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) |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Date: July 7, 1924
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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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
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 546 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 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.