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100 metres, Men

Date	6 – 7 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants	86 from 34 countries

The 1924 Olympics was the Olympics of Chariots of Fire, and that Academy Award winning movie focused on the sprints. Much of the movie was true but there were a few things for which the producers took some literary license. Notably, although Britain’s Harold Abrahams was one of the favorites for the 100 metres, in the movie the other protagonist, Scotland’s Eric Liddell, hears about the schedule for the 100 while taking the boat over to France. Liddell was devoutly religious and when he heard that the 100 final would be held on a Sunday, he withdrew from the 100 metres. But this was fabricated. Liddell knew about the Olympic schedule several months in advance and never intended to run the 100 in Paris. He focused instead on the 200 and 400, adjusting his training for the longer sprints.

Besides Liddell the other favored athlete in Paris in 1924 was the defending champion, Charlie Paddock, of the United States. In the 100 final, Abrahams faced four Americans, Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Chet Bowman, and New Zealander, Arthur Porritt. Abrahams won the race, as depicted in the movie, becoming the first European winner of the 100 metres. Scholz won the silver medal with Porritt in third, and Paddock a well-beaten fifth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	–	Harold Abrahams	GBR	11.0 (1 h14)	10.6 (1 h4)	10.6 (1 h2)	10.6 (1)	Gold
2	–	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8 (1 h13)	10.8 (1 h6)	10.8 (1 h1)	10.7 (2)	Silver
3	–	Arthur Porritt	NZL	at 1½ metres (2 h1)	10.9 (2 h2)	11.1 (2 h1)	10.8 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Chet Bowman	USA	11.0 (1 h11)	10.8 (1 h2)	10.7 (3 h2)	10.9 (4)
5	–	Charley Paddock	USA	11.2 (1 h3)	10.8 (1 h5)	10.7 (2 h2)	10.9 (5)
6	–	Loren Murchison	USA	10.8 (1 h1)	10.8 (1 h1)	11.2 (3 h1)	11.0 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	–	Wilfred Nichol	GBR	11.0 (1 h10)	11.0 (2 h3)	11.3 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	–	Edwin Carr, Sr.	AUS	at ½ metre (2 h14)	10.9 (2 h6)	10.7 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	–	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	11.0 (1 h4)	10.9 (2 h5)	11.4 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	–	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	11.0 (1 h2)	10.8 (1 h3)	10.8 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	–	Buck Hester	CAN	11.2 (1 h12)	10.7 (2 h4)	11.5 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	–	Giovanni Frangipane	ITA	11.1 (2 h7)	11.0 (2 h1)	11.2 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r2/4	–	Harry Broos	NED	11.0 (1 h6)	11.1 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r2/4	–	Walter Rangeley	GBR	11.0 (1 h8)	11.0 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r2/4	–	André Mourlon	FRA	11.0 (1 h15)	11.1 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r2/4	–	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	11.0 (1 h17)	– (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	–	Johannes van Kampen	NED	close behind (2 h12)	– (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r2/4	–	Lance Royle	GBR	11.0 (1 h7)	– (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	–	Paul Hammer	LUX	at 5 metres (2 h13)	11.1 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	–	René Mourlon	FRA	11.0 (2 h17)	11.0 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	–	Rinus van den Berge	NED	11.1 (2 h8)	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	–	Albert Heisé	FRA	11.2 (1 h9)	– (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	–	George Dustan	RSA	– (2 h6)	– (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r2/4	–	Paul Brochart	BEL	at 1 metre (2 h10)	– (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	–	Reijo Halme	FIN	at ½ metre (2 h4)	11.1 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	–	Lajos Kurunczy	HUN	11.4 (1 h5)	11.0 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	–	Johans Oja	LAT	– (2 h5)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	–	Ernesto Bonacina	ITA	11.2 (2 h2)	– (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	–	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	HUN	11.3 (2 h9)	– (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r2/4	–	Oto Seviško	LAT	at 5 metres (2 h3)	– (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	–	Anthony Vince	CAN	11.4 (2 h16)	11.1 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	–	Enrico Torre	ITA	11.2 (2 h15)	– (6 h2)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	–	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	11.4 (1 h16)	– (6 h4)	–	–
2 h11 r1/4	–	Walter Strebi	SUI	11.2 (2 h11)	–	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	–	Camilo Rivas	ARG	– (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	–	Mogens Truelsen	DEN	– (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	–	Ferdinand Kaindl	AUT	– (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	–	Frits Lamp	NED	– (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	–	Henri Cockuyt	BEL	– (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	–	Antonín Svoboda	TCH	– (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	–	André Théard	HAI	11.2 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	–	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	– (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	–	Lauri Härö	FIN	11.3 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	–	Larry Armstrong	CAN	– (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	–	James Hall	IND	11.3 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	–	Karl Borner	SUI	– (3 h12)	–	–	–
3 h13 r1/4	–	Terence Pitt	IND	– (3 h13)	–	–	–
3 h14 r1/4	–	Sasago Tani	JPN	– (3 h14)	–	–	–
3 h15 r1/4	–	Joseph Hilger	LUX	– (3 h15)	–	–	–
3 h16 r1/4	–	Vittorio Zucca	ITA	11.5 (3 h16)	–	–	–
3 h17 r1/4	–	Väinö Eskola	FIN	11.1 (3 h17)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	–	Mariano Aguilar	MEX	– (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	–	Gentil dos Santos	POR	– (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	–	Fritz Schedl	AUT	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	–	Will Hildreth	IND	– (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	–	Poul Schiang	DEN	– (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	–	Juan Junqueras	ESP	– (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	–	Victor Moriaud	SUI	– (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	–	Curt Wiberg	SWE	11.4 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	–	Konstantinos Pantelidis	GRE	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	–	Thor Österdahl	SWE	11.3 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	–	Bill Lowe	IRL	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
4 h13 r1/4	–	Knut Russell	SWE	11.3 (4 h13)	–	–	–
4 h14 r1/4	–	Anton Husgafvel	FIN	– (4 h14)	–	–	–
4 h16 r1/4	–	Stanisław Sośnicki	POL	11.6 (4 h16)	–	–	–
4 h17 r1/4	–	Aleksander Szenajch	POL	– (4 h17)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	–	Alberto Jurado	ECU	– (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	–	Alois Linka	TCH	11.6 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	–	Władysław Dobrowolski	POL	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	–	Toby Betts	RSA	– (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	–	José-María Larrabeiti	ESP	11.6 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	–	Zygmunt Weiss	POL	– (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	–	Karel Pott	POR	– (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	–	Alexandros Papafingos	GRE	– (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	–	Gvido Jekals	LAT	– (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	–	Félix Escobar	ARG	– (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	–	László Muskát	HUN	– (5 h12)	–	–	–
5 h13 r1/4	–	Reinhold Kesküll	EST	11.5 (5 h13)	–	–	–
5 h14 r1/4	–	Álvaro Ribeiro	BRA	– (5 h14)	–	–	–
5 h16 r1/4	–	Artūrs Gedvillo	LAT	– (5 h16)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	–	Rauf Hasağası	TUR	– (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	–	David Nepomuceno	PHI	– (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	–	Miguel Ángel Enrico	ARG	– (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	–	Herminio Ahumada	MEX	– (6 h11)	–	–	–
6 h12 r1/4	–	Eugène Moetbeek	BEL	– (DQ h12)	–	–	–
6 h14 r1/4	–	Şekip Engineri	TUR	– (6 h14)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Herbert Kuttim	EST	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Fortunato Catalon	PHI	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Bohus Fleischer	TCH	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Said Odyak	TUR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Johannes Brock	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Rudolf Rauch	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Narciso Costa	BRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Leo Jørgensen	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Christiaan Steyn	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Stane Perpar	YUG	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Aleksa Spahić	YUG	–	–	–	–

Round One (6 July 1924 — 14:30)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Loren Murchison	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Arthur Porritt	NZL	at 1½ metres	Q
3	–	Camilo Rivas	ARG	–
4	–	Mariano Aguilar	MEX	–
5	–	Alberto Jurado	ECU	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	11.0	Q
2	–	Ernesto Bonacina	ITA	11.2	Q
3	–	Mogens Truelsen	DEN	–
4	–	Gentil dos Santos	POR	–
5	–	Alois Linka	TCH	11.6

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Charley Paddock	USA	11.2	Q
2	–	Oto Seviško	LAT	at 5 metres	Q
3	–	Ferdinand Kaindl	AUT	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	11.0	Q
2	–	Reijo Halme	FIN	at ½ metre	Q
3	–	Frits Lamp	NED	–
4	–	Fritz Schedl	AUT	–
5	–	Władysław Dobrowolski	POL	–
6	–	Rauf Hasağası	TUR	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Lajos Kurunczy	HUN	11.4	Q
2	–	Johans Oja	LAT	–	Q
3	–	Henri Cockuyt	BEL	–
4	–	Will Hildreth	IND	–
5	–	Toby Betts	RSA	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Harry Broos	NED	11.0	Q
2	–	George Dustan	RSA	–	Q
3	–	Antonín Svoboda	TCH	–
4	–	Poul Schiang	DEN	–
5	–	José-María Larrabeiti	ESP	11.6
6	–	David Nepomuceno	PHI	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Lance Royle	GBR	11.0	Q
2	–	Giovanni Frangipane	ITA	11.1	Q
3	–	André Théard	HAI	11.2
4	–	Juan Junqueras	ESP	–
5	–	Zygmunt Weiss	POL	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Walter Rangeley	GBR	11.0	Q
2	–	Rinus van den Berge	NED	11.1	Q
3	–	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	–
4	–	Victor Moriaud	SUI	–
5	–	Karel Pott	POR	–
6	–	Miguel Ángel Enrico	ARG	–

Heat Nine

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Albert Heisé	FRA	11.2	Q
2	–	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	HUN	11.3	Q
3	–	Lauri Härö	FIN	11.3
4	–	Curt Wiberg	SWE	11.4
5	–	Alexandros Papafingos	GRE	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Wilfred Nichol	GBR	11.0	Q
2	–	Paul Brochart	BEL	at 1 metre	Q
3	–	Larry Armstrong	CAN	–
4	–	Konstantinos Pantelidis	GRE	–
5	–	Gvido Jekals	LAT	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Chet Bowman	USA	11.0	Q
2	–	Walter Strebi	SUI	11.2	Q
3	–	James Hall	IND	11.3
4	–	Thor Österdahl	SWE	11.3
5	–	Félix Escobar	ARG	–
6	–	Herminio Ahumada	MEX	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Buck Hester	CAN	11.2	Q
2	–	Johannes van Kampen	NED	close behind	Q
3	–	Karl Borner	SUI	–
4	–	Bill Lowe	IRL	–
5	–	László Muskát	HUN	–
DQ	–	Eugène Moetbeek	BEL	–

Heat Thirteen

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Paul Hammer	LUX	at 5 metres	Q
3	–	Terence Pitt	IND	–
4	–	Knut Russell	SWE	11.3
5	–	Reinhold Kesküll	EST	11.5

Heat Fourteen

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Harold Abrahams	GBR	11.0	Q
2	–	Edwin Carr, Sr.	AUS	at ½ metre	Q
3	–	Sasago Tani	JPN	–
4	–	Anton Husgafvel	FIN	–
5	–	Álvaro Ribeiro	BRA	–
6	–	Şekip Engineri	TUR	–

Heat Fifteen

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	André Mourlon	FRA	11.0	Q
2	–	Enrico Torre	ITA	11.2	Q
3	–	Joseph Hilger	LUX	–

Heat Sixteen

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	11.4	Q
2	–	Anthony Vince	CAN	11.4	Q
3	–	Vittorio Zucca	ITA	11.5
4	–	Stanisław Sośnicki	POL	11.6
5	–	Artūrs Gedvillo	LAT	–

Heat Seventeen

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	11.0	Q
2	–	René Mourlon	FRA	11.0	Q
3	–	Väinö Eskola	FIN	11.1
4	–	Aleksander Szenajch	POL	–

Quarter-Finals (6 July 1924 — 16:00)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Loren Murchison	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Giovanni Frangipane	ITA	11.0	Q
3	–	Harry Broos	NED	11.1
4	–	Paul Hammer	LUX	11.1
5	–	Reijo Halme	FIN	11.1
6	–	Anthony Vince	CAN	11.1

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Chet Bowman	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Arthur Porritt	NZL	10.9	Q
3	–	Walter Rangeley	GBR	11.0
4	–	René Mourlon	FRA	11.0
5	–	Lajos Kurunczy	HUN	11.0
6	–	Enrico Torre	ITA	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	10.8	Q
2	–	Wilfred Nichol	GBR	11.0	Q
3	–	André Mourlon	FRA	11.1
4	–	Rinus van den Berge	NED	–
5	–	Johans Oja	LAT	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Harold Abrahams	GBR	10.6	Q=OR
2	–	Buck Hester	CAN	10.7	Q
3	–	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	–
4	–	Albert Heisé	FRA	–
5	–	Ernesto Bonacina	ITA	–
6	–	Félix Mendizábal	ESP	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Charley Paddock	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	10.9	Q
3	–	Johannes van Kampen	NED	–
4	–	George Dustan	RSA	–
5	–	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	HUN	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Edwin Carr, Sr.	AUS	10.9	Q
3	–	Lance Royle	GBR	–
4	–	Paul Brochart	BEL	–
5	–	Oto Seviško	LAT	–

Semi-Finals (7 July 1924 — 14:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.8	Q
2	–	Arthur Porritt	NZL	11.1	Q
3	–	Loren Murchison	USA	11.2	Q
4	–	Wilfred Nichol	GBR	11.3
5	–	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	11.4
6	–	Buck Hester	CAN	11.5

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Harold Abrahams	GBR	10.6	Q=OR
2	–	Charley Paddock	USA	10.7	Q
3	–	Chet Bowman	USA	10.7	Q
4	–	Edwin Carr, Sr.	AUS	10.7
5	–	Cyril Coaffee	CAN	10.8
6	–	Giovanni Frangipane	ITA	11.2

Final (7 July 1924 — 17:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Harold Abrahams	GBR	10.6	=OR
2	3	Jackson Scholz	USA	10.7
3	6	Arthur Porritt	NZL	10.8
4	5	Chet Bowman	USA	10.9
5	1	Charley Paddock	USA	10.9
6	2	Loren Murchison	USA	11.0