| Final 4:15 pm | time | L | | 1. Reginald Walker |  South Africa | 10.8s | 1 | | 2. James Rector |  United States | 10.9s | 2 | | 3. Robert Kerr |  Canada States | 10.9s | 4 | | 4. Nathaniel Cartmell | United States | 11.0s | 3 |
| Venue: White City Stadium. 60 competitors from 16 nations. |
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Rector was the fastest man in the 17 (!) first round heats, equalling the
Olympic record of 10.8, and repeated his time in round 2, with Walker
equalling him.
Walker, drawn on the inside in the final, started fastest and, though
caught and passed by Rector at 50m, responded strongly at the 60m
mark to pull away to win by a metre in 10.7. The time was rounded up
to 10.8 under the rules at the time. Rector just edged Kerr for second,
both wastefully raising their arms at the finish.
| World Record: 10.6s* - Knut Lindberg (SWE) - Gothenburg (SWE), August 26, 1906 | | Olympic Record: 10.8s - Frank Jarvis (USA) - Paris (FRA), July 14, 1900 and Walter Tewksbury (USA) - Paris (FRA), July 14, 1900 | | James Rector (USA) in the 15th heat and the third semi-final and Regginald Walker in the first semi-final and final both equalized the standing Olympic record. Regginald Walker's actual time in the first semi-final was 10.7, but was rounded up to the nearest fifth in accordance with rules in force at the time, so his time was given as 104⁄5. |
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Semifinals - Tuesday, 21st July, 3:35 pm. | | Winner of each Semifinal advanced to the Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Regginald Walker | South Africa | 10.8s | | 2. William W. May | United States | (11.0s) | | 3. Patrick Roche |  Great Britain | Unknown | | 4. Lester Stevens | United States | Unknown | | -. Robert Cloughen | United States | DNS |
Cloughen withdrew to prepare for the 200m heats. Walker took the lead after about 50 metres and crossed the line about a yard in front of May to become the second sprinter to tie the Olympic record at the London Games. His actual time was 10.7, rounded up to the nearest fifth, in accordance with rules in force at the time; therefore, his time was given as 104⁄5.
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Robert Kerr | Canada | 11.0s | | 2. Nathaniel Sherman | United States | (11.3s) | | 3. John W. Morton | Great Britain | Unknown | | -. William Hamilton | United States | DNS |
Hamilton withdrew to prepare for the 200m heats. Kerr had little difficulty winning this heat, leading by three yards at the finish.
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| Semi 3 | time | | 1. James Rector | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Harold Huff | United States | (11.1s) | | 3. Edward Duffy | South Africa | Unknown | | 4. Robert Duncan | Great Britain | Unknown |
Rector again won easily, tying the Olympic record for the second time.
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| Semi 4 | time | | 1. Nate Cartmell | United States | 11.2s | | 2. Lawson Robertson | United States | (11.2s) | | 3. James P. Stark | Great Britain | Unknown | | 4. John George | Great Britain | Unknown |
Cartmell and Robertson ran a tight race, with Cartmell winning by about a foot.
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Heats - Monday, 20th July. | | Winner of each one of 17 Heats advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Edward Duffy | South Africa | 11.6s | | 2. Georgios Skoutarides |  Greece | (11.9) | | 3. Victor Henny |  Netherlands | Unknown |
Duffy won this heat by three yards.
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. John George | Great Britain | 11.6 | | 2. Oscar Guttormsen |  Norway | (12.0s) |
George was ahead of Guttormsen by three yards when he finished.
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Nate Cartmell | United States | 11.0s | | 2. Georges Malfait |  France | (11.2s) | | 3. Arthur Hoffmann |  Germany | (11.4s) | | 4. Evert Koops | Netherlands | Unknown |
Cartmell crossed the finish line two yards ahead of Malfait.
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Regginald Walker | South Africa | 11.0s | | 2. Jean Konings |  Belgium | (11.6s) | | 3. Denis Murray | Great Britain | Unknown | | 4. Edgar Kiralfy | United States | Unknown | | 5. Ernestus Greven | Netherlands | Unknown |
Walker was four yards ahead of the field when he finished. Records do not indicate which of the final two runners took which place.
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Robert Cloughen | United States | 11.0s | | 2. John Johansen | Norway | (11.7s) | | 3. David Beland | Canada | Unknown | | -. Henry Harmer | Great Britain | DNF |
Harmer pulled up lame. Cloughen won by five yards.
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. William W. May | United States | 11.2s | | 2. Victor Jacquemin | Belgium | (11.5s) | | 3. L. Lescat | France | Unknown | | 4. Mikhail Paskalides | Greece | Unknown |
May won by about three yards.
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Robert Duncan | Great Britain | 11.4 | | 2. Knut Stenborg |  Sweden | (11.5s) | | 3. Hans Eicke | Germany | (11.6s) | | 4. Umberto Barrozzi |  Italy | Unknown | | 5. Ragnar Stenberg |  Finland | Unknown |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Lester Stevens | United States | 11.2s | | 2. Knut Lindberg | Sweden | (11.2s) | | 3. Heinrich Rehder | Germany | (11.8s) | | 4. William Murray | Great Britain | Unknown |
Stevens beat world record holder Lindberg by inches.
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. John W. Morton | Great Britain | 11.2s | | 2. Axel Petersen |  Denmark | (11.5s) | | 3. Jacobus Hoogveld | Netherlands | Unknown |
Morton won by about three yards.
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Robert Kerr | Canada | 11.0s | | 2. Meyrick Chapman | Great Britain | (11.3)ss | | -. Paul Fischer | Germany | DNF |
Fischer pulled up lame. Kerr won by three yards.
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. William Hamilton | United States | 11.2s | | 2. Pál Simon |  Hungary | (11.5s) | | 3. G. Lamotte | France | Unknown | | -. Herbert Phillips | South Africa | DNF |
Phillips pulled up lame, allowing Hamilton to win by about three yards.
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. Harold Huff | United States | 11.4s | | 2. Henry Pankhurst | Great Britain | (11.5) | | 3. Karl Fryksdal | Sweden | Unknown |
Huff was only about a yard ahead of Pankhurst when he finished.
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| Heat 13 | time | | 1. Lawson Robertson | United States | 11.4s | | 2. Frank Lukeman | Canada | (11.7s) | | 3. Henri Meslot | France | Unknown | | 4. Eduard Schönecker |  Austria | Unknown |
Robertson won by about three yards.
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| Heat 14 | time | | 1. Nathaniel Sherman | United States | 11.2s | | 2. Louis Sebert | Canada | (11.7s) | | 3. Harold Watson | Great Britain | Unknown | | 4. Frigyes Wiesner | Hungary | Unknown | | 5. Hermann von Bönninghausen | Germany | 12.0s |
Sherman's lead of four yards at the finish was one of the larger leads in the first round.
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| Heat 15 | time | | 1. James Rector | United States | 10.8 =OR | | 2. Vilmos Rácz | Hungary | (11.4s) | | 3. Willy Kohlmey | Germany | (12.0s) |
Rector's Olympic record-tying time gave him a relatively easy victory in the first round.
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| Heat 16 | time | | 1. James P. Stark | Great Britain | 11.8s | | 2. Gaspare Torretta | Italy | (12.0s) |
In one of the slowest of the first round heads, Stark won by about two yards.
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| Heat 17 | time | | 1. Patrick Roche | Great Britain | 11.4s | | 2. Karl Bechler | Germany | (11.4s) |
Roche won by about two yards.
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