1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.

Medalists

Gold	Andre Cason
Silver	Sven Matthes
Bronze	Aleksandr Shlychkov

Results

Final

28 July
Wind: -2.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		10.22
	align=left		align=left		10.28
	align=left		align=left		10.37
4	align=left		align=left		10.40
5	align=left		align=left		10.47
6	align=left		align=left		10.61
7	align=left		align=left		10.80
8	align=left		align=left		10.85

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.40	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.42	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.62	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.62	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.84
6	align=left		align=left		10.86
7	align=left		align=left		10.88
8	align=left		align=left		11.01

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.26	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.30	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.44	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.67	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.70
6	align=left		align=left		10.73
7	align=left		align=left		10.80
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Quarterfinals

28 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.53	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.76	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.95	Q
4	align=left		align=left		11.01
5	align=left		align=left		11.03
6	align=left		align=left		11.10
7	align=left		align=left		11.11
8	align=left		align=left		11.19

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.61	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.82	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.87	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.91	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.93	q
6	align=left		align=left		11.00
7	align=left		align=left		11.12
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.59	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.87	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.88	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.94	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.94
6	align=left		align=left		10.99
7	align=left		align=left		11.10
8	align=left		align=left		11.31

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.37	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.76	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.79	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.86	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.95
6	align=left		align=left		10.98
7	align=left		align=left		10.99
8	align=left		align=left		11.06

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.56	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.62	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.63	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.68	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.79	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.99
7	align=left		align=left		11.26

Heat 2

Wind: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.45	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.70	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.90
5	align=left		align=left		10.90
6	align=left		align=left		11.30

Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.54	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.70	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.79	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.84
5	align=left		align=left		10.92
6	align=left		align=left		11.27
7	align=left		align=left		11.91

Heat 4

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.51	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.65	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.67	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.99
6	align=left		align=left		11.23
7	align=left		align=left		11.49

Heat 5

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.44	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.73	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.75	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.83	q
6	align=left		align=left		11.22
7	align=left		align=left		11.59

Heat 6

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.63	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.67	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.71	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.75	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.75	q
6	align=left		align=left		11.96

Heat 7

Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.69	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.71	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.87	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.88
5	align=left		align=left		11.14
6	align=left		align=left		11.25
7	align=left		align=left		11.41

Heat 8

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.17	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.61	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.83	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.84	q
5	align=left		align=left		10.85
6	align=left		align=left		11.31
7	align=left		align=left		11.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.