Host City: Paris, France |
Format: Winners in each heat advanced to the final. Second and third in each heat advanced to the repêchage heat. |
Date Started: July 14, 1900 |
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
Date Finished: July 14, 1900 |
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(Competitors: 20; Countries: 9; Finalists: 4) |
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Venue(s): Catalan Cross, Boulogne Forest, Paris
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Overview by IAAF |
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Six heats saw five wins of 11.4 plus Jarvis winning heat 3 in 10.8. This time was emulated by Tewksbury in round 2, with the other heats won by Duffey (11.0) and Jarvis (11.2). Rowley qualified by winning a repechage heat in 11.0 by inches from Indian-born Norman Pritchard, who was representing Great Britain. Duffey, the finest sprinter of his era, was leading the final by a metre on the undulating grass surface when he fell to the ground at the halfway point, crippled by a pulled tendon. All three rounds (four for Rowley) were run on the same day, and the crowd totalled no more than 1000 |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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The heavy favorite in this race was Arthur Duffey, who the week before in London, had won the first of four consecutive AAA titles at 100 yards. His heat times were not remarkable but he was unpressed in both rounds. Frank Jarvis and Walter Tewksbury, however, both posted a new world record of 10.8 in winning their heats. |
In the heats of this event, the French starter Meier, proved incompetent and was soon replaced by the well-known British starter George F. Sandford. The start of the final was described as very even, but at the halfway mark, Duffey had opened up a lead of a metre. Suddenly he fell to the track, having pulled a muscle badly. The others finished close together, about one yard separating the three finishers, but Frank Jarvis took the title in 11.0 seconds. |
Duffey was the greatest sprinter since Bernie Wefers. In 1902, he ran 100 yards in 9.6 seconds and he won several IC4A, AAU, and AAA championships, but his name is not to be found in the record books. In 1905, he was declared a professional by AAU president James Sullivan, and Sullivan ordered all Duffey’s marks expunged from the records. Duffey’s crime, according to Charles Paddock, was that he chose to wear running shoes made by an English company, and not by the New York company with which Sullivan was affiliated. |
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Results |
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Arthur Duffey in the first heat of the first round and Walter Tewksbury in the second heat of the first round set new Olympic records with 11.4 seconds. In the third heat of the first round Frank Jarvis equalled the unofficial world record with 10.8 seconds. In the second semifinal Tewksbury also equalled the world record with 10.8 seconds. |
100 m |
Men |
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Final |
14 July |
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Duffey got away to an early lead, but pulled a tendon at the 50 meter mark. Jarvis beat Tewksbury by two feet, with Rowley half a yard behind. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.0 |
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Frank Jarvis |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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2 |
2 ft bh |
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Walter Tewksbury |
United States |
USA |
24 |
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3 |
½+ yd bh2 |
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Stan Rowley |
Australia |
AUS |
23 |
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AC |
DNF |
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Arthur Duffey |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat One |
14 July |
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Duffey dropped almost half a second from his preliminary heat time to beat Rowley by five feet. Burroughs again defeated Boardman, eliminating Boardman from competition while remaining in contention in the repechage. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.0 |
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Q |
Arthur Duffey |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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2 |
5 ft bh |
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Stan Rowley |
Australia |
AUS |
23 |
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3 |
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Q |
Charles Burroughs |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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4 |
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Dixon Boardman |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat Two |
14 July |
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Tewksbury equalled the world record, the second runner to accomplish that at the Paris Games, with Leiblee six inches behind him. There is some question as to whether Dörry started the race, but he did not finish it. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
10.8 |
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Q |
Walter Tewksbury |
United States |
USA |
24 |
(=)WR |
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2 |
½ ft bh |
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Q |
Clark Leiblee |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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3 |
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Q |
Fred Moloney |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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AC |
DNF |
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Kurt Doerry |
Germany |
GER |
25 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat Three |
14 July |
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Jarvis won by a yard, McClain and Pritchard were relegated to the repechage, and Minahan was eliminated. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.2 |
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Q |
Frank Jarvis |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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2 |
1 yd bh |
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Q |
Thaddeus McClain |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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3 |
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Q |
Norman Pritchard |
India |
IND |
24 |
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4 |
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Edmund Minahan |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Repêchage Heat |
14 July |
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The repechage was a very close race, with Rowley defeating Pritchard by two inches. Rowley advanced to the final while Pritchard and the four Americans were eliminated. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.0 |
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Q |
Stan Rowley |
Australia |
AUS |
23 |
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2 |
inches bh |
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Norman Pritchard |
India |
IND |
24 |
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3 |
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Clark Leiblee |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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AC |
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Charles Burroughs |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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AC |
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Fred Moloney |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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AC |
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Thaddeus McClain |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
14 July |
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Duffey was a metre ahead of Moloney at the finish. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.4 |
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Q |
Arthur Duffey |
United States |
USA |
20 |
OR |
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2 |
1 yd bh |
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Q |
Fred Moloney |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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3 |
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Václav Nový |
Bohemia |
BOH |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
14 July |
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Tewksbury won this heat by six inches |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.4 |
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Q |
Walter Tewksbury |
United States |
USA |
24 |
(=)OR |
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2 |
½ ft bh |
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Q |
Thaddeus McClain |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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3 |
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Pál Koppán |
Hungary |
HUN |
21 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat Three |
14 July |
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The fastest of the preliminary heats featured two of the eventual medallists; Jarvis won by a metre and equalled the world record. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
10.8 |
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Q |
Frank Jarvis |
United States |
USA |
21 |
(=)WR |
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2 |
1 m bh |
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Q |
Stan Rowley |
Australia |
AUS |
23 |
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3 |
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Umberto Colombo |
Italy |
ITA |
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4 |
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Julius Keyl |
Germany |
GER |
22 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat Four |
14 July |
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Leiblee won this heat by half a yard. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.4 |
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Q |
Clark Leiblee |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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2 |
1 yd bh |
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Kurt Doerry |
Germany |
GER |
25 |
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3 |
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Johannes Gandil |
Denmark |
DEN |
26 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat Five |
14 July |
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The fifth heat was the only one that was not won by an American runner; Pritchard beat Minahan by half a yard. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.4 |
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Q |
Norman Pritchard |
India |
IND |
24 |
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2 |
½ yd bh |
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Q |
Edmund Minahan |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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3 |
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Ernő Schubert |
Hungary |
HUN |
18 |
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4 |
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Isaac Westergren |
Sweden |
SWE |
24 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Round One Heat Six |
14 July |
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In an all-American heat, Burroughs defeated Boardman by about a metre, with Slack in third to become the only American runner to be eliminated in the first round. |
Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
1 |
11.4 |
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Q |
Charles Burroughs |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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2 |
1 yd bh |
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Q |
Dixon Boardman |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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3 |
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Henry Slack |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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