1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

These are the results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists Gold Maurice GreeneUnited States (USA)Silver Donovan BaileyCanada (CAN)Bronze Tim MontgomeryUnited 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Results IAAF