Men 100m Athletics X Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1932 - Monday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Eddie Tolan, United States
Finaltime
1. Eddie TolanUSA United States10.38s=WR
2. Ralph MetcalfeUSA United States10.38s=WR
3. Arthur JonathGEr Germany10.50s
4. George SimpsonUSA United States10.53s
5. Danie JoubertZAF South Africa10.60s
6. Takayoshi YoshiokaJPN Japan10.79s

world Men 100m History

Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Capp.: 100,000. 33 competitors from 17 nations.
RoundHAthdate
Semi-Finals21201.08
Quarter-Finals41931.07
Heats73331.07

Semi-Finals - Monday 01.08

First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1time
1. Eddie TolanUSA United States10.81sQ
2. Danie JoubertZAF South Africa10.81sQ
3. Takayoshi YoshiokaJPN Japan10.83sQ
4. Percy WilliamsCAn Canada10.91s
5. Allan ElliotNZL New Zealand11.0s
6. Helmut KörnigGEr Germany11.2s
Semi 2time
1. Ralph MetcalfeUSA United States10.65sQ
2. George SimpsonUSA United States10.70sQ
3. Arthur JonathGEr Germany10.71sQ
4. Carlos BianchiARG Argentina10.73s
5. Bert PearsonCAn Canada10.95s
6. Harold WrightCAn Canada11.1s
With a mild assisting wind and 30°C weather, the Olympic final was run in ideal conditions, and ended with a controversial result. Ralph Metcalfe was the hot favourite, having won the NCAA title with an unratified world record of 10.2 and the US Olympic Trials ahead of Tolan. Despite the use of the Kirby camera device, which showed both the order of finish and the “hundredth” times of the athletes, some bizarre results occurred in the preliminaries. None more so than the first semi-final which clearly showed Tolan just edging reigning cham- pion Williams for the last qualifying place, only to have the American announced as winner of the race ahead of Joubert (the real winner) and Yoshioka. The Nippon athlete, one of the greatest starters of all-time, took a metre lead in the first 10m of the final, but was caught by Tolan at 40m, with the others a metre back. Metcalfe surged to within 30cm of Tolan at 60m, and caught him at 80m. They ran together to the finish where Metcalfe dipped to reach the line with Tolan. The rule of the day stated that the winner was the ath- lete crossing the line first. After two hours it was determined from film of the race that Tolan was the winner. Under current rules (the athlete who reaches the line first) Metcalfe would have been the victor.
World Record10.3sPercy WilliamsToronto (CAN) August 9, 1930
Olympic Record10.6sDonald LippincottStockholm (SWE) July 6, 1912
10.6sCharlie PaddockAntwerp (BEL) August 16, 1920
10.6sHarold AbrahamsParis (FRA) July 6/7 1924
10.6sRobert McAllisterAmsterdam (NED) July 29/30 1928
10.6sPercy WilliamsAmsterdam (NED) July 30, 1928
10.6sWilfred LeggAmsterdam (NED) July 30, 1928

Quarter-Finals - Sunday 31.07

First 3 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals.
Quarter 1time
1. Eddie TolanUSA United States10.53sQ, Or
2. Carlos BianchiARG Argentina10.5sQ
3. Percy WilliamsCAn Canada10.7sQ
4. Chris BergerNED Netherlands10.7s
5. Fernando OrtízMEX Mexico11.0s
Quarter 2time
1. George SimpsonUSA United States10.74sQ
2. Harold WrightCAn Canada10.9sQ
3. Helmut KörnigGEr Germany11.0sQ
4. Andrej EngelTCH Czechoslovakia11.1s
Quarter 3time
1. Ralph MetcalfeUSA United States10.77sQ
2. Takayoshi YoshiokaJPN Japan10.8sQ
3. Allan ElliotNZL New Zealand10.9sQ
4. Ernie PageGBR Great Britain10.9s
5. Ernst GeerlingGEr Germany11.1s
Quarter 4time
1. Arthur JonathGEr Germany10.68sQ
2. Danie JoubertZAF South Africa10.6sQ
3. Bert PearsonCAn Canada10.7sQ
4. José de AlmeidaBRA Brazil10.8s
5. Izuo AnnoJPN Japan10.9s

Heats - Sunday 31.07

First 3 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals.
Heat 1time
1. Eddie TolanUSA United States10.9sQ
2. José de AlmeidaBRA Brazil11.0sQ
3. Fernando OrtízMEX Mexico11.2sQ
4. André ThéardHAI Haiti11.4s
5. António RodriguesPOR Portugal11.5s
-. Fred ReidGBR Great BritainDNF
Heat 2time
1. George SimpsonUSA United States10.9s
2. Ernie PageGBR Great Britain11.1s
3. Andrej EngelTCH Czechoslovakia11.2s
4. Bunoo SuttonINd India11.4s
5. Liu ChangchunCHn China11.5s
Heat3time
1. Arthur JonathGEr Germany10.6sQ, =WR
2. Allan ElliotNZL New Zealand10.8sQ
3. Izuo AnnoJPN Japan10.9sQ
4. Ronald VernieuxINd India11.0s
5. Samuel GiacosaARG Argentina11.1s
Heat 4time
1. Carlos BianchiARG Argentina10.8sQ
2. Helmut KörnigGEr Germany11.0sQ
3. Percy WilliamsCAn Canada11.1sQ
4. Jesús MorailaMEX Mexico11.2s
Heat 5time
1. Ralph MetcalfeUSA United States11.0sQ
2. Bert PearsonCAn Canada11.1sQ
3. Angelos LambrouGRe Greece11.3sQ
4. Fernando RamírezMEX Mexico11.4s
Heat 6time
1. Danie JoubertZAF South Africa11.0sQ
2. Harold WrightCAn Canada11.2sQ
3. Ernst GeerlingGEr Germany11.3sQ
4. Ricardo GuimarãesBRA Brazil11.4s
Heat 7time
1. Takayoshi YoshiokaJPN Japan10.9sQ
2. Chris BergerNED Netherlands11.1sQ
3. Berra HéctorARG Argentina11.2sQ
4. Stanley FullerGBR Great Britain11.3s
5. Mario MarquesBRA Brazil11.5s
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Athletics Los Angeles 1932
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 50km Walk
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