Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 15–16
Competitors	61 from 23 nations
Medalists
Charley Paddock  United States Morris Kirksey  United States Harry Edward  Great Britain

The men's 100 metres event was part of the athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 15 and 16, 1920.

Sixty sprinters from 22 nations competed, while Estonia's sole athlete in the event, Reinhold Saulmann, was entered but did not start the 100 m.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10.6(*)	Donald Lippincott	Stockholm (SWE)	July 6, 1912
Olympic Record	10.6	Donald Lippincott	Stockholm (SWE)	July 6, 1912

(*) This was the only officially ratified world record in 1920, but there have been at least four runs in 10.5 seconds at that time. (see the records prior the 1912 Summer Olympics.)

In the final Charley Paddock equalized the Olympic record with 10.6 seconds.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hill (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Mario Riccobono (ITA)	11.2	Q
3	Marcel Gustin (BEL)
4	Ichiro Kaga (JPN)
5	Paul Hammer (LUX)
6	Jan de Vries (NED)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Mourlon (FRA)	11.2	Q
2	August Sørensen (DEN)	11.3	Q
3	Erik Lindvall (SWE)
4	Ahmed Khairy (EGY)
5	Purma Bannerjee (IND)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Willie Bukes (RSA)	10.9	Q
3	Albert Heijnneman (NED)	11.0
4	Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hunt (AUS)	11.0	Q
2	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)	11.2	Q
3	Frank Irvine (RSA)
4	Bjarne Guldager (NOR)
5	Nils Sandström (SWE)

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Vittorio Zucca (ITA)	11.4	Q
2	Cor Wezepoel (NED)	11.5	Q
3	Leonard Dixon (RSA)
4	August Waibel (SUI)
5	Alex Servais (LUX)

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	11.0	Q
2	Josef Imbach (SUI)	11.0	Q
3	René Lorain (FRA)
4	Johan Johansen (NOR)
5	Jaime Camps (ESP)
6	Giovanni Orlandi (ITA)

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Brochart (BEL)	11.4	Q
2	René Tirard (FRA)	11.7	Q
3	Diego Ordóñez (ESP)
4	Jean Colbach (LUX)
5	Eduard Hašek (TCH)

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charley Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.9	Q
3	Carlos Botín (ESP)	11.2
4	Shinichi Yamaoka (JPN)
5	Edmond Médécim (MON)

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	11.0	Q
2	Victor d'Arcy (GBR)	11.1	Q
3	Rolf Stenersen (NOR)
4	Dimitrios Karambatis (GRE)
5	Sven Malm (SWE)

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	11.1	Q
3	Giorgio Croci (ITA)	11.2
4	Harry van Rappard (NED)
5	Reinhold Saulmann (EST)

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	11.0	Q
2	George Davidson (NZL)	11.1	Q
3	Agne Holmström (SWE)
4	Fritiof Andersen (DEN)
5	Jean Lefèvre (BEL)

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Marinus Sørensen (DEN)	11.2	Q
3	Cyril Coaffee (CAN)
4	Julien Lehouck (BEL)
5	Asle Bækkedal (NOR)

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.8	Q
2	Loren Murchison (USA)	10.9	Q
3	René Mourlon (FRA)	11.0
4	William Hunt (AUS)	11.2
5	Mario Riccobono (ITA)

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hill (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)		Q
3	Willie Bukes (RSA)
4	August Sørensen (DEN)
5	Vittorio Zucca (ITA)

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charley Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	10.9	Q
3	George Davidson (NZL)
4	Harold Abrahams (GBR)
5	Cor Wezepoel (NED)

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	11.0	Q
3	Josef Imbach (SUI)	11.1
4	René Tirard (FRA)	11.2
5	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	11.4

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Paul Brochart (BEL)		Q
3	Victor d'Arcy (GBR)
4	Marinus Sørensen (DEN)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.8	Q
2	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.9	Q
3	Morris Kirksey (USA)	11.0	Q
4	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)
5	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charley Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	10.8	Q
3	Loren Murchison (USA)	11.0	Q
4	Paul Brochart (BEL)
5	William Hill (GBR)

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Charley Paddock (USA)	10.6 =OR
2	Morris Kirksey (USA)	10.8
3	Harry Edward (GBR)	11.0
4	Jackson Scholz (USA)	11.0
5	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	11.1
6	Loren Murchison (USA)	11.2

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.