Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Mike Roberson
  United States
Leszek Dunecki
  Poland
Ainsley Bennett
  Great Britain

Results edit

Heats edit

Held on 8 September[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6  m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8  m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1  m/s, Heat 6: 0.0  m/s, Heat 7: +0.2  m/s

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mike Roberson   United States 10.08 Q, =UR
2 7 Nelson Rocha dos Santos   Brazil 10.22 Q
3 7 Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 10.23 Q
4 1 Mel Lattany   United States 10.25 Q
5 3 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.28 Q
6 3 Pascal Barré   France 10.32 Q
6 4 Aleksandr Aksinin   Soviet Union 10.32 Q[4]
8 7 Amadou Meïté   Ivory Coast 10.33 Q
9 1 Su Mal-guh   South Korea 10.34 Q
10 7 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 10.34 q
11 6 Gianfranco Lazzer   Italy 10.35 Q
12 5 Luciano Caravani   Italy 10.40 Q[5]
13 5 Théophile Nkounkou   Congo 10.41 Q
13 7 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 10.41 q, NR
15 5 Andrey Shlyapnikov   Soviet Union 10.42 Q
16 1 Georges Kablan Degnan   Ivory Coast 10.45 Q
17 4 Gabriel Brothier   France 10.47 Q
18 4 Milton de Castro   Brazil 10.48 Q
19 2 Yasuhiro Harada   Japan 10.50 Q
19 6 Franco Fähndrich   Switzerland 10.50 Q
21 2 Jerzy Brunner   Poland 10.52 Q
22 6 István Nagy   Hungary 10.55 Q
23 1 Frank van Doorn   Canada 10.56 q
24 5 Urs Gisler   Switzerland 10.57
25 6 Tomás González   Cuba 10.58
26 1 Akira Harada   Japan 10.59
27 7 Alfredo Melão   Angola 10.63
28 4 Sory Sangare   Senegal 10.67
28 6 Jean-Pierre Bassegela   Congo 10.67
30 6 Georgios Vamvakas   Greece 10.69
31 1 Adille Sumariwalla   India 10.72
31 7 Daniel Biocchi   Canada 10.72
33 7 Víctor Velasco   Mexico 10.78
34 2 Nicos Hadjinicolau   Cyprus 10.80
35 3 Sabidou Touré   Senegal 10.83 Q
35 4 Lucien Ralaivita   Madagascar 10.83
37 3 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson   Iceland 10.84
38 2 Jean-Jacques Randrianasolo   Madagascar 10.89
39 4 Emilio Eva Moss   Guatemala 10.98
40 4 Jesús Aguilasocho   Mexico 10.98
41 3 Sheikh Omar Faye   Gambia 11.05
41 5 Marco Mautinho   Peru 11.05
43 2 Emmanuel Wiredu   Ghana 11.18
44 3 Cheung Lai Chi   Hong Kong 11.20
45 1 Konlan Martelot   Togo 11.24
46 2 Suleiman Fye   Gambia 11.28
46 3 George Enchill   Ghana 11.28
48 3 Ehsan Salih   Saudi Arabia 11.31
49 6 Marco Luque   Bolivia 11.35
50 1 José Flores   Honduras 11.42
51 4 José Luis Elias   Peru 11.63
52 5 Clifford Maseko   Swaziland 11.75
53 2 Oscar Muñoz   Honduras 11.87
54 5 Mohamed Saleh Al-Balkheer   Saudi Arabia 11.93

Semifinals edit

Held on 9 September

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s[3][6]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mike Roberson   United States 10.07 Q, UR
2 3 Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 10.21 Q
3 3 Luciano Caravani   Italy 10.23 Q
4 1 Théophile Nkounkou   Congo 10.28 Q
4 2 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.28 Q
4 3 Mel Lattany   United States 10.28 q
7 1 Pascal Barré   France 10.29 q
8 2 Nelson Rocha dos Santos   Brazil 10.33 Q
9 3 Andrey Shlyapnikov   Soviet Union 10.34
10 3 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 10.35
11 2 Gianfranco Lazzer   Italy 10.40
12 1 Aleksandr Aksinin   Soviet Union 10.41 [4]
13 1 Su Mal-guh   South Korea 10.43
13 3 Milton de Castro   Brazil 10.43
15 1 Franco Fähndrich   Switzerland 10.44
16 2 Amadou Meïté   Ivory Coast 10.44
17 2 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 10.45
18 1 Georges Kablan Degnan   Ivory Coast 10.46
19 1 István Nagy   Hungary 10.53
20 2 Frank van Doorn   Canada 10.56
21 2 Yasuhiro Harada   Japan 10.59
22 2 Gabriel Brothier   France 10.62
23 3 Sabidou Touré   Senegal 10.79
3 Jerzy Brunner   Poland ?

Final edit

Held on 9 September[7][8]

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Mike Roberson   United States 10.19
  Leszek Dunecki   Poland 10.30
  Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 10.38
4 Pascal Barré   France 10.40
5 Théophile Nkounkou   Congo 10.41
6 Luciano Caravani   Italy 10.46
7 Mel Lattany   United States 10.50
Nelson Rocha dos Santos   Brazil DNS

References edit

  1. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list]
  4. ^ a b Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p29)
  5. ^ "Guarducci è in finale" (in Italian). La Stampa. 9 September 1979. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 10 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 10 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Final results". The Tampa Tribune. 11 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.