Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes from 66 nations, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers).[1][2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 31 (heats)
August 1 (final)
Competitors81 from 66 nations
Winning time9.96
Medalists
Linford Christie
 Great Britain
Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
Dennis Mitchell
 United States
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The gold medal was won by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who had originally won the bronze medal in 1988 but was elevated to silver following the disqualification of original gold medalist Ben Johnson for using stanozolol. Silver went to Namibia's Frankie Fredericks, who also finished second in the 200 metres in Barcelona, while Dennis Mitchell of the United States of America won the bronze. Namibia had never competed in the men's 100 metres before, so Fredericks's medal was that nation's first in the event; it was also the first medal by an African country in the event since 1908 (when Reggie Walker of South Africa won gold).

Background

This was the twenty-second time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. The gold and bronze medalists from 1988, Americans Carl Lewis (the two-time defending gold medalist as well as three-time reigning world champion, struck by infection at the U.S. trials) and Calvin Smith, did not return, but British silver medalist Linford Christie (reigning Commonwealth and European champion) did. So did fourth-place finisher American Dennis Mitchell (who had taken bronze at the 1991 world championships), Brazilian fifth-place finisher Robson da Silva, Jamaican seventh-place finisher Ray Stewart, and the disqualified original champion, Canadian Ben Johnson. World championship runner-up American Leroy Burrell was also present in 1992.[2]

The Cayman Islands, the Central African Republic, the Cook Islands, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Mauritania, Namibia, and Niger appeared in the event for the first time. It was also the only appearance of the Unified Team, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Romania appeared independently for the first time since 1928. The United States made its 21st 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 only the preliminaries.

The first round consisted of 10 heats, each with 8 athletes except the last (with 9). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two fastest runners overall. This made 32 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 4 heats of 8 runners. The top four runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with no "fastest loser" places. 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 were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.86 Carl Lewis Tokyo (JPN) August 25, 1991
Olympic Record 9.92 Carl Lewis Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988

Results

Heat 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Leroy Burrell United States 10.21Q
2 Satoru Inoue Japan 10.48Q
3 Jean-Olivier Zirignon Ivory Coast 10.55Q
4 Abdulieh Janneh The Gambia 10.71
5 Hassane Illiassou Niger 10.73
6 Khalid Juma Juma Bahrain 10.80
7 Jaime Zelaya Honduras 11.02
8 Claude Roumain Haiti 11.07

Heat 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Dennis Mitchell United States 10.21Q
2 Vitaliy Savin Unified Team 10.29Q
3 Samuel Nchinda Cameroon 10.41Q
4 Gustavo Envela Mahua Equatorial Guinea 10.65
5 Florencio Aguilar Panama 10.73
6 Dominique Canti San Marino 10.80
— Charles Tayot Gabon DNF
— Andreas Berger Austria DSQ

Heat 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Linford Christie Great Britain 10.48Q
2 Arnaldo da Silva Brazil 10.55Q
3 Daniel Sangouma France 10.63Q
4 Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago 10.77
5 Hussain Arif Pakistan 10.83
6 Fabian Muyaba Zimbabwe 10.84
7 Pascal Dangbo Benin 11.03
8 Henry Daley Colphon Costa Rica 11.11

Heat 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Frankie Fredericks Namibia 10.29Q
2 Marcus Adam Great Britain 10.57Q
3 Atlee Mahorn Canada 10.64Q
4 Boevi Lawson Togo 10.69
5 Sriyantha Dissanayake Sri Lanka 10.87
6 Gabriel Simeon Grenada 11.10
7 Adam Hassan Sakak Sudan 11.12
8 Robinson Stewart Swaziland 11.20

Heat 5
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Ray Stewart Jamaica 10.61Q
2 Patrick Stevens Belgium 10.63Q
3 John Myles-Mills Ghana 10.64Q
4 Neville Hodge Virgin Islands 10.71
5 Henrico Atkins Barbados 10.83
6 Golam Ambia Bangladesh 11.06
7 Gabrieli Qoro Fiji 11.14
8 Mark Sherwin Cook Islands 11.53

Heat 6
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria 10.31Q
2 Ben Johnson Canada 10.55Q
3 Eric Akogyiram Ghana 10.60Q
4 Juan Trapero Spain 10.64
5 Joel Otim Uganda 10.84
6 Soryba Diakité Guinea 11.10
7 Ould Nouroudine Mauritania 11.22
8 Ahmed Shageef Maldives 11.36

Heat 7
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Olapade Adeniken Nigeria 10.36Q
2 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim Qatar 10.43Q
3 Stefan Burkart Switzerland 10.67Q
4 Visut Watanasin Thailand 10.72
5 André da Silva Brazil 10.78
6 Valentin Ngbogo Central African Republic 10.79
7 Bernard Manana Papua New Guinea 11.35
8 Sitthixay Sacpraseuth Laos 12.02

Heat 8
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Chidi Imoh Nigeria 10.47Q
2 Daniel Cojocaru Romania 10.57Q
3 Sanusi Turay Sierra Leone 10.58Q
4 Kennedy Ondieki Kenya 10.60
5 Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands 10.78
6 David Nkoua Republic of the Congo 10.96
7 Emery Gill Belize 11.51
8 Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir Oman 11.58

Heat 9
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Max Morinière France 10.36Q
2 Bruny Surin Canada 10.37Q
3 Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana 10.45Q
4 Tatsuo Sugimoto Japan 10.56
5 Ku Wai Ming Hong Kong 10.74
6 Toluta'u Koula Tonga 10.85
7 Afonso Ferraz Angola 11.32
8 Fletcher Wamilee Vanuatu 11.41

Heat 10
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Robson da Silva Brazil 10.24Q
2 Mark Witherspoon United States 10.27Q
3 Pavel Galkin Unified Team 10.43Q
4 Yiannis Zisimides Cyprus 10.51q
5 Shinji Aoto Japan 10.54q
6 Charles Louis Seck Senegal 10.57
7 Ousmane Diarra Mali 10.87
8 Bothloko Shebe Lesotho 10.94
— Patrice Traoré Zeba Burkina Faso DNF

Quarterfinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Mark Witherspoon United States 10.19Q
2 Robson da Silva Brazil 10.29Q
3 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim Qatar 10.32Q
4 Max Morinière France 10.34Q
5 Marcus Adam Great Britain 10.35
6 Pavel Galkin Unified Team 10.37
7 Eric Akogyiram Ghana 10.68
8 Atlee Mahorn Canada 10.77

Quarterfinal 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Frankie Fredericks Namibia 10.13Q
2 Bruny Surin Canada 10.24Q
3 Vitaliy Savin Unified Team 10.33Q
4 Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria 10.38Q
5 John Myles-Mills Ghana 10.41
6 Stefan Burkart Switzerland 10.57
7 Samuel Nchinda Cameroon 10.58
8 Patrick Stevens Belgium 10.69

Quarterfinal 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Dennis Mitchell United States 10.22Q
2 Olapade Adeniken Nigeria 10.22Q
3 Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana 10.31Q
4 Ray Stewart Jamaica 10.36Q
5 Satoru Inoue Japan 10.50
6 Daniel Cojocaru Romania 10.57
7 Daniel Sangouma France 10.64
8 Yiannis Zisimides Cyprus 10.65

Quarterfinal 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Linford Christie Great Britain 10.07Q
2 Leroy Burrell United States 10.08Q
3 Chidi Imoh Nigeria 10.21Q
4 Ben Johnson Canada 10.30Q
5 Sanusi Turay Sierra Leone 10.40
6 Arnaldo da Silva Brazil 10.47
7 Shinji Aoto Japan 10.53
8 Jean-Olivier Zirignon Ivory Coast 10.54

Semifinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Leroy Burrell United States 9.97Q
2 Linford Christie Great Britain 10.00Q
3 Dennis Mitchell United States 10.10Q
4 Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria 10.23Q
5 Chidi Imoh Nigeria 10.30
6 Robson da Silva Brazil 10.32
7 Vitaliy Savin Unified Team 10.33
8 Ben Johnson Canada 10.70

Semifinal 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Frankie Fredericks Namibia 10.17Q
2 Bruny Surin Canada 10.21Q
3 Olapade Adeniken Nigeria 10.28Q
4 Ray Stewart Jamaica 10.33Q
5 Talal Mansour Al-Rahim Qatar 10.34
6 Emmanuel Tuffour Ghana 10.34
7 Max Morinière France 10.42
— Mark Witherspoon United States DNF

Final

The final was held on August 1, 1992.

Rank AthleteNation Time
Linford Christie Great Britain 9.96
Frankie Fredericks Namibia 10.02
Dennis Mitchell United States 10.04
4 Bruny Surin Canada 10.09
5 Leroy Burrell United States 10.10
6 Olapade Adeniken Nigeria 10.12
7 Ray Stewart Jamaica 10.22
8 Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria 10.26

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 36–37.
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