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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 29 July and Monday, 30 July. Eighty-one runners entered, though ultimately seventy-six runners from 32 nations competed.[1] NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each.[2] The event was won by Percy Williams of Canada, taking the nation's first men's 100 metres gold medal. Jack London of Great Britain took silver, marking the third consecutive Games that Great Britain had a medalist in the event. Georg Lammers won bronze, Germany's first medal in the event since 1896. For the first time in modern Olympic history, the United States won no medals in the event.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Georg Lammers, Percy Williams and Jack London
VenueOlympic Stadium
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals)
30 July 1928 (semifinals, final)
Competitors76 from 32 nations
Winning time10.8 seconds
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Percy Williams  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack London  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georg Lammers  Germany
← 1924
1932 →

Background

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This was the eighth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. None of the 1924 finalists competed (bronze medalist Arthur Porritt entered, but did not start). Notable entrants included Frank Wykoff, winner of the U.S. Olympic trials and one of the favourites in a field that was considered to be wide-open; Great Britain's Jack London, and Germany's Georg Lammers.[3]

Cuba, Lithuania, and Romania were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first eight Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format

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The event retained the four round format from 1920 and 1924: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 16 heats, of 3–6 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were placed into 6 heats of 5 or 6 athletes. Again, the top 2 advanced. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, this time with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[3]

Records

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These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.4   Charlie Paddock Redlands, California (USA) April 23, 1921
Olympic Record 10.6   Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
10.6   Harold Abrahams Paris (FRA) July 6/7 1924

Percy Williams equalized the standing Olympic record with 10.6 seconds in the fourth heat of the second round. In the first semifinal, Williams, Robert McAllister, and Wilfred Legg all equalized the record.

Results

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First round

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Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

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Heat 1: Willy Dujardin, Wilhelm Hennings, Angelos Lamprou, John Fitzpatrick, Richard Corts
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Fitzpatrick   Canada 11.0 Q
2 Richard Corts   Germany 11.0 Q
3 Willy Dujardin   Belgium 11.2
4 Wilhelm Hennings   Netherlands 11.4
5 Angelos Lambrou   Greece 11.4

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sydney Atkinson   South Africa 11.2 Q
2 André Mourlon   France 11.3 Q
3 Jesús Moraila   Mexico Unknown
4 Franco Reyser   Italy Unknown
— Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann   Germany DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frank Wykoff   United States 11.0 Q
2 Paul Brochart   Belgium Unknown Q
3 Jaap Boot   Netherlands Unknown(*)
4 Mario Gómez Daza   Mexico Unknown
5 Konstantinos Petridis   Greece Unknown
6 Fernando Muñagorri   Spain Unknown

(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ferenc Gerő   Hungary 10.8 Q
2 Aubrey Burton-Durham   South Africa Unknown Q
3 Willy Weibel   Switzerland 11.4
4 Diego Ordóñez   Spain 11.4
5 John Heap   Great Britain Unknown
6 Eduardo Albe   Argentina Unknown

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jack London   Great Britain 10.8 Q
2 George Hester   Canada Unknown Q
3 Ladislau Peter   Romania Unknown
4 Francisco Costas   Mexico Unknown
5 Mehmet Ali Aybar   Turkey Unknown

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juan Bautista Pina   Argentina 11.0 Q
2 Ralph Adams   Canada Unknown Q
3 Edgardo Toetti   Italy Unknown
4 Iwao Aizawa   Japan Unknown
5 Semih Türkdoğan   Turkey Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Legg   South Africa 11.0 Q
2 Cyril Gill   Great Britain 11.0 Q
3 Rodolfo Wagner   Chile Unknown
— Sándor Hajdú   Hungary DNS
— Giuseppe Castelli   Italy DNS

Heat 8

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Heat 8: Hubert Houben, Karel Kněnický, Johannes Viljoen
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hubert Houben   Germany 11.0 Q
2 Johannes Viljoen   South Africa 11.0 Q
3 Karel Kněnický   Czechoslovakia 11.3
4 Dolf Benz   Netherlands 11.4

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Georg Lammers   Germany 10.8 Q
2 André Théard   Haiti Unknown Q
3 János Paizs   Hungary Unknown
4 Leo Jørgensen   Denmark Unknown
5 Jean Moulin   Luxembourg Unknown
6 Renos Frangoudis   Greece Unknown

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Rangeley   Great Britain 11.0 Q
2 Rinus van den Berge   Netherlands 11.1 Q
3 Johann Bartl   Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Şinasi Şahingiray   Turkey Unknown

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 István Raggambi   Hungary 11.0 Q
2 Jimmy Carlton   Australia 11.1 Q
3 Alberto Barucco   Argentina Unknown
4 Óscar Alvarado   Chile Unknown
5 Juan Serrahima   Spain Unknown
6 Ronald Burns   India Unknown

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Percy Williams   Canada 11.0 Q
2 Jaroslav Vykoupil   Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 André Dufau   France Unknown
4 José de Lima   Portugal Unknown
5 Haris Šveminas   Lithuania Unknown

Heat 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 José Barrientos   Cuba 11.0 Q
2 André Cerbonney   France Unknown Q
3 Fred Zinner   Belgium Unknown
- Arthur Porritt   New Zealand DNS

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Claude Bracey   United States 11.0 Q
2 Gilbert Auvergne   France 11.1 Q
3 Hermann Geißler   Austria 11.2
4 Risto Mattila   Finland 11.3
5 Emmanuel Goldsmith   Switzerland 11.5
6 George Schmit   Luxembourg 12.2

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henry Russell   United States 11.0 Q
2 Denis Cussen   Ireland Unknown Q
3 Willy Tschopp   Switzerland Unknown
4 Adolphe Groscol   Belgium Unknown

Heat 16

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bob McAllister   United States 10.8 Q
2 Anselmo Gonzaga   Philippines Unknown Q
3 Enrique de Chávarri   Spain Unknown
4 Frédéric Eyschen   Luxembourg Unknown
5 H. Enis   Turkey DNS

Quarterfinals

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Six heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Legg   South Africa 10.8 Q
2 John Fitzpatrick   Canada Unknown Q
3 Ferenc Gerő   Hungary Unknown
4 Rinus van den Berge   Netherlands Unknown
5 Denis Cussen   Ireland Unknown
6 Jaroslav Vykoupil   Czechoslovakia Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Robert McAllister   United States 10.8 Q
2 Richard Corts   Germany 11.0 Q
3 Cyril Gill   Great Britain Unknown
4 István Raggambi   Hungary Unknown
5 Aubrey Burton-Durham   South Africa Unknown
6 André Cerbonney   France Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henry Russell   United States 10.8 Q
2 Hubert Houben   Germany Unknown Q
3 Gilbert Auvergne   France Unknown
4 George Hester   Canada Unknown
5 Sydney Atkinson   South Africa Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Percy Williams   Canada 10.6 Q, =OR
2 Jack London   Great Britain 10.8 Q
3 André Théard   Haiti Unknown
4 André Mourlon   France Unknown
5 José Barrientos   Cuba Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frank Wykoff   United States 10.8 Q
2 Juan Bautista Pina   Argentina Unknown Q
3 Johannes Viljoen   South Africa Unknown
4 Anselmo Gonzaga   Philippines Unknown
5 Jimmy Carlton   Australia 11.0

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Claude Bracey   United States 10.8 Q
2 Georg Lammers   Germany Unknown Q
3 Walter Rangeley   Great Britain Unknown
4 Ralph Adams   Canada Unknown
5 Paul Brochart   Belgium Unknown

Semifinals

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Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of each qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Robert McAllister   United States 10.6 Q, =OR
2 Percy Williams   Canada 10.6 Q, =OR
3 Wilfred Legg   South Africa 10.6 Q. =OR
4 Hubert Houben   Germany 10.7
5 Claude Bracey   United States 10.8
6 Juan Bautista Pina   Argentina 11.0

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jack London   Great Britain 10.6 Q, =OR
2 Georg Lammers   Germany 10.7 Q
3 Frank Wykoff   United States 10.7 Q
4 Henry Russell   United States 10.8
5 Richard Corts   Germany 10.8
6 John Fitzpatrick   Canada 10.9

Final

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Final 100 m

There were two false starts, by Legg and Wykoff. Once the final successfully started, Williams took the early lead and never relinquished it.[3]

Rank Athlete Nation Time
  Percy Williams   Canada 10.8
  Jack London   Great Britain 10.9
  Georg Lammers   Germany 10.9
4 Frank Wykoff   United States 11.0
5 Wilfred Legg   South Africa 11.0
6 Robert McAllister   United States 11.0

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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