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

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Medalists
Linford Christie   Great Britain   Frankie Fredericks   Namibia   Dennis Mitchell   United States
«1988	1996»

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers).

Records

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

Final

• Held on August 1, 1992

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.96
	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	10.02
	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.04
4.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.09
5.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	10.10
6.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.12
7.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.22
8.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.26

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	9.97
2.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.00
3.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.10
4.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.23
5.	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	10.30
6.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.32
7.	Vitaly Savin (EUN)	10.33
8.	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.70

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	10.17
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.21
3.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.28
4.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.33
5.	Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT)	10.34
6.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.34
7.	Max Morinière (FRA)	10.42
—	Mark Witherspoon (USA)	DNS

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mark Witherspoon (USA)	10.19
2.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.29
3.	Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT)	10.32
4.	Max Morinière (FRA)	10.34
5.	Marcus Adam (GBR)	10.35
6.	Pavel Galkin (EUN)	10.37
7.	Eric Akogyiram (GHA)	10.68
8.	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	10.77

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	10.13
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.24
3.	Vitaly Savin (EUN)	10.33
4.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.38
5.	John Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.41
6.	Stefan Burkart (SUI)	10.57
7.	Samuel Nchinda (CMR)	10.58
8.	Patrick Stevens (BEL)	10.69

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.22
2.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.22
3.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.31
4.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.36
5.	Satoru Inoue (JPN)	10.50
6.	Daniel Cojocaru (ROU)	10.57
7.	Daniel Sangouma (FRA)	10.64
8.	Yiannis Zisimides (CYP)	10.65

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.07
2.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	10.08
3.	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	10.21
4.	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.30
5.	Sanusi Turay (SLE)	10.40
6.	Arnaldo Oliveira (BRA)	10.47
7.	Shinji Aoto (JPN)	10.53
8.	Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV)	10.54

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	10.21
2.	Satoru Inoue (JPN)	10.48
3.	Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV)	10.55
4.	Abdoulie Janneh (GAM)	10.71
5.	Hassane Illiassou (NIG)	10.73
6.	Khalid Juma Juma (BRN)	10.80
7.	Jaime Zelaya (HON)	11.02
8.	Claude Roumain (HAI)	11.07

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.21
2.	Vitaly Savin (EUN)	10.29
3.	Samuel Nchinda (CMR)	10.41
4.	Gustavo Envela Mahua (GEQ)	10.65
5.	Florencio Aguilar (PAN)	10.73
6.	Dominique Canti (SMR)	10.80
—	Charles Tayot (GAB)	DNS
—	Andreas Berger (AUT)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.48
2.	Arnaldo Oliveira (BRA)	10.55
3.	Daniel Sangouma (FRA)	10.63
4.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.77
5.	Arif Hasan (PAK)	10.83
6.	Fabian Muyaba (ZIM)	10.84
7.	Pascal Dangbo (BEN)	11.03
8.	Henry Daley Colphon (CRC)	11.11

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	10.29
2.	Marcus Adam (GBR)	10.57
3.	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)	10.64
4.	Boevi Lawson (TOG)	10.69
5.	Sriyath Dissanayake (SRI)	10.87
6.	Gabriel Simeon (GRN)	11.10
7.	Adam Hassan Sakak (SUD)	11.12
8.	Robinson Stewart (SWZ)	11.20

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.61
2.	Patricks Stevens (BEL)	10.63
3.	John Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.64
4.	Neville Hodge (ISV)	10.71
5.	Henrico Atkins (BAR)	10.83
6.	Golam Ambia (BAN)	11.06
7.	Gabrieli Qoro (FIJ)	11.14
8.	Mark Sherwin (COK)	11.53

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.31
2.	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.55
3.	Eric Akogyiram (GHA)	10.60
4.	Juan Trapero (ESP)	10.64
5.	Joel Otim (UGA)	10.84
6.	Soryba Diakité (GUI)	11.10
7.	Ould Nouroudine (MTN)	11.22
8.	Ahmed Shageef (MDV)	11.36

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	10.36
2.	Talal Mansour Al-Rahim (QAT)	10.43
3.	Stefan Burkart (SUI)	10.67
4.	Visut Watanasin (THA)	10.72
5.	André da Silva (BRA)	10.78
6.	Valentin Ngbogo (CAF)	10.79
7.	Bernard Manana (PNG)	11.35
8.	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth (LAO)	12.02

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	10.47
2.	Daniel Cojocaru (ROU)	10.57
3.	Sanusi Turay (SLE)	10.58
4.	Kennedy Ondieki (KEN)	10.60
5.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	10.78
6.	David N'Koua (CGO)	10.96
7.	Emery Paul Gill (BIZ)	11.51
8.	Ahmed Al-Moamari (OMA)	11.58

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Max Morinière (FRA)	10.36
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.37
3.	Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA)	10.45
4.	Tatsuo Sugimoto (JPN)	10.56
5.	Wai-Ming Ku (HKG)	10.74
6.	Tolutau Koula (TGA)	10.85
7.	Afonso Ferraz (ANG)	11.32
8.	Fletcher Wamilee (VAN)	11.41

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.24
2.	Mark Witherspoon (USA)	10.27
3.	Pavel Galkin (EUN)	10.43
4.	Yiannis Zisimides (CYP)	10.51
5.	Shinji Aoto (JPN)	10.54
6.	Charles Louis Seck (SEN)	10.57
7.	Ousmane Diarra (MLI)	10.87
8.	Bothloko Shebe (LES)	10.94
—	Patrice Traoré (BUR)	DNS

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships 100 metres
• 1993 Men's World Championships 100 metres

References

• Official Report
• Results