1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists

Gold	Derrick Florence
Silver	Stanley Kerr
Bronze	Jamie Henderson

Results

Final

17 July
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		10.17
	align=left		align=left		10.23
	align=left		align=left		10.34
4	align=left		align=left		10.43
5	align=left		align=left		10.50
6	align=left		align=left		10.52
7	align=left		align=left		10.53
8	align=left		align=left		10.64

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.27	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.41	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.42	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.54	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.61
6	align=left		align=left		10.64
7	align=left		align=left		10.68
8	align=left		align=left		10.69

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.25	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.48	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.49	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.50	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.51
6	align=left		align=left		10.54
7	align=left		align=left		10.56
8	align=left		align=left		10.62

Quarterfinals

17 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.60	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.72	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.81	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.81	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.83
6	align=left		align=left		10.87
7	align=left		align=left		10.92
8	align=left		align=left		10.98

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.58	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.63	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.64	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.68	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.75
6	align=left		align=left		10.86
	align=left		align=left		DNS
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -2.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.50	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.67	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.76	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.89	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.96
6	align=left		align=left		10.97
7	align=left		align=left		10.98
8	align=left		align=left		11.04

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.48	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.61	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.69	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.70	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.71
6	align=left		align=left		10.71
7	align=left		align=left		10.79
8	align=left		align=left		10.88

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.53 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.61 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.63 w	q
4	align=left		align=left		10.93 w
5	align=left		align=left		11.17 w
6	align=left		align=left		11.17 w
7	align=left		align=left		11.22 w
8	align=left		align=left		11.63 w

Heat 2

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.65	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.85	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.08
4	align=left		align=left		11.32
5	align=left		align=left		11.43
6	align=left		align=left		11.43
7	align=left		align=left		11.49
8	align=left		align=left		11.56

Heat 3

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.56	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.76	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.97
4	align=left		align=left		11.34
5	align=left		align=left		12.00
6	align=left		align=left		13.07

Heat 4

Wind: -2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.72	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.76	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.91
4	align=left		align=left		11.12
5	align=left		align=left		11.21
6	align=left		align=left		11.39
7	align=left		align=left		11.46
8	align=left		align=left		12.10

Heat 5

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.55 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.69 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.71 w	q
4	align=left		align=left		10.77 w	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.96 w
6	align=left		align=left		11.13 w
7	align=left		align=left		11.62 w

Heat 6

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.79	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.83	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.89
4	align=left		align=left		11.05
5	align=left		align=left		11.27
6	align=left		align=left		11.40
7	align=left		align=left		11.42

Heat 7

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.42 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.83 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.95 w
4	align=left		align=left		11.00 w
5	align=left		align=left		11.07 w
6	align=left		align=left		11.16 w
7	align=left		align=left		11.34 w
8	align=left		align=left		11.44 w

Heat 8

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.59	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.73	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.77	q
4	align=left		align=left		10.77	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.96
6	align=left		align=left		10.98
7	align=left		align=left		11.01
8	align=left		align=left		11.02

Heat 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.78	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.80	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.92
4	align=left		align=left		10.97
5	align=left		align=left		11.00
6	align=left		align=left		11.29
7	align=left		align=left		11.73

Heat 10

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.64	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.65	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.77	q
4	align=left		align=left		10.77	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.79	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.86	q
7	align=left		align=left		10.99

Heat 11

Wind: -2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.72	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.79	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.79	q
4	align=left		align=left		10.88
5	align=left		align=left		10.90
6	align=left		align=left		11.05
7	align=left		align=left		11.66

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.