Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 3
Competitors	11 from 3 nations
Medalists
Archie Hahn  United States Nathaniel Cartmell  United States William Hogenson  United States

The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. 11 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10.8(*)	Luther Cary	Paris (FRA)	July 4, 1891
	10.8(*)	Cecil Lee	Brussels (BEL)	September 25, 1892
	10.8(*)	Etienne De Re	Brussels (BEL)	August 4, 1893
	10.8(*)	L. Atcherley	Frankfurt/Main (GER)	April 13, 1895
	10.8(*)	Harry Beaton	Rotterdam (NED)	August 28, 1895
	10.8(*)	Harald Anderson-Arbin	Helsingborg (SWE)	August 9, 1896
	10.8(*)	Isaac Westergren	Gävle (SWE)	September 11, 1898
	10.8(*)	Isaac Westergren	Gävle (SWE)	September 10, 1899
	10.8(*)	Frank Jarvis	Paris (FRA)	July 14, 1900
	10.8(*)	Walter Tewksbury	Paris (FRA)	July 14, 1900
	10.8(*)	Carl Ljung	Stockholm (SWE)	September 23, 1900
	10.8(*)	Walter Tewksbury	Philadelphia (USA)	October 6, 1900
	10.8(*)	André Passat	Bordeaux (FRA)	June 14, 1903
	10.8(*)	Louis Kuhn	Bordeaux (FRA)	June 14, 1903
	10.8(*)	Harald Grønfeldt	Aarhus (DEN)	July 5, 1903
	10.8(*)	Eric Frick	Jönköping (SWE)	August 9, 1903
Olympic Record	10.8	Frank Jarvis	Paris (FRA)	July 14, 1900
	10.8	Walter Tewksbury	Paris (FRA)	July 14, 1900

(*) unofficial

Results

Heats

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Archie Hahn	United States	11.4	Q
2	Lawson Robertson	United States		Q
3	Béla Mező	Hungary

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	William Hogenson	United States	11.6	Q
2	Frederick Heckwolf	United States		Q
3	Robert Kerr	Canada
4	Myer Prinstein	United States

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nathaniel Cartmell	United States	11.4	Q
2	Fay Moulton	United States		Q
3	Clyde Blair	United States
4	Frank Castleman	United States

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Archie Hahn	United States	11.0
	Nathaniel Cartmell	United States	11.2
	William Hogenson	United States	11.2
4	Fay Moulton	United States
5	Frederick Heckwolf	United States
6	Lawson Robertson	United States

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2006.