1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	1997 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	2 August (heats and quarter-finals) 3 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	101
Win Value:	9.86
Gold:	Maurice Greene
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Donovan Bailey
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Tim Montgomery
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

These are the results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Maurice Greene United States (USA)
Silver	Donovan Bailey Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Tim Montgomery United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			10.11	Q, NR
	6			10.11	Q
	7			10.12	Q
	5			10.16	Q
	10			10.16	Q
	4			10.17	Q
	10			10.18	Q
	9			10.21	Q
	10			10.21	Q, SB
	7			10.22	Q
	11			10.22	Q
	12			10.22	Q
	12			10.23	Q
	8			10.24	Q
	12			10.24	Q, SB
	4			10.25	Q, SB
	9			10.25	Q, SB
	4			10.26	q
	7			10.26	Q, PB
	9			10.26	Q
	11			10.26	Q
	1			10.28	Q
	9			10.28	q, NR
	5			10.30	Q
	10			10.30	q, SB
	1			10.31	Q
	3			10.32	Q
	3			10.32	Q, SB
	8			10.32	Q
	11			10.32	Q
	13			10.32	Q
	6			10.33	Q
	4			10.34	q
	4			10.34	q, PB
	11			10.34	q
	5			10.35	Q
	7			10.35	q
	12			10.36	q
	2			10.37	Q
	2			10.38	Q
	8			10.38	Q
	2			10.39	Q
	10			10.40	q
	3			10.41	Q
	12			10.41
	3			10.42
	6			10.42	Q
	7			10.42
	1			10.43	Q
	6			10.43	SB
	11			10.43
	13			10.43	Q
	2			10.46
	5			10.46
	6			10.47
	13			10.48	Q
	1			10.49
	11			10.49
	6			10.50
	8			10.50
	9			10.50
	1			10.51
	3			10.52
	5			10.52
	6			10.53
	7			10.54
	12			10.55
	13			10.56
	2			10.57
	5			10.58
	13			10.60
	2			10.64
	8			10.64
	8			10.65
	4			10.67
	5			10.67
	3			10.68
	2			10.69
	7			10.73
	3			10.77
	12			10.77
	1			10.78
	3			10.78
	9			10.79
	7			10.83
	1			10.85
	9			10.86
	8			10.92
	13			10.92
	10			10.97
	12			11.07
	13			11.09
	4			11.13
	8			11.18	NR
	10			11.47
	1			11.60
	2			11.61
	11			11.65
100	11			11.90
101	5			21.73
	9
	10

Quarterfinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			9.87	Q, WL
	1			9.90	Q
	3			9.99	Q
	6			9.99	Q
	4			10.05	Q
	2			10.06	Q, SB
	3			10.10	Q
	6			10.11	Q
	3			10.13	q, PB
10	5			10.15	Q
11	5			10.17	Q
11	6			10.17	q
13	3			10.21	q
13	6			10.21	q
15	1			10.22
15	2			10.22	Q
17	1			10.23	PB
17	4			10.23	Q, SB
19	1			10.24
20	2			10.25
20	4			10.25
20	5			10.25
23	3			10.26	PB
24	4			10.27
25	6			10.29
26	5			10.31
27	2			10.32
28	1			10.33
28	2			10.33
28	4			10.33
31	2			10.34
31	5			10.34
33	4			10.35
34	5			10.36
35	4			10.37
35	6			10.37
37	1			10.38
38	4			10.39
38	6			10.39
40	1			10.40
40	3			10.40	PB
40	3			10.40
43	6			10.41
44	2			10.47
44	5			10.47
46	5			10.57
47	3			12.56
	2

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			9.90	Q
	2			9.91	Q, SB
	2			9.93	Q
	1			10.00	Q
	2			10.08	Q
	1			10.15	Q
	2			10.18
	2			10.20
	1			10.21	Q
10	1			10.22	Q
11	1			10.29
12	1			10.30
12	2			10.30
14	1			10.33
14	2			10.33
16	1			10.37

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			9.86	=CR
	4			9.91
	7			9.94
4	2			9.95
5	6			10.02
6	5			10.10
7	1			10.12
8	8			10.29

References

Results
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