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."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic athletics event ⓘ
sprint event ⓘ
bronzeMedalist Arthur Porritt ⓘ
bronzeMedalistNation New Zealand ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Harold Abrahams ⓘ
filmDepiction Chariots of Fire ⓘ
games 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
gender men's ⓘ
goldMedalist Harold Abrahams ⓘ
goldMedalistNation Great Britain ⓘ
governingBody International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostNation France ⓘ
laneStartType standing start ⓘ
maximumAthletesPerNation 4 ⓘ
nextEvent men's 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ
notableFor depiction in the film "Chariots of Fire" ⓘ
victory of Harold Abrahams ⓘ
numberOfCompetitors 65 ⓘ
numberOfNations 33 ⓘ
Olympiad VIII Olympiad ⓘ
partOf athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
previousEvent men's 100 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics ⓘ
rounds final ⓘ
heats ⓘ
quarterfinals ⓘ
semifinals ⓘ
silverMedalist Jackson Scholz ⓘ
silverMedalistNation United States ⓘ
linked to: USA
sport athletics ⓘ
startDate 1924-07-06 ⓘ
surface cinder track ⓘ
timingMethod hand timing ⓘ
trackLength 400-metre track ⓘ
venue Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir ⓘ
winningTime 10.6 seconds ⓘ

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Sir Arthur Porritt → medalIn → men's 100 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ