Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia from 22 to 23 September.[1] Ninety-seven athletes from 71 nations competed.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by American Maurice Greene, the United States's first title in the event since 1988 and 15th overall. Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago improved on his 1996 bronze with a silver in Sydney. Obadele Thompson won the first-ever medal in the men's 100 metres for Barbados with bronze.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia
Date22–23 September
Competitors97 from 71 nations
Winning time9.87
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maurice Greene
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Obadele Thompson
 Barbados
← 1996
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Background

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This was the twenty-fourth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Two finalists from 1996 returned: defending gold medalist Donovan Bailey of Canada and bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. Two-time silver medalist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia was injured and unable to compete. The United States team was led by reigning world champion (1997 and 1999) and world record holder Maurice Greene. Boldon, the 1998 Commonwealth champion, was the main challenger to Greene.[2]

Albania, American Samoa, Brunei, Croatia, Georgia, Guam, Palau, and Saint Lucia appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its 23rd appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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The qualification period for athletics took place between 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000. For the men's 100 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 10.27 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 10.40 seconds or faster could be entered.

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 both the heats and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 11 heats, each with 9 athletes scheduled (1 heats had 7 actually run due to withdrawals). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next seven fastest runners overall; due to a tie for the final "fastest loser" place, both men advanced. This made 41 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners, with an extra runner in one heat due to the tie. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Maurice Greene (USA) 9.79 s Athens, Greece 16 June 1999
Olympic record   Donovan Bailey (CAN) 9.84 s Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Date Time Round
Friday, 22 September 2000 11:35
20:45
Round 1
Round 2
Saturday, 23 September 2000 18:50
20:05
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the seven (eight, after a tie for the seventh place occurred) fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Aziz Zakari   Ghana 0.317 10.31 Q
2 3 Patrick Johnson   Australia 0.152 10.31 Q
3 8 Venancio José   Spain 0.169 10.36 Q
4 5 Martin Lachkovics   Austria 0.150 10.41 q
5 6 Nicolas Macrozonaris   Canada 0.189 10.45
6 2 Jamal Al-Saffar   Saudi Arabia 0.165 10.54
7 7 Lương Tích Thiện   Vietnam 0.245 10.85
8 1 Pa Modou Gai   The Gambia 0.173 11.03
9 4 Mario Bonello   Malta 0.157 11.06
Wind: −0.6 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Marcin Nowak   Poland 0.164 10.27 Q
2 3 Sunday Emmanuel   Nigeria 0.152 10.31 Q
3 5 Freddy Mayola   Cuba 0.155 10.33 Q
4 6 Sayon Cooper   Liberia 0.168 10.33 q
5 4 David Patros   France 0.258 10.38 q
6 2 Chiang Wai Hung   Hong Kong 0.200 10.64
7 1 Teymur Gasimov   Azerbaijan 0.227 10.97
8 7 Haseri Asli   Brunei 0.259 11.11
9 8 Sisomphone Vongphakdy   Laos 0.221 11.47
Wind: −0.6 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Curtis Johnson   United States 0.194 10.30 Q
2 9 Vicente de Lima   Brazil 0.159 10.31 Q
3 2 Georgios Theodoridis   Greece 0.169 10.34 Q
4 6 Bruny Surin   Canada 0.198 10.41 q
5 8 Renward Wells   Bahamas 0.252 10.47
6 5 Dejan Vojnović   Croatia 0.139 10.50 SB
7 4 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 0.235 10.53
8 3 Seun Ogunkoya   Nigeria 0.193 10.72
7 Fernando Arlete   Guinea-Bissau 0.197 DNF
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 0.239 10.23 Q
2 5 Deji Aliu   Nigeria 0.214 10.35 Q
3 7 Shingo Kawabata   Japan 0.169 10.39 Q
4 6 Stefano Tilli   Italy 0.209 10.40 q
5 8 Raphael Oliveira   Brazil 0.179 10.44
6 4 Paul Brizzell   Ireland 0.205 10.62
7 3 Petko Yankov   Bulgaria 0.227 10.63
8 9 Christopher Adolf   Palau 0.147 11.01 NR
9 1 Toluta'u Koula   Tonga 0.215 11.01
Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.224 10.28 Q
2 7 Serge Bengono   Cameroon 0.200 10.35 Q
3 5 Piotr Balcerzak   Poland 0.146 10.42 Q
4 9 Tommy Kafri   Israel 0.207 10.43
5 2 Christian Nsiah   Ghana 0.154 10.44
6 3 Francesco Scuderi   Italy 0.152 10.50
7 4 Idrissa Sanou   Burkina Faso 0.234 10.60
8 8 Youssouf Simpara   Mali 0.218 10.82
6 Ronald Promesse   Saint Lucia 0.272 DNF
Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Maurice Greene   United States 0.195 10.31 Q
2 5 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.240 10.39 Q
3 8 Joseph Batangdon   Cameroon 0.192 10.45 Q
4 9 Andrea Colombo   Italy 0.264 10.52
5 7 Watson Nyambek   Malaysia 0.175 10.61
6 4 John Muray   Indonesia 0.180 10.68
7 2 Teina Teiti   Cook Islands 0.170 11.22
1 Cherico Detenamo   Nauru DNS
6 Angelos Pavlakakis   Greece DNS
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Stéphane Buckland   Mauritius 0.218 10.35 Q
2 1 Dwain Chambers   Great Britain 0.171 10.38 Q
3 6 Donovan Bailey   Canada 0.235 10.39 Q
4 7 Marc Blume   Germany 0.264 10.42
5 9 Paul di Bella   Australia 0.231 10.52
6 4 Edgardo Antonio Serpas   El Salvador 0.168 10.63
7 3 Hadhari Saindou Djaffar   Comoros 0.250 10.68
8 5 Kelsey Nakanelua   American Samoa 0.245 10.93 NR
9 8 Jean Randriamamitiana   Madagascar 0.210 12.50
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.170 10.04 Q
2 1 Antoine Boussombo   Gabon 0.177 10.13 Q, =NR
3 2 Leo Myles-Mills   Ghana 0.193 10.15 Q, SB
4 3 Ibrahim Meité   Ivory Coast 0.191 10.24 q, PB
5 6 Claudio Sousa   Brazil 0.222 10.31 q
6 8 Anninos Marcoullides   Cyprus 0.278 10.32 q, SB
7 5 Yanes Raubaba   Indonesia 0.247 10.54
8 4 Oltion Luli   Albania 0.235 11.08
9 7 Mamane Sani Ali   Niger 0.219 11.25 SB
Wind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 9

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Jonathan Drummond   United States 0.198 10.20 Q
2 9 Matt Shirvington   Australia 0.241 10.35 Q
3 7 Patrick Jarrett   Jamaica 0.146 10.41 Q
4 2 Anatoliy Dovhal   Ukraine 0.174 10.48
5 8 Oscar Meneses   Guatemala 0.212 10.54
6 1 Shigeyuki Kojima   Japan 0.217 10.59
7 6 Caimin Douglas   Netherlands Antilles 0.259 10.69
8 3 Abraham Kepsin   Vanuatu 0.172 11.12 PB
9 4 Philam Garcia   Guam 0.220 11.21
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 10

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Jason Gardener   Great Britain 0.188 10.38 Q
2 3 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 0.154 10.45 Q
3 5 Kostyantyn Rurak   Ukraine 0.224 10.48 Q
4 4 Sherwin Vries   Namibia 0.165 10.53
5 2 Niconnor Alexander   Trinidad and Tobago 0.149 10.56
6 9 Sergey Bychkov   Russia 0.183 10.68
7 8 Ruslan Rusidze   Georgia 0.166 10.70
8 7 Alpha Kamara   Sierra Leone 0.162 10.74
9 6 Vitaliy Medvedev   Kazakhstan 0.209 10.75
Wind: −0.7 m/s

Heat 11

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Christopher Williams   Jamaica 0.186 10.35 Q
2 5 Mathew Quinn   South Africa 0.170 10.44 Q
3 7 Koji Ito   Japan 0.234 10.45 Q
4 6 Héber Viera   Uruguay 0.246 10.54
5 4 Gabriel Simon   Argentina 0.166 10.56
6 8 Erwin Heru Susanto   Indonesia 0.164 10.87
7 1 Moumi Sebergue   Chad 0.249 11.00
8 9 Guillermo Dongo   Suriname 0.197 11.10
9 2 Nelson Lucas   Seychelles 0.218 11.15
Wind: −1.2 m/s

Quarterfinals

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Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next fastest overall sprinter (q) qualified.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Maurice Greene   United States 0.182 10.10 Q
2 2 Leo Myles-Mills   Ghana 0.145 10.23 Q
3 5 Sunday Emmanuel   Nigeria 0.165 10.36 Q
4 6 Marcin Nowak   Poland 0.186 10.37
5 8 Sayon Cooper   Liberia 0.147 10.37
6 1 Ibrahim Meité   Ivory Coast 0.191 10.40
7 3 Serge Bengono   Cameroon 0.222 10.46
8 7 Shingo Kawabata   Japan 0.184 10.60
Wind: −1.7 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.155 10.11 Q
2 4 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.222 10.19 Q
3 2 Bruny Surin   Canada 0.130 10.20 Q
4 5 Jason Gardener   Great Britain 0.177 10.27
5 6 Christopher Williams   Jamaica 0.187 10.30
6 8 Freddy Mayola   Cuba 0.144 10.35
7 1 Piotr Balcerzak   Poland 0.152 10.38
8 9 Martin Lachkovics   Austria 0.189 10.44
9 7 Joseph Batangdon   Cameroon 0.231 10.52
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 0.187 10.04 Q
2 5 Matt Shirvington   Australia 0.142 10.13 Q
3 6 Aziz Zakari   Ghana 0.193 10.22 Q
4 2 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 0.185 10.23 q
5 4 Vicente de Lima   Brazil 0.191 10.28
6 7 David Patros   France 0.241 10.33
7 8 Kostyantyn Rurak   Ukraine 0.191 10.38
8 1 Donovan Bailey   Canada 0.216 11.36
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Dwain Chambers   Great Britain 0.150 10.12 Q
2 5 Jonathan Drummond   United States 0.145 10.15 Q
3 1 Koji Ito   Japan 0.221 10.25 Q, SB
4 6 Stéphane Buckland   Mauritius 0.150 10.26
5 3 Antoine Boussombo   Gabon 0.190 10.27
6 7 Stefano Tilli   Italy 0.162 10.27
7 2 Mathew Quinn   South Africa 0.157 10.27
8 8 Patrick Jarrett   Jamaica 0.184 16.40
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.229 10.21 Q
2 3 Curtis Johnson   United States 0.142 10.24 Q
3 4 Deji Aliu   Nigeria 0.181 10.29 Q
4 7 Georgios Theodoridis   Greece 0.144 10.29
5 6 Patrick Johnson   Australia 0.236 10.44
6 1 Claudio Sousa   Brazil 0.182 10.47
7 8 Anninos Marcoullides   Cyprus 0.183 10.48
8 2 Venancio José   Spain 0.189 10.53
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semifinals

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Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Dwain Chambers   Great Britain 0.164 10.14 Q
2 4 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 0.189 10.15 Q
3 3 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.161 10.19 Q
4 6 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.184 10.20 Q
5 7 Leo Myles-Mills   Ghana 0.220 10.25
6 1 Curtis Johnson   United States 0.146 10.27
7 2 Koji Ito   Japan 0.217 10.39
8 8 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 0.203 10.46
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Maurice Greene   United States 0.227 10.06 Q
2 3 Jonathan Drummond   United States 0.137 10.10 Q
3 4 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.212 10.13 Q
4 1 Aziz Zakari   Ghana 0.236 10.16 Q
5 6 Matt Shirvington   Australia 0.166 10.26
6 8 Deji Aliu   Nigeria 0.253 10.32
7 7 Sunday Emmanuel   Nigeria 0.163 10.45
2 Bruny Surin   Canada 0.151 DNF
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

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The three medallists celebrating

Zakari was injured at about the 35 metre mark and did not finish.[6]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
  5 Maurice Greene   United States 0.197 9.87
  8 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.136 9.99
  4 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 0.216 10.04
4 3 Dwain Chambers   Great Britain 0.174 10.08 SB
5 6 Jon Drummond   United States 0.147 10.09
6 1 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.193 10.13
7 7 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.210 10.17
2 Aziz Zakari   Ghana 0.180 DNF
Wind: −0.3 m/s

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney 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 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ "IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Heats". Sydney 2000. IAAF. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Quarterfinals". Sydney 2000. IAAF. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. ^ "IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Semifinals". Sydney 2000. IAAF. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ^ "IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Final". Sydney 2000. IAAF. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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