| Final 17:30 | time | electr | L | | 1. Armin Hary |  UT Germany | 10.2s OR | 10.32s | 6 | | 2. Dave Sime |  United States | 10.2s | 10.35s | 1 | | 3. Peter Radford |  Great Britain | 10.3s | 10.42s | 5 | | 4. Enrique Figuerola |  Cuba | 10.3s | 10.44s | 4 | | 5. Frank Budd | United States | 10.3s | 10.46s | 2 | | 6. Ray Norton | United States | 10.4s | 10.50s | 3 |
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| | | Venue: Stadio Olimpico 65,000. | | 61 competitors from 45 nations. |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday 01.09 15:40 | | First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | electr | | 1. Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.4s | 10.57s | | 2. Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.4s | 10.58s | | 3. Frank Budd | United States | 10.5s | 10.65s | | 4. Marian Foik |  Poland | 10.5s | 10.66s | | 5. Tom Robinson |  Bahamas | 10.5s | 10.69s | | 6. Harry Jerome |  Canada | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | time | electr | | 1. Armin Hary | UT Germany | 10.3s | 10.41s | | 2. Dave Sime | United States | 10.4s | 10.46s | | 3. Ray Norton | United States | 10.5s | 10.47s | | 4. David Jones | Great Britain | 10.4s | 10.48s | | 5. Horacio Esteves |  Venezuela | 10.6s | 10.57s | | 6. Seraphino Antao |  Kenya | 10.6s | 10.72s |
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Norton, the world’s best in 1959, was the favourite together with Hary
and Canada’s Harry Jerome. Hary set an Olympic record of 10.2
(10.32) in his quarter-final. Jerome, who, like Hary, had run 10.0 earlier
in the season, was leading his semi-final at 50m when he pulled up with
a leg injury. Hary won the other semi-final.
Hary, known in his own country as “the thief of starts”, was called
back for a false start in the final. Once the race started, he took a metre
lead in the first 10 with his technically superb start, and held off veteran
Dave Sime, who had been last after 25m. Radford closed quickly to
edge the surprising Figuerola for the bronze medal, with the favoured
two Americans performing below par. Hary, the first German to win
Olympic gold in a track event, was later found to be able to react in
three thousandths of a second – rather quicker than the current allowable limit
of 10 thousands.
| Quarter 1 | time | electr | | 1. Horacio Esteves | Venezuela | 10.5s | 10.71s | | 2. Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.6s | 10.76s | | 3. Ray Norton | United States | 10.6s | 10.78s | | 4. Jocelyn Delecour |  France | 10.7s | 10.87s | | 5. Edward Jefferys |  South Africa | 10.7s | 10.89s | | 6. Edwin Osolin |  Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.90s | | 7. Heinz Müller |  Switzerland | 10.8s | 10.95s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | electr | | 1. Armin Hary | UT Germany | 10.2s | 10.32s | | 2. Dave Sime | United States | 10.3s | 10.37s | | 3. Marian Foik | Poland | 10.4s | 10.48s | | 4. Dennis Johnson |  West Iindies | 10.4s | 10.51s | | 5. Carl Fredrik Bunæs |  Norway | 10.5s | 10.69s | | 6. Juri Konowalow | Soviet Union | 10.5s | 10.69s | | 7. Sitiveni Moceidreke |  Figi | 10.7s | 10.85s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | electr | | 1. Frank Budd | United States | 10.4s | 10.52s | | 2. Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.4s | 10.53s | | 3. David Jones | Great Britain | 10.5s | 10.68s | | 4. Erasmus Amukun |  Uganda | 10.6s | 10.75s | | 5. Claude Piquemal | France | 10.6s | 10.76s | | 6. Gusman Kossanow | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.87s | | 7. Santiago Plaza |  Mexiko | 10.8s | 10.93s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | electr | | 1. Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.4s | 10.58s | | 2. Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.4s | 10.60s | | 3. Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 10.4s | 10.61s | | 4. Abdoulaye Seye | France | 10.4s | 10.64s | | 5. Lloyd Murad | Venezuela | 10.8s | 10.97s | | 6. Rafael Romero | Venezuela | 11.1s | 11.23s |
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Heats - Wednesday 31.08 16:00 |
| Heat 1 | time | electr | | 1. Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.4s | 10.57s | | 2. Carl Fredrik Bunæs | Norway | 10.7s | 10.80s | | 3. Juri Konowalow | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.83s | | 4. Suthi Manyakass |  Thailand | 10.8s | 10.87s | | 5. Mikhail Bachvarov |  Bulgarien | 11.0s | 10.95s | | 6. Amos Grodzinowsky |  Israel | 11.1s | 11.19s | | 7. Raj Joshi Tilak |  India | 11.3s | 11.43s |
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| Heat 2 | time | electr | | 1. Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 10.5s | 10.64s | | 2. Armin Hary | UT Germany | 10.6s | 10.74s | | 3. Heinz Müller | Switzerland | 10.8s | 10.94s | | 4. Gustav Ntiforo |  Ghana | 11.0s | 11.15s | | 5. Isaac Gómez |  Philippines | 11.0s | 11.19s | | 6. Dennis Tipping |  Australia | 11.2s | 11.30s | | 7. Abdul Khaliq |  Pakistan | 11.2s | 11.34s |
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| Heat 3 | time | electr | | 1. Horacio Esteves | Venezuela | 10.4s | 10.62s | | 2. Dennis Johnson | West Iindies | 10.4s | 10.66s | | 3. Dave Sime | United States | 10.5s | 10.75s | | 4. Lynn Eves | Canada | 10.8s | 11.01s | | 5. Aggrey Awori | Uganda | 10.9s | 11.09s | | 6. Patrick Lowry |  Ireland | 10.9s | 11.11s | | 7. Roba Negousse |  Ethiopia | 11.3s | 11.47s |
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| Heat 4 | time | electr | | 1. Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.5s | 10.72s | | 2. Jocelyn Delecour | France | 10.5s | 10.75s | | 3. Erasmus Amukun | Uganda | 10.6s | 10.80s | | 4. Affonso da Silva |  Brazil | 10.8s | 10.98s | | 5. Bouchaib El-Maachi |  Morocco | 10.9s | 11.11s | | 6. Shahrudin Mohamed Ali |  Malaya | 11.0s | 11.11s | | -. Omagbemi |  Nigeria | DNS | |
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| Heat 5 | time | electr | | 1. Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.5s | 10.68s | | 2. Lloyd Murad | Venezuela | 10.7s | 10.28s | | 3. Sitiveni Moceidreke | Figi | 10.8s | 10.92s | | 4. George Short | Canada | 10.9s | 11.04s | | 5. Emmanuel Putu |  Liberia | 11.2s | 11.34s | | 6. Kim Jong-cheol |  South Korea | 11.5s | 11.63s |
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| Heat 6 | time | electr | | 1. Ray Norton | United States | 10.7s | 10.88s | | 2. Gusman Kossanow | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.90s | | 3. Santiago Plaza | Mexiko | 10.8s | 10.95s | | 4. Walter Mahlendorf | UT Germany | 10.8s | 10.98s | | 5. Romain Poté |  Belgium | 11.0s | 11.19s | | 6. Aydın Onur |  Turkey | 11.3s | 11.45s | | 7. Abdul Hadi Shekaib |  Afghanistan | 11.6s | 11.79s |
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| Heat 7 | time | electr | | 1. David Jones | Great Britain | 10.5s | 10.69s | | 2. Abdoulaye Seye | France | 10.6s | 10.75s | | 3. Rafael Romero | Venezuela | 10.7s | 10.89s | | 4. Elmar Kunauer |  Austria | 11.0s | 11.13s | | 5. Huang Suh-chuang |  Taiwan | 11.2s | 11.37s | | 6. Khudir Zalata |  Iraq | 11.0s | 11.11s | | -. Iftikhar Shah | Pakistan | DNF | |
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| Heat 8 | time | electr | | 1. Marian Foik | Poland | 10.5s | k.a. | | 2. Edward Jefferys | South Africa | 10.6s | | | 3. Claude Piquemal | France | 10.7s | | | 4. Jalal Gozal |  Indonesia | 10.9s | k.a. | | 5. Manfred Germar | UT Germany | 11.0s | | | 6. Hamdan El-Tayeb |  Sudan | 11.1s | | | 7. José Albarrán |  Spain | 11.2s | |
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| Heat 9 | time | electr | | 1. Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.4s | 10.51s | | 2. Frank Budd | United States | 10.4s | 10.55s | | 3. Edwin Osolin | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.86s | | 4. Hilmar Þorbjörnsson |  Iceland | 10.9s | 11.05s | | 5. Nikolaos Georgopoulos |  Greece | 11.0s | 11.12s | | 6. Moustafa Abdel Kader |  Un. Arab Republic | 11.2s | 11.34s | | 7. James Roberts | Liberia | 11.2s | 11.37s |
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| World Record | | 10.0s Armin Hary, West Germany Zürich, Switzerland 21 June 1960 | | 10.0s Harry Jerome, Canada Saskatoon, Canada 15 July 1960 |
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| 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 | | 10.3s Bobby Morrow, United States Melbourne, Australia 23 November 1956 | | 10.3s Ira Murchison, United States Melbourne, Australia 23 November 1956 | | 10.3s Bobby Morrow, United States Melbourne, Australia 24 November 1956 |
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