These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres

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...

event at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-Records broken:...

in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. The competition was held on August 31, 1960 and on September 1, 1960. 65 competitors from 48 nations entered, but participated 61 competitors from 46 nations.

Heats

The top three runners in each of the 9 heats advanced.

Heat one

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final...		10.4 seconds
2	Carl Fredrik Bunæs		10.7 seconds
3	Yuriy Konovalov		10.7 seconds
4	Suthi Maniagas		10.8 seconds
5	Mikhail Batcharov		11.0 seconds
6	Amos Grodzinowsky		11.1 seconds
7	Raj Joshi Tilak		16.3 seconds

Heat two

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao was retired runner from Kenya. He won two events at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, making him the first Kenyan athlete to win a gold medal at an international level...		10.5 seconds
2	Armin Hary Armin Hary Armin Hary is a German athlete. In 1960 he became the first non-American since 1928 to win the Olympic 100 metres.Born in Quierschied, Saarland, after playing football in his youth, Hary switched to sprinting at age 16...		10.6 seconds
3	Heinz Müller		10.8 seconds
4	Gustav Ntiforo		11.0 seconds
5	Isaac Gómez		11.0 seconds
6	Dennis Tipping		11.2 seconds
7	Abdul Khaliq		11.2 seconds

Heat three

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Horacio Esteves Horacio Esteves Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela was a Venezuelan sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964-8. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas , matching the time set by Armin Hary in 1960 and Harry Jerome in 1962...		10.4 seconds
2	Dennis Johnson		10.4 seconds
3	Dave Sime		10.5 seconds
4	Lynn Eves		10.8 seconds
5	Aggrey Awori Aggrey Awori Aggrey Siryoyi Awori is a Ugandan politician and a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement party. He was the Minister for Information & Communications Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011. In the Cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from...		10.9 seconds
6	Patrick Lowry		10.9 seconds
7	Roba Negousse		11.3 seconds

Heat four

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		10.5 seconds
2	Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay...		10.5 seconds
3	Erasmus Amukun		10.6 seconds
4	Alfonso Da Silva		10.8 seconds
5	Bouchaib El-Maachi		10.9 seconds
6	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali		10.9 seconds
-	Jimmy Omagbemi		DNS

heat five

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Tom Robinson		10.5 seconds
2	Lloyd Murad		10.7 seconds
3	Sitiveni Moceidreke		10.8 seconds
4	George Short		10.9 seconds
5	Emmanuel Putu		11.2 seconds
6	Kim Jong-Cheol		11.5 seconds

Heat six

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ray Norton Ray Norton Otis Ray Norton is a former American sprinter. In college he ran for San José State University, where he was coached by Lloyd Winter. He later won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games. In that same year he tied Leamon King's record at the 100 meters at 10.1 seconds.In 1960 he set or...		10.7 seconds
2	Gusman Kosanov Gusman Kosanov Gusman Kosanov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained in Kishinev and later in Alma-ata at the Armed Forces Sports Society....		10.7 seconds
3	Santiago Plaza		10.8 seconds
4	Walter Mahlendorf Walter Mahlendorf Walter Mahlendorf is a former West German athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Mahlendorf was born in Sarstedt....		10.8 seconds
5	Romain Poté		11.0 seconds
6	Aydin Onur		11.3 seconds
7	Abdul Hadi Shekaib		11.6 seconds

Heat seven

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	David Jones David Jones (athlete) David Jones was a British athlete who competed in the 100 & 200 metres. He won three consecutive AAA tiles at 220 yards...		10.5 seconds
2	Abdoulaye Seye Abdoulaye Seye Abdoulaye Seye was a Senegalese sprinter.He competed for France in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 200 metres where he won the bronze medal...		10.6 seconds
3	Rafael Romero Rafael Romero Rafael Romero Sandrea is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero claimed two medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.-References:*...		10.7 seconds
4	Elmar Kunauer		11.0 seconds
5	Huang Suh-chuang		11.2 seconds
6	Khudhir Zalata		11.3 seconds
-	Iftikhar Shah		DNF

Heat eight

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marian Foik Marian Foik Marian Foik was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, participating in the 4 x 100 metre relay. With his team mates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Dudziak, he won the silver medal....		10.5 seconds
2	Edward Jefferys		10.6 seconds
3	Claude Piquemal Claude Piquemal Claude Piquemal was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur and Jocelyn Delecour.Piquemal and...		10.7 seconds
4	Jalal Gozal		10.9 seconds
5	Manfred Germar Manfred Germar Manfred Germar is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events.He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Heinz...		11.0 seconds
6	Hamdan El-Tayeb		11.1 seconds
7	José Albarrán		11.2 seconds

Heat nine

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Peter Radford Peter Radford Peter Frank Radford is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 & 200 metres , broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite being using a wheelchair by a serious kidney illness as a child.He took up competitive running at the age of 12, soon joining Birchfield Harriers, where he was...		10.4 seconds
2	Frank Budd Frank Budd Frank Budd is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He ran track at Villanova University but never played a down of college football...		10.4 seconds
3	Edvin Ozolin		10.7 seconds
4	Hilmar Thorbjörnsson		10.9 seconds
5	Nikolaos Georgopoulos		11.0 seconds
6	Moustafa Abdel Kader		11.2 seconds
7	James Roberts		11.2 seconds

Quarterfinal

The top three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.

Heat one

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Horacio Esteves		10.5 seconds
2	Tom Robinson		10.6 seconds
3	Ray Norton		10.6 seconds
4	Jocelyn Delecour		10.7 seconds
5	Edward Jefferys		10.7 seconds
6	Edvin Ozolin		10.7 seconds
7	Heinz Müller		10.8 seconds

Heat two

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Armin Hary		10.2 seconds OR
2	Dave Sime		10.3 seconds
3	Marian Foik		10.4 seconds
4	Dennis Johnson		10.4 seconds
5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs		10.5 seconds
6	Yuriy Konovalov		10.5 seconds
7	Sitiveni Moceidreke		10.7 seconds

Heat three

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Frank Budd		10.4 seconds
2	Enrique Figuerola		10.4 seconds
3	David Jones		10.5 seconds
4	Erasmus Amukun		10.6 seconds
5	Claude Piquemal		10.6 seconds
6	Gusman Kosanov		10.7 seconds
7	Santiago Plaza		10.8 seconds

Heat four

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Harry Jerome		10.4 seconds
2	Peter Radford		10.4 seconds
3	Seraphino Antao		10.4 seconds
4	Abdoulaye Seye		10.4 seconds
5	Lloyd Murad		10.8 seconds
6	Rafael Romero		11.1 seconds

Semifinals

The top three runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Heat one

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Peter Radford		10.4 seconds
2	Enrique Figuerola		10.4 seconds
3	Frank Budd		10.5 seconds
4	Marian Foik		10.5 seconds
5	Tom Robinson		10.5 seconds
-	Harry Jerome		DNF

Heat two

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Armin Hary		10.3 seconds
2	Dave Sime		10.4 seconds
3	Ray Norton		10.4 seconds
4	David Jones		10.4 seconds
5	Horacio Esteves		10.5 seconds
6	Seraphino Antao		10.6 seconds

Final

Hary and Sime tied the Olympic record.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Armin Hary		10.2 seconds =OR
	Dave Sime		10.2 seconds =OR
	Peter Radford		10.3 seconds
4	Enrique Figuerola		10.3 seconds
5	Frank Budd		10.3 seconds
6	Ray Norton		10.4 seconds

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