Final wind -5.0m/s time electr L 1. Bobby Joe Morrow 10.5s 10.62s 6 2. Thane Baker 10.5s 10.77s 5 3. Hector Hogan 10.6s 10.77s 8 4. Ira Murchison 10.6s 10.79s 3 5. Manfred Germar 10.7s 10.86s 7 6. Michael Agostini 10.7s 10.88s 4
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000. 65 competitors from 32 nations.
Semi 1 time electr 1. Ira Murchison 10.5s 10.79s 2. Michael Agostini 10.5s 10.79s 3. Mamnfred Germar 10.6s 10.85s 4. Abdullah Salem Khalid 10.6s 10.93s 5. Stanley Levenson 10.7s 10.94s 6. Yuri Konovalov 10.8s 11.11s
Semi 2 time electr 1. Bobby Joe Morrow 10.3s =OR 10.52s 2. Thane Baker 10.4s 10.61s 3. Hector Hogan 10.5s 10.62s 4. Maurice Rae 10.5s 10.68s 5. Marian Foik 10.6s 10.84s 6. Boris Tokarev 10.7s 10.91s
The USA was able to leave two men who had run 10.1 off their team.
Morrow had won the NCAA, AAU and Olympic Trials meetings and,
after a lapse in form in October, duly won the final after producing the
fastest preliminary time (10.47 in his first round heat).
The wind blew against the runners, building up to a headwind of 5m
per second for the final. Hogan, who was to die four years later of
leukaemia, was quickest away, and was only caught at halfway by
Morrow. The Texan powered away to win by 1.5m, with Baker just
gaining second place with a prodigious lean at the finish. The hand tim-
ing was clearly in error with Baker officially timed in 10.5. In windless
conditions Morrow’s time would have been in the region of 10.25
Quarter 1 time electr 1. Bobby Joe Morrow 10.3s =OR 10.55s 2. Michael Agostini 10.5s 10.75s 3. Maurice Rae 10.5s 10.78s 4. Béla Goldoványi 10.8s 10.95s 5. Heinz Futterer 10.8s 10.99s 6. Raymond Land 11.0s 11.15s
Quarter 2 time electr 1. Ira Murchison 10.3s =OR 10.55s 2. Abdullah Salem Khalid 10.5s 10.78s 3. Yuri Konovalov 10.7s 10.93s 4. Luigi Gnocchi 10.8s 10.96s 5. Edmund Turton 11.2s 11.37s 6. Benjamin Kiyini Nguda 12.8s 12.95s
Quarter 3 time electr 1. Hector Hogan 10.5s 10.78s 2. Boris Tokarev 10.7s 10.87s 3. Stanley Levenson 10.8s 10.93s 4. Janusz Jarzembowski 10.8s 10.98s 5. Edward Alabi Ajado 10.9s 11.02s 6. Kenneth Box 11.3s 11.45s
Quarter 4 time electr 1. Thane Baker 10.4s 10.62s 2. Manfred Germar 10.6s 10.80s 3. Marian Foik 10.6s 10.83s 4. Leonid Bartenev 10.6s 10.84s 5. Rene Bonino 10.8s 10.96s 6. Roy Sandstrom 10.9s 11.03s
Heats - Friday, 23rd November
Heat 1 time electr 1. Ira Murchison 10.5s 10.67s 2. Janusz Jarzembowski 10.7s 10.95s 3. Hilmar Þorbjörnsson 10.9s 11.12s 4. Mario Colarossi 10.9s 11.14s 5. Rene Ahumada Rodriguez 11.1s 11.26s 6. Bin Nggah Ali Raja Azlam 11.2s 11.41s
Heat 2 time electr 1. Michael Agostini 10.7s 10.98s 2. Luigi Gnocchi 10.7s 11.01s 3. Titus Abimbola Erinle 10.9s 11.09s 4. Jorge Machado de Barros 10.9s 11.15s 5. Vachak Voradilok 11.5s 11.78s 6. Nigousse Robba 11.8s 12.07s
Heat 3 time electr 1. Maurice Rae 10.7s 10.84s 2. Abdullah Salem Khalid 10.8s 10.97s 3. Manfred Steinbach 10.8s 10.99s 4. Rafael Romero 10.9s 11.14s 5. Evaristo Iglesias 11.3s 11.50s
Heat 4 time electr 1. Benjamin Kiyini Nguda 10.7s 10.88s 2. Keneth Box 10.7s 10.96s 3. Kiohei Ushio 11.0s 11.09s 4. Soon Kesavan 11.4s 11.35s 5. John Parrington 11.6s 11.62s
Heat 5 time electr 1. Marian Foik 10.5s 10.88s 2. Boris Tokarev 10.6s 11.09s 3. Franco Galbiati 10.9s 11.13s 4. Thomas Robinson 10.9s 11.30s 5. Johannes Edouard Gosal 10.9s 11.45s 6. James Roberts 11.2s 11.45s
Heat 6 time electr 1. Manfred Germar 10.7s 10.91s 2. Raymond Land 10.8s 11.05s 3. Keith Gardner 11.1s 11.22s 4. Alain David 11.1s 11.24s 5. Emmanuel Putu 11.3s 11.44s 6. Legesse Beyene 11.8s 11.94s
Heat 7 time electr 1. Leonid Bartenev 10.7s 10.93s 2. Béla Goldoványi 10.8s 11.02s 3. Clive Bonas 10.9s 11.17s 4. Gavin Carragher 11.0s 11.36s 5. Thomas Obi 11.0s 11.47s 6. Bjorn Nilsen 11.0s 11.58s
Heat 8 time electr 1. Hector Hogan 10.5s 10.72s 2. René Bonino 10.8s 10.96s 3. Géza Varasdi 10.8s 11.00s 4. Akira Kiyofuji 10.8s 11.00s
Heat 9 time electr 1. Thane Baker 10.7s 10.93s 2. Edmund Turton 11.1s 11.38s 3. Sinnayah Karuppiah 11.3s 11.56s 4. Eng-Yoon Tan 11.4s 11.63s
Heat 10 time electr 1. Stanley Levenson 10.8s 10.94s 2. Heinz Futterer 10.9s 11.10s 3. Joao Pires Sobrinho 11.0s 11.14s 4. Joseph Goddard 11.1s 11.19s 5. Oliver Hunter 11.1s 11.22s 6. Ghulam Raziq 11.2s 11.26s
Heat 11 time electr 1. Edward Alabi Ajado 10.8s 11.01s 2. Roy Sandstrom 10.8s 11.05s 3. Richard Harding 11.0s 11.20s 4. Muhamad Sharif Butt 11.1s 11.26s 5. Hailou Abbebe 11.3s 11.54s 6. Snay Wongchaoom 11.8s 11.95s
Heat 12 time electr 1. Bobby Joe Morrow 10.4s 10.90s 2. Yuri Konovalov 10.6s 11.04s 3. David Segal 10.-s 11.19s 4. Phaibulya Vacharabhan 11.3s 11.27s 5. Kah-Fook Lee 11.6s 11.84s
World Record 10.1s Willie Williams, United States Berlin, Germany 3 August 1956 10.1s Ira Murchison, United States Berlin, Germany 4 August 1956 10.1s Leamon King, United States Ontario, United States 20 October 1956 10.1s Leamon King, United States Santa Ana, United States 27 October 1956
Olympic Record 10.3s Eddie Tolan, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 10.3s Ralph Metcalfe, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 10.3s Jesse Owens, United States Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936 10.3s Harrison Dillard, United States London, United Kingdom 31 July, 1948
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