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100 metres, Men

Date	15 – 16 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants	61 from 22 countries

Charlie Paddock had won the Inter-Allied Championship in 1919 and was considered the favorite. However, Loren Murchison had run 10.8 in the heats and was a top challenger, as he had defeated Paddock in winning the U.S. Olympic Trials. The official world record was 10.6, set by Donald Lippincott (USA) at the 1912 Olympics. The 1920 AAA champion was Harry Edward, a British runner who had been born in Guyana. The semis were won by Paddock and Edward. In the finals, the starter requested that Paddock pull his hands back behind the line. Murchison began to stand up, thinking the sprinters would be taken fully through the commands again. The pistol was then fired and Murchison was left at the blocks, with no chance to win. Jackson Scholz led at 50 metres, but Paddock closed quickly to win, using his famous “jump finish”. Scholz was originally placed 5th, behind Émile Ali Khan, but the judges then reversed themselves and put Scholz 4th.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	216	Charley Paddock	USA	10.8 (1 h8)	10.8 (1 h3)	11.0 (1 h2)	10.8 (1)	Gold
2	188	Morris Kirksey	USA	11.0 (1 h6)	10.8 (1 h5)	11.0est / at 1 metre (3 h1)	10.9est / at ½ metre (2)	Silver
3	390	Harry Edward	GBR	10.9est / at 1 metre (2 h8)	10.8 (1 h1)	10.8 (1 h1)	10.9est / chest behind (3)	Bronze
4	233	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8 (1 h12)	10.8 (1 h4)	10.9est / at 50 centimetres (2 h1)	10.9est / chest behind (4)
5	293	Émile Ali Khan	FRA	11.0 (1 h9)	10.9est / at 1 metre (2 h3)	11.1est / at 1 metre (2 h2)	11.2est / at 2 metres (5)
6	202	Loren Murchison	USA	10.8 (1 h3)	10.9est (2 h1)	11.2est / at ½ metre (3 h2)	11.2est / close behind (6)
4 h1 r3/4	559	Jack Oosterlaak	RSA	11.0 (1 h11)	11.0est (2 h4)	11.0est / close behind (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	9	Paul Brochart	BEL	11.4 (1 h7)	10.9est / chest behind (2 h5)	11.3est / at 1 metre (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	122	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	11.2est / at 1½ metre (2 h4)	11.1est / chest behind (2 h2)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	399	William Hill	GBR	11.0 (1 h1)	11.0 (1 h2)	11.3est / close behind (5 h2)	–
3 h1 r2/4	349	René Mourlon	FRA	11.2 (1 h2)	11.0est (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r2/4	550	Willie Bukes	RSA	11.0est / at 1 metre (2 h3)	– (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r2/4	548	George Davidson	NZL	11.1est / at ½ metre (2 h11)	10.9est (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r2/4	640	Josef Imbach	SUI	11.0est / chest behind (2 h6)	11.1est (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	387	Vic d'Arcy	GBR	11.1est / at 1 metre (2 h9)	– (3 h5)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	4	William Hunt	AUS	11.0 (1 h4)	11.0est (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	107	August Sørensen	DEN	11.3est / at 1 metre (2 h2)	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	375	Harold Abrahams	GBR	11.0 (1 h10)	11.0est (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	370	René Tirard	FRA	11.7est / at 2 metres (2 h7)	11.2est (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	109	Marinus Sørensen	DEN	11.2est / at 3 metres (2 h12)	– (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	495	Mario Riccoboni	ITA	11.2est / at 2 metres (2 h1)	11.5est (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	504	Vittorio Zucca	ITA	11.4 (1 h5)	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	459	Cor Wezepoel	NED	11.6est / at 1 metre (2 h5)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	80	Alex Ponton	CAN	11.1est / at 1 metre (2 h10)	11.4est (5 h4)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	24	Marcel Gustin	BEL	11.3est (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	606	Erik Lindvall	SWE	– (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	444	Albert Heijnneman	NED	11.0est / chest behind (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	555	Frank Irvine	RSA	– (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	552	Leonard Dixon	RSA	– (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	348	René Lorain	FRA	11.1est / at ½ metre (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	124	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	– (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	113	Carlos Botín	ESP	11.6est / at 5 metres (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	545	Rolf Stenersen	NOR	– (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	473	Giorgio Croci	ITA	11.3est / at 2 metres (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	586	Agne Holmström	SWE	– (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	71	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	– (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	441	Jan de Vries	NED	– (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	111	Ahmed Abbas Khairy	EGY	– (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	662	Vojtěch Plzák	TCH	– (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	535	Bjarne Guldager	NOR	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	647	August Waibel	SUI	– (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	538	Johan Johnsen	NOR	11.2est (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	650	Eduard Hašek	TCH	– (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	521	Shinichi Yamaoka	JPN	11.6est (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	431	Dimitrios Karampatis	GRE	– (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	456	Harry, Ridder van Rappard	NED	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	89	Fritiof Normann Andersen	DEN	– (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	33	Julien Lehouck	BEL	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	512	Ichiro Kaga	JPN	– (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	507	Purma Bannerjee	IND	– (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	646	Adolf Rysler	SUI	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	528	Alex Servais	LUX	– (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	114	Jaime Camps	ESP	– (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	523	Jean Colbach	LUX	– (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	530	Edmond Médécin	MON	11.8est (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	610	Sven Malm	SWE	– (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	32	Jean Lefèbvre	BEL	– (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	533	Asle Bækkedal	NOR	– (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	524	Paul Hammer	LUX	– (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	620	Nils Sandström	SWE	– (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	490	Giambattista Orlandi	ITA	– (6 h6)	–	–	–
DNS	678	Reinhold Saulmann	EST	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	125	Carlos Pajarón	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	306	Robert Caste	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	František Skokan	TCH	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–

Round One (15 August 1920 — 15:15)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	399	William Hill	GBR	11.0	Q
2	495	Mario Riccoboni	ITA	11.2est / at 2 metres	Q
3	24	Marcel Gustin	BEL	11.3est
4	441	Jan de Vries	NED	–
5	512	Ichiro Kaga	JPN	–
6	524	Paul Hammer	LUX	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	349	René Mourlon	FRA	11.2	Q
2	107	August Sørensen	DEN	11.3est / at 1 metre	Q
3	606	Erik Lindvall	SWE	–
4	111	Ahmed Abbas Khairy	EGY	–
5	507	Purma Bannerjee	IND	–
DNS	–	František Skokan	TCH	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	202	Loren Murchison	USA	10.8	Q
2	550	Willie Bukes	RSA	11.0est / at 1 metre	Q
3	444	Albert Heijnneman	NED	11.0est / chest behind
4	662	Vojtěch Plzák	TCH	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	William Hunt	AUS	11.0	Q
2	122	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	11.2est / at 1½ metre	Q
3	555	Frank Irvine	RSA	–
4	535	Bjarne Guldager	NOR	–
5	646	Adolf Rysler	SUI	–
6	620	Nils Sandström	SWE	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	504	Vittorio Zucca	ITA	11.4	Q
2	459	Cor Wezepoel	NED	11.6est / at 1 metre	Q
3	552	Leonard Dixon	RSA	–
4	647	August Waibel	SUI	–
5	528	Alex Servais	LUX	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	188	Morris Kirksey	USA	11.0	Q
2	640	Josef Imbach	SUI	11.0est / chest behind	Q
3	348	René Lorain	FRA	11.1est / at ½ metre
4	538	Johan Johnsen	NOR	11.2est
5	114	Jaime Camps	ESP	–
6	490	Giambattista Orlandi	ITA	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	9	Paul Brochart	BEL	11.4	Q
2	370	René Tirard	FRA	11.7est / at 2 metres	Q
3	124	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	–
4	650	Eduard Hašek	TCH	–		1
5	523	Jean Colbach	LUX	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	216	Charley Paddock	USA	10.8	Q
2	390	Harry Edward	GBR	10.9est / at 1 metre	Q
3	113	Carlos Botín	ESP	11.6est / at 5 metres
4	521	Shinichi Yamaoka	JPN	11.6est
5	530	Edmond Médécin	MON	11.8est

Heat Nine

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	293	Émile Ali Khan	FRA	11.0	Q
2	387	Vic d'Arcy	GBR	11.1est / at 1 metre	Q
3	545	Rolf Stenersen	NOR	–
4	431	Dimitrios Karampatis	GRE	–
5	610	Sven Malm	SWE	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	375	Harold Abrahams	GBR	11.0	Q
2	80	Alex Ponton	CAN	11.1est / at 1 metre	Q
3	473	Giorgio Croci	ITA	11.3est / at 2 metres
4	456	Harry, Ridder van Rappard	NED	–
DNS	678	Reinhold Saulmann	EST	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	559	Jack Oosterlaak	RSA	11.0	Q
2	548	George Davidson	NZL	11.1est / at ½ metre	Q
3	586	Agne Holmström	SWE	–
4	89	Fritiof Normann Andersen	DEN	–
5	32	Jean Lefèbvre	BEL	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	233	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8	Q
2	109	Marinus Sørensen	DEN	11.2est / at 3 metres	Q
3	71	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	–
4	33	Julien Lehouck	BEL	–
5	533	Asle Bækkedal	NOR	–

Quarter-Finals (15 August 1920 — 17:00)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	390	Harry Edward	GBR	10.8	Q
2	202	Loren Murchison	USA	10.9est	Q
3	349	René Mourlon	FRA	11.0est
4	4	William Hunt	AUS	11.0est
5	495	Mario Riccoboni	ITA	11.5est

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	399	William Hill	GBR	11.0	Q
2	122	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	11.1est / chest behind	Q
3	550	Willie Bukes	RSA	–
4	107	August Sørensen	DEN	–
5	504	Vittorio Zucca	ITA	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	216	Charley Paddock	USA	10.8	Q
2	293	Émile Ali Khan	FRA	10.9est / at 1 metre	Q
3	548	George Davidson	NZL	10.9est
4	375	Harold Abrahams	GBR	11.0est
5	459	Cor Wezepoel	NED	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	233	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8	Q
2	559	Jack Oosterlaak	RSA	11.0est	Q
3	640	Josef Imbach	SUI	11.1est
4	370	René Tirard	FRA	11.2est
5	80	Alex Ponton	CAN	11.4est

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	188	Morris Kirksey	USA	10.8	Q	2
2	9	Paul Brochart	BEL	10.9est / chest behind	Q
3	387	Vic d'Arcy	GBR	–
4	109	Marinus Sørensen	DEN	–

Semi-Finals (16 August 1920 — 9:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	390	Harry Edward	GBR	10.8	Q
2	233	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.9est / at 50 centimetres	Q
3	188	Morris Kirksey	USA	11.0est / at 1 metre	Q
4	559	Jack Oosterlaak	RSA	11.0est / close behind
5	122	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	216	Charley Paddock	USA	11.0	Q	3
2	293	Émile Ali Khan	FRA	11.1est / at 1 metre	Q
3	202	Loren Murchison	USA	11.2est / at ½ metre	Q
4	9	Paul Brochart	BEL	11.3est / at 1 metre
5	399	William Hill	GBR	11.3est / close behind

Final (16 August 1920 — 16:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Charley Paddock	USA	10.8
2	1	Morris Kirksey	USA	10.9est / at ½ metre
3	6	Harry Edward	GBR	10.9est / chest behind
4	5	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.9est / chest behind
5	4	Émile Ali Khan	FRA	11.2est / at 2 metres
6	2	Loren Murchison	USA	11.2est / close behind