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Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:
Men's 100 metres
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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: July 29, 1928
Date Finished: July 30, 1928
| Gold: |  Percy Williams |
| Silver: |  Jack London |
| Bronze: |  Georg Lammers |
Summary
The 1928 100 metre event was considered to be wide-open, with no consensus favorite. The best American was high school Frank Wykoff, who had won the Olympic Trials. There were several good Europeans, notably Jack London of Britain, and two Germans, Helmut Körnig and Georg Lammers. In the second round at Amsterdam, Percy Williams of Canada caught the eye of the track fans when he equaled the Olympic record with 10.6. The final opened with two false starts, first by South Africa’s Willie Legg and then one by Wykoff. Williams took the lead off the start and was never headed, winning the gold over London with Lammers third, Wykoff trailing in fourth. Two days later, Williams returned to win the 200 metres, the first non-American to complete the sprint double.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Percy Williams | 19 | Canada | CAN | Gold | |
| 2 | Jack London | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
| 3 | Georg Lammers | 23 | Germany | GER | Bronze | |
| 4 | Frank Wykoff | 18 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | Billie Legg | 21 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 6 | Bob McAllister | 28 | United States | USA | ||
| 4 h1 r3/4 | Hubert Houben | 30 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4 h2 r3/4 | Hank Russell | 23 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | Claude Bracey | 18 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | Richard Corts | 22 | Germany | GER | ||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | Juan Bautista Pina | 20 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | Johnny Fitzpatrick | 21 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 3 h1 r2/4 | Ferenc Gerő | 27 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 3 h2 r2/4 | Cyril Gill | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h3 r2/4 | Gilbert Auvergne | 22 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h4 r2/4 | André Théard | 22 | Haiti | HAI | ||
| 3 h5 r2/4 | Johannes Viljoen | 24 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 3 h6 r2/4 | Walter Rangeley | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h1 r2/4 | Rinus van den Berge | 28 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h2 r2/4 | István Raggambi | 23 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 4 h3 r2/4 | Buck Hester | 25 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 4 h4 r2/4 | André Mourlon | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h5 r2/4 | Anselmo Gonzaga | 22 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 4 h6 r2/4 | Ralph Adams | 20 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | Denis Cussen | 26 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | Aubrey Burton-Durham | 21 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | Sid Atkinson | 27 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | José Barrientos | 24 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 5 h5 r2/4 | Jimmy Carlton | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h6 r2/4 | Paul Brochart | 29 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | Jaroslav Vykoupil | 20 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| AC h2 r2/4 | André Cerbonney | 28 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h1 r1/4 | Willy Dujardin | Belgium | BEL | |||
| 3 h2 r1/4 | Jesús Moraila | Mexico | MEX | |||
| 3 h3 r1/4 | Mario Gómez | Mexico | MEX | |||
| 3 h4 r1/4 | Willy Weibel | 21 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 3 h5 r1/4 | Ladislau Peter | Romania | ROU | |||
| 3 h6 r1/4 | Edgardo Toetti | 17 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 3 h7 r1/4 | Rodolfo Wagner | Chile | CHI | |||
| 3 h8 r1/4 | Karel Kněnický | 20 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 3 h9 r1/4 | János Paizs | 21 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 3 h10r1/4 | Johann Bartl | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 3 h11r1/4 | Alberto Barucco | 22 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 3 h12r1/4 | André Dufau | 22 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h13r1/4 | Fred Zinner | 24 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 3 h14r1/4 | Hermann Geißler | 22 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 3 h15r1/4 | Willy Tschopp | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 3 h16r1/4 | Enrique de Chávarri | 25 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 4 h1 r1/4 | Wim Hennings | 22 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h2 r1/4 | Franco Reyser | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 h3 r1/4 | Jaap Boot | 25 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h4 r1/4 | Diego Ordóñez | 24 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 4 h5 r1/4 | Francisco Costas | Mexico | MEX | |||
| 4 h6 r1/4 | Iwao Aizawa | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 4 h8 r1/4 | Dolf Benz | 19 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h9 r1/4 | Leo Jørgensen | 25 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 4 h10r1/4 | Şinasi Şahingiray | 22 | Turkey | TUR | ||
| 4 h11r1/4 | Óscar Alvarado | Chile | CHI | |||
| 4 h12r1/4 | José de Lima | 20 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 4 h14r1/4 | Risto Mattila | 18 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 4 h15r1/4 | Adolphe Groscol | 24 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 4 h16r1/4 | Fritz Eyschen | 25 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 5 h1 r1/4 | Angelos Lambrou | 15 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 5 h3 r1/4 | Konstantinos Petridis | Greece | GRE | |||
| 5 h4 r1/4 | John Heap | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 h5 r1/4 | Mehmet Ali Aybar | 19 | Turkey | TUR | ||
| 5 h6 r1/4 | Semih Türkdoğan | Turkey | TUR | |||
| 5 h9 r1/4 | Jean Moulin | Luxembourg | LUX | |||
| 5 h11r1/4 | Juan Serrahima | 22 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 5 h12r1/4 | Haris Šveminas | Lithuania | LTU | |||
| 5 h14r1/4 | Emmanuel Goldsmith | 18 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 6 h3 r1/4 | Fernando Muñagorri | 20 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 6 h4 r1/4 | Eduardo Albe | 28 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 6 h9 r1/4 | Renos Frangoudis | 19 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 6 h11r1/4 | R. Burns | India | IND | |||
| 6 h14r1/4 | Georges Schmit | Luxembourg | LUX |
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