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Nov 7, 2015 · Charley Paddock from Gainesville, Texas edged out teammate, Morris Kirksey in an Olympic record of 10.6 seconds. As you can see in the above photo finish, Paddock completed the race in his unique style – leaping over the finish line.
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At the 1924 Summer Games, Abrahams won the 100 m in a time of 10.6 seconds, beating all the American favourites, including the 1920 gold-medal winner Charley Paddock. In third place was Arthur Porritt, later Governor-General of New Zealand and Queen's Surgeon. The Paris Olympics 100 m dash took place at 7 p.m. on 7 July 1924, and Abrahams and ...
He beat out Jackson Scholz and Charley Paddock who had previously won an Olympic Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in 1920, and Arthur Porritt, later Governor-General of New Zealand and Queen's Surgeon was third place. His personal bests were 440y – 50.8 in 1923, and 100 yd – 9.9, 100 m – 10.6, 200 m – 21.9, and LJ – 7.38 m, all in 1924.
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. None of the finalists from the pre-war 1912 Games returned. The favorite was Charley Paddock, winner of the U.S. trials and the 1919 Inter-Allied
American Charles "Charley" Paddock wins the 100m gold medal at the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games. View the Olympic video: Paddock Leaps Across Finish Line For 100m Gold at Antwerp 1920, plus get access to similar videos and galleries.
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Apr 30, 2019 · Riverside County has been visited by many famous people over the years. One that brought a fair amount of notoriety in the 1920s and 30s was Charley Paddock, “the Fastest Man Alive.”. Paddock was born in Texas in 1900, but as a child moved with his family to Pasadena. After a stint in the army during World War I, he went to USC, where he ...
