Final time L age 1. Charley Paddock 10.8s 3 19 2. Morris Kirksey 10.8s 1 24 3. Harry Edward 11.0s 6 22 4. Jackson Scholz 11.0s 5 23 5. Émile Ali-Khan 11.1s 4 17 6. Loren Murchison 11.2s 2 21
World Record* and Olympic Record: 10.6s Donald Lippincott, United States Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912 This was the only officially ratified world record in 1920, but there have been at least four runs in 10.5 seconds at that time.
Paddock appeared initially in 1916 when taking the California Schools
100 and 220y titles at the age of 15. He emerged internationally in 1919
when running 10.8/21.6 to win the Inter-Allied 100 and 200m titles.
Of the finalists, only Ali-Khan and Kirksey had failed to run 10.8 in
the preliminaries. Paddock was instructed to move his fingers behind
the line at the start, and Murchison began to rise expecting the athletes
to be recalled to the line. Instead, the gun was fired, and Murchison was
left some 4m behind the field. Scholz led at halfway by 60cm, with
Paddock fourth, a metre behind. The powerful (1.73/75kg) Paddock
closed quickly and edged Kirksey by 30cm. Edward was placed third,
but photos clearly show Scholz about 15cm ahead of the Briton less
than 2m from the line.
First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time 1. Harry Edward 10.8s Q 2. Jackson Scholz 10.9s Q 3. Morris Kirksey 11.0s Q 4. Jack Oosterlaak 5. Félix Mendizábal
Semi 2 time 1. Charley Paddock 10.8s Q 2. Émile Ali-Khan 10.8s Q 3. Loren Murchison 11.0s Q 4. Paul Brochart 5. William Hill
Quarter 1 time 1. William Hill 11.0s Q 2. Mario Riccoboni 11.2s Q 3. Marcel Gustin 4. Ichiro Kaga 5. Paul Hammer 6. Jan de Vries
Quarter 2 time 1. René Mourlon 11.2s Q 2. August Sørensen 11.3s Q 3. Erik Lindvall 4. Ahmed Khairy 5. Purma Bannerjee
Quarter 3 time 1. Loren Murchison 10.8s Q 2. Jacobus Bukes 10.9s Q 3. Albert Heijnneman 11.0s 4. Vojtěch Plzák
Quarter 4 time 1. William Hunt 11.0s Q 2. Félix Mendizábal 11.2s Q 3. Francis Irvine 4. Bjarne Guldager 5. Nils Sandström
Quarter 5 time 1. Vittorio Zucca 11.4s Q 2. Cor Wezepoel 11.5s Q 3. Leonard Dixon 4. August Waibel 5. Alexandre Servais
Heat 1 time 1. Morris Kirksey 11.0s Q 2. Josef Imbach 11.0s Q 3. René Lorain 4. Johan Johansen 5. Jaime Camps 6. Giovanni Orlandi
Heat 2 time 1. Paul Brochart 11.4s Q 2. René Tirard 11.7s Q 3. Diego Ordóñez 4. Jean Colbach s 5. Eduard Hašek
Heat 3 time 1. Charley Paddock 10.8s Q 2. Harry Edward 10.9s Q 3. Carlos Botín 11.2s 4. Shinichi Yamaoka 5. Edmond Médécin
Heat 4 time 1. Émile Ali-Khan 11.0s Q 2. Victor d'Arcy 11.1s Q 3. Rolf Stenersen 4. Dimitrios Karabatis 5. Sven Malm
Heat 5 time 1. Harold Abrahams 11.0s Q 2. Alexander Ponton 11.1s Q 3. Giorgio Croci 11.2s 4. Harry van Rappard 5. Reinhold Saulmann
Heat 6 time 1. Jack Oosterlaak 11.0s Q 2. George Davidson 11.1s Q 3. Agne Holmström 4. Fritiof Andersen 5. Jean Lefèvre
Heat 7 time 1. Jackson Scholz 10.8s Q 2. Marinus Sørensen 11.2s Q 3. Cyril Coaffee 4. Julien Lehouck 5. Asle Bækkedal
Heat 8 time 1. Harry Edward 10.8s Q 2. Loren Murchison 10.9s Q 3. René Mourlon 11.0s 4. William Hunt 11.2s 5. Mario Riccobono
Heat 9 time 1. William Hill 11.0s Q 2. Félix Mendizábal Q 3. Willie Bukes 4. August Sørensen 5. Vittorio Zucca
Heat 10 time 1. Charley Paddock 10.8s Q 2. Émile Ali-Khan 10.9s Q 3. George Davidson 4. Harold Abrahams 5. Cor Wezepoel
Heat 11 time 1. Jackson Scholz 10.8s Q 2. Jack Oosterlaak 11.0s Q 3. Josef Imbach 11.1s 4. René Tirard 11.2s 5. Alexander Ponton 11.4s
Heat 12 time 1. Morris Kirksey 10.8s Q 2. Paul Brochart Q 3. Victor d'Arcy 4. Marinus Sørensen
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