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

The men's 100 metres was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes from 66 nations, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers).[1][2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 31 (heats)
August 1 (final)
Competitors81 from 66 nations
Winning time9.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Linford Christie
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dennis Mitchell
 United States
← 1988
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The gold medal was won by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who had originally won the bronze medal in 1988 but was elevated to silver following the disqualification of original gold medalist Ben Johnson for using stanozolol. Silver went to Namibia's Frankie Fredericks, who also finished second in the 200 metres in Barcelona, while Dennis Mitchell of the United States of America won the bronze. Namibia had never competed in the men's 100 metres before, so Fredericks's medal was that nation's first in the event; it was also the first medal by an African country in the event since 1908 (when Reggie Walker of South Africa won gold).

Background

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This was the twenty-second time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. The gold and bronze medalists from 1988, Americans Carl Lewis (the two-time defending gold medalist as well as three-time reigning world champion, struck by infection at the U.S. trials) and Calvin Smith, did not return, but British silver medalist Linford Christie (reigning Commonwealth and European champion) did. So did fourth-place finisher American Dennis Mitchell (who had taken bronze at the 1991 world championships), Brazilian fifth-place finisher Robson da Silva, Jamaican seventh-place finisher Ray Stewart, and the disqualified original champion, Canadian Ben Johnson. World championship runner-up American Leroy Burrell was also present in 1992.[2]

The Cayman Islands, the Central African Republic, the Cook Islands, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Mauritania, Namibia, and Niger appeared in the event for the first time. It was also the only appearance of the Unified Team, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Romania appeared independently for the first time since 1928. The United States made its 21st appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in only the preliminaries.

The first round consisted of 10 heats, each with 8 athletes except the last (with 9). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two fastest runners overall. This made 32 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 4 heats of 8 runners. The top four runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with no "fastest loser" places. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2][3]

Records

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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

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leroy Burrell   United States 10.21 Q
2 Satoru Inoue   Japan 10.48 Q
3 Jean-Olivier Zirignon   Ivory Coast 10.55 Q
4 Abdulieh Janneh   The Gambia 10.71
5 Hassane Illiassou   Niger 10.73
6 Khalid Juma Juma   Bahrain 10.80
7 Jaime Zelaya   Honduras 11.02
8 Claude Roumain   Haiti 11.07

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dennis Mitchell   United States 10.21 Q
2 Vitaliy Savin   Unified Team 10.29 Q
3 Samuel Nchinda   Cameroon 10.41 Q
4 Gustavo Envela Mahua   Equatorial Guinea 10.65
5 Florencio Aguilar   Panama 10.73
6 Dominique Canti   San Marino 10.80
Charles Tayot   Gabon DNF
Andreas Berger   Austria DSQ

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Linford Christie   Great Britain 10.48 Q
2 Arnaldo da Silva   Brazil 10.55 Q
3 Daniel Sangouma   France 10.63 Q
4 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 10.77
5 Hussain Arif   Pakistan 10.83
6 Fabian Muyaba   Zimbabwe 10.84
7 Pascal Dangbo   Benin 11.03
8 Henry Daley Colphon   Costa Rica 11.11

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 10.29 Q
2 Marcus Adam   Great Britain 10.57 Q
3 Atlee Mahorn   Canada 10.64 Q
4 Boevi Lawson   Togo 10.69
5 Sriyantha Dissanayake   Sri Lanka 10.87
6 Gabriel Simeon   Grenada 11.10
7 Adam Hassan Sakak   Sudan 11.12
8 Robinson Stewart   Swaziland 11.20

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Stewart   Jamaica 10.61 Q
2 Patrick Stevens   Belgium 10.63 Q
3 John Myles-Mills   Ghana 10.64 Q
4 Neville Hodge   Virgin Islands 10.71
5 Henrico Atkins   Barbados 10.83
6 Golam Ambia   Bangladesh 11.06
7 Gabrieli Qoro   Fiji 11.14
8 Mark Sherwin   Cook Islands 11.53

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Davidson Ezinwa   Nigeria 10.31 Q
2 Ben Johnson   Canada 10.55 Q
3 Eric Akogyiram   Ghana 10.60 Q
4 Juan Trapero   Spain 10.64
5 Joel Otim   Uganda 10.84
6 Soryba Diakité   Guinea 11.10
7 Ould Nouroudine   Mauritania 11.22
8 Ahmed Shageef   Maldives 11.36

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olapade Adeniken   Nigeria 10.36 Q
2 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim   Qatar 10.43 Q
3 Stefan Burkart   Switzerland 10.67 Q
4 Visut Watanasin   Thailand 10.72
5 André da Silva   Brazil 10.78
6 Valentin Ngbogo   Central African Republic 10.79
7 Bernard Manana   Papua New Guinea 11.35
8 Sitthixay Sacpraseuth   Laos 12.02

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chidi Imoh   Nigeria 10.47 Q
2 Daniel Cojocaru   Romania 10.57 Q
3 Sanusi Turay   Sierra Leone 10.58 Q
4 Kennedy Ondieki   Kenya 10.60
5 Kareem Streete-Thompson   Cayman Islands 10.78
6 David Nkoua   Republic of the Congo 10.96
7 Emery Gill   Belize 11.51
8 Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir   Oman 11.58

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Max Morinière   France 10.36 Q
2 Bruny Surin   Canada 10.37 Q
3 Emmanuel Tuffour   Ghana 10.45 Q
4 Tatsuo Sugimoto   Japan 10.56
5 Ku Wai Ming   Hong Kong 10.74
6 Toluta'u Koula   Tonga 10.85
7 Afonso Ferraz   Angola 11.32
8 Fletcher Wamilee   Vanuatu 11.41

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Robson da Silva   Brazil 10.24 Q
2 Mark Witherspoon   United States 10.27 Q
3 Pavel Galkin   Unified Team 10.43 Q
4 Yiannis Zisimides   Cyprus 10.51 q
5 Shinji Aoto   Japan 10.54 q
6 Charles Louis Seck   Senegal 10.57
7 Ousmane Diarra   Mali 10.87
8 Bothloko Shebe   Lesotho 10.94
Patrice Traoré Zeba   Burkina Faso DNF

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mark Witherspoon   United States 10.19 Q
2 Robson da Silva   Brazil 10.29 Q
3 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim   Qatar 10.32 Q
4 Max Morinière   France 10.34 Q
5 Marcus Adam   Great Britain 10.35
6 Pavel Galkin   Unified Team 10.37
7 Eric Akogyiram   Ghana 10.68
8 Atlee Mahorn   Canada 10.77

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 10.13 Q
2 Bruny Surin   Canada 10.24 Q
3 Vitaliy Savin   Unified Team 10.33 Q
4 Davidson Ezinwa   Nigeria 10.38 Q
5 John Myles-Mills   Ghana 10.41
6 Stefan Burkart   Switzerland 10.57
7 Samuel Nchinda   Cameroon 10.58
8 Patrick Stevens   Belgium 10.69

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dennis Mitchell   United States 10.22 Q
2 Olapade Adeniken   Nigeria 10.22 Q
3 Emmanuel Tuffour   Ghana 10.31 Q
4 Ray Stewart   Jamaica 10.36 Q
5 Satoru Inoue   Japan 10.50
6 Daniel Cojocaru   Romania 10.57
7 Daniel Sangouma   France 10.64
8 Yiannis Zisimides   Cyprus 10.65

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Linford Christie   Great Britain 10.07 Q
2 Leroy Burrell   United States 10.08 Q
3 Chidi Imoh   Nigeria 10.21 Q
4 Ben Johnson   Canada 10.30 Q
5 Sanusi Turay   Sierra Leone 10.40
6 Arnaldo da Silva   Brazil 10.47
7 Shinji Aoto   Japan 10.53
8 Jean-Olivier Zirignon   Ivory Coast 10.54

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leroy Burrell   United States 9.97 Q
2 Linford Christie   Great Britain 10.00 Q
3 Dennis Mitchell   United States 10.10 Q
4 Davidson Ezinwa   Nigeria 10.23 Q
5 Chidi Imoh   Nigeria 10.30
6 Robson da Silva   Brazil 10.32
7 Vitaliy Savin   Unified Team 10.33
8 Ben Johnson   Canada 10.70

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 10.17 Q
2 Bruny Surin   Canada 10.21 Q
3 Olapade Adeniken   Nigeria 10.28 Q
4 Ray Stewart   Jamaica 10.33 Q
5 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim   Qatar 10.34
6 Emmanuel Tuffour   Ghana 10.34
7 Max Morinière   France 10.42
Mark Witherspoon   United States DNF

Final

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The final was held on August 1, 1992. Wind: +0.5m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time
  Linford Christie   Great Britain 9.96
  Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 10.02
  Dennis Mitchell   United States 10.04
4 Bruny Surin   Canada 10.09
5 Leroy Burrell   United States 10.10
6 Olapade Adeniken   Nigeria 10.12
7 Ray Stewart   Jamaica 10.22
8 Davidson Ezinwa   Nigeria 10.26

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 36–37.
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