Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's 60 metres

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The men's 60 metres was the shortest of the track races at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, which was the first time the event was held. It was held on 15 July 1900. 10 athletes from 6 nations competed. Five preliminary heats were scheduled, though only two were actually held. The top two athletes from each of the heats advanced to the final, resulting in a final race that featured three United States runners and an Australian.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 First round
  - 2.1.1 First round, heat 1
  - 2.1.2 First round, heat 2
- 2.2 Final
3 Sources

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alvin Kraenzlein United States	John Tewksbury United States	Stanley Rowley Australia

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Alvin Kraenzlein	United States	7.0 seconds
2	Edmund Minahan	United States	Unknown
3	Norman Pritchard	India	Unknown
4-5	Adolphe Klingelhoefer	France	Unknown
4-5	Isaac Westergren	Sweden	Unknown

Minahan was about a foot and a half behind Kraenzlein, with Pritchard a foot and a half behind him.

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	John Tewksbury	United States	7.2 seconds
2	Stanley Rowley	Australia	Unknown
3	William Holland	United States	Unknown
4-5	Pál Koppán	Hungary	Unknown
4-5	Ernö Schubert	Hungary	Unknown

Rowley was only about a foot behind Tewksbury.

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Alvin Kraenzlein	United States	7.0 seconds
2	John Tewksbury	United States	7.1 seconds (est.)
3	Stanley Rowley	Australia	7.2 seconds (est.)
4	Edmund Minahan	United States	7.2 seconds (est.)

The 60 metres final was a close race, with the two top Americans being separated by only inches and Rowley less than half a metre behind. It was each of the runners' second time running the 60 in less than an hour, as the final was held almost immediately after the preliminary heats.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.