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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Men's 100 metres |
| competition | 1997 World Championships |
| venue | Olympic Stadium |
| dates | 2 August (heats and quarter-finals) |
| 3 August (semi-finals and final) | |
| competitors | 101 |
| win_value | 9.86 |
| gold | Maurice Greene |
| goldNOC | USA |
| silver | Donovan Bailey |
| silverNOC | CAN |
| bronze | Tim Montgomery |
| bronzeNOC | USA |
| prev | 1995 |
| next | 1999 |
3 August (semi-finals and final) These are the results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists
| Bronze | USA Tim Montgomery |
|---|---|
| United States (USA) |
Results
Heats
First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Angelos Pavlakakis | 10.11 | Q, NR | ||
| 6 | Ato Boldon | 10.11 | Q | ||
| 7 | Tim Montgomery | 10.12 | Q | ||
| 5 | Michael Marsh | 10.16 | Q | ||
| 10 | Eric Nkansah | 10.16 | Q | ||
| 4 | Donovan Bailey | 10.17 | Q | ||
| 10 | Percival Spencer | 10.18 | Q | ||
| 9 | Frankie Fredericks | 10.21 | Q | ||
| 10 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.21 | Q, SB | |
| 7 | Francis Obikwelu | 10.22 | Q | ||
| 11 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.22 | Q | ||
| 12 | Robert Esmie | 10.22 | Q | ||
| 12 | Davidson Ezinwa | 10.23 | Q | ||
| 8 | Seun Ogunkoya | 10.24 | Q | ||
| 12 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 10.24 | Q, SB | ||
| 4 | Stefano Tilli | 10.25 | Q, SB | ||
| 9 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | 10.25 | Q, SB | ||
| 4 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.26 | q | |
| 7 | Aziz Zakari | 10.26 | Q, PB | ||
| 9 | Carlos Calado | 10.26 | Q | ||
| 11 | Obadele Thompson | 10.26 | Q | ||
| 1 | André da Silva | 10.28 | Q | ||
| 9 | Sergejs Inšakovs | 10.28 | q, NR | ||
| 5 | Patrick Stevens | 10.30 | Q | ||
| 10 | Yiannis Zisimides | 10.30 | q, SB | ||
| 1 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | 10.31 | Q | ||
| 3 | Maurice Greene | 10.32 | Q | ||
| 3 | Peter Karlsson | 10.32 | Q, SB | ||
| 8 | Charalambos Papadias | 10.32 | Q | ||
| 11 | Jone Delai | 10.32 | Q | ||
| 13 | Bruny Surin | 10.32 | Q | ||
| 6 | Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | 10.33 | Q | ||
| 4 | Renward Wells | 10.34 | q | ||
| 4 | Martin Lachkovics | 10.34 | q, PB | ||
| 11 | Donovan Powell | 10.34 | q | ||
| 5 | Anninos Marcoullides | 10.35 | Q | ||
| 7 | Sayon Cooper | 10.35 | q | ||
| 12 | Prodromos Katsantonis | 10.36 | q | ||
| 2 | Marcin Krzywański | 10.37 | Q | ||
| 2 | Andrey Fedoriv | 10.38 | Q | ||
| 8 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | 10.38 | Q | ||
| 2 | Stephane Cali | 10.39 | Q | ||
| 10 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | 10.40 | q | ||
| 3 | Piotr Balcerzak | 10.41 | Q | ||
| 12 | Augustine Nketia | 10.41 | |||
| 3 | Per Ivar Sivle | 10.42 | |||
| 6 | Ian Mackie | Great Britain | 10.42 | Q | |
| 7 | Ousmane Diarra | 10.42 | |||
| 1 | Chris Donaldson | 10.43 | Q | ||
| 6 | Carlos Gats | 10.43 | SB | ||
| 11 | Chintake De Zoysa | 10.43 | |||
| 13 | Erik Wijmeersch | 10.43 | Q | ||
| 2 | Torbjörn Mårtensson | 10.46 | |||
| 5 | Koji Ito | 10.46 | |||
| 6 | Miguel Janssen | 10.47 | |||
| 13 | Saad Al-Kuwari | 10.48 | Q | ||
| 1 | Carlton Chambers | 10.49 | |||
| 11 | Anvar Kuchmuradov | 10.49 | |||
| 6 | Ibrahim Meité | 10.50 | |||
| 8 | Issa-Aime Nthepe | 10.50 | |||
| 9 | Carlos Villaseñor | 10.50 | |||
| 1 | Paulo Neves | 10.51 | |||
| 3 | Dennis Mowatt | 10.52 | |||
| 5 | Joseph Styles | 10.52 | |||
| 6 | Carlos Moreno | 10.53 | |||
| 7 | Frutos Feo | 10.54 | |||
| 12 | Ivan Šlehobr | 10.55 | |||
| 13 | Juan Pedro Toledo | 10.56 | |||
| 2 | Neil Ryan | 10.57 | |||
| 5 | Alexandros Genovelis | 10.58 | |||
| 13 | Jose Illan | 10.60 | |||
| 2 | Tommy Kafri | 10.64 | |||
| 8 | Tomaž Božič | 10.64 | |||
| 8 | Horace Dove-Edwin | 10.65 | |||
| 4 | Ruslan Rusidze | Georgia | 10.67 | ||
| 5 | Wai Lok To | 10.67 | |||
| 3 | Nigel Jones | 10.68 | |||
| 2 | Patrick Mocci Raoumbe | 10.69 | |||
| 7 | Lee Heyeong-Gum | 10.73 | |||
| 3 | Antonio Serpas | 10.77 | |||
| 12 | Peter Pulu | 10.77 | |||
| 1 | Pascal Dangbo | 10.78 | |||
| 3 | De-Von Bean | 10.78 | |||
| 9 | Gabriel Simon | 10.79 | |||
| 7 | Mohd Mahbub Alam | 10.83 | |||
| 1 | Toluta'u Koula | 10.85 | |||
| 9 | Maocha Mpho | 10.86 | |||
| 8 | Mario Bonello | 10.92 | |||
| 13 | Amarildo Almeida | 10.92 | |||
| 10 | Laurence Jack | 10.97 | |||
| 12 | Trevor Davis | 11.07 | |||
| 13 | Huang Hsin-Ping | 11.09 | |||
| 4 | Albert Shaw Elston | 11.13 | |||
| 8 | Mohamed Amir | 11.18 | NR | ||
| 10 | Detrickson Anson | 11.47 | |||
| 1 | Watson Nyambek | 11.60 | |||
| 2 | Nelson Kabitana | 11.61 | |||
| 11 | Norberto Nsue Ondo | 11.65 | |||
| 100 | 11 | Daniel Adachi | 11.90 | ||
| 101 | 5 | Kim Collins | 21.73 | ||
| 9 | Venancio José | ||||
| 10 | Igor Strakh |
Quarterfinals
First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ato Boldon | 9.87 | Q, WL | ||
| 1 | Maurice Greene | 9.90 | Q | ||
| 3 | Tim Montgomery | 9.99 | Q | ||
| 6 | Frankie Fredericks | 9.99 | Q | ||
| 4 | Michael Marsh | 10.05 | Q | ||
| 2 | Bruny Surin | 10.06 | Q, SB | ||
| 3 | Donovan Bailey | 10.10 | Q | ||
| 6 | Davidson Ezinwa | 10.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.13 | q, PB | |
| 10 | 5 | Eric Nkansah | 10.15 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | Francis Obikwelu | 10.17 | Q | |
| 11 | 6 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.17 | q | |
| 13 | 3 | Sayon Cooper | 10.21 | q | |
| 13 | 6 | Obadele Thompson | 10.21 | q | |
| 15 | 1 | Andrey Fedoriv | 10.22 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Angelos Pavlakakis | 10.22 | Q | |
| 17 | 1 | Charalambos Papadias | 10.23 | PB | |
| 17 | 4 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 10.23 | Q, SB | |
| 19 | 1 | Ian Mackie | Great Britain | 10.24 | |
| 20 | 2 | Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | 10.25 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | 10.25 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Robert Esmie | 10.25 | ||
| 23 | 3 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | 10.26 | PB | |
| 24 | 4 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | 10.27 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Aziz Zakari | 10.29 | ||
| 26 | 5 | Patrick Stevens | 10.31 | ||
| 27 | 2 | Piotr Balcerzak | 10.32 | ||
| 28 | 1 | Marcin Krzywański | 10.33 | ||
| 28 | 2 | Prodromos Katsantonis | 10.33 | ||
| 28 | 4 | Seun Ogunkoya | 10.33 | ||
| 31 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | 10.34 | ||
| 31 | 5 | Sergejs Inšakovs | 10.34 | ||
| 33 | 4 | Donovan Powell | 10.35 | ||
| 34 | 5 | Stefano Tilli | 10.36 | ||
| 35 | 4 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.37 | |
| 35 | 6 | Yiannis Zisimides | 10.37 | ||
| 37 | 1 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | 10.38 | ||
| 38 | 4 | Anninos Marcoullides | 10.39 | ||
| 38 | 6 | Martin Lachkovics | 10.39 | ||
| 40 | 1 | Chris Donaldson | 10.40 | ||
| 40 | 3 | Saad Al-Kuwari | 10.40 | PB | |
| 40 | 3 | Peter Karlsson | 10.40 | ||
| 43 | 6 | Carlos Calado | 10.41 | ||
| 44 | 2 | Stephane Cali | 10.47 | ||
| 44 | 5 | Jone Delai | 10.47 | ||
| 46 | 5 | Renward Wells | 10.57 | ||
| 47 | 3 | André da Silva | 12.56 | ||
| 2 | Percival Spencer |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Maurice Greene | 9.90 | Q | ||
| 2 | Donovan Bailey | 9.91 | Q, SB | ||
| 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 9.93 | Q | ||
| 1 | Ato Boldon | 10.00 | Q | ||
| 2 | Tim Montgomery | 10.08 | Q | ||
| 1 | Davidson Ezinwa | 10.15 | Q | ||
| 2 | Eric Nkansah | 10.18 | |||
| 2 | Francis Obikwelu | 10.20 | |||
| 1 | Michael Marsh | 10.21 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | Bruny Surin | 10.22 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | Angelos Pavlakakis | 10.29 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Obadele Thompson | 10.30 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Sayon Cooper | 10.30 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 10.33 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.33 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.37 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Maurice Greene | 9.86 | CR]]''' | ||
| 4 | Donovan Bailey | 9.91 | |||
| 7 | Tim Montgomery | 9.94 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 9.95 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Ato Boldon | 10.02 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Davidson Ezinwa | 10.10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Bruny Surin | 10.12 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Michael Marsh | 10.29 |
References
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