World Athletics Championships 1997/100 m men
6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 102 athletes from 70 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 2nd (preliminary / quarter finals) August 3rd (semifinals / final) |
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The men's 100-meter run at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held on August 2 and 3, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
In this competition, the sprinters from the United States won two medals, gold and bronze. World champion was Maurice Greene , who celebrated his first big win here. He won ahead of the Canadian defending champion, world record holder and Olympic champion of 1996 over 100 meters and with the 4 x 100 meter relay of his country Donovan Bailey , who won gold with the Canadian sprint relay a week later, as at the previous world championships . Bronze went to Tim Montgomery .
Records
Existing records
World record | 9.84 s |
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OS 1996 in Atlanta , USA | July 27, 1996 |
World championship record | 9.86 s |
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1991 World Cup in Tokyo , Japan | August 25, 1991 |
Record equalization
With 9.86 s with a slight tail wind of 0.2 m / s, the US World Champion Maurice Greene equalized the existing World Cup record in the final on August 3rd.
In addition, there were three national records in the preliminary stages - two improvements / one equalization:
- 10.11 s - Angelos Pavlakakis ( Greece ), 4th forerun
- 11.18 s - Mohamed Amir ( Republic of Moldova ), 8th forerun (equalized)
- 10.28 s - Sergejs Inšakovs ( Latvia ), 9th forerun
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in thirteen runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the nine fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
August 2, 1997, 10:30 a.m.
Wind: -0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | André da Silva |
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10.28 |
2 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
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10.31 |
3 | Chris Donaldson |
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10.43 |
4th | Carlton Chambers |
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10.49 |
5 | Paulo Neves |
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10.51 |
6th | Pascal Dangbo |
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10.78 |
7th | Toluta'u Koula |
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10.85 |
8th | Watson Nyambek |
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11.60 |
Forward 2
August 2, 1997, 10:36 am
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marcin Krzywański |
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10.37 |
2 | Andrei Fedoriv |
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10.38 |
3 | Stéphane Cali |
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10.39 |
4th | Torbjörn Mårtensson |
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10.46 |
5 | Neil Ryan |
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10.57 |
6th | Tommy Kafri |
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10.64 |
7th | Patrick Mocci Raoumbé |
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10.69 |
8th | Nelson Kabitana |
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11.61 |
Forward 3
August 2, 1997, 10:42 am
Wind: +1.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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10.31 |
2 | Peter Karlsson |
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10.31 |
3 | Piotr Balcerzak |
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10.41 |
4th | Per Ivar Sivle |
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10.42 |
5 | Dennis Mowatt |
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10.52 |
6th | Nigel Jones |
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10.68 |
7th | Edgardo A. Serpas |
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10.77 |
8th | DeVon Bean |
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10.78 |
Forward 4
August 2, 1997, 10:48 a.m.
Wind: +1.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Angelos Pavlakakis |
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10.11 NO |
2 | Donovan Bailey |
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10.17 |
3 | Stefano Tilli |
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10.25 |
4th | Marlon Devonish |
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10.26 |
5 | Renward Wells |
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10.34 |
6th | Martin Lachkovics |
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10.34 |
7th | Ruslan Rusidze |
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10.67 |
8th | Elston Albert Shaw |
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11.13 |
Forward 5
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world champion in 2003 , was eliminated in the preliminary round
August 2, 1997, 10:54 am
Wind: -0.6 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Marsh |
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10.16 |
2 | Patrick Stevens |
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10.30 |
3 | Anninos Marcoullides |
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10.35 |
4th | Kôji Itô |
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10.46 |
5 | Joseph Styles |
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10.52 |
6th | Aléxandros Yenovélis |
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10.58 |
7th | Lok To Wai |
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10.67 |
8th | Kim Collins |
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21.73 |
Forward 6
August 2, 1997, 11:00 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ato Boldon |
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10.11 |
2 | Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda |
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10.33 |
3 | Ian Mackie |
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10.42 |
4th | Carlos Gats |
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10.43 |
5 | Miguel Janssen |
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10.47 |
6th | Ibrahim Meité |
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10.50 |
7th | Carlos Moreno |
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10.53 |
Forward 7
August 2, 1997, 11:06 am
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Tim Montgomery |
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10.12 |
2 | Francis Obikwelu |
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10.22 |
3 | Aziz Zakari |
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10.26 |
4th | Sayon Cooper |
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10.35 |
5 | Ousmane Diarra |
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10.42 |
6th | Frutos Feo |
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10.54 |
7th | Lee Hyung-Keun |
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10.73 |
8th | Mahbub Alam |
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10.83 |
Forward 8
August 2, 1997, 11:12 am
Wind: -0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Seun Ogunkoya |
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10.24 |
2 | Charalambos papadias |
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10.32 |
3 | Ryszard Pilarczyk |
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10.38 |
4th | Issa-Aimé Nthépé |
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10.50 |
5 | Tomaz Božic |
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10.64 |
6th | Horace Dove-Edwin |
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10.65 |
7th | Mario Bonello |
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10.92 |
8th | Mohamed Amir |
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11.18 NRe |
Forward 9
August 2, 1997, 11:18 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Frank Fredericks |
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10.21 |
2 | Alexandr Porchomovsky |
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10.25 |
3 | Carlos Calado |
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10.26 |
4th | Sergejs Inšakovs |
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10.28 NO |
5 | Carlos Villaseñor |
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10.50 |
6th | Gabriel Simón |
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10.79 |
7th | Maocha Mpho |
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10.86 |
DSQ | Venancio José |
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IAAF Rule 162.8 - false start |
Forward 10
August 2, 1997, 11:24 a.m.
Wind: +0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Eric Nkansah |
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10.16 |
2 | Percival Spencer |
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10.18 |
3 | Darren Campbell |
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10.21 |
4th | Yiannakis Zisimides |
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10.30 |
5 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie |
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10.40 |
6th | Laurence Jack |
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10.97 |
7th | Detrickson Anson |
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11.47 |
DNF | Igor Strakh |
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Forward 11
August 2, 1997, 11:30 a.m.
Wind: -0.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.22 |
2 | Obadele Thompson |
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10.26 |
3 | Jone Delai |
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10.32 |
4th | Donovan Powell |
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10.34 |
5 | Chintake De Soysa |
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10.43 |
6th | Anvar Kuchmuradov |
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10.49 |
7th | Norberto Nsue Ondo |
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11.65 |
8th | Daniel Adachi |
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11.90 |
Forward 12
August 2, 1997, 11:36 a.m.
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Esmie |
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10.22 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa |
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10.23 |
3 | Emmanuel Tuffour |
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10.24 |
4th | Prodromos Katsantonis |
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10.36 |
5 | Augustine Nketia |
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10.41 |
6th | Ivan Šlehobr |
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10.55 |
7th | Peter Pulu |
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10.77 |
8th | Trevor Davis |
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11.07 |
Forward 13
August 2, 1997, 11:42 am
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bruny Surin |
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10.32 |
2 | Erik Wijmeersch |
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10.43 |
3 | Saad Al-Kuwari |
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10.48 |
4th | Juan Pedro Toledo |
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10.56 |
5 | José Illán |
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10.60 |
6th | Amarildo Almeida |
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10.92 |
7th | Huang Hsin-Ping |
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11.09 |
Quarter finals
From each of the six quarter-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Quarter-finals 1
August 2, 1997, 6:50 p.m.
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ato Boldon |
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9.87 WL |
2 | Maurice Greene |
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9.90 |
3 | Andrei Fedoriv |
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10.22 |
4th | Charalambos papadias |
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10.23 |
5 | Ian Mackie |
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10.24 |
6th | Marcin Krzywański |
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10.33 |
7th | Hiroyasu Tsuchie |
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10.38 |
8th | Chris Donaldson |
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10.40 |
Quarter-finals 2
August 2, 1997, 6:54 p.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bruny Surin |
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10.06 |
2 | Angelos Pavlakakis |
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10.22 |
3 | Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda |
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10.25 |
4th | Piotr Balcerzak |
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10.32 |
5 | Prodromos Katsantonis |
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10.33 |
6th | Erik Wijmeersch |
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10.34 |
7th | Stéphane Cali |
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10.47 |
DNS | Percival Spencer |
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Quarter-finals 3
August 2, 1997, 6:58 pm
Wind: +1.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Tim Montgomery |
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9.99 |
2 | Donovan Bailey |
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10.10 |
3 | Darren Campbell |
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10.13 |
4th | Sayon Cooper |
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10.21 |
5 | Ryszard Pilarczyk |
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10.26 |
6th | Saad Al-Kuwari |
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10.40 |
7th | Peter Karlsson |
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10.40 |
8th | André da Silva |
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12.56 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 2, 1997, 7:02 pm
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Marsh |
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10.05 |
2 | Emmanuel Tuffour |
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10.23 |
3 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
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10.25 |
4th | Alexandr Porchomovsky |
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10.27 |
5 | Seun Ogunkoya |
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10.33 |
6th | Donovan Powell |
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10.35 |
7th | Marlon Devonish |
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10.37 |
8th | Anninos Marcoullides |
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10.39 |
Quarter-finals 5
August 2, 1997, 7:06 p.m.
Wind: -0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Eric Nkansah |
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10.15 |
2 | Francis Obikwelu |
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10.17 |
3 | Robert Esmie |
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10.25 |
4th | Patrick Stevens |
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10.31 |
5 | Sergejs Inšakovs |
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10.34 |
6th | Stefano Tilli |
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10.36 |
7th | Jone Delai |
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10.47 |
8th | Renward Wells |
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10.57 |
Quarter-finals 6
August 2, 1997, 7:10 p.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Frank Fredericks |
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9.99 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa |
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10.11 |
3 | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.17 |
4th | Obadele Thompson |
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10.21 |
5 | Aziz Zakari |
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10.29 |
6th | Yiannakis Zisimides |
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10.37 |
7th | Martin Lachkovics |
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10.39 |
8th | Carlos Calado |
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10.41 |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 3, 1997, 6:50 p.m.
Wind: -0.8 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ato Boldon |
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10.00 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa |
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10.15 |
3 | Michael Marsh |
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10.21 |
4th | Bruny Surin |
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10.22 |
5 | Angelos Pavlakakis |
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10.29 |
6th | Obadele Thompson |
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10.30 |
7th | Emmanuel Tuffour |
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10.33 |
8th | Darren Campbell |
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10.37 |
Semi-final run 2
August 3, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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9.90 |
2 | Donovan Bailey |
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9.91 |
3 | Frank Fredericks |
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9.93 |
4th | Tim Montgomery |
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10.08 |
5 | Eric Nkansah |
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10.18 |
6th | Francis Obikwelu |
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10.20 |
7th | Sayon Cooper |
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10.30 |
8th | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.33 |
final
August 3, 1997, 9:50 p.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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CRe / WL | 9.86
2 | Donovan Bailey |
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9.91 |
3 | Tim Montgomery |
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9.94 |
4th | Frank Fredericks |
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9.95 |
5 | Ato Boldon |
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10.02 |
6th | Davidson Ezinwa |
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10.10 |
7th | Bruny Surin |
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10.12 |
8th | Michael Marsh |
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10.29 |
Over 100 meters , Frank Fredericks just missed a World Championship medal here , he was only a hundredth of a second missing - but he collected his third silver over 200 meters after gold in 1993
Video
- 1997 World Champs 100m , video posted December 12, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed June 13, 2020
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 4, 2020
- Men 100m Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed May 18, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 100 m, Athens 1997, p. 90 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 13, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 13, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 86f (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on June 12, 2020