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 | ||||||||
venue | Athens | ||||||||
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 | Donovan Bailey | OS 1996 in Atlanta , USA | July 27, 1996 |
World championship record | 9.86 s | Carl Lewis | 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) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | André da Silva | Brazil | 10.28 |
2 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | Ivory Coast | 10.31 |
3 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 10.43 |
4th | Carlton Chambers | Canada | 10.49 |
5 | Paulo Neves | Portugal | 10.51 |
6th | Pascal Dangbo | Benin | 10.78 |
7th | Toluta'u Koula | Tonga | 10.85 |
8th | Watson Nyambek | Malaysia | 11.60 |
Forward 2
August 2, 1997, 10:36 am
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.37 |
2 | Andrei Fedoriv | Russia | 10.38 |
3 | Stéphane Cali | France | 10.39 |
4th | Torbjörn Mårtensson | Sweden | 10.46 |
5 | Neil Ryan | Ireland | 10.57 |
6th | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 10.64 |
7th | Patrick Mocci Raoumbé | Gabon | 10.69 |
8th | Nelson Kabitana | Solomon Islands | 11.61 |
Forward 3
August 2, 1997, 10:42 am
Wind: +1.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maurice Greene | United States | 10.31 |
2 | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 10.31 |
3 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 10.41 |
4th | Per Ivar Sivle | Norway | 10.42 |
5 | Dennis Mowatt | Jamaica | 10.52 |
6th | Nigel Jones | Grenada | 10.68 |
7th | Edgardo A. Serpas | El Salvador | 10.77 |
8th | DeVon Bean | Bermuda | 10.78 |
Forward 4
August 2, 1997, 10:48 a.m.
Wind: +1.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Angelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.11 NO |
2 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 10.17 |
3 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 10.25 |
4th | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.26 |
5 | Renward Wells | Bahamas | 10.34 |
6th | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 10.34 |
7th | Ruslan Rusidze | Georgia | 10.67 |
8th | Elston Albert Shaw | Belize | 11.13 |
Forward 5
August 2, 1997, 10:54 am
Wind: -0.6 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Marsh | United States | 10.16 |
2 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.30 |
3 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.35 |
4th | Kôji Itô | Japan | 10.46 |
5 | Joseph Styles | Bahamas | 10.52 |
6th | Aléxandros Yenovélis | Greece | 10.58 |
7th | Lok To Wai | Hong Kong | 10.67 |
8th | Kim Collins | St. Kitts and Nevis | 21.73 |
Forward 6
August 2, 1997, 11:00 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.11 |
2 | Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda | Cuba | 10.33 |
3 | Ian Mackie | Great Britain | 10.42 |
4th | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.43 |
5 | Miguel Janssen | Aruba | 10.47 |
6th | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 10.50 |
7th | Carlos Moreno | Chile | 10.53 |
Forward 7
August 2, 1997, 11:06 am
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Montgomery | United States | 10.12 |
2 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.22 |
3 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 10.26 |
4th | Sayon Cooper | Liberia | 10.35 |
5 | Ousmane Diarra | Mali | 10.42 |
6th | Frutos Feo | Spain | 10.54 |
7th | Lee Hyung-Keun | South Korea | 10.73 |
8th | Mahbub Alam | Bangladesh | 10.83 |
Forward 8
August 2, 1997, 11:12 am
Wind: -0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.24 |
2 | Charalambos papadias | Greece | 10.32 |
3 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.38 |
4th | Issa-Aimé Nthépé | Cameroon | 10.50 |
5 | Tomaz Božic | Slovenia | 10.64 |
6th | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.65 |
7th | Mario Bonello | Malta | 10.92 |
8th | Mohamed Amir | Maldives | 11.18 NRe |
Forward 9
August 2, 1997, 11:18 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Fredericks | Namibia | 10.21 |
2 | Alexandr Porchomovsky | Russia | 10.25 |
3 | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 10.26 |
4th | Sergejs Inšakovs | Latvia | 10.28 NO |
5 | Carlos Villaseñor | Mexico | 10.50 |
6th | Gabriel Simón | Argentina | 10.79 |
7th | Maocha Mpho | Botswana | 10.86 |
DSQ | Venancio José | Spain | 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) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.16 |
2 | Percival Spencer | Jamaica | 10.18 |
3 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.21 |
4th | Yiannakis Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.30 |
5 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | Japan | 10.40 |
6th | Laurence Jack | Vanuatu | 10.97 |
7th | Detrickson Anson | Micronesia | 11.47 |
DNF | Igor Strakh | Ukraine |
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 | Japan | 10.22 |
2 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.26 |
3 | Jone Delai | Fiji | 10.32 |
4th | Donovan Powell | Jamaica | 10.34 |
5 | Chintake De Soysa | Sri Lanka | 10.43 |
6th | Anvar Kuchmuradov | Uzbekistan | 10.49 |
7th | Norberto Nsue Ondo | Equatorial Guinea | 11.65 |
8th | Daniel Adachi | Palau | 11.90 |
Forward 12
August 2, 1997, 11:36 a.m.
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Esmie | Canada | 10.22 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 10.23 |
3 | Emmanuel Tuffour | Ghana | 10.24 |
4th | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus | 10.36 |
5 | Augustine Nketia | New Zealand | 10.41 |
6th | Ivan Šlehobr | Czech Republic | 10.55 |
7th | Peter Pulu | Papua New Guinea | 10.77 |
8th | Trevor Davis | Anguilla | 11.07 |
Forward 13
August 2, 1997, 11:42 am
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.32 |
2 | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 10.43 |
3 | Saad Al-Kuwari | Qatar | 10.48 |
4th | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 10.56 |
5 | José Illán | Spain | 10.60 |
6th | Amarildo Almeida | Guinea-Bissau | 10.92 |
7th | Huang Hsin-Ping | Chinese Taipei | 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) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.87 WL |
2 | Maurice Greene | United States | 9.90 |
3 | Andrei Fedoriv | Russia | 10.22 |
4th | Charalambos papadias | Greece | 10.23 |
5 | Ian Mackie | Great Britain | 10.24 |
6th | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.33 |
7th | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | Japan | 10.38 |
8th | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 10.40 |
Quarter-finals 2
August 2, 1997, 6:54 p.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.06 |
2 | Angelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.22 |
3 | Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda | Cuba | 10.25 |
4th | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 10.32 |
5 | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus | 10.33 |
6th | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 10.34 |
7th | Stéphane Cali | France | 10.47 |
DNS | Percival Spencer | Jamaica |
Quarter-finals 3
August 2, 1997, 6:58 pm
Wind: +1.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Montgomery | United States | 9.99 |
2 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 10.10 |
3 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.13 |
4th | Sayon Cooper | Liberia | 10.21 |
5 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.26 |
6th | Saad Al-Kuwari | Qatar | 10.40 |
7th | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 10.40 |
8th | André da Silva | Brazil | 12.56 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 2, 1997, 7:02 pm
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Marsh | United States | 10.05 |
2 | Emmanuel Tuffour | Ghana | 10.23 |
3 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | Ivory Coast | 10.25 |
4th | Alexandr Porchomovsky | Russia | 10.27 |
5 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.33 |
6th | Donovan Powell | Jamaica | 10.35 |
7th | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.37 |
8th | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.39 |
Quarter-finals 5
August 2, 1997, 7:06 p.m.
Wind: -0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.15 |
2 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.17 |
3 | Robert Esmie | Canada | 10.25 |
4th | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.31 |
5 | Sergejs Inšakovs | Latvia | 10.34 |
6th | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 10.36 |
7th | Jone Delai | Fiji | 10.47 |
8th | Renward Wells | Bahamas | 10.57 |
Quarter-finals 6
August 2, 1997, 7:10 p.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Fredericks | Namibia | 9.99 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 10.11 |
3 | Nobuharu Asahara | Japan | 10.17 |
4th | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.21 |
5 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 10.29 |
6th | Yiannakis Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.37 |
7th | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 10.39 |
8th | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 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) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.00 |
2 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 10.15 |
3 | Michael Marsh | United States | 10.21 |
4th | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.22 |
5 | Angelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.29 |
6th | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.30 |
7th | Emmanuel Tuffour | Ghana | 10.33 |
8th | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 10.37 |
Semi-final run 2
August 3, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maurice Greene | United States | 9.90 |
2 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 9.91 |
3 | Frank Fredericks | Namibia | 9.93 |
4th | Tim Montgomery | United States | 10.08 |
5 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.18 |
6th | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.20 |
7th | Sayon Cooper | Liberia | 10.30 |
8th | Nobuharu Asahara | Japan | 10.33 |
final
August 3, 1997, 9:50 p.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maurice Greene | United States | CRe / WL | 9.86
2 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 9.91 |
3 | Tim Montgomery | United States | 9.94 |
4th | Frank Fredericks | Namibia | 9.95 |
5 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.02 |
6th | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 10.10 |
7th | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.12 |
8th | Michael Marsh | United States | 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