Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DatesJuly 31, 1932 (heats, quarterfinals)
August 1, 1932 (semifinals, final)
Competitors33 from 17 nations
Winning time10.3 seconds
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Germany
Athletics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
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
1st Eddie Tolan United States 10.38 EWR
2nd Ralph Metcalfe United States 10.38 EWR
3rd Arthur Jonath Germany 10.50
4 George Simpson United States 10.53
5 Danie Joubert South Africa 10.60
6 Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan 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 Canada Percy Williams Toronto (CAN) August 9, 1930
Olympic Record 10.6 United States Donald Lippincott Stockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
10.6 United States Charlie Paddock Antwerp (BEL) August 16, 1920
10.6 United Kingdom Harold Abrahams Paris (FRA) July 6/7 1924
10.6 United States Robert McAllister Amsterdam (NED) July 29/30 1928
10.6 Canada Percy Williams Amsterdam (NED) July 30, 1928
10.6 South Africa Wilfred Legg 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
1 Eddie Tolan United States 10.9
2 José de Almeida Brazil11.0
3 Fernando Ortíz Mexico 11.2
4André Théard Haiti11.4
5António Rodrigues Portugal11.5
DNFFred Reid Great Britain

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1George Simpson United States10.9
2Ernie Page Great Britain11.1
3Andrej Engel Czechoslovakia11.2
4Bunoo Sutton India11.4
5Liu ChangchunTaiwan China11.5

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Arthur Jonath Germany10.6EOR
2Allan Elliot New Zealand10.8
3Izuo Anno Japan10.9
4Ronald Vernieux India11.0
5Samuel Giacosa Argentina11.1

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Carlos Bianchi Argentina10.8
2Helmut Körnig Germany11.0
3Percy Williams Canada11.1
4Jesús Moraila Mexico11.2

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Ralph Metcalfe United States11.0
2Bert Pearson Canada11.1
3Angelos Lambrou Greece11.3
4Fernando Ramírez Mexico11.4

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Danie Joubert South Africa11.0
2Harold Wright Canada11.2
3Ernst Geerling Germany11.3
4Ricardo Guimarães Brazil11.4

Heat seven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan10.9
2Chris Berger Netherlands11.1
3Héctor Berra Argentina11.2
4Stanley Fuller Great Britain11.3
5Mario Marques Brazil11.5

Quarterfinals

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Eddie Tolan United States10.53OR
2Carlos Bianchi Argentina10.5
3Percy Williams Canada10.7
4Chris Berger Netherlands10.7
5Fernando Ortíz Mexico11.0

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1George Simpson United States10.74
2Harold Wright Canada10.9
3Helmut Körnig Germany11.0
4Andrej Engel Czechoslovakia11.1

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Ralph Metcalfe United States10.77
2Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan10.8
3Allan Elliot New Zealand10.9
4Ernie Page Great Britain10.9
5Ernst Geerling Germany11.1

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Arthur Jonath Germany10.68
2Danie Joubert South Africa10.6
3Bert Pearson Canada10.7
4José de Almeida Brazil10.8
5Izuo Anno Japan10.9

Semifinals

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Eddie Tolan United States 10.81
2 Danie Joubert South Africa10.81
3 Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan 10.83
4Percy Williams Canada10.91
5Allan Elliot New Zealand11.0
6Helmut Körnig Germany11.2

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ralph Metcalfe United States 10.65
2 George Simpson United States10.70
3 Arthur Jonath Germany 10.71
4Carlos Bianchi Argentina10.73
5Bert Pearson Canada10.95
6Harold Wright Canada11.1

Key: EWR = Equalled world record; names in blue qualified for next round; OR=Olympic record; EOR= Equalled Olympic record; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Tolan wins by two inches in Olympic 100 meters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 2, 1932. p. 1.
  2. "Friends and rivals". Milwaukee Journal. World Wide photo. August 3, 1932. p. 3, part 2.
  3. Wolf, Bob (July 26, 1984). "Olympic blunder". Milwaukee Journal. p. 3, part 3.
  4. Rice, Grantland (August 2, 1932). "Tolan-Metcalfe race greatest in Olympic history, says Rice". Milwaukee Journal. NANA. p. 4, part 2.

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