1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 60 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	60 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	15 athletes from 3 countries
Competition location	Francis Field
Competition phase	August 29 or September 1, 1904
Winning time	7.0 s ( WRe )
Medalist Archie Hahn ( USA )   William Hogenson ( USA )   Fay Moulton ( USA )

The men's 60-meter run at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics was held at Francis Field on August 29 or September 1, 1904 . - According to the SportsReference page named below, it was August 29th, the literature from zur Megede named below September 1st.

The final consisted entirely of Americans. Olympic champion was Archie Hahn ahead of William Hogenson . Third place went to Fay Moulton .

Records

OR and WR	7.0 s	United States	Alvin Kraenzlein	Paris , July 15, 1900

The following records were broken or set in the 60-meter run at the 1904 Olympic Games:

ORe / WRe	7.0 s	United States	Clyde Blair	1. Forward
		United States	William Hogenson	2. Forward
		United States	Archie Hahn	final

Results

Start of the first heat, from left to right: Meyer Prinstein, George Poage, Clyde Blair, William Hunter

Prelims

August 29th or September 1st

The winners of the four preliminary runs (highlighted in color) went straight to the finals, the second-placed qualified for a repechage run. The information is taken from SportsReference .

1. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Clyde Blair	United States	7.0 ( WRe )
2	Meyer Prinstein	United States	k. A.
3	William Hunter	United States
4th	George Poage	United States

2. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	William Hogenson	United States	7.0 ( WRe )
2	Frank Castleman	United States	k. A.

3. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Archie Hahn	United States	7.2
2	Robert Kerr	Canada	k. A.
3	Lawson Robertson	United States
4th	Béla Mező	Hungary

4. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fay Moulton	United States	k. A.
2	Nate Cartmell	United States	k. A.

Reunion

29th August

The first two of the repechage race (highlighted in color) completed the final.

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Frank Castleman	United States	7.2
2	Meyer Prinstein	United States	7.2
3	Nate Cartmell	United States	k. A.
4th	Robert Kerr	Canada

final

29th August

The following table records the times given in three sources that differ from one another.

space	athlete	country	time indication
			SportsReference	IOC page	to the Megede
1	Archie Hahn	United States	7.0 s ( WRe )	7.0 s ( WRe )	7.0 s ( WRe )
2	William Hogenson	United States	7.2 s	7.2 s	7.3 s ( estimated )
3	Fay Moulton	United States	7.2 s	7.2 s	7.3 s ( estimated )
4th	Clyde Blair	United States	7.2 s	7.2 s	7.3 s ( estimated )
5	Meyer Prinstein	United States	k. A.
6th	Frank Castleman	United States

The winner Archie Hahn later made a name for himself as a textbook author with his work How to Sprint . He was the outstanding sprinter at these games, he won three golds in the 60, 100 and 200 meters .

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  Olympic champion Archie Hahn, also winner over 100 and 200 meters

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  The Olympic runner-up William Hogenson, also third over 100 and 200 meters

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  The Olympic fifth Meyer Prinstein - especially successful as the winner in the long and triple jump

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  Frank Castleman took sixth place

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• Sports-Reference, Athletics at the St. Louis 1904 Summer Games: Men's 60 meters , English, accessed July 27, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, 60m men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed July 27, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ Archie Hahn , How to Sprint Athletic Library, A compilation of the best methods of competition and training. Interesting read for any track and field team member that wants to learn the history and evolution of the sport