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100 metres, Men

Date	31 July – 1 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	81 from 66 countries

The last five major international championships in the 100 had all been won by Carl Lewis – the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, and the 1983, 1987, and 1991 World Champinoships. But in both 1990 and 1991, Leroy Burrell (USA) was ranked as #1 in the world by Track & Field News. In 1990 he was chased by Britain’s Linford Christie, who won both the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. Lewis, hampered by a viral infection at the Trials, only made the US team in the long jump. Burrell and Dennis Mitchell both qualified for the 100. Burrell and Christie looked on top form in the prelims, with Burrell defeating Christie 9.97 to 10.00 in the semis into a headwind. But in the final, after two false starts, Burrell started very slowly and was never in the race. Christie won fairly comfortably with a charge in the last 50 metres. Namibia’s Frank Fredericks was second, and Mitchell won the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Linford Christie	GBR	Gold
2	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Silver
3	Dennis Mitchell	USA	Bronze
4	Bruny Surin	CAN
5	Leroy Burrell	USA
6	Olapade Adeniken	NGR
7	Ray Stewart	JAM
8	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR
5 h1 r3/4	Chidi Imoh	NGR
5 h2 r3/4	Talal Mansour	QAT
6 h1 r3/4	Robson da Silva	BRA
6 h2 r3/4	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA
7 h1 r3/4	Vitaly Savin	EUN
7 h2 r3/4	Max Morinière	FRA
8 h1 r3/4	Ben Johnson	CAN
AC h2 r3/4	Mark Witherspoon	USA
5 h1 r2/4	Marcus Adam	GBR
5 h2 r2/4	John Myles-Mills	GHA
5 h3 r2/4	Satoru Inoue	JPN
5 h4 r2/4	Sanusi Turay	SLE
6 h1 r2/4	Pavel Galkin	EUN
6 h2 r2/4	Stefan Burkart	SUI
6 h3 r2/4	Daniel Cojocaru	ROU
6 h4 r2/4	Arnaldo Oliveira	BRA
7 h1 r2/4	Eric Akogyiram	GHA
7 h2 r2/4	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR
7 h3 r2/4	Daniel Sangouma	FRA
7 h4 r2/4	Shinji Aoto	JPN
8 h1 r2/4	Atlee Mahorn	CAN
8 h2 r2/4	Patrick Stevens	BEL
8 h3 r2/4	Giannis Zisimidis	CYP
8 h4 r2/4	Jean-Olivier Zirignon	CIV
4 h1 r1/4	Abdulieh Janneh	GAM
4 h2 r1/4	Gustavo Envela	GEQ
4 h3 r1/4	Ato Boldon	TTO
4 h4 r1/4	Boevi Lawson	TOG
4 h5 r1/4	Neville Hodge	ISV
4 h6 r1/4	Juan Jesús Trapero	ESP
4 h7 r1/4	Visut Watanasin	THA
4 h8 r1/4	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN
4 h9 r1/4	Tatsuo Sugimoto	JPN
5 h1 r1/4	Hassan Illiassou	NIG
5 h2 r1/4	Florencio Aguilar	PAN
5 h3 r1/4	Hussain Arif	PAK
5 h4 r1/4	Sriyantha Dissanayake	SRI
5 h5 r1/4	Henrico Atkins	BAR
5 h6 r1/4	Joel Otim	UGA
5 h7 r1/4	André da Silva	BRA
5 h8 r1/4	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY
5 h9 r1/4	Ku Wai Ming	HKG
6 h1 r1/4	Khaled Ibrahim Jouma	BRN
6 h2 r1/4	Dominique Canti	SMR
6 h3 r1/4	Fabian Muyaba	ZIM
6 h4 r1/4	Gabriel Simeon	GRN
6 h5 r1/4	Golam Ambia	BAN
6 h6 r1/4	Soriba Diakité	GUI
6 h7 r1/4	Valentin Ngbogo	CAF
6 h8 r1/4	David Nkoua	CGO
6 h9 r1/4	Toluta'u Koula	TGA
6 h10 r1/4	Charles-Louis Seck	SEN
7 h1 r1/4	Jaime Zelaya	HON
7 h3 r1/4	Pascal Dangbo	BEN
7 h4 r1/4	Adam Hassan Sakak	SUD
7 h5 r1/4	Gabriele Qoro	FIJ
7 h6 r1/4	Noureddine Ould Ménira	MTN
7 h7 r1/4	Bernard Manana	PNG
7 h8 r1/4	Emery Gill	BIZ
7 h9 r1/4	Afonso Ferraz	ANG
7 h10 r1/4	Ousmane Diarra	MLI
8 h1 r1/4	Claude Roumain	HAI
8 h3 r1/4	Henry Daley	CRC
8 h4 r1/4	Robinson Stewart	SWZ
8 h5 r1/4	Mark Sherwin	COK
8 h6 r1/4	Ahmed Shageef	MDV
8 h7 r1/4	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO
8 h8 r1/4	Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir	OMA
8 h9 r1/4	Fletcher Wamilee	VAN
8 h10 r1/4	Bothloko Shebe	LES
AC h2 r1/4	Andreas Berger	AUT
AC h2 r1/4	Charles Tayot	GAB
AC h10 r1/4	Patrice Traoré Zeba	BUR

Round One

Date	31 July 1992 — 10:30
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
=1	Leroy Burrell	USA	10.21	Q
=1	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.21	Q
3	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.24	Q
4	Mark Witherspoon	USA	10.27	Q
=5	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.29	Q
=5	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.29	Q
7	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.31	Q
=8	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.36	Q	1
=8	Max Morinière	FRA	10.36	Q
10	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.37	Q
11	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	10.41	Q
=12	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.43	Q
=12	Pavel Galkin	EUN	10.43	Q
14	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.45	Q
15	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.47	Q
=16	Satoru Inoue	JPN	10.48	Q
=16	Linford Christie	GBR	10.48	Q
18	Giannis Zisimidis	CYP	10.51	q
19	Shinji Aoto	JPN	10.54	q
=20	Jean-Olivier Zirignon	CIV	10.55	Q
=20	Arnaldo Oliveira	BRA	10.55	Q
=20	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.55	Q
23	Tatsuo Sugimoto	JPN	10.56
=24	Marcus Adam	GBR	10.57	Q
=24	Daniel Cojocaru	ROU	10.57	Q
=24	Charles-Louis Seck	SEN	10.57		2
27	Sanusi Turay	SLE	10.58	Q
=28	Eric Akogyiram	GHA	10.60	Q
=28	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN	10.60
30	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.61	Q
=31	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	10.63	Q
=31	Patrick Stevens	BEL	10.63	Q
=33	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	10.64	Q
=33	John Myles-Mills	GHA	10.64	Q
=33	Juan Jesús Trapero	ESP	10.64		3
36	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	10.65
37	Stefan Burkart	SUI	10.67	Q	4
38	Boevi Lawson	TOG	10.69
=39	Abdulieh Janneh	GAM	10.71		5
=39	Neville Hodge	ISV	10.71
41	Visut Watanasin	THA	10.72
42	Hassan Illiassou	NIG	10.73
43	Ku Wai Ming	HKG	10.74
44	Ato Boldon	TTO	10.77
=45	André da Silva	BRA	10.78
=45	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	10.78
47	Valentin Ngbogo	CAF	10.79
48	Khaled Ibrahim Jouma	BRN	10.80		6
=49	Hussain Arif	PAK	10.83
=49	Henrico Atkins	BAR	10.83
51	Fabian Muyaba	ZIM	10.84
52	Toluta'u Koula	TGA	10.85
=53	Sriyantha Dissanayake	SRI	10.87
=53	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	10.87		7
55	Florencio Aguilar	PAN	10.89
=56	Joel Otim	UGA	10.94
=56	Bothloko Shebe	LES	10.94
58	David Nkoua	CGO	10.96
59	Jaime Zelaya	HON	11.02
60	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	11.03
61	Golam Ambia	BAN	11.06
62	Claude Roumain	HAI	11.07
=63	Gabriel Simeon	GRN	11.10
=63	Soriba Diakité	GUI	11.10
65	Henry Daley	CRC	11.11
66	Adam Hassan Sakak	SUD	11.12
=67	Dominique Canti	SMR	11.14
=67	Gabriele Qoro	FIJ	11.14
69	Robinson Stewart	SWZ	11.20
70	Noureddine Ould Ménira	MTN	11.22
71	Afonso Ferraz	ANG	11.32
72	Bernard Manana	PNG	11.35		8
73	Ahmed Shageef	MDV	11.36
74	Fletcher Wamilee	VAN	11.41
75	Emery Gill	BIZ	11.51
76	Mark Sherwin	COK	11.53
77	Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir	OMA	11.58
78	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO	12.02
DNF	Charles Tayot	GAB	–
DNF	Patrice Traoré Zeba	BUR	–
DQ	Andreas Berger	AUT	–		9

Heat #1

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Leroy Burrell	USA	10.21	Q
2	Satoru Inoue	JPN	10.48	Q
3	Jean-Olivier Zirignon	CIV	10.55	Q
4	Abdulieh Janneh	GAM	10.71		10
5	Hassan Illiassou	NIG	10.73
6	Khaled Ibrahim Jouma	BRN	10.80		11
7	Jaime Zelaya	HON	11.02
8	Claude Roumain	HAI	11.07

Heat #2

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.21	Q
2	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.29	Q
3	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	10.41	Q
4	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	10.65
5	Florencio Aguilar	PAN	10.89
6	Dominique Canti	SMR	11.14
DNF	Charles Tayot	GAB	–
DQ	Andreas Berger	AUT	–		12

Heat #3

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Linford Christie	GBR	10.48	Q
2	Arnaldo Oliveira	BRA	10.55	Q
3	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	10.63	Q
4	Ato Boldon	TTO	10.77
5	Hussain Arif	PAK	10.83
6	Fabian Muyaba	ZIM	10.84
7	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	11.03
8	Henry Daley	CRC	11.11

Heat #4

Wind	-1.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.29	Q
2	Marcus Adam	GBR	10.57	Q
3	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	10.64	Q
4	Boevi Lawson	TOG	10.69
5	Sriyantha Dissanayake	SRI	10.87
6	Gabriel Simeon	GRN	11.10
7	Adam Hassan Sakak	SUD	11.12
8	Robinson Stewart	SWZ	11.20

Heat #5

Wind	-2.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.61	Q
2	Patrick Stevens	BEL	10.63	Q
3	John Myles-Mills	GHA	10.64	Q
4	Neville Hodge	ISV	10.71
5	Henrico Atkins	BAR	10.83
6	Golam Ambia	BAN	11.06
7	Gabriele Qoro	FIJ	11.14
8	Mark Sherwin	COK	11.53

Heat #6

Wind	-2.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.31	Q
2	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.55	Q
3	Eric Akogyiram	GHA	10.60	Q
4	Juan Jesús Trapero	ESP	10.64		13
5	Joel Otim	UGA	10.94
6	Soriba Diakité	GUI	11.10
7	Noureddine Ould Ménira	MTN	11.22
8	Ahmed Shageef	MDV	11.36

Heat #7

Wind	-1.6 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.36	Q	14
2	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.43	Q
3	Stefan Burkart	SUI	10.67	Q	15
4	Visut Watanasin	THA	10.72
5	André da Silva	BRA	10.78
6	Valentin Ngbogo	CAF	10.79
7	Bernard Manana	PNG	11.35		16
8	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO	12.02

Heat #8

Wind	-2.2 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.47	Q
2	Daniel Cojocaru	ROU	10.57	Q
3	Sanusi Turay	SLE	10.58	Q
4	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN	10.60
5	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	10.78
6	David Nkoua	CGO	10.96
7	Emery Gill	BIZ	11.51
8	Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir	OMA	11.58

Heat #9

Wind	-1.6 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Max Morinière	FRA	10.36	Q
2	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.37	Q
3	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.45	Q
4	Tatsuo Sugimoto	JPN	10.56
5	Ku Wai Ming	HKG	10.74
6	Toluta'u Koula	TGA	10.85
7	Afonso Ferraz	ANG	11.32
8	Fletcher Wamilee	VAN	11.41

Heat #10

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.24	Q
2	Mark Witherspoon	USA	10.27	Q
3	Pavel Galkin	EUN	10.43	Q
4	Giannis Zisimidis	CYP	10.51	q
5	Shinji Aoto	JPN	10.54	q
6	Charles-Louis Seck	SEN	10.57		17
7	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	10.87		18
8	Bothloko Shebe	LES	10.94
DNF	Patrice Traoré Zeba	BUR	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1992 — 19:20
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	Linford Christie	GBR	10.07	Q
2	Leroy Burrell	USA	10.08	Q
3	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.13	Q
4	Mark Witherspoon	USA	10.19	Q
5	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.21	Q
6	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.22	Q
7	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.22	Q	19
8	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.24	Q
9	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.29	Q
10	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.30	Q	20
11	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.31	Q
12	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.32	Q
13	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.33	Q
14	Max Morinière	FRA	10.34	Q
15	Marcus Adam	GBR	10.35
16	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.36	Q
17	Pavel Galkin	EUN	10.37
18	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.38	Q
19	Sanusi Turay	SLE	10.40		21
20	John Myles-Mills	GHA	10.41
21	Arnaldo Oliveira	BRA	10.47
22	Satoru Inoue	JPN	10.50
23	Shinji Aoto	JPN	10.53
24	Jean-Olivier Zirignon	CIV	10.54		22
=25	Stefan Burkart	SUI	10.57
=25	Daniel Cojocaru	ROU	10.57
27	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	10.58
28	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	10.64		23
29	Giannis Zisimidis	CYP	10.65		24
30	Eric Akogyiram	GHA	10.68
31	Patrick Stevens	BEL	10.69
32	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	10.77

Heat #1

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Mark Witherspoon	USA	10.19	Q
2	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.29	Q
3	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.32	Q
4	Max Morinière	FRA	10.34	Q
5	Marcus Adam	GBR	10.35
6	Pavel Galkin	EUN	10.37
7	Eric Akogyiram	GHA	10.68
8	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	10.77

Heat #2

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.13	Q
2	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.24	Q
3	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.33	Q
4	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.38	Q
5	John Myles-Mills	GHA	10.41
6	Stefan Burkart	SUI	10.57
7	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	10.58
8	Patrick Stevens	BEL	10.69

Heat #3

Wind	-1.7 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.22	Q
2	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.22	Q	25
3	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.31	Q
4	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.36	Q
5	Satoru Inoue	JPN	10.50
6	Daniel Cojocaru	ROU	10.57
7	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	10.64		26
8	Giannis Zisimidis	CYP	10.65		27

Heat #4

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Linford Christie	GBR	10.07	Q
2	Leroy Burrell	USA	10.08	Q
3	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.21	Q
4	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.30	Q	28
5	Sanusi Turay	SLE	10.40		29
6	Arnaldo Oliveira	BRA	10.47
7	Shinji Aoto	JPN	10.53
8	Jean-Olivier Zirignon	CIV	10.54		30

Semi-Finals

Date	1 August 1992 — 18:35
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	Leroy Burrell	USA	9.97	Q
2	Linford Christie	GBR	10.00	Q
3	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.10	Q
4	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.17	Q	31
5	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.21	Q
6	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.23	Q
7	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.28	Q
8	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.30
9	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.32
=10	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.33
=10	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.33	Q
12	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.34
13	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.34
14	Max Morinière	FRA	10.42
15	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.70
DNF	Mark Witherspoon	USA	–

Heat #1

Wind	-1.3 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Leroy Burrell	USA	9.97	Q
2	Linford Christie	GBR	10.00	Q
3	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.10	Q
4	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.23	Q
5	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.30
6	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.32
7	Vitaly Savin	EUN	10.33
8	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.70

Heat #2

Wind	-1.2 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.17	Q	32
2	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.21	Q
3	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.28	Q
4	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.33	Q
5	Talal Mansour	QAT	10.34
6	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	10.34
7	Max Morinière	FRA	10.42
DNF	Mark Witherspoon	USA	–

Final Round

Date	1 August 1992 — 20:00
Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Linford Christie	GBR	9.96	0.139
2	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	10.02	0.138
3	Dennis Mitchell	USA	10.04	0.143
4	Bruny Surin	CAN	10.09	0.124
5	Leroy Burrell	USA	10.10	0.165	33
6	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	10.12	0.183
7	Ray Stewart	JAM	10.22	0.134
8	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.26	0.172