Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allan Wells  Scotland	Ben Johnson  Canada	Cameron Sharp  Scotland

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: -1.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.30	Q
2	5	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.43	Q
3	5	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.45	Q
4	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.49	Q
5	1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.50	Q
6	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.54	Q
7	1	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.55	Q
8	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.57	Q
8	4	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.57	Q
10	3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.58	Q
11	1	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.59	Q
11	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.59	Q
13	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.62	Q
13	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.62	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.62	Q
16	3	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.64	Q
17	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.67	Q
18	3		England	10.69	Q
18	5		England	10.69	Q
20	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.71	Q
20	5	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.71	Q
22	1		Fiji	10.75	Q
23	1		Western Samoa	10.85	q
24	4		Gambia	10.88	Q
25	2	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.89	Q
26	4	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.92	Q
27	4	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.98	Q
28	5		Ghana	11.03	Q
29	4	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	11.05	q
29	4		Western Samoa	11.05	q
31	3		Kenya	11.07	Q
32	3		Zimbabwe	11.10	Q
33	2		Hong Kong	11.13	Q
34	5	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	11.14	Q
35	3		Ghana	11.17	q
35	5		Zambia	11.17	q
37	5		Vanuatu	11.19
38	2		Zimbabwe	11.28
39	2		Solomon Islands	11.38
40	3		Solomon Islands	11.39
41	3		Isle of Man	11.40
42	4		Malawi	11.42
43	2		Mauritius	11.50
44	5		Western Samoa	11.78

Quarterfinals[]

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.6 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +3.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.22	Q
2	3	Desai Williams	Canada	10.25	Q
3	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.26	Q
4	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.27	Q
5	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.30	Q
6	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.31	Q
7	3	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.32	Q
8	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.36	Q
8	3		England	10.36	Q
10	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.37	Q
11	1	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.38	Q
12	4	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.41	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.45	Q
14	2		England	10.47	Q
15	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.48	q
16	3	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.51	Q
17	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.51	q
18	4	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.55	Q
19	2	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.56
20	3	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.67
21	4	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.69
22	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.70
23	3	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.71
24	1		Zimbabwe	10.72
25	4		Fiji	10.79
26	3		Ghana	10.81
27	4		Kenya	10.82
28	1	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	10.87
29	3	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	10.96
30	2		Western Samoa	10.97
31	1	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.99
31	2		Gambia	10.99
31	4		Hong Kong	10.99
34	4		Western Samoa	11.02
35	2		Zambia	11.37
	2		Ghana	DNS

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.20	Q
2	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.26	Q
3	1	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.30	Q
4	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.31	Q
4	2	Desai Williams	Canada	10.31	Q
6	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.33	Q
7	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.37	Q
7	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.37	Q
7	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.37	q
10	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.38
11	2	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.40
12	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.43
12	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.43
14	1		England	10.47
15	1		England	10.49
16	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.54
17	2	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.57
18	1	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.73

Final[]

Wind: +5.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.02
	7	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.05
	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.07
4	6	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.09
5	1	Mike McFarlane	England	10.11
6	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.11
7	9	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.16
8	5	Desai Williams	Canada	10.17
9	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.18

References[]

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results