Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 and 19 September.[1][2]

The winning margin was 0.19 seconds which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin for the men's 100 metres at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Pietro Mennea
  Italy
Charles Hopkins
  United States
Toma Petrescu
  Romania

Results

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Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Pietro Mennea   Italy 10.41 Q[3]
2 1 Charles Hopkins   United States 10.50 Q
3 3 René Metz   France 10.56 Q[4]
4 3 Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union 10.58 Q[5]
5 1 Toma Petrescu   Romania 10.59 Q[5]
5 3 Marvin Nash   Canada 10.59
5 4 Klaus Ehl   West Germany 10.59 Q
8 3 Suchart Chairsuvaparb   Thailand 10.61
9 2 Lucien Sainte-Rose   France 10.62 Q[4]
10 4 Claudiu Suselescu   Romania 10.63 Q
11 1 Juris Silovs   Soviet Union 10.67
12 4 Thorsten Johansson   Sweden 10.68
13 1 Robert Martin   United States 10.74
13 3 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 10.74
15 3 Jan Alończyk   Poland 10.75
16 1 Jorge Mathias   Brazil 10.77
17 1 Andrzej Świerczyński   Poland 10.82
18 2 Klaus-Dieter Bieler   West Germany 10.83
19 3 Pasqualino Abeti   Italy 10.84
20 4 Franco Fähndrich   Switzerland 10.87
21 3 Arturo Godoy   Mexico 10.93
22 2 Juan Jesús Sarrasqueta   Spain 10.96 [6]
23 2 Abdulaziz Al-Hadba   Kuwait 10.99
24 4 Babak Mahmoudian   Iran 11.11
25 2 Philippe Étienne   Haiti 11.14
26 1 Chaiyasit Vejchpong   Thailand 11.16
27 2 José Cartas   Mexico 11.34
28 2 Mohamed Kamal   Kuwait 11.58

Final

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Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Pietro Mennea   Italy 10.28 GR
  Charles Hopkins   United States 10.47
  Toma Petrescu   Romania 10.66
4 Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union 10.66
5 René Metz   France 10.67
6 Claudiu Suselescu   Romania 10.67
7 Klaus Ehl   West Germany 10.72
8 Lucien Sainte-Rose   France 10.74

References

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  1. ^ García, Gerardo (20 September 1975). "Flamear de banderas italianas con el triunfo de Mennea" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 23. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ Perucca, Bruno (19 September 1975). "Franco Fava, subito oro" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 17. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b French results
  5. ^ a b Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p29)
  6. ^ García, Gerardo (19 September 1975). "Mal debut español en los Juegos Mundiales Universitarios de Atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 30. Retrieved 10 November 2020.