Final time L 1. Harold Abrahams 10.6s =OR 4 2. Jackson Scholz 10.7s 3 3. Arthur Porritt 10.8s 6 4. Chester Bowman 10.9s 5 5. Charles Paddock 10.9s 1 6. Loren Murchison 11.0s 6
World Record: 10.4s Charles Paddock, United States Redlands, United States 23 April 1921 Olympic Record: 10.6s Donald Lippincott, United States Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912
Venue: Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris 45,000. 86 competitors from 34 nations.
Bowman, Scholz and Paddock were the favourites, but Abrahams
caused a stir when running the only 10.6 in the second round. In the
semis Abrahams again ran 10.6, this time after being left 1.5m behind
the field at the start.
In the final the field got away at the first attempt, and Abrahams
edged ahead just before halfway and won by 60cm from Scholz. He
became the first European to win the Olympic 100m. Porritt finished
fastest of all, moving from fifth to third in the last 25m.
2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 from each Semi advanced to Final .
Semi 1 time 1. Jackson Scholz 10.8s Q 2. Arthur Porritt 11.1s Q 3. Loren Murchison 11.2s Q 4. Wilfred Nichol 11.3s 5. Maurice Degrelle 11.4s 6. George Hester 11.5s
Semi 2 time 1. Harold Abrahams 10.6s Q =or 2. Charles Paddock 10.7s Q 3. Chester Bowman 10.7s Q 4. Slip Carr 10.7s 5. Cyril Coaffee 10.8s 6. Giovanni Frangipane 11.2s
6 Quarters with 34 athletes. Best 2 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals .
Quarter 1 time 1. Loren Murchison 10.8s Q 2. Giovanni Frangipane 11.0s Q 3. Henricus Broos 11.1s 4. Paul Hammer 11.1s 5. Reijo Halme 11.1s 6. Anthony Vince
Quarter 2 time 1. Chester Bowman 10.8s Q 2. Arthur Porritt 10.9s Q 3. Walter Rangeley 11.0s 4. René Mourlon 11.0s 5. Lajos Kurunczy 11.0s 6. Enrico Torre
Quarter 3 time 1. Cyril Coaffee 10.8s Q 2. Wilfred Nichol 11.0s Q 3. André Mourlon 11.1s 4. Marinus van den Berge 5. Oja Jānis -. Walter Strebi DNS
Quarter 4 time 1. Harold Abrahams 10.6s Q =OR 2. George Hester 10.7s Q 3. Ferenc Gerő 4. Albert Heisé 5. Ernesto Bonacina 6. Mendizábal Félix
Quarter 5 time 1. Charles Paddock 10.8s Q 2. Maurice Degrelle 11.0s Q 3. Johannes van Kampen 4. George Dunston 5. Gusztáv Rózsahegyi
Quarter 6 time 1. Jackson Scholz 10.8s Q 2. Slip Carr 10.9s Q 3. Lancelot Royle 4. Paul Brochart 5. Oto Seviško
Heats - Sunday, 6th July 17 Heats with 86 athletes. Best 2 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals .
Heat 1 time 1. Loren Murchison 10.8s Q 2. Arthur Porritt 10.9s Q 3. Camilo Rivas 4. Mariano Aguilar 5. Alberto Jurado
Heat 2 time 1. Cyril Coaffee 11.0s Q 2. Ernesto Bonacina 11.2s Q 3. Mogens Truelsen 4. Gentil dos Santos 5. Alois Linka 11.6s
Heat 3 time 1. Charles Paddock 11.2s Q 2. Oto Seviško 11.8s Q 3. Ferdinand Kaindl
Heat 4 time 1. Maurice Degrelle 11.0s Q 2. Reijo Halme 11.1s Q 3. Frederik Lamp 4. Fritz Schedl 5. Dobrowolski Władysław 11.5s 6. Rauf Hasağasi
Heat 5 time 1. Lajos Kurunczy 11.4s Q 2. Johans Oja Q 3. Henricus Cockuyt 4. Wilfred Hildreth 5. Lawrence Betts
Heat 6 time 1. Henricus Broos 11.0s Q 2. George Dunston 11.2s Q 3. Antonín Svoboda 11.3s 4. Poul Schiang 11.5s 5. José-María Larrabeiti 11.6s 6. David Nepomuceno
Heat 7 time 1. Lancelot Royle 11.0s Q 2. Giovanni Frangipane 11.1s Q 3. Valéry Théard 11.2s 4. Juan Junqueras 11.3s 5. Zygmunt Weiss 11.4s
Heat 8 time 1. Walter Rangeley 11.0s Q 2. Marinus van den Berge 11.1s Q 3. Diego Ordóñez 4. Victor Moriaud 5. Karel Pott 6. Miguel Enrico
Heat 9 time 1. Albert Heisé 11.2s Q 2. Gusztáv Rózsahegyi 11.3s Q 3. Lauri Härö 11.3s 4. Curt Wiberg 11.4s 5. Alexandros Papafingos
Heat 10 time 1. Wilfred Nichol 11.0s Q 2. Paul Brochart 11.1s Q 3. Laurence Armstrong 4. Konstantinos Pantelidis 5. Gvido Jekals
Heat 11 time 1. Chester Bowman 11.0s Q 2. Walter Strebi 11.2s Q 3. James Hall 11.3s 4. Bror Österdahl 11.3s 5. Escobar Félix 6. Herminio Ahumada
Heat 12 time 1. George Hester 11.2s Q 2. Johannes van Kampen 11.2s Q 3. Karl Borner 4. William Lowe 5. László Muskát -. Eugène Moetbeek DQ
Heat 13 time 1. Jackson Scholz 10.8s Q 2. Paul Hammer 11.3s Q 3. Terence Pitt 11.3s 4. Knut Russell 11.3s 5. Reinhold Kesküll 11.5s
Heat 14 time 1. Harold Abrahams 11.0s Q 2. Slip Carr 11.0s Q 3. Sasago Tani 4. Anton Husgafvel 5. Ribeiro Álvaro 6. Engineri Şekip
Heat 15 time 1. André Mourlon 11.0s Q 2. Enrico Torre 11.2s Q 3. Joseph Hilger
Heat 16 time 1. Félix Mendizábal 11.4s Q 2. Anthony Vince 11.4s Q 3. Vittorio Zucca 11.5s 4. Stanisław Sośnicki 11.6s 5. Artūrs Gedvillo
Heat 17 time 1. Ferenc Gerő 11.0s Q 2. René Mourlon 11.0s Q 3. Eskola Väinö 11.1s 4. Aleksander Szenajch
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