1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	76 athletes from 33 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 29, 1928 (preliminary / quarter-finals) July 30, 1928 (semi-finals / final)
Medalist Percy Williams ( CAN )   Jack London ( GBR )   Georg Lammers ( DEU )

Olympic Champion Percy Williams (CAN)

The men's 100-meter run at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on July 29 and 30, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 76 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Canadian Percy Williams ahead of the British Jack London . Bronze went to the German Georg Lammers .

Existing records

• World record : 10.4 s - Charles Paddock ( USA ), Redlands , April 23, 1921
• Olympic record : 10.6s - Donald Lippincott ( USA ), 16th heat to the Olympic Games in Stockholm , July 6, 1912 / Harold Abrahams ( Great Britain ), quarter-, semi-finals and final in Paris , 6/7. July 1924

Conducting the competition

On July 29th, the runners competed in sixteen heats. The two best athletes each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. From the six quarter-finals, the two best runners each made it to the next round, the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on July 30th. In the semifinals, the first three qualified for the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 29, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	11.0 s
2	Richard Corts	German Empire	11.0 s
3	Wilhelm Hennings	Netherlands	11.2 s
4th	Willy Dujardin	Belgium	11.4 s
5	Angelos Lambrou	Greece	11.4 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	11.2 s
2	André Mourlon	France	11.3 s
3	Jesús Moraila	Mexico	k. A.
4th	Franco Reyser	Italy
DNS	Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann	German Empire

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Frank Wykoff	United States	11.0 s
2	Paul Brochart	Belgium	k. A.
3	Mario Gomez Daza	Mexico	k. A.
4th	Jaap Boot	Netherlands
5	Konstantinos Petridis	Greece
6th	Fernando Muñagorri	Spain

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	11.0 s
2	Aubrey Burton-Durham	South African Union	k. A.
3	Willy Weibel	Switzerland	11.4 s
4th	Diego Ordóñez	Spain	11.4 s
5	John Heap	Great Britain	k. A.
6th	Eduardo Albe	Argentina

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jack London	Great Britain	10.8 s
2	George Hester	Canada	k. A.
3	Ladislau Peter	Romania	k. A.
4th	Francisco Costas	Mexico
5	Mehmet Ali Aybar	Turkey

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Juan Bautista Pina	Argentina	11.0 s
2	Ralph Adams	Canada	k. A.
3	Edgardo Toetti	Italy	k. A.
4th	Iwao Aizawa	Japan
5	Semih Turkdoğan	Turkey

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	11.0 s
2	Cyril Gill	Great Britain	11.0 s
3	Rodolfo Wagner	Chile	k. A.
DNS	Sándor Hajdú	Hungary
	Giuseppe Castelli	Italy

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hubert Houben	German Empire	11.0 s
2	Johannes Viljoen	South African Union	11.0 s
3	Karel Kněnický	Czechoslovakia	11.3 s
4th	Dolf Benz	Netherlands	11.4 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Georg Lammers	German Empire	10.8 s
2	Valéry Théard	Haiti	k. A.
3	János Paizs	Hungary	k. A.
4th	Leo Jørgensen	Denmark
5	Jean Moulin	Luxembourg
6th	Renos Frangoudis	Greece

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	11.0 s
2	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands	11.1 s
3	Johann Bartl	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
4th	Şinasi Şahingiray	Turkey

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	István Raggambi	Hungary	11.0 s
2	James Carlton	Australia	11.1 s
3	Alberto Barucco	Argentina	k. A.
4th	Oscar Alvarado	Chile
5	Juan Serrahima	Spain
6th	R. Burns	British India

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	11.0 s
2	Jaroslav Vykoupil	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
3	André Dufau	France	k. A.
4th	José de Lima	Portugal
5	Haris Šveminas	Lithuania

Forward 13

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	José Barrientos	Cuba	11.0 s
2	André Cerbonney	France	k. A.
3	Fred Zinner	Belgium	k. A.
DNS	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand

Forward 14

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Claude Bracey	United States	11.0 s
2	Gilbert Auvergne	France	11.1 s
3	Hermann Geissler	Austria	11.2 s
4th	Risto Mattila	Finland	11.3 s
5	Emmanuel Goldsmith	Switzerland	11.5 s
6th	George Schmit	Luxembourg	12.2 s

Forward 15

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Henry Russell	United States	11.0 s
2	Denis Cussen	Irish Free State	k. A.
3	Willy Tschopp	Switzerland	k. A.
4th	Adolphe Groscol	Belgium

Forward 16

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Robert McAllister	United States	10.8 s
2	Anselmo Gonzaga	Philippines	k. A.
3	Enrique de Chávarri	Spain	k. A.
4th	Fritz Eyschen	Luxembourg
DNS	H. Enis	Turkey

Quarter finals

Date: July 29, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	10.8 s
2	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	k. A.
3	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	k. A.
4th	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands
5	Denis Cussen	Irish Free State
6th	Jaroslav Vykoupil	Czechoslovakia

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Robert McAllister	United States	10.8 s
2	Richard Corts	German Empire	11.0 s
3	Cyril Gill	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	István Raggambi	Hungary
5	Aubrey Burton-Durham	South African Union
6th	André Cerbonney	France

The Australian James Carlton - here with his teammate Eileen Wearne in a recording from 1932 - failed in the quarterfinals

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Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Henry Russell	United States	10.8 s
2	Hubert Houben	German Empire	k. A.
3	Gilbert Auvergne	France	k. A.
4th	George Hester	Canada
5	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union

Run 4

Percy Williams set the Olympic record in this run .

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	10.6 s	ORe
2	Jack London	Great Britain	10.8 s
3	Valéry Théard	Haiti	k. A.
4th	André Mourlon	France
5	José Barrientos	Cuba

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Frank Wykoff	United States	10.8 s
2	Juan Bautista Pina	Argentina	k. A.
3	Johannes Viljoen	South African Union	k. A.
4th	Anselmo Gonzaga	Philippines
5	James Carlton	Australia

Run 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Claude Bracey	United States	10.8 s
2	Georg Lammers	German Empire	k. A.
3	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	Ralph Adams	Canada
5	Paul Brochart	Belgium

The German Hubert Houben was eliminated in fourth in his semi-finals

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Crossing the finish line of the second semi-final: Jack London - in the foreground - wins the race.

Semifinals

Date: July 30, 1928

Run 1

The three winners crossed the finish line at the same time and together they set the existing Olympic record .

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Robert McAllister	United States	10.6 s	ORe
2	Percy Williams	Canada	10.6 s	ORe
3	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	10.6 s	ORe
4th	Hubert Houben	German Empire	10.7 s
5	Claude Bracey	United States	10.8 s
6th	Juan Bautista Pina	Argentina	11.0 s

Run 2

The Olympic record was also set in the second quarter-finals , this time by Jack London.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jack London	Great Britain	10.6 s	ORe
2	Georg Lammers	German Empire	10.7 s
3	Frank Wykoff	United States	10.7 s
4th	Henry Russell	United States	10.8 s
5	Richard Corts	German Empire	10.8 s
6th	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	11.2 s

final

Award ceremony
In front the medal winners: Georg Lammers (l.), Percy Williams (center), Jack London (r.)

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	10.8 s
2	Jack London	Great Britain	10.9 s
3	Georg Lammers	German Empire	10.9 s
4th	Frank Wykoff	United States	11.0 s
5	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	11.0 s
6th	Robert McAllister	United States	11.0 s

Date: July 30, 1928

There was no definite favorite for the race, and no one particularly emerged in the preliminary and intermediate runs. After two false starts, caused by Wilfred Legg and Frank Wykoff, Percy Williams was in front from the start and ran for the gold medal. With his trainer Bob Granger in his hotel room in Amsterdam, with a mattress leaning against the wall, he had worked on his not yet perfect start and, in Granger's eyes, created the finishing touches as the basis for his first gold medal.

The bronze medal for Georg Lammers came as a surprise. At the German Athletics Championships in the Olympic year, Lammers only finished third, so no one had expected him here.

With his victory over the 200 meters two days later, Percy Williams became the first double Olympic sprint winner who did not come from the USA. It was also the first Canadian Olympic victory over 100 meters .

For the first time the US team remained in this discipline without winning a medal.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 186–188

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed September 10, 2017
• Official report pp. 397-402, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 10, 2017

Video

• Percy Williams Wins 100m & 200m Gold At 19 - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics , published May 9, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 10, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 188
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)