Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates6 July (heats and quarterfinals)
7 July (semifinals and final)
Competitors86 from 34 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jackson Scholz
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arthur Porritt
 New Zealand
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The men's 100 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. This race was depicted in the film Chariots of Fire. The first two rounds were held on 6 July, with the semifinals and final on 7 July. Eighty-six sprinters from 34 countries competed.[1] The event was won by Harold Abrahams of Great Britain—Great Britain's first Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 metres and only the second time that the United States failed to win (Reggie Walker of South Africa had won in 1908). Jackson Scholz kept the Americans on the podium with a silver. Arthur Porritt won the bronze, New Zealand's first medal in the event.

The Chariots of Fire film presents a fictionalized version of the event in which Eric Liddell, a devout Christian, dropped out shortly before the competition because the heat was on Sunday, and his faith compelled him to keep Sunday as the Sabbath. While the basic story is accurate, the true timeline was less dramatic, as "Liddell knew about the Olympic schedule several months in advance and never intended to run the 100 in Paris."[2]

Background[]

This was the seventh time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. For the first time (excluding the 1906 Intercalated Games), a defending gold medalist (Charley Paddock) attempted to retain his title. Two other 1920 finalists, Loren Murchison and Jackson Scholz, also returned. Other notable entrants included Great Britain's Harold Abrahams, a favorite along with Paddock.[2]

Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Estonia, Haiti, Ireland (newly independent from Great Britain), Latvia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, and Turkey were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first seven Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format[]

The event retained the four round format from 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 17 heats, of 3–6 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 34 quarterfinalists were placed into 6 heats of 5 or 6 athletes. Again, the top 2 advanced. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, this time with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]

World record  Charles Paddock (USA) 10.4 s Redlands, United States 23 April 1921
Olympic record  Donald Lippincott (USA) 10.6 s Stockholm, Sweden 6 July 1912

No new records were set in 1924, though Harold Abrahams equalled the Olympic record three times.

Results[]

All times shown are in seconds.

Heats[]

The first round was held on 6 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Loren Murchison  United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt  New Zealand 10.9 Q
3 Camilo Rivas  Argentina
4 Mariano Aguilar  Mexico
5 Alberto Jurado  Ecuador

Heat 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cyril Coaffee  Canada 11.0 Q
2 Ernesto Bonacina  Italy 11.2 Q
3 Mogens Truelsen  Denmark
4 Gentil dos Santos  Portugal
5 Alois Linka  Czechoslovakia 11.6

Heat 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Paddock  United States 11.2 Q
2 Oto Seviško  Latvia 11.8 Q
3 Ferdinand Kaindl  Austria

Heat 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maurice Degrelle  France 11.0 Q
2 Reijo Halme  Finland 11.1 Q
3 Frederik Lamp  Netherlands
4 Fritz Schedl  Austria
5 Władysław Dobrowolski  Poland 11.5
6 Rauf Hasağası  Turkey

Heat 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lajos Kurunczy  Hungary 11.4 Q
2 Johans Oja  Latvia Q
3 Henricus Cockuyt  Belgium
4 Wilfred Hildreth  India
5 Lawrence Betts  South Africa

Heat 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henricus Broos  Netherlands 11.0 Q
2 George Dunston  South Africa 11.2 Q
3 Antonín Svoboda  Czechoslovakia 11.3
4 Poul Schiang  Denmark 11.5
5 José-María Larrabeiti  Spain 11.6
6 David Nepomuceno  Philippines

Heat 7[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lancelot Royle  Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Giovanni Frangipane  Italy 11.1 Q
3 André Théard  Haiti 11.2
4 Juan Junqueras  Spain 11.3
5 Zygmunt Weiss  Poland 11.4

Heat 8[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Marinus van den Berge  Netherlands 11.1 Q
3 Diego Ordóñez  Spain
4 Victor Moriaud  Switzerland
5 Karel Pott  Portugal
6 Miguel Enrico  Argentina

Heat 9[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Albert Heisé  France 11.2 Q
2 Gusztáv Rózsahegyi  Hungary 11.3 Q
3 Lauri Härö  Finland 11.3
4 Curt Wiberg  Sweden 11.4
5 Alexandros Papafingos  Greece

Heat 10[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Nichol  Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Paul Brochart  Belgium 11.1 Q
3 Laurence Armstrong  Canada
4 Konstantinos Pantelidis  Greece
5 Gvido Jekals  Latvia

Heat 11[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chester Bowman  United States 11.0 Q
2 Walter Strebi  Switzerland 11.2 Q
3 James Hall  India 11.3
4 Bror Österdahl  Sweden 11.3
5 Félix Escobar  Argentina
6 Herminio Ahumada  Mexico

Heat 12[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Hester  Canada 11.2 Q
2 Johannes van Kampen  Netherlands 11.2 Q
3 Karl Borner  Switzerland
4 Bill Lowe  Ireland
5 László Muskát  Hungary
– Eugène Moetbeek  Belgium DQ

Heat 13[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz  United States 10.8 Q
2 Paul Hammer  Luxembourg 11.3 Q
3 Terence Pitt  India 11.3
4 Knut Russell  Sweden 11.3
5 Reinhold Kesküll  Estonia 11.5

Heat 14[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Slip Carr  Australia 11.0 Q
3 Sasago Tani  Japan
4 Anton Husgafvel  Finland
5 Álvaro Ribeiro  Brazil
6 Şekip Engineri  Turkey

Heat 15[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 André Mourlon  France 11.0 Q
2 Enrico Torre  Italy 11.2 Q
3 Joseph Hilger  Luxembourg

Heat 16[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Félix Mendizábal  Spain 11.4 Q
2 Anthony Vince  Canada 11.4 Q
3 Vittorio Zucca  Italy 11.5
4 Stanisław Sośnicki  Poland 11.6
5 Artūrs Gedvillo  Latvia

Heat 17[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ferenc Gerő  Hungary 11.0 Q
2 René Mourlon  France 11.0 Q
3 Väinö Eskola  Finland 11.1
4 Aleksander Szenajch  Poland

Quarterfinals[]

The quarterfinals were held on 6 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Loren Murchison  United States 10.8 Q
2 Giovanni Frangipane  Italy 11.0 Q
3 Henricus Broos  Netherlands 11.1
4 Paul Hammer  Luxembourg 11.1
5 Reijo Halme  Finland 11.1
6 Anthony Vince  Canada

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chester Bowman  United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt  New Zealand 10.9 Q
3 Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 11.0
4 René Mourlon  France 11.0
5 Lajos Kurunczy  Hungary 11.0
6 Enrico Torre  Italy

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cyril Coaffee  Canada 10.8 Q
2 Wilfred Nichol  Great Britain 11.0 Q
3 André Mourlon  France 11.1
4 Marinus van den Berge  Netherlands
5 Jānis Oja  Latvia
6 Walter Strebi  Switzerland DNS

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain 10.6 Q =OR
2 George Hester  Canada 10.7 Q
3 Ferenc Gerő  Hungary
4 Albert Heisé  France
5 Ernesto Bonacina  Italy
6 Félix Mendizábal  Spain

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Paddock  United States 10.8 Q
2 Maurice Degrelle  France 11.0 Q
3 Johannes van Kampen  Netherlands
4 George Dunston  South Africa
5 Gusztáv Rózsahegyi  Hungary

Quarterfinal 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz  United States 10.8 Q
2 Slip Carr  Australia 10.9 Q
3 Lancelot Royle  Great Britain
4 Paul Brochart  Belgium
5 Oto Seviško  Latvia

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held on 7 July. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz  United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt  New Zealand 11.1 Q
3 Loren Murchison  United States 11.2 Q
4 Wilfred Nichol  Great Britain 11.3
5 Maurice Degrelle  France 11.4
6 George Hester  Canada 11.5

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain 10.6 Q =OR
2 Charles Paddock  United States 10.7 Q
3 Chester Bowman  United States 10.7 Q
4 Slip Carr  Australia 10.7
5 Cyril Coaffee  Canada 10.8
6 Giovanni Frangipane  Italy 11.2

Final[]

The final was held on 7 July.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain 10.6 =OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Jackson Scholz  United States 10.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Arthur Porritt  New Zealand 10.8
4 5 Chester Bowman  United States 10.9
5 1 Charles Paddock  United States 10.9
6 2 Loren Murchison  United States 11.0

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ Olympic.org

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