100 metres, Men

By now, Archie Hahn was a heavy favorite, as he had already won the 60 and 200 metre events. Hahn was again off ahead at the start, and opened a lead of three yards in the first 20 metres. Nate Cartmell got off to his usual poor start and was last at 40 metres, but closed rapidly again to finish second, 1½ yards back of Hahn.

Hahn had won the sprint double at the 1903 U.S. and Canadian championships, and he again won the AAU 220 in 1905. Though he was only 5-6 (167 cm.), in 1906 he would become the first person to win the Olympic 100 twice, a feat not duplicated until 1984-88 by Carl Lewis. He later became a track coach, first at Princeton and then at the University of Virginia, and his book, How to Sprint, is considered a classic.