Men 100m Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - Saturday, 24th November - Gold Medal: Bobby Joe Morrow, United States
Final wind -5.0m/stimeelectrL
1. Bobby Joe MorrowUSA United States10.5s10.62s6
2. Thane BakerUSA United States10.5s10.77s5
3. Hector HoganAUS Australia10.6s10.77s8
4. Ira MurchisonUSA United States10.6s10.79s3
5. Manfred GermarGER UT Germany10.7s10.86s7
6. Michael AgostiniTRI Trinidad Tobago10.7s10.88s4
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Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000.
65 competitors from 32 nations.
RoundHAthdate
Semi-Finals21224.11
Quarter-Finals42423.11
Heats126523.11

Semi-Finals - Saturday, 24th November

Semi 1timeelectr
1. Ira MurchisonUSA United States10.5s10.79s
2. Michael AgostiniTRI Trinidad Tobago10.5s10.79s
3. Mamnfred GermarGER UT Germany10.6s10.85s
4. Abdullah Salem KhalidPAK Pakistan10.6s10.93s
5. Stanley LevensonCAN Canada10.7s10.94s
6. Yuri KonovalovURS Soviet Union10.8s11.11s
Semi 2timeelectr
1. Bobby Joe MorrowUSA United States10.3s =OR10.52s
2. Thane BakerUSA United States10.4s10.61s
3. Hector HoganAUS Australia10.5s10.62s
4. Maurice RaeNZL New Zealand10.5s10.68s
5. Marian FoikPOL Poland10.6s10.84s
6. Boris TokarevURS Soviet Union10.7s10.91s
The USA was able to leave two men who had run 10.1 off their team. Morrow had won the NCAA, AAU and Olympic Trials meetings and, after a lapse in form in October, duly won the final after producing the fastest preliminary time (10.47 in his first round heat). The wind blew against the runners, building up to a headwind of 5m per second for the final. Hogan, who was to die four years later of leukaemia, was quickest away, and was only caught at halfway by Morrow. The Texan powered away to win by 1.5m, with Baker just gaining second place with a prodigious lean at the finish. The hand tim- ing was clearly in error with Baker officially timed in 10.5. In windless conditions Morrow’s time would have been in the region of 10.25

Quarter-Finals - Friday, 23rd November

Quarter 1timeelectr
1. Bobby Joe MorrowUSA United States10.3s =OR10.55s
2. Michael AgostiniTRI Trinidad Tobago10.5s10.75s
3. Maurice RaeNZL New Zealand10.5s10.78s
4. Béla GoldoványiHUN Hungary10.8s10.95s
5. Heinz FuttererGER UT Germany10.8s10.99s
6. Raymond LandAUS Australia11.0s11.15s
Quarter 2timeelectr
1. Ira MurchisonUSA United States10.3s =OR10.55s
2. Abdullah Salem KhalidPAK Pakistan10.5s10.78s
3. Yuri KonovalovURS Soviet Union10.7s10.93s
4. Luigi GnocchiITA Italy10.8s10.96s
5. Edmund TurtonTRI Trinidad Tobago11.2s11.37s
6. Benjamin Kiyini NgudaUGA Uganda12.8s12.95s
Quarter 3timeelectr
1. Hector HoganAUS Australia10.5s10.78s
2. Boris TokarevURS Soviet Union10.7s10.87s
3. Stanley LevensonCAn Canada10.8s10.93s
4. Janusz JarzembowskiPOL Poland10.8s10.98s
5. Edward Alabi AjadoNGR Nigeria10.9s11.02s
6. Kenneth BoxGBR Great Britain11.3s11.45s
Quarter 4timeelectr
1. Thane BakerUSA United States10.4s10.62s
2. Manfred GermarGER UT Germany10.6s10.80s
3. Marian FoikPOL Poland10.6s10.83s
4. Leonid BartenevURS Soviet Union10.6s10.84s
5. Rene BoninoFRA France10.8s10.96s
6. Roy SandstromGBR Great Britain10.9s11.03s

Heats - Friday, 23rd November

Heat 1timeelectr
1. Ira MurchisonUSA United States10.5s10.67s
2. Janusz JarzembowskiPOL Poland10.7s10.95s
3. Hilmar ÞorbjörnssonISL Iceland10.9s11.12s
4. Mario ColarossiITA Italy10.9s11.14s
5. Rene Ahumada RodriguezMEX Mexico11.1s11.26s
6. Bin Nggah Ali Raja AzlamMAL Malaya11.2s11.41s
Heat 2timeelectr
1. Michael AgostiniTRI Trinidad Tobago10.7s10.98s
2. Luigi GnocchiITA Italy10.7s11.01s
3. Titus Abimbola ErinleNGR Nigeria10.9s11.09s
4. Jorge Machado de BarrosBRA Brazil10.9s11.15s
5. Vachak VoradilokTHA Thailand11.5s11.78s
6. Nigousse RobbaETH Ethiopia11.8s12.07s
Heat 3timeelectr
1. Maurice RaeNZL New Zealand10.7s10.84s
2. Abdullah Salem KhalidPAK Pakistan10.8s10.97s
3. Manfred SteinbachGER UT Germany10.8s10.99s
4. Rafael RomeroVEN Venezuela10.9s11.14s
5. Evaristo IglesiasCUB Cuba11.3s11.50s
Heat 4timeelectr
1. Benjamin Kiyini NgudaUGA Uganda10.7s10.88s
2. Keneth BoxGBR Great Britain10.7s10.96s
3. Kiohei UshioJPN Japan11.0s11.09s
4. Soon KesavanSIN Singapore11.4s11.35s
5. John ParringtonCAn Canada11.6s11.62s
Heat 5timeelectr
1. Marian FoikPOL Poland10.5s10.88s
2. Boris TokarevURS Soviet Union10.6s11.09s
3. Franco GalbiatiITA Italy10.9s11.13s
4. Thomas RobinsonBAH Bahamas10.9s11.30s
5. Johannes Edouard GosalINA Indonesia10.9s11.45s
6. James RobertsLBR Liberia11.2s11.45s
Heat 6timeelectr
1. Manfred GermarGER UT Germany10.7s10.91s
2. Raymond LandAUS Australia10.8s11.05s
3. Keith GardnerJAM Jamaica11.1s11.22s
4. Alain DavidFRA France11.1s11.24s
5. Emmanuel PutuLBR Liberia11.3s11.44s
6. Legesse BeyeneETH Ethiopia11.8s11.94s
Heat 7timeelectr
1. Leonid BartenevURS Soviet Union10.7s10.93s
2. Béla GoldoványiHUN Hungary10.8s11.02s
3. Clive BonasVEN Venezuela10.9s11.17s
4. Gavin CarragherAUS Australia11.0s11.36s
5. Thomas ObiNGR Nigeria11.0s11.47s
6. Bjorn NilsenNOR Norway11.0s11.58s
Heat 8timeelectr
1. Hector HoganAUS Australia10.5s10.72s
2. René BoninoFRA France10.8s10.96s
3. Géza VarasdiHUN Hungary10.8s11.00s
4. Akira KiyofujiJPN Japan10.8s11.00s
Heat 9timeelectr
1. Thane BakerUSA United States10.7s10.93s
2. Edmund TurtonTRI Trinidad Tobago11.1s11.38s
3. Sinnayah KaruppiahMAL Malaya11.3s11.56s
4. Eng-Yoon TanSIN Singapore11.4s11.63s
Heat 10timeelectr
1. Stanley LevensonCAN Canada10.8s10.94s
2. Heinz FuttererGER UT Germany10.9s11.10s
3. Joao Pires SobrinhoBRA Brazil11.0s11.14s
4. Joseph GoddardTRI Trinidad Tobago11.1s11.19s
5. Oliver HunterGUI Guinea11.1s11.22s
6. Ghulam RaziqPAK Pakistan11.2s11.26s
Heat 11timeelectr
1. Edward Alabi AjadoNGR Nigeria10.8s11.01s
2. Roy SandstromGBR Great Britain10.8s11.05s
3. Richard HardingCAN Canada11.0s11.20s
4. Muhamad Sharif ButtPAK Pakistan11.1s11.26s
5. Hailou AbbebeETH Ethiopia11.3s11.54s
6. Snay WongchaoomTHA Thailand11.8s11.95s
Heat 12timeelectr
1. Bobby Joe MorrowUSA United States10.4s10.90s
2. Yuri KonovalovURS Soviet Union10.6s11.04s
3. David SegalGBR Great Britain10.-s11.19s
4. Phaibulya VacharabhanTHA Thailand11.3s11.27s
5. Kah-Fook LeeMALMAL11.6s11.84s
World Record
10.1s Willie Williams, United States Berlin, Germany3 August 1956
10.1s Ira Murchison, United States Berlin, Germany4 August 1956
10.1s Leamon King, United States Ontario, United States20 October 1956
10.1s Leamon King, United States Santa Ana, United States27 October 1956
Olympic Record
10.3s Eddie Tolan, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3s Ralph Metcalfe, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3s Jesse Owens, United States Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936
10.3s Harrison Dillard, United States London, United Kingdom 31 July, 1948
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