Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 26–27
Competitors106 from 75 nations
Winning time9.84 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Donovan Bailey
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Fredericks
 Namibia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
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These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were a total number of 106 participating athletes from 75 nations, with twelve heats in round 1, five quarterfinals, two semifinals and a final.[1] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Donovan Bailey of Canada, the nation's first title in the event since Percy Williams won it in 1928.

Summary[]

Canada's Donovan Bailey won the gold medal, breaking the world record that Leroy Burrell of the United States had set in 1994. Namibia's Frankie Fredericks won the silver medal for a second consecutive Olympics, while Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Ato Boldon won the bronze. It was Trinidad and Tobago's first medal in the event since 1976. For Fredericks and Boldon, this was the first of two events where they both medaled behind a world record setting run; Fredericks took silver and Boldon bronze in the 200 metre event where Michael Johnson ran 19.32 to win.

At first Bailey who was going to be the eventual winner did not get a great start. Mitchell and Boldon got terrific starts. Boldon led the race till the 60 metre mark, the point where Canadian Donovan Bailey was gaining on the field. He had an unbelievable surge with a top end speed of over 12 m/s, world record at that time. He won the race with a new 100 metres men's world record time of 9.84 which was 100th of a second faster than the previous record. Fredericks of Namibia edged past Boldon of Trinidad to take silver. While Linford Christie the defending Olympic Champion was watching the entire event unfold from the point of view of a spectator, having been disqualified after two false starts, the second of which was controversial.[2]

This marked the first time since 1976 (and the boycotted 1980 Games) that no American runner medaled in the 100 metres, with 1992 bronze medalist Dennis Mitchell placing fourth behind Boldon. Counting 1980, it was only the fourth time that the United States missed the podium.

Background[]

This was the twenty-third time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. For the first time, all three medalists from the previous Games (Great Britain's Linford Christie, Namibia's Frankie Fredericks, and the United States's Dennis Mitchell) returned. Indeed, seven of the eight finalists from 1992 were back in 1996—the other returners were Canadian Bruny Surin, Nigerians Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa, and Jamaican Raymond Stewart; only Leroy Burrell did not return to the 100 metres in 1996. Donovan Bailey of Canada had won the 1995 world championships, followed by countryman Surin and then Trinidad and Tobago's Ato Boldon. Christie was the reigning Commonwealth and European champion, and had won the 1993 world championship.[1]

Azerbaijan, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan appeared in the event for the first time. Russia appeared independently for the first time since 1912 and Latvia did so for the first time since 1924. The United States made its 22nd 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 heats and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 12 heats, each with 9 athletes scheduled (2 heats had 8 actually run due to withdrawals). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next four fastest runners overall. This made 40 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners. The top four 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.[1][3]

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.85 United States Leroy Burrell Lausanne (SUI) July 6, 1994
Olympic Record 9.92 United States Carl Lewis Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988

Donovan Bailey's 9.84 seconds in the final broke both the world and Olympic records.

Schedule[]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Friday, 26 July 1996 11:00
18:30		 Heats
Quarterfinals
Saturday, 27 July 1996 19:30
21:00		 Semifinals
Final

Results[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1[]

Wells had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 0.187 10.15 Q
2 5 Bruny Surin  Canada 0.168 10.18 Q
3 2 Andrey Fedoriv  Russia 0.159 10.39 Q
4 1 Renward Wells  Bahamas 0.156 10.48
5 3 Chithaka De Soyza  Sri Lanka 0.173 10.55
6 7 Luís Cunha  Portugal 0.149 10.65
7 9 Patrick Mocci Roumbe  Gabon 0.185 10.87
8 8 Nordine Ould Menira  Mauritania 0.186 10.95
9 4 Bonifacio Edu  Equatorial Guinea 0.198 11.87
Wind: −0.9 m/s

Heat 2[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria 10.03 Q
2 2 Jon Drummond  United States 10.08 Q
3 9 Erik Wymeersch  Belgium 10.24 Q
4 5 Leon Gordon  Jamaica 10.48
5 6 Stefan Burkart  Switzerland 10.49
6 7 Barnabe Jolicoeur  Mauritius 10.57
7 4 Bimal Tarafdar  Bangladesh 10.98
8 3 Abdul Ghafoor  Afghanistan 12.20
– 8 Andrew Tynes  Bahamas DNS

Heat 3[]

Markoullides had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 10.06 Q
2 7 Anninos Markoullides  Cyprus 10.26 Q
3 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.27 Q
4 8 Augustine Nketia  New Zealand 10.34 q
5 4 Raymond Stewart  Jamaica 10.38 q
6 9 Stefano Tilli  Italy 10.38
7 6 Jamal Al-Saffar  Saudi Arabia 10.44
8 3 Amarildo Almeida  Guinea-Bissau 10.85
9 1 Mohamed Bakar  Comoros 11.02

Heat 4[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Michael Green  Jamaica 10.16 Q
2 9 Patrick Stevens  Belgium 10.21 Q
3 8 Serhiy Osovych  Ukraine 10.29 Q
4 1 Ezio Madonia  Italy 10.33 q
5 2 Edson Ribeiro  Brazil 10.39
6 3 Chris Donaldson  New Zealand 10.39
7 5 Patrik Strenius  Sweden 10.48
8 4 Toluta'u Koula  Tonga 10.71
9 6 Vladislav Chernobay  Kyrgyzstan 10.88

Heat 5[]

Borrega had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Deji Aliu  Nigeria 10.34 Q
2 8 Ousmane Diarra  Mali 10.34 Q
3 3 Wenzhong Chen  China 10.37 Q
4 6 Manuel Borrega  Spain 10.52
5 7 Hiroyasu Tsuchie  Japan 10.58
6 9 Ruben Benitez  El Salvador 10.74
7 1 Vitaly Medvedev  Kazakhstan 10.90
8 4 Mitchell Peters  Virgin Islands 11.12
9 5 Bouriema Kimba  Niger 11.24

Heat 6[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Dennis Mitchell  United States 10.24 Q
2 7 Ian Mackie  Great Britain 10.27 Q
3 3 Marc Blume  Germany 10.33 Q
4 9 Alexandros Terzian  Greece 10.48
5 1 Franck Amegnigan  Togo 10.51
6 6 Rod Mapstone  Australia 10.56
7 8 Sayon Cooper  Liberia 10.58
8 2 Pa Modou Gai  The Gambia 10.72
9 5 Jorge Castellon  Bolivia 10.74

Heat 7[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.33 Q
2 5 Kostyantyn Rurak  Ukraine 10.37 Q
3 9 Pascal Theophile  France 10.41 Q
4 2 Carlos Gats  Argentina 10.57
5 3 Joel Mascoll  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.64
6 6 Anvar Kuchmuradov  Uzbekistan 10.71
7 4 Arif Akhundov  Azerbaijan 11.11
8 8 Khaled Othman  Libya 11.65
9 7 Jean-Olivier Zirignon  Ivory Coast 22.69

Heat 8[]

Silva had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Michael Marsh  United States 10.14 Q
2 8 Darren Braithwaite  Great Britain 10.29 Q
3 9 Kirk Cummins  Barbados 10.47 Q
4 5 Torbjörn Eriksson  Sweden 10.49
5 6 Paul Henderson  Australia 10.52
6 3 Alberto Mendez  Dominican Republic 10.60
7 2 Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil 10.62
8 1 Mario Bonello  Malta 10.89
9 4 Odair Baia  São Tomé and Príncipe 11.05

Heat 9[]

Douhou had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 André da Silva  Brazil 10.25 Q
2 5 Linford Christie  Great Britain 10.26 Q
3 6 Yiannis Zisimides  Cyprus 10.32 Q
4 1 Venancio Jose  Spain 10.34 q
5 9 Hamed Douhou  Ivory Coast 10.53
6 7 Robert Dennis  Liberia 10.65
7 2 Donald Onchiri  Kenya 10.66
8 3 Sun-Kuk Jin  South Korea 10.73
9 4 Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea 10.76

Heat 10[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.26 Q
2 2 Needy Guims  France 10.39 Q
3 1 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 10.41 Q
4 7 Jone Delai  Fiji 10.42
5 8 Vitaliy Savin  Kazakhstan 10.52
6 9 Watson Nyambek  Malaysia 10.55
7 6 Neil Ryan  Ireland 10.78
8 3 Javier Verne  Peru 10.91
9 4 Van Lam Hai  Vietnam 11.14

Heat 11[]

Karlsson had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Donovan Bailey  Canada 10.24 Q
2 1 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan 10.28 Q
3 2 Peter Karlsson  Sweden 10.35 Q
4 6 Sanusi Turay  Sierra Leone 10.39
5 9 Sergejs Insakovs  Latvia 10.42
6 8 Haralambos Papadias  Greece 10.46
7 7 Hsin-Ping Huang  Chinese Taipei 10.70
8 4 Eric Agueh  Benin 10.98
– 5 Alfayaya Embalo  Cape Verde DNS

Heat 12[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 10.32 Q
2 1 Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 10.34 Q
3 3 Alexandros Yenovelis  Greece 10.39 Q
4 6 Frutos Feo  Spain 10.56
5 8 Benjamin Sirimou  Cameroon 10.58
6 7 Hamed Sadeq  Kuwait 10.81
7 9 Devon Bean  Bermuda 10.89
8 5 Robert Loua  Guinea 11.21
9 2 Mark Sherwin  Cook Islands 11.41

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 9.95 Q
2 3 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan 10.19 Q
3 6 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.24 Q
4 4 Deji Aliu  Nigeria 10.26
5 7 Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 10.28
6 8 Marc Blume  Germany 10.33
7 1 Andrey Fedoriv  Russia 10.34
8 2 Augustine Nketia  New Zealand 10.35

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Linford Christie  Great Britain 10.03 Q
2 5 Donovan Bailey  Canada 10.05 Q
3 3 Jon Drummond  United States 10.17 Q
4 4 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 10.18 q
5 2 Erik Wymeersch  Belgium 10.37
6 7 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 10.38
7 8 Needy Guims  France 10.43
8 1 Ezio Madonia  Italy 10.43

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 9.93 Q
2 3 Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria 10.08 Q
3 4 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.14 Q
4 8 Raymond Stewart  Jamaica 10.18
5 7 Peter Karlsson  Sweden 10.24
6 6 Darren Braithwaite  Great Britain 10.27
7 2 Wenzhong Chen  China 10.29
8 1 Ousmane Diarra  Mali 10.38

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Dennis Mitchell  United States 10.09 Q
2 3 Michael Green  Jamaica 10.11 Q
3 4 Anninos Markoullides  Cyprus 10.23 Q
4 5 Patrick Stevens  Belgium 10.31
5 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.34
6 1 Pascal Theophile  France 10.38
7 7 Serhiy Osovych  Ukraine 10.38
8 8 Kirk Cummins  Barbados 10.45

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Michael Marsh  United States 10.04 Q
2 4 Bruny Surin  Canada 10.13 Q
3 5 Ian Mackie  Great Britain 10.25 Q
4 3 André da Silva  Brazil 10.26
5 2 Alexandros Yenovelis  Greece 10.31
6 1 Venancio Jose  Spain 10.46
7 7 Kostyantyn Rurak  Ukraine 10.47
8 8 Yiannis Zisimides  Cyprus 10.47

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Bailey had one false start (a second would have resulted in disqualification).

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 9.94 Q
2 3 Donovan Bailey  Canada 10.00 Q
3 6 Michael Marsh  United States 10.08 Q
4 4 Michael Green  Jamaica 10.11 Q
5 1 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan 10.16
6 8 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.16
7 2 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 10.22
8 7 Anninos Markoullides  Cyprus 10.36

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 9.93 Q
2 5 Dennis Mitchell  United States 10.00 Q
3 6 Linford Christie  Great Britain 10.04 Q
4 4 Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria 10.04 Q
5 1 Bruny Surin  Canada 10.13
6 2 Jon Drummond  United States 10.16
7 8 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.26
– 7 Ian Mackie  Great Britain DNS

Final[]

The final was held on July 27, 1996. Christie was disqualified after two false starts. Boldon also had one false start.[4]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Donovan Bailey  Canada 9.84 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 9.89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 9.90
4 4 Dennis Mitchell  United States 9.99
5 1 Michael Marsh  United States 10.00
6 7 Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria 10.14
7 8 Michael Green  Jamaica 10.16
— 2 Linford Christie  Great Britain DSQ

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/29/sports/IHT-chaotic-100-meters-ends-with-record.html
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 68–69.
  4. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 69.
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