Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Stadium
London, England
Dates30 July 1948 (heats, quarterfinals)
31 July 1948 (semifinals, final)
Competitors63 from 33 nations
Winning time10.3 seconds
Medalists
 Harrison Dillard  United States
 Barney Ewell  United States
 Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
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The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England, we held at Wembley Stadium on 30 and 31 July. The final was won by American Harrison Dillard, in a photo finish. This was the first time a photo finish camera was used at an Olympic Games.[1]

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st Harrison Dillard United States 10.3 =OR
2nd Barney Ewell United States 10.4
3rd Lloyd LaBeach Panama 10.6
4 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain
5 Mel Patton United States
6 McDonald Bailey Great Britain

Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record

Preliminaries

Heats

The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Barney Ewell United States 10.5
2 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain 10.5
3 Les Laing Jamaica 11.0
4Angel García Cuba
5Nestor Jacono Malta

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mel Patton United States 10.6
2 Ivan Hausen Brazil 10.9
3 Jim O'Brien Canada 10.9
4Fernando Lapuente Argentina
5Hector Gosset Belgium
6Guillermo Rodríguez Mexico

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lloyd LaBeach Panama 10.7
2 Béla Goldoványi Hungary 11.0
3 Frank Mahoney Bermuda 11.8

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Juan López Uruguay 10.5
2 Ken Jones Great Britain 10.6
3 Jan Meijer Netherlands 11.0
4Máximo Reyes Peru
5Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson Iceland

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harrison Dillard United States 10.4
2 Aroldo da Silva Brazil 10.6
3 Peter Bloch Norway 11.1
4Pol Braekman Belgium

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.5
2 Haukur Clausen Iceland 11.0
3 Abram van Heerden South Africa 11.1
4 Carlos Silva Chile
5 Bernabe Lovina Philippines
6 Stanley Lines Bermuda

Heat seven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Treloar Australia 10.5
2 René Valmy France 10.8
3 György Csányi Hungary 11.1
4Carlos Isaac Argentina
5Sayed Moukhtar Egypt
6Ali Salman Iraq

Heat eight

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rafael Fortún Cuba 10.7
2 John Bartram Australia 10.8
3 Basil McKenzie Jamaica 10.8
4Hélio da Silva Brazil
5Jo Zwaan Netherlands

Heat nine

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Morris Curotta Australia 10.7
2 Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina 10.8
3 Raúl Mazorra Cuba 11.1
4Örn Clausen Iceland
5Raşit Östaş Turkey
- Perry Johnson Bermuda DQ

Heat ten

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Lewis Trinidad and Tobago 10.8
2 Ted Haggis Canada 10.9
3 Walter Pérez Uruguay 11.0
4Santiago Ferrando Peru
5Stefanos Petrakis Greece

Heat eleven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Isidoor Van De Wiele Belgium 10.8
2 António Morais Portugal 10.9
3 Alberto Labarthe Chile 11.0
4Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan
5Charles Thompson British Guiana

Heat twelve

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mario Fayos Uruguay 11.0
2 Eric Prabhakar India 11.0
3 László Bartha Hungary 11.1
4 Jan Kleyn Netherlands
5 Kemal Aksur Turkey
6 Maung Sein Pe Burma
- Étienne Bally France DNF

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harrison Dillard United States 10.4
2 Juan López Uruguay 10.6
3 Ken Jones Great Britain 10.7
4Ivan Hausen Brazil
5Ted Haggis Canada
6António Morais Portugal

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Barney Ewell United States 10.5
2 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.6
3 Morris Curotta Australia 10.8
4George Lewis Trinidad and Tobago
5Béla Goldoványi Hungary
6Haukur Clausen Iceland

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mel Patton United States 10.4
2 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain 10.5
3 John Bartram Australia 10.6
4René Valmy France
5Mario Fayos Uruguay
6Isidoor Van De Wiele Belgium

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lloyd LaBeach Panama 10.5
2 John Treloar Australia 10.5
3 Rafael Fortún Cuba 10.6
4Aroldo da Silva Brazil
5Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina
6Eric Prabhakar India

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harrison Dillard United States 10.5
2 Barney Ewell United States 10.5
3 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain 10.7
4John Bartram Australia
5Juan López Uruguay
6Morris Curotta Australia

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mel Patton United States 10.4
2 Lloyd LaBeach Panama 10.5
3 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.6
4John Treloar Australia
5Rafael Fortún Cuba
6Ken Jones Great Britain

Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record; DNF = Did not finish; DQ = Disqualified

References

  1. ↑ London's three Olympic Games compared

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