Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Gold medalist Archie Hahn receiving the Skiff Cup for winning the 100 metres
VenueFrancis Field
DateSeptember 3
Competitors11 from 3 nations
Winning time11.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Archie Hahn  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nathaniel Cartmell  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Hogenson  United States
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The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. 11 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904. The event was won by Archie Hahn of the United States, completing his sprint trifecta (having already won the 60 metres and 200 metres) and marking the third straight gold medal in the event by an American. Hahn would later repeat his win in the now-unofficial 1906 Intercalated Games.[1] The United States swept the medals.

Background[edit]

This was the third time the event was held. None of the previous runners competed in 1904. American Archie Hahn, had won the 1903 U.S. and Canadian championships; he had also taken the 60 metres and 200 metres titles earlier in the 1904 Olympics. He was heavily favored.[1]

The 1904 competition was one of only two Olympic Games (along with 1900) where the men's 100 metres was not the shortest sprint, with the 60 metres being held in those two years.

Canada was represented in the event for the first time. Hungary was the only other country, aside from the host, to send a runner; this made the United States and Hungary the only two nations to have appeared at each of the first three Olympic men's 100 metres events.

Competition format[edit]

With fewer entrants than in 1900, the event was reduced from four rounds to two: heats and a final. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the final.

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.8(*) United States Luther Cary Paris (FRA) July 4, 1891
10.8(*) United Kingdom Cecil Lee Brussels (BEL) September 25, 1892
10.8(*) Belgium Etienne De Re Brussels (BEL) August 4, 1893
10.8(*) United Kingdom L. Atcherley Frankfurt/Main (GER) April 13, 1895
10.8(*) United Kingdom Harry Beaton Rotterdam (NED) August 28, 1895
10.8(*) Sweden Harald Anderson-Arbin Helsingborg (SWE) August 9, 1896
10.8(*) Sweden Isaac Westergren Gävle (SWE) September 11, 1898
10.8(*) Sweden Isaac Westergren Gävle (SWE) September 10, 1899
10.8(*) United States Frank Jarvis Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8(*) United States Walter Tewksbury Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8(*) Sweden Carl Ljung Stockholm (SWE) September 23, 1900
10.8(*) United States Walter Tewksbury Philadelphia (USA) October 6, 1900
10.8(*) France André Passat Bordeaux (FRA) June 14, 1903
10.8(*) Switzerland Louis Kuhn Bordeaux (FRA) June 14, 1903
10.8(*) Denmark Harald Grønfeldt Aarhus (DEN) July 5, 1903
10.8(*) Sweden Eric Frick Jönköping (SWE) August 9, 1903
Olympic Record 10.8 United States Frank Jarvis Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8 United States Walter Tewksbury Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900

(*) unofficial

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Archie Hahn  United States 11.4 Q
2 Lawson Robertson  United States Q
3 Béla Mező  Hungary

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Hogenson  United States 11.6 Q
2 Frederick Heckwolf  United States Q
3 Robert Kerr  Canada
4 Myer Prinstein  United States

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nathaniel Cartmell  United States 11.4 Q
2 Fay Moulton  United States Q
3 Clyde Blair  United States
4 Frank Castleman  United States

Final[edit]

Archie Hahn winning a race

Hahn opened quickly, reaching a sizable lead within the first 20 metres. Cartmell started slowly and was in last place at 40 metres, almost halfway through the race, before finishing well and placing second.[1]

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Archie Hahn  United States 11.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nathaniel Cartmell  United States 11.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Hogenson  United States 11.2
4 Fay Moulton  United States
5 Frederick Heckwolf  United States
6 Lawson Robertson  United States

Results summary[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Heats Final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Archie Hahn  United States 11.4 11.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nathaniel Cartmell  United States 11.4 11.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Hogenson  United States 11.6 11.2
4 Fay Moulton  United States Unknown Unknown
5 Frederick Heckwolf  United States Unknown Unknown
6 Lawson Robertson  United States Unknown Unknown
AC Clyde Blair  United States Unknown Did not advance
Frank Castleman  United States Unknown
Robert Kerr  Canada Unknown
Béla Mező  Hungary Unknown
Myer Prinstein  United States Unknown
— E. F. Annis  United States DNS
William Hunter  United States DNS
William Marshall  United States DNS
Dodge Peters  United States DNS
George Poage  United States DNS
Ollie Snedigar  United States DNS
Joseph Stadler  United States DNS
Lee Vernon  Canada DNS

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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