Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 3 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 4 (semifinals and final)
Competitors82 from 59 nations
Winning time9.99
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sam Graddy
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ben Johnson
 Canada
← 1980
1988 →

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1984 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4.[1] Eighty-two athletes from 59 countries participated.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, that nation's first title after two Games of missing the podium (4th in 1976, boycotted in 1980). Canada's Ben Johnson took bronze to break up the Americans' bid to sweep the podium (which they had done in 1904 and 1912); it was Canada's first medal in the event since 1964.

Background[]

This was the twentieth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Defending gold medal winner Allan Wells of Great Britain was the only finalist from the Moscow Games to return. The American team was strong, led by 1983 World Championships in Athletics winner Carl Lewis, who was attempting to match Jesse Owens's 1936 quadruple (100, 200, 4x100, and long jump). Sam Graddy and Ron Brown were the other members of the United States squad, edging out world record holder and World Championships runner-up Calvin Smith. Challengers to the hosts included World Championship finalists Wells, Paul Narracott of Australia, Christian Haas of West Germany, and Desai Williams of Canada, as well as up-and-coming Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson.[2]

Thirteen nations appeared in the event for the first time: Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, the British Virgin Islands, China (in its People's Republic form), Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Mauritius, Oman, Qatar, the Solomon Islands, Swaziland, and the United Arab Emirates. The United States made its 19th appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format[]

The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the preliminaries and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 11 heats, each with 7 or 8 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next seven fastest runners overall. This made 40 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2][3]

Records[]

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.93 United States Calvin Smith Colorado Springs (United States) July 3, 1983
Olympic Record 9.95 United States Jim Hines Mexico City (Mexico) October 14, 1968

Results[]

Heats[]

The top three runners in each of the eleven heats and the next seven fastest, advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.32 Q
2 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.38 Q
3 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 10.47 Q
4 Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago 10.48 q
5 Peter Van Miltenburg  Australia 10.55 q
6 Vicente Daniel  Mozambique 10.81
7 Henry Ngolwe  Zambia 10.94
8 Paul Réneau  Belize 10.96

Heat 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.32 Q
2 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 10.40 Q
3 José Javier Arqués  Spain 10.42 Q
4 Marc Gasparoni  France 10.47 q
5 Emilio Samayoa  Guatemala 10.84
6 Barnabé Messomo  Cameroon 10.98
7 Charles Mbazira  Uganda 11.03
8 Mohamed Abdullah  United Arab Emirates 11.11

Heat 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Desai Williams  Canada 10.35 Q
2 Chidi Imoh  Nigeria 10.39 Q
3 Charles-Louis Seck  Senegal 10.45 Q
4 Christian Nenepath  Indonesia 10.66
Henri Ndinga  Republic of the Congo 10.66
6 Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Akbary  Oman 10.86
7 Inoke Bainimoli  Fiji 11.15
8 Daniel André  Mauritius 11.19

Heat 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sumet Promna  Thailand 10.52 Q
2 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.55 Q
3 Neville Hodge  Virgin Islands 10.58 Q
4 Audrick Lightbourne  Bahamas 10.64
5 Gus Young  Jamaica 10.64
6 Bill Trott  Bermuda 10.76
7 Kgosiemang Khumoyarano  Botswana 11.49

Heat 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sam Graddy  United States 10.29 Q
2 Donovan Reid  Great Britain 10.41 Q
3 Jürgen Evers  West Germany 10.54 Q
4 Hiroki Fuwa  Japan 10.56
5 Philip Attipoe  Ghana 10.60
6 Jean-Yves Mallat  Lebanon 10.83
7 Markus Büchel  Liechtenstein 10.98
8 Clifford Mamba  Swaziland 11.24

Heat 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.24 Q
2 Antoine Richard  France 10.35 Q
3 Antonio Ullo  Italy 10.36 Q
4 Paulo Roberto Correia  Brazil 10.45 q
5 Anthony Jones  Barbados 10.69
6 Oliver Daniels  Liberia 10.76
7 Muhammad Mansha  Pakistan 10.87

Heat 7[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.35 Q
2 Yu Zhuanghui  China 10.53 Q
3 Bruno Marie-Rose  France 10.59 Q
4 Earl Haley  Guyana 10.74
5 Julien Thode  Netherlands Antilles 10.92
6 Ronald Russell  Virgin Islands 11.02
7 Denis Rose  Seychelles 11.04

Heat 8[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 10.46 Q
2 Stefano Tilli  Italy 10.48 Q
3 Fred Martin  Australia 10.64 Q
4 Luís Barroso  Portugal 10.76
5 Gustavo Envela  Equatorial Guinea 10.79
6 Oumar Fye  The Gambia 10.87
7 Anthony Henry  Antigua and Barbuda 10.99
8 Saidur Rahman Dawn  Bangladesh 11.25

Heat 9[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ron Brown  United States 10.58 Q
2 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 10.60 Q
3 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.70 Q
4 Ralf Lübke  West Germany 10.70
5 Collins Mensah  Ghana 10.92
6 Ivan Benjamin  Sierra Leone 11.13
7 Johnson Kere  Solomon Islands 11.57

Heat 10[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Norman Edwards  Jamaica 10.57 Q
2 Dudley Parker  Bahamas 10.65 Q
3 Kouadio Otokpa  Ivory Coast 10.72 Q
4 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 10.72
5 Faraj Saad Marzouk  Qatar 10.78
6 Odiya Silweya  Malawi 11.22
7 Glen Abrahams  Costa Rica 11.31

Heat 11[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.41 Q
2 Alfonso Pitters  Panama 10.50 Q
3 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 10.55 Q
4 Bakary Jarjue  The Gambia 10.68
5 Sim Deok-seop  South Korea 10.72
6 Guy Hill  British Virgin Islands 11.11
7 Aldo Salandra  El Salvador 11.31

Quarterfinals[]

The top three runners in each of the five heats and the next fastest one, advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.41 Q
2 Donovan Reid  Great Britain 10.47 Q
3 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.51 Q
4 Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago 10.56
5 Antonio Ullo  Italy 10.57
6 Bruno Marie-Rose  France 10.60
7 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.60
8 Alfonso Pitters  Panama 10.63

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sam Graddy  United States 10.15 Q
2 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.33 Q
3 Norman Edwards  Jamaica 10.44 Q
4 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.53
5 Charles-Louis Seck  Senegal 10.54
6 Yu Zhuanghui  China 10.59
7 Neville Hodge  Virgin Islands 10.69
Ronald Desruelles  Belgium DNS

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Stefano Tilli  Italy 10.39 Q
2 Ron Brown  United States 10.40 Q
3 Marc Gasparoni  France 10.56 Q
4 Sumet Promna  Thailand 10.61
5 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 10.69
6 Hiroki Fuwa  Japan 10.75
7 Philip Attipoe  Ghana 10.78
8 Kouadio Otokpa  Ivory Coast 10.80

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.30 Q
2 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.33 Q
3 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 10.43 Q
4 José Javier Arqués  Spain 10.52
Peter Van Miltenburg  Australia 10.52
6 Antoine Richard  France 10.53
7 Paulo Roberto Correia  Brazil 10.54
8 Audrick Lightbourne  Bahamas 10.59

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.04 Q
2 Desai Williams  Canada 10.27 Q
3 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 10.35 Q
4 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 10.36 q
5 Chidi Imoh  Nigeria 10.42
6 Dudley Parker  Bahamas 10.58
7 Fred Martin  Australia 10.61
8 Jürgen Evers  West Germany 10.69

Semifinals[]

The top four runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1[]

The wind was +0.7 m/s.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.26 Q
2 Sam Graddy  United States 10.27 Q
3 Donovan Reid  Great Britain 10.32 Q
4 Ron Brown  United States 10.34 Q
5 Desai Williams  Canada 10.34
6 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.41
7 Marc Gasparoni  France 10.49
8 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 10.51

Semifinal 2[]

The wind was -1.5 m/s.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.14 Q
2 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.42 Q
3 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 10.45 Q
4 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.52 Q
5 Luis Morales  Puerto Rico 10.54
6 Stefano Tilli  Italy 10.55
7 Norman Edwards  Jamaica 10.63
8 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.71

Final[]

Wind = 0.2 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis  United States 9.99
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sam Graddy  United States 10.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ben Johnson  Canada 10.22
4 Ron Brown  United States 10.26
5 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 10.27
6 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.29
7 Donovan Reid  Great Britain 10.33
8 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.35

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 270–71.
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