| Final | time | L | | 1. Harold Abrahams |  Great Britain | 10.6s =OR | 4 | | 2. Jackson Scholz |  United States | 10.7s | 3 | | 3. Arthur Porritt |  New Zealand | 10.8s | 6 | | 4. Chester Bowman | United States | 10.9s | 5 | | 5. Charles Paddock | United States | 10.9s | 1 | | 6. Loren Murchison | United States | 11.0s | 6 |
| World Record: 10.4s Charles Paddock, United States Redlands, United States 23 April 1921 | | Olympic Record: 10.6s Donald Lippincott, United States Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912 |
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| | | Venue: Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris 45,000. | | 86 competitors from 34 nations. |
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Bowman, Scholz and Paddock were the favourites, but Abrahams
caused a stir when running the only 10.6 in the second round. In the
semis Abrahams again ran 10.6, this time after being left 1.5m behind
the field at the start.
In the final the field got away at the first attempt, and Abrahams
edged ahead just before halfway and won by 60cm from Scholz. He
became the first European to win the Olympic 100m. Porritt finished
fastest of all, moving from fifth to third in the last 25m.
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| | | 2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Jackson Scholz | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Arthur Porritt | New Zealand | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Loren Murchison | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 4. Wilfred Nichol | Great Britain | 11.3s | | | 5. Maurice Degrelle |  France | 11.4s | | | 6. George Hester |  Canada | 11.5s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Harold Abrahams | Great Britain | 10.6s | Q =or | | 2. Charles Paddock | United States | 10.7s | Q | | 3. Chester Bowman | United States | 10.7s | Q | | 4. Slip Carr |  Australia | 10.7s | | | 5. Cyril Coaffee | Canada | 10.8s | | | 6. Giovanni Frangipane |  Italy | 11.2s | |
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| | | 6 Quarters with 34 athletes. Best 2 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | | | 1. Loren Murchison | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Giovanni Frangipane | Italy | 11.0s | Q | | 3. Henricus Broos |  Netherlands | 11.1s | | | 4. Paul Hammer |  Luxembourg | 11.1s | | | 5. Reijo Halme |  Finland | 11.1s | | | 6. Anthony Vince | Canada | | |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | | 1. Chester Bowman | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Arthur Porritt | New Zealand | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 11.0s | | | 4. René Mourlon | France | 11.0s | | | 5. Lajos Kurunczy |  Hungary | 11.0s | | | 6. Enrico Torre | Italy | | |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | | 1. Cyril Coaffee | Canada | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Wilfred Nichol | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 3. André Mourlon | France | 11.1s | | | 4. Marinus van den Berge | Netherlands | | | | 5. Oja Jānis |  Latvia | | | | -. Walter Strebi |  Switzerland | DNS | |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | | 1. Harold Abrahams | Great Britain | 10.6s | Q =OR | | 2. George Hester | Canada | 10.7s | Q | | 3. Ferenc Gerő | Hungary | | | | 4. Albert Heisé | France | | | | 5. Ernesto Bonacina | Italy | | | | 6. Mendizábal Félix |  Spain | | |
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| Quarter 5 | time | | | 1. Charles Paddock | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Maurice Degrelle | France | 11.0s | Q | | 3. Johannes van Kampen | Netherlands | | | | 4. George Dunston |  South Africa | | | | 5. Gusztáv Rózsahegyi | Hungary | | |
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| Quarter 6 | time | | | 1. Jackson Scholz | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Slip Carr | Australia | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Lancelot Royle | Great Britain | | | | 4. Paul Brochart |  Belgium | | | | 5. Oto Seviško | Latvia | | |
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Heats - Sunday, 6th July | | 17 Heats with 86 athletes. Best 2 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Loren Murchison | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Arthur Porritt | New Zealand | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Camilo Rivas |  Argentina | | | | 4. Mariano Aguilar |  Mexico | | | | 5. Alberto Jurado |  Ecuador | | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Cyril Coaffee | Canada | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Ernesto Bonacina | Italy | 11.2s | Q | | 3. Mogens Truelsen |  Denmark | | | | 4. Gentil dos Santos |  Portugal | | | | 5. Alois Linka |  Czechoslovakia | 11.6s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Charles Paddock | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Oto Seviško | Latvia | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Ferdinand Kaindl |  Austria | | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Maurice Degrelle | France | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Reijo Halme | Finland | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Frederik Lamp | Netherlands | | | | 4. Fritz Schedl | Austria | | | | 5. Dobrowolski Władysław |  Poland | 11.5s | | | 6. Rauf Hasağasi |  Turkey | | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Lajos Kurunczy | Hungary | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Johans Oja | Latvia | | Q | | 3. Henricus Cockuyt | Belgium | | | | 4. Wilfred Hildreth |  India | | | | 5. Lawrence Betts | South Africa | | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Henricus Broos | Netherlands | 11.0s | Q | | 2. George Dunston | South Africa | 11.2s | Q | | 3. Antonín Svoboda | Czechoslovakia | 11.3s | | | 4. Poul Schiang | Denmark | 11.5s | | | 5. José-María Larrabeiti | Spain | 11.6s | | | 6. David Nepomuceno |  Philippines | | |
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| Heat 7 | time | | | 1. Lancelot Royle | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Giovanni Frangipane | Italy | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Valéry Théard |  Haiti | 11.2s | | | 4. Juan Junqueras | Spain | 11.3s | | | 5. Zygmunt Weiss | Poland | 11.4s | |
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| Heat 8 | time | | | 1. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Marinus van den Berge | Netherlands | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Diego Ordóñez | Spain | | | | 4. Victor Moriaud | Switzerland | | | | 5. Karel Pott | Portugal | | | | 6. Miguel Enrico | Argentina | | |
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| Heat 9 | time | | | 1. Albert Heisé | France | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Gusztáv Rózsahegyi | Hungary | 11.3s | Q | | 3. Lauri Härö | Finland | 11.3s | | | 4. Curt Wiberg |  Sweden | 11.4s | | | 5. Alexandros Papafingos |  Greece | | |
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| Heat 10 | time | | | 1. Wilfred Nichol | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Paul Brochart | Belgium | 11.1s | Q | | 3. Laurence Armstrong | Canada | | | | 4. Konstantinos Pantelidis | Greece | | | | 5. Gvido Jekals | Latvia | | |
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| Heat 11 | time | | | 1. Chester Bowman | United States | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Walter Strebi | Switzerland | 11.2s | Q | | 3. James Hall | India | 11.3s | | | 4. Bror Österdahl | Sweden | 11.3s | | | 5. Escobar Félix | Argentina | | | | 6. Herminio Ahumada | Mexico | | |
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| Heat 12 | time | | | 1. George Hester | Canada | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Johannes van Kampen | Netherlands | 11.2s | Q | | 3. Karl Borner | Switzerland | | | | 4. William Lowe |  Ireland | | | | 5. László Muskát | Hungary | | | | -. Eugène Moetbeek | Belgium | DQ | |
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| Heat 13 | time | | | 1. Jackson Scholz | United States | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Paul Hammer | Luxembourg | 11.3s | Q | | 3. Terence Pitt | India | 11.3s | | | 4. Knut Russell | Sweden | 11.3s | | | 5. Reinhold Kesküll |  Estonia | 11.5s | |
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| Heat 14 | time | | | 1. Harold Abrahams | Great Britain | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Slip Carr | Australia | 11.0s | Q | | 3. Sasago Tani |  Japan | | | | 4. Anton Husgafvel | Finland | | | | 5. Ribeiro Álvaro |  Brazil | | | | 6. Engineri Şekip | Turkey | | |
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| Heat 15 | time | | | 1. André Mourlon | France | 11.0s | Q | | 2. Enrico Torre | Italy | 11.2s | Q | | 3. Joseph Hilger | Luxembourg | | |
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| Heat 16 | time | | | 1. Félix Mendizábal | Spain | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Anthony Vince | Canada | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Vittorio Zucca | Italy | 11.5s | | | 4. Stanisław Sośnicki | Poland | 11.6s | | | 5. Artūrs Gedvillo | Latvia | | |
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| Heat 17 | time | | | 1. Ferenc Gerő | Hungary | 11.0s | Q | | 2. René Mourlon | France | 11.0s | Q | | 3. Eskola Väinö | Finland | 11.1s | | | 4. Aleksander Szenajch | Poland | | |
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