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1912 Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden - Men's 100 m

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Category: 1912 Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden - (Athletics)
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Host City: Stockholm, Sweden Format: Winner in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 6, 1912 Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals
Date Finished: July 7, 1912
(Competitors: 69; Countries: 22; Finalists: 5)
Venue(s): Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Overview by IAAF  1912_olympic_stadium.jpg
As in 1908 there were 17 heats, with two qualifying from each heat for the semi-final round. Lippincott was the fastest in the first round with 10.6, a metre clear of Applegarth in heat 16. Lippincott, Meyer and Craig all won their semi-finals in 10.7, but the favourite for the final was Howard Drew who had pulled a muscle winning his semi-final. However, Drew did not appear at the start of the final. At the eighth time of asking (!), Patching was away quickest. Craig then got into top gear, catching the Springbok at 60m and won going away. Meyer was second, inches ahead of the others who finished almost in a tie, with Patching perhaps unlucky not to have been ruled third.
Summary by Sports-reference.com
The event was considered wide-open at the beginning of the year, as no sprinter had been dominant since the 1908 Olympics. From 1909-1911 three different American sprinters had won the AAU Championship (William Martin 1909, James Rosenberger 1910, Gwinn Henry 1911), but none of them competed at Stockholm in this event. South Africa's George Patching had won the AAA title in 1910-11 and was present. At the three United States Olympic Trials, Ira Courtney won the western trial, Clement Wilson the central and Howard Drew the eastern trial. In the eastern meet, Ralph Craig finished second to Drew. The world record for 100 metres was 10.5, shared by three Germans, Richard Rau, Erwin Kern, and Emil Ketterer. All three competed at Stockholm, but Ketterer did not finish in round one, and Rau and Kern were eliminated in the semi-finals.
In the first round, America's Donald Lippincott broke the Olympic record in heat 16 with a 10.6 clocking. The six semi-finals advanced only the winner of each heat to the final. Five of the finalists were from the United States - Ralph Craig, Howard Drew, Alvah Meyer, Frank Belote, and Lippincott. The fastest times in the semis were 10.7, posted by both Craig and Meyer.
The final began without Drew, who had strained a muscle at the finish of his semi-final heat and could not start. The final was marked by multiple false starts - listed as six, seven, or eight in various sources. After one of the false starts, Craig and Lippincott ran the entire 100 metres. Craig noted many years later, "There were seven false starts, and I made one of them. Another American who had competed in the Paris Games - those 1900 Games were kind of horrendous, you know - he told me if you ever get to the Olympics, if anyone moves a muscle, you go too. Don Lippincott and I ran the whole hundred meters on one false start. The foreign officials were totally incompetent, and I was afraid not to keep running even though they fired the recall gun. I was told, don't take a chance - go! - so I did. They did fire the recall gun, but I didn't believe it."
After the false starts, Patching took the early lead but he was eventually defeated by three Americans, with Craig winning narrowly. Craig would later make the 1948 Olympic team as a yachtsman, and he carried the U.S. flag at the 1948 Opening Ceremony, but he was only an alternate and did not actually compete at the 1948 London Olympics.
 
Results
 The Olympic record for the 100 metres coming into 1912 was 10.8 seconds. It was matched by David Jacobs of Great Britain in the 10th heat before being broken by American Donald Lippincott with 10.6 seconds in the 16th heat. This was also the inaugural official world record in the 100 metres. Three semifinalists (including Lippincott) ran the race in 10.7 seconds, but the new record of 10.6 seconds stood for the rest of the event.
100 m Men Final 7 July
The official report gives the result as Ralph Craig 104⁄5, Alvah Meyer 60 cm behind winner, and Donald Lippincott 15 cm behind second man.
 
The start of the final.
Immediately after the start of the final.
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.8 Ralph Craig United States USA 22
2 10.9est Alvah Meyer United States USA 23
3 10.9est Donald Lippincott United States USA 18
4 11 George Patching South Africa RSA 25 11.0est
5 11 Frank Belote United States USA 28 11.0est
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat One 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q Howard Drew United States USA 21
2 Ira Courtney United States USA 23
3 Peter Gerhardt United States USA 34
4 Erwin Kern Germany GER 23
5 Karl August Luther Sweden SWE 26
6 Vilmos Rácz Hungary HUN 23
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Two 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.9 Q George Patching South Africa RSA 25
2 11.1est Knut Lindberg Sweden SWE 30
3 Richard Rice Great Britain GBR 26
AC Franco Giongo Italy ITA 20
AC Joseph Aelter Belgium BEL 22
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Three 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.7 Q Alvah Meyer United States USA 23
2 David Jacobs Great Britain GBR 24
3 Frank Lukeman Canada CAN 26
4 Pál Szalay Hungary HUN 19
AC DNF Rolf Smedmark Sweden SWE 26
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Four 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.7 Q Ralph Craig United States USA 22
2 10.9est Richard Rau Germany GER 22
3 William Stewart Australasia ANZ 22
AC István Jankovich Hungary HUN 22
AC René Mourlon France FRA 18
AC Ferenc Szobota Hungary HUN 20
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Five 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.7 Q Donald Lippincott United States USA 18
2 Willie Applegarth Great Britain GBR 21
3 Bedřich Vygoda Bohemia BOH 17
AC Clement Wilson United States USA 21
AC Vic d'Arcy Great Britain GBR 24
AC Army Howard Canada CAN 23
100 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Six 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.1 Q Frank Belote United States USA 28
2 Reuben Povey South Africa RSA 22
3 Rupert Thomas United States USA 21
4 Ivan Möller Sweden SWE 28
5 Arthur Anderson Great Britain GBR 25
100 m Men Round One Heat One 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 12.8 Q Karl August Luther Sweden SWE 26 walkover
100 m Men Round One Heat Two 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.5 Q Ivan Möller Sweden SWE 28
2 Q Pál Szalay Hungary HUN 19
3 Rudolf Rauch Austria AUT 19
100 m Men Round One Heat Three 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.2 Q Ira Courtney United States USA 23
2 Q István Jankovich Hungary HUN 22
3 Pierre Failliot France FRA 23
4 Henry Blakeney Great Britain GBR 21
AC Ladislav Jiránek-Strana Bohemia BOH 29
AC Pablo Eitel Chile CHI 24
100 m Men Round One Heat Four 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.4 Q Richard Rice Great Britain GBR 26
2 Q Rolf Smedmark Sweden SWE 26
100 m Men Round One Heat Five 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.2 Q Vic d'Arcy Great Britain GBR 24
2 Q Reuben Povey South Africa RSA 22
3 António Stromp Portugal POR 17
100 m Men Round One Heat Six 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.5 Q Richard Rau Germany GER 22
2 Q Vilmos Rácz Hungary HUN 23
3 Ture Person Sweden SWE 19
AC Robert Schurrer France FRA 22
AC Dimitrios Triantafyllakos Greece GRE 22
AC Leopolds Lēvenšteins Russia RUS 18
100 m Men Round One Heat Seven 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q William Stewart Australasia ANZ 22
2 Q Joseph Aelter Belgium BEL 22
AC Charles Lelong France FRA 21
AC Jan Grijseels Netherlands NED 21
AC Richard Schwarz Russia RUS 22
100 m Men Round One Heat Eight 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.6 Q Knut Lindberg Sweden SWE 30
2 Q Bedřich Vygoda Bohemia BOH 17
AC Dušan Milošević Serbia SRB 17
AC Jón Halldórsson Iceland ISL 22
100 m Men Round One Heat Nine 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.3 Q Alvah Meyer United States USA 23
2 Q Franco Giongo Italy ITA 20
AC Robert Duncan Great Britain GBR 24
AC Georges Rolot France FRA 22
100 m Men Round One Heat Ten 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.8 Q David Jacobs Great Britain GBR 24 (=)OR
2 Q Clement Wilson United States USA 21
AC Marius Delaby France FRA 21
AC Herman Sotaaen Norway NOR 23
AC Václav Labík-Gregan Bohemia BOH 18
100 m Men Round One Heat Eleven 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q Frank Belote United States USA 28
2 Q René Mourlon France FRA 18
3 Henry Macintosh Great Britain GBR 19
4 Hal Beasley Canada CAN 20
100 m Men Round One Heat Twelve 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.1 Q Peter Gerhardt United States USA 34
2 Q Frank Lukeman Canada CAN 26
3 Fritz Weinzinger Austria AUT 21
4 Alex Pedersen Norway NOR 21
AC Duncan Macmillan Great Britain GBR 21
100 m Men Round One Heat Thirteen 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q Army Howard Canada CAN 23
2 Q George Patching South Africa RSA 25
3 Hal Heiland United States USA 22
4 Pavel de Shtiglits Russia RUS
AC DNF Emil Ketterer Germany GER 28
100 m Men Round One Heat Fourteen 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q Arthur Anderson Great Britain GBR 25
2 Q Rupert Thomas United States USA 21
3 Frank McConnell Canada CAN 25
4 Skotte Jacobsson Sweden SWE 24
100 m Men Round One Heat Fifteen 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.0 Q Howard Drew United States USA 21
2 Q Erwin Kern Germany GER 23
3 Julien Boullery France FRA 25
AC DNF James Barker Great Britain GBR 19
100 m Men Round One Heat Sixteen 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 10.6 Q Donald Lippincott United States USA 18 OR
2 Q Willie Applegarth Great Britain GBR 21
3 Max Herrmann Germany GER 27
AC Ervin Szerelemhegyi Hungary HUN 21
AC Yahiko Mishima Japan JPN 26
100 m Men Round One Heat Seventeen 6 July
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 11.2 Q Ralph Craig United States USA 22
2 Q Ferenc Szobota Hungary HUN 20
3 Ragnar Ekberg Sweden SWE 25
4 Fritz Fleischer Austria AUT 18
 
 

 

 

 

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