Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Dates | August 3 (heats and quarterfinals) August 4 (semifinals and final) |
| Competitors | 82 from 59 nations |
| Winning time | 9.99 |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1984 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4.[1] Eighty-two athletes from 59 countries participated.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Carl Lewis of the United States, that nation's first title after two Games of missing the podium (4th in 1976, boycotted in 1980). Canada's Ben Johnson took bronze to break up the Americans' bid to sweep the podium (which they had done in 1904 and 1912); it was Canada's first medal in the event since 1964.
Background
This was the twentieth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Defending gold medal winner Allan Wells of Great Britain was the only finalist from the Moscow Games to return. The American team was strong, led by 1983 World Championship winner Carl Lewis, who was attempting to match Jesse Owens's 1936 quadruple (100, 200, 4x100, and long jump). Sam Graddy and Ron Brown were the other members of the United States squad, edging out world record holder and World Championships runner-up Calvin Smith. Challengers to the hosts included World Championship finalists Wells, Paul Narracott of Australia, Christian Haas of West Germany, and Desai Williams of Canada, as well as up-and-coming Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson.[2] Thirteen nations appeared in the event for the first time: Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, the British Virgin Islands, China (in its People's Republic form), Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Mauritius, Oman, Qatar, the Solomon Islands, Swaziland, and the United Arab Emirates. The United States made its 19th appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition format
The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the preliminaries and quarterfinals. The first round consisted of 11 heats, each with 7 or 8 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next seven fastest runners overall. This made 40 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2][3]
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 9.93 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Smith | Colorado Springs (United States) | July 3, 1983 |
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| Olympic Record | 9.95 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hines | Mexico City (Mexico) | October 14, 1968 |
Results
Heats
The top three runners in each of the eleven heats and the next seven fastest, advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Sharpe | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McFarlane | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.47 | Q |
| 4 | Hasely Crawford | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 10.48 | q |
| 5 | Peter Van Miltenburg | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.55 | q |
| 6 | Vicente Daniel | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 10.81 | |
| 7 | Henry Ngolwe | File:Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Zambia | 10.94 | |
| 8 | Paul Réneau | File:Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg Belize | 10.96 |
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Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan Wells | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Purnomo | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 10.40 | Q |
| 3 | José Javier Arqués | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 10.42 | Q |
| 4 | Marc Gasparoni | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.47 | q |
| 5 | Emilio Samayoa | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala | 10.84 | |
| 6 | Barnabé Messomo | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | 10.98 | |
| 7 | Charles Mbazira | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 11.03 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Abdullah | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 11.11 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desai Williams | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | Chidi Imoh | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Charles-Louis Seck | File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Nenepath | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 10.66 | |
| Henri Ndinga | File:Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg Republic of the Congo | 10.66 | ||
| 6 | Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Akbary | File:Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg Oman | 10.86 | |
| 7 | Inoke Bainimoli | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 11.15 | |
| 8 | Daniel André | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 11.19 |
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Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumet Promna | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Narracott | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.55 | Q |
| 3 | Neville Hodge | File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Audrick Lightbourne | File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 10.64 | |
| 5 | Gus Young | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.64 | |
| 6 | Bill Trott | File:Flag of Bermuda (1910–1999).svg Bermuda | 10.76 | |
| 7 | Kgosiemang Khumoyarano | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 11.49 |
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Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Graddy | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | Donovan Reid | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | Jürgen Evers | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.54 | Q |
| 4 | Hiroki Fuwa | File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | 10.56 | |
| 5 | Philip Attipoe | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 10.60 | |
| 6 | Jean-Yves Mallat | File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon | 10.83 | |
| 7 | Markus Büchel | File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein | 10.98 | |
| 8 | Clifford Mamba | File:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland | 11.24 |
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Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Stewart | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | Antoine Richard | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Antonio Ullo | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | Paulo Roberto Correia | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.45 | q |
| 5 | Anthony Jones | File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados | 10.69 | |
| 6 | Oliver Daniels | File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia | 10.76 | |
| 7 | Muhammad Mansha | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 10.87 |
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Heat 7
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Johnson | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | Yu Zhuanghui | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 10.53 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Marie-Rose | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.59 | Q |
| 4 | Earl Haley | File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana | 10.74 | |
| 5 | Julien Thode | File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles | 10.92 | |
| 6 | Ronald Russell | File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands | 11.02 | |
| 7 | Denis Rose | File:Flag of Seychelles (1977–1996).svg Seychelles | 11.04 |
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Heat 8
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronald Desruelles | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | Stefano Tilli | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.48 | Q |
| 3 | Fred Martin | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.64 | Q |
| 4 | Luís Barroso | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 10.76 | |
| 5 | Gustavo Envela | File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea | 10.79 | |
| 6 | Oumar Fye | File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia | 10.87 | |
| 7 | Anthony Henry | File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda | 10.99 | |
| 8 | Saidur Rahman Dawn | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 11.25 |
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Heat 9
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Brown | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.58 | Q |
| 2 | Luis Morales | File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico | 10.60 | Q |
| 3 | Nelson dos Santos | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.70 | Q |
| 4 | Ralf Lübke | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.70 | |
| 5 | Collins Mensah | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 10.92 | |
| 6 | Ivan Benjamin | File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone | 11.13 | |
| 7 | Johnson Kere | File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands | 11.57 |
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Heat 10
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman Edwards | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.57 | Q |
| 2 | Dudley Parker | File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 10.65 | Q |
| 3 | Kouadio Otokpa | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.72 | |
| 5 | Faraj Saad Marzouk | File:Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg Qatar | 10.78 | |
| 6 | Odiya Silweya | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 11.22 | |
| 7 | Glen Abrahams | File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica | 11.31 |
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Heat 11
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Haas | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.41 | Q |
| 2 | Alfonso Pitters | File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | 10.50 | Q |
| 3 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.55 | Q |
| 4 | Bakary Jarjue | File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia | 10.68 | |
| 5 | Sim Deok-seop | File:Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South Korea | 10.72 | |
| 6 | Guy Hill | File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands | 11.11 | |
| 7 | Aldo Salandra | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 11.31 |
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Quarterfinals
The top three runners in each of the five heats and the next fastest one, advanced to the semifinal round.
Quarterfinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Johnson | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.41 | Q |
| 2 | Donovan Reid | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.47 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Haas | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.51 | Q |
| 4 | Hasely Crawford | File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago | 10.56 | |
| 5 | Antonio Ullo | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.57 | |
| 6 | Bruno Marie-Rose | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.60 | |
| 7 | Paul Narracott | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.60 | |
| 8 | Alfonso Pitters | File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | 10.63 |
Quarterfinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Graddy | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.15 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Sharpe | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | Norman Edwards | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.44 | Q |
| 4 | Nelson dos Santos | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.53 | |
| 5 | Charles-Louis Seck | File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 10.54 | |
| 6 | Yu Zhuanghui | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 10.59 | |
| 7 | Neville Hodge | File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands | 10.69 | |
| — | Ronald Desruelles | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | DNS |
Quarterfinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Tilli | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.39 | Q |
| 2 | Ron Brown | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.40 | Q |
| 3 | Marc Gasparoni | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.56 | Q |
| 4 | Sumet Promna | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 10.61 | |
| 5 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.69 | |
| 6 | Hiroki Fuwa | File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | 10.75 | |
| 7 | Philip Attipoe | File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 10.78 | |
| 8 | Kouadio Otokpa | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 10.80 |
Quarterfinal 4
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Stewart | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | Allan Wells | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Purnomo | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 10.43 | Q |
| 4 | José Javier Arqués | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 10.52 | |
| Peter Van Miltenburg | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.52 | ||
| 6 | Antoine Richard | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.53 | |
| 7 | Paulo Roberto Correia | File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil | 10.54 | |
| 8 | Audrick Lightbourne | File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 10.59 |
Quarterfinal 5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.04 | Q |
| 2 | Desai Williams | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.27 | Q |
| 3 | Luis Morales | File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico | 10.35 | Q |
| 4 | Mike McFarlane | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.36 | q |
| 5 | Chidi Imoh | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | 10.42 | |
| 6 | Dudley Parker | File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas | 10.58 | |
| 7 | Fred Martin | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 10.61 | |
| 8 | Jürgen Evers | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.69 |
Semifinals
The top four runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Semifinal 1
The wind was +0.7 m/s.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Stewart | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | Sam Graddy | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.27 | Q |
| 3 | Donovan Reid | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.32 | Q |
| 4 | Ron Brown | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.34 | Q |
| 5 | Desai Williams | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.34 | |
| 6 | Christian Haas | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 10.41 | |
| 7 | Marc Gasparoni | File:Flag of France.svg France | 10.49 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Purnomo | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 10.51 |
Semifinal 2
The wind was -1.5 m/s.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | Ben Johnson | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McFarlane | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | Tony Sharpe | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | Luis Morales | File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico | 10.54 | |
| 6 | Stefano Tilli | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 10.55 | |
| 7 | Norman Edwards | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 10.63 | |
| 8 | Allan Wells | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 10.71 |
Final
Wind = 0.2 m/s
See also
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 270–71.
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