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100 metres, Men

Date20 – 21 July 1952
StatusOlympic
LocationHelsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants72 from 33 countries

At the beginning of the Olympic year, there were three favorites among the Americans – Andy Stanfield, Art Bragg, and Jim Golliday. But Golliday was injured early in the year and did not make the Olympic team. Stanfield opted out of the 100, although he would make the team and win a gold medal in the 200. Bragg was joined on the US team by outsiders Lindy Remigino and Dean Smith. Their biggest opposition was felt to come from Jamaica’s Herb McKenley and Britain’s McDonald Bailey. The final in Helsinki is probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history. Bragg did not make the final, but Smith, Remigino, McKenley, and Bailey were joined by Vladimir Sukharev of the USSR, and John Treloar of Australia. Remigino got out to an early lead but McKenley came on strong at the end and it was difficult to tell who had won. But McKenley’s fast finish saw him pass Remigino in the metres after the line, leading many observers to think the Jamaican had won. The photo finish was necessary to separate the runners, with Remigino winning gold, McKenley silver, and Bailey bronze. Smith, Sukharyev, and Treloar finished 4-6. The first four finishers were credited with 10.4 and Sukharyev and Treloar 10.5, but the auto times showed a margin of only 0.12 seconds between 1st (10.79) and last (10.91).

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
1981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.4 (1 h11)10.4 (1 h2)10.5 (2 h2)10.4 (1)Gold
2295Herb McKenleyJAM10.7 (1 h5)10.5 (1 h4)10.4 (1 h2)10.4 (2)Silver
3166McDonald BaileyGBR10.4 (1 h3)10.5 (1 h1)10.5 (1 h1)10.4 (3)Bronze
4982Dean SmithUSA10.6 (1 h12)10.4 (1 h3)10.6 (2 h1)10.4 (4)
5414Vladimir SukharevURS10.7 (1 h7)10.7 (3 h4)10.6 (3 h1)10.5 (5)
618John TreloarAUS10.7 (1 h1)10.7 (2 h1)10.6 (3 h2)10.5 (6)
4 h1 r3/4137Lavy PintoIND10.9 (2 h11)10.7 (3 h2)10.7 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/4397Rafael FortúnCUB10.5 (1 h8)10.7 (2 h3)10.7 (4 h2)
5 h1 r3/4597Alain PorthaultFRA10.7 (2 h12)10.7 (3 h1)10.8 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4167Willie JackGBR10.8 (1 h4)10.8 (3 h3)10.7 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/4980Art BraggUSA10.5 (1 h10)10.5 (2 h4)10.9 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4126Theo SaatNED10.9 (2 h7)10.6 (2 h2)10.8 (6 h2)
4 h1 r2/4523Muhammad AslamPAK10.9 (2 h9)10.9 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/4595Étienne BallyFRA10.7 (1 h2)10.8 (4 h2)
4 h3 r2/4727Werner ZandtGER10.7 (1 h9)10.8 (4 h3)
4 h4 r2/4300Tomio HosodaJPN11.0 (2 h6)10.8 (4 h4)
5 h1 r2/4293Byron LaBeachJAM10.9 (2 h8)11.0 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/4842Hans WehrliSUI10.8 (2 h10)10.8 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/43Romeo GalánARG11.0 (2 h4)10.9 (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/4930György CsányiHUN10.9 (2 h5)10.9 (5 h4)
6 h2 r2/4168Alan LillingtonGBR10.8 (2 h1)10.9 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/4232David TabakISR10.9 (1 h6)10.9 (6 h3)
6 h4 r2/4240Carlo VittoriITA10.9 (2 h3)10.9 (6 h4)
AC h1 r2/468Angel KolevBUL10.9 (2 h2)– (DQ h1)
3 h1 r1/4388Gabriel LaryeaGHA11.1 (3 h1)
3 h2 r1/4146Paul DolanIRL11.0 (3 h2)
3 h3 r1/4412Mikhail KazantsevURS11.0 (3 h3)
3 h4 r1/4413Levan SanadzeURS11.0 (3 h4)
3 h5 r1/4562Emil KiszkaPOL10.9 (3 h5)
3 h6 r1/4841Willy SchneiderSUI11.1 (3 h6)
3 h7 r1/4525Sharif ButtPAK11.0 (3 h7)
3 h8 r1/4242Franco LecceseITA10.9 (3 h8)
3 h9 r1/4346Don McFarlaneCAN11.0 (3 h9)
3 h10 r1/4496Titus ErinleNGR10.9 (3 h10)
3 h11 r1/4596René BoninoFRA10.9 (3 h11)
3 h12 r1/4729Erich FuchsGER10.8 (3 h12)
4 h1 r1/4894Miroslav HorčicTCH11.1 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/4398Raúl MazorraCUB11.0 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/4155Hörður HaraldssonISL11.0 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/492Emad ShafeiEGY11.2 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/4773Pauli TavisaloFIN11.0 (4 h5)
4 h6 r1/470Angel GavrilovBUL11.1 (4 h6)
4 h7 r1/4772Voitto HellsténFIN11.1 (4 h7)
4 h8 r1/4771Issi BaranFIN11.0 (4 h8)
4 h9 r1/4895Zdeněk PospíšilTCH11.0 (4 h9)
4 h10 r1/4929László ZarándiHUN10.9 (4 h10)
4 h11 r1/4893František BrožTCH11.0 (4 h11)
4 h12 r1/4497Karim OlowuNGR11.0 (4 h12)
5 h1 r1/4154Ásmundur BjarnasonISL11.1 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/4345Bob HutchisonCAN11.0 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/4409Javier SouzaMEX11.1 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/4972Guillermo GutiérrezVEN11.2 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/4553Tomás PaquetePOR11.2 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/4973Juan LeivaVEN11.2 (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/4389George AcquaahGHA11.2 (5 h7)
5 h8 r1/4840Fritz GriesserSUI11.1 (5 h8)
5 h9 r1/4495Edward AjadoNGR11.0 (5 h9)
5 h10 r1/4156Pétur SigurðssonISL11.3 (5 h10)
5 h11 r1/4524Abdul AzizPAK11.2 (5 h11)
6 h1 r1/491Youssef OmarEGY11.3 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/4301Masaji TajimaJPN11.1 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/4374Stefanos PetrakisGRE11.2 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/4886Boonterm PakpuangTHA11.7 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/4344Pete SuttonCAN11.2 (6 h5)
6 h7 r1/41Mariano AcostaARG11.4 (6 h7)
6 h9 r1/490Fawzi ChaabanEGY11.4 (6 h9)
6 h10 r1/4887Arun SankosikTHA11.5 (6 h10)
6 h11 r1/4554Rui MaiaPOR11.5 (6 h11)
7 h1 r1/4118José Julio BarillasGUA11.3 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/4885Adul WanasatithTHA11.2 (7 h2)
7 h7 r1/4241Wolfango MontanariITA11.8 (7 h7)
AC h9 r1/42Enrique BecklesARG– (DQ h9)
DNS147Noel FlanaganIRL– (DNS h5)
DNS390K. K. KorsahGHA– (DNS h8)
DNS668Bo ÅhlenSWE– (DNS h9)
DNS319Radovan PejinYUG– (DNS h10)
DNS150Louis CroweIRL– (DNS h12)
DNS119Roy FearonGUA– (DNS h12)
DNS17Morris CurottaAUS– (DNS h8)
DNS19Ray WeinbergAUS– (DNS h3)
DNS728Heinz FüttererGER– (DNS h4)
DNS294Les LaingJAM– (DNS h6)
DNS104Neville PriceRSA– (DNS h12)

Round One

Date20 July 1952 — 15:00
FormatTop two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1166McDonald BaileyGBR10.6510.4Q
=2980Art BraggUSA10.7310.5Q
=2981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.7310.4Q
4295Herb McKenleyJAM10.8810.7Q
5982Dean SmithUSA10.9010.6Q
618John TreloarAUS10.9210.7Q
=7414Vladimir SukharevURS10.9310.7Q
=7397Rafael FortúnCUB10.9310.5Q
9595Étienne BallyFRA10.9710.7Q
10240Carlo VittoriITA10.9810.9Q
=11842Hans WehrliSUI11.0010.8Q
=11137Lavy PintoIND11.0010.9Q
13596René BoninoFRA11.0010.9
1468Angel KolevBUL11.0110.9Q
15126Theo SaatNED11.0210.9Q
16727Werner ZandtGER11.0310.7Q
17597Alain PorthaultFRA11.0410.7Q
18167Willie JackGBR11.0510.8Q
19168Alan LillingtonGBR11.0610.8Q
=20930György CsányiHUN11.0910.9Q
=20293Byron LaBeachJAM11.0910.9Q
223Romeo GalánARG11.1111.0Q
=23146Paul DolanIRL11.1211.0
=23232David TabakISR11.1210.9Q
=23496Titus ErinleNGR11.1210.9
=26413Levan SanadzeURS11.1311.0
=26562Emil KiszkaPOL11.1310.9
28300Tomio HosodaJPN11.1411.0Q
29412Mikhail KazantsevURS11.1611.0
30525Sharif ButtPAK11.1711.0
=31388Gabriel LaryeaGHA11.1811.1
=31242Franco LecceseITA11.1810.9
=31523Muhammad AslamPAK11.1810.9Q
=34398Raúl MazorraCUB11.1911.0
=34729Erich FuchsGER11.1910.8
36841Willy SchneiderSUI11.2211.1
37894Miroslav HorčicTCH11.2311.1
38346Don McFarlaneCAN11.2511.0
39895Zdeněk PospíšilTCH11.2511.0
40495Edward AjadoNGR11.2511.0
=41345Bob HutchisonCAN11.2611.0
=41929László ZarándiHUN11.2610.9
43497Karim OlowuNGR11.2711.0
=44301Masaji TajimaJPN11.2911.1
=4470Angel GavrilovBUL11.2911.1
46773Pauli TavisaloFIN11.3011.0
=47409Javier SouzaMEX11.3111.1
=47973Juan LeivaVEN11.3111.2
=49155Hörður HaraldssonISL11.3211.0
=49771Issi BaranFIN11.3211.0
=49893František BrožTCH11.3211.0
52374Stefanos PetrakisGRE11.3311.2
53772Voitto HellsténFIN11.3611.1
=54154Ásmundur BjarnasonISL11.4011.1
=5492Emad ShafeiEGY11.4011.2
56972Guillermo GutiérrezVEN11.4211.2
57553Tomás PaquetePOR11.4511.2
58344Pete SuttonCAN11.4511.2
59389George AcquaahGHA11.4711.2
60524Abdul AzizPAK11.4811.2
6190Fawzi ChaabanEGY11.5111.4
6291Youssef OmarEGY11.5311.3
63840Fritz GriesserSUI11.5411.1
64156Pétur SigurðssonISL11.5511.3
65118José Julio BarillasGUA11.5611.3
661Mariano AcostaARG11.5811.4
67885Adul WanasatithTHA11.6111.2
68887Arun SankosikTHA11.7611.5
69554Rui MaiaPOR11.7911.5
70886Boonterm PakpuangTHA11.8511.7
71241Wolfango MontanariITA12.2511.8
DQ2Enrique BecklesARG
DNS19Ray WeinbergAUS
DNS728Heinz FüttererGER
DNS147Noel FlanaganIRL
DNS294Les LaingJAM
DNS390K. K. KorsahGHA
DNS17Morris CurottaAUS
DNS668Bo ÅhlenSWE
DNS319Radovan PejinYUG
DNS150Louis CroweIRL
DNS119Roy FearonGUA
DNS104Neville PriceRSA

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
118John TreloarAUS10.710.92Q
2168Alan LillingtonGBR10.811.06Q
3388Gabriel LaryeaGHA11.111.18
4894Miroslav HorčicTCH11.111.23
5154Ásmundur BjarnasonISL11.111.40
691Youssef OmarEGY11.311.53
7118José Julio BarillasGUA11.311.56

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1595Étienne BallyFRA10.710.97Q
268Angel KolevBUL10.911.01Q
3146Paul DolanIRL11.011.12
4398Raúl MazorraCUB11.011.19
5345Bob HutchisonCAN11.011.26
6301Masaji TajimaJPN11.111.29
7885Adul WanasatithTHA11.211.61

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1166McDonald BaileyGBR10.410.65Q
2240Carlo VittoriITA10.910.98Q
3412Mikhail KazantsevURS11.011.16
4155Hörður HaraldssonISL11.011.32
5409Javier SouzaMEX11.111.31
6374Stefanos PetrakisGRE11.211.33
DNS19Ray WeinbergAUS

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1167Willie JackGBR10.811.05Q
23Romeo GalánARG11.011.11Q
3413Levan SanadzeURS11.011.13
492Emad ShafeiEGY11.211.40
5972Guillermo GutiérrezVEN11.211.42
6886Boonterm PakpuangTHA11.711.85
DNS728Heinz FüttererGER

Heat #5

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1295Herb McKenleyJAM10.710.88Q
2930György CsányiHUN10.911.09Q
3562Emil KiszkaPOL10.911.13
4773Pauli TavisaloFIN11.011.30
5553Tomás PaquetePOR11.211.45
6344Pete SuttonCAN11.211.45
DNS147Noel FlanaganIRL

Heat #6

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1232David TabakISR10.911.12Q
2300Tomio HosodaJPN11.011.14Q
3841Willy SchneiderSUI11.111.22
470Angel GavrilovBUL11.111.29
5973Juan LeivaVEN11.211.31
DNS294Les LaingJAM

Heat #7

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1414Vladimir SukharevURS10.710.93Q
2126Theo SaatNED10.911.02Q
3525Sharif ButtPAK11.011.17
4772Voitto HellsténFIN11.111.36
5389George AcquaahGHA11.211.47
61Mariano AcostaARG11.411.58
7241Wolfango MontanariITA11.812.25

Heat #8

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1397Rafael FortúnCUB10.510.93Q
2293Byron LaBeachJAM10.911.09Q
3242Franco LecceseITA10.911.18
4771Issi BaranFIN11.011.32
5840Fritz GriesserSUI11.111.54
DNS390K. K. KorsahGHA
DNS17Morris CurottaAUS

Heat #9

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1727Werner ZandtGER10.711.03Q
2523Muhammad AslamPAK10.911.18Q
3346Don McFarlaneCAN11.011.25
4895Zdeněk PospíšilTCH11.011.25
5495Edward AjadoNGR11.011.25
690Fawzi ChaabanEGY11.411.51
DQ2Enrique BecklesARG
DNS668Bo ÅhlenSWE

Heat #10

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1980Art BraggUSA10.510.73Q
2842Hans WehrliSUI10.811.00Q
3496Titus ErinleNGR10.911.12
4929László ZarándiHUN10.911.26
5156Pétur SigurðssonISL11.311.55
6887Arun SankosikTHA11.511.76
DNS319Radovan PejinYUG

Heat #11

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.410.73Q
2137Lavy PintoIND10.911.00Q
3596René BoninoFRA10.911.00
4893František BrožTCH11.011.32
5524Abdul AzizPAK11.211.48
6554Rui MaiaPOR11.511.79

Heat #12

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1982Dean SmithUSA10.610.90Q
2597Alain PorthaultFRA10.711.04Q
3729Erich FuchsGER10.811.19
4497Karim OlowuNGR11.011.27
DNS150Louis CroweIRL
DNS119Roy FearonGUA
DNS104Neville PriceRSA

Quarter-Finals

Date20 July 1952 — 18:50
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.6810.4Q
2982Dean SmithUSA10.6910.4Q
3295Herb McKenleyJAM10.7210.5Q
4166McDonald BaileyGBR10.7310.5Q
5980Art BraggUSA10.7510.5Q
618John TreloarAUS10.8410.7Q
7397Rafael FortúnCUB10.9010.7Q
8414Vladimir SukharevURS10.9210.7Q
9126Theo SaatNED10.9310.6Q
10167Willie JackGBR10.9410.8Q
11137Lavy PintoIND10.9810.7Q
12595Étienne BallyFRA10.9810.8
13727Werner ZandtGER10.9810.8
14597Alain PorthaultFRA10.9910.7Q
15523Muhammad AslamPAK11.0210.9
16300Tomio HosodaJPN11.0310.8
=17293Byron LaBeachJAM11.0511.0
=17842Hans WehrliSUI11.0510.8
19930György CsányiHUN11.0710.9
203Romeo GalánARG11.0810.9
21232David TabakISR11.1010.9
22240Carlo VittoriITA11.1910.9
23168Alan LillingtonGBR11.2610.9
DQ68Angel KolevBUL

Heat #1

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1166McDonald BaileyGBR10.510.73Q
218John TreloarAUS10.710.84Q
3597Alain PorthaultFRA10.710.99Q
4523Muhammad AslamPAK10.911.02
5293Byron LaBeachJAM11.011.05
DQ68Angel KolevBUL

Heat #2

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.410.68Q
2126Theo SaatNED10.610.93Q
3137Lavy PintoIND10.710.98Q
4595Étienne BallyFRA10.810.98
5842Hans WehrliSUI10.811.05
6168Alan LillingtonGBR10.911.26

Heat #3

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1982Dean SmithUSA10.410.69Q
2397Rafael FortúnCUB10.710.90Q
3167Willie JackGBR10.810.94Q
4727Werner ZandtGER10.810.98
53Romeo GalánARG10.911.08
6232David TabakISR10.911.10

Heat #4

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1295Herb McKenleyJAM10.510.72Q
2980Art BraggUSA10.510.75Q
3414Vladimir SukharevURS10.710.92Q
4300Tomio HosodaJPN10.811.03
5930György CsányiHUN10.911.07
6240Carlo VittoriITA10.911.19

Semi-Finals

Date21 July 1952 — 15:15
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
=1166McDonald BaileyGBR10.7410.5Q
=1295Herb McKenleyJAM10.7410.4Q
3981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.7410.5Q
418John TreloarAUS10.7610.6Q
5982Dean SmithUSA10.7810.6Q
6414Vladimir SukharevURS10.8610.6Q
7397Rafael FortúnCUB10.9210.7
8137Lavy PintoIND10.9410.7
9167Willie JackGBR11.0110.7
10597Alain PorthaultFRA11.0410.8
11126Theo SaatNED11.1210.8
12980Art BraggUSA11.4310.9

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1166McDonald BaileyGBR10.510.74Q
2982Dean SmithUSA10.610.78Q
3414Vladimir SukharevURS10.610.86Q
4137Lavy PintoIND10.710.94
5597Alain PorthaultFRA10.811.04
6980Art BraggUSA10.911.43

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1295Herb McKenleyJAM10.410.74Q
2981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.510.74Q
318John TreloarAUS10.610.76Q
4397Rafael FortúnCUB10.710.92
5167Willie JackGBR10.711.01
6126Theo SaatNED10.811.12

Final Round

Date21 July 1952 — 17:20
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1981Lindy RemiginoUSA10.410.79
2295Herb McKenleyJAM10.410.80
3166McDonald BaileyGBR10.410.83
4982Dean SmithUSA10.410.84
5414Vladimir SukharevURS10.510.88
618John TreloarAUS10.510.91