Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Medalists
  Linford Christie   Great Britain
  Frankie Fredericks   Namibia
  Dennis Mitchell   United States
«1988 1996»
Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers).

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Linford Christie
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver  Frankie Fredericks
Namibia (NAM)
Bronze  Dennis Mitchell
United States (USA)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.86 Carl Lewis Tokyo (JPN) August 25, 1991
Olympic Record 9.92 Carl Lewis Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Linford Christie (GBR) 9.96
 Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.02
 Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.04
4.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.09
5.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.10
6.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.12
7.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.22
8.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.26

Semifinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.97
2.  Linford Christie (GBR) 10.00
3.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.10
4.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.23
5.  Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.30
6.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.32
7.  Vitaliy Savin (EUN) 10.33
8.  Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.70
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.17
2.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.21
3.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.28
4.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.33
5.  Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT) 10.34
6.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 10.34
7.  Max Morinière (FRA) 10.42
—  Mark Witherspoon (USA) DNS

Quarterfinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Mark Witherspoon (USA) 10.19
2.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.29
3.  Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT) 10.32
4.  Max Morinière (FRA) 10.34
5.  Marcus Adam (GBR) 10.35
6.  Pavel Galkin (EUN) 10.37
7.  Eric Akogyiram (GHA) 10.68
8.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 10.77
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.13
2.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.24
3.  Vitaliy Savin (EUN) 10.33
4.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.38
5.  John Myles-Mills (GHA) 10.41
6.  Stefan Burkart (SUI) 10.57
7.  Samuel Nchinda (CMR) 10.58
8.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 10.69
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.22
2.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.22
3.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 10.31
4.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.36
5.  Satoru Inoue (JPN) 10.50
6.  Daniel Cojocaru (ROU) 10.57
7.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 10.64
8.  Yiannis Zisimides (CYP) 10.65
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Linford Christie (GBR) 10.07
2.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.08
3.  Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.21
4.  Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.30
5.  Sanusi Turay (SLE) 10.40
6.  Arnaldo Oliveira (BRA) 10.47
7.  Shinji Aoto (JPN) 10.53
8.  Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV) 10.54

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 10.21
2.  Satoru Inoue (JPN) 10.48
3.  Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV) 10.55
4.  Abdoulie Janneh (GAM) 10.71
5.  Hassane Illiassou (NIG) 10.73
6.  Khalid Juma Juma (BRN) 10.80
7.  Jaime Zelaya (HON) 11.02
8.  Claude Roumain (HAI) 11.07
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.21
2.  Vitaliy Savin (EUN) 10.29
3.  Samuel Nchinda (CMR) 10.41
4.  Gustavo Envela Mahua (GEQ) 10.65
5.  Florencio Aguilar (PAN) 10.73
6.  Dominique Canti (SMR) 10.80
—  Charles Tayot (GAB) DNS
—  Andreas Berger (AUT) DSQ
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Linford Christie (GBR) 10.48
2.  Arnaldo Oliveira (BRA) 10.55
3.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 10.63
4.  Ato Boldon (TRI) 10.77
5.  Arif Hasan (PAK) 10.83
6.  Fabian Muyaba (ZIM) 10.84
7.  Pascal Dangbo (BEN) 11.03
8.  Henry Daley Colphon (CRC) 11.11
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.29
2.  Marcus Adam (GBR) 10.57
3.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 10.64
4.  Boevi Lawson (TOG) 10.69
5.  Sriyath Dissanayake (SRI) 10.87
6.  Gabriel Simeon (GRN) 11.10
7.  Adam Hassan Sakak (SUD) 11.12
8.  Robinson Stewart (SWZ) 11.20
RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.61
2.  Patricks Stevens (BEL) 10.63
3.  John Myles-Mills (GHA) 10.64
4.  Neville Hodge (ISV) 10.71
5.  Henrico Atkins (BAR) 10.83
6.  Golam Ambia (BAN) 11.06
7.  Gabrieli Qoro (FIJ) 11.14
8.  Mark Sherwin (COK) 11.53
RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 10.31
2.  Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.55
3.  Eric Akogyiram (GHA) 10.60
4.  Juan Trapero (ESP) 10.64
5.  Joel Otim (UGA) 10.84
6.  Soryba Diakité (GUI) 11.10
7.  Ould Nouroudine (MTN) 11.22
8.  Ahmed Shageef (MDV) 11.36
RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 10.36
2.  Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT) 10.43
3.  Stefan Burkart (SUI) 10.67
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
8.  Sitthixay Sacpraseuth (LAO) 12.02
RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.47
2.  Daniel Cojocaru (ROU) 10.57
3.  Sanusi Turay (SLE) 10.58
4.  Kennedy Ondieki (KEN) 10.60
5.  Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) 10.78
6.  David N'Koua (CGO) 10.96
7.  Emery Paul Gill (BIZ) 11.51
8.  Ahmed Al-Moamari (OMA) 11.58
RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Max Morinière (FRA) 10.36
2.  Bruny Surin (CAN) 10.37
3.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 10.45
4.  Tatsuo Sugimoto (JPN) 10.56
5.  Wai-Ming Ku (HKG) 10.74
6.  Tolutau Koula (TGA) 10.85
7.  Afonso Ferraz (ANG) 11.32
8.  Fletcher Wamilee (VAN) 11.41
RANK HEAT 10 TIME
1.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.24
2.  Mark Witherspoon (USA) 10.27
3.  Pavel Galkin (EUN) 10.43
4.  Yiannis Zisimides (CYP) 10.51
5.  Shinji Aoto (JPN) 10.54
6.  Charles Louis Seck (SEN) 10.57
7.  Ousmane Diarra (MLI) 10.87
8.  Bothloko Shebe (LES) 10.94
—  Patrice Traoré (BUR) DNS

See also

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