| Final | time | L | | 1. Percy Williams |  Canada | 10.8s | 3 | | 2. Jack London |  Great Britain | 10.9s e | 4 | | 3. Georg Lammers |  Germany | 10.9s e | 2 | | 4. Frank Wykoff |  United States | 11.0s e | 6 | | 5. Wilfred Legg |  South Africa | 11.0s e | 1 | | 6. Robert McAllister | United States | 11.0s e | 5 |
| Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 76 competitors from 32 nations. |
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| World Record | 10.3s Charlie Paddock, United States Toronto, Canada August 9, 1930 | | Olympic Record: | 10.6s Donald Lippincott, United States Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912 | | 10.6s Charlie Paddock, United States Antwerp (BEL) August 16, 1920 | | 10.6s Harold Abrahams, Great Britian Paris, France July 6/7 1924 |
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| | | 2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Robert McAllister | United States | 10.6s =OR | | 2. Percy Williams | Canada | 10.6s =OR | | 3. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | 10.6s =OR | | 4. Hubert Houben | Germany | 10.7s | | 5. Claude Bracey | United States | 10.8s | | 6. Juan Bautista Pina |  Argentina | 11.0s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Jack London | Great Britain | 10.6s =OR | | 2. Georg Lammers | Germany | 10.7s | | 3. Frank Wykoff | United States | 10.7s | | 4. Henry Russell | United States | 10.8s | | 5. Richard Corts | Germany | 10.8s | | 6. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 10.9s |
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Williams was unfancied before Amsterdam but ran the best time of the
second round when he equalled the Olympic record of 10.6. McAllister
and London then won the semi-finals (both with 10.6), and for the final
Williams, London & McAllister were drawn in lanes 3-5. The slender
(1.75/57kg) Williams started best with McAllister, but his pick-up was
better than the others, and he pattered away to a clear (60cm) win, with
the enormous (1.88/91kg) London edging Lammers by inches.
McAllister lost out on a medal after pulling a muscle 20m from the fin-
ish. The poor showing of the Americans was blamed by some on the
heavy track, but the long journey by ship to Europe was a more likely
culprit.
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| | | - 6 heats with 32 athletes. Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | 10.8s | | 2. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | unknown | | 3. Ferenc Gerő |  Hungary | unknown | | 4. Rinus van den Berge |  Netherlands | unknown | | 5. Denis Cussen |  Ireland | unknown | | 6. Jaroslav Vykoupil |  Czechoslovakia | unknown |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Robert McAllister | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Richard Corts | Germany | 11.0s | | 3. Cyril Gill | Great Britain | unknown | | 4. István Raggambi | Hungary | unknown | | 5. Aubrey Burton-Durham | South Africa | unknown | | 6. André Cerbonney |  France | unknown |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Henry Russell | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Hubert Houben | Germany | unknown | | 3. Gilbert Auvergne | France | unknown | | 4. George Hester | Canada | unknown | | 5. Sydney Atkinson | South Africa | unknown |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Percy Williams | Canada | 10.6s =OR | | 2. Jack London | Great Britain | 10.8s | | 3. André Théard |  Haiti | unknown | | 4. André Mourlon | France | unknown | | 5. José Barrientos |  Cuba | unknown |
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| Quarter 5 | time | | 1. Frank Wykoff | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Juan Bautista Pina | Argentina | unknown | | 3. Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | unknown | | 4. Anselmo Gonzaga |  Philippines | unknown | | 5. Jimmy Carlton |  Australia | 11.0s |
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| Quarter 6 | time | | 1. Claude Bracey | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Georg Lammers | Germany | unknown | | 3. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | unknown | | 4. Ralph Adams | Canada | unknown | | 5. Paul Brochart |  Belgium | unknown |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 11.0s | | 2. Richard Corts | Germany | 11.0s | | 3. Willy Dujardin | Belgium | 11.2s | | 4. Wilhelm Hennings | Netherlands | 11.4s | | 5. Angelos Lamprou |  Greece | 11.4s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Sydney Atkinson | South Africa | 11.2s | | 2. André Mourlon | France | 11.3s | | 3. Jesús Moraila |  Mexico | unknown | | 4. Franco Reyser |  Italy | unknown | | -. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann | Germany | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Frank Wykoff | United States | 11.0s | | 2. Paul Brochart | Belgium | unknown | | 3. Jaap Boot | Netherlands | unknown | | 4. Mario Gómez Daza | Mexico | unknown | | 5. Konstantinos Petridis | Greece | unknown | | 6. Fernando Muñagorri |  Spain | unknown |
| Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Ferenc Gerő | Hungary | 10.8s | | 2. Aubrey Burton-Durham | South Africa | unknown | | 3. Willy Weibel |  Switzerland | 11.4s | | 4. Diego Ordóñez | Spain | 11.4s | | 5. John Heap | Great Britain | unknown | | 6. Eduardo Albe | Argentina | unknown |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Jack London | Great Britain | 10.8s | | 2. George Hester | Canada | unknown | | 3. Ladislau Peter |  Romania | unknown | | 4. Francisco Costas | Mexico | unknown | | 5. Mehmet Ali Aybar |  Turkey | unknown |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. Juan Bautista Pina | Argentina | 11.0s | | 2. Ralph Adams | Canada | unknown | | 3. Edgardo Toetti | Italy | unknown | | 4. Iwao Aizawa |  Japan | unknown | | 5. Semih Türkdoğan | Turkey | unknown |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | 11.0s | | 2. Cyril Gill | Great Britain | 11.0s | | 3. Rodolfo Wagner |  Chile | unknown | | -. Sándor Hajdú | Hungary | DNS | | -. Giuseppe Castelli | Italy | DNS |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Hubert Houben | Germany | 11.0s | | 2. Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 11.0s | | 3. Karel Kněnický | Czechoslovakia | 11.3s | | 4. Dolf Benz | Netherlands | 11.4s |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Georg Lammers | Germany | 10.8s | | 2. André Théard | Haiti | unknown | | 3. János Paizs | Hungary | unknown | | 4. Leo Jørgensen |  Denmark | unknown | | 5. Jean Moulin |  Luxembourg | unknown | | 6. Renos Frangoudis | Greece | unknown |
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 11.0s | | 2. Rinus van den Berge | Netherlands | 11.1s | | 3. Johann Bartl | Czechoslovakia | unknown | | 4. Şinasi Şahingiray | Turkey | unknown |
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. István Raggambi | Hungary | 11.0s | | 2. Jimmy Carlton | Australia | 11.1s | | 3. Alberto Barucco | Argentina | unknown | | 4. Óscar Alvarado | Chile | unknown | | 5. Juan Serrahima | Spain | unknown | | 6. R. Burns |  India | unknown |
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. Percy Williams | Canada | 11.0s | | 2. Jaroslav Vykoupil | Czechoslovakia | unknown | | 3. André Dufau | France | unknown | | 4. José de Lima |  Portugal | unknown | | 5. Haris Šveminas |  Lithuania | unknown |
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| Heat 13 | time | | 1. José Barrientos | Cuba | 11.0s | | 2. André Cerbonney | France | unknown | | 3. Fred Zinner | Belgium | unknown | | -. Arthur Porritt |  New Zealand | DNS |
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| Heat 14 | time | | 1. Claude Bracey | United States | 11.0s | | 2. Gilbert Auvergne | France | 11.1s | | 3. Hermann Geißler |  Austria | 11.2s | | 4. Risto Mattila |  Finland | 11.3s | | 5. Emmanuel Goldsmith | Switzerland | 11.5s | | 6. George Schmit | Luxembourg | 12.2s |
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| Heat 15 | time | | 1. Henry Russell | United States | 11.0s | | 2. Denis Cussen | Ireland | unknown | | 3. Willy Tschopp | Switzerland | unknown | | 4. Adolphe Groscol | Belgium | unknown |
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| Heat 16 | time | | 1. Bob McAllister | United States | 10.8s | | 2. Anselmo Gonzaga | Philippines | unknown | | 3. Enrique de Chávarri | Spain | unknown | | 4. Frédéric Eyschen | Luxembourg | unknown | | 5. H. Enis | Turkey | DNS |
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