Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres
sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games
took place between July 20 and July 21. The final was won by American
Lindy Remigino
.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat five
Heat six
Heat seven
Heat eight
Heat nine
Heat ten
Heat eleven
Heat twelve
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat one
Heat two
Key: DQ = Disqualified
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
took place between July 20 and July 21. The final was won by American
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Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino
Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931...
.
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Treloar | 10.92 | ||
2 | Alan Lillington | 11.06 | ||
3 | Gabriel Lareya | 11.18 | ||
4 | Miroslav Horčic | 11.23 | ||
5 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | 11.40 | ||
6 | Youssef Ali Omar | 11.53 | ||
7 | José Julio Barillas | 11.56 | ||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Étienne Bally Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally is a retired French sprinter and a former European champion over 100 metres.Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, where he finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres—his time was equal to that of the bronze medalist, Carlo... |
10.97 | ||
2 | Angel Kolev | 11.01 | ||
3 | Paul Dolan Paul Dolan Kenneth Paul Dolan is a former Canadian national team and Canadian Soccer League goalkeeper.-Club career:... |
11.12 | ||
4 | Raúl Mazorra | 11.19 | ||
5 | Robert Hutchinson | 11.26 | ||
6 | Masaji Tajima | 11.29 | ||
7 | Adulya Vanastit | 11.61 | ||
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | McDonald Bailey | 10.65 | ||
2 | Carlo Vittori | 10.98 | ||
3 | Mikhail Kazantsev | 11.16 | ||
4 | Hörður Haraldsson | 11.32 | ||
5 | Javier Souza | 11.31 | ||
6 | Stefanos Petrakis | 11.33 | ||
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | William Jack | 11.05 | ||
2 | Romeo Galán | 11.11 | ||
3 | Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze was a Georgian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev and Vladimir Sukharev.... |
11.13 | ||
4 | Emad El-Din Shafei | 11.40 | ||
5 | Guillermo Gutiérrez | 11.42 | ||
6 | Boonterm Pakpuang | 11.85 | ||
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley Herb McKenley Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.... |
10.88 | ||
2 | György Csányi György Csányi György Csányi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi and Béla Goldoványi.... |
11.09 | ||
3 | Emil Kiszka | 11.13 | ||
4 | Pauli Tavisalo | 11.30 | ||
5 | Tomás Paquete | 11.45 | ||
6 | Walter Sutton Walter Sutton Walter Stanborough Sutton was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms... |
11.45 | ||
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | David Tabak | 11.12 | ||
2 | Tomio Hosoda | 11.14 | ||
3 | Willy Schneider | 11.22 | ||
4 | Angel Gavrilov | 11.29 | ||
5 | Juan Leiva | 11.31 | ||
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vladimir Sukharev | 10.93 | ||
2 | Theo Saat | 11.02 | ||
3 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | 11.17 | ||
4 | Voitto Hellstén Voitto Hellstén Voitto Valdemar Hellsten was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He competed for Finland in three Summer Olympics, in 1952, 1956 and 1960... |
11.36 | ||
5 | George Acquaah | 11.47 | ||
6 | Mariano Acosta Mariano Acosta Mariano Acosta was an Argentine lawyer and politician.-Life and times:Acosta was born in 1825 to Magdalena Santa Coloma Lezica, the daughter of a prominent Buenos Aires Province landowner, and José Francisco Acosta, from Corrientes Province... |
11.58 | ||
7 | Wolfgango Montanari | 12.25 | ||
Heat eight
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rafael Fortún Rafael Fortún Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.-Achievements:-References:*... |
10.93 | ||
2 | Byron LaBeach | 11.09 | ||
3 | Franco Leccese | 11.18 | ||
4 | Issi Baran | 11.32 | ||
5 | Fritz Griesser | 11.54 | ||
Heat nine
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Werner Zandt | 11.03 | ||
2 | Muhammad Aslam Muhammad Aslam Sardar Muhammad Aslam Baggra was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as back.... |
11.18 | ||
3 | Don McFarlane Don McFarlane Don McFarlane was a Canadian sprinter.-Life:While at Burlington High School Don played as a half-back on both the Junior and Senior Football teams and was a member of the 1948 Championship senior team... |
11.25 | ||
4 | Zdeněk Pospíšil | 11.25 | ||
5 | Edward Ajado | 11.25 | ||
6 | Fawzi Chaaban | 11.51 | ||
- | Enrique Beckles | DQ | ||
Heat ten
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Art Bragg Art Bragg Arthur "Art" George Bragg is an American athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Baltimore.In 1952 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 100 metres event.... |
10.73 | ||
2 | Hans Wehrli | 11.00 | ||
3 | Titus Erinle | 11.12 | ||
4 | László Zarándi László Zarándi László Zarándi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He began his career in sport in 1946/47 as a soccer player in the team of SZVSE. At the high school he continued to play soccer, but trained also in athletics: 100 meter and high jump... |
11.26 | ||
5 | Pétur Sigurðsson | 11.55 | ||
6 | Aroon Sankosik | 11.76 | ||
Heat eleven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lindy Remigino Lindy Remigino Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931... |
10.73 | ||
2 | Lavy Pinto | 11.00 | ||
3 | René Bonino | 11.00 | ||
4 | František Brož František Brož František Brož was a Czech violist, composer, conductor and music educator.-Biography:Brož studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Jindřich Baštař. He later studied composition with Josef Bohuslav Foerster and Vítězslav Novák, and conducting under Otakar Ostrčil and Václav Talich... |
11.32 | ||
5 | Abdul Aziz | 11.48 | ||
6 | Rui Maia | 11.79 |
Heat twelve
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel... |
10.90 | ||
2 | Alain Porthault | 11.04 | ||
3 | Erich Fuchs | 11.19 | ||
4 | Karim Olowu | 11.27 | ||
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | McDonald Bailey | 10.73 | ||
2 | John Treloar | 10.84 | ||
3 | Alain Porthault | 10.99 | ||
4 | Muhammad Aslam Muhammad Aslam Sardar Muhammad Aslam Baggra was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as back.... |
11.02 | ||
5 | Byron LaBeach | 11.05 | ||
- | Angel Kolev | DQ | ||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lindy Remigino Lindy Remigino Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931... |
10.68 | ||
2 | Theo Saat | 10.93 | ||
3 | Lavy Pinto | 10.98 | ||
4 | Étienne Bally Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally is a retired French sprinter and a former European champion over 100 metres.Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, where he finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres—his time was equal to that of the bronze medalist, Carlo... |
10.98 | ||
5 | Hans Wehrli | 11.05 | ||
6 | Alan Lillington | 11.26 | ||
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel... |
10.69 | ||
2 | Rafael Fortún Rafael Fortún Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.-Achievements:-References:*... |
10.90 | ||
3 | William Jack | 10.94 | ||
4 | Werner Zandt | 10.98 | ||
5 | Romeo Galán | 11.08 | ||
6 | David Tabak | 11.10 | ||
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Herb McKenley Herb McKenley Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.... |
10.72 | ||
2 | Art Bragg Art Bragg Arthur "Art" George Bragg is an American athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Baltimore.In 1952 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 100 metres event.... |
10.75 | ||
3 | Vladimir Sukharev | 10.92 | ||
4 | Tomio Hosoda | 11.03 | ||
5 | György Csányi György Csányi György Csányi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi and Béla Goldoványi.... |
11.07 | ||
6 | Carlo Vittori | 11.79 | ||
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | McDonald Bailey | 10.74 | ||
2 | Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel... |
10.78 | ||
3 | Vladimir Sukharev | 10.86 | ||
4 | Lavy Pinto | 10.94 | ||
5 | Alain Porthault | 11.04 | ||
6 | Art Bragg Art Bragg Arthur "Art" George Bragg is an American athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Baltimore.In 1952 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 100 metres event.... |
11.43 | ||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley Herb McKenley Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.... |
10.74 | ||
2 | Lindy Remigino Lindy Remigino Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931... |
10.74 | ||
3 | John Treloar | 10.76 | ||
4 | Rafael Fortún Rafael Fortún Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.-Achievements:-References:*... |
10.92 | ||
5 | William Jack | 11.01 | ||
6 | Theo Saat | 11.12 | ||
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Lindy Remigino Lindy Remigino Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931... |
10.79 | |||
Herb McKenley Herb McKenley Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.... |
10.80 | |||
McDonald Bailey | 10.83 | |||
4 | Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel... |
10.84 | ||
5 | Vladimir Sukharev | 10.88 | ||
6 | John Treloar | 10.91 |
Key: DQ = Disqualified