1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September.

Medalists

Gold	Ato Boldon
Silver	Darren Campbell
Bronze	Tony McCall

Results

Final

17 September
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		10.30
	align=left		align=left		10.46
	align=left		align=left		10.49
4	align=left		align=left		10.51
5	align=left		align=left		10.54
6	align=left		align=left		10.57
7	align=left		align=left		10.64
8	align=left		align=left		10.70

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.52	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.58	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.58	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.70	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.79
6	align=left		align=left		10.89
7	align=left		align=left		10.95
8	align=left		align=left		10.99

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.42	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.53	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.61	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.62	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.64
6	align=left		align=left		10.76
7	align=left		align=left		10.77
8	align=left		align=left		10.85

Quarterfinals

16 September

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.29	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.48	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.58	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.64	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.67
6	align=left		align=left		10.76
7	align=left		align=left		10.80
8	align=left		align=left		10.83

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.46	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.47	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.55	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.68	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.76
6	align=left		align=left		10.79
7	align=left		align=left		10.83
8	align=left		align=left		10.88

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.37	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.43	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.58	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.62	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.63
6	align=left		align=left		10.70
7	align=left		align=left		10.74
8	align=left		align=left		10.79

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.51	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.53	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.67	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.68	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.72
6	align=left		align=left		10.74
7	align=left		align=left		10.75
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.33	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.72	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.81	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.84	q
6	align=left		align=left		11.06

Heat 2

Wind: +3.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.48 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.53 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.58 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.62 w	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.64 w	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.65 w	q
7	align=left		align=left		11.01 w
8	align=left		align=left		11.44 w

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.64	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.67	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.82	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.82	q
6	align=left		align=left		11.01
7	align=left		align=left		11.16

Heat 4

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.44	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.64	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.70	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.73	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.78	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.79	q
7	align=left		align=left		11.21
8	align=left		align=left		11.53

Heat 5

Wind: +1.5 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		10.71	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.71	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.75	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.87
7	align=left		align=left		11.06

Heat 6

Wind: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		10.40 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		10.62 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		10.64 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		10.66 w	Q
5	align=left		align=left		10.70 w	q
6	align=left		align=left		10.87 w
7	align=left		align=left		10.98 w

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.