Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres was an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. The competition was held at the Olympic Stadium on 31 August and 1 September. Sixty-five competitors from 48 nations entered, but 61 competitors from 45 nations participated.[1] Nations were limited to three athletes each under rules set at the 1930 Olympic Congress.
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Venue | Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||
Dates | 31 August (heats, quarterfinals) 1 September 1960 (semifinals, final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 45 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.2 seconds | ||||||||||||
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The event was won in a photo finish by Armin Hary of the United Team of Germany, earning the first Olympic title by a German runner in the event (Fritz Hofmann was second in 1896) and breaking the United States' streak of five straight wins. American Dave Sime was the silver medalist, posting the same Olympic record time (10.2 seconds) as Hary.