Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mel Lattany	Calvin Smith	Ernest Obeng

Results

Heats

Held on 21 July

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +2.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			10.29	Q
2	5			10.38	Q
3	1			10.40	Q
4	6			10.55	Q
5	2			10.62	Q
6	3			10.65	Q^[4]
7	3			10.66	Q
8	5			10.66	Q
8	7			10.66	Q
10	2			10.69	Q^[5]
11	4			10.73	Q
11	6			10.73	Q
13	6			10.75	Q
13	7			10.75	Q
15	4			10.76	Q
15	5			10.76	q
15	7			10.76	Q
15	7			10.76	q
19	4			10.80	Q
20	1			10.81	Q
20	4			10.81	q
22	3			10.82	Q
23	5			10.85
24	2			10.89	Q
25	4			10.91
26	6			10.92
27	1			10.97	Q
28	7			10.99
29	4			11.02
30	1			11.03
31	3			11.04
32	7			11.10
33	4			11.13
34	5			11.18
35	6			11.22
36	6			11.25
37	5			11.36
38	4			11.44
39	3			11.54
40	1			11.60
41	7			12.22
	2

Semifinals

Held on 22 July

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s^[2] ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			10.19	Q
2	1			10.21	Q
3	2			10.36	Q
4	2			10.43	Q
5	3			10.46	Q
6	2			10.49	q
7	2			10.50	q
8	1			10.52	Q
9	3			10.61	^[7]
10	1			10.62
11	3			10.64
12	1			10.68
13	1			10.69
14	3			10.70
15	1			10.71
16	2			10.72
16	2			10.72
16	3			10.72	^[8]
19	2			10.74
20	3			10.77
21	1			10.78
22	2			10.91
	?
	?

Final

Held on 22 July^[9] ^[10]

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.18
			10.26
			10.37
4			10.40
5			10.45
6			10.45
7			10.51
8			10.54

Notes and References

https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
https://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1981/100.htm Year list
News: Jury achter Comaneci . . 22 July 1981 . 9 . Dutch.
https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014338/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int57.htm Australian results
News: Pont valt uit op Universiade . . 23 July 1981 . 9 . Dutch.
http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
News: Jornada de decepción para las aspiraciones españolas . 25 November 2020 . . 23 July 1981 . 22 . Spanish.
News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . The Town Talk . 23 July 1981 . 30.
News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 22 July 1981.