| Final | time | L | | 1. Ralph Craig |  United States | 10.8s | 2 | | 2. Alvah Meyer | United States | 10.9s | 1 | | 3. Donald Lippincott | United States | 10.9s | 4 | | 4. George Patching |  South Africa | 10.9s e | 3 | | 5. Frank Belote | United States | 19.9s e | 5 | | -. Howard Drew | United States | DNS | 6 |
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| | | Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. | | 70 competitors from 33 nations. |
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As in 1908 there were 17 heats, with two qualifying from each heat for
the semi-final round. Lippincott was the fastest in the first round with
10.6, a metre clear of Applegarth in heat 16. Lippincott, Meyer and
Craig all won their semi-finals in 10.7, but the favourite for the final
was Howard Drew who had pulled a muscle winning his semi-final.
However, Drew did not appear at the start of the final.
At the eighth time of asking (!), Patching was away quickest. Craig
then got into top gear, catching the Springbok at 60m and won going
away. Meyer was second, inches ahead of the others who finished
almost in a tie, with Patching perhaps unlucky not to have been ruled
third.
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| | | 6 Semis with 33 athletes. Winners of each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Howard Drew | United States | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Ira Courtney | United States | | | | 3. Peter Gerhardt | United States | | | | 4. Charles Luther |  Sweden | | | | 5. Erwin Kern |  Germany | | | | 6. Vilmos Rácz |  Hungary | | |
Drew "ran magnificently" and used a "powerful, concentrated finish" to become "a safe winner.
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. George Patching | South Africa | 10.9s | Q | | 2. Knut Lindberg | Sweden | | | | 3. Richard Rice | Great Britain | | | | 4. Franco Giongo |  Italy | | | | 5. Aelter Léon |  Belgium | | |
Patching had another false start in this round. Lindberg fell behind early, dropping to fourth place at the halfway mark, but challenged Patching with a "hard spurt" at the end. The distance between the two was too much for him to make up, however.
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Alvah Meyer | United States | 10.7s | Q | | 2. David Jacobs | Great Britain | | | | 3. Frank Lukeman |  Canada | | | | 4. Szalay Pál | Hungary | | | | -. Rolf Smedmark | Sweden | DNF | |
In an event marred by false starts, this semifinal heat was decided by a legal start that one runner thought false. Smedmark was off first, but came to a stop thinking he had false started. The remaining runners saw a "hard struggle between Meyer and Jacobs" with Meyer "strongest in the last 10 metres" to win.
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| Semi 4 | time | | | 1. Ralph Craig | United States | 10.7s | Q | | 2. Richard Rau | Germany | 10.9s | | | 3. William Stewart |  Australasia | | | | 4. István Jankovich | Hungary | | | | 5. René Mourlon |  France | | | | 6. Ferenc Szobota | Hungary | | |
This semifinal heat featured 9 false starts. Rau led for the first 70 metres before being caught by Craig, who "won by more than a metre.
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| Semi 5 | time | | | 1. Donald Lippincott | United States | 10.7s | Q | | 2. Willie Applegarth | Great Britain | | | | 3. Bedřich Vygoda |  Bohrmia | | | | 4. Clement Wilson | United States | | | | 5. Victor d'Arcy | Great Britain | | | | 6. John Howard | Canada | | |
This heat had a "sharp struggle for the lead during the whole of the race.
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| Semi 6 | time | | | 1. Frank Belote | United States | 11.1s | Q | | 2. Reuben Povey | South Africa | | | | 3. Rupert Thomas | United States | | | | 4. Ivan Möller | Sweden | | | | 5. Arthur Anderson | Great Britain | | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th July | | 17 Heats with 70 athletes. Best 2 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Charles Luther | Sweden | 12.8s | Q |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Ivan Möller | Sweden | 11.5s | Q | | 2. Szalay Pál | Hungary | | Q | | 3. Rudolf Rauch |  Austria | | |
Möller and Szalay were close at 70 metres; "Möller was stronger in the finish, however, and won by something more than half a metre."
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Ira Courtney | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. István Jankovich | Hungary | | Q | | 3. Pierre Failliot | France | | | | 4. Henry Blakeney | Great Britain | | | | 5. Ladislav Jiránek-Strana | Bohrmia | | | | 6. Pablo Eitel |  Chile | | |
There was much separation at the top of this heat; Courtney "won without being extended" and Jankovich "was a very easy second."
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Richard Rice | Great Britain | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Rolf Smedmark | Sweden | | Q |
With both runners assured of advancement to the semifinals, they "ran the course very quietly" with Rice "breaking the tape easily ahead of" Smedmark.
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Victor d'Arcy | Great Britain | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Reuben Povey | South Africa | | Q | | 3. António Stromp |  Portugal | | |
This was a close race between the top two placers, with d'Arcy "shak[ing] off" Povey at the end and winning "by a metre."
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Richard Rau |  Germany | 11.5s | Q | | 2. Vilmos Rácz | Hungary | | Q | | 3. Ture Person | Sweden | | | | 4. Robert Schurrer | France | | | | 5. Dimitrios Triantafyllakos |  Greece | | | | 6. Leopolds Lēvenšteins |  Russia | | |
Rau started strongly and led throughout.
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| Heat 7 | time | | | 1. William Stewart | Australasia | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Aelter Léon | Belgium | | Q | | 3. Charles Lelong | France | | | | 4. Jan Grijseels |  Netherlands | | | | 5. Richard Schwarz | Russia | | |
In one of the faster heats, Stewart finished "well in front of [Aelter], who also ran very well."
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| Heat 8 | time | | | 1. Knut Lindberg | Sweden | 11.6s | Q | | 2. Bedřich Vygoda | Bohrmia | 11.6s | Q | | 3. Dušan Milošević |  Serbia | 11.6s | | | 4. Jón Halldórsson |  Iceland | 12.1s | |
Lindberg won the heat "easily.
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| Heat 9 | time | | | 1. Alvah Meyer | United States | 11.6s | Q | | 2. Franco Giongo | Italy | | Q | | 3. Robert Duncan | Great Britain | | | | 4. Georges Rolot | France | | |
Meyer "won without any apparent effort," as Giongo "ran well, although he was not the same class as the American.
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| Heat 10 | time | | | 1. David Jacobs | Great Britain | 10.8s | Q, =OR | | 2. Clement Wilson | United States | | Q | | 3. Marius Delaby | France | | | | 4. Herman Sotaaen |  Norway | | | | 5. Labík-Gregan Václav | Bohrmia | | |
Jacobs matched the Olympic record in a tight heat, neck-and-neck with Wilson for most of the way before winning by "a hands-breadth.
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| Heat 11 | time | | | 1. Frank Belote | United States | 11.0s | Q | | 2. René Mourlon | France | | Q | | 3. Henry Macintosh | Great Britain | | | | 4. Harry Beasley | Canada | | |
Belote was "a safe winner, after a very quick finish.
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| Heat 12 | time | | | 1. Peter Gerhardt | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Frank Lukeman | Canada | | Q | | 3. Fritz Weinzinger | Austria | | | | 4. Alexander Pedersen | Norway | | | | 5. Duncan Macmillan | Great Britain | | |
Weinzinger had a good start and led at 25 metres before falling to third. Gerhard "was clearly the best man.
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| Heat 13 | time | | | 1. John Howard | Canada | 11.0s | Q | | 2. George Patching | South Africa | | Q | | 3. Harold Heiland | United States | | | | 4. Pavel Shtiglits |  Russia | | | | -. Emil Ketterer | Germany | DNF | |
Patching had a false start. The top three men were close, with Patching leading at 85 metres but Howard taking the lead at the end by "the least bit.
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| Heat 14 | time | | | 1. Arthur Anderson | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Rupert Thomas | United States | | Q | | 3. Frank McConnell | Canada | | | | 4. Skotte Jacobsson | Sweden | | |
McConnell led early but faltered at the end; Thomas passed him for the second qualifying spot "just before reaching the post.
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| Heat 15 | time | | | 1. Howard Drew | United States | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Erwin Kern | Germany | | Q | | 3. Julien Boullery | France | | | | -. James Barker | Great Britain | DNF | |
There was a false start. Drew "won easily" with Kern "a pretty good distance behind.
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| Heat 16 | time | | | 1. Donald Lippincott | United States | 10.6s | Q, OR | | 2. Willie Applegarth | Great Britain | | Q | | 3. Max Herrmann | Germany | | | | 4. Ervin Szerelemhegyi | Hungary | | | | 5. Yahiko Mishima |  Japan | | |
There were two false starts in this heat before, on the third try, Lippincott set a new Olympic record and the first official world record. He "led from start to finish, and gave the impression that he would be an easy winner, but Applegarth came on very quickly in the last 20 metres, and Lippincott had to do his very best in order to keep the lead.
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| Heat 17 | time | | | 1. Ralph Craig | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Ferenc Szobota | Hungary | | Q | | 3. Ragnar Ekberg | Sweden | | | | 4. Fritz Fleischer | Austria | | |
Ekberg started well and led through halfway before being passed by Craig and Szobota at around 60 metres. Craig then "won easily" over Szobota.
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| World Record | | 10.5s(*) | Emil Ketterer, Germany Karlsruhe (GER) July 9, 1911 | | 10.5s(*) | Richard Rau, Germany Braunschweig (GER) August 13, 1911 | | 10.5s(*) | Richard Rau, Germany Munich (GER) May 12, 1912 | | 10.5s(*) | Erwin Kern, Germany Munich (GER) May 26, 1912 | | Olympic Record | | 10.8s | Frank Jarvis, United States Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900 | | 10.8s | Walter Tewksbury, United States Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900 | | 10.8s | James Rector, United States London (GBR) July 20, 1908 | | 10.8s(**) | Reggie Walker, South Africa London (GBR) July 21, 1908 | | 10.8s | James Rector, United States London (GBR) July 21, 1908 | | 10.8s | Reggie Walker, South Africa London (GBR) July 22, 1908 |
| _ (**) Actual time was 10.7, rounded up to the nearest fifth, in accordance with rules in force at the time. So his time was only given as 104⁄5.The Olympic record for the 100 metres coming into 1912 was 10.8 seconds. | It was matched by David Jacobs of Great Britain in the 10th heat before being broken by American Donald Lippincott with 10.6 seconds in the 16th heat. This was also the inaugural official world record in the 100 metres. Three semifinalists (including Lippincott) ran the race in 10.7 seconds, but the new record of 10.6 seconds stood for the rest of the event. |
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