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

The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

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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Results edit

Heats edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Wind: -0.1 m/s[3][6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 9.88 GR
  5 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 9.96
  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 edit

  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