Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||
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Dates | July 31, 1932 (heats, quarterfinals) August 1, 1932 (semifinals, final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 10.3 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | |||
400 m | men | |||
800 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeple | men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
50 km walk | 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 | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, were held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 31 and August 1. The photo finish final was won by American Eddie Tolan in a world record equalling time of 10.38 seconds. Teammate Ralph Metcalfe won the silver and was credited with the same time as Tolan.[1] Defending Olympic champion and world record holder Percy Williams of Canada did not advance past the semifinals.
Results
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Eddie Tolan | ![]() | 10.38 | EWR |
![]() | Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() | 10.38 | EWR |
![]() | Arthur Jonath | ![]() | 10.50 | |
4 | George Simpson | ![]() | 10.53 | |
5 | Danie Joubert | ![]() | 10.60 | |
6 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | ![]() | 10.79 |
Key: EWR = Equalled world record; names in blue qualified for next round; OR=Olympic record; EOR= Equalled Olympic record
Note that the runners were judged to have finished the race when they had crossed the line. In 1933, the rules were changed such that the runners finished the race when they reached the line. Had the current rules been in effect then Metcalfe would have been the winner. Melcalfe reached the finish line first, but Tolan, a shorter man,[2] crossed the line first.[3][4]
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 10.3 | ![]() |
Toronto (CAN) | August 9, 1930 |
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Olympic Record | 10.6 | ![]() |
Stockholm (SWE) | July 6, 1912 |
10.6 | ![]() |
Antwerp (BEL) | August 16, 1920 | |
10.6 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | July 6/7 1924 | |
10.6 | ![]() |
Amsterdam (NED) | July 29/30 1928 | |
10.6 | ![]() |
Amsterdam (NED) | July 30, 1928 | |
10.6 | ![]() |
Amsterdam (NED) | July 30, 1928 |
Arthur Jonath equalled the standing Olympic record with 10.6 in the third heat of the first round. Eddie Tolan set a new Olympic record with 10.4 in the first heat of the quarterfinals, and equalled the world record of 10.3 in the final along with Ralph Metcalfe.
Preliminaries
Heats
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Eddie Tolan | ![]() | 10.9 | |
2 | José de Almeida | ![]() | 11.0 | |
3 | Fernando Ortíz | ![]() | 11.2 | |
4 | André Théard | ![]() | 11.4 | |
5 | António Rodrigues | ![]() | 11.5 | |
DNF | Fred Reid | ![]() | ||
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Simpson | ![]() | 10.9 | |
2 | Ernie Page | ![]() | 11.1 | |
3 | Andrej Engel | ![]() | 11.2 | |
4 | Bunoo Sutton | ![]() | 11.4 | |
5 | Liu Changchun | ![]() | 11.5 | |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Jonath | ![]() | 10.6 | EOR |
2 | Allan Elliot | ![]() | 10.8 | |
3 | Izuo Anno | ![]() | 10.9 | |
4 | Ronald Vernieux | ![]() | 11.0 | |
5 | Samuel Giacosa | ![]() | 11.1 | |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carlos Bianchi | ![]() | 10.8 | |
2 | Helmut Körnig | ![]() | 11.0 | |
3 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 11.1 | |
4 | Jesús Moraila | ![]() | 11.2 | |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() | 11.0 | |
2 | Bert Pearson | ![]() | 11.1 | |
3 | Angelos Lambrou | ![]() | 11.3 | |
4 | Fernando Ramírez | ![]() | 11.4 | |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Danie Joubert | ![]() | 11.0 | |
2 | Harold Wright | ![]() | 11.2 | |
3 | Ernst Geerling | ![]() | 11.3 | |
4 | Ricardo Guimarães | ![]() | 11.4 | |
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | ![]() | 10.9 | |
2 | Chris Berger | ![]() | 11.1 | |
3 | Héctor Berra | ![]() | 11.2 | |
4 | Stanley Fuller | ![]() | 11.3 | |
5 | Mario Marques | ![]() | 11.5 | |
Quarterfinals
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Eddie Tolan | ![]() | 10.53 | OR |
2 | Carlos Bianchi | ![]() | 10.5 | |
3 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 10.7 | |
4 | Chris Berger | ![]() | 10.7 | |
5 | Fernando Ortíz | ![]() | 11.0 | |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Simpson | ![]() | 10.74 | |
2 | Harold Wright | ![]() | 10.9 | |
3 | Helmut Körnig | ![]() | 11.0 | |
4 | Andrej Engel | ![]() | 11.1 | |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() | 10.77 | |
2 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | ![]() | 10.8 | |
3 | Allan Elliot | ![]() | 10.9 | |
4 | Ernie Page | ![]() | 10.9 | |
5 | Ernst Geerling | ![]() | 11.1 | |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Jonath | ![]() | 10.68 | |
2 | Danie Joubert | ![]() | 10.6 | |
3 | Bert Pearson | ![]() | 10.7 | |
4 | José de Almeida | ![]() | 10.8 | |
5 | Izuo Anno | ![]() | 10.9 | |
Semifinals
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Eddie Tolan | ![]() | 10.81 | |
2 | Danie Joubert | ![]() | 10.81 | |
3 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | ![]() | 10.83 | |
4 | Percy Williams | ![]() | 10.91 | |
5 | Allan Elliot | ![]() | 11.0 | |
6 | Helmut Körnig | ![]() | 11.2 | |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() | 10.65 | |
2 | George Simpson | ![]() | 10.70 | |
3 | Arthur Jonath | ![]() | 10.71 | |
4 | Carlos Bianchi | ![]() | 10.73 | |
5 | Bert Pearson | ![]() | 10.95 | |
6 | Harold Wright | ![]() | 11.1 | |
Key: EWR = Equalled world record; names in blue qualified for next round; OR=Olympic record; EOR= Equalled Olympic record; DNF = did not finish
References
- ↑ "Tolan wins by two inches in Olympic 100 meters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 2, 1932. p. 1.
- ↑ "Friends and rivals". Milwaukee Journal. World Wide photo. August 3, 1932. p. 3, part 2.
- ↑ Wolf, Bob (July 26, 1984). "Olympic blunder". Milwaukee Journal. p. 3, part 3.
- ↑ Rice, Grantland (August 2, 1932). "Tolan-Metcalfe race greatest in Olympic history, says Rice". Milwaukee Journal. NANA. p. 4, part 2.
External links
- 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's 100 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-01-27.
- , from http://www.omegawatches.com/; retrieved 2012-10-01.