Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
May 01, 2024
The men's 100 metressprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England, we held at Wembley Stadium on 30 and 31 July.[1] Sixty-three athletes from 33 nations competed; each nation was limited to 3 runners by rules set at the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Harrison Dillard, in a photo finish. Lloyd LaBeach of Panama won his nation's first medal in the men's 100 metres, a bronze. This was the first time a photo finish camera was used at an Olympic Games.[2] The photo finish equipment consisted of a photoelectric cell, called the Magic Eye, produced by Swiss watchmaker Omega and a slit photography camera produced by the British Race Finish Recording Company.[3]
This was the eleventh time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. With a 12 year gap due to World War II, none of the athletes from the 1936 edition returned. Notable entrants and favorites were American Mel Patton and Panamanian Lloyd LaBeach. American Barney Ewell was a "top sprinter" but "felt to be slightly past his prime." The third member of the United States team was Harrison Dillard, a hurdles specialist who had also entered the 100 metres and came in third at the U.S. Olympic trials.[4]
Bermuda, Burma, Guyana, Iraq, Jamaica, Pakistan, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first eleven Olympic men's 100 metres events.
Competition formatedit
The event retained the four round format from 1920–1936: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats, of 4–7 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 4 heats of 6 athletes. The top 3 in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, once again with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[4]
Recordsedit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the second round. Official hand-timed results are known (and provided in the Official Report) only for the top three in each heat; unofficial auto-timed results are shown in parentheses.[4]
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round. Official hand-timed results are known (and provided in the Official Report) only for the top three in each heat; unofficial auto-timed results are shown in parentheses.[4]
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round. Official hand-timed results are known (and provided in the Official Report) only for the top three in each heat; unofficial auto-timed results are shown in parentheses.[4]
Patton "got off to a disastrous start and was not a factor." Dillard led the entire way. Official hand-timed results are known (and provided in the Official Report) only for the top three in each heat; unofficial auto-timed results are shown in parentheses.[4]
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^Jackson, Peter (24 July 2012). "London's three Olympic Games compared", BBC News.
^"Omega, the Olympics, and the innovations required to time the Earth's Best".
^ abcdef"100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
External linksedit
Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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The men s 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London England we held at Wembley Stadium on 30 and 31 July 1 Sixty three athletes from 33 nations competed each nation was limited to 3 runners by rules set at the 1930 Olympic Congress The final was won by American Harrison Dillard in a photo finish Lloyd LaBeach of Panama won his nation s first medal in the men s 100 metres a bronze This was the first time a photo finish camera was used at an Olympic Games 2 The photo finish equipment consisted of a photoelectric cell called the Magic Eye produced by Swiss watchmaker Omega and a slit photography camera produced by the British Race Finish Recording Company 3 Men s 100 metresat the Games of the XIV OlympiadVenueWembley StadiumLondon EnglandDates30 July 1948 heats quarterfinals 31 July 1948 semifinals final Competitors63 from 33 nationsWinning time10 3 secondsMedalistsHarrison Dillard United StatesBarney Ewell United StatesLloyd LaBeach Panama 19361952 Official Video Highlights Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Round 1 5 1 1 Heat 1 5 1 2 Heat 2 5 1 3 Heat 3 5 1 4 Heat 4 5 1 5 Heat 5 5 1 6 Heat 6 5 1 7 Heat 7 5 1 8 Heat 8 5 1 9 Heat 9 5 1 10 Heat 10 5 1 11 Heat 11 5 1 12 Heat 12 5 2 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 3 Semifinals 5 3 1 Semifinal 1 5 3 2 Semifinal 2 5 4 Final 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the eleventh time the event was held having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896 With a 12 year gap due to World War II none of the athletes from the 1936 edition returned Notable entrants and favorites were American Mel Patton and Panamanian Lloyd LaBeach American Barney Ewell was a top sprinter but felt to be slightly past his prime The third member of the United States team was Harrison Dillard a hurdles specialist who had also entered the 100 metres and came in third at the U S Olympic trials 4 Bermuda Burma Guyana Iraq Jamaica Pakistan Panama Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay were represented in the event for the first time The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first eleven Olympic men s 100 metres events Competition format editThe event retained the four round format from 1920 1936 heats quarterfinals semifinals and a final There were 12 heats of 4 7 athletes each with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 4 heats of 6 athletes The top 3 in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists once again with the top 3 advancing to the 6 man final 4 Records editPrior to the competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record 10 2 nbsp Jesse Owens USA Chicago United States 20 June 1936 10 2 nbsp Harold Davis USA Compton United States 6 June 1941 Olympic record 10 3 nbsp Eddie Tolan Los Angeles USA August 1 1932 10 3 nbsp Ralph Metcalfe Los Angeles USA August 1 1932 10 3 nbsp Jesse Owens Berlin Germany August 2 1936 Harrison Dillard of the United States matched the Olympic record in the final Schedule editAll times are British Summer Time UTC 1 Date Time Friday 30 July 1948 15 0017 30 Round 1Round 2 Saturday 31 July 1948 14 3015 45 SemifinalsFinalsResults editRound 1 edit The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the second round Official hand timed results are known and provided in the Official Report only for the top three in each heat unofficial auto timed results are shown in parentheses 4 Heat 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 10 5 Q 2 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 10 5 Q 3 Leslie Laing nbsp Jamaica 11 0 4 Angel Garcia nbsp Cuba 11 25 5 Nestor Jacono nbsp Malta 11 54 Bogdan Lipski nbsp Poland DNS Heat 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mel Patton nbsp United States 10 6 Q 2 Ivan Hausen nbsp Brazil 10 9 Q 3 James O Brien nbsp Canada 10 9 4 Fernando Lapuente nbsp Argentina 11 16 5 Hector Gosset nbsp Belgium 11 50 6 Gonzalo Rodriguez nbsp Mexico 11 97 Heat 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 10 5 Q 2 Bela Goldovanyi nbsp Hungary 11 0 Q 3 Frank Mahoney nbsp Bermuda 11 8 George Rhoden nbsp Jamaica DNS Tomas Paquete nbsp Portugal DNS John De Saram nbsp Ceylon DNS Heat 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Juan Lopez nbsp Uruguay 10 5 Q 2 Ken Jones nbsp Great Britain 10 6 Q 3 Jan Meijer nbsp Netherlands 11 0 4 Maximo Reyes nbsp Peru 11 04 5 Finnbjorn THorvaldsson nbsp Iceland 11 23 Kyros Marinis nbsp Greece DNS Heat 5 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Harrison Dillard nbsp United States 10 4 Q 2 Haroldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 10 6 Q 3 Peter Bloch nbsp Norway 11 1 4 Pol Braekman nbsp Belgium 11 30 Ricardo Saenz nbsp Spain DNS John O Donnell nbsp Ireland DNS Heat 6 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 McDonald Bailey nbsp Great Britain 10 5 Q 2 Haukur Clausen nbsp Iceland 11 0 Q 3 Abram van Heerden nbsp South Africa 11 1 4 Carlos Silva nbsp Chile 11 08 5 Bernabe Lovina nbsp Philippines 11 32 6 Stanley Lines nbsp Bermuda 11 69 Heat 7 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 John Treloar nbsp Australia 10 5 Q 2 Rene Valmy nbsp France 10 8 Q 3 Gyorgy Csanyi nbsp Hungary 11 1 4 Carlos Isaac nbsp Argentina 11 24 5 Sayed Moukhtar nbsp Egypt 11 71 6 Ali Salman nbsp Iraq 11 90 Jack Parry nbsp Canada DNS Heat 8 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba 10 7 Q 2 John Bartram nbsp Australia 10 8 Q 3 Basil McKenzie nbsp Jamaica 10 8 4 Helio da Silva nbsp Brazil 11 09 5 Jo Zwaan nbsp Netherlands 11 09 Duncan White nbsp Ceylon DNS Heat 9 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Morris Curotta nbsp Australia 10 7 Q 2 Gerardo Bonnhoff nbsp Argentina 10 8 Q 3 Raul Mazorra nbsp Cuba 11 1 4 Orn Clausen nbsp Iceland 11 22 5 Rasit Oztas nbsp Turkey 11 35 Perry Johnson nbsp Bermuda DSQ Heat 10 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 George Lewis nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 10 8 Q 2 Ted Haggis nbsp Canada 10 9 Q 3 Walter Perez nbsp Uruguay 11 0 4 Santiago Ferrando nbsp Peru 11 19 5 Stefanos Petrakis nbsp Greece 11 62 Joseph Stephan nbsp France DNS Heat 11 edit The tailwind of 3 3 m s made this heat ineligible for records purposes Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Isidoor Van De Wiele nbsp Belgium 10 8 Q 2 Nuno Morais nbsp Portugal 10 9 Q 3 Alberto Labarthe nbsp Chile 11 0 4 Muhammad Sharif Butt nbsp Pakistan 11 23 5 Charles Thompson nbsp Guyana Unknown Joe Kelly nbsp Ireland DNS Dennis Shore nbsp South Africa DNS Heat 12 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mario Fayos nbsp Uruguay 11 0 Q 2 Eric Prabhakar nbsp India 11 0 Q 3 Laszlo Bartha nbsp Hungary 11 1 4 Jan Kleyn nbsp Netherlands 11 36 5 Kemal Aksur nbsp Turkey 11 45 6 Maung Sein Pe nbsp Burma 11 78 Etienne Bally nbsp France DNF Quarterfinals edit The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round Official hand timed results are known and provided in the Official Report only for the top three in each heat unofficial auto timed results are shown in parentheses 4 Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Harrison Dillard nbsp United States 10 4 Q 2 Juan Lopez nbsp Uruguay 10 6 Q 3 Ken Jones nbsp Great Britain 10 7 Q 4 Ivan Hausen nbsp Brazil 10 93 5 Ted Haggis nbsp Canada 10 97 6 Antonio Morais nbsp Portugal 11 32 Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 10 5 Q 2 McDonald Bailey nbsp Great Britain 10 6 Q 3 Morris Curotta nbsp Australia 10 8 Q 4 George Lewis nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 11 04 5 Bela Goldovanyi nbsp Hungary 11 11 6 Haukur Clausen nbsp Iceland 11 18 Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mel Patton nbsp United States 10 4 Q 2 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 10 5 Q 3 John Bartram nbsp Australia 10 6 Q 4 Rene Valmy nbsp France 10 82 5 Mario Fayos nbsp Uruguay 11 08 6 Isidoor Van De Wiele nbsp Belgium 11 10 Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 10 5 Q 2 John Treloar nbsp Australia 10 5 Q 3 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba 10 6 Q 4 Haroldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 11 04 5 Gerardo Bonnhoff nbsp Argentina 11 09 6 Eric Prabhakar nbsp India 11 26 Semifinals edit The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round Official hand timed results are known and provided in the Official Report only for the top three in each heat unofficial auto timed results are shown in parentheses 4 Semifinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Harrison Dillard nbsp United States 10 5 Q 2 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 10 5 Q 3 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 10 7 Q 4 John Bartram nbsp Australia 10 98 5 Juan Lopez nbsp Uruguay 11 05 6 Morris Curotta nbsp Australia 11 15 Semifinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mel Patton nbsp United States 10 4 Q 2 Lloyd LaBeach nbsp Panama 10 5 Q 3 McDonald Bailey nbsp Great Britain 10 6 Q 4 John Treloar nbsp Australia 10 74 5 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba 10 82 6 Ken Jones nbsp Great Britain 11 01 Final edit Patton got off to a disastrous start and was not a factor Dillard led the entire way Official hand timed results are known and provided in the Official Report only for the top three in each heat unofficial auto timed results are shown in parentheses 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Notes nbsp Harrison Dillard nbsp United States 10 3 OR nbsp Barney Ewell nbsp United States 10 4 nbsp Lloyd LaBeach nbsp Panama 10 6 4 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 10 61 5 Mel Patton nbsp United States 10 67 6 McDonald Bailey nbsp Great Britain 10 81 References edit Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games Men s 100 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 6 June 2017 Jackson Peter 24 July 2012 London s three Olympic Games compared BBC News Omega the Olympics and the innovations required to time the Earth s Best a b c d e f 100 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 21 July 2020 External links editOrganising Committee for the XIV Olympiad The 1948 The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad LA84 Foundation Retrieved 4 September 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metres amp oldid 1142009614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
