Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
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These are the official results of the men's 100 metres
event at the 1928 Summer Olympics
in Amsterdam
. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928 and Monday, July 30, 1928. Seventy-six runners from 27 nations competed.
Percy Williams
equalized the standing Olympic record with 10.6 seconds in the fourth heat of the second round. In the first semi-final Robert McAllister, Percy Williams
, and Willie Legg
all equalized the record again by running 10.6 seconds.
(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)
Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...
event at the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928 and Monday, July 30, 1928. Seventy-six runners from 27 nations competed.
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References |
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.World Record | 10.4 | Charlie Paddock Charlie Paddock Charles "Charlie" William Paddock was an American athlete and twofold Olympic champion.After serving in World War I as a lieutenant of field artillery in the U.S. Marines, Paddock - a native of Gainesville, Texas - studied at the University of Southern California... |
Redlands, California Redlands, California Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 68,747, up from 63,591 at the 2000 census. The city is located east of downtown San Bernardino.- History :... (USA Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... ) |
April 23, 1921 |
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Olympic Record | 10.6 | Donald Lippincott | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... ) |
July 6, 1912 |
10.6 | Harold Abrahams Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... ) |
July 6/7 1924 |
Percy Williams
Percy Williams
Percy Alfred Williams, OC was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 m and 200 m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics.- Biography :Williams was born in Vancouver and he died in Vancouver....
equalized the standing Olympic record with 10.6 seconds in the fourth heat of the second round. In the first semi-final Robert McAllister, Percy Williams
Percy Williams
Percy Alfred Williams, OC was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 m and 200 m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics.- Biography :Williams was born in Vancouver and he died in Vancouver....
, and Willie Legg
Willie Legg
Wilfred B. Legg is a South African athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Robertson, Western Cape.In 1928 he finished fifth the Olympic 100 metres event...
all equalized the record again by running 10.6 seconds.
First Round
Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each would qualify for the second round.Heat 1
Place | Name | Time |
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1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.0 seconds | |
3 | 11.2 seconds | |
4 | 11.4 seconds | |
5 | 11.4 seconds |
Heat 2
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.2 seconds | |
2 | 11.3 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
— | DNS |
Heat 3
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown(*) | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)
Heat 4
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | 11.4 seconds | |
4 | 11.4 seconds | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
Heat 5
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown |
Heat 6
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown |
Heat 7
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.0 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
— | DNS | |
— | DNS |
Heat 8
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.0 seconds | |
3 | 11.3 seconds | |
4 | 11.4 seconds |
Heat 9
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
Heat 10
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.1 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown |
Heat 11
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.1 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
Heat 12
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown |
Heat 13
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
- | DNS |
Heat 14
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | 11.1 seconds | |
3 | 11.2 seconds | |
4 | 11.3 seconds | |
5 | 11.5 seconds | |
6 | 12.2 seconds |
Heat 15
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 11.0 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown |
Heat 16
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | DNS |
Second Round Heat 1
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
Second Round Heat 2
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | 11.0 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
6 | unknown |
Second Round Heat 3
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown |
Second Round Heat 4
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.6 seconds =OR | |
2 | 10.8 seconds | |
3 | unknown | |
5 | unknown | |
4 | unknown |
Second Round Heat 5
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | 11.0 seconds |
Second Round Heat 6
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | unknown | |
3 | unknown | |
4 | unknown | |
5 | unknown |
Semifinal 1
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.6 seconds =OR | |
2 | 10.6 seconds =OR | |
3 | 10.6 seconds =OR | |
4 | 10.7 seconds | |
5 | 10.8 seconds | |
6 | 11.0 seconds |
Semifinal 2
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.6 seconds =OR | |
2 | 10.7 seconds | |
3 | 10.7 seconds | |
4 | 10.8 seconds | |
5 | 10.8 seconds | |
6 | 10.9 seconds |
Final
Place | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 10.8 seconds | |
2 | 10.9 seconds | |
3 | 10.9 seconds | |
4 | 11.0 seconds | |
5 | 11.0 seconds | |
6 | 11.0 seconds |