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.Heats 1-3 results, Heat 4-5 results, Non-qualifiers' results Heats results

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 Ato Boldon 10.17 2 5 Frankie Fredericks 10.19 3 6 Darren Campbell 10.23 4 5 Matt Shirvington 10.24 5 3 Eric Nkansah 10.25 6 2 Marlon Devonish 10.29 6 3 Chris Donaldson 10.29 6 4 Aziz Zakari 10.29 9 7 Obadele Thompson 10.30 10 6 Claude Toukene 10.34 11 2 O'Brian Gibbons 10.35 11 7 Bradley McCuaig 10.35 13 5 Watson Nyambek 10.36 14 2 Gavin Hunter 10.40 15 4 Glenroy Gilbert 10.42 16 4 Dwain Chambers 10.44 17 5 Josephus Thomas 10.45 18 2 Serge Bengono 10.46 18 3 James Henthorn 10.46 20 6 Christian Malcolm 10.47 21 8 Garth Robinson 10.50 22 2 Kevin Williams 10.51 22 5 Jone Delai 10.51 24 4 Hamberi Mahat 10.58 25 8 Moses Mila Mayat 10.59 26 5 Clarkson Reid 10.60 26 6 Damien Marsh 10.60 28 8 Sanusi Turay 10.62 28 8 Benjamin Sirimou 10.62 30 3 Joseph Styles 10.63 31 5 Nigel Jones 10.68 32 1 Elliot Bunney 10.70 32 1 Barnabé Jolicoeur 10.70 32 8 Hamkah Afik 10.70 35 8 Peter Pulu 10.75 36 7 Ian Craig 10.78 37 8 Raman Ganeshwaran 10.82 38 6 Leonard Myles-Mills 10.84 39 6 Mohamed Yusuf Alias 10.88 40 7 Alpha B. Kamara 10.89 41 6 Rohan Samuels 10.91 42 6 Toluta'u Koula 10.93 43 3 Timothy Brooks 11.00 44 7 Christoffel van Wyk 11.03 45 2 Jackson Ngumbi 11.05 46 4 Benedictus Botha 11.07 47 1 Matarr Njie 11.14 48 8 Adama Faye 11.19 49 2 Leron Francis 11.21 50 2 Laurence Jack 11.25 50 7 Silas Helo 11.25 52 1 Aneri Canon 11.27 53 1 Mohamed Amir 11.28 54 7 Solomone Bole 11.33 55 3 Kevin Furlong 11.41 56 4 Cardelle Fenton 11.42 57 4 Ibrahim Manik 11.52 58 1 David Lightbourne 11.56 59 5 Julius Bradshaw 11.73 3 Allan Akia

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.Quarterfinals results

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 Ato Boldon 10.05 , 2 3 Obadele Thompson 10.09 , 3 3 Eric Nkansah 10.11 3 2 Matt Shirvington 10.13 3 4 Darren Campbell 10.13 6 1 Frankie Fredericks 10.15 7 1 Chris Donaldson 10.21 8 2 Marlon Devonish 10.22 9 1 Dwain Chambers 10.24 10 2 Christian Malcolm 10.27 10 4 Claude Toukene 10.27 12 1 Aziz Zakari 10.29 12 3 Bradley McCuaig 10.29 12 4 Josephus Thomas 10.29 15 1 O'Brian Gibbons 10.32 16 1 Serge Bengono 10.38 16 3 Gavin Hunter 10.38 18 2 Glenroy Gilbert 10.42 19 4 Kevin Williams 10.43 20 4 Watson Nyambek 10.43 21 4 Garth Robinson 10.47 22 2 Clarkson Reid 10.49 22 3 Hamberi Mahat 10.49 24 3 Jone Delai 10.51 25 3 James Henthorn 10.52 26 3 Moses Mila Mayat 10.61 27 2 Benjamin Sirimou 10.65 28 2 Ian Craig 10.71 29 2 Elliot Bunney 10.72 30 1 Barnabé Jolicoeur 10.74 31 1 Sanusi Turay 10.75 4 Damien Marsh

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results

Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s Heat 2: -0.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ato Boldon 9.96 , 2 1 Frankie Fredericks 9.98 , 3 2 Obadele Thompson 10.08 , 4 1 Eric Nkansah 10.11 5 2 Matt Shirvington 10.12 , 6 1 Marlon Devonish 10.13 , 7 2 Chris Donaldson 10.17 , 8 1 Dwain Chambers 10.18 8 2 Darren Campbell 10.18 10 1 Josephus Thomas 10.31 11 2 Christian Malcolm 10.33 12 2 Aziz Zakari 10.34 13 1 Bradley McCuaig 10.37 14 2 Claude Toukene 10.42 15 1 Gavin Hunter 10.49 16 2 Glenroy Gilbert 10.51

Final Wind: -0.1 m/sFinal results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ato Boldon 9.88 GR 5 Frankie Fredericks 9.96 4 Obadele Thompson 10.00 4 6 Matt Shirvington 10.03 AR 5 1 Darren Campbell 10.08 6 2 Eric Nkansah 10.18 7 7 Chris Donaldson 10.19 8 8 Marlon Devonish 10.22

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