Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 100 metres

|games = 1936 Summer

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|dates = August 3, 1936 (heats and semifinals)
August 4, 1936 (final)

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|longnames = yes

|gold = Helen Stephens

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Stanisława Walasiewicz

|silverNOC = POL

|bronze = Käthe Krauß

|bronzeNOC = GER

|prev=1932

|next=1948

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File:Berlin 1936 - women 100 m athletics - final.gif

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American Helen Stephens.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres |access-date=5 June 2017 |work=Sports Reference}} Some Eastern European (especially Polish) journalists suggested she might be a man.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43890575 |title=Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes |work=BBC Sport| access-date=26 April 2018}} However, the International Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and concluded that she was a woman.{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6344479/harrisburg_telegraph/ |title=Helen Stephens is real girl |date=August 6, 1936 |newspaper= Harrisburg Telegraph |page=14 |access-date=August 23, 2016 }}

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