Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England, we held at Wembley Stadium on 30 and 31 July.[1] Sixty-three athletes from 33 nations competed; each nation was limited to 3 runners by rules set at the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Harrison Dillard, in a photo finish. Lloyd LaBeach of Panama won his nation's first medal in the men's 100 metres, a bronze. This was the first time a photo finish camera was used at an Olympic Games.[2] The photo finish equipment consisted of a photoelectric cell, called the Magic Eye, produced by Swiss watchmaker Omega and a slit photography camera produced by the British Race Finish Recording Company.[3]
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Wembley Stadium London, England | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July 1948 (heats, quarterfinals) 31 July 1948 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.3 seconds | ||||||||||||
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