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

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.

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

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(*) Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
Olympic Record 10.6 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.)

Results

Heats

  Advance on placement

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Loren Murchison (USA)10.8Q
2 Jacobus Bukes (RSA)10.9Q
3 Albert Heijnneman (NED)11.0
4 Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 William Hunt (AUS)11.0Q
2 Félix Mendizábal (ESP)11.2Q
3 Francis Irvine (RSA)
4 Bjarne Guldager (NOR)
5 Nils Sandström (SWE)

Heat 5

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

Heat 6

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

Heat 7

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

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charley Paddock (USA)10.8Q
2 Harry Edward (GBR)10.9Q
3 Carlos Botín (ESP)11.2
4 Shinichi Yamaoka (JPN)
5 Edmond Médécin (MON)

Heat 9

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

Heat 10

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Harold Abrahams (GBR)11.0Q
2 Alexander Ponton (CAN)11.1Q
3 Giorgio Croci (ITA)11.2
4 Harry van Rappard (NED)
5 Reinhold Saulmann (EST)

Heat 11

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

Heat 12

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

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

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

Quarterfinal 2

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

Quarterfinal 3

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

Quarterfinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Jackson Scholz (USA)10.8Q
2 Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)11.0Q
3 Josef Imbach (SUI)11.1
4 René Tirard (FRA)11.2
5 Alexander Ponton (CAN)11.4

Quarterfinal 5

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

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

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

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Charley Paddock (USA)10.8
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.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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