Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Date	July 14
Competitors	20 from 9 nations
Medalists
Frank Jarvis United States   John Tewksbury United States   Stanley Rowley Australia
«1896	1904»

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
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400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
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Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
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The men's 100 metres was a sprint athletics (track and field) event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 14, 1900. 20 athletes from nine nations competed.

Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2.1 First round 2.2 Semifinals 2.3 Repechage 2.4 Final 3 Sources

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10.8(*)	Luther Cary	Paris (FRA)	July 4, 1891
	10.8(*)	Cecil Lee	Brussels (BEL)	September 25, 1892
	10.8(*)	Étienne De Re	Brussels (BEL)	August 4, 1893
	10.8(*)	L. Atcherley	Frankfurt/Main (GER)	April 13, 1895
	10.8(*)	Harry Beaton	Rotterdam (NED)	August 28, 1895
	10.8(*)	Harald Anderson-Arbin	Helsingborg (SWE)	August 9, 1896
	10.8(*)	Isaac Westergren	Gävle (SWE)	September 11, 1898
	10.8(*)	Isaac Westergren	Gävle (SWE)	September 10, 1899
Olympic Record	11.8	Tom Burke	Athens (GRE)	April 6, 1896 (NS)

(*) unofficial

Arthur Duffey in the first heat of the first round and John 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 equalized the unofficial world record with 10.8 seconds. In the second semifinal John Tewksbury also equalized the world record with 10.8 seconds.

Results

First round

In the first round, there were six heats. The top two runners in each advanced to the semifinals.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Arthur Duffey (USA)	11.4 s
2	Frederick Moloney (USA)	Unknown
3	Václav Nový (BOH)	Unknown

Moloney was about a metre behind Duffey at the finish.

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	John Tewksbury (USA)	11.4 s
2	Thaddeus McClain (USA)	Unknown
3	Pál Koppán (HUN)	Unknown

Tewksbury won this heat by less than a foot.

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Frank Jarvis (USA)	10.8 s =WR
2	Stanley Rowley (AUS)	Unknown
3	Umberto Colombo (ITA)	Unknown
4	Julius Keyl (GER)	Unknown

The fastest of the preliminary heats featured two of the eventual medallists, one of whom tied the world record for the event.

First round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Clark Leiblee (USA)	11.4 s
2	Kurt Dörry (GER)	Unknown
3	Johannes Gandil (DEN)	Unknown

Leiblee won this heat by less than half a metre.

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Norman Pritchard (IND)	11.4 s
2	Edmund Minahan (USA)	Unknown
3	Ernő Schubert (HUN)	Unknown
4	Isaac Westergren (SWE)	Unknown

The fifth heat was the only one that was not won by an American runner. Minahan was about half a metre behind Pritchard.

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Charles Burroughs (USA)	11.4 s
2	Dixon Boardman (USA)	Unknown
3	Henry Slack (USA)	Unknown

In an all-American heat, Burroughs defeated Boardman by about a metre. Slack finished third to become the only American runner to be eliminated in the first round.

Semifinals

There were three semifinals, each with four runners. The top runner in each of the semifinals advanced to the semifinal, while the second and third place runners competed in the repechage. The winner of the six-runner repechage advanced to the final as well.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Arthur Duffey (USA)	11.0 s
2	Stanley Rowley (AUS)	Unknown
3	Charles Burroughs (USA)	Unknown
4	Dixon Boardman (USA)	Unknown

Duffey dropped almost half a second from his preliminary heat time, while Rowley ran somewhat slower in his second race. He finish about a metre and a half behind the leader. Burroughs again defeated Boardman, eliminating Boardman from competition while remaining in contention in the repechage.

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	John Tewksbury (USA)	10.8 s =WR
2	Clark Leiblee (USA)	Unknown
3	Frederick Moloney (USA)	Unknown
—	Kurt Dörry (GER)	DNF

Tewksbury tied the 100 metres world record in this semifinal; he was the second runner to accomplish that at the Paris Games. Leiblee was inches behind him. There is some question as to whether Dörry started the race, but he did not finish it.

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Frank Jarvis (USA)	11.2 s
2	Thaddeus McClain (USA)	Unknown
3	Norman Pritchard (IND)	Unknown
4	Edmund Minahan (USA)	Unknown

Jarvis was slower in the semifinal than he had been in the preliminary heats, where he tied the world record at 10.8 seconds. He still won, however, as McClain and Pritchard were relegated to the repechage and Minahan was eliminated.

Repechage

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Stanley Rowley (AUS)	11.0 s
2	Norman Pritchard (IND)	Unknown
3	Clark Leiblee (USA)	Unknown
4-6	Charles Burroughs (USA)	Unknown
	Thaddeus McClain (USA)	Unknown
	Frederick Moloney (USA)	Unknown

The repechage was a very close race, with Rowley defeating Pritchard by a couple of inches. Rowley advanced to the final while Pritchard and the four Americans were eliminated.

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Frank Jarvis (USA)	11.0 s
2	John Tewksbury (USA)	11.1 s (est.)
3	Stanley Rowley (AUS)	11.2 s (est.)
—	Arthur Duffey (USA)	DNF

Duffey led halfway through the race before pulling a muscle and withdrawing from the competition. Jarvis and Tewksbury, who had each tied the world record in the earlier races, finished first and second, with Rowley close behind.

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0. 

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