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100 metres, Men

Date	29 – 30 July 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	76 from 32 countries

The 1928 100 metre event was considered to be wide-open, with no consensus favorite. The best American was high school Frank Wykoff, who had won the Olympic Trials. There were several good Europeans, notably Jack London of Britain, and two Germans, Helmut Körnig and Georg Lammers. In the second round at Amsterdam, Percy Williams of Canada caught the eye of the track fans when he equaled the Olympic record with 10.6. The final opened with two false starts, first by South Africa’s Billie Legg and then one by Wykoff. Williams took the lead off the start and was never headed, winning the gold over London with Lammers third, Wykoff trailing in fourth. Two days later, Williams returned to win the 200 metres, the first non-American to complete the sprint double.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	667	Percy Williams	CAN	11.0 (1 h12)	10.6 (1 h4)	10.6 (2 h1)	10.8 (1)	Gold
2	469	Jack London	GBR	10.8 (1 h5)	10.8 (2 h4)	10.6 (1 h2)	10.9 (2)	Silver
3	727	Georg Lammers	GER	10.8 (1 h9)	10.8est (2 h6)	10.7 (2 h2)	10.9 (3)	Bronze
4	569	Frank Wykoff	USA	11.0 (1 h3)	10.8 (1 h5)	10.7 (3 h2)	11.0 (4)
5	287	Billie Legg	RSA	11.0 (1 h7)	10.8 (1 h1)	10.6 (3 h1)	11.0 (5)
6	550	Bob McAllister	USA	10.8 (1 h16)	10.8 (1 h2)	10.6 (1 h1)	11.0 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	717	Hubert Houben	GER	11.0 (1 h8)	10.9est (2 h3)	10.7 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	557	Hank Russell	USA	11.0 (1 h15)	10.8 (1 h3)	10.8 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	498	Claude Bracey	USA	11.0 (1 h14)	10.8 (1 h6)	10.8 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	707	Richard Corts	GER	11.0 (2 h1)	11.0 (2 h2)	10.8 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	594	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	11.0 (1 h6)	11.0est (2 h5)	11.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	11.0 (1 h1)	– (2 h1)	10.9 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r2/4	16	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	10.8 (1 h4)	– (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r2/4	456	Cyril Gill	GBR	11.0 (2 h7)	11.0est (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r2/4	51	Gilbert Auvergne	FRA	11.1 (2 h14)	11.3est (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r2/4	146	André Théard	HAI	– (2 h9)	10.9est (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	11.0 (2 h8)	10.9est (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r2/4	480	Walter Rangeley	GBR	11.0 (1 h10)	10.9est (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	293	Rinus van den Berge	NED	11.1 (2 h10)	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	36	István Raggambi	HUN	11.0 (1 h11)	11.1est (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	654	Buck Hester	CAN	– (2 h5)	11.2est (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	86	André Mourlon	FRA	11.2est (2 h2)	11.2est (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	414	Anselmo Gonzaga	PHI	– (2 h16)	11.2est (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r2/4	645	Ralph Adams	CAN	– (2 h6)	11.0est (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	212	Denis Cussen	IRL	– (2 h15)	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	283	Aubrey Burton-Durham	RSA	– (2 h4)	11.2est (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	11.2 (1 h2)	11.0est (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	878	José Barrientos	CUB	11.0 (1 h13)	11.0est (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	597	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	11.0est (2 h11)	11.0est (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r2/4	605	Paul Brochart	BEL	– (2 h3)	11.1est (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	393	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	– (2 h12)	– (6 h1)	–	–
AC h2 r2/4	56	André Cerbonney	FRA	– (2 h13)	– (DQ h2)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	610	Willy Dujardin	BEL	11.2 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	174	Jesús Moraila	MEX	11.5est (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	171	Mario Gómez	MEX	– (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	279	Willy Weibel	SUI	11.4 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	360	Ladislau Peter	ROU	– (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	240	Edgardo Toetti	ITA	– (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	689	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI	– (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	385	Karel Kněnický	TCH	11.3 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	877	János Paizs	HUN	– (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	379	Johann Bartl	TCH	11.1 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	590	Alberto Barucco	ARG	11.1est (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	66	André Dufau	FRA	– (3 h12)	–	–	–
3 h13 r1/4	631	Fred Zinner	BEL	– (3 h13)	–	–	–
3 h14 r1/4	407	Hermann Geißler	AUT	11.2 (3 h14)	–	–	–
3 h15 r1/4	278	Willy Tschopp	SUI	– (3 h15)	–	–	–
3 h16 r1/4	368	Enrique de Chávarri	ESP	– (3 h16)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	305	Wim Hennings	NED	11.4 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	237	Franco Reiser	ITA	11.5est (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	296	Jaap Boot	NED	– (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	375	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	169	Francisco Costas	MEX	– (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	249	Iwao Aizawa	JPN	– (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	292	Dolf Benz	NED	11.4 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	693	Leo Jørgensen	DEN	– (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	397	Şinasi Şahingiray	TUR	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	680	Óscar Alvarado	CHI	11.3est (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	433	José Prata de Lima	POR	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
4 h14 r1/4	794	Risto Mattila	FIN	11.3 (4 h14)	–	–	–
4 h15 r1/4	612	Adolphe Groscol	BEL	– (4 h15)	–	–	–
4 h16 r1/4	163	Fritz Eyschen	LUX	– (4 h16)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	136	Angelos Lamprou	GRE	11.4 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	139	Konstantinos Petridis	GRE	– (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	462	John Heap	GBR	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	400	Mehmet Ali Aybar	TUR	– (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	402	Semih Türkdoğan	TUR	– (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	164	Jean Moulin	LUX	– (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	378	Juan Serrahima	ESP	11.3est (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	158	Haris Šveminas	LTU	– (5 h12)	–	–	–
5 h14 r1/4	268	Emmanuel Goldsmith	SUI	11.5 (5 h14)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	374	Fernando Muñagorri	ESP	– (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	589	Eduardo Albe	ARG	– (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	133	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	– (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	204	Ronald Burns	IND	11.3est (6 h11)	–	–	–
6 h14 r1/4	165	Georges Schmit	LUX	12.2 (6 h14)	–	–	–
DNS	834	Stane Perpar	YUG	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	203	Tormod Ulleberg	NOR	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	21	Sándor Hajdu	HUN	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	162	Robert Codrons	LUX	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	771	Ilmari Helle	FIN	– (DNS h13)	–	–	–
DNS	182	Melvin Carson	NOR	– (DNS h15)	–	–	–
DNS	398	R. Eniss Bey	TUR	– (DNS h16)	–	–	–
DNS	747	Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann	GER	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	140	Nikolaos Papanikolaou	GRE	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	224	Giuseppe Castelli	ITA	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	405	Arthur Porritt	NZL	– (DNS h13)	–	–	–

Round One (29 July 1928 — 14:45)

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

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	1	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	11.0	Q
2	4	Richard Corts	GER	11.0	Q
3	3	Willy Dujardin	BEL	11.2
4	2	Wim Hennings	NED	11.4
5	5	Angelos Lamprou	GRE	11.4

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Sid Atkinson	RSA	11.2	Q
2	3	André Mourlon	FRA	11.2est	Q
3	1	Jesús Moraila	MEX	11.5est
4	6	Franco Reiser	ITA	11.5est
DNS	2	Stane Perpar	YUG	–
DNS	4	Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann	GER	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Frank Wykoff	USA	11.0	Q
2	3	Paul Brochart	BEL	–	Q
3	1	Mario Gómez	MEX	–
4	2	Jaap Boot	NED	–
5	4	Konstantinos Petridis	GRE	–
6	6	Fernando Muñagorri	ESP	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	6	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	10.8	Q
2	4	Aubrey Burton-Durham	RSA	–	Q
3	2	Willy Weibel	SUI	11.4
4	3	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	–
5	5	John Heap	GBR	–
6	1	Eduardo Albe	ARG	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	6	Jack London	GBR	10.8	Q
2	4	Buck Hester	CAN	–	Q
3	3	Ladislau Peter	ROU	–
4	1	Francisco Costas	MEX	–
5	5	Mehmet Ali Aybar	TUR	–
DNS	2	Tormod Ulleberg	NOR	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	1	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	11.0	Q
2	2	Ralph Adams	CAN	–	Q
3	5	Edgardo Toetti	ITA	–
4	4	Iwao Aizawa	JPN	–
5	3	Semih Türkdoğan	TUR	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Billie Legg	RSA	11.0	Q
2	5	Cyril Gill	GBR	11.0	Q
3	1	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI	–
DNS	2	Sándor Hajdu	HUN	–
DNS	4	Giuseppe Castelli	ITA	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Hubert Houben	GER	11.0	Q
2	4	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	11.0	Q
3	2	Karel Kněnický	TCH	11.3
4	1	Dolf Benz	NED	11.4
DNS	5	Nikolaos Papanikolaou	GRE	–

Heat Nine

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Georg Lammers	GER	10.8	Q
2	5	André Théard	HAI	–	Q
3	3	János Paizs	HUN	–
4	2	Leo Jørgensen	DEN	–
5	1	Jean Moulin	LUX	–
6	6	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Walter Rangeley	GBR	11.0	Q
2	2	Rinus van den Berge	NED	11.1	Q
3	4	Johann Bartl	TCH	11.1
4	3	Şinasi Şahingiray	TUR	–
DNS	1	Robert Codrons	LUX	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	István Raggambi	HUN	11.0	Q
2	1	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	11.0est	Q
3	2	Alberto Barucco	ARG	11.1est
4	3	Óscar Alvarado	CHI	11.3est
5	4	Juan Serrahima	ESP	11.3est
6	6	Ronald Burns	IND	11.3est

Heat Twelve

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	2	Percy Williams	CAN	11.0	Q
2	4	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	–	Q
3	3	André Dufau	FRA	–
4	1	José Prata de Lima	POR	–
5	5	Haris Šveminas	LTU	–

Heat Thirteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	José Barrientos	CUB	11.0	Q
2	1	André Cerbonney	FRA	–	Q
3	2	Fred Zinner	BEL	–
DNS	3	Arthur Porritt	NZL	–
DNS	4	Ilmari Helle	FIN	–

Heat Fourteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	6	Claude Bracey	USA	11.0	Q
2	4	Gilbert Auvergne	FRA	11.1	Q
3	2	Hermann Geißler	AUT	11.2
4	5	Risto Mattila	FIN	11.3
5	3	Emmanuel Goldsmith	SUI	11.5
6	1	Georges Schmit	LUX	12.2

Heat Fifteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Hank Russell	USA	11.0	Q
2	1	Denis Cussen	IRL	–	Q
3	2	Willy Tschopp	SUI	–
4	3	Adolphe Groscol	BEL	–
DNS	5	Melvin Carson	NOR	–

Heat Sixteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Bob McAllister	USA	10.8	Q
2	4	Anselmo Gonzaga	PHI	–	Q
3	2	Enrique de Chávarri	ESP	–
4	1	Fritz Eyschen	LUX	–
DNS	3	R. Eniss Bey	TUR	–

Quarter-Finals (29 July 1928 — 17:00)

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

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	287	Billie Legg	RSA	10.8	Q
2	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	–	Q
3	16	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	–
4	293	Rinus van den Berge	NED	–
5	212	Denis Cussen	IRL	–
6	393	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	550	Bob McAllister	USA	10.8	Q
2	707	Richard Corts	GER	11.0	Q
3	456	Cyril Gill	GBR	11.0est
4	36	István Raggambi	HUN	11.1est
5	283	Aubrey Burton-Durham	RSA	11.2est
DQ	56	André Cerbonney	FRA	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	557	Hank Russell	USA	10.8	Q
2	717	Hubert Houben	GER	10.9est	Q
3	51	Gilbert Auvergne	FRA	11.3est		1
4	654	Buck Hester	CAN	11.2est
5	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	11.0est		2

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	667	Percy Williams	CAN	10.6	Q=OR
2	469	Jack London	GBR	10.8	Q
3	146	André Théard	HAI	10.9est
4	86	André Mourlon	FRA	11.2est		3
5	878	José Barrientos	CUB	11.0est		4

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	569	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.8	Q
2	594	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	11.0est	Q	5
3	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	10.9est		6
4	414	Anselmo Gonzaga	PHI	11.2est		7
5	597	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	11.0est		8

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	498	Claude Bracey	USA	10.8	Q
2	727	Georg Lammers	GER	10.8est	Q
3	480	Walter Rangeley	GBR	10.9est
4	645	Ralph Adams	CAN	11.0est
5	605	Paul Brochart	BEL	11.1est

Semi-Finals (30 July 1928)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (14:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	2	Bob McAllister	USA	10.6	Q=OR
2	4	Percy Williams	CAN	10.6	Q=OR
3	1	Billie Legg	RSA	10.6	Q=OR
4	3	Hubert Houben	GER	10.7
5	6	Claude Bracey	USA	10.8
6	5	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	11.0

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Jack London	GBR	10.6	Q=OR
2	6	Georg Lammers	GER	10.7	Q
3	5	Frank Wykoff	USA	10.7	Q
4	3	Hank Russell	USA	10.8
5	2	Richard Corts	GER	10.8
6	1	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	10.9

Final (30 July 1928 — 16:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Percy Williams	CAN	10.8
2	4	Jack London	GBR	10.9
3	2	Georg Lammers	GER	10.9
4	6	Frank Wykoff	USA	11.0
5	1	Billie Legg	RSA	11.0
6	5	Bob McAllister	USA	11.0