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Not held in other editions
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100 metres, Professionals, Men

Date 1 July 1900
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationCroix Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Participants6 from 3 countries

There were only four starters with the event easily won by Britain’s Edgar Bredin, with a 4-metre margin over Frenchman Jules Bouchoux. Bredin also won the professional event over 400 and 1,500 metres, with Bouchoux finishing third in the 400 and second in the 1,500. Bredin was best known as a 400 metre runner, having set the world record of 48.5 at a meet in London in June 1895, a mark which was still the best on record at the time of the 1900 Olympics. He later moved to the United States in 1907.

PosCompetitorNOCPrize MoneyR1Final
1Edgar BredinGBR250 FFr– (1 h2)12.0 (1)
2Jules BouchouxFRA80 FFr– (1 h1)at 4 metres (2)
3L. BarriolFRA40 FFr– (2 h1)– (3)
4L. CabroliéFRA– (2 h2)– (4)
3 h1 r1/2Otto SchoenfeldUSA– (3 h1)
3 h2 r1/2Auguste TranteFRA– (3 h2)
DNSAlfred DownerGBR
DNSCharlie HarperGBR
DNSJ. F. KeaneUSA

Round One

Date1 July 1900

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Jules BouchouxFRA
2L. BarriolFRA
3Otto SchoenfeldUSA

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Edgar BredinGBR
2L. CabroliéFRA
3Auguste TranteFRA

Final

Date1 July 1900
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Edgar BredinGBR12.0
2Jules BouchouxFRAat 4 metres
3L. BarriolFRA
4L. CabroliéFRA