ing ▁the ▁Olympic ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁record ▁of ▁ 1 0 . 6 ▁seconds . ▁ ▁To ▁ear n ▁his ▁travel ▁ticket ▁for ▁the ▁tri als , ▁W ili ams ▁and ▁his ▁volunte er ▁coach , ▁Bob ▁Gr anger , ▁worked ▁as ▁wait ers ▁and ▁d ish w ash ers ▁in ▁a ▁d ining ▁car , ▁and ▁V ancouver ▁track ▁fans ▁raised ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁pay ▁Gr anger ' s ▁trans at l antic ▁ship ▁passage ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁at ▁Amsterdam , ▁Williams ▁again ▁equ aled ▁the ▁Olympic ▁record ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 1 0 . 6 ▁seconds ▁and ▁did ▁the ▁same ▁in ▁his ▁semi - final , ▁but ▁placed ▁second ▁to ▁Bob ▁Mc All ister . ▁The ▁final ▁opened ▁with ▁two ▁false ▁starts , ▁first ▁by ▁Wil fred ▁Leg g ▁and ▁then ▁one ▁by ▁Frank ▁Wy k off . ▁Williams ▁took ▁the ▁lead ▁off ▁the ▁start ▁and ▁never ▁rel in qu ished ▁it , ▁winning ▁the ▁gold ▁over ▁Jack ▁London ▁with ▁Georg ▁L amm ers ▁third . ▁Williams ▁then ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 ▁metres ▁two ▁days ▁later , ▁coming ▁from ▁behind ▁to ▁over take ▁Hel mut ▁Kör nig , ▁who ▁had ▁led ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁b end . ▁It ▁was ▁Williams ' s ▁e ighth ▁race ▁in ▁four ▁days ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁non - American ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁s print ▁double . ▁Williams ▁was ▁also ▁part ▁of