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. Ninety-seven athletes from 71 nations competed. 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.

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.

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 (UTC+11:00) Date Time RoundFriday, 22 September 2000 11:3520:45 Round 1Round 2Saturday, 23 September 2000 18:5020:05 SemifinalsFinal

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.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 9 Aziz Zakari 0.317 10.31 2 3 Patrick Johnson 0.152 10.31 3 8 Venancio José 0.169 10.36 4 5 Martin Lachkovics 0.150 10.41 5 6 Nicolas Macrozonaris 0.189 10.45 6 2 Jamal Al-Saffar 0.165 10.54 7 7 Lương Tích Thiện 0.245 10.85 8 1 Pa Modou Gai 0.173 11.03 9 4 Mario Bonello 0.157 11.06 Wind: −0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 9 Marcin Nowak 0.164 10.27 2 3 Sunday Emmanuel 0.152 10.31 3 5 Freddy Mayola 0.155 10.33 4 6 Sayon Cooper 0.168 10.33 5 4 David Patros 0.258 10.38 6 2 Chiang Wai Hung 0.200 10.64 7 1 Teymur Gasimov 0.227 10.97 8 7 Haseri Asli 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 Curtis Johnson 0.194 10.30 2 9 Vicente de Lima 0.159 10.31 3 2 Georgios Theodoridis 0.169 10.34 4 6 Bruny Surin 0.198 10.41 5 8 Renward Wells 0.252 10.47 6 5 Dejan Vojnović 0.139 10.50 7 4 Tommi Hartonen 0.235 10.53 8 3 Seun Ogunkoya 0.193 10.72 7 Fernando Arlete 0.197 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 2 Obadele Thompson 0.239 10.23 2 5 Deji Aliu 0.214 10.35 3 7 Shingo Kawabata 0.169 10.39 4 6 Stefano Tilli 0.209 10.40 5 8 Raphael Oliveira 0.179 10.44 6 4 Paul Brizzell 0.205 10.62 7 3 Petko Yankov 0.227 10.63 8 9 Christopher Adolf 0.147 11.01 NR 9 1 Toluta'u Koula 0.215 11.01 Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 1 Darren Campbell 0.224 10.28 2 7 Serge Bengono 0.200 10.35 3 5 Piotr Balcerzak 0.146 10.42 4 9 Tommy Kafri 0.207 10.43 5 2 Christian Nsiah 0.154 10.44 6 3 Francesco Scuderi 0.152 10.50 7 4 Idrissa Sanou 0.234 10.60 8 8 Youssouf Simpara 0.218 10.82 6 Ronald Promesse 0.272 Wind: −0.5 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Maurice Greene 0.195 10.31 2 5 Kim Collins 0.240 10.39 3 8 Joseph Batangdon 0.192 10.45 4 9 Andrea Colombo 0.264 10.52 5 7 Watson Nyambek 0.175 10.61 6 4 John Muray 0.180 10.68 7 2 Teina Teiti 0.170 11.22 1 Cherico Detenamo 6 Angelos Pavlakakis Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 7

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 2 Stéphane Buckland 0.218 10.35 2 1 Dwain Chambers 0.171 10.38 3 6 Donovan Bailey 0.235 10.39 4 7 Marc Blume 0.264 10.42 5 9 Paul di Bella 0.231 10.52 6 4 Edgardo Antonio Serpas 0.168 10.63 7 3 Hadhari Saindou Djaffar 0.250 10.68 8 5 Kelsey Nakanelua 0.245 10.93 NR 9 8 Jean Randriamamitiana 0.210 12.50 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 8

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 9 Ato Boldon 0.170 10.04 2 1 Antoine Boussombo 0.177 10.13 , =NR 3 2 Leo Myles-Mills 0.193 10.15 , 4 3 Ibrahim Meité 0.191 10.24 , 5 6 Claudio Sousa 0.222 10.31 6 8 Anninos Marcoullides 0.278 10.32 , 7 5 Yanes Raubaba 0.247 10.54 8 4 Oltion Luli 0.235 11.08 9 7 Mamane Sani Ali 0.219 11.25 Wind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 9

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Jonathan Drummond 0.198 10.20 2 9 Matt Shirvington 0.241 10.35 3 7 Patrick Jarrett 0.146 10.41 4 2 Anatoliy Dovhal 0.174 10.48 5 8 Oscar Meneses 0.212 10.54 6 1 Shigeyuki Kojima 0.217 10.59 7 6 Caimin Douglas 0.259 10.69 8 3 Abraham Kepsin 0.172 11.12 9 4 Philam Garcia 0.220 11.21 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 10

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 1 Jason Gardener 0.188 10.38 2 3 Lindel Frater 0.154 10.45 3 5 Kostyantyn Rurak 0.224 10.48 4 4 Sherwin Vries 0.165 10.53 5 2 Niconnor Alexander 0.149 10.56 6 9 Sergey Bychkov 0.183 10.68 7 8 Ruslan Rusidze 0.166 10.70 8 7 Alpha Kamara 0.162 10.74 9 6 Vitaliy Medvedev 0.209 10.75 Wind: −0.7 m/s

Heat 11

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Christopher Williams 0.186 10.35 2 5 Mathew Quinn 0.170 10.44 3 7 Koji Ito 0.234 10.45 4 6 Héber Viera 0.246 10.54 5 4 Gabriel Simon 0.166 10.56 6 8 Erwin Heru Susanto 0.164 10.87 7 1 Moumi Sebergue 0.249 11.00 8 9 Guillermo Dongo 0.197 11.10 9 2 Nelson Lucas 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.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Maurice Greene 0.182 10.10 2 2 Leo Myles-Mills 0.145 10.23 3 5 Sunday Emmanuel 0.165 10.36 4 6 Marcin Nowak 0.186 10.37 5 8 Sayon Cooper 0.147 10.37 6 1 Ibrahim Meité 0.191 10.40 7 3 Serge Bengono 0.222 10.46 8 7 Shingo Kawabata 0.184 10.60 Wind: −1.7 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Ato Boldon 0.155 10.11 2 4 Kim Collins 0.222 10.19 3 2 Bruny Surin 0.130 10.20 4 5 Jason Gardener 0.177 10.27 5 6 Christopher Williams 0.187 10.30 6 8 Freddy Mayola 0.144 10.35 7 1 Piotr Balcerzak 0.152 10.38 8 9 Martin Lachkovics 0.189 10.44 9 7 Joseph Batangdon 0.231 10.52 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Obadele Thompson 0.187 10.04 2 5 Matt Shirvington 0.142 10.13 3 6 Aziz Zakari 0.193 10.22 4 2 Lindel Frater 0.185 10.23 5 4 Vicente de Lima 0.191 10.28 6 7 David Patros 0.241 10.33 7 8 Kostyantyn Rurak 0.191 10.38 8 1 Donovan Bailey 0.216 11.36 Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Dwain Chambers 0.150 10.12 2 5 Jonathan Drummond 0.145 10.15 3 1 Koji Ito 0.221 10.25 , 4 6 Stéphane Buckland 0.150 10.26 5 3 Antoine Boussombo 0.190 10.27 6 7 Stefano Tilli 0.162 10.27 7 2 Mathew Quinn 0.157 10.27 8 8 Patrick Jarrett 0.184 16.40 Wind: +0.8 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Darren Campbell 0.229 10.21 2 3 Curtis Johnson 0.142 10.24 3 4 Deji Aliu 0.181 10.29 4 7 Georgios Theodoridis 0.144 10.29 5 6 Patrick Johnson 0.236 10.44 6 1 Claudio Sousa 0.182 10.47 7 8 Anninos Marcoullides 0.183 10.48 8 2 Venancio José 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.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Dwain Chambers 0.164 10.14 2 4 Obadele Thompson 0.189 10.15 3 3 Darren Campbell 0.161 10.19 4 6 Kim Collins 0.184 10.20 5 7 Leo Myles-Mills 0.220 10.25 6 1 Curtis Johnson 0.146 10.27 7 2 Koji Ito 0.217 10.39 8 8 Lindel Frater 0.203 10.46 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Maurice Greene 0.227 10.06 2 3 Jonathan Drummond 0.137 10.10 3 4 Ato Boldon 0.212 10.13 4 1 Aziz Zakari 0.236 10.16 5 6 Matt Shirvington 0.166 10.26 6 8 Deji Aliu 0.253 10.32 7 7 Sunday Emmanuel 0.163 10.45 2 Bruny Surin 0.151 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 5 Maurice Greene 0.197 9.87 8 Ato Boldon 0.136 9.99 4 Obadele Thompson 0.216 10.04 4 3 Dwain Chambers 0.174 10.08 5 6 Jon Drummond 0.147 10.09 6 1 Darren Campbell 0.193 10.13 7 7 Kim Collins 0.210 10.17 2 Aziz Zakari 0.180 Wind: −0.3 m/s

References

External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics