LONDON 1948 100m men (Amateur Footage)

"The 100 metres consisted of twelve heats and four second round heats on Friday,
July 30, and the two semi-finals and the final on the following day. The first two in
each heat qualified for the second round, thereafter the first three proceeded to the next
round. Competitors in the two semi-finals consisted of three United States athletes,
three Australians, three from Great Britain, and one apiece from Cuba, Panama and
Uruguay. The three U.S.A. men—Dillard, Ewell and Patton, Labeach of Panama,
and McCorquodale and Macdonald Bailey of Great Britain, reached the final.
After one break, the runners were away to an almost perfect start. Dillard showed
slightly in front almost at once, and it was soon plain that Patton was off colour. There
was no doubt in the mind of the judges about the order in which the first two crossed
the finishing line, Dillard being the best part of a yard ahead of Ewell; but the photofinish
had to be examined before the third place could be awarded. It went to Labeach,
who was inches ahead of McCorquodale. The photo-finish shows that about four feet
covered the first four runners, and Dillard's time was 10.3 seconds. Considering that he
only just managed to get into the United States team (as world record holder in the
hurdles, he failed to gain his place in that event), his achievement was all the more
remarkable. The standard of sprinting, taken all round, was higher than ever before—
10.3 seconds was achieved in the final; 10.4 on five occasions in the preliminary rounds,
and 10.5 seconds on no less than thirteen occasions."

Official Report of the XIV OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948

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[glorificad]

Excellent.

But this is a amateur footage?

Who had a Personal Camara in 1948?

Sorry for my bad english, and god bless you.

[bbhouk1]

@eric3315

i've found older, from either 1928 or 1932

[plume231]

Passionnant

[helenawtry]

it's awful

[rich187113]

Awesome.

[maplewoodrr2]

Harrison Dillard was a black dude. Who the heck is on the podium?

[sergestbg]

1 Harrison DILLARD USA 10"3

2 Norwood EWELL USA 10"4

3 Lloyd LABEACH  PAN 10"4

[eric3315]

thats the oldest shit from any olympics i can find.

[gillywibble]

lol

[darkarts59]

Who won?