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1996 Olympic Games Atlanta - Men's 100 m

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Category: 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta - (Athletics)
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Host City: Atlanta, United States Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 26, 1996 Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: July 27, 1996 Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
(Competitors: 106; Countries: 75; Finalists: 8)  
    Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Overview by IAAF   1996_olympic_stadium.jpg 
Reigning Champion Christie, together with World Champion Bailey, US Champion and three-time Olympian Dennis Mitchell, NCAA champion Boldon and Fredericks (twice under 9.90 in the month prior to the Games) were all gold medal contenders. Davidson Ezinwa was the fastest heat winner with 10.03, and Boldon ran the fastest quarterfinal ever (9.95) which lasted until Fredericks ran 9.93. Fredericks won the first semi in 9.94, and Boldon won the second, also in 9.94, with Bailey and Mitchell the runners-up, both in 10.00. Christie and Boldon false-started in the final, before another false start was called – with Christie the ejected culprit. Finally, the depleted field got away at the fourth time of asking, with Fredericks quickest (0.143) and Bailey last (0.174). Mitchell was the early leader, but Boldon took over at 25m and held the lead until 15m from the finish. At that point Bailey, who had started an astounding mid-race surge measured at 42.85 kilometres per hour, swept by and won by half a metre from Fredericks who just got by Boldon in the last 5m.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
In 1993, the World Championships were changed to a biennial meet from its original quadrennial format. Thus there were two editions between the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, with 1992 Olympic gold medalist Linford Christie winning the 1993 World title and Canada’s Donovan Bailey prevailing in 1995 in Göteborg. Christie had also won the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 1994, defending both titles, although Bailey had not run at the Commonwealth Games. Also back in Atlanta was the 1992 silver medalist from Namibia, Frank Fredericks. As always, the Americans were very deep in the sprints, but they had no single outstanding sprinter in 1996, and in fact, at the 1995 World Championships, no American won a medal. The final began with three false starts, two of them by Linford Christie, who was then disqualified. The start was slow because of the concern over false starts, and Donovan Bailey had the slowest reaction time of the finalists (0.174). But once away, he ran away from the field, winning in a world record time of 9.84, with Fredericks repeating his silver medal, and Trinidad’s Ato Boldon winning the bronze medal.
 

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
 
        Results        

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 (plus two non-starters), 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.
 
100 m Men     Final 26 August      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 9.84 0.7   Donovan Bailey Canada CAN 16 Dec 67 NR
2 9.89 0.7   Frank Fredericks Namibia NAM 2 Oct 67  
3 9.90 0.7   Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago TTO 30 Dec 73  
4 9.99 0.7   Dennis Mitchell United States USA 20 Feb 66  
5 10.00 0.7   Michael Marsh United States USA 4 Aug 67  
6 10.14 0.7   Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 71  
7 10.16 0.7   Michael Green Jamaica JAM 7 Nov 70  
  DQ 0.7   Linford Christie Great Britain GBR 2 Apr 60  
100 m Men     Semifinal 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 9.94 -0.5   Frank Fredericks Namibia NAM 2 Oct 67  
2 10.00 -0.5   Donovan Bailey Canada CAN 16 Dec 67  
3 10.08 -0.5   Michael Marsh United States USA 4 Aug 67  
4 10.11 -0.5   Michael Green Jamaica JAM 7 Nov 70  
5 10.16 -0.5   Nobuharu Asahara Japan JPN 21 Jun 72  
6 10.16 -0.5   Obadele Thompson Barbados BAR 30 Mar 76  
7 10.22 -0.5   Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana GHA 2 Dec 66  
8 10.36 -0.5   Anninos Marcoullides Cyprus CYP 8 Feb 71  
100 m Men     Semifinal 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 9.93 -0.6   Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago TTO 30 Dec 73  
2 10.00 -0.6   Dennis Mitchell United States USA 20 Feb 66  
3 10.04 -0.6   Linford Christie Great Britain GBR 2 Apr 60  
4 10.04 -0.6   Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 71  
5 10.13 -0.6   Bruny Surin Canada CAN 12 Jul 67  
6 10.16 -0.6   Jon Drummond United States USA 9 Sep 68  
7 10.26 -0.6   Eric Nkansah Ghana GHA 12 Dec 74  
  DNS -0.6   Ian Mackie Great Britain GBR 27 Feb 75  
100 m Men     Heat 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 9.95 -0.3   Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago TTO 30 Dec 73  
2 10.19 -0.3   Nobuharu Asahara Japan JPN 21 Jun 72  
3 10.24 -0.3   Eric Nkansah Ghana GHA 12 Dec 74  
4 10.26 -0.3   Deji Aliu Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 75  
5 10.28 -0.3   Glenroy Gilbert Canada CAN 31 Aug 68  
6 10.33 -0.3   Marc Blume Germany GER 28 Dec 73  
7 10.34 -0.3   Andrey Fedoriv Russia RUS 11 Aug 63  
8 10.35 -0.3   Gus Nketia New Zealand NZL 30 Dec 70  
100 m Men     Heat 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.03 0.1   Linford Christie Great Britain GBR 2 Apr 60  
2 10.05 0.1   Donovan Bailey Canada CAN 16 Dec 67  
3 10.17 0.1   Jon Drummond United States USA 9 Sep 68  
4 10.18 0.1   Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana GHA 2 Dec 66  
5 10.37 0.1   Erik Wijmeersch Belgium BEL 23 Jan 70  
6 10.38 0.1   Olapade Adeniken Nigeria NGR 19 Aug 69  
7 10.43 0.1   Needy Guims France FRA 8 Sep 74  
8 10.43 0.1   Ezio Madonia Italy ITA 7 Aug 66  
100 m Men     Heat 3 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 9.93 1.1   Frank Fredericks Namibia NAM 2 Oct 67  
2 10.08 1.1   Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 71  
3 10.14 1.1   Obadele Thompson Barbados BAR 30 Mar 76  
4 10.18 1.1   Ray Stewart Jamaica JAM 18 Mar 65  
5 10.24 1.1   Peter Karlsson Sweden SWE 23 Nov 70  
6 10.27 1.1   Darren Braithwaite Great Britain GBR 20 Jan 69  
7 10.29 1.1   Chen Wenzhong China CHN 29 Aug 70  
8 10.38 1.1   Ousmane Diarra Mali MLI 30 Sep 66  
100 m Men     Heat 4 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.09 -0.2   Dennis Mitchell United States USA 20 Feb 66  
2 10.11 -0.2   Michael Green Jamaica JAM 7 Nov 70  
3 10.23 -0.2   Anninos Marcoullides Cyprus CYP 8 Feb 71  
4 10.31 -0.2   Patrick Stevens Belgium BEL 31 Jan 68  
5 10.34 -0.2   Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 5 Apr 76  
6 10.38 -0.2   Pascal Théophile France FRA 22 Feb 70  
7 10.38 -0.2   Sergey Osovic Ukraine UKR 16 Dec 73  
8 10.45 -0.2   Kirk Cummins Barbados BAR 8 Jan 72  
100 m Men     Heat 5 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.04 -1.2   Michael Marsh United States USA 4 Aug 67  
2 10.13 -1.2   Bruny Surin Canada CAN 12 Jul 67  
3 10.25 -1.2   Ian Mackie Great Britain GBR 27 Feb 75  
4 10.26 -1.2   André Domingos da Silva Brazil BRA 26 Nov 72  
5 10.31 -1.2   Aléxandros Yenovélis Greece GRE 26 Feb 68  
6 10.46 -1.2   Venancio José Spain ESP 19 Apr 76  
7 10.47 -1.2   Konstantin Rurak Ukraine UKR 9 Apr 74  
8 10.47 -1.2   Yiannios Zisimides Cyprus CYP 17 Aug 67  
100 m Men     Heat 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.15 -0.9   Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana GHA 2 Dec 66  
2 10.18 -0.9   Bruny Surin Canada CAN 12 Jul 67  
3 10.39 -0.9   Andrey Fedoriv Russia RUS 11 Aug 63  
4 10.48 -0.9   Renward Wells Bahamas BAH 23 Feb 70  
5 10.55 -0.9   Chintake De Zoysa Sri Lanka SRI 18 Dec 71  
6 10.65 -0.9   Luís Cunha Portugal POR 5 Dec 64  
7 10.87 -0.9   Patrick Mocci Raoumbe Gabon GAB 16 Jan 70  
8 10.95 -0.9   Nouredine Ould Menira Mauritania MTN 6 May 68  
9 11.87 -0.9   Bonifacio Edu Equatorial Guinea GEQ 3 Jun 69  
100 m Men     Heat 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.03 1.3   Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 71  
2 10.08 1.3   Jon Drummond United States USA 9 Sep 68  
3 10.24 1.3   Erik Wijmeersch Belgium BEL 23 Jan 70  
4 10.48 1.3   Leon Gordon Jamaica JAM 1 Jul 74  
5 10.49 1.3   Stefan Burkart Switzerland SUI 9 Dec 57  
6 10.57 1.3   Barnabe Jolicoeur Mauritius MRI 1 Sep 66  
7 10.98 1.3   Bimal Chandra Tarafdar Bahamas BAN 6 Jul 74  
8 12.20 1.3   Abdul Ghafoor Afghanistan AFG 5 Mar 70  
100 m Men     Heat 3 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.06 0.1   Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago TTO 30 Dec 73  
2 10.26 0.1   Anninos Marcoullides Cyprus CYP 8 Feb 71  
3 10.27 0.1   Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 5 Apr 76  
4 10.34 0.1   Gus Nketia New Zealand NZL 30 Dec 70  
5 10.38 0.1   Ray Stewart Jamaica JAM 18 Mar 65  
6 10.38 0.1   Stefano Tilli Italy ITA 22 Aug 62  
7 10.44 0.1   Jamal Al-Saffar Saudi Arabia KSA 24 Oct 71  
8 10.85 0.1   Amarildo Almeida Guinea-Bissau GBS 13 May 76  
9 11.02 0.1   Mohamed Bacar Comoros COM 73  
100 m Men     Heat 4 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.16w 2.2   Michael Green Jamaica JAM 7 Nov 70  
2 10.21w 2.2   Patrick Stevens Belgium BEL 31 Jan 68  
3 10.29w 2.2   Sergey Osovic Ukraine UKR 16 Dec 73  
4 10.33w 2.2   Ezio Madonia Italy ITA 7 Aug 66  
5 10.39w 2.2   Édson Luciano Ribeiro Brazil BRA 8 Dec 72  
6 10.39w 2.2   Chris Donaldson New Zealand NZL 26 May 75  
7 10.48w 2.2   Patrik Strenius Sweden SWE 6 Mar 72  
8 10.71w 2.2   Toluta'u Koula Tonga TGA 6 Jul 70  
9 10.88w 2.2   Vladislav Chernobay Kyrgyzstan KGZ 29 Aug 75  
100 m Men     Heat 5 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.34 -0.8   Deji Aliu Nigeria NGR 22 Nov 75  
2 10.34 -0.8   Ousmane Diarra Mali MLI 30 Sep 66  
3 10.37 -0.8   Chen Wenzhong China CHN 29 Aug 70  
4 10.52 -0.8   Manuel Borrega Spain ESP 7 Mar 70  
5 10.58 -0.8   Hiroyasu Tsuchie Japan JPN 14 Jun 74  
6 10.74 -0.8   Ruben Benitez El Salvador ESA 16 Sep 72  
7 10.90 -0.8   Vitaliy Medvedev Kazakhstan KAZ 6 Jan 77  
8 11.12 -0.8   Mitchell Peters United States Virgin Islands ISV 4 Mar 70  
9 11.24 -0.8   Boureima Kimba Niger NIG 68  
100 m Men     Heat 6 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.24 0.3   Dennis Mitchell United States USA 20 Feb 66  
2 10.27 0.3   Ian Mackie Great Britain GBR 27 Feb 75  
3 10.33 0.3   Marc Blume Germany GER 28 Dec 73  
4 10.48 0.3   Aléxandros Terzián Greece GRE 24 Jun 68  
5 10.51 0.3   Franck Amégnigan Togo TOG 16 Jun 71  
6 10.56 0.3   Rod Mapstone Australia AUS 19 Nov 69  
7 10.58 0.3   Sayon Cooper Liberia LBR 26 Apr 74  
8 10.72 0.3   Momodou Gai Pa Gambia GAM 10 Oct 77  
9 10.74 0.3   Jorge Castellón Paraguay PAR 7 Feb 69  
100 m Men     Heat 7 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.33 -0.3   Obadele Thompson Barbados BAR 30 Mar 76  
2 10.37 -0.3   Konstantin Rurak Ukraine UKR 9 Apr 74  
3 10.41 -0.3   Pascal Théophile France FRA 22 Feb 70  
4 10.57 -0.3   Carlos Gats Argentina ARG 11 Dec 69  
5 10.64 -0.3   Joel Mascoll Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 26 Oct 74  
6 10.71 -0.3   Anvar Kuchmuradov Uzbekistan UZB 5 Jan 70  
7 11.11 -0.3   Arif Akhundov Azerbaijan AZE 25 Jul 72  
8 11.65 -0.3   Khaled Othman Libya LBA 1 Dec 68  
9 22.69 -0.3   Jean-Olivier Zirignon Cote d'Ivoire CIV 27 Apr 71  
100 m Men     Heat 8 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.14 2   Michael Marsh United States USA 4 Aug 67  
2 10.29 2   Darren Braithwaite Great Britain GBR 20 Jan 69  
3 10.47 2   Kirk Cummins Barbados BAR 8 Jan 72  
4 10.49 2   Torbjörn Eriksson Sweden SWE 17 Apr 71  
5 10.52 2   Paul Henderson Australia AUS 13 May 71  
6 10.60 2   Adalberto Mendez Dominican Republic DOM 23 Oct 74  
7 10.62 2   Arnaldo Oliveira Silva Brazil BRA 26 Mar 64  
8 10.89 2   Mario Bonello Malta MLT 26 Jan 74  
9 11.05 2   Odair Pericles São Tomé and Príncipe STP 11 Apr 78  
100 m Men     Heat 9 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.25 0.1   André Domingos da Silva Brazil BRA 26 Nov 72  
2 10.26 0.1   Linford Christie Great Britain GBR 2 Apr 60  
3 10.32 0.1   Yiannios Zisimides Cyprus CYP 17 Aug 67  
4 10.34 0.1   Venancio José Spain ESP 19 Apr 76  
5 10.53 0.1   Ahmed Douhou Cote d'Ivoire CIV 14 Dec 76  
6 10.65 0.1   Robert Dennis Liberia LBR 1 May 75  
7 10.66 0.1   Donald Onchiri Kenya KEN 15 Dec 64  
8 10.73 0.1   Jin Sun-Kuk South Korea KOR 25 Oct 70  
9 10.76 0.1   Peter Pulu Papua New Guinea PNG 25 Aug 75  
100 m Men     Heat 10 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.26 -0.2   Eric Nkansah Ghana GHA 12 Dec 74  
2 10.39 -0.2   Needy Guims France FRA 8 Sep 74  
3 10.41 -0.2   Olapade Adeniken Nigeria NGR 19 Aug 69  
4 10.42 -0.2   Jone Delai Fiji FIJ 5 Sep 67  
5 10.52 -0.2   Vitaliy Savin Kazakhstan KAZ 23 Jan 66  
6 10.55 -0.2   Watson Nyambek Malaysia MAS 27 Feb 76  
7 10.78 -0.2   Neil Ryan Ireland IRL 24 Jan 68  
8 10.91 -0.2   Javier Verme Villaran Peru PER 30 Mar 74  
9 11.14 -0.2   Hai Van Lam Vietnam VIE 29 Jan 75  
100 m Men     Heat 11 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.24 -1.6   Donovan Bailey Canada CAN 16 Dec 67  
2 10.28 -1.6   Nobuharu Asahara Japan JPN 21 Jun 72  
3 10.35 -1.6   Peter Karlsson Sweden SWE 23 Nov 70  
4 10.39 -1.6   Sanusi Turay Sierra Leone SLE 14 Apr 68  
5 10.42 -1.6   Sergejs Inšakovs Latvia LAT 27 Dec 71  
6 10.46 -1.6   Harálabos Papadiás Greece GRE 24 Jan 75  
7 10.70 -1.6   Huang Hsing-Ping Chinese Taipei TPE 10 Sep 76  
8 10.98 -1.6   Eric Agueh Benin BEN 13 Apr 72  
100 m Men     Heat 12 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 10.32 -0.8   Frank Fredericks Namibia NAM 2 Oct 67  
2 10.34 -0.8   Glenroy Gilbert Canada CAN 31 Aug 68  
3 10.39 -0.8   Aléxandros Yenovélis Greece GRE 26 Feb 68  
4 10.56 -0.8   Frutos Feo Spain ESP 1 Jan 72  
5 10.58 -0.8   Benjamin Sirimou Cameroon CMR 29 May 69  
6 10.81 -0.8   Hamed Habib Sadeq Kuwait KUW 18 Dec 71  
7 10.89 -0.8   Devon Bean Bermuda BER 13 Sep 75  
8 11.21 -0.8   Joseph Loua Guinea GUI 15 Nov 76  
9 11.41 -0.8   Mark Sherwin Cook Islands COK 22 Jan 70  
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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