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

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Donovan Bailey   Canada   Frank Fredericks   Namibia   Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

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 (and two non-finishers), with two rounds (twelve heats in round 1, five heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final.

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. For Fredericks and Boldon, this was the second event 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 complete his Olympic goal of winning gold in the 200m and 400m events.

This marked the first time since 1976 that no American runner medaled in the 100 metres, with 1992 bronze medalist Dennis Mitchell placing fourth behind Boldon.

Defending gold medalist Linford Christie of Great Britain advanced to the final but was disqualified after false starting twice. This was his last major race before his retirement from athletics the next year.

Medalists

Gold	Donovan Bailey Canada (CAN)
Silver	Frank Fredericks Namibia (NAM)
Bronze	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Records

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

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

Final

• Held on July 27, 1996

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	9.84 WR
	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	9.89
	Ato Boldon (TRI)	9.90
4.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.99
5.	Michael Marsh (USA)	10.00
6.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.14
7.	Michael Green (JAM)	10.16
—	Linford Christie (GBR)	DSQ

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	9.94
2.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.00
3.	Michael Marsh (USA)	10.08
4.	Michael Green (JAM)	10.11
5.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.16
6.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.16
7.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.22
8.	Anninos Markoullides (CYP)	10.36

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	9.93
2.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.00
3.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.04
4.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.04
5.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.13
6.	Jon Drummond (USA)	10.16
7.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.26
—	Ian Mackie (GBR)	DNS

Round 2 - Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	9.95
2.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.19
3.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.24
4.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.26
5.	Glenroy Gilbert (CAN)	10.28
6.	Marc Blume (GER)	10.33
7.	Andrey Fedoriv (RUS)	10.34
8.	Augustine Nketia (NZL)	10.35

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.03
2.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.05
3.	Jon Drummond (USA)	10.17
4.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.18
5.	Erik Wymeersch (BEL)	10.37
6.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.38
7.	Needy Guims (FRA)	10.43
8.	Ezio Madonia (ITA)	10.43

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	9.93
2.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.08
3.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.14
4.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.18
5.	Peter Karlsson (SWE)	10.24
6.	Darren Braithwaite (GBR)	10.27
7.	Wenzhong Chen (CHN)	10.29
8.	Ousmane Diarra (MLI)	10.38

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.09
2.	Michael Green (JAM)	10.11
3.	Anninos Markoullides (CYP)	10.23
4.	Patrick Stevens (BEL)	10.31
5.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.34
6.	Pascal Theophile (FRA)	10.38
7.	Serhiy Osovych (UKR)	10.38
8.	Kirk Cummins (BAR)	10.45

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Michael Marsh (USA)	10.09
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.11
3.	Ian Mackie (GBR)	10.23
4.	André da Silva (BRA)	10.31
5.	Alexandros Yenovelis (GRE)	10.34
6.	Venancio Jose (ESP)	10.38
7.	Kostyantyn Rurak (UKR)	10.38
8.	Yiannis Zisimides (CYP)	10.45

Round 1 - Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.15
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.18
3.	Andrey Fedoriv (RUS)	10.39
4.	Renward Wells (BAH)	10.48
5.	Chithaka De Soyza (SRI)	10.55
6.	Luís Cunha (POR)	10.65
7.	Patrick Mocci Roumbe (GAB)	10.87
8.	Nordine Ould Menira (MTN)	10.95
9.	Bonifacio Edu (GEQ)	11.87

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.03
2.	Jon Drummond (USA)	10.08
3.	Erik Wymeersch (BEL)	10.24
4.	Leon Gordon (JAM)	10.48
5.	Stefan Burkart (SUI)	10.49
6.	Barnabe Jolicoeur (MRI)	10.57
7.	Bimal Tarafdar (BAN)	10.98
8.	Abdul Ghafoor (AFG)	12.20
—	Andrew Tynes (BAH)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.06
2.	Anninos Markoullides (CYP)	10.26
3.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.27
4.	Augustine Nketia (NZL)	10.34
5.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.38
6.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	10.38
7.	Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.44
8.	Amarildo Almeida (GBS)	10.85
9.	Mohamed Bakar (COM)	11.02

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Michael Green (JAM)	10.16
2.	Patrick Stevens (BEL)	10.21
3.	Serhiy Osovych (UKR)	10.29
4.	Ezio Madonia (ITA)	10.33
5.	Edson Ribeiro (BRA)	10.39
6.	Chris Donaldson (NZL)	10.39
7.	Patrik Strenius (SWE)	10.48
8.	Toluta Koula (TGA)	10.71
9.	Vladislav Chernobay (KGZ)	10.88

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.34
2.	Ousmane Diarra (MLI)	10.34
3.	Wenzhong Chen (CHN)	10.37
4.	Manuel Borrega (ESP)	10.52
5.	Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)	10.58
6.	Ruben Benitez (ESA)	10.74
7.	Vitaly Medvedev (KAZ)	10.90
8.	Mitchell Peters (ISV)	11.12
9.	Bouriema Kimba (NIG)	11.24

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.24
2.	Ian Mackie (GBR)	10.27
3.	Marc Blume (GER)	10.33
4.	Alexandros Terzian (GRE)	10.48
5.	Franck Amegnigan (TOG)	10.51
6.	Rod Mapstone (AUS)	10.56
7.	Sayon Cooper (LBR)	10.58
8.	Pa Modou Gai (GAM)	10.72
9.	Jorge Castellon (BOL)	10.74

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.33
2.	Kostyantyn Rurak (UKR)	10.37
3.	Pascal Theophile (FRA)	10.41
4.	Carlos Gats (ARG)	10.57
5.	Joel Mascoll (VIN)	10.64
6.	Anvar Kuchmuradov (UZB)	10.71
7.	Arif Akhundov (AZE)	11.11
8.	Khaled Othman (LBA)	11.65
9.	Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV)	22.69

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Michael Marsh (USA)	10.14
2.	Darren Braithwaite (GBR)	10.29
3.	Kirk Cummins (BAR)	10.47
4.	Torbjörn Eriksson (SWE)	10.49
5.	Paul Henderson (AUS)	10.52
6.	Alberto Mendez (DOM)	10.60
7.	Arnaldo da Silva (BRA)	10.62
8.	Mario Bonello (MLT)	10.89
9.	Odair Baia (STP)	11.05

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	André da Silva (BRA)	10.25
2.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.26
3.	Yiannis Zisimides (CYP)	10.32
4.	Venancio Jose (ESP)	10.34
5.	Hamed Douhou (CIV)	10.53
6.	Robert Dennis (LBR)	10.65
7.	Donald Onchiri (KEN)	10.66
8.	Sun-Kuk Jin (KOR)	10.73
9.	Peter Pulu (PNG)	10.76

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.26
2.	Needy Guims (FRA)	10.39
3.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.41
4.	Jone Delai (FIJ)	10.42
5.	Vitaliy Savin (KAZ)	10.52
6.	Watson Nyambek (MAS)	10.55
7.	Neil Ryan (IRL)	10.78
8.	Javier Verne (PER)	10.91
9.	Van Lam Hai (VIE)	11.14

RANK	HEAT 11	TIME
1.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.24
2.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.28
3.	Peter Karlsson (SWE)	10.35
4.	Sanusi Turay (SLE)	10.39
5.	Sergejs Insakovs (LAT)	10.42
6.	Haralambos Papadias (GRE)	10.46
7.	Hsin-Ping Huang (TPE)	10.70
8.	Eric Agueh (BEN)	10.98
—	Alfayaya Embalo (CPV)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 12	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	10.32
2.	Glenroy Gilbert (CAN)	10.34
3.	Alexandros Yenovelis (GRE)	10.39
4.	Frutos Feo (ESP)	10.56
5.	Benjamin Sirimou (CMR)	10.58
6.	Hamed Sadeq (KUW)	10.81
7.	Devon Bean (BER)	10.89
8.	Robert Loua (GUI)	11.21
9.	Mark Sherwin (COK)	11.41

References

• Official Report