The men's 100 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 July 1986.
The winning margin was 0.21 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 100 metres was won by more than 0.2 seconds at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.
Results Heats Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results
Wind: Heat 1: +2.0 m/s Heat 2: +3.0 m/s Heat 3: +2.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ben Johnson 10.15 2 2 Jamie Henderson 10.29 3 1 Linford Christie 10.31 4 3 Elliot Bunney 10.32 5 2 Mike McFarlane 10.38 6 2 Simon Baird 10.40 7 1 Desai Williams 10.49 7 3 Clarence Callender 10.49 9 2 Robert Stone 10.51 10 3 Gerrard Keating 10.56 11 1 Cameron Sharp 10.57 12 1 Jerry Jeremiah 10.66 13 3 Michael Dwyer 10.81 14 3 Maloni Bole 10.94 15 3 Nelson Chan Ka Chiu 10.95 16 1 Chris Perry 11.00 17 2 Sunday Maweni 11.01 18 2 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba 11.05 19 1 William Akanoa 11.81
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.Semifinals results
Wind: Heat 1: -1.5 m/s Heat 2: +3.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ben Johnson 10.18 2 1 Linford Christie 10.29 2 2 Mike McFarlane 10.29 4 2 Elliot Bunney 10.31 5 2 Clarence Callender 10.32 6 1 Desai Williams 10.41 7 2 Michael Dwyer 10.42 8 2 Robert Stone 10.47 9 1 Jamie Henderson 10.59 10 1 Gerrard Keating 10.60 11 1 Simon Baird 10.62 12 1 Cameron Sharp 10.63 13 2 Jerry Jeremiah 10.79 14 1 Maloni Bole 10.96 15 2 Chris Perry 11.03 16 1 Nelson Chan Ka Chiu 11.11
Final Wind: +1.6 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ben Johnson 10.07 6 Linford Christie 10.28 4 Mike McFarlane 10.35 4 1 Desai Williams 10.36 5 5 Elliot Bunney 10.37 6 7 Clarence Callender 10.42 7 2 Gerrard Keating 10.55 8 8 Jamie Henderson 10.68
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