Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
May 05, 2023
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.
The Chariots of Fire film 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]
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
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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 April 2009.
May 05, 2023
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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 metresat the Games of the VIII OlympiadVenueStade Olympique Yves du ManoirDates6 July heats and quarterfinals 7 July semifinals and final Competitors86 from 34 nationsMedalistsHarold Abrahams Great BritainJackson Scholz United StatesArthur Porritt New Zealand 19201928 Official Video The Chariots of Fire film 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 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Results 4 1 Heats 4 1 1 Heat 1 4 1 2 Heat 2 4 1 3 Heat 3 4 1 4 Heat 4 4 1 5 Heat 5 4 1 6 Heat 6 4 1 7 Heat 7 4 1 8 Heat 8 4 1 9 Heat 9 4 1 10 Heat 10 4 1 11 Heat 11 4 1 12 Heat 12 4 1 13 Heat 13 4 1 14 Heat 14 4 1 15 Heat 15 4 1 16 Heat 16 4 1 17 Heat 17 4 2 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 4 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 4 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 4 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 4 2 5 Quarterfinal 5 4 2 6 Quarterfinal 6 4 3 Semifinals 4 3 1 Semifinal 1 4 3 2 Semifinal 2 4 4 Final 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditThis 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 EditThe 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 EditPrior 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 1921Olympic record Donald Lippincott USA 10 6 s Stockholm Sweden 6 July 1912No new records were set in 1924 though Harold Abrahams equalled the Olympic record three times Results EditAll times shown are in seconds Heats Edit The first round was held on 6 July The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round Heat 1 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Loren Murchison United States 10 8 Q2 Arthur Porritt New Zealand 10 9 Q3 Camilo Rivas Argentina4 Mariano Aguilar Mexico5 Alberto Jurado EcuadorHeat 2 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Cyril Coaffee Canada 11 0 Q2 Ernesto Bonacina Italy 11 2 Q3 Mogens Truelsen Denmark4 Gentil dos Santos Portugal5 Alois Linka Czechoslovakia 11 6Heat 3 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Charles Paddock United States 11 2 Q2 Oto Sevisko Latvia 11 8 Q3 Ferdinand Kaindl AustriaHeat 4 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Maurice Degrelle France 11 0 Q2 Reijo Halme Finland 11 1 Q3 Frederik Lamp Netherlands4 Fritz Schedl Austria5 Wladyslaw Dobrowolski Poland 11 56 Rauf Hasagasi TurkeyHeat 5 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Lajos Kurunczy Hungary 11 4 Q2 Johans Oja Latvia Q3 Henricus Cockuyt Belgium4 Wilfred Hildreth India5 Lawrence Betts South AfricaHeat 6 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Henricus Broos Netherlands 11 0 Q2 George Dunston South Africa 11 2 Q3 Antonin Svoboda Czechoslovakia 11 34 Poul Schiang Denmark 11 55 Jose Maria Larrabeiti Spain 11 66 David Nepomuceno PhilippinesHeat 7 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Lancelot Royle Great Britain 11 0 Q2 Giovanni Frangipane Italy 11 1 Q3 Andre Theard Haiti 11 24 Juan Junqueras Spain 11 35 Zygmunt Weiss Poland 11 4Heat 8 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Walter Rangeley Great Britain 11 0 Q2 Marinus van den Berge Netherlands 11 1 Q3 Diego Ordonez Spain4 Victor Moriaud Switzerland5 Karel Pott Portugal6 Miguel Enrico ArgentinaHeat 9 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Albert Heise France 11 2 Q2 Gusztav Rozsahegyi Hungary 11 3 Q3 Lauri Haro Finland 11 34 Curt Wiberg Sweden 11 45 Alexandros Papafingos GreeceHeat 10 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Wilfred Nichol Great Britain 11 0 Q2 Paul Brochart Belgium 11 1 Q3 Laurence Armstrong Canada4 Konstantinos Pantelidis Greece5 Gvido Jekals LatviaHeat 11 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Chester Bowman United States 11 0 Q2 Walter Strebi Switzerland 11 2 Q3 James Hall India 11 34 Bror Osterdahl Sweden 11 35 Felix Escobar Argentina6 Herminio Ahumada MexicoHeat 12 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 George Hester Canada 11 2 Q2 Johannes van Kampen Netherlands 11 2 Q3 Karl Borner Switzerland4 Bill Lowe Ireland5 Laszlo Muskat Hungary Eugene Moetbeek Belgium DQHeat 13 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Jackson Scholz United States 10 8 Q2 Paul Hammer Luxembourg 11 3 Q3 Terence Pitt India 11 34 Knut Russell Sweden 11 35 Reinhold Keskull Estonia 11 5Heat 14 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Harold Abrahams Great Britain 11 0 Q2 Slip Carr Australia 11 0 Q3 Sasago Tani Japan4 Anton Husgafvel Finland5 Alvaro Ribeiro Brazil6 Sekip Engineri TurkeyHeat 15 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Andre Mourlon France 11 0 Q2 Enrico Torre Italy 11 2 Q3 Joseph Hilger LuxembourgHeat 16 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Felix Mendizabal Spain 11 4 Q2 Anthony Vince Canada 11 4 Q3 Vittorio Zucca Italy 11 54 Stanislaw Sosnicki Poland 11 65 Arturs Gedvillo LatviaHeat 17 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Ferenc Gero Hungary 11 0 Q2 Rene Mourlon France 11 0 Q3 Vaino Eskola Finland 11 14 Aleksander Szenajch PolandQuarterfinals Edit The quarterfinals were held on 6 July The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals Quarterfinal 1 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Loren Murchison United States 10 8 Q2 Giovanni Frangipane Italy 11 0 Q3 Henricus Broos Netherlands 11 14 Paul Hammer Luxembourg 11 15 Reijo Halme Finland 11 16 Anthony Vince CanadaQuarterfinal 2 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Chester Bowman United States 10 8 Q2 Arthur Porritt New Zealand 10 9 Q3 Walter Rangeley Great Britain 11 04 Rene Mourlon France 11 05 Lajos Kurunczy Hungary 11 06 Enrico Torre ItalyQuarterfinal 3 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Cyril Coaffee Canada 10 8 Q2 Wilfred Nichol Great Britain 11 0 Q3 Andre Mourlon France 11 14 Marinus van den Berge Netherlands5 Janis Oja Latvia6 Walter Strebi Switzerland DNSQuarterfinal 4 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Harold Abrahams Great Britain 10 6 Q OR2 George Hester Canada 10 7 Q3 Ferenc Gero Hungary4 Albert Heise France5 Ernesto Bonacina Italy6 Felix Mendizabal SpainQuarterfinal 5 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Charles Paddock United States 10 8 Q2 Maurice Degrelle France 11 0 Q3 Johannes van Kampen Netherlands4 George Dunston South Africa5 Gusztav Rozsahegyi HungaryQuarterfinal 6 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Jackson Scholz United States 10 8 Q2 Slip Carr Australia 10 9 Q3 Lancelot Royle Great Britain4 Paul Brochart Belgium5 Oto Sevisko LatviaSemifinals Edit The semifinals were held on 7 July The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Jackson Scholz United States 10 8 Q2 Arthur Porritt New Zealand 11 1 Q3 Loren Murchison United States 11 2 Q4 Wilfred Nichol Great Britain 11 35 Maurice Degrelle France 11 46 George Hester Canada 11 5Semifinal 2 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Harold Abrahams Great Britain 10 6 Q OR2 Charles Paddock United States 10 7 Q3 Chester Bowman United States 10 7 Q4 Slip Carr Australia 10 75 Cyril Coaffee Canada 10 86 Giovanni Frangipane Italy 11 2Final Edit 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 84 5 Chester Bowman United States 10 95 1 Charles Paddock United States 10 96 2 Loren Murchison United States 11 0References Edit 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 a b c 100 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 21 July 2020 Olympic orgExternal links Edithttps web archive org web 20100904130200 http www databaseolympics com games gamessport htm g 8 amp sp ATH Wudarski Pawel 1999 Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich in Polish Retrieved 19 April 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metres amp oldid 1044476392, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
