Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Athletics - 100 m (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 15 athletes from 8 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Panathinaic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | April 8-10, 1896 | ||||||||
| Winning time | 12.0 s | ||||||||
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 Athletics competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games |
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| 100 m | Men |
| 400 m | Men |
| 800 m | Men |
| 1500 m | Men |
| 110 m hurdles | Men |
| marathon | Men |
| Long jump | Men |
| Triple jump | Men |
| high jump | Men |
| Pole vault | Men |
| Shot put | Men |
| Discus throw | Men |
The men's 100-meter run at the Olympic Games in 1896 was held on April 6 and 10, 1896 in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens . According to the information from SportsReference - see below: Websites - a total of 15 athletes from 8 nations took part, according to Ekkehard zur Megede - see below: Literature - there were 17 athletes from 10 countries. The organizers were disappointed that many of the strongest runners of the time did not participate in the games, such as Bernie Wefers from the USA and Charles Bradley from the UK.
Records
The following list includes the world records before the Olympics. They are all unofficial records.
| World record |
Luther Cary ( United States )
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10.8 s | Paris ( France ) | 4th July 1891 |
Cecil Lee ( Great Britain )
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10.8 s | Brussels ( Belgium ) | September 25, 1892 | |
Étienne De Re ( Belgium )
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10.8 s | Brussels ( Belgium ) | 4th August 1893 | |
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L. Atcherley ( Great Britain )
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10.8 s | Frankfurt am Main ( German Empire ) | April 13, 1895 | |
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Harry Beaton ( Great Britain )
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10.8 s | Rotterdam ( Netherlands ) | August 28, 1895 |
The following Olympic records were set during the competition:
| Olympic record |
Francis Lane ( United States )
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12.2 s | April 6, 1896 |
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Thomas Curtis ( United States )
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12.2 s | April 6, 1896 | |
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Thomas Burke ( United States )
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11.8 s | April 6, 1896 |
Time schedule
| Prelims | Monday April 6th | |
| final | Friday April 10th | 2:30 p.m. |
Results
Prelims
April 6, 1896
The preliminary round was the first modern Olympic competition. All preliminary runs were won by sprinters from the United States . There were three runs. The two best in each case - highlighted in light green - reached the final.
As with many other competitions, different results are presented in the various sources mentioned below. For comparison, the results are compared in the tables listed.
Forward 1
Result according to SportsReference
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Result to the Megede
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Forward 2
Result according to SportsReference
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Result to the Megede
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Forward 3
Result according to SportsReference
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Result to the Megede
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final
April 10, 1896
| space | Surname | country | time | |
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| 1 | Thomas Burke |
United States
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12.0 s | |
| 2 | Fritz Hofmann |
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12.2 s | |
| 3 | Francis Lane |
United States
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12.6 s | estimated |
| Alajos Szokolyi |
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12.6 s | ||
| 5 | Alexandros Chalcocondylis |
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12.6 s | |
| - | Thomas Curtis |
United States
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DNS |
Thomas Curtis, the winner of the second round of the preliminary round, withdrew to take part in the competition in the 110-meter hurdles .
The different starting behavior of the five finalists was remarkable. Francis Lane on the inside lane stood there with knees slightly bent, feet side by side, arms crossed in front of his body, looking straight ahead at the lane. Alajos Szokolyi on lane 2 put his right foot and right arm back with his knees also bent and looked down. Fritz Hofmann, lane 3, leaned his body, leaning forward, on two thin sticks stuck into the floor, his eyes directed downwards. Thomas Burke, next to Hofmann on lane 4, was the only one who came pretty close to today's low start, although he had no additional support for his feet in the form of holes in the floor or a starting block. Finally, Alexandros Chalkokondylis was standing on his path 5, slightly inclined forwards with slightly bent knees, and in doing so he put his right arm and right foot a little backwards. He looked down too.
After 50 meters, Burke and Hofmann pulled away, the American Burke won by almost two meters. The timekeepers only stopped the times for the first two. The performance of the other runners was appreciated.
There are only minor deviations in the presentation of the result. The table above shows the version found at SportsReference . After the Megede , the times for the runner in second place are already estimated. There is no time given for chalcocondylis in fifth place. In addition, Francis Lane is ranked third and Alajos Szokolyi is fourth.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede : The History of Olympic Athletics. Volume 1: 1896-1936. Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970.
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games - The Chronicle I. Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- SportsReference: Men's 100 meters , accessed July 13, 2018
- Olympic Games Athens 1896, Athletics, 100m men , IOC page on athletics at the Olympic Games 1896 at olympic.org, English, accessed on 13 July 2018
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