Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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Georg Lammers, Percy Williams and Jack London
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Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Dates | 29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals) 30 July 1928 (semifinals, final) |
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| Competitors | 81 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10.8 seconds | ||||||||||||
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Percy Williams |
 Canada
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Jack London |
 Great Britain
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Georg Lammers |
 Germany
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The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 29 July and Monday, 30 July. Seventy-six runners from 27 nations competed.
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Percy Williams equalized the standing Olympic record with 10.6 seconds in the fourth heat of the second round. In the first semifinal, Williams, Robert McAllister, and Wilfred Legg all equalized the record.
Key to tables below:
Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the second round.
(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)
Six heats were held, the two fastest of each qualifird for the semifinals.
Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of each qualified for the final.
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