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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. This race was depicted in the film Chariots of Fire. The first two rounds were held on 6 July, with the semifinals and final on 7 July. Eighty-six sprinters from 34 countries competed.[1] The event was won by Harold Abrahams of Great Britain—Great Britain's first Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 metres and only the second time that the United States failed to win (Reggie Walker of South Africa had won in 1908). Jackson Scholz kept the Americans on the podium with a silver. Arthur Porritt won the bronze, New Zealand's first medal in the event.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates6 July (heats and quarterfinals)
7 July (semifinals and final)
Competitors86 from 34 nations
Winning time10.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jackson Scholz
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arthur Porritt
 New Zealand
← 1920
1928 →
Official Video

Chariots of Fire presents a fictionalized version of the event in which Eric Liddell, a devout Christian, dropped out shortly before the competition because the heat was on Sunday, and his faith compelled him to keep Sunday as the Sabbath. While the basic story is accurate, the true timeline was less dramatic, as "Liddell knew about the Olympic schedule several months in advance and never intended to run the 100 in Paris."[2]

Background

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This was the seventh time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. For the first time (excluding the 1906 Intercalated Games), a defending gold medalist (Charley Paddock) attempted to retain his title. Two other 1920 finalists, Loren Murchison and Jackson Scholz, also returned. Other notable entrants included Great Britain's Harold Abrahams, a favorite along with Paddock.[2]

Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Estonia, Haiti, Ireland (newly independent from Great Britain), Latvia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, and Turkey were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first seven Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format

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The event retained the four round format from 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 17 heats, of 3–6 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 34 quarterfinalists were placed into 6 heats of 5 or 6 athletes. Again, the top 2 advanced. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, this time with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]

World record   Charles Paddock (USA) 10.4 s Redlands, United States 23 April 1921
Olympic record   Donald Lippincott (USA) 10.6 s Stockholm, Sweden 6 July 1912

No new records were set in 1924, though Harold Abrahams equalled the Olympic record three times.

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

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The first round was held on 6 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Loren Murchison   United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt   New Zealand 10.9 Q
3 Camilo Rivas   Argentina
4 Mariano Aguilar   Mexico
5 Alberto Jurado   Ecuador

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cyril Coaffee   Canada 11.0 Q
2 Ernesto Bonacina   Italy 11.2 Q
3 Mogens Truelsen   Denmark
4 Gentil dos Santos   Portugal
5 Alois Linka   Czechoslovakia 11.6

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Paddock   United States 11.2 Q
2 Oto Seviško   Latvia 11.8 Q
3 Ferdinand Kaindl   Austria
4 Leo Jørgensen   Denmark
5 Fortunato Catalon   Philippines
6 Bohus Fleischer   Czechoslovakia

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maurice Degrelle   France 11.0 Q
2 Reijo Halme   Finland 11.1 Q
3 Frederik Lamp   Netherlands
4 Fritz Schedl   Austria
5 Władysław Dobrowolski   Poland 11.5
6 Rauf Hasağası   Turkey

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lajos Kurunczy   Hungary 11.4 Q
2 Johans Oja   Latvia Q
3 Henricus Cockuyt   Belgium
4 Wilfred Hildreth   India
5 Lawrence Betts   South Africa
6 Stanko Perpar   Yugoslavia

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henricus Broos   Netherlands 11.0 Q
2 George Dunston   South Africa 11.2 Q
3 Antonín Svoboda   Czechoslovakia 11.3
4 Poul Schiang   Denmark 11.5
5 José-María Larrabeiti   Spain 11.6
6 David Nepomuceno   Philippines

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lancelot Royle   Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Giovanni Frangipane   Italy 11.1 Q
3 André Théard   Haiti 11.2
4 Juan Junqueras   Spain 11.3
5 Zygmunt Weiss   Poland 11.4

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Rangeley   Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Marinus van den Berge   Netherlands 11.1 Q
3 Diego Ordóñez   Spain
4 Victor Moriaud   Switzerland
5 Karel Pott   Portugal
6 Miguel Enrico   Argentina

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Albert Heisé   France 11.2 Q
2 Gusztáv Rózsahegyi   Hungary 11.3 Q
3 Lauri Härö   Finland 11.3
4 Curt Wiberg   Sweden 11.4
5 Alexandros Papafingos   Greece

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Nichol   Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Paul Brochart   Belgium 11.1 Q
3 Laurence Armstrong   Canada
4 Konstantinos Pantelidis   Greece
5 Gvido Jekals   Latvia

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chester Bowman   United States 11.0 Q
2 Walter Strebi   Switzerland 11.2 Q
3 James Hall   India 11.3
4 Bror Österdahl   Sweden 11.3
5 Félix Escobar   Argentina
6 Herminio Ahumada   Mexico

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Hester   Canada 11.2 Q
2 Johannes van Kampen   Netherlands 11.2 Q
3 Karl Borner   Switzerland
4 Bill Lowe   Ireland
5 László Muskát   Hungary
– Eugène Moetbeek   Belgium DQ

Heat 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz   United States 10.8 Q
2 Paul Hammer   Luxembourg 11.3 Q
3 Terence Pitt   India 11.3
4 Knut Russell   Sweden 11.3
5 Reinhold Kesküll   Estonia 11.5

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams   Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Slip Carr   Australia 11.0 Q
3 Sasago Tani   Japan
4 Anton Husgafvel   Finland
5 Álvaro Ribeiro   Brazil
6 Şekip Engineri   Turkey

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 André Mourlon   France 11.0 Q
2 Enrico Torre   Italy 11.2 Q
3 Joseph Hilger   Luxembourg

Heat 16

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Félix Mendizábal   Spain 11.4 Q
2 Anthony Vince   Canada 11.4 Q
3 Vittorio Zucca   Italy 11.5
4 Stanisław Sośnicki   Poland 11.6
5 Artūrs Gedvillo   Latvia

Heat 17

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ferenc Gerő   Hungary 11.0 Q
2 René Mourlon   France 11.0 Q
3 Väinö Eskola   Finland 11.1
4 Aleksander Szenajch   Poland
5 Christiaan Steyn   South Africa
6 Aleksa Spahic   Yugoslavia

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals were held on 6 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Loren Murchison   United States 10.8 Q
2 Giovanni Frangipane   Italy 11.0 Q
3 Henricus Broos   Netherlands 11.1
4 Paul Hammer   Luxembourg 11.1
5 Reijo Halme   Finland 11.1
6 Anthony Vince   Canada

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chester Bowman   United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt   New Zealand 10.9 Q
3 Walter Rangeley   Great Britain 11.0
4 René Mourlon   France 11.0
5 Lajos Kurunczy   Hungary 11.0
6 Enrico Torre   Italy

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cyril Coaffee   Canada 10.8 Q
2 Wilfred Nichol   Great Britain 11.0 Q
3 André Mourlon   France 11.1
4 Marinus van den Berge   Netherlands
5 Jānis Oja   Latvia
6 Walter Strebi   Switzerland DNS

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams   Great Britain 10.6 Q =OR
2 George Hester   Canada 10.7 Q
3 Ferenc Gerő   Hungary
4 Albert Heisé   France
5 Ernesto Bonacina   Italy
6 Félix Mendizábal   Spain

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Paddock   United States 10.8 Q
2 Maurice Degrelle   France 11.0 Q
3 Johannes van Kampen   Netherlands
4 George Dunston   South Africa
5 Gusztáv Rózsahegyi   Hungary

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz   United States 10.8 Q
2 Slip Carr   Australia 10.9 Q
3 Lancelot Royle   Great Britain
4 Paul Brochart   Belgium
5 Oto Seviško   Latvia

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 7 July. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz   United States 10.8 Q
2 Arthur Porritt   New Zealand 11.1 Q
3 Loren Murchison   United States 11.2 Q
4 Wilfred Nichol   Great Britain 11.3
5 Maurice Degrelle   France 11.4
6 George Hester   Canada 11.5

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harold Abrahams   Great Britain 10.6 Q =OR
2 Charles Paddock   United States 10.7 Q
3 Chester Bowman   United States 10.7 Q
4 Slip Carr   Australia 10.7
5 Cyril Coaffee   Canada 10.8
6 Giovanni Frangipane   Italy 11.2

Final

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The final was held on 7 July.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
  4 Harold Abrahams   Great Britain 10.6 =OR
  3 Jackson Scholz   United States 10.7
  6 Arthur Porritt   New Zealand 10.8
4 5 Chester Bowman   United States 10.9
5 1 Charles Paddock   United States 10.9
6 2 Loren Murchison   United States 11.0

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ Olympic.org
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