The men's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Alexander Stadium from 2 and 3 August 2022.

Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal after finishing the race in 10.14 seconds. Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in athletics after 24 years since Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Thilakaratne's medal feats at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in either men's and women's 100m event. During the heats, Abeykoon managed to set an all-time fastest ever timing in the heats, after finishing with a timing of 10.06 seconds. The previous record in 100m men's heats record was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who had finished his heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009Commonwealth recordGames record9.88Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia17 September 1998

Schedule The schedule is as follows: Date Time Round Tuesday 2 August 2022 10:40 First round Wednesday 3 August 2022 19:10 Semifinals 21:30 Final All times are United Kingdom time (UTC+1)

Results First round The first round consisted of ten heats. First 2 of each heat () plus 7 fastest times () qualify to semi-finals.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Favour Ashe 10.12 2 6 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 10.14 3 4 Nadale Budin 10.37 , 4 2 Malachi Murray 10.47 5 1 Banuve Tabakaucoro 10.64 6 7 Leroy Kamau 10.68 7 8 Davin Fleming 11.09 8 3 Wilkinson Fenelon 11.13 Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Akani Simbine 10.10 2 4 Jake Doran 10.39 3 3 Nigel Ellis 10.41 4 5 Mojela Koneshe 10.46 5 7 Johnny Key 10.98 6 2 Johmari Lee 11.03 7 8 Terrone Webster 11.13 Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Ojie Edoburun 10.27 2 4 Rikkoi Brathwaite 10.28 , = 3 1 Delan Adwin 10.42 4 7 Julius Morris 10.56 5 5 Zachary Saunders 10.76 6 6 Karalo Maibuca 11.39 — 8 Sharry Dodin — 3 Terrence Jones Wind:

Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Raymond Ekevwo 10.14 2 6 Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.15 3 1 Stern Liffa 10.49 4 3 Dylan Sicobo 10.74 5 8 Courtney Missick 10.87 6 7 Jireh Agege 11.08 — 2 Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina — 4 Paul Ma'Unikeni Wind:

Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Ferdinand Omanyala 10.07 2 5 Emmanuel Eseme 10.08 , 3 3 Gilbert Hainuca 10.31 4 2 Noelex Holder 10.50 5 4 Sean Crowie 10.74 6 7 Ronald Fotofili 10.80 7 6 Ian Koe 10.91 Wind:

Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Yupun Abeykoon 10.06 2 6 Kion Benjamin 10.34 3 1 Godson Oghenebrume 10.36 4 7 McKish Compton 10.62 5 4 William Hunt 10.70 6 2 Denzel Adem 10.70 — 3 Ayanda Malaza Wind:

Heat 7 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Benjamin Azamati 10.19 2 3 Jeremiah Azu 10.35 3 8 Imranur Rahman 10.46 4 1 Marc Brian Louis 10.51 5 4 Lwazi Msibi 10.83 6 7 Brandon Jones 10.91 7 6 Aiden Yon-Stevens 11.90 Wind:

Heat 8 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Conroy Jones 10.28 2 3 Adam Thomas 10.30 3 2 Eric Harrison Jr 10.37 4 4 Shajar Abbas 10.38= 5 7 Hassan Saaid 10.75 6 5 Shaun Gill 10.76 7 8 Julius Morie 10.88 8 1 Craig Gill 11.09 Wind:

Heat 9 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Rohan Browning 10.10 2 7 Samwel Imeta 10.12 , 3 1 Cejhae Greene 10.16 4 8 Akeem Stewart 10.46 5 6 Joe Chadwick 10.60 6 4 Joshua Chua 10.67 7 3 Javon Rawlins 10.79 8 5 Lataisi Mwea 11.33 Wind:

Heat 10 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Jerod Elcock 10.26 2 8 Emanuel Archibald 10.28 3 4 Stephan Charles 10.29 4 6 Sean Safo-Antwi 10.33 5 7 Ibrahim Bangura 10.51 6 5 Tevique Benjamin 11.06 7 1 Pesamino Iakopo 11.29 — 2 Kemar Hyman Wind:

Semi-finals First 2 of each heat () plus 2 fastest times () qualify to the final.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Akani Simbine 10.07 2 7 Rohan Browning 10.17 3 5 Ojie Edoburun 10.30 4 9 Rikkoi Brathwaite 10.31 5 6 Conroy Jones 10.33 6 8 Emanuel Archibald 10.43 7 2 Eric Harrison Jr 10.44 8 3 Cejhae Greene 10.45 9 1 Godson Oghenebrume 10.52 Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Ferdinand Omanyala 10.02 2 6 Emmanuel Eseme 10.14 3 7 Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.24 4 9 Favour Ashe 10.25 5 2 Sean Safo-Antwi 10.36 6 4 Jerod Elcock 10.38 7 8 Adam Thomas 10.40 8 3 Jake Doran 10.40 9 1 Nadale Budin 10.51 Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 10.13 2 1 Jeremiah Azu 10.15 , 3 6 Benjamin Azamati 10.18 4 7 Yupun Abeykoon 10.20 5 4 Samwel Imeta 10.24 6 2 Gilbert Hainuca 10.29 7 5 Raymond Ekevwo 10.36 8 9 Kion Benjamin 10.43 9 3 Stephan Charles 10.53 Wind:

Final Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 3 Ferdinand Omanyala 10.02 4 Akani Simbine 10.13 2 Yupun Abeykoon 10.14 4 1 Benjamin Azamati 10.16 5 7 Jeremiah Azu 10.19 6 8 Rohan Browning 10.20 7 5 Emmanuel Eseme 10.24 8 6 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 11.10 Wind:

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