesse Owens | | 21.1 | =OR |
| 2 | Howard McPhee | | 21.8 | |
| 3 | Eric Grimbeek | | 21.9 | |
| 4 | Aki Tammisto | | 22.0 | |
| 5 | Felix Rinner | | | |
| Albert Steinmetz | | | DQ |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mack Robinson | | 21.2 | |
| 2 | Tinus Osendarp | | 21.3 | |
| 3 | Karl Neckermann | | 21.6 | |
| 4 | Gyula Gyenes | | | |
| 5 | Börje Strandvall | | | |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mack Robinson | | 21.1 | =OR |
| 2 | Lee Orr | | 21.3 | |
| 3 | Wil van Beveren | | 21.5 | |
| 4 | Bob Packard | | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Karl Neckermann | | 21.8 | |
| 6 | Eric Grimbeek | | 22.2 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jesse Owens | | 21.3 | |
| 2 | Tinus Osendarp | | 21.5 | |
| 3 | Paul Hänni | | 21.6 | |
| 4 | Marthinus Theunissen | | 21.8 | |
| 5 | Bruce Humber | | 22.0 | |
| 6 | Howard McPhee | | 22.0 | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Jesse Owens | | 20.7 | WR |
| Mack Robinson | | 21.1 | |
| Tinus Osendarp | | 21.3 | |
| 4 | Paul Hänni | | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Lee Orr | | 21.6 | |
| 6 | Wil van Beveren | | 21.9 | |
Key: WR = World record
