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Athletics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games:

Men's 100 metres Round One

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Games: Next Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Panathenaic Stadium, Athina
Date Started: April 6, 1896
Date Finished: April 6, 1896
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Gold: USA Tom Burke
Silver: GER Fritz Hofmann
Bronze: HUN Alajos Szokoly
USA Frank Lane

Round One Heat One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC MB T
1 Frank Lane 21 United States USA 12 1/5 QU/OR
2 Alajos Szokoly 24 Hungary HUN 12 3/4 QU
3 Charles Gmelin 23 Great Britain GBR at 1 m.
4 Alphonse Grisel France FRA
AC Kurt Doerry 21 Germany GER

Round One Heat Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC MB T
1 Tom Curtis 23 United States USA 12 1/5 QU/=OR
2 Alexandros Khalkokondylis Greece GRE 12 3/4 QU
3 Launceston Elliot 21 Great Britain GBR at 1 m.
4 Eugen Schmidt 34 Denmark DEN
5 George Marshall Great Britain GBR

Round One Heat Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Tom Burke 21 United States USA 11 4/5 QU
2 Fritz Hofmann 24 Germany GER 12 3/4 QU
3 Fritz Traun 20 Germany GER at 6 m.
AC Henrik Sjöberg 21 Sweden SWE
AC Georgios Gennimatas Greece GRE