Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres competition at the 1906 Intercalated Games was held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece from 25 to 27 April. A total of 42 athletes from 13 nations competed in the 100 m event.[1]

Men's 100 metres
at the 1906 Intercalated Games
VenuePanathenaic Stadium
Date25–27 April 1906
Competitors42 from 13 nations
Winning time11.2 s
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Archie Hahn  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fay Moulton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nigel Barker  Australia
← 1904
1908 →

Summary

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The first round of the competition saw several false starts and disqualifications, partly due to the athletes lack of familiarity with the local starter's orders, which were called in Greek. After the first round this issue was rectified.[1] There was no individual timing for each runner and only the winners of each race had their times recorded. Other athletes were ranked visually and in some instances the remaining distance between an athlete and the one behind him was documented.[2]

Four of the six finalists were Americans and two of them took first and second place – Archie Hahn and Fay Moulton. Australia's Nigel Barker came third. Hahn's win built upon his victory from the 1904 Olympic Games. He is sometimes credited with being the first man to retain the Olympic 100 m, but this is disputed as the Intercalated Games have not received official recognition as part of the Olympic series from the International Olympic Committee. Some sports historians argue that the events should be considered part of the true Olympic series as their success helped sustain the modern Olympic movement – the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1904 Summer Olympics were less international and were largely overshadowed by the World's Fairs that the host cities incorporated the games into.[1][3]

Schedule

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Date Round
Wednesday, 25 April 1906 Heats
Semi-final
Friday, 27 April 1906 Finals

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Type Time Athlete Location Date
World record 10.8[nb] Luther Cary Paris, France 4 July 1891
Cecil Lee Brussels, Belgium 25 September 1892
Etienne De Re Brussels, Belgium 4 August 1893
L. Atcherley Frankfurt, Germany 13 April 1895
Harry Beaton Rotterdam, Netherlands 28 August 1895
Harald Anderson-Arbin Helsingborg, Sweden 9 August 1896
Isaac Westergren Gävle, Sweden 11 September 1898
Isaac Westergren Gävle, Sweden 10 September 1899
Frank Jarvis Paris, France 14 July 1900
Walter Tewksbury Paris, France 14 July 1900
Carl Ljung Stockholm, Sweden 23 September 1900
Walter Tewksbury Philadelphia, United States 6 October 1900
André Passat Bordeaux, France 14 June 1903
Louis Kuhn Bordeaux, France 14 June 1903
Harald Grønfeldt Aarhus, Denmark 5 July 1903
Eric Frick Jönköping, Sweden 9 August 1903
Vincent Duncker Berlin, Germany 6 August 1905
Olympic record 10.8 Frank Jarvis Paris, France 14 July 1900
Walter Tewksbury Paris, France 14 July 1900

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals. There were ten heats: seven of them contained five runners, while the remaining three had two or three entrants.

From the smaller heats, only Fay Moulton (first in the three-man third heat) and Axel Ljung (second in the two-man seventh heat) participated in the semi-final. In heats eight and ten, the second-placed athletes Vincent Duncker and Meyer Prinstein, did not compete in the semi-final.[5]

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Archie Hahn   United States 12.0 Q
2 Otto Bock   Denmark Unknown Q
Georgios Zinon   Greece DSQ
Julius Wagner   Germany DSQ
Karl Lampelmayer   Austria DSQ

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Eaton   United States 11.6 Q
2 Gaspare Torretta   Italy Unknown Q
3 Géo Malfait   France Unknown
4 Robert Schöffthaler   Austria Unknown
5 Fritz Hofmann   Germany Unknown

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Fay Moulton   United States 11.8 Q
2 Pantelis Ektoros   Greece Unknown Q
3 Martin Beckmann   Germany Unknown

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Knut Lindberg   Sweden 11.8 Q
2 Bohuslav Pohl-Polenský   Bohemia Unknown Q
Konstantinos Devetzis   Greece Unknown
Aage Petersen   Denmark DSQ
Patestos Patestidis   Greece DSQ

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Georgios Kesar   Greece 12.6 Q
George Queyrouze   United States DNF

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Schick   United States 12.2 Q
2 Wyndham Halswelle   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Gustav Krojer   Austria Unknown
4 Wilhelm Ritzenhoff   Germany Unknown
5 Gunnar Rönström   Sweden Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Reginald Reed   Great Britain 12.0 Q
2 Axel Ljung   Sweden Unknown Q

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Alfred Healey   Great Britain 12.2 Q
2 Vincent Duncker   Germany 12.2 Q
3 Sotirios Anastasopoulos   Greece Unknown
4 Uno Häggman   Finland Unknown
5 Nikolaos Mourmouris   Greece Unknown

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lawson Robertson   United States 11.4 Q
2 Nigel Barker   Australia Unknown Q
3 Martin Brustmann   Germany Unknown
A. Papadakis   Greece DSQ
Otto Hahnel-Kohout   Bohemia DSQ

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sidney Abrahams   Great Britain 11.8 Q
2 Meyer Prinstein   United States Unknown Q
3 Marc Bélin du Coteau   France Unknown
Miksa Hellmich   Hungary DSQ
Vasilios Stournaras   Greece DSQ

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final. The semi-finals were divided into three races: heat one with five runners, heat two with three, and heat three with six.[6]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Archie Hahn   United States 11.4 Q
2 Lawson Robertson   United States 2 yds behind Q
3 Otto Bock   Denmark Unknown
4 Sidney Abrahams   Great Britain Unknown
5 Bohuslav Pohl-Polenský   Bohemia Unknown

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Fay Moulton   United States 11.2 Q
2 Knut Lindberg   Sweden 1½ yds behind Q
3 William Schick   United States Unknown

Semifinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Eaton   United States 11.6 Q
2 Nigel Barker   Australia 1 yd behind Q
3 Wyndham Halswelle   Great Britain Unknown
4 Axel Ljung   Sweden Unknown
5 Gaspare Torretta   Italy Unknown
6 Alfred Healey   Great Britain Unknown

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Archie Hahn   United States 11.2
  Fay Moulton   United States 11.3 1 yd behind 1st
  Nigel Barker   Australia 11.3 1 ft behind 2nd
4 William Eaton   United States 11.4 1½ yds behind 3rd
5 Lawson Robertson   United States 11.4 No distance behind 4th
6 Knut Lindberg   Sweden 11.5 1 yd behind 5th

References

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  1. ^ a b c Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  2. ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Final. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  3. ^ The 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens 1906 Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Los Angeles84. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  4. ^ Men, 100 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  5. ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  6. ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Semi-Finals. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.