| Event: | Athletics – Boys' 100 metres |
| Games: | 2010 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Bishan Stadium |
| Date: | August 18–21 |
| Competitors: | 38 |
| Nations: | 38 |
| Gold: | Odean Skeen |
| Goldnoc: | JAM |
| Silver: | Masaki Nashimoto |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | David Bolarinwa |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Next: | 2014 |
The boys' 100 metres competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games was held on 18–21 August 2010 in Bishan Stadium.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2010 | 11:20 | Heats | |
| 21 August 2010 | 10:38 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | 10.23 | 21 June 2007 | |||
| Championship Record | None | ||||
| World Youth Leading | 10.39 | London, UK | 4 August 2010 |
No new records were set during the competition.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 10.62 | FA | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 8 | 10.63 | FA | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 10.72 | FA | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 10.74 | FA | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 10.89 | FA | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 10.92 | FA | ||||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 10.94 | FA | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 7 | 10.99 | FA | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 11.00 | FB | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 5 | 11.02 | FB | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 11.05 | FB | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 11.05 | FB | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 5 | 11.09 | FB | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 11.13 | FB | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 11.14 | FB | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | 11.21 | FB | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | 11.23 | FC | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 11.36 | FC | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 6 | 11.44 | FC | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 4 | 11.46 | FC | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 8 | 11.47 | FC | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 5 | 11.52 | FC | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 6 | 11.57 | FC | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 1 | 11.71 | FC | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 2 | 11.71 | FD | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 5 | 11.71 | FD | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | 11.93 | FD | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 3 | 11.97 | FD | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 8 | 12.01 | FD | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 3 | 12.11 | FD | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 2 | 12.11 | FD | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 4 | 12.17 | FE | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 7 | 12.25 | FE | ||||
| 34 | 5 | 3 | 12.45 | FE | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 7 | 12.62 | FE | ||||
| 3 | 1 | F1 | FE | |||||
| 3 | 2 | F2 | FE | |||||
| 4 | 3 | FE | ||||||
wind: –0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 11.48 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 12.17 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 12.24 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 12.40 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 12.67 | ||||
| 8 | DNS | |||||
| 2 | DNS | |||||
wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11.45 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 11.48 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | 11.62 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 11.81 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 11.92 | ||||
| 7 | DNS | |||||
| 5 | DNS | |||||
wind: –0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11.17 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 11.43 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | 11.45 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 11.50 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 11.66 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 11.73 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 11.74 | ||||
| 4 | DNS | |||||
wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 10.79 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 10.87 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 10.90 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 10.90 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 10.90 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 10.98 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 11.04 | ||||
| 1 | DNS | |||||
wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | width=300 | Athlete ! | width=80 | Time ! | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10.42 | |||||
| 4 | 10.51 | |||||
| 6 | 10.51 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 10.71 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 10.71 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 10.72 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 10.79 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 10.80 | ||||