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

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Games:	1998
Venue:	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Dates:	16-17 September
Competitors:	60
Nations:	34
Win Value:	9.88
Gold:	Ato Boldon
Goldcga:	TRI
Silver:	Frankie Fredericks
Silvercga:	NAM
Bronze:	Obadele Thompson
Bronzecga:	BAR
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.^[1] ^[2]

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.1 m/s
Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
Heat 5: -0.4 m/s
Heat 6: -0.3 m/s
Heat 7: -0.3 m/s
Heat 8: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			10.17
2	5			10.19
3	6			10.23
4	5			10.24
5	3			10.25
6	2			10.29
6	3			10.29
6	4			10.29
9	7			10.30
10	6			10.34
11	2			10.35
11	7			10.35
13	5			10.36
14	2			10.40
15	4			10.42
16	4			10.44
17	5			10.45
18	2			10.46
18	3			10.46
20	6			10.47
21	8			10.50
22	2			10.51
22	5			10.51
24	4			10.58
25	8			10.59
26	5			10.60
26	6			10.60
28	8			10.62
28	8			10.62
30	3			10.63
31	5			10.68
32	1			10.70
32	1			10.70
32	8			10.70
35	8			10.75
36	7			10.78
37	8			10.82
38	6			10.84
39	6			10.88
40	7			10.89
41	6			10.91
42	6			10.93
43	3			11.00
44	7			11.03
45	2			11.05
46	4			11.07
47	1			11.14
48	8			11.19
49	2			11.21
50	2			11.25
50	7			11.25
52	1			11.27
53	1			11.28
54	7			11.33
55	3			11.41
56	4			11.42
57	4			11.52
58	1			11.56
59	5			11.73
	3

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.^[3]

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.4 m/s
Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
Heat 3: +0.2 m/s
Heat 4: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			10.05	,
2	3			10.09	,
3	3			10.11
3	2			10.13
3	4			10.13
6	1			10.15
7	1			10.21
8	2			10.22
9	1			10.24
10	2			10.27
10	4			10.27
12	1			10.29
12	3			10.29
12	4			10.29
15	1			10.32
16	1			10.38
16	3			10.38
18	2			10.42
19	4			10.43
20	4			10.43
21	4			10.47
22	2			10.49
22	3			10.49
24	3			10.51
25	3			10.52
26	3			10.61
27	2			10.65
28	2			10.71
29	2			10.72
30	1			10.74
31	1			10.75
	4

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[4]

Wind:

Heat 1: 0.0 m/s
Heat 2: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			9.96	,
2	1			9.98	,
3	2			10.08	,
4	1			10.11
5	2			10.12	,
6	1			10.13	,
7	2			10.17	,
8	1			10.18
8	2			10.18
10	1			10.31
11	2			10.33
12	2			10.34
13	1			10.37
14	2			10.42
15	1			10.49
16	2			10.51

Final

Wind: -0.1 m/s^[5] ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			9.88	GR
	5			9.96
	4			10.00
4	6			10.03	AR
5	1			10.08
6	2			10.18
7	7			10.19
8	8			10.22

Notes and References

http://kl98.thecgf.com/newsroom/9809/1609103346News16Sept.html Heats 1-3 results
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121814012/ Heats results
http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/16at100m-m.html Quarterfinals results
http://kl98.thecgf.com/newsroom/9809/1709201725News17Sept.html Semifinal 1 results
Web site: Australian 1998 Almanac . 2015-12-10 . 2015-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220107/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1998-99.pdf . dead .
http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/17At100m-men-final.html Final results