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

The 100 -meter run of the men at the Olympic Summer Games 1904 in St. Louis was held on September 3, 1904 at the Francis Field. It was attended by a total of 20 athletes. The preliminary round was divided into six runs, each with three or four athletes. The best two of every run, reached the final.

Records

The following list contains the records as they were before the Olympics. All world records are unofficial.

In these Olympics, no new records were set.

Participant

Results

Preliminary round

Final

Since Hahn already two competitions - the 60 - and 200 -meter run - could win, he was clear as favorite. After 20 meters cock was already 2 meters in projection, while Cartmell - was the last - very common for him. But he got up quickly and came in a close one and a half meters behind Hahn in second at the finish.