Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 29 July and Monday, 30 July. Eighty-one runners entered, though ultimately seventy-six runners from 32 nations competed.[1] NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each.[2] The event was won by Percy Williams of Canada, taking the nation's first men's 100 metres gold medal. Jack London of Great Britain took silver, marking the third consecutive Games that Great Britain had a medalist in the event. Georg Lammers won bronze, Germany's first medal in the event since 1896. For the first time in modern Olympic history, the United States won no medals in the event.
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Venue | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
Dates | 29 July 1928 (heats, quarterfinals) 30 July 1928 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 76 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.8 seconds | ||||||||||||
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