<page_title> Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle </page_title> <section_title> Heats </section_title> <table> <cell> Masaharu Taguchi (JPN) <col_header> Swimmer </col_header> </cell> <cell> 57.5 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> QQ OR <col_header> Qual. </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the heat Masaharu Taguchi had the Olympic record with 57.5 seconds.