1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	86 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location	Stade de Colombes
Competition phase	July 6, 1924 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) July 7, 1924 (semi-finals / final)
Medalist Harold Abrahams ( GBR )   Jackson Scholz ( USA )   Arthur Porritt ( NZL )

The men's 100-meter run at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 6th and 7th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . 86 athletes took part.

The British Harold Abrahams was Olympic champion ahead of the American Jackson Scholz . Bronze went to Arthur Porritt from New Zealand .

Ferdinand Kaindl and Fritz Schedl started for Austria, both were eliminated in the preliminary run. The Swiss Victor Moriaud and Karl Borner also did not survive the preliminary round, while their compatriot Walter Strebi qualified for the quarter-finals, but did not start there. German athletes were still excluded from participating in the Olympic Games.

The competition, especially the story of the winner Harold Abrahams, is the subject of the 1981 film The Hour of the Winner (OT: Chariots of Fire ), directed by Hugh Hudson with Ben Cross in the role of Abraham and Brad Davis as Scholz. The film was u. a. 1982 Best Picture with the Oscar awarded.

Existing records

Defending champion and world record holder Charles Paddock (USA) is fifth

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

Conducting the competition

The runners started a total of 17 heats on July 6th. The two best runners in each case qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. The two best runners from the six quarter-finals also progressed one lap. The two semi-finals and the final were held on July 7th. In the preliminary rounds, the first three placed qualified for the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 6, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Loren Murchison	United States	10.8 s
2	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	10.9 s
3	Camilo Rivas	Argentina
4th	Mariano Aguilar	Mexico
5	Alberto Jurado	Ecuador

Alberto Jurado was the first Ecuadorian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	11.0 s
2	Ernesto Bonacina	Italy	11.2 s
3	Mogens Truelsen	Denmark
4th	Gentil dos Santos	Portugal
5	Alois Linka	Czechoslovakia	11.6 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	11.2 s
2	Oto Seviško	Latvia	11.8 s
3	Ferdinand Kaindl	Austria

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Maurice Degrelle	France	11.0 s
2	Reijo Halme	Finland	11.1 s
3	Frederik Lamp	Netherlands
4th	Fritz Schedl	Austria
5	Wladyslaw Dobrowolski	Poland	11.5 s
6th	Up Hasagasi	Turkey

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lajos Kurunczy	Hungary	11.4 s
2	Johans Oja	Latvia
3	Henricus Cockuyt	Belgium
4th	Wilfred Hildreth	British India
5	Lawrence Betts	South African Union

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harry Broos	Netherlands	11.0 s
2	George Dustan	South African Union	11.2 s
3	Antonín Svoboda	Czechoslovakia	11.3 s
4th	Poul Schiang	Denmark	11.5 s
5	José-María Larrabeiti	Spain	11.6 s
6th	David Nepomuceno	Philippines

With David Nepomuceno, an athlete from the Philippines took part in the Olympic Games for the first time.

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lancelot Royle	Great Britain	11.0 s
2	Giovanni Frangipane	Italy	11.1 s
3	Valéry Théard	Haiti	11.2 s
4th	Juan Junqueras	Spain	11.3 s
5	Zygmunt Weiss	Poland	11.4 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	11.0 s
2	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands	11.1 s
3	Diego Ordóñez	Spain
4th	Victor Moriaud	Switzerland
5	Karel Pott	Portugal
6th	Miguel Enrico	Argentina

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Albert Heisé	France	11.2 s
2	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	Hungary	11.1 s
3	Lauri Härö	Finland	11.3 s
4th	Curt Wiberg	Sweden	11.4 s
5	Alexandros Papafingos	Greece

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Nichol	Great Britain	11.0 s
2	Paul Brochart	Belgium	11.1 s
3	Laurence Armstrong	Canada
4th	Konstantinos Pantelidis	Greece
5	Gvido Jekals	Latvia

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Chester Bowman	United States	11.0 s
2	Walter Strebi	Switzerland	11.2 s
3	James Hall	British India	11.3 s
4th	Bror Österdahl	Sweden	11.3 s
5	Félix Escobar	Argentina
6th	Herminio Ahumada	Mexico

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Hester	Canada	11.2 s
2	Johannes van Kampen	Netherlands	11.2 s
3	Karl Borner	Switzerland
4th	William Lowe	Irish Free State	11.3 s
5	László Muskát	Hungary
DSQ	Eugène Moetbeek	Belgium

Forward 13

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	10.8 s
2	Paul Hammer	Luxembourg	11.3 s
3	Terence Pitt	British India	11.3 s
4th	Knut Russell	Sweden	11.3 s
5	Reinhold Keskull	Estonia	11.5 s

Forward 14

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	11.0 s
2	Slip Carr	Australia	11.0 s
3	Sasago Tani	Japan
4th	Anton Husgafvel	Finland
5	Álvaro Ribeiro	Brazil
6th	Şekip Engineri	Turkey

Forward 15

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	André Mourlon	France	11.0 s
2	Enrico Torre	Italy	11.2 s
3	Joseph Hilger	Luxembourg

Forward 16

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Félix Mendizábal	Spain	11.4 s
2	Anthony Vince	Canada	11.4 s
3	Vittorio Zucca	Italy	11.5 s
4th	Stanislaw Sośnicki	Poland	11.6 s
5	Artūrs Gedvillo	Latvia

Forward 17

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	11.0 s
2	René Mourlon	France	11.0 s
3	Väinö Eskola	Finland	11.1 s
4th	Aleksander Szenajch	Poland

Quarter finals

Date: July 6, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Loren Murchison	United States	10.8 s
2	Giovanni Frangipane	Italy	11.0 s
3	Harry Broos	Netherlands	11.1 s
4th	Paul Hammer	Luxembourg	11.1 s
5	Reijo Halme	Finland	11.1 s
6th	Anthony Vince	Canada

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Chester Bowman	United States	10.8 s
2	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	10.9 s
3	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	11.0 s
4th	René Mourlon	France	11.0 s
5	Lajos Kurunczy	Hungary	11.0 s
6th	Enrico Torre	Italy

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	10.8 s
2	William Nichol	Great Britain	11.0 s
3	André Mourlon	France	11.1 s
4th	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands
5	Johans Oja	Latvia
DNS	Walter Strebi	Switzerland

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	10.6 s	ORe
2	Gordon Hester	Canada	10.7 s
3	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary
4th	Albert Heisé	France
5	Ernesto Bonacina	Italy
6th	Félix Mendizábal	Spain

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	10.8 s
2	Maurice Degrelle	France	11.0 s
3	Johannes van Kampen	Netherlands
4th	George Dustan	South African Union
5	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	Hungary

Run 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	10.8 s
2	Slip Carr	Australia	10.9 s
3	Lancelot Royle	Great Britain
4th	Paul Brochart	Belgium
5	Oto Seviško	Latvia

Semifinals

Jackson Scholz (USA), silver medal winner

Date: July 7, 1924

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	10.8 s
2	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	11.1 s
3	Loren Murchison	United States	11.2 s
4th	William Nichol	Great Britain	11.3 s
5	Maurice Degrelle	France	11.4 s
6th	Gordon Hester	Canada	11.5 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	10.6 s	ORe
2	Charles Paddock	United States	10.7 s
3	Chester Bowman	United States	10.7 s
4th	Slip Carr	Australia	10.7 s
5	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	10.8 s
6th	Giovanni Frangipane	Italy	11.2 s

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	10.6 s	ORe set
2	Jackson Scholz	United States	10.7 s
3	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	10.8 s
4th	Chester Bowman	United States	10.9 s
5	Charles Paddock	United States	10.9 s
6th	Loren Murchison	United States	11.0 s

Date: July 7, 1924

Harold Abrahams was the first European who could become Olympic champion in the 100 meters . He later became a well-known sports journalist and was involved in the British Athletics Federation. Jackson Scholz, Olympic gold medalist in Antwerp in 1920 and two days later Olympic champion over 200 meters , won silver. The bronze medal went to Arthur Porritt from New Zealand, who later was a member of the IOC for many years .

Harold Abrahams also set the Olympic record in the final.

Arthur Porritt's bronze medal marked the first medal win by a New Zealander in athletics.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp 154-156

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed September 3, 2017
• Official report , French (PDF), accessed on September 3, 2017

Video

• Harold Abrahams leans into Olympic gold - Men's 100m - Athletics - Paris 1924 Olympic Games , published July 12, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 546 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Official report, pages 101 - 103 (French) ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.