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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade ) and officially branded as Berlin 1936 , was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin , then part of Nazi Germany .
Image from the final of the women's 100 m. 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. [1] Some Eastern European (especially Polish) journalists suggested she might be a man. [2]
The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports. [1] [2] [3]
Charlotte Cooper. The first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. [3] Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
2012 - The first women's basketball game was played on an aircraft carrier. [339] 2013 - Before the start of the 2013–14 season, the NCAA adopted the 10-second backcourt limit for women's basketball for the first time. Prior to this change, NCAA women's basketball was the only level of basketball in the world that did not have a backcourt ...
Tidye Pickett [1] (November 3, 1914 – November 17, 1986) [2] was an American track and field athlete. She represented the United States in the 80-meter hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, becoming the first African-American woman to compete in the Olympic Games.
Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres; Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw; Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump; Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay; Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw