Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.3 m/s, Heat 3: +2.1 m/s, Heat 4: +3.9 m/s, Heat 5: +2.0 m/s, Heat 6: +3.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.18	Q
2	5	Abdullahi Tetengi	Nigeria	10.29	Q
3	1	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	10.40	Q
4	2	Ray Stewart	Jamaica	10.43	Q
5	1	Linford Christie	England	10.44	Q
6	6	John Mair	Jamaica	10.47	Q
7	3	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.49	Q
7	4	Osmond Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.49	Q
9	5	Tim Jackson	Australia	10.50	Q
10	1	Fabian Muyaba	Zimbabwe	10.51	Q
11	4	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	10.52	Q
11	6	John Regis	England	10.52	Q
13	6	Gus Nketia	Ghana	10.53	Q
14	3	Moses Musonge	Uganda	10.54	Q
15	2	Shane Naylor	Australia	10.56	Q
15	3	Joseph Gikonyo	Kenya	10.56	Q
17	5	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.58	Q
18	2	Dave Clark	Scotland	10.60	Q
19	3	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.65	Q
20	2	Clinton Bufuku	Zambia	10.68	Q
20	4	Yiannis Zisimides	Cyprus	10.68	Q
20	5	Scott Bowden	New Zealand	10.68	Q
23	3	Bertram Haynes	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.70	Q
23	6	Edward Bitoga	Uganda	10.70	Q
25	1	Peter Ogilvie	Canada	10.74	Q
26	2	Mark Woods	New Zealand	10.77	Q
26	4	Marcus Adam	England	10.77	Q
28	4	Everton Anderson	Canada	10.78	Q
29	1	Murray Gutry	New Zealand	10.83	Q
30	4	Esekiel Wartovo	Papua New Guinea	10.85	q
31	2	Lindel Hodge	British Virgin Islands	10.87	q
32	6	Mohamed Shah Jalal	Bangladesh	10.91	q
33	5	John Hou	Papua New Guinea	10.95	Q
34	2	Leung Wing Kwong	Hong Kong	11.00	q
35	6	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	11.03	q
36	4	Peauope Suli	Tonga	11.05	q
37	5	Mohamed Shah Alam	Bangladesh	11.12
38	5	Jayson Majase	Botswana	11.13
39	1	Shahanuddin Choudhury	Bangladesh	11.14
40	3	Victor Gamedze	Swaziland	11.15
41	5	Percy Larame	Seychelles	11.27
42	3	Emmanuel Mack	Papua New Guinea	11.30
43	4	Clifford Adams	Gambia	11.31
44	1	Mark Sherwin	Cook Islands	11.37
45	2	Alan Rua	Cook Islands	11.88
	1	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	DNS
	3	Kuckrey Nakat	Vanuatu	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +3.0 m/s, Heat 4: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.16	Q
2	4	Linford Christie	England	10.19	Q
3	1	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.22	Q
4	1	Marcus Adam	England	10.22	Q
5	1	Tim Jackson	Australia	10.22	Q
6	3	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	10.30	Q
7	3	John Regis	England	10.32	Q
8	2	Abdullahi Tetengi	Nigeria	10.39	Q
9	1	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.41	q
9	4	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	10.41	Q
11	2	Ray Stewart	Jamaica	10.42	Q
12	3	Osmond Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.43	Q
13	1	Joseph Gikonyo	Kenya	10.46	q
14	2	Fabian Muyaba	Zimbabwe	10.52	Q
14	4	John Mair	Jamaica	10.52	Q
16	3	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.53	Q
17	3	Moses Musonge	Uganda	10.55
18	2	Dave Clark	Scotland	10.65	Q
18	4	Gus Nketia	Ghana	10.65	Q
20	3	Everton Anderson	Canada	10.66
21	2	Shane Naylor	Australia	10.68
22	2	Edward Bitoga	Uganda	10.69
23	2	Peter Ogilvie	Canada	10.69
24	3	Scott Bowden	New Zealand	10.70
25	4	Mark Woods	New Zealand	10.71
26	4	Clinton Bufuku	Zambia	10.73
27	4	Yiannis Zisimides	Cyprus	10.75
28	1	Bertram Haynes	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.87
29	3	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	10.89
30	4	Esekiel Wartovo	Papua New Guinea	10.90
31	2	Murray Gutry	New Zealand	10.92
32	2	Leung Wing Kwong	Hong Kong	10.97
32	3	Lindel Hodge	British Virgin Islands	10.97
34	1	John Hou	Papua New Guinea	11.12
	1	Mohamed Shah Jalal	Bangladesh	DNS
	4	Peauope Suli	Tonga	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Linford Christie	England	10.02	Q, GR
2	1	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.19	Q
3	2	Abdullahi Tetengi	Nigeria	10.22	Q
4	2	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.24	Q
5	2	John Regis	England	10.25	Q
6	2	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	10.30	q
7	1	Marcus Adam	England	10.31	Q
8	1	Tim Jackson	Australia	10.34	Q
9	1	Osmond Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.41	Q
10	1	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	10.41
11	2	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.46
12	2	Fabian Muyaba	Zimbabwe	10.46
13	2	Joseph Gikonyo	Kenya	10.50
14	1	John Mair	Jamaica	10.53
15	1	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.56
15	2	Gus Nketia	Ghana	10.56
17	1	Ray Stewart	Jamaica	11.15
	1	Dave Clark	Scotland	DNS

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Linford Christie	England	9.93
	3	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.05
	4	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.12
4	1	Marcus Adam	England	10.14
5	2	Tim Jackson	Australia	10.17
6	6	Abdullahi Tetengi	Nigeria	10.20
7	9	John Regis	England	10.22
8	8	Osmond Ezinwa	Nigeria	10.35
8	7	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	10.35