men's 100 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The men's 100 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics was a premier sprint event in Paris that featured some of the era's fastest athletes and later gained fame through its depiction in the film "Chariots of Fire."
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athletics event
ⓘ
sprint event ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalist | Arthur Porritt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalistNation | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | inspiration for opening scenes of "Chariots of Fire" ⓘ |
| discipline | track and field ⓘ |
| distance | 100 metres ⓘ |
| endDate | 1924-07-07 ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| eventStatus | Olympic medal event ⓘ |
| featuredAthlete |
Eric Liddell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harold Abrahams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDepiction | Chariots of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| games | 1924 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| goldMedalist | Harold Abrahams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalistNation | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
International Amateur Athletic Federation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostNation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laneStartType | standing start ⓘ |
| maximumAthletesPerNation | 4 ⓘ |
| nextEvent | men's 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction in the film "Chariots of Fire"
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victory of Harold Abrahams ⓘ |
| numberOfCompetitors | 65 ⓘ |
| numberOfNations | 33 ⓘ |
| Olympiad | VIII Olympiad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEvent | men's 100 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rounds |
final
ⓘ
heats ⓘ quarterfinals ⓘ semifinals ⓘ |
| silverMedalist | Jackson Scholz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| silverMedalistNation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | athletics ⓘ |
| startDate | 1924-07-06 ⓘ |
| surface | cinder track ⓘ |
| timingMethod | hand timing ⓘ |
| trackLength | 400-metre track ⓘ |
| venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningTime | 10.6 seconds ⓘ |
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