Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue |
Wembley Stadium London, England | ||||||||||||
Dates |
30 July 1948 (heats, quarterfinals) 31 July 1948 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.3 seconds | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England, we held at Wembley Stadium on 30 and 31 July.[1] The final was won by American Harrison Dillard, in a photo finish. This was the first time a photo finish camera was used at an Olympic Games.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 10.2 s | Chicago, United States | 20 June 1936 | |
Compton, United States | 6 June 1941 | |||
Olympic record | 10.3 s | Berlin, Germany | 2 August 1936 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Date | Time | |
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Friday, 30 July 1948 | 15:00 17:30 | Round 1 Round 2 |
Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 14:30 15:45 | Semifinals Finals |
Results
Round 1
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the second round.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Barney Ewell | 10.5 | ||
2 | Alastair McCorquodale | 10.5 | ||
3 | Leslie Laing | 11.0 | ||
4 | Angel García | |||
5 | Nestor Jacono | |||
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mel Patton | 10.6 | ||
2 | Ivan Hausen | 10.9 | ||
3 | Jim O'Brien | 10.9 | ||
4 | Fernando Lapuente | |||
5 | Hector Gosset | |||
6 | Guillermo Rodríguez | |||
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lloyd La Beach | 10.5 | ||
2 | Béla Goldoványi | 11.0 | ||
3 | Frank Mahoney | 11.8 | ||
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Juan López | 10.5 | ||
2 | Ken Jones | 10.6 | ||
3 | Jan Meijer | 11.0 | ||
4 | Máximo Reyes | |||
5 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | |||
Heat 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harrison Dillard | 10.4 | ||
2 | Aroldo da Silva | 10.6 | ||
3 | Peter Bloch | 11.1 | ||
4 | Pol Braekman | |||
Heat 6
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | McDonald Bailey | 10.5 | ||
2 | Haukur Clausen | 11.0 | ||
3 | Abram van Heerden | 11.1 | ||
4 | Carlos Silva | |||
5 | Bernabe Lovina | |||
6 | Stanley Lines | |||
Heat 7
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Treloar | 10.5 | ||
2 | René Valmy | 10.8 | ||
3 | György Csányi | 11.1 | ||
4 | Carlos Isaac | |||
5 | Sayed Moukhtar | |||
6 | Ali Salman | |||
Heat 8
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rafael Fortún | 10.7 | ||
2 | John Bartram | 10.8 | ||
3 | Basil McKenzie | 10.8 | ||
4 | Hélio da Silva | |||
5 | Jo Zwaan | |||
Heat 9
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Morris Curotta | 10.7 | ||
2 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | 10.8 | ||
3 | Raúl Mazorra | 11.1 | ||
4 | Örn Clausen | |||
5 | Raşit Öztaş | |||
- | Perry Johnson | DQ | ||
Heat 10
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Lewis | 10.8 | ||
2 | Ted Haggis | 10.9 | ||
3 | Walter Pérez | 11.0 | ||
4 | Santiago Ferrando | |||
5 | Stefanos Petrakis | |||
Heat 11
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Isidoor Van De Wiele | 10.8 | ||
2 | Nuno Morais | 10.9 | ||
3 | Alberto Labarthe | 11.0 | ||
4 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | |||
5 | Charles Thompson | |||
Heat 12
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mario Fayos | 11.0 | ||
2 | Eric Prabhakar | 11.0 | ||
3 | László Bartha | 11.1 | ||
4 | Jan Kleyn | |||
5 | Kemal Aksur | |||
6 | Maung Sein Pe | |||
- | Étienne Bally | DNF | ||
Round 2
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harrison Dillard | 10.4 | ||
2 | Juan López | 10.6 | ||
3 | Ken Jones | 10.7 | ||
4 | Ivan Hausen | |||
5 | Ted Haggis | |||
6 | António Morais | |||
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Barney Ewell | 10.5 | ||
2 | McDonald Bailey | 10.6 | ||
3 | Morris Curotta | 10.8 | ||
4 | George Lewis | |||
5 | Béla Goldoványi | |||
6 | Haukur Clausen | |||
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mel Patton | 10.4 | ||
2 | Alastair McCorquodale | 10.5 | ||
3 | John Bartram | 10.6 | ||
4 | René Valmy | |||
5 | Mario Fayos | |||
6 | Isidoor Van De Wiele | |||
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lloyd La Beach | 10.5 | ||
2 | John Treloar | 10.5 | ||
3 | Rafael Fortún | 10.6 | ||
4 | Aroldo da Silva | |||
5 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | |||
6 | Eric Prabhakar | |||
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harrison Dillard | 10.5 | ||
2 | Barney Ewell | 10.5 | ||
3 | Alastair McCorquodale | 10.7 | ||
4 | John Bartram | |||
5 | Juan López | |||
6 | Morris Curotta | |||
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mel Patton | 10.4 | ||
2 | Lloyd LaBeach | 10.5 | ||
3 | McDonald Bailey | 10.6 | ||
4 | John Treloar | |||
5 | Rafael Fortún | |||
6 | Ken Jones | |||
Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record; DNF = Did not finish; DQ = Disqualified
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Harrison Dillard | 10.3 | =OR | ||
Barney Ewell | 10.4 | |||
Lloyd LaBeach | 10.6 | |||
4 | Alastair McCorquodale | |||
5 | Mel Patton | |||
6 | McDonald Bailey |
Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ↑ Jackson, Peter (24 July 2012). "London's three Olympic Games compared", BBC News.
External links
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.