Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:Men's 100 metres
Games:2000 Summer
Venue:Stadium Australia
Date:22–23 September
Competitors:97
Nations:71
Gold:Maurice Greene
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Ato Boldon
Silvernoc:TRI
Bronze:Obadele Thompson
Bronzenoc:BAR
Longnames:yes
Win Value:9.87
Prev:1996
Next:2004

The men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia from 22 to 23 September.[1] Ninety-seven athletes from 71 nations competed.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by American Maurice Greene, the United States's first title in the event since 1988 and 15th overall. Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago improved on his 1996 bronze with a silver in Sydney. Obadele Thompson won the first-ever medal in the men's 100 metres for Barbados with bronze.

Background

This was the twenty-fourth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Two finalists from 1996 returned: defending gold medalist Donovan Bailey of Canada and bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. Two-time silver medalist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia was injured and unable to compete. The United States team was led by reigning world champion (1997 and 1999) and world record holder Maurice Greene. Boldon, the 1998 Commonwealth champion, was the main challenger to Greene.[2]

Albania, American Samoa, Brunei, Croatia, Georgia, Guam, Palau, and Saint Lucia appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its 23rd appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics took place between 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000. For the men's 100 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 10.27 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 10.40 seconds or faster could be entered.

Competition format

The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the heats and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 11 heats, each with 9 athletes scheduled (1 heats had 7 actually run due to withdrawals). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next seven fastest runners overall; due to a tie for the final "fastest loser" place, both men advanced. This made 41 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners, with an extra runner in one heat due to the tie. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2]

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time

DateTimeRound
Friday, 22 September 2000 11:35
20:45		Round 1
Round 2
Saturday, 23 September 2000 18:50
20:05		Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the seven (eight, after a tie for the seventh place occurred) fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 0.317 10.31
2 3 0.152 10.31
3 8 0.169 10.36
4 5 0.150 10.41
5 6 0.189 10.45
6 2 0.165 10.54
7 7 0.245 10.85
8 1 0.173 11.03
9 4 0.157 11.06
Wind: −0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 0.164 10.27
2 3 0.152 10.31
3 5 0.155 10.33
4 6 0.168 10.33
5 4 0.258 10.38
6 2 0.200 10.64
7 1 0.227 10.97
8 7 0.259 11.11
9 8 Sisomphone Vongphakdy 0.221 11.47
Wind: −0.6 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 0.194 10.30
2 9 0.159 10.31
3 2 0.169 10.34
4 6 0.198 10.41
5 8 0.252 10.47
6 5 0.139 10.50
7 4 0.235 10.53
8 3 0.193 10.72
7 0.197
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 0.239 10.23
2 5 0.214 10.35
3 7 0.169 10.39
4 6 0.209 10.40
5 8 0.179 10.44
6 4 0.205 10.62
7 3 0.227 10.63
8 9 0.147 11.01 NR
9 1 0.215 11.01
Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 0.224 10.28
2 7 0.200 10.35
3 5 0.146 10.42
4 9 0.207 10.43
5 2 0.154 10.44
6 3 0.152 10.50
7 4 0.234 10.60
8 8 0.218 10.82
6 0.272
Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 0.195 10.31
2 5 0.240 10.39
3 8 0.192 10.45
4 9 0.264 10.52
5 7 0.175 10.61
6 4 0.180 10.68
7 2 0.170 11.22
1
6
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 7

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 0.218 10.35
2 1 0.171 10.38
3 6 0.235 10.39
4 7 0.264 10.42
5 9 0.231 10.52
6 4 0.168 10.63
7 3 0.250 10.68
8 5 0.245 10.93 NR
9 8 0.210 12.50
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 8

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 0.170 10.04
2 1 0.177 10.13 , =NR
3 2 0.193 10.15 ,
4 3 0.191 10.24 ,
5 6 0.222 10.31
6 8 0.278 10.32 ,
7 5 0.247 10.54
8 4 0.235 11.08
9 7 0.219 11.25
Wind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 9

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 0.198 10.20
2 9 0.241 10.35
3 7 0.146 10.41
4 2 0.174 10.48
5 8 0.212 10.54
6 1 0.217 10.59
7 6 0.259 10.69
8 3 0.172 11.12
9 4 0.220 11.21
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 10

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 0.188 10.38
2 3 0.154 10.45
3 5 0.224 10.48
4 4 0.165 10.53
5 2 0.149 10.56
6 9 0.183 10.68
7 8 0.166 10.70
8 7 0.162 10.74
9 6 0.209 10.75
Wind: −0.7 m/s

Heat 11

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 0.186 10.35
2 5 0.170 10.44
3 7 0.234 10.45
4 6 0.246 10.54
5 4 0.166 10.56
6 8 0.164 10.87
7 1 0.249 11.00
8 9 0.197 11.10
9 2 0.218 11.15
Wind: −1.2 m/s

Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next fastest overall sprinter (q) qualified.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 0.182 10.10
2 2 0.145 10.23
3 5 0.165 10.36
4 6 0.186 10.37
5 8 0.147 10.37
6 1 0.191 10.40
7 3 0.222 10.46
8 7 0.184 10.60
Wind: −1.7 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 0.155 10.11
2 4 0.222 10.19
3 2 0.130 10.20
4 5 0.177 10.27
5 6 0.187 10.30
6 8 0.144 10.35
7 1 0.152 10.38
8 9 0.189 10.44
9 7 0.231 10.52
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 0.187 10.04
2 5 0.142 10.13
3 6 0.193 10.22
4 2 0.185 10.23
5 4 0.191 10.28
6 7 0.241 10.33
7 8 0.191 10.38
8 1 0.216 11.36
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 0.150 10.12
2 5 0.145 10.15
3 1 0.221 10.25 ,
4 6 0.150 10.26
5 3 0.190 10.27
6 7 0.162 10.27
7 2 0.157 10.27
8 8 0.184 16.40
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 0.229 10.21
2 3 0.142 10.24
3 4 0.181 10.29
4 7 0.144 10.29
5 6 0.236 10.44
6 1 0.182 10.47
7 8 0.183 10.48
8 2 0.189 10.53
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 0.164 10.14
2 4 0.189 10.15
3 3 0.161 10.19
4 6 0.184 10.20
5 7 0.220 10.25
6 1 0.146 10.27
7 2 0.217 10.39
8 8 0.203 10.46
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 0.227 10.06
2 3 0.137 10.10
3 4 0.212 10.13
4 1 0.236 10.16
5 6 0.166 10.26
6 8 0.253 10.32
7 7 0.163 10.45
2 0.151
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

Zakari was injured at about the 35 metre mark and did not finish.[6]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
5 0.1979.87
8 0.1369.99
4 0.21610.04
4 3 0.17410.08
5 6 0.14710.09
6 1 0.19310.13
7 7 0.21010.17
2 0.180
Wind: −0.3 m/s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 July 2017 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: 100 metres, Men . Olympedia . 25 July 2020.
  3. Web site: IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Heats. Sydney 2000. IAAF. 29 November 2017.
  4. Web site: IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Quarterfinals. Sydney 2000. IAAF. 1 December 2017.
  5. Web site: IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Semifinals. Sydney 2000. IAAF. 1 December 2017.
  6. Web site: IAAF Sydney 2000: Men's 100m Final. Sydney 2000. IAAF. 1 December 2017.

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