Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 15–16
Competitors61 from 23 nations
Medalists
 Charley Paddock  United States
 Morris Kirksey  United States
 Harry Edward  Great Britain
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
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The men's 100 metres event was part of the athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 15 and 16, 1920.

Sixty sprinters from 22 nations competed, while Estonia's sole athlete in the event, Reinhold Saulmann, was entered but did not start the 100 m.[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.6(*) United States Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
Olympic Record 10.6 United States Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912

(*) This was the only officially ratified world record in 1920, but there have been at least four runs in 10.5 seconds at that time. (see the records prior the 1912 Summer Olympics.)

In the final Charley Paddock equalized the Olympic record with 10.6 seconds.

Results

Heats

  Advance on placement

Heat 1

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  William Hill (GBR) 11.0 Q
2  Mario Riccobono (ITA) 11.2 Q
3  Marcel Gustin (BEL)
4  Ichiro Kaga (JPN)
5  Paul Hammer (LUX)
6  Jan de Vries (NED)

Heat 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  René Mourlon (FRA) 11.2 Q
2  August Sørensen (DEN) 11.3 Q
3  Erik Lindvall (SWE)
4  Ahmed Khairy (EGY)
5  Purma Bannerjee (IND)

Heat 3

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Loren Murchison (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Willie Bukes (RSA) 10.9 Q
3  Albert Heijnneman (NED) 11.0
4  Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)

Heat 4

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  William Hunt (AUS) 11.0 Q
2  Félix Mendizábal (ESP) 11.2 Q
3  Frank Irvine (RSA)
4  Bjarne Guldager (NOR)
5  Nils Sandström (SWE)

Heat 5

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Vittorio Zucca (ITA) 11.4 Q
2  Cor Wezepoel (NED) 11.5 Q
3  Leonard Dixon (RSA)
4  August Waibel (SUI)
5  Alex Servais (LUX)

Heat 6

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Morris Kirksey (USA) 11.0 Q
2  Josef Imbach (SUI) 11.0 Q
3  René Lorain (FRA)
4  Johan Johansen (NOR)
5  Jaime Camps (ESP)
6  Giovanni Orlandi (ITA)

Heat 7

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Paul Brochart (BEL) 11.4 Q
2  René Tirard (FRA) 11.7 Q
3  Diego Ordóñez (ESP)
4  Jean Colbach (LUX)
5  Eduard Hašek (TCH)

Heat 8

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Charley Paddock (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Harry Edward (GBR) 10.9 Q
3  Carlos Botín (ESP) 11.2
4  Shinichi Yamaoka (JPN)
5  Edmond Médécim (MON)

Heat 9

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Émile Ali-Khan (FRA) 11.0 Q
2  Victor d'Arcy (GBR) 11.1 Q
3  Rolf Stenersen (NOR)
4  Dimitrios Karambatis (GRE)
5  Sven Malm (SWE)

Heat 10

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Harold Abrahams (GBR) 11.0 Q
2  Alexandre Penton (CAN) 11.1 Q
3  Giorgio Croci (ITA) 11.2
4  Harry van Rappard (NED)
5  Reinhold Saulmann (EST)

Heat 11

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Jack Oosterlaak (RSA) 11.0 Q
2  George Davidson (NZL) 11.1 Q
3  Agne Holmström (SWE)
4  Fritiof Andersen (DEN)
5  Jean Lefèvre (BEL)

Heat 12

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Jackson Scholz (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Marinus Sørensen (DEN) 11.2 Q
3  Cyril Coaffee (CAN)
4  Julien Lehouck (BEL)
5  Asle Bækkedal (NOR)

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Harry Edward (GBR) 10.8 Q
2  Loren Murchison (USA) 10.9 Q
3  René Mourlon (FRA) 11.0
4  William Hunt (AUS) 11.2
5  Mario Riccobono (ITA)

Quarterfinal 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  William Hill (GBR) 11.0 Q
2  Félix Mendizábal (ESP) Q
3  Willie Bukes (RSA)
4  August Sørensen (DEN)
5  Vittorio Zucca (ITA)

Quarterfinal 3

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Charley Paddock (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Émile Ali-Khan (FRA) 10.9 Q
3  George Davidson (NZL)
4  Harold Abrahams (GBR)
5  Cor Wezepoel (NED)

Quarterfinal 4

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Jackson Scholz (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Jack Oosterlaak (RSA) 11.0 Q
3  Josef Imbach (SUI) 11.1
4  René Tirard (FRA) 11.2
5  Alexandre Penton (CAN) 11.4

Quarterfinal 5

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Morris Kirksey (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Paul Brochart (BEL) Q
3  Victor d'Arcy (GBR)
4  Marinus Sørensen (DEN)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Harry Edward (GBR) 10.8 Q
2  Jackson Scholz (USA) 10.9 Q
3  Morris Kirksey (USA) 11.0 Q
4  Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)
5  Félix Mendizábal (ESP)

Semifinal 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Charley Paddock (USA) 10.8 Q
2  Émile Ali-Khan (FRA) 10.8 Q
3  Loren Murchison (USA) 11.0 Q
4  Paul Brochart (BEL)
5  William Hill (GBR)

Final

Place Athlete Time
1  Charley Paddock (USA) 10.6 =OR
2  Morris Kirksey (USA) 10.8
3  Harry Edward (GBR) 11.0
4  Jackson Scholz (USA) 11.0
5  Émile Ali-Khan (FRA) 11.1
6  Loren Murchison (USA) 11.2

References

  1. ↑ Athletics at the 1920 Summer Games: Men's 100 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-31.
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