Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Gold medalist Archie Hahn receiving the Skiff Cup for winning the 100 metres | |||||||||||||
Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
Date | September 3 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 11.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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Track events | |
60 m | men |
100 m | men |
200 m | men |
400 m | men |
800 m | men |
1500 m | men |
110 m hurdles | men |
200 m hurdles | men |
400 m hurdles | men |
2590 m steeplechase | men |
4 mile team race | men |
Road events | |
Marathon | men |
Field events | |
Long jump | men |
Triple jump | men |
High jump | men |
Pole vault | men |
Standing long jump | men |
Standing triple jump | men |
Standing high jump | men |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
56 pound weight throw | men |
Combined events | |
Triathlon | men |
All-around | men |
The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. 11 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904. The event was won by Archie Hahn of the United States, completing his sprint trifecta (having already won the 60 metres and 200 metres) and marking the third straight gold medal in the event by an American. Hahn would later repeat his win in the now-unofficial 1906 Intercalated Games.[1] The United States swept the medals.
Background
[edit]This was the third time the event was held. None of the previous runners competed in 1904. American Archie Hahn, had won the 1903 U.S. and Canadian championships; he had also taken the 60 metres and 200 metres titles earlier in the 1904 Olympics. He was heavily favored.[1]
The 1904 competition was one of only two Olympic Games (along with 1900) where the men's 100 metres was not the shortest sprint, with the 60 metres being held in those two years.
Canada was represented in the event for the first time. Hungary was the only other country, aside from the host, to send a runner; this made the United States and Hungary the only two nations to have appeared at each of the first three Olympic men's 100 metres events.
Competition format
[edit]With fewer entrants than in 1900, the event was reduced from four rounds to two: heats and a final. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the final.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 10.8(*) | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 4, 1891 |
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10.8(*) | ![]() |
Brussels (BEL) | September 25, 1892 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Brussels (BEL) | August 4, 1893 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Frankfurt/Main (GER) | April 13, 1895 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Rotterdam (NED) | August 28, 1895 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Helsingborg (SWE) | August 9, 1896 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Gävle (SWE) | September 11, 1898 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Gävle (SWE) | September 10, 1899 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 14, 1900 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 14, 1900 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Stockholm (SWE) | September 23, 1900 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Philadelphia (USA) | October 6, 1900 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Bordeaux (FRA) | June 14, 1903 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Bordeaux (FRA) | June 14, 1903 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Aarhus (DEN) | July 5, 1903 | |
10.8(*) | ![]() |
Jönköping (SWE) | August 9, 1903 | |
Olympic Record | 10.8 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 14, 1900 |
10.8 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 14, 1900 |
(*) unofficial
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Archie Hahn | ![]() |
11.4 | Q |
2 | Lawson Robertson | ![]() |
Q | |
3 | Béla Mező | ![]() |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | William Hogenson | ![]() |
11.6 | Q |
2 | Frederick Heckwolf | ![]() |
Q | |
3 | Robert Kerr | ![]() |
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4 | Myer Prinstein | ![]() |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nathaniel Cartmell | ![]() |
11.4 | Q |
2 | Fay Moulton | ![]() |
Q | |
3 | Clyde Blair | ![]() |
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4 | Frank Castleman | ![]() |
Final
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Archie_Hahn_of_the_Milwaukee_Athletic_Club_finishing_first_during_the_final_heat_of_the_100_meter_run_at_the_1904_Olympics.jpg/250px-Archie_Hahn_of_the_Milwaukee_Athletic_Club_finishing_first_during_the_final_heat_of_the_100_meter_run_at_the_1904_Olympics.jpg)
Hahn opened quickly, reaching a sizable lead within the first 20 metres. Cartmell started slowly and was in last place at 40 metres, almost halfway through the race, before finishing well and placing second.[1]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Archie Hahn | ![]() |
11.0 |
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Nathaniel Cartmell | ![]() |
11.2 |
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William Hogenson | ![]() |
11.2 |
4 | Fay Moulton | ![]() |
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5 | Frederick Heckwolf | ![]() |
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6 | Lawson Robertson | ![]() |
Results summary
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Heats | Final |
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Archie Hahn | ![]() |
11.4 | 11.0 |
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Nathaniel Cartmell | ![]() |
11.4 | 11.2 |
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William Hogenson | ![]() |
11.6 | 11.2 |
4 | Fay Moulton | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown |
5 | Frederick Heckwolf | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown |
6 | Lawson Robertson | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown |
AC | Clyde Blair | ![]() |
Unknown | Did not advance |
Frank Castleman | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
Robert Kerr | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
Béla Mező | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
Myer Prinstein | ![]() |
Unknown | ||
— | E. F. Annis | ![]() |
DNS | |
William Hunter | ![]() |
DNS | ||
William Marshall | ![]() |
DNS | ||
Dodge Peters | ![]() |
DNS | ||
George Poage | ![]() |
DNS | ||
Ollie Snedigar | ![]() |
DNS | ||
Joseph Stadler | ![]() |
DNS | ||
Lee Vernon | ![]() |
DNS |
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2006.