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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Helsinki, Finland
Dates20 July 1952 (heats, quarterfinals)
21 July 1952 (semifinals, final)
Competitors72 from 33 nations
Winning time10.4 seconds (hand)
10.79 seconds (auto)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindy Remigino  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb McKenley  Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDonald Bailey  Great Britain
← 1948
1956 →

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 21 July. Seventy-two athletes from 33 nations competed; each nation was limited to 3 runners. The final was won by American Lindy Remigino, the fourth consecutive victory by a different American.[1] Herb McKenley won Jamaica's first medal in the men's 100 metres with his silver, while McDonald Bailey's bronze put Great Britain on the podium for the first time since 1928. The final was "probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history" with the first four runners all clocking in at 10.4 seconds hand-timed, all six finalists within 0.12 seconds electric-timed (10.79 for first, 10.91 for sixth), and a photo finish necessary to separate the winners.[2]

Background

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This was the twelfth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. None of the medalists from 1948 returned, but sixth-place finisher McDonald Bailey (who had recently tied the world record) did. London bronze medalist Lloyd LaBeach's brother Byron LaBeach represented Jamaica. Other notable entrants were American Art Bragg (who pulled his hamstring before the semifinal) and Jamaican Herb McKenley, who were favorites along with Bailey.[2]

Bulgaria, Ghana, Guatemala, Israel, Nigeria, the Soviet Union, Thailand, and Venezuela were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first twelve Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format

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The event retained the four round format from 1920 to 1948: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats, of 4–7 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 4 heats of 6 athletes. The top 3 in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, once again with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record 10.2 United States Jesse Owens Chicago, United States 20 June 1936
10.2 United States Harold Davis Compton, United States 6 June 1941
10.2 Panama Lloyd LaBeach Fresno, United States 15 May 1948
10.2 United States Barney Ewell Evanston, United States 9 July 1948
10.2 United Kingdom McDonald Bailey Belgrade, Yugoslavia 25 August 1951
Olympic record 10.3 United States Eddie Tolan Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3 United States Ralph Metcalfe Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3 United States Jesse Owens Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936
10.3 United States Harrison Dillard London, United Kingdom 31 July 1948

Results

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Heats

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The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Treloar  Australia 10.92 Q
2 Alan Lillington  Great Britain 11.06 Q
3 Gabriel Lareya  Ghana 11.18
4 Miroslav Horčic  Czechoslovakia 11.23
5 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 11.40
6 Youssef Ali Omar  Egypt 11.53
7 José Julio Barillas  Guatemala 11.56

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally  France 10.97 Q
2 Angel Kolev  Bulgaria 11.01 Q
3 Paul Dolan  Ireland 11.12
4 Raúl Mazorra  Cuba 11.19
5 Robert Hutchinson  Canada 11.26
6 Masaji Tajima  Japan 11.29
7 Adul Wanasatith  Thailand 11.61

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey  Great Britain 10.65 Q
2 Carlo Vittori  Italy 10.98 Q
3 Mikhail Kazantsev  Soviet Union 11.16
4 Hörður Haraldsson  Iceland 11.31
5 Javier Souza  Mexico 11.32
6 Stefanos Petrakis  Greece 11.33

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Jack  Great Britain 11.05 Q
2 Romeo Galán  Argentina 11.11 Q
3 Levan Sanadze  Soviet Union 11.13
4 Emad El-Din Shafei  Egypt 11.40
5 Guillermo Gutiérrez  Venezuela 11.42
6 Boonterm Pakpuang  Thailand 11.85

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley  Jamaica 10.88 Q
2 György Csányi  Hungary 11.09 Q
3 Emil Kiszka  Poland 11.13
4 Pauli Tavisalo  Finland 11.30
5 Tomás Paquete  Portugal 11.45
6 Walter Sutton  Canada 11.45

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 David Tabak  Israel 11.12 Q
2 Tomio Hosoda  Japan 11.14 Q
3 Willy Schneider  Switzerland 11.22
4 Angel Gavrilov  Bulgaria 11.29
5 Juan Leiva  Venezuela 11.31

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 10.93 Q
2 Theo Saat  Netherlands 11.02 Q
3 Muhammad Sharif Butt  Pakistan 11.17
4 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 11.36
5 George Acquaah  Ghana 11.47
6 Mariano Acosta  Argentina 11.58
7 Wolfango Montanari  Italy 12.25

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Rafael Fortún  Cuba 10.93 Q
2 Byron LaBeach  Jamaica 11.09 Q
3 Franco Leccese  Italy 11.18
4 Issi Baran  Finland 11.32
5 Fritz Griesser  Switzerland 11.54

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Werner Zandt  Germany 11.03 Q
2 Muhammad Aslam  Pakistan 11.18 Q
3 Don McFarlane  Canada 11.25
4 Zdeněk Pospíšil  Czechoslovakia 11.25
5 Edward Ajado  Nigeria 11.25
6 Fawzi Chaaban  Egypt 11.51
- Enrique Beckles  Argentina DSQ

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Art Bragg  United States 10.73 Q
2 Hans Wehrli  Switzerland 11.00 Q
3 Titus Erinle  Nigeria 11.12
4 László Zarándi  Hungary 11.26
5 Pétur Sigurðsson  Iceland 11.55
6 Arun Sankosik  Thailand 11.76

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lindy Remigino  United States 10.73 Q
2 Lavy Pinto  India 11.00 Q
3 René Bonino  France 11.00
4 František Brož  Czechoslovakia 11.32
5 Abdul Aziz  Pakistan 11.48
6 Rui Maia  Portugal 11.79

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dean Smith  United States 10.90 Q
2 Alain Porthault  France 11.04 Q
3 Erich Fuchs  Germany 11.19
4 Karim Olowu  Nigeria 11.27

Quarterfinals

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The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey  Great Britain 10.73 Q
2 John Treloar  Australia 10.84 Q
3 Alain Porthault  France 10.99 Q
4 Muhammad Aslam  Pakistan 11.02
5 Byron LaBeach  Jamaica 11.05
- Angel Kolev  Bulgaria DSQ

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lindy Remigino  United States 10.68 Q
2 Theo Saat  Netherlands 10.93 Q
3 Lavy Pinto  India 10.98 Q
4 Étienne Bally  France 10.98
5 Hans Wehrli  Switzerland 11.05
6 Alan Lillington  Great Britain 11.26

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dean Smith  United States 10.69 Q
2 Rafael Fortún  Cuba 10.90 Q
3 William Jack  Great Britain 10.94 Q
4 Werner Zandt  Germany 10.98
5 Romeo Galán  Argentina 11.08
6 David Tabak  Israel 11.10

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley  Jamaica 10.72 Q
2 Art Bragg  United States 10.75 Q
3 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 10.92 Q
4 Tomio Hosoda  Japan 11.03
5 György Csányi  Hungary 11.07
6 Carlo Vittori  Italy 11.79

Semifinals

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The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

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Bragg tore a muscle in this semifinal.[3]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey  Great Britain 10.74 Q
2 Dean Smith  United States 10.78 Q
3 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 10.86 Q
4 Lavy Pinto  India 10.94
5 Alain Porthault  France 11.04
6 Art Bragg  United States 11.43

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley  Jamaica 10.74 Q
2 Lindy Remigino  United States 10.74 Q
3 John Treloar  Australia 10.76 Q
4 Rafael Fortún  Cuba 10.92
5 William Jack  Great Britain 11.01
6 Theo Saat  Netherlands 11.12

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindy Remigino  United States 10.79 Photo-determined finish
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb McKenley  Jamaica 10.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDonald Bailey  Great Britain 10.83
4 Dean Smith  United States 10.84
5 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 10.88
6 John Treloar  Australia 10.91

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 250.