Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Final
Key: EWR = Equalled world record; names in blue qualified for next round; OR=Olympic record; EOR= Equalled Olympic record Note that under the rules in force, runners were judged to have finished the race when they had crossed the line.

Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: EWR = Equalled world record; names in blue qualified for next round; OR=Olympic record; EOR= Equalled Olympic record Note that under the rules in force, runners were judged to have finished the race when they had crossed the line.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

Eddie Tolan	United States	10.38	EWR

Ralph Metcalfe	United States	10.38	EWR

Arthur Jonath	Germany	10.50

4	George Simpson	United States	10.53

5	Danie Joubert	South Africa	10.60

6	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	10.79

Sentence(s)

The final was won by American, Eddie Tolan in a world record equalling time of 10.38 seconds.

final_sentence: The final was won by American, Eddie Tolan in a world record equalling time of 10.38 seconds.