Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 15 (round 1 & quarterfinals)
August 16 (semifinals & final)
Competitors60 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charley Paddock  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Morris Kirksey  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Edward  Great Britain

The men's 100 metres event was part of the athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 15 and 16, 1920. The event was won by Charley Paddock of the United States. Great Britain won its first medal in the event, a bronze by Harry Edward.

Sixty sprinters from 22 nations competed, while Estonia's sole athlete in the event, Reinhold Saulmann, was entered but did not start the 100 m.[1] No nation had more than 4 runners, suggesting the limit had been reduced from the 12 maximum in force in 1908 and 1912.

Background

This was the sixth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. None of the 1912 medalists returned in 1920. Notable entrants included Charley Paddock of the United States, the 1919 Inter-Allied Championship winner and Olympic favorite; fellow American Loren Murchison, who had defeated Paddock in the U.S. Olympic trials; and Harry Edward of Great Britain, the 1920 AAA Championships winner.[2]

Egypt, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland were represented in the event for the first time. The new nation of Czechoslovakia also appeared for the first time, though Bohemia had previously competed separately. For the first time, Hungary did not compete (a result of not being invited after World War I)—making the United States the only nation to have appeared at each of the first six Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format

The event expanded from three rounds (in 1908 and 1912) to four rounds: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats, of 4–6 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 5 heats of 4 or 5 athletes. Again, the top 2 advanced. There were 2 heats of 5 semifinalists, this time with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

World Record 10.6(*)  Donald Lippincott (USA) Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
Olympic Record 10.6  Donald Lippincott (USA) Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912

(*) This was the only officially ratified world record in 1920, but there have been at least four runs in 10.5 seconds at that time. (see the records prior the 1912 Summer Olympics.)

Schedule

Date Time
Sunday, 15 August 192015:15
17:00		Round 1
Quarterfinals
Monday, 16 August 19209:30
16:00		Semifinals
Final

Results

Times were generally only published for the winners of each heat. Some of the times listed below are estimates based on contemporary reports of the races.[4]

Round 1

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1William Hill Great Britain11.0Q
2Mario Riccoboni Italy11.2Q
3Marcel Gustin Belgium11.3
4Jan de Vries Netherlands
5Ichiro Kaga Japan
6Paul Hammer Luxembourg

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1René Mourlon France11.2Q
2August Sørensen Denmark11.3Q
3Erik Lindvall Sweden
4Ahmed Khairy Egypt
5Purma Bannerjee India
–František Skokan CzechoslovakiaDNS

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Loren Murchison United States10.8Q
2Jacobus Bukes South Africa11.0Q
3Albert Heijnneman Netherlands11.0
4Vojtěch Plzák Czechoslovakia

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1William Hunt Australia11.0Q
2Félix Mendizábal Spain11.2Q
3Francis Irvine South Africa
4Bjarne Guldager Norway
5Adolf Rysler Switzerland
6Nils Sandström Sweden

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Vittorio Zucca Italy11.4Q
2Cor Wezepoel Netherlands11.5Q
3Leonard Dixon South Africa
4August Waibel Switzerland
5Alex Servais Luxembourg

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Morris Kirksey United States11.0Q
2Josef Imbach Switzerland11.0Q
3René Lorain France11.1
4Johan Johnsen Norway11.2
5Jaime Camps Spain
6Giovanni Orlandi Italy

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Paul Brochart Belgium11.4Q
2René Tirard France11.7Q
3Diego Ordóñez Spain
4Eduard Hašek Czechoslovakia
5Jean Colbach Luxembourg

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Charley Paddock United States10.8Q
2Harry Edward Great Britain10.9Q
3Carlos Botín Spain11.6
4Shinichi Yamaoka Japan11.6
5Edmond Médécin Monaco11.8

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Émile Ali-Khan France11.0Q
2Victor d'Arcy Great Britain11.1Q
3Rolf Stenersen Norway
4Dimitrios Karabatis Greece
5Sven Malm Sweden

Heat 10

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Harold Abrahams Great Britain11.0Q
2Alexander Ponton Canada11.1Q
3Giorgio Croci Italy11.3
4Harry van Rappard Netherlands
–Reinhold Saulmann EstoniaDNS

Heat 11

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jack Oosterlaak South Africa11.0Q
2George Davidson New Zealand11.1Q
3Agne Holmström Sweden
4Fritiof Andersen Denmark
5Jean Lefèvre Belgium

Heat 12

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jackson Scholz United States10.8Q
2Marinus Sørensen Denmark11.2Q
3Cyril Coaffee Canada
4Julien Lehouck Belgium
5Asle Bækkedal Norway

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Harry Edward Great Britain10.8Q
2Loren Murchison United States10.9Q
3René Mourlon France11.0
4William Hunt Australia11.0
5Mario Riccobono Italy11.5

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1William Hill Great Britain11.0Q
2Félix Mendizábal Spain11.1Q
3Willie Bukes South Africa
4August Sørensen Denmark
5Vittorio Zucca Italy

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Charley Paddock United States10.8Q
2Émile Ali-Khan France10.9Q
3George Davidson New Zealand10.9
4Harold Abrahams Great Britain11.0
5Cor Wezepoel Netherlands

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jackson Scholz United States10.8Q
2Jack Oosterlaak South Africa11.0Q
3Josef Imbach Switzerland11.1
4René Tirard France11.2
5Alexander Ponton Canada11.4

Quarterfinal 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Morris Kirksey United States10.8Q
2Paul Brochart Belgium10.9Q
3Victor d'Arcy Great Britain
4Marinus Sørensen Denmark

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Harry Edward Great Britain10.8Q
2Jackson Scholz United States10.9Q
3Morris Kirksey United States11.0Q
4Jack Oosterlaak South Africa11.0
5Félix Mendizábal Spain

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Charley Paddock United States11.0Q
2Émile Ali-Khan France11.1Q
3Loren Murchison United States11.2Q
4Paul Brochart Belgium11.3
5William Hill Great Britain11.3

Final

Murchison was affected badly by the start. The starter had told Paddock to adjust his position, causing Murchison to stand, thinking the full start sequence would be repeated. When it was not, Murchison was effectively eliminated as he was unprepared to run and could not catch the group.[2]

Scholz was in the lead at the halfway mark before falling back to the back of the group. Paddock won by half a metre over Kirksey, with Edward a "chest behind" the silver medalist. The finish between Scholz and Ali-Khan for 4th and 5th places was close enough that the judges originally ruled Ali-Khan 4th before determining that Scholz was 4th.[2]

Rank LaneAthleteNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3Charley Paddock United States10.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1Morris Kirksey United States10.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6Harry Edward Great Britain10.9
4 5Jackson Scholz United States10.9
5 4Émile Ali-Khan France11.2
6 2Loren Murchison United States11.2

References

  1. ↑ Athletics at the 1920 Summer Games: Men's 100 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "World Record Progression of 100 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ↑ "Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

Further reading

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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