1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.

Medalists Gold Francis Obikwelu Silver Seun Ogunkoya Bronze Francesco Scuderi

Results Final 22 August Wind: +1.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francis Obikwelu 10.21 Seun Ogunkoya 10.25 Francesco Scuderi 10.43 4 Jamie Henthorn 10.45 5 Dwain Chambers 10.47 6 Lawrence Armstrong 10.48 7 Lindel Frater 10.52 8 Dean Wise 10.59

Semifinals 22 August

Semifinal 1 Wind: -0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya 10.35 Q 2 Dwain Chambers 10.48 Q 3 Lindel Frater 10.52 Q 4 Lawrence Armstrong 10.57 Q 5 José Illán 10.61 6 Georgios Skender 10.71 7 Paul Pearce 10.75 8 Marcus La Grange 10.79

Semifinal 2 Wind: +1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 10.31 Q 2 Jamie Henthorn 10.48 Q 3 Francesco Scuderi 10.50 Q 4 Dean Wise 10.54 Q 5 Paulo Poersch 10.58 6 Vince Williams 10.59 7 Christofer Ohlsson 10.66 8 Erik Kringeland 10.99

Quarterfinals 21 August

Quarterfinal 1 Wind: -2.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya 10.54 Q 2 Lawrence Armstrong 10.84 Q 3 Christofer Ohlsson 10.86 Q 4 Erik Kringeland 10.90 Q 5 Dominic Demeritte 10.91 6 László Babály 11.04 7 Charles Allen 11.13 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos DNF

Quarterfinal 2 Wind: -2.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dwain Chambers 10.80 Q 2 Paulo Poersch 10.81 Q 3 Paul Pearce 10.87 Q 4 Marcus La Grange 10.92 Q 5 Jens Weissbach 10.98 6 Benedictus Botha 10.99 7 Misael Ortíz 11.12 8 Joseph Colville 11.13

Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 10.69 Q 2 Jamie Henthorn 10.75 Q 3 Vince Williams 10.86 Q 4 Francesco Scuderi 10.86 Q 5 Shingo Kawabata 10.88 6 Oscar Meneses 10.94 7 David Patros 10.97 8 Stéphane Buckland 11.13

Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -1.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dean Wise 10.66 Q 2 Lindel Frater 10.73 Q 3 Georgios Skender 10.74 Q 4 José Illán 10.82 Q 5 Vitaliy Medvedev 10.88 6 David Baxter 10.91 7 Henrik Grönqvist 10.99 8 Omar Sacco 11.10

Heats 21 August

Heat 1 Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 10.53 Q 2 David Patros 10.61 Q 3 José Illán 10.67 Q 4 Dominic Demeritte 10.76 Q 5 Hristóforos Hoídis 10.76 6 Vegard Hollås 10.82 7 Shane Brown 10.84 8 Jeffrey Bai 11.33

Heat 2 Wind: -1.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paulo Poersch 10.58 Q 2 Dwain Chambers 10.62 Q 3 Jens Weissbach 10.81 Q 4 Vince Williams 10.82 Q 5 Takashi Miyata 10.83 6 Julio César Roque 11.03 7 Adam Afrah 12.00

Heat 3 Wind: -0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dean Wise 10.63 Q 2 Francesco Scuderi 10.72 Q 3 Misael Ortíz 10.74 Q 4 Joseph Colville 11.00 Q 5 Frantz Valbona 11.16 6 Felimon Pasante 11.49 7 Eduard Martin 12.47

Heat 4 Wind: +0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jamie Henthorn 10.61 Q 2 Marcus La Grange 10.68 Q 3 Oscar Meneses 10.72 Q 4 Omar Sacco 10.79 Q 5 William To Wai Lok 10.91 6 Orkatz Beitia 10.95 7 Valentin Borsuk 11.05

Heat 5 Wind: +1.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya 10.44 Q 2 Christofer Ohlsson 10.54 Q 3 Erik Kringeland 10.62 Q 4 László Babály 10.67 Q 5 Stéphane Buckland 10.68 q 6 Kok Lim Tan 10.79

Heat 6 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Pearce 10.55 Q 2 Georgios Skender 10.58 Q 3 Charles Allen 10.62 Q 4 Lindel Frater 10.65 Q 5 Benedictus Botha 10.67 q 6 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos 10.74 q 7 Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar 10.87 8 Boonyarit Phuksachat 10.88

Heat 7 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Baxter 10.52 Q 2 Lawrence Armstrong 10.56 Q 3 Vitaliy Medvedev 10.60 Q 4 Shingo Kawabata 10.64 Q 5 Henrik Grönqvist 10.74 q 6 Malik Louahla 10.82 7 Vincent Caure 10.85 8 Ekkachai Janthana 10.96

Participation According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

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