Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueFrancis Field
DatesSeptember 3
Competitors11 from 3 nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   United States
Athletics at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m   men
100 m men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
110 m hurdles men
200 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
2590 m steeplechase men
4 mile team race men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing triple jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
56 pound weight throw men
Combined events
Triathlon men
All-around men

The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. 11 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.8(*) United States Luther Cary Paris (FRA) July 4, 1891
10.8(*) United Kingdom Cecil Lee Brussels (BEL) September 25, 1892
10.8(*) Belgium Etienne De Re Brussels (BEL) August 4, 1893
10.8(*) United Kingdom L. Atcherley Frankfurt/Main (GER) April 13, 1895
10.8(*) United Kingdom Harry Beaton Rotterdam (NED) August 28, 1895
10.8(*) Sweden Harald Anderson-Arbin Helsingborg (SWE) August 9, 1896
10.8(*) Sweden Isaac Westergren Gävle (SWE) September 11, 1898
10.8(*) Sweden Isaac Westergren Gävle (SWE) September 10, 1899
10.8(*) United States Frank Jarvis Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8(*) United States Walter Tewksbury Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8(*) Sweden Carl Ljung Stockholm (SWE) September 23, 1900
10.8(*) United States Walter Tewksbury Philadelphia (USA) October 6, 1900
10.8(*) France André Passat Bordeaux (FRA) June 14, 1903
10.8(*) Switzerland Louis Kuhn Bordeaux (FRA) June 14, 1903
10.8(*) Denmark Harald Grønfeldt Aarhus (DEN) July 5, 1903
10.8(*) Sweden Eric Frick Jönköping (SWE) August 9, 1903
Olympic Record 10.8 United States Frank Jarvis Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900
10.8 United States Walter Tewksbury Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900

(*) unofficial

Results

Heats

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

  Advance on placement

Heat 1

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1 Archie Hahn (USA) 11.4 QF
2 Lawson Robertson (USA) QF
3 Béla Mező (HUN)

Heat 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1 William Hogenson (USA) 11.6 QF
2 Frederick Heckwolf (USA) QF
3 Robert Kerr (CAN)
4 Myer Prinstein (USA)

Heat 3

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1 Nathaniel Cartmell (USA) 11.4 QF
2 Fay Moulton (USA) QF
3 Clyde Blair (USA)
4 Frank Castleman (USA)

Final

Place Athlete Time
1 Archie Hahn (USA) 11.0
2 Nathaniel Cartmell (USA) 11.2
3 William Hogenson (USA) 11.2
4 Fay Moulton (USA)
5 Frederick Heckwolf (USA)
6 Lawson Robertson (USA)

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