Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Georg Lammers, Percy Williams and Jack London
Venue Olympic Stadium
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates 29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals)
30 July 1928 (semifinals, final)
Competitors 81 from 33 nations
Winning time 10.8 seconds
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Percy Williams  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jack London  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Georg Lammers  Germany

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 29 July and Monday, 30 July. Seventy-six runners from 27 nations competed.[1]

Results

Final

Place Name Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Percy Williams (CAN)10.8 seconds
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jack London (GBR)10.9 seconds
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Georg Lammers (GER)10.9 seconds
4 Frank Wykoff (USA)11.0 seconds
5 Wilfred Legg (RSA)11.0 seconds
6 Robert McAllister (USA)11.0 seconds

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.4 United States Charlie Paddock Redlands, California (USA) April 23, 1921
Olympic Record 10.6 United States Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
10.6 United Kingdom Harold Abrahams Paris (FRA) July 6/7 1924

Percy Williams equalized the standing Olympic record with 10.6 seconds in the fourth heat of the second round. In the first semifinal, Williams, Robert McAllister, and Wilfred Legg all equalized the record.

Preliminaries

Records
First Round
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Second Round
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Semifinals
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Final
References

Key to tables below:

  Advance on placement

First Round

Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Heat 1: Willy Dujardin, Wilhelm Hennings, Angelos Lamprou, John Fitzpatrick, Richard Corts
PlaceNameTime
1 John Fitzpatrick (CAN)11.0 seconds
2 Richard Corts (GER)11.0 seconds
3 Willy Dujardin (BEL)11.2 seconds
4 Wilhelm Hennings (NED)11.4 seconds
5 Angelos Lambrou (GRE)11.4 seconds

Heat 2

PlaceNameTime
1 Sydney Atkinson (RSA)11.2 seconds
2 André Mourlon (FRA)11.3 seconds
3 Jesús Moraila (MEX)unknown
4 Franco Reyser (ITA)unknown
— Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann (GER)DNS

Heat 3

PlaceNameTime
1 Frank Wykoff (USA)11.0 seconds
2 Paul Brochart (BEL)unknown
3 Jaap Boot (NED)unknown(*)
4 Mario Gómez Daza (MEX)unknown
5 Konstantinos Petridis (GRE)unknown
6 Fernando Muñagorri (ESP)unknown

(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)

Heat 4

PlaceNameTime
1 Ferenc Gerő (HUN)10.8 seconds
2 Aubrey Burton-Durham (RSA)unknown
3 Willy Weibel (SUI)11.4 seconds
4 Diego Ordóñez (ESP)11.4 seconds
5 John Heap (GBR)unknown
6 Eduardo Albe (ARG)unknown

Heat 5

PlaceNameTime
1 Jack London (GBR)10.8 seconds
2 George Hester (CAN)unknown
3 Ladislau Peter (ROU)unknown
4 Francisco Costas (MEX)unknown
5 Mehmet Ali Aybar (TUR)unknown

Heat 6

PlaceNameTime
1 Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)11.0 seconds
2 Ralph Adams (CAN)unknown
3 Edgardo Toetti (ITA)unknown
4 Iwao Aizawa (JPN)unknown
5 Semih Türkdoğan (TUR)unknown

Heat 7

PlaceNameTime
1 Wilfred Legg (RSA)11.0 seconds
2 Cyril Gill (GBR)11.0 seconds
3 Rodolfo Wagner (CHI)unknown
— Sándor Hajdú (HUN)DNS
— Giuseppe Castelli (ITA)DNS

Heat 8

Heat 8: Hubert Houben, Karel Kněnický, Johannes Viljoen
PlaceNameTime
1 Hubert Houben (GER)11.0 seconds
2 Johannes Viljoen (RSA)11.0 seconds
3 Karel Kněnický (TCH)11.3 seconds
4 Dolf Benz (NED)11.4 seconds

Heat 9

PlaceNameTime
1 Georg Lammers (GER)10.8 seconds
2 André Théard (HAI)unknown
3 János Paizs (HUN)unknown
4 Leo Jørgensen (DEN)unknown
5 Jean Moulin (LUX)unknown
6 Renos Frangoudis (GRE)unknown

Heat 10

PlaceNameTime
1 Walter Rangeley (GBR)11.0 seconds
2 Rinus van den Berge (NED)11.1 seconds
3 Johann Bartl (TCH)unknown
4 Şinasi Şahingiray (TUR)unknown

Heat 11

PlaceNameTime
1 István Raggambi (HUN)11.0 seconds
2 Jimmy Carlton (AUS)11.1 seconds
3 Alberto Barucco (ARG)unknown
4 Óscar Alvarado (CHI)unknown
5 Juan Serrahima (ESP)unknown
6 R. Burns (IND)unknown

Heat 12

PlaceNameTime
1 Percy Williams (CAN)11.0 seconds
2 Jaroslav Vykoupil (TCH)unknown
3 André Dufau (FRA)unknown
4 José de Lima (POR)unknown
5 Haris Šveminas (LTU)unknown

Heat 13

PlaceNameTime
1 José Barrientos (CUB)11.0 seconds
2 André Cerbonney (FRA)unknown
3 Fred Zinner (BEL)unknown
- Arthur Porritt (NZL)DNS

Heat 14

PlaceNameTime
1 Claude Bracey (USA)11.0 seconds
2 Gilbert Auvergne (FRA)11.1 seconds
3 Hermann Geißler (AUT)11.2 seconds
4 Risto Mattila (FIN)11.3 seconds
5 Emmanuel Goldsmith (SUI)11.5 seconds
6 George Schmit (LUX)12.2 seconds

Heat 15

PlaceNameTime
1 Henry Russell (USA)11.0 seconds
2 Denis Cussen (IRL)unknown
3 Willy Tschopp (SUI)unknown
4 Adolphe Groscol (BEL)unknown

Heat 16

PlaceNameTime
1 Bob McAllister (USA)10.8 seconds
2 Anselmo Gonzaga (PHI)unknown
3 Enrique de Chávarri (ESP)unknown
4 Frédéric Eyschen (LUX)unknown
5 H. Enis (TUR)DNS

Second Round

Six heats were held, the two fastest of each qualifird for the semifinals.

Second Round Heat 1

PlaceNameTime
1 Wilfred Legg (RSA)10.8 seconds
2 John Fitzpatrick (CAN)unknown
3 Ferenc Gerő (HUN)unknown
4 Rinus van den Berge (NED)unknown
5 Denis Cussen (IRL)unknown
6 Jaroslav Vykoupil (TCH)unknown

Second Round Heat 2

PlaceNameTime
1 Robert McAllister (USA)10.8 seconds
2 Richard Corts (GER)11.0 seconds
3 Cyril Gill (GBR)unknown
4 István Raggambi (HUN)unknown
5 Aubrey Burton-Durham (RSA)unknown
6 André Cerbonney (FRA)unknown

Second Round Heat 3

PlaceNameTime
1 Henry Russell (USA)10.8 seconds
2 Hubert Houben (GER)unknown
3 Gilbert Auvergne (FRA)unknown
4 George Hester (CAN)unknown
5 Sydney Atkinson (RSA)unknown

Second Round Heat 4

PlaceNameTime
1 Percy Williams (CAN)10.6 seconds =OR
2 Jack London (GBR)10.8 seconds
3 André Théard (HAI)unknown
4 André Mourlon (FRA)unknown
5 José Barrientos (CUB)unknown

Second Round Heat 5

PlaceNameTime
1 Frank Wykoff (USA)10.8 seconds
2 Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)unknown
3 Johannes Viljoen (RSA)unknown
4 Anselmo Gonzaga (PHI)unknown
5 Jimmy Carlton (AUS)11.0 seconds

Second Round Heat 6

PlaceNameTime
1 Claude Bracey (USA)10.8 seconds
2 Georg Lammers (GER)unknown
3 Walter Rangeley (GBR)unknown
4 Ralph Adams (CAN)unknown
5 Paul Brochart (BEL)unknown

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of each qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceNameTime
1 Robert McAllister (USA)10.6 seconds =OR
2 Percy Williams (CAN)10.6 seconds =OR
3 Wilfred Legg (RSA)10.6 seconds =OR
4 Hubert Houben (GER)10.7 seconds
5 Claude Bracey (USA)10.8 seconds
6 Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)11.0 seconds

Semifinal 2

PlaceNameTime
1 Jack London (GBR)10.6 seconds =OR
2 Georg Lammers (GER)10.7 seconds
3 Frank Wykoff (USA)10.7 seconds
4 Henry Russell (USA)10.8 seconds
5 Richard Corts (GER)10.8 seconds
6 John Fitzpatrick (CAN)10.9 seconds

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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