Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 14 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 9 nations | |||||||||
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Frank Jarvis United States
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Walter Tewksbury United States
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Stan Rowley Australia
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The men's 100 metres was a sprinting event on the athletics programme at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 14, 1900. 20 athletes from nine nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Arthur Duffey in the first heat of the first round and Walter Tewksbury in the second heat of the first round set new Olympic records with 11.4 seconds. In the third heat of the first round Frank Jarvis equalled the unofficial world record with 10.8 seconds. In the second semifinal Tewksbury also equalled the world record with 10.8 seconds.
In the first round, there were six heats. The top two runners in each advanced to the semifinals.
First round, heat 1
Duffey was a metre ahead of Moloney at the finish.
First round, heat 2
Tewksbury won this heat by six inches.
First round, heat 3
The fastest of the preliminary heats featured two of the eventual medallists; Jarvis won by a metre and equalled the world record.
First round, heat 4
Leiblee won this heat by half a yard.
First round, heat 5
The fifth heat was the only one that was not won by an American runner; Pritchard beat Minahan by half a yard.
First round, heat 6
In an all-American heat, Burroughs defeated Boardman by about a metre, with Slack in third to become the only American runner to be eliminated in the first round.
There were three semifinals, each with four runners. The top runner in each of the semifinals advanced to the final, while the second and third place runners competed in the repechage. The winner of the six-runner repechage advanced to the final as well.
Semifinal 1
Duffey dropped almost half a second from his preliminary heat time to beat Rowley by five feet. Burroughs again defeated Boardman, eliminating Boardman from competition while remaining in contention in the repechage.
Semifinal 2
Tewksbury equalled the world record, the second runner to accomplish that at the Paris Games, with Leiblee six inches behind him. There is some question as to whether Dörry started the race, but he did not finish it.
Semifinal 3
Jarvis won by a yard, McClain and Pritchard were relegated to the repechage, and Minahan was eliminated.
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