Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The 100 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday 19 March and Monday 20 March 2006.

The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records World Record 9.77 Asafa Powell JAM Athens, Greece 14 June 2005 Games Record 9.88 Ato Boldon TRI Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 September 1998

Qualification

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank Athlete Nation Games Result 27 March Rank Comm. World Comm. World 1 2 Aziz Zakari 5th 2 3 =2 =3 Asafa Powell Gold 1 2 =2 =3 Dwight Thomas Did not compete 3 4 4 7 Marc Burns Bronze 4 7 5 8 Kim Collins Did not compete 5 8 6 10 Michael Frater Semi-finalist 6 10 7 11 Jason Gardener Second round 7 11 8 12 Darrel Brown Second round 8 12 9 14 Olusoji Fasuba Silver 9 13 10 15 Uchenna Emedolu 4th 10 15

Results Round 1 Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 17 Aziz Zakari Ghana 0.194 10.45 23 Ainsley Waugh Jamaica 0.185 10.51 32 Seth Amoo Ghana 0.248 10.61 41 Tlhalosang Molapisi Botswana 0.202 10.85 54 Delano Fulford Turks and Caicos Islands 0.194 11.06 65 Abraham Kepsen Vanuatu 0.184 11.08 76 Ieie Matang Kiribati 0.232 11.63 Wind: ?.? m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 13 Michael Frater Jamaica 0.163 10.37 21 Emmanuel Ngom Priso Cameroon 0.209 10.46 35 Gibrilla Bangura Sierra Leone 0.150 10.48 42 Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands 0.164 10.59 57 Casnel Bushay Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.187 10.68 64 Wally Kirika Papua New Guinea 0.211 10.76 76 Jone Mudu Fiji 0.150 10.93Wind: +2.4 m/s

Heat 3 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 5 Jason Gardener England 0.140 10.41 2 4 Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria 0.183 10.43 3 2 Eric Nkansah Ghana 0.146 10.44 , 4 7 Lee-Roy Newton South Africa 0.162 10.51 5 6 Josephus Thomas Sierra Leone 0.179 10.54 6 1 Matthew Thomas Saint Lucia 0.179 10.70 7 3 Jack Iroga Solomon Islands 0.176 11.13Wind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 4 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 3 Mark Lewis-Francis England 0.123 10.20 2 5 Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria 0.192 10.23 3 1 Anson Henry Canada 0.142 10.25 , 4 7 Lamin Tucker Sierra Leone 0.161 10.80 5 4 Francis Manioru Solomon Islands 0.168 11.12 6 6 Anton Lui Papua New Guinea 0.211 11.15 7 2 Billie Wallbridge-Paea Niue 0.187 11.28 8 8 Robert Nidithawae Vanuatu 0.164 11.60Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 5 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 2 Marlon Devonish England 0.160 10.23 2 1 Joshua Ross Australia 0.161 10.36 3 4 Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda 0.152 10.43 4 7 Jaycey Harper Trinidad and Tobago 0.152 10.57 5 5 Chris Walasi Solomon Islands 0.168 10.78 , 6 8 Henry Ben Papua New Guinea 0.203 11.01 7 6 Mariuti Uan Kiribati 0.169 11.65 8 3 Mohamed Asim Maldives 0.216 12.75Wind: +1.3 m/s

Heat 6 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 7 Asafa Powell Jamaica 0.150 10.53 2 4 Deji Aliu Nigeria 0.197 10.53 3 6 Biao Sani Cameroon 0.170 10.70 4 3 Jone Delai Fiji 0.178 10.80 5 5 Jayson Jones Belize 0.235 10.84 6 8 Kebba Fatty The Gambia 0.144 10.90 7 2 Pat Henry Dominica 0.228 11.87 8 1 Christian Malcolm Wales 0.234 32.72Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 7 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 2 Patrick Johnson Australia 0.195 10.50 2 1 Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago 0.231 10.50 3 4 Moses Kamut Vanuatu 0.204 10.80 4 6 Michael Henry Montserrat 0.176 10.88 5 3 Alfred Moussambani Cameroon 0.166 10.89 6 5 Isaiah Gardiner Turks and Caicos Islands 0.174 11.36 - 7 Pierre Browne Canada - DNSWind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 8 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 1 Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago 0.162 10.51 2 7 Sherwin Vries South Africa 0.214 10.52 3 2 Ambrose Ezenwa Australia 0.136 10.53 4 6 Stephen Antoine Ovar Johnson Cayman Islands 0.173 10.85 5 5 Makame Machano Tanzania 0.247 10.95 6 8 Kebba Jassey The Gambia 0.232 11.17 7 3 Odingo Gordon Montserrat 0.189 11.53 8 4 Henrico Louis Mauritius 0.163 12.04Wind: +1.2 m/s

Round 2 Heat 1 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 5 Michael Frater Jamaica 0.126 10.25 2 3 Patrick Johnson Australia 0.157 10.33 3 4 Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria 0.187 10.37 4 1 Jaycey Harper Trinidad and Tobago 0.150 10.45 5 6 Emmanuel Ngom Priso Cameroon 0.168 10.66 6 2 Matthew Thomas Saint Lucia 0.162 10.71 7 7 Seth Amoo Ghana 0.239 10.75 8 8 Chris Walasi Solomon Islands 0.169 10.85 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 5 Aziz Zakari Ghana 0.185 10.36 2 6 Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago 0.228 10.43 3 8 Ambrose Ezenwa Australia 0.139 10.47 4 3 Ainsley Waugh Jamaica 0.167 10.49 5 4 Jason Gardener England 0.147 10.58 6 2 Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands 0.138 10.71 7 1 Gibrilla Bangura Sierra Leone 0.147 10.78 8 7 Casnel Bushay Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.167 10.99Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 3 Heat LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 3 Asafa Powell Jamaica 0.138 10.29 2 2 Anson Henry Canada 0.133 10.30 3 4 Mark Lewis-Francis England 0.167 10.41 4 5 Deji Aliu Nigeria 0.177 10.43 5 1 Lee-Roy Newton South Africa 0.193 10.53 6 6 Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago 0.150 10.79 7 8 Eric Nkansah Ghana 0.141 11.10 8 7 Moses Kamut Vanuatu 0.188 11.16Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 4 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 6 Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria 0.178 10.15 2 3 Marlon Devonish England 0.157 10.21 3 5 Joshua Ross Australia 0.143 10.23 4 4 Sherwin Vries South Africa 0.167 10.32 5 2 Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda 0.139 10.38 6 1 Josephus Thomas Sierra Leone 0.151 10.49 7 8 Biao Sani Cameroon 0.167 10.60 8 7 Wally Kirika Papua New Guinea 0.181 10.80Wind: +1.8 m/s

Semi-finals Heat 1 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 5 Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago 0.154 10.15 2 6 Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria 0.161 10.21 3 3 Aziz Zakari Ghana 0.144 10.24 4 4 Marlon Devonish England 0.143 10.27 5 8 Joshua Ross Australia 0.163 10.28 6 1 Sherwin Vries South Africa 0.170 10.33 7 2 Ainsley Waugh Jamaica 0.135 10.35 8 7 Ambrose Ezenwa Australia 0.140 10.50Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 2 Rank LaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes 1 6 Asafa Powell Jamaica 0.155 10.03 2 2 Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria 0.164 10.15 3 3 Patrick Johnson Australia 0.151 10.26 4 5 Anson Henry Canada 0.154 10.26 5 8 Deji Aliu Nigeria 0.203 10.38 6 7 Jaycey Harper Trinidad and Tobago 0.122 10.46 - 4 Michael Frater Jamaica 0.146 DQ - 1 Mark Lewis-Francis England -0.018 DQWind: +0.2 m/s

Final Place LaneAthlete NationReactionTimeNotes 3 Asafa Powell Jamaica 0.139 10.03 6 Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria 0.152 10.11 4 Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago 0.201 10.17 4 5 Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria 0.164 10.22 5 2 Aziz Zakari Ghana 0.177 10.22 6 8 Patrick Johnson Australia 0.173 10.26 7 1 Anson Henry Canada 0.149 10.28 8 7 Marlon Devonish England 0.137 10.30Wind: +0.9 m/s

References Results