| Final | time | | 1. Frank Jarvis |  United States | 11.0 | | 2. Walter Tewksbury | United States | 11.1 | | 3. Stan Rowley |  Australia | 11.2 | | -. Arthur Duffey | United States | DNF |
Duffey got away to an early lead, but pulled a tendon at the 50 meter mark. Jarvis beat Tewksbury by two feet, with Rowley half a yard behind.
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Arthur Duffey | United States | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Stan Rowley | Australia | 11.2s | R | | 3. Charles Burroughs | United States | Unknown | R | | 4. Dixon Boardman | United States | Unknown | |
Duffey dropped almost half a second from his preliminary heat time to beat Rowley by five feet. Burroughs again defeated Boardman, eliminating Boardman from competition while remaining in contention in the repechage.
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Walter Tewksbury | United States | 10.8s | Q,=WR | | 2. Clark Leiblee | United States | 10.9s | R | | 3. Frederick Moloney | United States | Unknown | R | | -. Kurt Doerry |  Germany | DNF | |
Tewksbury equalled the world record, the second runner to accomplish that
at the Paris Games, with Leiblee six inches behind him. There is some question
as to whether Dörry started the race, but he did not finish it.
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Frank Jarvis | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Thaddeus McClain | United States | 11.3s | R | | 3. Norman Pritchard |  India | Unknown | R | | 4. Edmund Minahan | United States | Unknown | |
Jarvis won by a yard, McClain and Pritchard were relegated to the repechage,
and Minahan was eliminated.
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| Repechage | time | | | 1. Stan Rowley | Australia | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Norman Pritchard | India | 11.0s | | | 3. Clark Leiblee | United States | Unknown | | | 4-6. Charles Burroughs | United States | Unknown | | | 4-6. Thaddeus McClain | United States | Unknown | | | 4-6. Frederick Moloney | United States | Unknown | | | -. Frank Jarvis | United States | 11.0s | |
The repechage was a very close race, with Rowley defeating Pritchard by two inches. Rowley advanced to the final while Pritchard and the four Americans were eliminated.
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| World Record 10.8s (unofficial) | | Luther Cary, United States | Paris (FRA) July 4, 1891 | | Cecil Lee, United States | Brussels (BEL) September 25, 1892 | | Étienne De Re, Belgium | Brussels (BEL) August 4, 1893 | | L. Atcherley, United States | Frankfurt/Main (GER April 13, 1895 | | Harry Beaton, United States | Rotterdam (NED) August 28, 1895 | | Harald Anderson-Arbin, Sweden | Helsingborg (SWE) August 9, 1896 | | Isaac Westergren, Sweden | Gävle (SWE) September 11, 1898 | | Isaac Westergren, Sweden | Gävle (SWE) September 10, 1899 |
| Olympic Record: 11.8s Thomas Burke, Unitrd States Athens, Greece April 6, 1896 NS |
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| Arthur Duffey in the first heat of the first round and Walter Tewksbury in the second heat of the first round set new Olympic records with 11.4 seconds. In the third heat of the first round Frank Jarvis equalled the unofficial world record with 10.8 seconds. In the second semifinal Tewksbury also equalled the world record with 10.8 seconds.Competition format[edit]The competition consisted of four rounds: heats, semifinals, a repechage, and a final. The top two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinals. Those 12 men were divided into 3 semifinals of 4 runners each. The 1st-place runner in each semifinal advanced directly to the final, the 2nd and 3rd place runners went to the repechage, and the 4th place finisher was eliminated. |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Arthur Duffey | United States | 11.4s | Q, OR | | 2. Frederick Moloney | United States | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Nový Václav |  Bohrmia | Unknown | |
Duffey was a metre ahead of Moloney at the finish.
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Walter Tewksbury | United States | 11.4s | Q, =OR | | 2. Thaddeus McClain | United States | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Koppán Pál |  Hungary | Unknown | |
Tewksbury won this heat by six inches.
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Frank Jarvis | United States | 10.8s | Q, =WR | | 2. Stan Rowley | Australia | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Umberto Colombo |  Italy | Unknown | | | 4. Julius Keyl | Germany | Unknown | |
The fastest of the preliminary heats featured two of the eventual medallists;
Jarvis won by a metre and equalled the world record.
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Clark Leiblee | United States | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Kurt Doerry | Germany | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Johannes Gandil |  Denmark | Unknown | |
Leiblee won this heat by half a yard.
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Norman Pritchard | India | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Edmund Minahan | United States | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Ernő Schubert | Hungary | Unknown | | | 4. Isaac Westergren |  Sweden | Unknown | |
The fifth heat was the only one that was not won by an American runner;
Pritchard beat Minahan by half a yard.
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Charles Burroughs | United States | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Dixon Boardman | United States | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Henry Slack | United States | Unknown | |
In an all-American heat, Burroughs defeated Boardman by about a metre, with Slack in third to become the only American runner to be eliminated in the first round.
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