The First Record Breakers 3/7: He Set the First Official 100m World Record. The Next Day He Lost the Final (1912)

Tales of Life: Ordinary People, Extraordinary True Stories · Oct 31, 2026 · 5m

(00:00) Heat sixteen

Chapters:

(01:47) 10.6

(01:29) A boy from Philadelphia

(00:54) Who was fastest?(02:22) Eight false starts(03:04) The rules(03:53) From 10.6 to 9.58(04:21) A quiet life

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Sources: Wikipedia - Donald Lippincott; Wikipedia - Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics, Men's 100 metres; Wikipedia - Men's 100 metres world record progression…