Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The 100 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday 19 March and Monday 20 March 2006.

The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records[]

World Record	9.77	Asafa Powell	JAM	Athens, Greece	14 June 2005
Games Record	9.88	Ato Boldon	TRI	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998

Medals[]

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Asafa Powell, Jamaica	Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria	Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago

Qualification[]

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank		Athlete	Nation	Games Result	27 March Rank
Comm.	World				Comm.	World
1	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	5th	2	3
=2	=3	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	Gold	1	2
=2	=3	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	Did Not Compete	3	4
4	7	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	Bronze	4	7
5	8	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did Not Compete	5	8
6	10	Michael Frater	Jamaica	Semi Finalist	6	10
7	11	Jason Gardener	England	Second Round	7	11
8	12	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	Second Round	8	12
9	14	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	Silver	9	13
10	15	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	4th	10	15

Results[]

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• GR denotes Games record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Round 1[]

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	11	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	7	0.194 s	10.45 s	Q
2	=16	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	3	0.185 s	10.51 s	Q
3	26	Seth Amoo	Ghana	2	0.248 s	10.61 s	Q
4	=36	Tlhalosang Molapisi	Botswana	1	0.202 s	10.85 s
5	44		Turks and Caicos Islands	4	0.194 s	11.06 s
6	45		Vanuatu	5	0.184 s	11.08 s
7	54			6	0.232 s	11.63 s

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +2.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	Michael Frater	Jamaica	3	0.163 s	10.37 s	Q
2	12	Emmanuel Ngom Priso	Cameroon	1	0.209 s	10.46 s	Q
3	13	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	5	0.150 s	10.48 s	Q
4	25	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	2	0.164 s	10.59 s	q
5	27	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7	0.187 s	10.68 s	q
6	30	Wally Kirika	Papua New Guinea	4	0.211 s	10.76 s	q
7	41		Fiji	6	0.150 s	10.93 s

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.9 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	Jason Gardener	England	5	0.140 s	10.41 s	Q
2	=8	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	4	0.183 s	10.43 s	Q
3	10	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	2	0.146 s	10.44 s	Q	SB
4	=16	Lee-Roy Newton	South Africa	7	0.162 s	10.51 s	q
5	23	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	6	0.179 s	10.54 s	q
6	=28			1	0.179 s	10.70 s	q
7	47	Jack Iroga	Solomon Islands	3	0.176 s	11.13 s

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	3	0.123 s	10.20 s	Q
2	=2	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	5	0.192 s	10.23 s	Q
3	4	Anson Henry	Canada	1	0.142 s	10.25 s	Q	SB
4	=32	Lamin Tucker	Sierra Leone	7	0.161 s	10.80 s
5	46	Francis Manioru	Solomon Islands	4	0.168 s	11.12 s		SB
6	48	Anton Lui	Papua New Guinea	6	0.211 s	11.15 s
7	50		Niue	2	0.187 s	11.28 s
8	53		Vanuatu	8	0.164 s	11.60 s

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=2	Marlon Devonish	England	2	0.160 s	10.23 s	Q
2	5	Joshua Ross	Australia	1	0.161 s	10.36 s	Q
3	=8	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	4	0.152 s	10.43 s	Q
4	24	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	7	0.152 s	10.57 s	q
5	31	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	5	0.168 s	10.78 s	q	PB
6	43		Papua New Guinea	8	0.203 s	11.01 s
7	55	Mariuti Uan		6	0.169 s	11.65 s		PB
8	58	Mohamed Asim	Maldives	3	0.216 s	12.75 s

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=20	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	7	0.150 s	10.53 s	Q
2	22	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	4	0.197 s	10.53 s	Q
3	=28		Cameroon	6	0.170 s	10.70 s	Q
4	=32	Jone Delai	Fiji	3	0.178 s	10.80 s
5	35	Jayson Jones	Belize	5	0.235 s	10.84 s
6	40		The Gambia	8	0.144 s	10.90 s		SB
7	56		Dominica	2	0.228 s	11.87 s
8	59	Christian Malcolm	Wales	1	0.234 s	32.72 s

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.9 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	14	Patrick Johnson	Australia	2	0.195 s	10.50 s	Q
2	15	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.231 s	10.50 s	Q
3	=32	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	4	0.204 s	10.80 s	Q
4	38		Montserrat	6	0.176 s	10.88 s		PB
5	39	Alfred Moussambani	Cameroon	3	0.166 s	10.89 s
6	51		Turks and Caicos Islands	5	0.174 s	11.36 s
-	-	Pierre Browne	Canada	7	-	DNS

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=16	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.162 s	10.51 s	Q
2	19	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	7	0.214 s	10.52 s	Q
3	=20		Australia	2	0.136 s	10.53 s	Q
4	=36		Cayman Islands	6	0.173 s	10.85 s
5	42		Tanzania	5	0.247 s	10.95 s		PB
6	49		The Gambia	8	0.232 s	11.17 s
7	52		Montserrat	3	0.189 s	11.53 s		PB
8	57		Mauritius	4	0.163 s	12.04 s

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	4	3	1	+1.2	10.20 s	Q
2	Marlon Devonish	England	5	2	1	+1.3	10.23 s	Q
	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	4	5	2	+1.2	10.23 s	Q
4	Anson Henry	Canada	4	1	3	+1.2	10.25 s	Q	SB
5	Joshua Ross	Australia	5	1	2	+1.3	10.36 s	Q
6	Michael Frater	Jamaica	2	3	1	+2.4	10.37 s	Q
7	Jason Gardener	England	3	5	1	+1.9	10.41 s	Q
8	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	5	4	3	+1.3	10.43 s	Q
	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	3	4	2	+1.9	10.43 s	Q
10	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	3	2	3	+1.9	10.44 s	Q	SB
11	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	1	7	1	?.?	10.45 s	Q
12	Emmanuel Ngom Priso	Cameroon	2	1	2	+2.4	10.46 s	Q
13	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	2	5	3	+2.4	10.48 s	Q
14	Patrick Johnson	Australia	7	2	1	+1.9	10.50 s	Q
15	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	7	1	2	+1.9	10.50 s	Q
16	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	8	1	1	+1.2	10.51 s	Q
	Lee-Roy Newton	South Africa	3	7	4	+1.9	10.51 s	q
	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	1	3	2	?.?	10.51 s	Q
19	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	8	7	2	+1.2	10.52 s	Q
20		Australia	8	2	3	+1.2	10.53 s	Q
	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	6	7	1	+0.3	10.53 s	Q
22	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	6	4	2	+0.3	10.53 s	Q
23	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	3	6	5	+1.9	10.54 s	q
24	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	5	7	4	+1.3	10.57 s	q
25	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	2	2	4	+2.4	10.59 s	q
26	Seth Amoo	Ghana	1	2	3	?.?	10.61 s	Q
27	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	7	5	+2.4	10.68 s	q
28		Cameroon	6	6	3	+0.3	10.70 s	Q
			3	1	6	+1.9	10.70 s	q
30	Wally Kirika	Papua New Guinea	2	4	6	+2.4	10.76 s	q
31	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	5	5	5	+1.3	10.78 s	q	PB
32	Jone Delai	Fiji	6	3	4	+0.3	10.80 s
	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	7	4	3	+1.9	10.80 s	Q
	Lamin Tucker	Sierra Leone	4	7	4	+1.2	10.80 s
35	Jayson Jones	Belize	6	5	5	+0.3	10.84 s
36		Cayman Islands	8	6	4	+1.2	10.85 s
	Tlhalosang Molapisi	Botswana	1	1	4	?.?	10.85 s
38		Montserrat	7	6	4	+1.9	10.88 s		PB
39	Alfred Moussambani	Cameroon	7	3	5	+1.9	10.89 s
40		The Gambia	6	8	6	+0.3	10.90 s		SB
41		Fiji	2	6	7	+2.4	10.93 s
42		Tanzania	8	5	5	+1.2	10.95 s		PB
43		Papua New Guinea	5	8	6	+1.3	11.01 s
44		Turks and Caicos Islands	1	4	5	?.?	11.06 s
45		Vanuatu	1	5	6	?.?	11.08 s
46	Francis Manioru	Solomon Islands	4	4	5	+1.2	11.12 s		SB
47	Jack Iroga	Solomon Islands	3	3	7	+1.9	11.13 s
48	Anton Lui	Papua New Guinea	4	6	6	+1.2	11.15 s
49		The Gambia	8	8	6	+1.2	11.17 s
50		Niue	4	2	7	+1.2	11.28 s
51		Turks and Caicos Islands	7	5	6	+1.9	11.36 s
52		Montserrat	8	3	7	+1.2	11.53 s		PB
53		Vanuatu	4	8	8	+1.2	11.60 s
54			1	6	7	?.?	11.63 s
55	Mariuti Uan		5	6	7	+1.3	11.65 s		PB
56		Dominica	6	2	7	+0.3	11.87 s
57		Mauritius	8	4	8	+1.2	12.04 s
58	Mohamed Asim	Maldives	5	3	8	+1.3	12.75 s
59	Christian Malcolm	Wales	6	1	8	+0.3	32.72 s
-	Pierre Browne	Canada	7	7	-	-	DNS

Round 2[]

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Michael Frater	Jamaica	5	0.126 s	10.25 s	Q
2	8	Patrick Johnson	Australia	3	0.157 s	10.33 s	Q
3	10	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	4	0.187 s	10.37 s	Q
4	15	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.150 s	10.45 s	Q
5	22	Emmanuel Ngom Priso	Cameroon	6	0.168 s	10.66 s
6	=23			2	0.162 s	10.71 s
7	25	Seth Amoo	Ghana	7	0.239 s	10.75 s
8	29	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	8	0.169 s	10.85 s		PB

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	5	0.185 s	10.36 s	Q
2	=13	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	6	0.228 s	10.43 s	Q
3	16		Australia	8	0.139 s	10.47 s	Q
4	=17	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	3	0.167 s	10.49 s	Q
5	20	Jason Gardener	England	4	0.147 s	10.58 s
6	=23	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	2	0.138 s	10.71 s
7	26	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	1	0.147 s	10.78 s
8	30	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7	0.167 s	10.99 s

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.5 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	5	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	3	0.138 s	10.29 s	Q
2	6	Anson Henry	Canada	2	0.133 s	10.30 s	Q
3	12	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	4	0.167 s	10.41 s	Q
4	=13	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	5	0.177 s	10.43 s	Q
5	19	Lee-Roy Newton	South Africa	1	0.193 s	10.53 s
6	27	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	6	0.150 s	10.79 s
7	31	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	8	0.141 s	11.10 s
8	32	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	7	0.188 s	11.16 s

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Sunday 19 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +1.8 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	6	0.178 s	10.15 s	Q
2	2	Marlon Devonish	England	3	0.157 s	10.21 s	Q
3	3	Joshua Ross	Australia	5	0.143 s	10.23 s	Q
4	7	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	4	0.167 s	10.32 s	Q
5	11	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	2	0.139 s	10.38 s
6	=17	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	1	0.151 s	10.49 s
7	21		Cameroon	8	0.167 s	10.60 s
8	28	Wally Kirika	Papua New Guinea	7	0.181 s	10.80 s

Round 2 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	4	6	1	+1.8	10.15 s	Q
2	Marlon Devonish	England	4	3	2	+1.8	10.21 s	Q
3	Joshua Ross	Australia	4	5	3	+1.8	10.23 s	Q
4	Michael Frater	Jamaica	1	5	1	+0.3	10.25 s	Q
5	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	3	3	1	-0.5	10.29 s	Q
6	Anson Henry	Canada	3	2	2	-0.5	10.30 s	Q
7	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	4	4	4	+1.8	10.32 s	Q
8	Patrick Johnson	Australia	1	3	2	+0.3	10.33 s	Q
9	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	2	5	1	-0.4	10.36 s	Q
10	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	1	4	3	+0.3	10.37 s	Q
11	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	4	2	5	+1.8	10.38 s
12	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	3	4	3	-0.5	10.41 s	Q
13	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	2	6	2	-0.4	10.43 s	Q
	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	3	5	4	-0.5	10.43 s	Q
15	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	4	+0.3	10.43 s	Q
16		Australia	2	8	3	-0.4	10.47 s	Q
17	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	4	1	6	+1.8	10.49 s
	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	2	3	4	-0.4	10.49 s	Q
19	Lee-Roy Newton	South Africa	3	1	5	-0.5	10.53 s
20	Jason Gardener	England	2	4	5	-0.4	10.58 s
21		Cameroon	4	8	7	+1.8	10.60 s
22	Emmanuel Ngom Priso	Cameroon	1	6	5	+0.3	10.66 s
23	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	2	2	6	-0.4	10.71 s
			1	2	6	+0.3	10.71 s
25	Seth Amoo	Ghana	1	7	7	+0.3	10.75 s
26	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	2	1	7	-0.4	10.78 s
27	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	3	6	6	-0.5	10.79 s
28	Wally Kirika	Papua New Guinea	4	7	8	+1.8	10.80 s
29	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	1	8	8	+0.3	10.85 s		PB
30	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	7	8	-0.4	10.99 s
31	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	3	8	7	-0.5	11.10 s
32	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	3	7	8	-0.5	11.16 s

Semi Finals[]

Semi Final 1 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: -0.6 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=2	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0.154 s	10.15 s	Q
2	4	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	6	0.161 s	10.21 s	Q
3	5	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	3	0.144 s	10.24 s	Q
4	8	Marlon Devonish	England	4	0.143 s	10.27 s	Q
5	9	Joshua Ross	Australia	8	0.163 s	10.28 s
6	10	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	1	0.170 s	10.33 s
7	11	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	2	0.135 s	10.35 s
8	14		Australia	7	0.140 s	10.50 s

Semi Final 2 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: +0.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	6	0.155 s	10.03 s	Q
2	=2	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	2	0.164 s	10.15 s	Q
3	6	Patrick Johnson	Australia	3	0.151 s	10.26 s	Q
4	7	Anson Henry	Canada	5	0.154 s	10.26 s	Q
5	12	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	8	0.203 s	10.38 s
6	13	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	7	0.122 s	10.46 s
-	-	Michael Frater	Jamaica	4	0.146 s	DQ
-	-	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	1	-0.018 s	DQ

Semi Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	S.F.	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	2	6	1	+0.2	10.03 s	Q
2	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	1	5	1	-0.6	10.15 s	Q
	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	2	2	2	+0.2	10.15 s	Q
4	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	1	6	2	-0.6	10.21 s	Q
5	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	1	3	3	-0.6	10.24 s	Q
6	Patrick Johnson	Australia	2	3	3	+0.2	10.26 s	Q
7	Anson Henry	Canada	2	5	4	+0.2	10.26 s	Q
8	Marlon Devonish	England	1	4	4	-0.6	10.27 s	Q
9	Joshua Ross	Australia	1	8	5	-0.6	10.28 s
10	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	1	1	6	-0.6	10.33 s
11	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	1	2	7	-0.6	10.35 s
12	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	2	8	5	+0.2	10.38 s
13	Jaycey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	2	7	6	+0.2	10.46 s
14		Australia	1	7	8	-0.6	10.50 s
-	Michael Frater	Jamaica	2	4	-	+0.2	DQ
	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	2	1	-	+0.2	DQ

Final[]

Final Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: +0.9 m/s
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
1	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	3	0.139 s	10.03 s
2	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	6	0.152 s	10.11 s
3	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.201 s	10.17 s
4	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	5	0.164 s	10.22 s
5	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	2	0.177 s	10.22 s
6	Patrick Johnson	Australia	8	0.173 s	10.26 s
7	Anson Henry	Canada	1	0.149 s	10.28 s
8	Marlon Devonish	England	7	0.137 s	10.30 s

References[]

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