Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres (original) (raw)

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Men's 100 metresat the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Olympic StadiumHelsinki, Finland
Dates 20 July 1952 (heats, quarterfinals)21 July 1952 (semifinals, final)
Competitors 72 from 33 nations
Winning time 10.4 seconds (hand)10.79 seconds (auto)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindy Remigino United States2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb McKenley Jamaica3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDonald Bailey Great Britain
← 19481956 →

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 21 July. Seventy-two athletes from 33 nations competed; each nation was limited to 3 runners. The final was won by American Lindy Remigino, the fourth consecutive victory by a different American.[1] Herb McKenley won Jamaica's first medal in the men's 100 metres with his silver, while McDonald Bailey's bronze put Great Britain on the podium for the first time since 1928. The final was "probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history" with the first four runners all clocking in at 10.4 seconds hand-timed, all six finalists within 0.12 seconds electric-timed (10.79 for first, 10.91 for sixth), and a photo finish necessary to separate the winners.[2]

This was the twelfth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. None of the medalists from 1948 returned, but sixth-place finisher McDonald Bailey (who had recently tied the world record) did. London bronze medalist Lloyd LaBeach's brother Byron LaBeach represented Jamaica. Other notable entrants were American Art Bragg (who pulled his hamstring before the semifinal) and Jamaican Herb McKenley, who were favorites along with Bailey.[2]

Bulgaria, Ghana, Guatemala, Israel, Nigeria, the Soviet Union, Thailand, and Venezuela were represented in the event for the first time. The United States was the only nation to have appeared at each of the first twelve Olympic men's 100 metres events.

The event retained the four round format from 1920 to 1948: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats, of 4–7 athletes each, with the top 2 in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. The 24 quarterfinalists were placed into 4 heats of 6 athletes. The top 3 in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 heats of 6 semifinalists, once again with the top 3 advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record 10.2 United States Jesse Owens Chicago, United States 20 June 1936
10.2 United States Harold Davis Compton, United States 6 June 1941
10.2 Panama Lloyd LaBeach Fresno, United States 15 May 1948
10.2 United States Barney Ewell Evanston, United States 9 July 1948
10.2 United Kingdom McDonald Bailey Belgrade, Yugoslavia 25 August 1951
Olympic record 10.3 United States Eddie Tolan Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3 United States Ralph Metcalfe Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932
10.3 United States Jesse Owens Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936
10.3 United States Harrison Dillard London, United Kingdom 31 July 1948

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Treloar Australia 10.92 Q
2 Alan Lillington Great Britain 11.06 Q
3 Gabriel Lareya Ghana 11.18
4 Miroslav Horčic Czechoslovakia 11.23
5 Ásmundur Bjarnason Iceland 11.40
6 Youssef Ali Omar Egypt 11.53
7 José Julio Barillas Guatemala 11.56
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally France 10.97 Q
2 Angel Kolev Bulgaria 11.01 Q
3 Paul Dolan Ireland 11.12
4 Raúl Mazorra Cuba 11.19
5 Robert Hutchinson Canada 11.26
6 Masaji Tajima Japan 11.29
7 Adul Wanasatith Thailand 11.61
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.65 Q
2 Carlo Vittori Italy 10.98 Q
3 Mikhail Kazantsev Soviet Union 11.16
4 Hörður Haraldsson Iceland 11.31
5 Javier Souza Mexico 11.32
6 Stefanos Petrakis Greece 11.33
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Jack Great Britain 11.05 Q
2 Romeo Galán Argentina 11.11 Q
3 Levan Sanadze Soviet Union 11.13
4 Emad El-Din Shafei Egypt 11.40
5 Guillermo Gutiérrez Venezuela 11.42
6 Boonterm Pakpuang Thailand 11.85
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley Jamaica 10.88 Q
2 György Csányi Hungary 11.09 Q
3 Emil Kiszka Poland 11.13
4 Pauli Tavisalo Finland 11.30
5 Tomás Paquete Portugal 11.45
6 Walter Sutton Canada 11.45
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 David Tabak Israel 11.12 Q
2 Tomio Hosoda Japan 11.14 Q
3 Willy Schneider Switzerland 11.22
4 Angel Gavrilov Bulgaria 11.29
5 Juan Leiva Venezuela 11.31
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union 10.93 Q
2 Theo Saat Netherlands 11.02 Q
3 Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan 11.17
4 Voitto Hellstén Finland 11.36
5 George Acquaah Ghana 11.47
6 Mariano Acosta Argentina 11.58
7 Wolfango Montanari Italy 12.25
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Rafael Fortún Cuba 10.93 Q
2 Byron LaBeach Jamaica 11.09 Q
3 Franco Leccese Italy 11.18
4 Issi Baran Finland 11.32
5 Fritz Griesser Switzerland 11.54
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Werner Zandt Germany 11.03 Q
2 Muhammad Aslam Pakistan 11.18 Q
3 Don McFarlane Canada 11.25
4 Zdeněk Pospíšil Czechoslovakia 11.25
5 Edward Ajado Nigeria 11.25
6 Fawzi Chaaban Egypt 11.51
- Enrique Beckles Argentina DSQ
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Art Bragg United States 10.73 Q
2 Hans Wehrli Switzerland 11.00 Q
3 Titus Erinle Nigeria 11.12
4 László Zarándi Hungary 11.26
5 Pétur Sigurðsson Iceland 11.55
6 Arun Sankosik Thailand 11.76
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lindy Remigino United States 10.73 Q
2 Lavy Pinto India 11.00 Q
3 René Bonino France 11.00
4 František Brož Czechoslovakia 11.32
5 Abdul Aziz Pakistan 11.48
6 Rui Maia Portugal 11.79
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dean Smith United States 10.90 Q
2 Alain Porthault France 11.04 Q
3 Erich Fuchs Germany 11.19
4 Karim Olowu Nigeria 11.27

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.73 Q
2 John Treloar Australia 10.84 Q
3 Alain Porthault France 10.99 Q
4 Muhammad Aslam Pakistan 11.02
5 Byron LaBeach Jamaica 11.05
- Angel Kolev Bulgaria DSQ
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lindy Remigino United States 10.68 Q
2 Theo Saat Netherlands 10.93 Q
3 Lavy Pinto India 10.98 Q
4 Étienne Bally France 10.98
5 Hans Wehrli Switzerland 11.05
6 Alan Lillington Great Britain 11.26
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dean Smith United States 10.69 Q
2 Rafael Fortún Cuba 10.90 Q
3 William Jack Great Britain 10.94 Q
4 Werner Zandt Germany 10.98
5 Romeo Galán Argentina 11.08
6 David Tabak Israel 11.10
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley Jamaica 10.72 Q
2 Art Bragg United States 10.75 Q
3 Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union 10.92 Q
4 Tomio Hosoda Japan 11.03
5 György Csányi Hungary 11.07
6 Carlo Vittori Italy 11.79

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

Bragg tore a muscle in this semifinal.[3]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.74 Q
2 Dean Smith United States 10.78 Q
3 Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union 10.86 Q
4 Lavy Pinto India 10.94
5 Alain Porthault France 11.04
6 Art Bragg United States 11.43
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Herb McKenley Jamaica 10.74 Q
2 Lindy Remigino United States 10.74 Q
3 John Treloar Australia 10.76 Q
4 Rafael Fortún Cuba 10.92
5 William Jack Great Britain 11.01
6 Theo Saat Netherlands 11.12
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindy Remigino United States 10.79 Photo-determined finish
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb McKenley Jamaica 10.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.83
4 Dean Smith United States 10.84
5 Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union 10.88
6 John Treloar Australia 10.91
  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 250.