Men 100m Athletics VII Olympic Games Antwerp, Belgium 1920 - Monday, 16 August - Gold Medal: Charley Paddock, United States
FinaltimeLage
1. Charley PaddockUSA United States10.8s319
2. Morris KirkseyUSA United States10.8s124
3. Harry EdwardGBR Great Britain11.0s622
4. Jackson ScholzUSA United States11.0s523
5. Émile Ali-KhanFRA France11.1s417
6. Loren MurchisonUSA United States11.2s221
World Record* and Olympic Record: 10.6s Donald Lippincott, United States Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
This was the only officially ratified world record in 1920, but there have been at least four runs in 10.5 seconds at that time.
world Men 100m History
Olympic Men 100m 1912
Olympic Men 100m 1924
Competitors: 61; Countries: 23
RoundHAthdate
Semi-Finals21016.08
Quarter-Finals52515.08
Heats126615.08
Paddock appeared initially in 1916 when taking the California Schools 100 and 220y titles at the age of 15. He emerged internationally in 1919 when running 10.8/21.6 to win the Inter-Allied 100 and 200m titles. Of the finalists, only Ali-Khan and Kirksey had failed to run 10.8 in the preliminaries. Paddock was instructed to move his fingers behind the line at the start, and Murchison began to rise expecting the athletes to be recalled to the line. Instead, the gun was fired, and Murchison was left some 4m behind the field. Scholz led at halfway by 60cm, with Paddock fourth, a metre behind. The powerful (1.73/75kg) Paddock closed quickly and edged Kirksey by 30cm. Edward was placed third, but photos clearly show Scholz about 15cm ahead of the Briton less than 2m from the line.

Semi-Finals - Monday 16.08

First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1time
1. Harry EdwardGBR Great Britain10.8sQ
2. Jackson ScholzUSA United States10.9sQ
3. Morris KirkseyUSA United States11.0sQ
4. Jack OosterlaakZAF South Africa
5. Félix MendizábalESP Spain
Semi 2time
1. Charley PaddockUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Émile Ali-KhanFRA France10.8sQ
3. Loren MurchisonUSA United States11.0sQ
4. Paul BrochartBEL Belgium
5. William HillGBR Great Britain

Quarter-Finals - Sunday 15.08

First 2 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals.
Quarter 1time
1. William HillGBR Great Britain11.0sQ
2. Mario RiccoboniITA Italy11.2sQ
3. Marcel GustinBEL Belgium
4. Ichiro KagaJPN Japan
5. Paul HammerLUX Luxembourg
6. Jan de VriesNED Netherlands
Quarter 2time
1. René MourlonFRA France11.2sQ
2. August SørensenDEN Denmark11.3sQ
3. Erik LindvallSWE Sweden
4. Ahmed KhairyEGy Egypt
5. Purma BannerjeeINd India
Quarter 3time
1. Loren MurchisonUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Jacobus BukesZAF South Africa10.9sQ
3. Albert HeijnnemanNED Netherlands11.0s
4. Vojtěch PlzákTCH Czechoslovakia
Quarter 4time
1. William HuntAUS Australia11.0sQ
2. Félix MendizábalESP Spain11.2sQ
3. Francis IrvineZAF South Africa
4. Bjarne GuldagerNOR Norway
5. Nils SandströmSWE Sweden
Quarter 5time
1. Vittorio ZuccaITA Italy11.4sQ
2. Cor WezepoelNED Netherlands11.5sQ
3. Leonard DixonZAF South Africa
4. August WaibelSUI Switzerland
5. Alexandre ServaisLUX Luxembourg

Heats - Sunday 15.08

First 2 from each of 12 Heats advanced to Quarter-Finals.
Heat 1time
1. Morris KirkseyUSA United States11.0sQ
2. Josef ImbachSUI Switzerland11.0sQ
3. René LorainFRA France
4. Johan JohansenNOR Norway
5. Jaime CampsESP Spain
6. Giovanni OrlandiITA Italy
Heat 2time
1. Paul BrochartBEL Belgium11.4sQ
2. René TirardFRA France11.7sQ
3. Diego OrdóñezESP Spain
4. Jean ColbachLUX Luxembourgs
5. Eduard HašekTCH Czechoslovakia
Heat 3time
1. Charley PaddockUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Harry EdwardGBR Great Britain10.9sQ
3. Carlos BotínESP Spain11.2s
4. Shinichi YamaokaJPN Japan
5. Edmond MédécinMONMON
Heat 4time
1. Émile Ali-KhanFRA France11.0sQ
2. Victor d'ArcyGBR Great Britain11.1sQ
3. Rolf StenersenNOR Norway
4. Dimitrios KarabatisGRE Greece
5. Sven MalmSWE Sweden
Heat 5time
1. Harold AbrahamsGBR Great Britain11.0sQ
2. Alexander PontonCAN Canada11.1sQ
3. Giorgio CrociITA Italy11.2s
4. Harry van RappardNED Netherlands
5. Reinhold SaulmannEST Estonia
Heat 6time
1. Jack OosterlaakZAF South Africa11.0sQ
2. George DavidsonNZL New Zealand11.1sQ
3. Agne HolmströmSWE Sweden
4. Fritiof AndersenDEN Denmark
5. Jean LefèvreBEL Belgium
Heat 7time
1. Jackson ScholzUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Marinus SørensenDEN Denmark11.2sQ
3. Cyril CoaffeeCAN Canada
4. Julien LehouckBEL Belgium
5. Asle BækkedalNOR Norway
Heat 8time
1. Harry EdwardGBR Great Britain10.8sQ
2. Loren MurchisonUSA United States10.9sQ
3. René MourlonFRA France11.0s
4. William HuntAUS Australia11.2s
5. Mario RiccobonoITA Italy
Heat 9time
1. William HillGBR Great Britain11.0sQ
2. Félix MendizábalESP Spain Q
3. Willie BukesZAF South Africa
4. August SørensenDEN Denmark
5. Vittorio ZuccaITA Italy
Heat 10time
1. Charley PaddockUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Émile Ali-KhanFRA France10.9sQ
3. George DavidsonNZL New Zealand
4. Harold AbrahamsGBR Great Britain
5. Cor WezepoelNED Netherlands
Heat 11time
1. Jackson ScholzUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Jack OosterlaakZAF South Africa11.0sQ
3. Josef ImbachSUI Switzerland11.1s
4. René TirardFRA France11.2s
5. Alexander PontonCAN Canada11.4s
Heat 12time
1. Morris KirkseyUSA United States10.8sQ
2. Paul BrochartBEL Belgium Q
3. Victor d'ArcyGBR Great Britain
4. Marinus SørensenDEN Denmark
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