Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres race was the first event run at the modern Olympics, on 6 April 1896. It was the shortest race on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. 21 athletes were entered in the first round, divided into three heats of seven runners, but six of them later withdrew. The top two athletes in each heat advanced to the final, which took place on 10 April.

15 athletes from 8 nations competed.

Medallists

Heat 3

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Final

The final heat of the 100 metre race, run on 10 April, involved the six runners who had finished in the top two of their preliminary heats, with the exception of Thomas Curtis, who elected not to run. Burke again ran the race in 12.0 seconds to win it. His companion from the third heat, Hoffmann, placed second, with the two runners from the first heat tying for third place.

References

* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf AAFLA.org] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf AAFLA.org] )
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