No new records were set in 1924, though Harold Abrahams

Harold Abrahams

Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...

 equalled the Olympic record three times.

Heats

The first round was held on 6 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison Loren Murchison Loren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....		10.8	Q
2	Arthur Porritt		10.9	Q
3	Camilo Rivas
4	Mariano Aguilar
5	Alberto Jurado

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee was a Canadian track and field athlete.Born in Edmonton Greater London UK, he tied Charlie Paddock's world record for the 100 yard dash at the 1922 Canadian championships....		11.0	Q
2	Ernesto Bonacino		11.2	Q
3	Mogens Truelsen
4	Gentil dos Santos
5	Alois Linka		11.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Charles Paddock		11.2	Q
2	Oto Seviško		11.8	Q
3	Ferdinand Kaindl

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Maurice Degrelle		11.0	Q
2	Reijo Halme		11.1	Q
3	Frederik Lamp
4	Friedrich Schedl
5	Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Dobrowolski was a Polish fencer and athlete. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics....		11.5
6	Rauf Hasağasi

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Lajos Kurunczy		11.4	Q
2	Jānis Oja			Q
3	Henricus Cockuyt
4	Wilfred Hildreth
5	Lawrence Betts

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Henricus Broos		11.0	Q
2	George Dunston		11.2	Q
3	Antonín Svoboda		11.3
4	Poul Schiang		11.5
5	José-María Larrabeiti		11.6
6	David Nepomuceno David Nepomuceno David Nepomuceno was the first Filipino to compete in the Olympics. He was a runner and the sole representative of the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 1925, Nepomuceno ran the 100 meters in only two-tenths of a second short of the then-world record.-Early Athletic...

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Lancelot Royle Lancelot Royle Sir Lancelot Carrington Royle KBE was a British olympian and businessman.Royle was an Olympic athlete , Chairman and CEO of Allied Suppliers Ltd., Home and Colonial Stores Ltd., Lipton Ltd., NAAFI and one of Britain’s leading 20th century retail businessmen.- Education :Lancelot Royle was the son...		11.0	Q
2	Giovanni Frangipane		11.1	Q
3	Valéry Théard		11.2
4	Juan Junquera		11.3
5	Zygmunt Weiss		11.4

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Walter Rangeley Walter Rangeley Walter Rangeley was an English athlete who competed mainly in the sprintsHe was born in Salford and died in Glyndŵr....		11.0	Q
2	Marinus van den Berge		11.1	Q
3	Diego Ordóñez
4	David Moriaud
5	Karel Pott
6	Miguel Enrico

Heat 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Albert Heisé		11.2	Q
2	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi		11.3	Q
3	Lauri Härö		11.3
4	Curt Wiberg		11.4
5	Alexandros Papafingos

Heat 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	William Nichol		11.0	Q
2	Paul Brochart		11.1	Q
3	Laurie Armstrong
4	Konstantinos Pantelidis
5	Gvido Jekals

Heat 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Chester Bowman		11.0	Q
2	Walter Strebi		11.2	Q
3	James Hall		11.3
4	Bror Österdahl		11.3
5	Félix Escobar
6	Herminio Ahumada

Heat 12

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Gordon Hester		11.2	Q
2	Johannes van Kampen		11.2	Q
3	Karl Borner
4	William Lowe
5	László Muskát
-	Eugène Moetbeek		DQ

Heat 13

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz Jackson Scholz Jackson Volney Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games...		10.8	Q
2	Paul Hammer		11.3	Q
3	Terence Pitt		11.3
4	Knut Russell		11.3
5	Reinhold Kesküll		11.5

Heat 14

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Harold Abrahams Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...		11.0	Q
2	Slip Carr Slip Carr Edwin William "Slip" Carr was a rugby union player who represented Australia, an Australian 100 and 200 metre sprinter, and Olympic team member at the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...		11.0	Q
3	Sasago Tani
4	Anton Husgafvel
5	Alvaro de Oliveria
6	Şekip Engineri

Heat 15

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	André Mourlon		11.0	Q
2	Enrico Torre		11.2	Q
3	Joseph Hilger

Heat 16

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Félix Mendizábal		11.4	Q
2	Anthony Vince		11.4	Q
3	Vittorio Zucca		11.5
4	Stanisław Sośnicki		11.6
5	Artūrs Gedvillo

Heat 17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Ferenc Gerő		11.0	Q
2	René Mourlon René Mourlon René Mourlon was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates René Lorain, René Tirard and Émile Ali-Khan...		11.0	Q
3	Väinö Eskola		11.1
4	Aleksander Szenajch

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on July 6. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison Loren Murchison Loren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....		10.8	Q
2	Giovanni Frangipane		11.0	Q
3	Henricus Broos		11.1
4	Paul Hammer		11.1
5	Reijo Halme		11.1
6	Anthony Vince

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Chester Bowman		10.8	Q
2	Arthur Porritt		10.9	Q
3	William Rangeley		11.0
4	René Mourlon René Mourlon René Mourlon was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates René Lorain, René Tirard and Émile Ali-Khan...		11.0
5	Lajos Kurunczy		11.0
6	Enrico Torre

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee was a Canadian track and field athlete.Born in Edmonton Greater London UK, he tied Charlie Paddock's world record for the 100 yard dash at the 1922 Canadian championships....		10.8	Q
2	William Nichol		11.0	Q
3	André Mourlon		11.1
4	Marinus van den Berge
5	Jānis Oja
6	Walter Strebi

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Harold Abrahams Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...		10.6	Q
2	Gordon Hester		10.7	Q
3	Ferenc Gerő
4	Albert Heisé
5	Ernesto Bonacina
6	Félix Mendizábal

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Charles Paddock		10.8	Q
2	Maurice Degrelle		11.0	Q
3	Johannes van Kampen
4	George Dunston
5	Gusztáv Rózsahegyi

Quarterfinal 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz Jackson Scholz Jackson Volney Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games...		10.8	Q
2	Slip Carr Slip Carr Edwin William "Slip" Carr was a rugby union player who represented Australia, an Australian 100 and 200 metre sprinter, and Olympic team member at the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...		10.9	Q
3	Lancelot Royle Lancelot Royle Sir Lancelot Carrington Royle KBE was a British olympian and businessman.Royle was an Olympic athlete , Chairman and CEO of Allied Suppliers Ltd., Home and Colonial Stores Ltd., Lipton Ltd., NAAFI and one of Britain’s leading 20th century retail businessmen.- Education :Lancelot Royle was the son...
4	Paul Brochart
5	Oto Seviško

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on July 7. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Jackson Scholz Jackson Scholz Jackson Volney Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games...		10.8	Q
2	Arthur Porritt		11.1	Q
3	Loren Murchison Loren Murchison Loren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....		11.2	Q
4	William Nichol		11.3
5	Maurice Degrelle		11.4
6	Gordon Hester		11.5

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Qual.
1	Harold Abrahams Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...		10.6	Q
2	Charles Paddock		10.7	Q
3	Chester Bowman		10.7	Q
4	Slip Carr Slip Carr Edwin William "Slip" Carr was a rugby union player who represented Australia, an Australian 100 and 200 metre sprinter, and Olympic team member at the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...		10.7
5	Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee Cyril Coaffee was a Canadian track and field athlete.Born in Edmonton Greater London UK, he tied Charlie Paddock's world record for the 100 yard dash at the 1922 Canadian championships....		10.8
6	Giovanni Frangipane		11.2

Final

The final was held on July 7.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result
	4	Harold Abrahams Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...		10.6
	3	Jackson Scholz Jackson Scholz Jackson Volney Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games...		10.7
	6	Arthur Porritt		10.8
4	5	Chester Bowman		10.9
5	1	Charles Paddock		10.9
6	2	Loren Murchison Loren Murchison Loren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....		11.0