Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Dates16-17 September
Competitors60 from 34 nations
Winning time9.88
Medalists
gold medal    Trinidad and Tobago
silver medal    Namibia
bronze medal    Barbados
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.[1][2]

Wind:

  • Heat 1: -0.1 m/s
  • Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
  • Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
  • Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
  • Heat 5: -0.4 m/s
  • Heat 6: -0.3 m/s
  • Heat 7: -0.3 m/s
  • Heat 8: -0.3 m/s[3]
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 10.17 Q
2 5 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 10.19 Q
3 6 Darren Campbell  England 10.23 Q
4 5 Matt Shirvington  Australia 10.24 Q
5 3 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.25 Q
6 2 Marlon Devonish  England 10.29 Q
6 3 Chris Donaldson  New Zealand 10.29 Q
6 4 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 10.29 Q
9 7 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.30 Q
10 6 Claude Toukene  Cameroon 10.34 Q
11 2 O'Brian Gibbons  Canada 10.35 Q
11 7 Bradley McCuaig  Canada 10.35 Q
13 5 Watson Nyambek  Malaysia 10.36 Q
14 2 Gavin Hunter  Australia 10.40 Q
15 4 Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 10.42 Q
16 4 Dwain Chambers  England 10.44 Q
17 5 Josephus Thomas  Sierra Leone 10.45 q
18 2 Serge Bengono  Cameroon 10.46 q
18 3 James Henthorn  Wales 10.46 Q
20 6 Christian Malcolm  Wales 10.47 Q
21 8 Garth Robinson  Jamaica 10.50 Q
22 2 Kevin Williams  Wales 10.51 q
22 5 Jone Delai  Fiji 10.51 q
24 4 Hamberi Mahat  Malaysia 10.58 q
25 8 Moses Mila Mayat  Uganda 10.59 Q
26 5 Clarkson Reid  Jamaica 10.60 q
26 6 Damien Marsh  Australia 10.60 q
28 8 Sanusi Turay  Sierra Leone 10.62 Q
28 8 Benjamin Sirimou  Cameroon 10.62 Q
30 3 Joseph Styles  Bahamas 10.63
31 5 Nigel Jones  Grenada 10.68
32 1 Elliot Bunney  Scotland 10.70 Q
32 1 Barnabé Jolicoeur  Mauritius 10.70 Q
32 8 Hamkah Afik  Singapore 10.70
35 8 Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea 10.75
36 7 Ian Craig  Northern Ireland 10.78 Q
37 8 Raman Ganeshwaran  Malaysia 10.82
38 6 Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 10.84
39 6 Mohamed Yusuf Alias  Singapore 10.88
40 7 Alpha B. Kamara  Sierra Leone 10.89
41 6 Rohan Samuels  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.91
42 6 Toluta'u Koula  Tonga 10.93
43 3 Timothy Brooks  Anguilla 11.00
44 7 Christoffel van Wyk  Namibia 11.03
45 2 Jackson Ngumbi  Zambia 11.05
46 4 Benedictus Botha  Namibia 11.07
47 1 Matarr Njie  Gambia 11.14
48 8 Adama Faye  Gambia 11.19
49 2 Leron Francis  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.21
50 2 Laurence Jack  Vanuatu 11.25
50 7 Silas Helo  Solomon Islands 11.25
52 1 Aneri Canon  Nauru 11.27
53 1 Mohamed Amir  Maldives 11.28
54 7 Solomone Bole  Fiji 11.33
55 3 Kevin Furlong  Isle of Man 11.41
56 4 Cardelle Fenton  Montserrat 11.42
57 4 Ibrahim Manik  Maldives 11.52
58 1 David Lightbourne  Turks and Caicos Islands 11.56
59 5 Julius Bradshaw  Montserrat 11.73
3 Allan Akia  Papua New Guinea DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.[4]

Wind:

  • Heat 1: -0.4 m/s
  • Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
  • Heat 3: +0.2 m/s
  • Heat 4: -0.5 m/s
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 10.05 Q, SB
2 3 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.09 Q, SB
3 3 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.11 Q
3 2 Matt Shirvington  Australia 10.13 Q
3 4 Darren Campbell  England 10.13 Q
6 1 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 10.15 Q
7 1 Chris Donaldson  New Zealand 10.21 Q
8 2 Marlon Devonish  England 10.22 Q
9 1 Dwain Chambers  England 10.24 Q
10 2 Christian Malcolm  Wales 10.27 Q
10 4 Claude Toukene  Cameroon 10.27 Q
12 1 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 10.29 Q
12 3 Bradley McCuaig  Canada 10.29 Q
12 4 Josephus Thomas  Sierra Leone 10.29 Q
15 1 O'Brian Gibbons  Canada 10.32
16 1 Serge Bengono  Cameroon 10.38
16 3 Gavin Hunter  Australia 10.38 Q
18 2 Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 10.42 Q
19 4 Kevin Williams  Wales 10.43
20 4 Watson Nyambek  Malaysia 10.43
21 4 Garth Robinson  Jamaica 10.47
22 2 Clarkson Reid  Jamaica 10.49
22 3 Hamberi Mahat  Malaysia 10.49
24 3 Jone Delai  Fiji 10.51
25 3 James Henthorn  Wales 10.52
26 3 Moses Mila Mayat  Uganda 10.61
27 2 Benjamin Sirimou  Cameroon 10.65
28 2 Ian Craig  Northern Ireland 10.71
29 2 Elliot Bunney  Scotland 10.72
30 1 Barnabé Jolicoeur  Mauritius 10.74
31 1 Sanusi Turay  Sierra Leone 10.75
4 Damien Marsh  Australia DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.[5]

Wind:

  • Heat 1: 0.0 m/s
  • Heat 2: -0.5 m/s[3]
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 9.96 Q, SB
2 1 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 9.98 Q, SB
3 2 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.08 Q, SB
4 1 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.11 Q
5 2 Matt Shirvington  Australia 10.12 Q, PB
6 1 Marlon Devonish  England 10.13 Q, PB
7 2 Chris Donaldson  New Zealand 10.17 Q, PB
8 1 Dwain Chambers  England 10.18 SB
8 2 Darren Campbell  England 10.18 Q
10 1 Josephus Thomas  Sierra Leone 10.31
11 2 Christian Malcolm  Wales 10.33
12 2 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 10.34
13 1 Bradley McCuaig  Canada 10.37
14 2 Claude Toukene  Cameroon 10.42
15 1 Gavin Hunter  Australia 10.49
16 2 Glenroy Gilbert  Canada 10.51

Final

Wind: -0.1 m/s[3][6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 9.88 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 9.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 10.00
4 6 Matt Shirvington  Australia 10.03 AR
5 1 Darren Campbell  England 10.08
6 2 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 10.18
7 7 Chris Donaldson  New Zealand 10.19
8 8 Marlon Devonish  England 10.22

References

  1. ^ Heats 1-3 results, Heat 4-5 results, Non-qualifiers' results Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ a b c "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  4. ^ Quarterfinals results
  5. ^ Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
  6. ^ Final results