1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 72 athletes from 34 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 20, 1952 (preliminary / quarter finals) July 21, 1952 (semi-finals / final) |
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The men's 100-meter run at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 20 and 21, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 72 athletes took part.
The American Lindy Remigino was Olympic champion ahead of the Jamaican Herb McKenley . Bronze went to McDonald Bailey from Britain .
Existing records
World record | 10.2 s |
Jesse Owens ( USA )
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Chicago , USA | June 20, 1936 |
Harold Davis ( USA )
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Compton , USA | June 6, 1941 | ||
Lloyd LaBeach ( Panama )
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Fresno , USA | May 15, 1948 | ||
Barney Ewell ( USA )
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Evanston , USA | July 9, 1948 | ||
Emmanuel McDonald Bailey ( Great Britain )
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Belgrade , Yugoslavia | August 25, 1951 | ||
Olympic record | 10.3 s |
Eddie Tolan ( USA )
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Los Angeles Olympic Final , USA | August 1, 1932 |
Conducting the competition
The runners started twelve heats on July 20th. The two best athletes in each case qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day from which the three best sprinters reached the preliminary decision, which, like the final, took place on July 21st. In the semi-finals, the top three qualified for the final.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
July 20, 3 p.m .: preliminary runs
July 20, 6:50 p.m .: quarter-finals
July 21, 3:15 p.m .: semi-finals
July 21, 5:20 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: July 20, 1952 , from 3 p.m.
Forward 1
Josè Julio Barillas was the first athlete from Guatemala to take part in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | John Treloar |
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10.7 s | 10.92 s | |
2 | Alan Lillington |
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10.8 s | 11.06 s | |
3 | Gabriel Laryea |
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11.1 s | 11.18 s | |
4th | Miroslav Horčic |
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11.1 s | 11.23 s | |
5 | Ásmundur Bjarnason |
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11.1 s | 11.40 s | |
6th | Youssef Ali Omar |
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11.3 s | 11.53 s | |
7th | José Julio Barillas |
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11.1 s | 11.40 s |
Forward 2
With Adul Wanasatith, the first athlete from Thailand took part in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Étienne Bally |
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10.7 s | 10.97 s | |
2 | Angel Kolew |
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10.9 s | 11.01 s | |
3 | Paul Dolan |
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11.0 s | 11.12 s | |
4th | Raúl Mazorra |
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11.0 s | 11.19 s | |
5 | Bob Hutchinson |
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11.0 s | 11.26 s | |
6th | Masaji Tahima |
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11.1 s | 11.29 s | |
7th | Adul Wanasatith |
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11.1 s | 11.40 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | McDonald Bailey |
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10.4 s | 10.65 s | |
2 | Carlo Vittori |
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10.9 s | 10.98 s | |
3 | Mikhail Kazantzew |
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11.0 s | 11.16 s | |
4th | Hörður Haraldsson |
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11.0 s | 11.32 s | |
5 | Javier Souza |
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11.1 s | 11.31 s | |
6th | Stefanos Petrakis |
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11.2 s | 11.33 s |
Forward 4
Guillermo Gutiérrez was the first athlete from Venezuela to compete in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | William Jack |
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10.8 s | 11.05 s | |
2 | Romeo Galán |
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11.0 s | 11.11 s | |
3 | Levan Sanadze |
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11.0 s | 11.13 s | |
4th | Emad El-Din Shafei |
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11.2 s | 11.40 s | |
5 | Guillermo Gutiérrez |
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11.2 s | 11.42 s | |
6th | Boonterm Pakpuang |
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11.7 s | 11.85 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Herb McKenley |
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10.7 s | 10.88 s | |
2 | György Csanyi |
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10.9 s | 11.09 s | |
3 | Emil Kiszka |
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10.9 s | 11.13 s | |
4th | Pauli Tavisalo |
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11.0 s | 11.30 s | |
5 | Tomás Paquete |
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11.2 s | 11.45 s | |
6th | Walter Sutton |
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11.2 s | 11.45 s |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | David Tobacco |
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10.9 s | 10.88 s | |
2 | Tomio Hosoda |
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11.0 s | 11.14 s | |
3 | Willy Schneider |
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11.1 s | 11.22 s | |
4th | Angel Gavrilov |
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11.1 s | 11.29 s | |
5 | Juan Leiva |
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11.2 s | 11.31 s |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Vladimir Sukharev |
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10.7 s | 10.93 s | |
2 | Theo Saat |
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10.9 s | 11.02 s | |
3 | Muhammad Sharif Butt |
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11.0 s | 11.17 s | |
4th | Voitto Hellsten |
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11.1 s | 11.36 s | |
5 | George Acquaah |
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11.2 s | 11.47 s | |
6th | Mariano Acosta |
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11.4 s | 11.58 s | |
7th | Wolfgango Montanari |
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11.8 s | 12.25 s |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Rafael Fortun |
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10.5 s | 10.93 s | |
2 | Byron LaBeach |
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10.9 s | 11.09 s | |
3 | Franco Leccese |
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10.9 s | 11.18 s | |
4th | Issi Baran |
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11.0 s | 11.32 s | |
5 | Fritz Griesser |
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11.1 s | 11.54 s |
Forward 9
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Werner Zandt |
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10.7 s | 11.03 s | |
2 | Muhammad Aslam |
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10.9 s | 11.18 s | |
3 | Don McFarlane |
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11.0 s | 11.25 s | |
4th | Zdeněk Pospíšil |
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11.0 s | 11.25 s | |
5 | Edward Ajado |
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11.0 s | 11.25 s | |
6th | Fawzi Chaaban |
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11.4 s | 11.51 s | |
DSQ | Enrique Beckles |
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False start |
Forward 10
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Art Bragg |
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10.5 s | 10.73 s | |
2 | Hans Wehrli-Frei |
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10.8 s | 11.00 s | |
3 | Titus Erinle |
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10.9 s | 11.12 s | |
4th | László Zarándi |
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10.9 s | 11.26 s | |
5 | Pétur Sigurðsson |
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11.3 s | 11.55 s | |
6th | Arun Sankosik |
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11.5 s | 11.76 s |
Forward 11
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Lindy Remigino |
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10.4 s | 10.73 s | |
2 | Lavy Pinto |
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10.9 s | 11.00 s | |
3 | René Bonino |
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10.9 s | 11.00 s | |
4th | František Brož |
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11.0 s | 11.32 s | |
5 | Abdul Aziz |
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11.2 s | 11.48 s | |
6th | Rui Maia |
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11.5 s | 11.79 s |
Forward 12
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Dean Smith |
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10.6 s | 10.90 s | |
2 | Alain Porthault |
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10.7 s | 11.04 s | |
3 | Erich Fuchs |
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10.8 s | 11.19 s | |
4th | Karim Olowu |
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11.0 s | 11.27 s |
Quarter finals
Date: July 20, 1952 , from 6:50 p.m.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | McDonald Bailey |
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10.5 s | 10.73 s | |
2 | John Treloar |
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10.7 s | 10.84 s | |
3 | Alain Porthault |
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10.7 s | 10.99 s | |
4th | Muhammad Aslam |
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10.9 s | 11.02 s | |
5 | Byron LaBeach |
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11.0 s | 11.05 s | |
DSQ | Angel Kolew |
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False start |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Lindy Remigino |
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10.4 s | 10.68 s | |
2 | Theo Saat |
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10.6 s | 10.93 s | |
3 | Lavy Pinto |
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10.7 s | 10.98 s | |
4th | Étienne Bally |
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10.8 s | 10.98 s | |
5 | Hans Wehrli-Frei |
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10.8 s | 11.05 s | |
6th | Alan Lillington |
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10.9 s | 11.26 s |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Dean Smith |
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10.4 s | 10.69 s | |
2 | Rafael Fortun |
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10.7 s | 10.90 s | |
3 | William Jack |
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10.8 s | 10.94 s | |
4th | Werner Zandt |
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10.8 s | 10.98 s | |
5 | Romeo Galán |
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10.9 s | 11.08 s | |
6th | David Tobacco |
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10.9 s | 11.10 s |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Herb McKenley |
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10.5 s | 10.72 s | |
2 | Art Bragg |
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10.5 s | 10.75 s | |
3 | Vladimir Sukharev |
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10.7 s | 10.92 s | |
4th | Tomio Hosoda |
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10.8 s | 11.03 s | |
5 | György Csanyi |
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10.9 s | 11.07 s | |
6th | Carlo Vittori |
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10.9 s | 11.19 s |
Semifinals
Date: July 21, 1952 , from 3:15 p.m.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | McDonald Bailey |
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10.5 s | 10.74 s | |
2 | Dean Smith |
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10.6 s | 10.78 s | |
3 | Vladimir Sukharev |
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10.6 s | 10.86 s | |
4th | Lavy Pinto |
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10.7 s | 10.94 s | |
5 | Alain Porthault |
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10.8 s | 11.04 s | |
6th | Art Bragg |
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10.9 s | 11.43 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Herb McKenley |
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10.4 s | 10.74 s | |
2 | Lindy Remigino |
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10.5 s | 10.74 s | |
3 | John Treloar |
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10.6 s | 10.76 s | |
4th | Rafael Fortun |
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10.7 s | 10.92 s | |
5 | William Jack |
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10.7 s | 11.01 s | |
6th | Theo Saat |
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10.8 s | 11.12 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Lindy Remigino |
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10.4 s | 10.79 s | |
2 | Herb McKenley |
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10.4 s | 10.80 s | |
3 | McDonald Bailey |
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10.4 s | 10.83 s | |
4th | Dean Smith |
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10.4 s | 10.84 s | |
5 | Vladimir Sukharev |
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10.5 s | 10.88 s | |
6th | John Treloar |
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10.5 s | 10.91 s |
Date: July 21, 1952 , 5:20 p.m.
In the 100 meter sprint , the Americans were favored. Before the Games, Art Bragg, Andy Stanfield and Jim Golliday were traded as medal candidates. But Stanfield did not start over the 100 meters and concentrated on the 200 meters , where he also won. Golliday had to pass due to injury. Bragg suffered an injury in the semifinals and missed the final. The US team was represented by the outsiders Lindy Remigino and Dean Smith, who competed against the favorites Herb McKenley from Jamaica and the British McDonald Bailey. The final field was completed by the Soviet Russian Vladimir Sucharew and the Australian John Treloar.
After the start, Remigino took the lead immediately, but between him and McKenley it was very exciting until the finish and the run-in was very close. Many viewers thought the Jamaican had won. But the finish photo and the electronic timekeeping provided information about the outcome of the closest race in the history of this discipline at the Olympic Games. The first four runners crossed the finish line in 10.4 seconds, the sprinters in fifth and sixth in 10.5 seconds. The finish photo - seen in the official report on page 249 - shows Remigino in front of McKenley and Bailey, behind Smith in front of Sucharew and Treloar. There was a time span of 12 hundredths of a second between the winner and the sixth place.
Lindy Remigino won the ninth gold medal for the USA in the twelfth Olympic final.
Herb McKenley became the first Jamaican medalist in the 100 meters.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 64–66
Web links
- SportsReference 100 m , accessed September 24, 2017
- Official report pp. 268–271, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 24, 2017
- Lindy Remigino - 100m - 1952 Helsinki Olympics , published November 27, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed September 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 66
- ↑ a b c d e Official report, page 266, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)