Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres

at the Games of the IX Olympiad

Georg Lammers, Percy Williams and Jack London

Venue

Olympic Stadium
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates

29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals)
30 July 1928 (semifinals, final)

Competitors

81 from 33 nations

Winning time

10.8 seconds

Medalists

	Percy Williams	Canada
	Jack London	Great Britain
	Georg Lammers	Germany

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

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.

Results

Final

Place	Name	Time
01 !	Percy Williams (CAN)	10.8 seconds
02 !	Jack London (GBR)	10.9 seconds
03 !	Georg Lammers (GER)	10.9 seconds
4	Frank Wykoff (USA)	11.0 seconds
5	Wilfred Legg (RSA)	11.0 seconds
6	Robert McAllister (USA)	11.0 seconds

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10.4	Charlie Paddock	Redlands, California (USA)	April 23, 1921
Olympic Record	10.6	Donald Lippincott	Stockholm (SWE)	July 6, 1912
Olympic Record	10.6	Harold Abrahams	Paris (FRA)	July 6/7 1924

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.

Preliminaries

Records
First Round
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Second Round
	1		2		3				4		5		6
Semifinals
1								2
Final
References

Key to tables below:

Advance on placement

First Round

Sixteen heats were held, the two fastest of each qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Heat 1: Willy Dujardin, Wilhelm Hennings, Angelos Lamprou, John Fitzpatrick, Richard Corts

Place	Name	Time
1	John Fitzpatrick (CAN)	11.0 seconds
2	Richard Corts (GER)	11.0 seconds
3	Wilhelm Hennings (NED)	11.2 seconds
4	Willy Dujardin (BEL)	11.4 seconds
5	Angelos Lamprou (GRE)	11.4 seconds

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time
1	Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	11.2 seconds
2	André Mourlon (FRA)	11.3 seconds
3	Jesús Moraila (MEX)	unknown
4	Franco Reyser (ITA)	unknown
—	Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann (GER)	DNS

Heat 3

Place	Name	Time
1	Frank Wykoff (USA)	11.0 seconds
2	Paul Brochart (BEL)	unknown
3	Jaap Boot (NED)	unknown(*)
4	Mario Gómez Daza (MEX)	unknown
5	Konstantinos Petridis (GRE)	unknown
6	Francisco Muñagorri (ESP)	unknown

(*) Some sources credit the third place to Gómez Daza and list Boot in fourth. (The official report did not show the ranking.)

Heat 4

Place	Name	Time
1	Ferenc Gerő (HUN)	10.8 seconds
2	Aubrey Burton-Durham (RSA)	unknown
3	Willy Weibel (SUI)	11.4 seconds
4	Diego Ordóñez (ESP)	11.4 seconds
5	John Heap (GBR)	unknown
6	Eduardo Albe (ARG)	unknown

Heat 5

Place	Name	Time
1	Jack London (GBR)	10.8 seconds
2	George Hester (CAN)	unknown
3	Ladislau Peter (ROU)	unknown
4	Francisco Costas (MEX)	unknown
5	Mehmet Ali Aybar (TUR)	unknown

Heat 6

Place	Name	Time
1	Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)	11.0 seconds
2	Ralph Adams (CAN)	unknown
3	Edgardo Toetti (ITA)	unknown
4	Iwao Aizawa (JPN)	unknown
5	Semih Türkdoğan (TUR)	unknown

Heat 7

Place	Name	Time
1	Wilfred Legg (RSA)	11.0 seconds
2	Cyril Gill (GBR)	11.0 seconds
3	Rodolfo Wagner (CHI)	unknown
—	Sándor Hajdú (HUN)	DNS
—	Giuseppe Castelli (ITA)	DNS

Heat 8

Heat 8: Hubert Houben, Karel Kněnický, Johannes Viljoen

Place	Name	Time
1	Hubert Houben (GER)	11.0 seconds
2	Johannes Viljoen (RSA)	11.0 seconds
3	Karel Kněnický (TCH)	11.3 seconds
4	Dolf Benz (NED)	11.4 seconds

Heat 9

Place	Name	Time
1	Georg Lammers (GER)	10.8 seconds
2	André Théard (HAI)	unknown
3	János Paizs (HUN)	unknown
4	Leo Jørgensen (DEN)	unknown
5	Jean Moulin (LUX)	unknown
6	Renos Frangoudis (GRE)	unknown

Heat 10

Place	Name	Time
1	Walter Rangeley (GBR)	11.0 seconds
2	Rinus van den Berge (NED)	11.1 seconds
3	Johann Bartl (TCH)	unknown
4	Şinasi Şahingiray (TUR)	unknown

Heat 11

Place	Name	Time
1	István Raggambi (HUN)	11.0 seconds
2	Jimmy Carlton (AUS)	11.1 seconds
3	Alberto Barucco (ARG)	unknown
4	Oscar Alvarado (CHI)	unknown
5	Juan Serrahima (ESP)	unknown
6	R. Burns (IND)	unknown

Heat 12

Place	Name	Time
1	Percy Williams (CAN)	11.0 seconds
2	Jaroslav Vykoupil (TCH)	unknown
3	André Dufau (FRA)	unknown
4	José de Lima (POR)	unknown
5	Haris Šveminas (LTU)	unknown

Heat 13

Place	Name	Time
1	José Barrientos (CUB)	11.0 seconds
2	André Cerbonney (FRA)	unknown
3	Fred Zinner (BEL)	unknown
-	Arthur Porritt (NZL)	DNS

Heat 14

Place	Name	Time
1	Claude Bracey (USA)	11.0 seconds
2	Gilbert Auvergne (FRA)	11.1 seconds
3	Hermann Geißler (AUT)	11.2 seconds
4	Risto Mattila (FIN)	11.3 seconds
5	Emmanuel Goldsmith (SUI)	11.5 seconds
6	George Schmit (LUX)	12.2 seconds

Heat 15

Place	Name	Time
1	Henry Russell (USA)	11.0 seconds
2	Denis Cussen (IRL)	unknown
3	Willy Tschopp (SUI)	unknown
4	Adolphe Groscol (BEL)	unknown

Heat 16

Place	Name	Time
1	Robert McAllister (USA)	10.8 seconds
2	Anselmo Gonzaga (PHI)	unknown
3	Enrique de Chávarri (ESP)	unknown
4	Fritz Eyschen (LUX)	unknown
5	H. Enis (TUR)	DNS

Second Round

Six heats were held, the two fastest of each qualifird for the semifinals.

Second Round Heat 1

Place	Name	Time
1	Wilfred Legg (RSA)	10.8 seconds
2	John Fitzpatrick (CAN)	unknown
3	Ferenc Gerő (HUN)	unknown
4	Rinus van den Berge (NED)	unknown
5	Denis Cussen (IRL)	unknown
6	Jaroslav Vykoupil (TCH)	unknown

Second Round Heat 2

Place	Name	Time
1	Robert McAllister (USA)	10.8 seconds
2	Richard Corts (GER)	11.0 seconds
3	Cyril Gill (GBR)	unknown
4	István Raggambi (HUN)	unknown
5	Aubrey Burton-Durham (RSA)	unknown
6	André Cerbonney (FRA)	unknown

Second Round Heat 3

Place	Name	Time
1	Henry Russell (USA)	10.8 seconds
2	Hubert Houben (GER)	unknown
3	Gilbert Auvergne (FRA)	unknown
4	George Hester (CAN)	unknown
5	Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	unknown

Second Round Heat 4

Place	Name	Time
1	Percy Williams (CAN)	10.6 seconds =OR
2	Jack London (GBR)	10.8 seconds
3	André Théard (HAI)	unknown
4	André Mourlon (FRA)	unknown
5	José Barrientos (CUB)	unknown

Second Round Heat 5

Place	Name	Time
1	Frank Wykoff (USA)	10.8 seconds
2	Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)	unknown
3	Johannes Viljoen (RSA)	unknown
4	Anselmo Gonzaga (PHI)	unknown
5	Jimmy Carlton (AUS)	11.0 seconds

Second Round Heat 6

Place	Name	Time
1	Claude Bracey (USA)	10.8 seconds
2	Georg Lammers (GER)	unknown
3	Walter Rangeley (GBR)	unknown
4	Ralph Adams (CAN)	unknown
5	Paul Brochart (BEL)	unknown

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of each qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Name	Time
1	Robert McAllister (USA)	10.6 seconds =OR
2	Percy Williams (CAN)	10.6 seconds =OR
3	Wilfred Legg (RSA)	10.6 seconds =OR
4	Hubert Houben (GER)	10.7 seconds
5	Claude Bracey (USA)	10.8 seconds
6	Juan Bautista Pina (ARG)	11.0 seconds

Semifinal 2

Place	Name	Time
1	Jack London (GBR)	10.6 seconds =OR
2	Georg Lammers (GER)	10.7 seconds
3	Frank Wykoff (USA)	10.7 seconds
4	Henry Russell (USA)	10.8 seconds
5	Richard Corts (GER)	10.8 seconds
6	John Fitzpatrick (CAN)	10.9 seconds

References

100 metres at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Complete event history

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: Men's 100 m at the 1906 Intercalated Games Men's 60 metres: 1900 1904

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