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.Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
Summary 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. 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.Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Final. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
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.The 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens 1906 . Los Angeles84. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
Schedule Date RoundWednesday, 25 April 1906 HeatsSemi-finalFriday, 27 April 1906Finals
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1906 Intercalated Games.
TypeTimeAthleteLocationDateWorld record10.8 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 record10.8 Frank Jarvis Paris, France 14 July 1900 Walter Tewksbury Paris, France 14 July 1900 World records before 1912 have not been officially ratified as world records by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).Men, 100 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
Results
Heats 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.Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
Heat 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Archie Hahn 12.0 2 Otto Bock Unknown — Georgios Zinon — Julius Wagner — Karl Lampelmayer
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 William Eaton 11.6 2 Gaspare Torretta Unknown 3 Géo Malfait Unknown 4 Robert Schöffthaler Unknown 5 Fritz Hofmann Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fay Moulton 11.8 2 Pantelis Ektoros Unknown 3 Martin Beckmann Unknown
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Knut Lindberg 11.8 2 Bohuslav Pohl-Polenský Unknown — Konstantinos Devetzis Unknown — Aage Petersen — Patestos Patestidis
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Georgios Kesar 12.6 — George Queyrouze
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 William Schick 12.2 2 Wyndham Halswelle Unknown 3 Gustav Krojer Unknown 4 Wilhelm Ritzenhoff Unknown 5 Gunnar Rönström Unknown
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Reginald Reed 12.0 2 Axel Ljung Unknown
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Alfred Healey 12.2 2 Vincent Duncker 12.2 3 Sotirios Anastasopoulos Unknown 4 Uno Häggman Unknown 5 Nikolaos Mourmouris Unknown
Heat 9
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lawson Robertson 11.4 2 Nigel Barker Unknown 3 Martin Brustmann Unknown — A. Papadakis — Otto Hahnel-Kohout
Heat 10
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sidney Abrahams 11.8 2 Meyer Prinstein Unknown 3 Marc Bélin du Coteau Unknown — Miksa Hellmich — Vasilios Stournaras
Semifinals
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.Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Semi-Finals. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Archie Hahn 11.4 2 Lawson Robertson 2 yds behind 3 Otto Bock Unknown 4 Sidney Abrahams Unknown 5 Bohuslav Pohl-Polenský Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fay Moulton 11.2 2 Knut Lindberg 1½ yds behind 3 William Schick Unknown
Semifinal 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 William Eaton 11.6 2 Nigel Barker 1 yd behind 3 Wyndham Halswelle Unknown 4 Axel Ljung Unknown 5 Gaspare Torretta Unknown 6 Alfred Healey Unknown
Final
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Archie Hahn 11.2 Fay Moulton 11.3 1 yd behind 1st Nigel Barker 11.3 1 ft behind 2nd 4 William Eaton 11.4 1½ yds behind 3rd 5 Lawson Robertson 11.4 No distance behind 4th 6 Knut Lindberg 11.5 1 yd behind 5th
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