Men's 100 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 15–16
Competitors	61 from 23 nations
Medalists
Charlie Paddock   United States   Morris Kirksey   United States   Harry Edward   Great Britain
«1912	1924»

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 100 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, August 15, 1920 and on Monday, August 16, 1920.

Sixty-one sprinters from 23 nations competed.

Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2.1 Heats 2.2 Quarterfinals 2.3 Semifinals 2.4 Final 3 References

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10.6(*)	Donald Lippincott	Stockholm (SWE)	July 6, 1912
Olympic Record	10.6	Donald Lippincott	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. (see the records prior the 1912 Summer Olympics.)

In the final Charlie Paddock equalized the Olympic record with 10.6 seconds.

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hill (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Mario Riccobono (ITA)	11.2	Q
3	Marcel Gustin (BEL)
4	Ichiro Kaga (JPN)
5	Paul Hammer (LUX)
6	Jan de Vries (NED)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Mourlon (FRA)	11.2	Q
2	August Sørensen (DEN)	11.3	Q
3	Erik Lindvall (SWE)
4	Ahmed Khairy (EGY)
5	Purma Bannerjee (IND)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Willie Bukes (RSA)	10.9	Q
3	Albert Heijnneman (NED)	11.0
4	Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hunt (AUS)	11.0	Q
2	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)	11.2	Q
3	Frank Irvine (RSA)
4	Bjarne Guldager (NOR)
5	Nils Sandström (SWE)

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Vittorio Zucca (ITA)	11.4	Q
2	Cor Wezepoel (NED)	11.5	Q
3	Leonard Dixon (RSA)
4	August Waibel (SUI)
5	Alex Servais (LUX)

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	11.0	Q
2	Josef Imbach (SUI)	11.0	Q
3	René Lorain (FRA)
4	Johan Johansen (NOR)
5	Jaime Camps (ESP)
6	Giovanni Orlandi (ITA)

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Brochart (BEL)	11.4	Q
2	René Tirard (FRA)	11.7	Q
3	Diego Ordóñez (ESP)
4	Jean Colbach (LUX)
5	Eduard Hašek (TCH)

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charlie Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.9	Q
3	Carlos Botín (ESP)	11.2
4	Shinichi Yamaoka (JPN)
5	Edmond Médécim (MON)

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	11.0	Q
2	Victor d'Arcy (GBR)	11.1	Q
3	Rolf Stenersen (NOR)
4	Dimitrios Karambatis (GRE)
5	Sven Malm (SWE)

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	11.1	Q
3	Giorgio Croci (ITA)	11.2
4	Harry van Rappard (NED)
5	Reinhold Saulmann (EST)

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	11.0	Q
2	George Davidson (NZL)	11.1	Q
3	Agne Holmström (SWE)
4	Fritiof Andersen (DEN)
5	Jean Lefèvre (BEL)

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Marinus Sørensen (DEN)	11.2	Q
3	Cyril Coaffee (CAN)
4	Julien Lehouck (BEL)
5	Asle Bækkedal (NOR)

[edit] Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.8	Q
2	Loren Murchison (USA)	10.9	Q
3	René Mourlon (FRA)	11.0
4	William Hunt (AUS)	11.2
5	Mario Riccobono (ITA)

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Hill (GBR)	11.0	Q
2	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)		Q
3	Willie Bukes (RSA)
4	August Sørensen (DEN)
5	Vittorio Zucca (ITA)

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charlie Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	10.9	Q
3	George Davidson (NZL)
4	Harold Abrahams (GBR)
5	Cor Wezepoel (NED)

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	11.0	Q
3	Josef Imbach (SUI)	11.1
4	René Tirard (FRA)	11.2
5	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	11.4

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Paul Brochart (BEL)		Q
3	Victor d'Arcy (GBR)
4	Marinus Sørensen (DEN)

[edit] Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.8	Q
2	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.9	Q
3	Morris Kirksey (USA)	11.0	Q
4	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)
5	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charlie Paddock (USA)	10.8	Q
2	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	10.8	Q
3	Loren Murchison (USA)	11.0	Q
4	Paul Brochart (BEL)
5	William Hill (GBR)

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Charlie Paddock (USA)	10.6 =OR
2	Morris Kirksey (USA)	10.8
3	Harry Edward (GBR)	11.0
4	Jackson Scholz (USA)	11.0
5	Émile Ali-Khan (FRA)	11.1
6	Loren Murchison (USA)	11.2

[edit] References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report.  (French)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 11 August 2007.  (Polish)

v • d • e Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m 1896: Tom Burke • 1900: Frank Jarvis • 1904: Archie Hahn • 1908: Reggie Walker • 1912: Ralph Craig • 1920: Charlie Paddock • 1924: Harold Abrahams • 1928: Percy Williams • 1932: Eddie Tolan • 1936: Jesse Owens • 1948: Harrison Dillard • 1952: Lindy Remigino • 1956: Bobby Joe Morrow • 1960: Armin Hary • 1964: Bob Hayes • 1968: Jim Hines • 1972: Valeri Borzov • 1976: Hasely Crawford • 1980: Allan Wells • 1984: Carl Lewis • 1988: Carl Lewis • 1992: Linford Christie • 1996: Donovan Bailey • 2000: Maurice Greene • 2004: Justin Gatlin • 2008: Usain Bolt