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100 metres, Men

Date	20 – 21 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	72 from 33 countries

At the beginning of the Olympic year, there were three favorites for this event among the Americans – Andy Stanfield, Art Bragg, and Jim Golliday. However, Golliday was injured early in the year and did not make the Olympic team. Stanfield opted out of the 100, although he would make the team and win a gold medal in the 200. Bragg was joined on the US team by outsiders Lindy Remigino and Dean Smith. Their biggest opposition was felt to come from Jamaica’s Herb McKenley and Britain’s McDonald Bailey.

The final in Helsinki is probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history. Bragg did not make the final, but Smith, Remigino, McKenley, and Bailey were joined by Vladimir Sukharev of the USSR, and John Treloar of Australia. Remigino got out to an early lead but McKenley came on strong at the end, and it was difficult to tell who had won. But McKenley’s fast finish saw him pass Remigino in the metres after the line, leading many observers to think the Jamaican had won. The photo finish was necessary to separate the runners, with Remigino winning gold, McKenley silver, and Bailey bronze. Smith, Sukharev, and Treloar finished 4-6. The first four finishers were credited with 10.4, and Sukharev and Treloar 10.5, but the auto times showed a margin of only 0.12 seconds between 1st (10.79) and last (10.91).

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	981	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.4 (1 h11)	10.4 (1 h2)	10.5 (2 h2)	10.4 (1)	Gold
2	295	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.7 (1 h5)	10.5 (1 h4)	10.4 (1 h2)	10.4 (2)	Silver
3	166	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.4 (1 h3)	10.5 (1 h1)	10.5 (1 h1)	10.4 (3)	Bronze
4	982	Dean Smith	USA	10.6 (1 h12)	10.4 (1 h3)	10.6 (2 h1)	10.4 (4)
5	414	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.7 (1 h7)	10.7 (3 h4)	10.6 (3 h1)	10.5 (5)
6	18	John Treloar	AUS	10.7 (1 h1)	10.7 (2 h1)	10.6 (3 h2)	10.5 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	137	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.9 (2 h11)	10.7 (3 h2)	10.7 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	397	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.5 (1 h8)	10.7 (2 h3)	10.7 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	597	Alain Porthault	FRA	10.7 (2 h12)	10.7 (3 h1)	10.8 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	167	Willie Jack	GBR	10.8 (1 h4)	10.8 (3 h3)	10.7 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	980	Art Bragg	USA	10.5 (1 h10)	10.5 (2 h4)	10.9 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	126	Theo Saat	NED	10.9 (2 h7)	10.6 (2 h2)	10.8 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	523	Muhammad Aslam	PAK	10.9 (2 h9)	10.9 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	595	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.7 (1 h2)	10.8 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	727	Werner Zandt	GER	10.7 (1 h9)	10.8 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	300	Tomio Hosoda	JPN	11.0 (2 h6)	10.8 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	293	Byron LaBeach	JAM	10.9 (2 h8)	11.0 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	842	Hans Wehrli	SUI	10.8 (2 h10)	10.8 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	3	Romeo Galán	ARG	11.0 (2 h4)	10.9 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	930	György Csányi	HUN	10.9 (2 h5)	10.9 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	168	Alan Lillington	GBR	10.8 (2 h1)	10.9 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	232	David Tabak	ISR	10.9 (1 h6)	10.9 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	240	Carlo Vittori	ITA	10.9 (2 h3)	10.9 (6 h4)	–	–
AC h1 r2/4	68	Angel Kolev	BUL	10.9 (2 h2)	– (DQ h1)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	388	Gabriel Laryea	GHA	11.1 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	146	Paul Dolan	IRL	11.0 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	412	Mikhail Kazantsev	URS	11.0 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	413	Levan Sanadze	URS	11.0 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	562	Emil Kiszka	POL	10.9 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	841	Willy Schneider	SUI	11.1 (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	525	Sharif Butt	PAK	11.0 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	242	Franco Leccese	ITA	10.9 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	346	Don McFarlane	CAN	11.0 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	496	Titus Erinle	NGR	10.9 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	596	René Bonino	FRA	10.9 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	729	Erich Fuchs	GER	10.8 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	894	Miroslav Horčic	TCH	11.1 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	398	Raúl Mazorra	CUB	11.0 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	155	Hörður Haraldsson	ISL	11.0 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	92	Emad Shafei	EGY	11.2 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	773	Pauli Tavisalo	FIN	11.0 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	70	Angel Gavrilov	BUL	11.1 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	772	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	11.1 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	771	Issi Baran	FIN	11.0 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	895	Zdeněk Pospíšil	TCH	11.0 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	929	László Zarándi	HUN	10.9 (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	893	František Brož	TCH	11.0 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	497	Karim Olowu	NGR	11.0 (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	154	Ásmundur Bjarnason	ISL	11.1 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	345	Bob Hutchison	CAN	11.0 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	409	Javier Souza	MEX	11.1 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	972	Guillermo Gutiérrez	VEN	11.2 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	553	Tomás Paquete	POR	11.2 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	973	Juan Leiva	VEN	11.2 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	389	George Acquaah	GHA	11.2 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	840	Fritz Griesser	SUI	11.1 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	495	Edward Ajado	NGR	11.0 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	156	Pétur Sigurðsson	ISL	11.3 (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	524	Abdul Aziz	PAK	11.2 (5 h11)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	91	Youssef Omar	EGY	11.3 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	301	Masaji Tajima	JPN	11.1 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	374	Stefanos Petrakis	GRE	11.2 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	886	Boonterm Pakpuang	THA	11.7 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	344	Pete Sutton	CAN	11.2 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	1	Mariano Acosta	ARG	11.4 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	90	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	11.4 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	887	Arun Sankosik	THA	11.5 (6 h10)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	554	Rui Maia	POR	11.5 (6 h11)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	118	José Julio Barillas	GUA	11.3 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	885	Adul Wanasatith	THA	11.2 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	241	Wolfango Montanari	ITA	11.8 (7 h7)	–	–	–
AC h9 r1/4	2	Enrique Beckles	ARG	– (DQ h9)	–	–	–
DNS	147	Noel Flanagan	IRL	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	390	K. K. Korsah	GHA	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	668	Bo Åhlen	SWE	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	319	Radovan Pejin	YUG	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	150	Louis Crowe	IRL	– (DNS h12)	–	–	–
DNS	119	Roy Fearon	GUA	– (DNS h12)	–	–	–
DNS	17	Morris Curotta	AUS	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	728	Heinz Fütterer	GER	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	294	Les Laing	JAM	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	104	Neville Price	RSA	– (DNS h12)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	166	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.65	10.4	Q
=2	980	Art Bragg	USA	10.73	10.5	Q
=2	981	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.73	10.4	Q
4	295	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.88	10.7	Q
5	982	Dean Smith	USA	10.90	10.6	Q
6	18	John Treloar	AUS	10.92	10.7	Q
=7	414	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.93	10.7	Q
=7	397	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.93	10.5	Q
9	595	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.97	10.7	Q
10	240	Carlo Vittori	ITA	10.98	10.9	Q
=11	842	Hans Wehrli	SUI	11.00	10.8	Q
=11	137	Lavy Pinto	IND	11.00	10.9	Q
13	596	René Bonino	FRA	11.00	10.9
14	68	Angel Kolev	BUL	11.01	10.9	Q
15	126	Theo Saat	NED	11.02	10.9	Q
16	727	Werner Zandt	GER	11.03	10.7	Q
17	597	Alain Porthault	FRA	11.04	10.7	Q
18	167	Willie Jack	GBR	11.05	10.8	Q
19	168	Alan Lillington	GBR	11.06	10.8	Q
=20	930	György Csányi	HUN	11.09	10.9	Q
=20	293	Byron LaBeach	JAM	11.09	10.9	Q
22	3	Romeo Galán	ARG	11.11	11.0	Q
=23	146	Paul Dolan	IRL	11.12	11.0
=23	232	David Tabak	ISR	11.12	10.9	Q
=23	496	Titus Erinle	NGR	11.12	10.9
=26	413	Levan Sanadze	URS	11.13	11.0
=26	562	Emil Kiszka	POL	11.13	10.9
28	300	Tomio Hosoda	JPN	11.14	11.0	Q
29	412	Mikhail Kazantsev	URS	11.16	11.0
30	525	Sharif Butt	PAK	11.17	11.0
=31	388	Gabriel Laryea	GHA	11.18	11.1
=31	242	Franco Leccese	ITA	11.18	10.9
=31	523	Muhammad Aslam	PAK	11.18	10.9	Q
=34	398	Raúl Mazorra	CUB	11.19	11.0
=34	729	Erich Fuchs	GER	11.19	10.8
36	841	Willy Schneider	SUI	11.22	11.1
37	894	Miroslav Horčic	TCH	11.23	11.1
38	346	Don McFarlane	CAN	11.25	11.0
39	895	Zdeněk Pospíšil	TCH	11.25	11.0
40	495	Edward Ajado	NGR	11.25	11.0
=41	345	Bob Hutchison	CAN	11.26	11.0
=41	929	László Zarándi	HUN	11.26	10.9
43	497	Karim Olowu	NGR	11.27	11.0
=44	301	Masaji Tajima	JPN	11.29	11.1
=44	70	Angel Gavrilov	BUL	11.29	11.1
46	773	Pauli Tavisalo	FIN	11.30	11.0
=47	409	Javier Souza	MEX	11.31	11.1
=47	973	Juan Leiva	VEN	11.31	11.2
=49	155	Hörður Haraldsson	ISL	11.32	11.0
=49	771	Issi Baran	FIN	11.32	11.0
=49	893	František Brož	TCH	11.32	11.0
52	374	Stefanos Petrakis	GRE	11.33	11.2
53	772	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	11.36	11.1
=54	154	Ásmundur Bjarnason	ISL	11.40	11.1
=54	92	Emad Shafei	EGY	11.40	11.2
56	972	Guillermo Gutiérrez	VEN	11.42	11.2
57	553	Tomás Paquete	POR	11.45	11.2
58	344	Pete Sutton	CAN	11.45	11.2
59	389	George Acquaah	GHA	11.47	11.2
60	524	Abdul Aziz	PAK	11.48	11.2
61	90	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	11.51	11.4
62	91	Youssef Omar	EGY	11.53	11.3
63	840	Fritz Griesser	SUI	11.54	11.1
64	156	Pétur Sigurðsson	ISL	11.55	11.3
65	118	José Julio Barillas	GUA	11.56	11.3
66	1	Mariano Acosta	ARG	11.58	11.4
67	885	Adul Wanasatith	THA	11.61	11.2
68	887	Arun Sankosik	THA	11.76	11.5
69	554	Rui Maia	POR	11.79	11.5
70	886	Boonterm Pakpuang	THA	11.85	11.7
71	241	Wolfango Montanari	ITA	12.25	11.8
DQ	2	Enrique Beckles	ARG	–	–
DNS	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	–	–
DNS	728	Heinz Fütterer	GER	–	–
DNS	147	Noel Flanagan	IRL	–	–
DNS	294	Les Laing	JAM	–	–
DNS	390	K. K. Korsah	GHA	–	–
DNS	17	Morris Curotta	AUS	–	–
DNS	668	Bo Åhlen	SWE	–	–
DNS	319	Radovan Pejin	YUG	–	–
DNS	150	Louis Crowe	IRL	–	–
DNS	119	Roy Fearon	GUA	–	–
DNS	104	Neville Price	RSA	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	John Treloar	AUS	10.7	10.92	Q
2	2	Alan Lillington	GBR	10.8	11.06	Q
3	3	Gabriel Laryea	GHA	11.1	11.18
4	4	Miroslav Horčic	TCH	11.1	11.23
5	5	Ásmundur Bjarnason	ISL	11.1	11.40
6	1	Youssef Omar	EGY	11.3	11.53
7	7	José Julio Barillas	GUA	11.3	11.56

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.7	10.97	Q
2	7	Angel Kolev	BUL	10.9	11.01	Q
3	6	Paul Dolan	IRL	11.0	11.12
4	1	Raúl Mazorra	CUB	11.0	11.19
5	4	Bob Hutchison	CAN	11.0	11.26
6	3	Masaji Tajima	JPN	11.1	11.29
7	2	Adul Wanasatith	THA	11.2	11.61

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.4	10.65	Q
2	3	Carlo Vittori	ITA	10.9	10.98	Q
3	6	Mikhail Kazantsev	URS	11.0	11.16
4	2	Hörður Haraldsson	ISL	11.0	11.32
5	7	Javier Souza	MEX	11.1	11.31
6	5	Stefanos Petrakis	GRE	11.2	11.33
DNS	4	Ray Weinberg	AUS	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Willie Jack	GBR	10.8	11.05	Q
2	4	Romeo Galán	ARG	11.0	11.11	Q
3	6	Levan Sanadze	URS	11.0	11.13
4	7	Emad Shafei	EGY	11.2	11.40
5	5	Guillermo Gutiérrez	VEN	11.2	11.42
6	3	Boonterm Pakpuang	THA	11.7	11.85
DNS	2	Heinz Fütterer	GER	–	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.7	10.88	Q
2	1	György Csányi	HUN	10.9	11.09	Q
3	7	Emil Kiszka	POL	10.9	11.13
4	6	Pauli Tavisalo	FIN	11.0	11.30
5	4	Tomás Paquete	POR	11.2	11.45
6	5	Pete Sutton	CAN	11.2	11.45
DNS	3	Noel Flanagan	IRL	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	David Tabak	ISR	10.9	11.12	Q
2	5	Tomio Hosoda	JPN	11.0	11.14	Q
3	1	Willy Schneider	SUI	11.1	11.22
4	4	Angel Gavrilov	BUL	11.1	11.29
5	2	Juan Leiva	VEN	11.2	11.31
DNS	6	Les Laing	JAM	–	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.7	10.93	Q
2	7	Theo Saat	NED	10.9	11.02	Q
3	6	Sharif Butt	PAK	11.0	11.17
4	5	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	11.1	11.36
5	2	George Acquaah	GHA	11.2	11.47
6	1	Mariano Acosta	ARG	11.4	11.58
7	4	Wolfango Montanari	ITA	11.8	12.25

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.5	10.93	Q
2	4	Byron LaBeach	JAM	10.9	11.09	Q
3	7	Franco Leccese	ITA	10.9	11.18
4	3	Issi Baran	FIN	11.0	11.32
5	1	Fritz Griesser	SUI	11.1	11.54
DNS	2	K. K. Korsah	GHA	–	–
DNS	5	Morris Curotta	AUS	–	–

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Werner Zandt	GER	10.7	11.03	Q
2	1	Muhammad Aslam	PAK	10.9	11.18	Q
3	3	Don McFarlane	CAN	11.0	11.25
4	6	Zdeněk Pospíšil	TCH	11.0	11.25
5	2	Edward Ajado	NGR	11.0	11.25
6	7	Fawzi Chaaban	EGY	11.4	11.51
DQ	5	Enrique Beckles	ARG	–	–
DNS	8	Bo Åhlen	SWE	–	–

Heat #10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Art Bragg	USA	10.5	10.73	Q
2	2	Hans Wehrli	SUI	10.8	11.00	Q
3	6	Titus Erinle	NGR	10.9	11.12
4	5	László Zarándi	HUN	10.9	11.26
5	4	Pétur Sigurðsson	ISL	11.3	11.55
6	7	Arun Sankosik	THA	11.5	11.76
DNS	3	Radovan Pejin	YUG	–	–

Heat #11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.4	10.73	Q
2	1	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.9	11.00	Q
3	3	René Bonino	FRA	10.9	11.00
4	4	František Brož	TCH	11.0	11.32
5	6	Abdul Aziz	PAK	11.2	11.48
6	5	Rui Maia	POR	11.5	11.79

Heat #12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Dean Smith	USA	10.6	10.90	Q
2	7	Alain Porthault	FRA	10.7	11.04	Q
3	6	Erich Fuchs	GER	10.8	11.19
4	1	Karim Olowu	NGR	11.0	11.27
DNS	3	Louis Crowe	IRL	–	–
DNS	5	Roy Fearon	GUA	–	–
DNS	2	Neville Price	RSA	–	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1952 — 18:50
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	981	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.68	10.4	Q
2	982	Dean Smith	USA	10.69	10.4	Q
3	295	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.72	10.5	Q
4	166	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.73	10.5	Q
5	980	Art Bragg	USA	10.75	10.5	Q
6	18	John Treloar	AUS	10.84	10.7	Q
7	397	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.90	10.7	Q
8	414	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.92	10.7	Q
9	126	Theo Saat	NED	10.93	10.6	Q
10	167	Willie Jack	GBR	10.94	10.8	Q
11	137	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.98	10.7	Q
12	595	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.98	10.8
13	727	Werner Zandt	GER	10.98	10.8
14	597	Alain Porthault	FRA	10.99	10.7	Q
15	523	Muhammad Aslam	PAK	11.02	10.9
16	300	Tomio Hosoda	JPN	11.03	10.8
=17	293	Byron LaBeach	JAM	11.05	11.0
=17	842	Hans Wehrli	SUI	11.05	10.8
19	930	György Csányi	HUN	11.07	10.9
20	3	Romeo Galán	ARG	11.08	10.9
21	232	David Tabak	ISR	11.10	10.9
22	240	Carlo Vittori	ITA	11.19	10.9
23	168	Alan Lillington	GBR	11.26	10.9
DQ	68	Angel Kolev	BUL	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	166	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.5	10.73	Q
2	18	John Treloar	AUS	10.7	10.84	Q
3	597	Alain Porthault	FRA	10.7	10.99	Q
4	523	Muhammad Aslam	PAK	10.9	11.02
5	293	Byron LaBeach	JAM	11.0	11.05
DQ	68	Angel Kolev	BUL	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	981	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.4	10.68	Q
2	126	Theo Saat	NED	10.6	10.93	Q
3	137	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.7	10.98	Q
4	595	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.8	10.98
5	842	Hans Wehrli	SUI	10.8	11.05
6	168	Alan Lillington	GBR	10.9	11.26

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	982	Dean Smith	USA	10.4	10.69	Q
2	397	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.7	10.90	Q
3	167	Willie Jack	GBR	10.8	10.94	Q
4	727	Werner Zandt	GER	10.8	10.98
5	3	Romeo Galán	ARG	10.9	11.08
6	232	David Tabak	ISR	10.9	11.10

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	295	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.5	10.72	Q
2	980	Art Bragg	USA	10.5	10.75	Q
3	414	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.7	10.92	Q
4	300	Tomio Hosoda	JPN	10.8	11.03
5	930	György Csányi	HUN	10.9	11.07
6	240	Carlo Vittori	ITA	10.9	11.19

Semi-Finals

Date	21 July 1952 — 15:15
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
=1	166	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.74	10.5	Q
=1	295	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.74	10.4	Q
3	981	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.74	10.5	Q
4	18	John Treloar	AUS	10.76	10.6	Q
5	982	Dean Smith	USA	10.78	10.6	Q
6	414	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.86	10.6	Q
7	397	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.92	10.7
8	137	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.94	10.7
9	167	Willie Jack	GBR	11.01	10.7
10	597	Alain Porthault	FRA	11.04	10.8
11	126	Theo Saat	NED	11.12	10.8
12	980	Art Bragg	USA	11.43	10.9

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.5	10.74	Q
2	2	Dean Smith	USA	10.6	10.78	Q
3	4	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.6	10.86	Q
4	5	Lavy Pinto	IND	10.7	10.94
5	6	Alain Porthault	FRA	10.8	11.04
6	3	Art Bragg	USA	10.9	11.43

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.4	10.74	Q
2	1	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.5	10.74	Q
3	4	John Treloar	AUS	10.6	10.76	Q
4	5	Rafael Fortún	CUB	10.7	10.92
5	6	Willie Jack	GBR	10.7	11.01
6	3	Theo Saat	NED	10.8	11.12

Final Round

Date	21 July 1952 — 17:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Lindy Remigino	USA	10.4	10.79
2	2	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.4	10.80
3	5	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.4	10.83
4	4	Dean Smith	USA	10.4	10.84
5	1	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.5	10.88
6	6	John Treloar	AUS	10.5	10.91