Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Games:	1998 Asian Games
Venue:	Thammasat Stadium
Dates:	13–14 December
Competitors:	25
Nations:	19
Gold:	Koji Ito
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Reanchai Seeharwong
Silvernoc:	THA
Bronze:	Yasukatsu Otsuki
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

See main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games.

The men's 100 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=150	Event
Sunday, 13 December 1998	14:30	Heats
	16:50	Semifinals
Monday, 14 December 1998	16:15	Final

Results

Heats

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Heat 1

• Wind: +2.8 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.03	Q
2		10.40	Q
3		10.49	Q
4		10.50	q
5		10.63	q
6		10.67	q
7		10.72

Heat 2

• Wind: +2.5 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.33	Q
2		10.39	Q
3		10.47	Q
4		10.79
5		10.81
6		11.31

Heat 3

• Wind: +2.4 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.25	Q
2		10.30	Q
3		10.50	Q
4		10.66	q
5		10.84
6		11.10

Heat 4

• Wind: +3.1 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.28	Q
2		10.28	Q
3		10.28	Q
4		10.95
5		11.37
6		12.17

Semifinals

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

• Wind: +2.4 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.20	Q
2		10.31	Q
3		10.34	Q
4		10.42
5		10.46
6		10.54
7		10.67
8		10.82

Heat 2

• Wind: +1.9 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		10.00	Q,
2		10.23	Q
3		10.31	Q
4		10.34	q
5		10.36	q
6		10.41
7		10.54
8		10.66

Final

• Wind: +1.6 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		10.05
		10.31
		10.31
4		10.32
5		10.39
6		10.40
7		10.41
8		10.42

References

• Results (archived)
• Results
• Video of the competition

Notes and References

1. http://digilander.iol.it/atletica3/Stagionali/WRL/1998/100.htm 1998 Year List