It was the closest finish yet to a major 100m, with just 11 thousandths covering the first three. Yet the three US Edmonton medallists were not factors. Maurice Greene placed eighth in his semi, injured, while Montgomery and Williams placed fourth and fifth in the final. Silver medallist Brown had broken the world junior record in the third heat of the second round, but that stage of the contest was overshadowed by the actions of Jon Drummond. At the 2001 IAAF Congress, a rule change was approved which meant that any athlete causing a second false start would be automatically disqualified. The new rule was applied from January 1, 2003 with the desired effect of generally reducing the number of false starts. Paris was the first World Championships with the new ruling, and it was followed smoothly in the first round. One by one, three men were disqualified and each was escorted from the track to sympathetic applause. In the second of the quarter-finals, there was an initial false start by Dwight Thomas of Jamaica.
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A yellow card was then shown to all eight starters as a warning that a further false start would result in disqualification. The recall gun went off again and this time a red card was shown to both Drummond (reaction 0.052 compared with the allowable threshold of 0.1) and Powell (0.086). Replays did appear to show that Drummond’s foot twitched in the blocks, but he did not accept his fate. While Powell waited in hope behind the start, the 34 year-old American – a relay gold medallist in 1993 and 1999 – remonstrated with judges, strirred up the crowd and lay down on the track. Even when he did leave the arena, it proved impossible to start the race because of crowd noise in reaction to the affair. The heat was eventually staged after the third and fourth quarter-finals, around 55 minutes late. Later, Drummond was disqualified from the entire championships “for behaviour likely to bring the sport into disrepute.” There was a further unwanted footnote. Chambers – the Seville bronze medallist – was disqualified in retrospect after it was found that he had committed a doping violation on August 1. He had originally been part of the blanket finish, placing fourth, just three thousandths behind Campbell. Two years later, Mongomery’s disqualification was also confirmed (see report of the 2001 100m). He had originally placed fifth |
These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 79 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.[1]
At 18 years, 318 days old, silver medallist Darrel Brown became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 100 m. |
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100m |
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25 August |
0,0 |
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Final |
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Event Report Men 100m Final
There is a new world 100m champion and he hails from St Kitts and Nevis - Kim COLLINS. In the brash bravado laden world of men's sprinting it is refreshing to see a champion so understated. The final saw two Americans, two Britons, two Nigerians and two athletes from the Caribbean lining up in the blocks. The start was even, with Darren CAMPBELL (GBR) marginally getting the better of it. Until halfway the field stayed almost directly in a line with only the Nigerians, Deji ALIU and Uchenna EMEDOLU dropping back slightly. As the momentum built athletes started to stake their claims. Suprisingly, it wasn't the Americans. The USA has won all but two men's world 100m titles, Linford CHRISTIE (GBR) in 1993 and Donovan BAILEY (CAN) two years later. Having finished fourth in his semi-final Commonwealth champion Collins was stranded out in lane one. He started to surge forward. Fresh from a world junior record in the second round Darrel BROWN (TRI) was right in the mix, with Campbell also hurling himself at the line. Collins was victorious by the smallest of margins, stopping the clock in 10.07. Brown out dipped Campbell for the silver. He is the youngest 100m medallist ever, not turning 19 until October 11. Dwain CHAMBERS (GBR) was the next best of the rest. He Brown and Campbell were all awarded the same time, 10.08s, so one hundredth separated the first four. Brown's effort also eclipses Ato BOLDON's bronze medal in 1995, as his country's best 100m finish. World record holder and new dad, Tim MONTGOMERY (USA) was next home in the USA's worst showing since Mike MARSH's fifth in Gothenburg in 1995. Despite looking impressive in the semis USA champ Bernard WILLIAMS couldn't replicate it in the final and came home in sixth. The final two places were filled by Aliu and Emedolu. For the first time in 20 years no man broke 10 seconds for the hundred and Collins 10.07 equals Carl LEWIS' (USA) time from the inaugural world championships in Helsinki in 1983 as the slowest winning time. The fastest times came from the eventual winners as Collins and Brown clocked 10.02 and 10.01 in the second round. Despite the relatively slow times the racing was tight and the Caribbean won the bragging rights with first and second. Great Britain filled the next two spots, then the USA, then Nigeria.
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1 |
Kim Collins |
SKN |
5 Apr 76 |
10.07 |
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2 |
Darrel Brown |
TTO |
11 Oct 84 |
10.08 |
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2 |
Darren Campbell |
GBR |
12 Sep 73 |
10.08 |
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4 |
Dwain Chambers |
GBR |
5 Apr 78 |
10.08 |
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5 |
Bernard Williams |
USA |
19 Jan 78 |
10.13 |
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6 |
Deji Aliu |
NGR |
22 Nov 75 |
10.21 |
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7 |
Uchenna Emedolu |
NGR |
17 Sep 76 |
10.22 |
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Tim Montgomery |
USA |
28 Jan 75 |
DQ 32.2.a 10.11 |
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Semifinals |
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25 August |
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Event Report Men 100m Semi Finals
After the drama of the quarterfinals yesterday, the semi-finals of the men's 100m went closer to script.
In the first semi, American Bernard WILLIAMS made a swift exit from the blocks and by 50m had a discernible lead. The first four; Williams, team-mate Tim MONTGOMERY, Nigerian Uchenna EMEDOLU and Kim COLLINS (SKN), had established a break on the rest of the field.
Clearly on cruise control Williams appeared to switch off with 20m still to run. He crossed the line in 10.11, well clear of the field. World record-holder, Montgomery was next home (10.14), with Emedolu and Collins one and two hundredths further back.
If the Commonwealth champ, Collins is to challenge in the final he will need to find the form that took him to 10.02 in the second round. While Montgomery will need to find a couple of metres to mount a serious challenge.
Most disappointing was Britain's Mark LEWIS-FRANCIS who beat no-one home clocking 10.44.
The second semi provided more drama. Defending champion Maurice GREENE (USA) was fastest to respond to the gun but he didn't remain in the lead for long and finished the race limping on his left leg. He finished well back in eighth (10.37).
Up ahead Dwain CHAMBERS (GBR) took the race by the scruff of the neck moving to a clear lead in the closing stages. He crossed the line to win his first race of the championships after second placings in the first two rounds. His time was an encouraging 10.06.
After an impressive first 80m, Nigerian Deji ALIU (10.14) faded and was overtaken by Chambers, Jamaican Darrel BROWN (10.11) and Briton Darren CAMPBELL (10.12).
Ato BOLDON (TRI) continued the nightmare for the HSI squad by finishing sixth in 10.22. He joins training partners Jon DRUMMOND (USA) and Greene on the sidelines for tonight's final.
If the semis are the only guide the final looks to be a match race between Williams and Chambers, but it seems more than possible that either Collins or Montgomery could find the improvement to challenge for the gold.
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Heat 1 |
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0.5 |
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1 |
Bernard Williams |
USA |
19 Jan 78 |
10.11 |
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2 |
Uchenna Emedolu |
NGR |
17 Sep 76 |
10.15 |
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3 |
Kim Collins |
SKN |
5 Apr 76 |
10.16 |
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4 |
Nicolas Macrozonaris |
CAN |
22 Aug 80 |
10.27 |
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5 |
Eric Nkansah |
GHA |
12 Dec 74 |
10.39 |
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6 |
Nobuharu Asahara |
JPN |
21 Jun 72 |
10.42 |
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7 |
Mark Lewis-Francis |
GBR |
4 Sep 82 |
10.44 |
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Tim Montgomery |
USA |
28 Jan 75 |
DQ 32.2.a 10.14 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.6 |
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1 |
Dwain Chambers |
GBR |
5 Apr 78 |
10.06 |
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2 |
Darrel Brown |
TTO |
11 Oct 84 |
10.11 |
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3 |
Darren Campbell |
GBR |
12 Sep 73 |
10.12 |
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4 |
Deji Aliu |
NGR |
22 Nov 75 |
10.14 |
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5 |
Dwight Thomas |
JAM |
23 Sep 80 |
10.19 |
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6 |
Ato Boldon |
TTO |
30 Dec 73 |
10.22 |
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7 |
Ronald Pognon |
FRA |
16 Nov 82 |
10.25 |
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8 |
Maurice Greene |
USA |
23 Jul 74 |
10.37 |
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9 |
Sherwin Vries |
RSA |
22 Mar 80 |
10.41 |
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Quarterfinals |
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24 August |
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Men 100m Quarter Finals
Controversy rocked the second round of the men's 100m as false starts turned the second heat into something approaching a debacle. At the first attempt Jamaican Dwight THOMAS broke. This left the field with no further warnings, as the new IAAF rule dictates. At the second attempt the field was recalled for another false start. The reaction times read that both Jon DRUMMOND (USA) and Asafa POWELL (JAM) were inside the legal one tenth of a second. At this point the circus began. Drummond, the most demonstrative athlete on the world circuit, was clearly unhappy with the reading. He lay in his lane for some time while officials informed him that he was disqualified. Adamant that he hadn't moved early, television replays showed that both athlete's rear feet twitched prior to their main movement. The lengthy delay eventually led to the athletes being taken from the track, to run after the final heat. The other heats were overshadowed by the drama. The first was taken out by American pair Tim MONTGOMERY and Bernard WILLIAMS, 10.04s and 10.18s. A best for 2003 for the World record holder. The second completed heat, after the postponement, saw a clean start and Trinidad and Tobago's Darrel BROWN streaked to a world junior record. He lowered Dwain CHAMBERS' (GBR) mark from 10.06 to 10.01. The World Junior champion adds this to his world under 18 best. Behind him British pair Darren CAMPBELL and Mark LEWIS-FRANCIS qualified with Eric NKANSAH (GHA). In the next heat Commonwealth Champion Kim COLLINS (SKN) got to the front in the final five metres to win in 10.02s. He was closely followed by Chambers (10.03), Deli ALIU (NGR) and defending champion Maurice GREENE (USA) filling the final qualifying spot. Then the delayed heat was replayed. With pictures of a disconsolate Drummond beamed on to the video screen, the officials found it impossible to get hush for a fresh start as the corwd's boos made their feelings clear. Eventually relative peace was eventually established and the race got under way, with six competitors vying for four semi-final spots. World leader Patrick JOHNSON (AUS) was clearly most unsettled by the furore and dwelled in his blocks.
Ato BOLDON (TRI), Drummond's HSI training partner, clearly gained some adrenaline push from the drama and ran his best time for a number of years. He crossed in first in 10.09s. Next in was Uchenna EMEDOLU (NGR)(10.13s), follwed by Nicolas MACROZONARIS (CAN) (10.16s).
The next two runners Frenchman Ronald POGNON and Dwight Thomas, the man who broke first time around, dead-heated for fourth in 10.23s, so both progress. Accordingly the unlucky Johnson, in 10.27s, was the only one to miss out. Many had postulated that the blue riband event was going through a fallow year with few fast times, but this round proved that it is a hot bed of drama.
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Heat 1 |
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0.6 |
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1 |
Bernard Williams |
USA |
19 Jan 78 |
10.12 |
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2 |
Sherwin Vries |
RSA |
22 Mar 80 |
10.18 |
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3 |
Nobuharu Asahara |
JPN |
21 Jun 72 |
10.23 |
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4 |
Aimé-Issa Nthépé |
FRA |
26 Jun 73 |
10.25 |
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5 |
Leo Myles-Mills |
GHA |
9 May 73 |
10.25 |
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6 |
Matt Shirvington |
AUS |
25 Oct 78 |
10.28 |
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7 |
Gábor Dobos |
HUN |
21 Feb 76 |
10.34 |
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Tim Montgomery |
USA |
28 Jan 75 |
DQ 32.2.a 10.04 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.7 |
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1 |
Ato Boldon |
TTO |
30 Dec 73 |
10.09 |
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2 |
Uchenna Emedolu |
NGR |
17 Sep 76 |
10.13 |
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3 |
Nicolas Macrozonaris |
CAN |
22 Aug 80 |
10.16 |
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4 |
Ronald Pognon |
FRA |
16 Nov 82 |
10.23 |
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4 |
Dwight Thomas |
JAM |
23 Sep 80 |
10.23 |
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6 |
Patrick Johnson |
AUS |
26 Sep 72 |
10.27 |
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Jon Drummond |
USA |
9 Sep 68 |
DQ |
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Asafa Powell |
JAM |
23 Nov 82 |
DQ |
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Heat 3 |
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0,0 |
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1 |
Darrel Brown |
TTO |
11 Oct 84 |
10.01 |
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2 |
Darren Campbell |
GBR |
12 Sep 73 |
10.14 |
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3 |
Eric Nkansah |
GHA |
12 Dec 74 |
10.15 |
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4 |
Mark Lewis-Francis |
GBR |
4 Sep 82 |
10.18 |
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5 |
Yeóryios Theodorídis |
GRE |
12 Dec 72 |
10.25 |
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6 |
Michael Frater |
JAM |
6 Oct 82 |
10.25 |
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7 |
Matic Osovnikar |
SLO |
19 Jan 80 |
10.35 |
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8 |
Gennadiy Chernovol |
KAZ |
6 Jun 76 |
10.42 |
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Heat 4 |
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0.6 |
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1 |
Kim Collins |
SKN |
5 Apr 76 |
10.02 |
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2 |
Dwain Chambers |
GBR |
5 Apr 78 |
10.03 |
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3 |
Maurice Greene |
USA |
23 Jul 74 |
10.04 |
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4 |
Deji Aliu |
NGR |
22 Nov 75 |
10.04 |
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5 |
Obadele Thompson |
BAR |
30 Mar 76 |
10.14 |
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6 |
Édson Luciano Ribeiro |
BRA |
8 Dec 72 |
10.28 |
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7 |
Chen Haijian |
CHN |
5 Apr 80 |
10.32 |
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8 |
Roland Németh |
HUN |
19 Sep 74 |
10.40 |
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Heats |
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24 August |
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Men 100m Heats
The first round of the men's 100m, after much of the talking is done, now it is time to run. All the major players were keen to get through to the second round with little energy expended. With four of the leading contenders the USA had an impressive contingent. Bernard Williams, world record holder and new dad Tim Montgomery and the irrepressible Jon Drummond all took out their heats. Montgomery's 10.07s was the second fastest time of the round. Reigning world champion Maurice Greene (USA) running his first competitive 100m since the Rome Golden League on July 11, was shaded in his heat by Eric Nkansah (GHA). Both were given the same time of 10.18s. Unexpected world leader Patrick Johnson (AUS) failed to be unsettled by four false starts in his heat. His winning time was a relatively slow 10.29s. Compatriot Matthew Shirvington (AUS) was a surprise victor over British hope Dwain Chambers, in the slowest heat, 10.30s and 10.32s. The fastest time came from unheralded Jamaican Asafa Powell, 10.05s. He led in understated Commonwealth champion Kim Collins (SKN), 10.09s. Britain's other runners also progressed with Darren Campbell victorious in heat four, 10.18s, and Mark Lewis-Francis going through from the first heat. That heat was taken out by Obadele Thompson (BAR), 10.15s. Nigeria will be well represented in the next round with Deji Aliu taking out the final heat and Uchenna Emedolu progressing from heat eight.
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Heat 1 |
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0.7 |
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1 |
Obadele Thompson |
BAR |
30 Mar 76 |
10.15 |
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2 |
Yeóryios Theodorídis |
GRE |
12 Dec 72 |
10.17 |
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3 |
Mark Lewis-Francis |
GBR |
4 Sep 82 |
10.17 |
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4 |
Jarbas Mascarenhas |
BRA |
25 Aug 80 |
10.36 |
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5 |
Darren Gilford |
MLT |
11 Dec 82 |
10.60 |
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6 |
Aboubaker El Tawerghi |
LBA |
10 Jul 78 |
10.96 |
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7 |
Hadhari Djaffar |
COM |
17 Nov 78 |
11.05 |
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Roman Cress |
MHL |
2 Aug 77 |
DNS |
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Heat 2 |
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0.8 |
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1 |
Bernard Williams |
USA |
19 Jan 78 |
10.19 |
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2 |
Sherwin Vries |
RSA |
22 Mar 80 |
10.20 |
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3 |
Gábor Dobos |
HUN |
21 Feb 76 |
10.22 |
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4 |
Nobuharu Asahara |
JPN |
21 Jun 72 |
10.23 |
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5 |
Souhalia Alamou |
BEN |
31 Dec 79 |
10.46 |
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6 |
Khalil Al-Hanahneh |
JOR |
11 May 80 |
10.81 |
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7 |
Patrick Mocci Raoumbe |
GAB |
16 Jan 70 |
11.03 |
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Vahagn Javakhyan |
ARM |
27 Dec 79 |
DQ |
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Heat 3 |
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0,0 |
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1 |
Patrick Johnson |
AUS |
26 Sep 72 |
10.29 |
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2 |
Michael Frater |
JAM |
6 Oct 82 |
10.32 |
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3 |
Gennadiy Chernovol |
KAZ |
6 Jun 76 |
10.33 |
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4 |
Alexander Kosenkow |
GER |
14 Mar 77 |
10.36 |
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5 |
Idrissa Sanou |
BUR |
12 Jun 77 |
10.42 |
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Maqhawe Maseko |
SWZ |
22 Dec 71 |
DQ |
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Mohamad Siraj Tamim |
LIB |
2 Jan 85 |
DQ |
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Heat 4 |
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1 |
Darren Campbell |
GBR |
12 Sep 73 |
10.18 |
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2 |
Nicolas Macrozonaris |
CAN |
22 Aug 80 |
10.23 |
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3 |
Chen Haijian |
CHN |
5 Apr 80 |
10.31 |
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4 |
Konstantin Rurak |
UKR |
9 Apr 74 |
10.46 |
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5 |
Markus Pöyhönen |
FIN |
25 Oct 78 |
10.63 |
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6 |
Gian Nicola Berardi |
SMR |
21 Feb 79 |
10.84 |
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7 |
Reginaldo Micha Ndong |
GEQ |
14 Oct 86 |
11.47 |
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8 |
Bahadur Basnet Devi |
NEP |
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11.47 |
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Heat 5 |
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1.7 |
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1 |
Darrel Brown |
TTO |
11 Oct 84 |
10.10 |
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2 |
Édson Luciano Ribeiro |
BRA |
8 Dec 72 |
10.20 |
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3 |
Suryo Agung Wibowo |
INA |
8 Oct 83 |
10.64 |
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4 |
Sayon Cooper |
LBR |
26 Apr 74 |
10.67 |
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5 |
Jaye Jaye Capelle |
NRU |
8 Jan 84 |
11.49 |
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6 |
Kaewanteiti Mwatiera |
KIR |
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11.86 |
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Jamal Al-Saffar |
KSA |
24 Oct 71 |
DNS |
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Tim Montgomery |
USA |
28 Jan 75 |
DQ 32.2.a 10.07 |
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Heat 6 |
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0.5 |
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1 |
Jon Drummond |
USA |
9 Sep 68 |
10.22 |
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2 |
Aimé-Issa Nthépé |
FRA |
26 Jun 73 |
10.30 |
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3 |
Matic Osovnikar |
SLO |
19 Jan 80 |
10.31 |
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4 |
Aziz Zakari |
GHA |
2 Sep 76 |
10.48 |
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5 |
Chiang Wai Hung |
HKG |
15 Apr 76 |
10.70 |
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6 |
Arben Makaj |
ALB |
16 Jun 67 |
10.87 |
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7 |
Djikoloum Mobele |
CHA |
23 Nov 78 |
11.38 |
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8 |
Assad Ahmadi |
AFG |
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11.99 |
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Heat 7 |
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0.1 |
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1 |
Matt Shirvington |
AUS |
25 Oct 78 |
10.30 |
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2 |
Dwain Chambers |
GBR |
5 Apr 78 |
10.33 |
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3 |
Roland Németh |
HUN |
19 Sep 74 |
10.37 |
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4 |
Prodromos Katsantonis |
CYP |
20 Oct 75 |
10.46 |
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5 |
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami |
KSA |
9 Feb 82 |
10.51 |
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6 |
Serge Bengono |
CMR |
3 Aug 77 |
10.56 |
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7 |
John Howard |
FSM |
21 Jul 81 |
11.08 |
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8 |
Nay Aung Nay Aung |
MYA |
15 Mar 83 |
11.37 |
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Heat 8 |
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-0.6 |
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1 |
Eric Nkansah |
GHA |
12 Dec 74 |
10.18 |
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2 |
Maurice Greene |
USA |
23 Jul 74 |
10.18 |
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3 |
Uchenna Emedolu |
NGR |
17 Sep 76 |
10.22 |
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4 |
Marc Burns |
TTO |
7 Jan 83 |
10.28 |
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5 |
Churandy Martina |
AHO |
3 Jul 84 |
10.35 |
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6 |
Tran Van Xuan |
VIE |
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10.78 |
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7 |
Yusof Alias Mohd |
SIN |
8 Feb 71 |
11.02 |
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8 |
Mohammad Shamsuddin |
BAN |
15 Sep 83 |
11.18 |
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Heat 9 |
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0.9 |
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1 |
Asafa Powell |
JAM |
23 Nov 82 |
10.05 |
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2 |
Kim Collins |
SKN |
5 Apr 76 |
10.09 |
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3 |
Leo Myles-Mills |
GHA |
9 May 73 |
10.25 |
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4 |
Anson Henry |
CAN |
9 Mar 79 |
10.33 |
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5 |
Eric N'Dri |
CIV |
24 Mar 78 |
10.38 |
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6 |
Aaron Egbele |
NGR |
29 Jan 79 |
10.43 |
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7 |
Andre Blackman |
GUY |
3 Nov 80 |
10.86 |
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8 |
Zoran Josifovski |
MKD |
2 Jan 81 |
11.63 |
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Heat 10 |
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0.7 |
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1 |
Deji Aliu |
NGR |
22 Nov 75 |
10.19 |
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2 |
Dwight Thomas |
JAM |
23 Sep 80 |
10.22 |
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3 |
Ato Boldon |
TTO |
30 Dec 73 |
10.23 |
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4 |
Ronald Pognon |
FRA |
16 Nov 82 |
10.26 |
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5 |
Roger Anguono-Moke |
CGO |
20 Nov 81 |
10.50 |
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6 |
Sébastien Gattuso |
MON |
28 Jun 71 |
10.94 |
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7 |
Jaso Molisingi |
VAN |
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11.20 |
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8 |
Somphavanh Somchanmavong |
LAO |
16 Jul 82 |
11.43 |
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