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 | |||||||||||||
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![]() Georg Lammers, Percy Williams and Jack London | |||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
Dates | 29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals) 30 July 1928 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 76 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.8 seconds | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
Background
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 by default one of the favorites 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
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
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 10.4 | ![]() |
Redlands, California (USA) | April 23, 1921 |
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Olympic Record | 10.6 | ![]() |
Stockholm (SWE) | July 6, 1912 |
10.6 | ![]() |
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
First Round
Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the second round.
Heat 1
![](../I/1928_Olympic_100_m_heat_1.jpg.webp)
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Fitzpatrick | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Richard Corts | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
3 | Willy Dujardin | ![]() | 11.2 | |
4 | Wilhelm Hennings | ![]() | 11.4 | |
5 | Angelos Lambrou | ![]() | 11.4 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sydney Atkinson | ![]() | 11.2 | Q |
2 | André Mourlon | ![]() | 11.3 | Q |
3 | Jesús Moraila | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Franco Reyser | ![]() | Unknown | |
— | Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann | ![]() | DNS |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Frank Wykoff | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Paul Brochart | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Jaap Boot | ![]() | Unknown(*) | |
4 | Mario Gómez Daza | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Konstantinos Petridis | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | Fernando Muñagorri | ![]() | 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
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ferenc Gerő | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Aubrey Burton-Durham | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Willy Weibel | ![]() | 11.4 | |
4 | Diego Ordóñez | ![]() | 11.4 | |
5 | John Heap | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | Eduardo Albe | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jack London | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | George Hester | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Ladislau Peter | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Francisco Costas | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Mehmet Ali Aybar | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Juan Bautista Pina | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Ralph Adams | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Edgardo Toetti | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Iwao Aizawa | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Semih Türkdoğan | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wilfred Legg | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Cyril Gill | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
3 | Rodolfo Wagner | ![]() | Unknown | |
— | Sándor Hajdú | ![]() | DNS | |
— | Giuseppe Castelli | ![]() | DNS |
Heat 8
![](../I/Hubert_Houben_and_Johannes_Viljoen_1928.jpg.webp)
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hubert Houben | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Johannes Viljoen | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
3 | Karel Kněnický | ![]() | 11.3 | |
4 | Dolf Benz | ![]() | 11.4 |
Heat 9
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Georg Lammers | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | André Théard | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | János Paizs | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Leo Jørgensen | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Jean Moulin | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | Renos Frangoudis | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 10
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Walter Rangeley | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Rinus van den Berge | ![]() | 11.1 | Q |
3 | Johann Bartl | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Şinasi Şahingiray | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 11
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | István Raggambi | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Jimmy Carlton | ![]() | 11.1 | Q |
3 | Alberto Barucco | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Óscar Alvarado | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Juan Serrahima | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | R. Burns | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 12
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Jaroslav Vykoupil | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | André Dufau | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | José de Lima | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Haris Šveminas | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 13
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | José Barrientos | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | André Cerbonney | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Fred Zinner | ![]() | Unknown | |
- | Arthur Porritt | ![]() | DNS |
Heat 14
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Claude Bracey | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Gilbert Auvergne | ![]() | 11.1 | Q |
3 | Hermann Geißler | ![]() | 11.2 | |
4 | Risto Mattila | ![]() | 11.3 | |
5 | Emmanuel Goldsmith | ![]() | 11.5 | |
6 | George Schmit | ![]() | 12.2 |
Heat 15
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Henry Russell | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
2 | Denis Cussen | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Willy Tschopp | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Adolphe Groscol | ![]() | Unknown |
Heat 16
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bob McAllister | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Anselmo Gonzaga | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Enrique de Chávarri | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Frédéric Eyschen | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | H. Enis | ![]() | DNS |
Quarterfinals
Six heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wilfred Legg | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | John Fitzpatrick | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Ferenc Gerő | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Rinus van den Berge | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Denis Cussen | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | Jaroslav Vykoupil | ![]() | Unknown |
Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Robert McAllister | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Richard Corts | ![]() | 11.0 | Q |
3 | Cyril Gill | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | István Raggambi | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Aubrey Burton-Durham | ![]() | Unknown | |
6 | André Cerbonney | ![]() | Unknown |
Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Henry Russell | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Hubert Houben | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Gilbert Auvergne | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | George Hester | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Sydney Atkinson | ![]() | Unknown |
Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 10.6 | Q, =OR |
2 | Jack London | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
3 | André Théard | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | André Mourlon | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | José Barrientos | ![]() | Unknown |
Quarterfinal 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Frank Wykoff | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Juan Bautista Pina | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Johannes Viljoen | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Anselmo Gonzaga | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Jimmy Carlton | ![]() | 11.0 |
Quarterfinal 6
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Claude Bracey | ![]() | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Georg Lammers | ![]() | Unknown | Q |
3 | Walter Rangeley | ![]() | Unknown | |
4 | Ralph Adams | ![]() | Unknown | |
5 | Paul Brochart | ![]() | Unknown |
Semifinals
Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of each qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Robert McAllister | ![]() | 10.6 | Q, =OR |
2 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 10.6 | Q, =OR |
3 | Wilfred Legg | ![]() | 10.6 | Q. =OR |
4 | Hubert Houben | ![]() | 10.7 | |
5 | Claude Bracey | ![]() | 10.8 | |
6 | Juan Bautista Pina | ![]() | 11.0 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jack London | ![]() | 10.6 | Q, =OR |
2 | Georg Lammers | ![]() | 10.7 | Q |
3 | Frank Wykoff | ![]() | 10.7 | Q |
4 | Henry Russell | ![]() | 10.8 | |
5 | Richard Corts | ![]() | 10.8 | |
6 | John Fitzpatrick | ![]() | 10.9 |
Final
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 |
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![]() | Percy Williams | ![]() | 10.8 |
![]() | Jack London | ![]() | 10.9 |
![]() | Georg Lammers | ![]() | 10.9 |
4 | Frank Wykoff | ![]() | 11.0 |
5 | Wilfred Legg | ![]() | 11.0 |
6 | Robert McAllister | ![]() | 11.0 |
References
- "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.
- Official Report, p. 374.
- "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.