The race was delayed after first Parchment did not start after injuries that he tried to overcome until the very end before he threw in the towel.
He lay on the grass and tried to massage and stretch his leg.
Then came the big fuss when world setter Devon Allen got off to a flying start with the smallest possible margin.
And a thousand.
He did not understand it himself and first refused to leave the track and then had a long discussion with the officials before the red and black card came up.
The audience cheered loudly when the message stood firm.
"It's crazy"
- I was a thousandth too fast in my reaction time.
I do not know if the TV pictures showed my reaction time of 0.999 It is crazy that there is no margin for error there but such are the rules, Allen says to SVT Sport.
You tried to talk to the judges. What did they say?
- I was very surprised because I reacted after the starting shot.
Had it been 1,000, the race would have gone away, so it's frustrating, says Allen, who will now continue his career in American football for the Philadelphia Eagles.
It looked strange when Holloway in solitary majesty with the empty lanes next to him whizzed towards the gold of 13.03.