The men's 60 metres was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time. The short steeplechase was lengthened slightly, from 2500 to 2590 metres, while the long steeplechase was...

 programme. It was the second and last time the event was held at the Olympics. 12 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on August 29, 1904.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record		none
Olympic Record	7.0	Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an American athlete. He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	July 15, 1900

Clyde Blair

Clyde Blair

Clyde Amel Blair was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was fourth in 60 m competition and was third in his first round heat of 100 m competition and did not advance to the final...

, William Hogenson

William Hogenson

William "Bill" P. Hogenson was an American athlete and sprinter who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 metre dash, but was beaten by Archie Hahn who took gold...

, and Archie Hahn

Archie Hahn

Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century....

repeated the Olympic record of 7.0 seconds.

Heats

Top finisher in each heat advanced to the final, second place earned another chance in the repechage.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		7.0	QF
2			QR
3-4

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		7.0	QF
2			QR

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		7.2	QF
2			QR
3
4

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1			QF
2			QR

Repechage

Of the four runners in the repechage, the top two moved on to the final.

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		7.2	QF
2		7.2	QF
3-4

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1		7.0
2		7.2
3		7.2
4.		7.2
5.
6.

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