| Final 18:55 wind 1.0m/s | time | L | React. | | 1. Donovan Bailey |  CAN | 9.97s | 5 | 0.138 | | 2. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.03s | 3 | 0.132 | | 3. Ato Boldon |  TRI | 10.03s | 4 | 0.114 | | 4. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 10.07s | 2 | 0.134 | | 5. Michael Marsh |  USA | 10.10s | 6 | 0.155 | | 6. Linford Christie |  GBR | 10.12s | 1 | 0.110 | | 7. Olapade Adeniken |  NGR | 10.20s | 8 | 0.127 | | 8. Raymond Stewart |  JAM | 10.29s | 7 | 0.135 |
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Christie’s hopes of successfully defending his title ended when he succumbed to a hamstring injury in his semi-final. The Briton decided to contest the final at the last minute and got the best start, but faded from contention after halfway. Meanwhile, Boldon (lane 4) established a lead. Bailey (lane 5), who got a bad start, was pulled along by the young Trinidadian. He overtook Boldon in the last 40m and moved further away all the way until the finish. Surin also caught Boldon to give Canada gold and silver. All three medallists had Caribbean origins, because Bailey was born in Jamaica and Surin in Haiti.
The 1991 and 1993 bronze medallist, Mitchell, walked to the finish of his heat after suffering cramp after about five strides. Marsh was the only non-Commonwealth finalist and his fifth place represented the United States’s worst showing in this event.
| Semi 1 16.05h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.03s | 6 | | 2. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.10s | 4 | | 3. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.10s | 5 | | 4. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.12s | 3 | | 5. Robson Caetano Da Silva |  BRA | 10.20s | 1 | | 6. Renward Wells |  BAH | 10.27s | 2 | | 7. Michael Green | JAM | 10.30s | 8 | | 8. Augustine Nketia |  NZL | 10.45s | 7 |
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| Semi 2 16.11h | time | L | | 1. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 10.04s | 5 | | 2. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.08s | 3 | | 3. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 10.16s | 6 | | 4. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.17s | 4 | | 5. Damien Marsh |  AUS | 10.20s | 8 | | 6. Joel Isasi |  CUB | 10.22s | 2 | | 7. Darren Braithwaite | GBR | 10.28s | 7 | | 8. Andrey Grigoryev |  RUS | 10.30s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 15.30h | time | | 1. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 10.18s | 5 | | 2. Damien Marsh | AUS | 10.25s | 4 | | 3. RobsonCaetano DaSilva | BRA | 10.29s | 8 | | 4. Alexandros Alexopoulos |  GRE | 10.29s | 6 | | 5. Wenzhong Chen |  CHN | 10.32s | 3 | | 6. Anninos Markoullides |  CYP | 10.41s | 1 | | 7. Ibrahim Meite |  CIV | 10.50s | 2 | | 8. Sanusi Turay |  SLE | 10.55s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 15.36h | time | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.15s | 4 | | 2. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.24s | 5 | | 3. Andrey Grigoryev | RUS | 10.27s | 6 | | 4. Paul Henderson | AUS | 10.34s | 1 | | 5. Deji Aliu | NGR | 10.36s | 3 | | 6. Lars Hedner |  SWE | 10.41s | 7 | | 7. Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 10.42s | 8 | | 8. Vitaliy Savin |  KZK | 10.47s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 15.42h | time | | 1. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 10.23s | 6 | | 2. Michael Green | JAM | 10.26s | 4 | | 3. Augustine Nketia | NZL | 10.28s | 5 | | 4. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 10.29s | 3 | | 5. Jason John | GBR | 10.39s | 1 | | 6. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.52s | 2 | | 7. Ousmane Diarra |  MLI | 10.54s | 8 | | 8. Stefan Burkart |  SUI | 10.69s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 15.48h | Team | Time | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.03s | 3 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.09s | 4 | | 3. Joel Isasi | CUB | 10.22s | 5 | | 4. Luciano Edson Ribeiro | BRA | 10...s | 7 | | 5. Peter Karlsson | SWE | 10.39s | 6 | | 6. Oleg Kramarenko |  UKR | 10.40s | 2 | | 7. Marc Blume |  GER | 10.40s | 1 | | 8. Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 10.41s | 8 |
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| Heat 5 15.54h | time | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.04s | 3 | | 2. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.14s | 5 | | 3. Renward Wells | BAH | 10.18s | 2 | | 4. Darren Braithwaite | GBR | 10.23s | 4 | | 5. Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 10.30s | 8 | | 6. Maurice Greene | USA | 10.35s | 6 | | 7. Yoshitaka Ito |  JPN | 10.48s | 1 | | 8. Shane Naylor | AUS | 10.49s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 11.45h | time | L | | 1. Deji Aliu | NGR | 10.20s | 2 | | 2. Darren Braithwaite | GBR | 10.25s | 1 | | 3. EdsonLuciano Ribeiro | BRA | 10.37s | 6 | | 4. Yiannis Zisimides | CYP | 10.53s | 7 | | 5. Vitaliy Medvedev | KZK | 10.54s | 4 | | 6. Nigel Jones |  GRN | 10.88s | 5 | | 7. Alberto Mendes |  DOM | 10.92s | 8 | | 8. Toluta'u Koula |  TON | 10.98s | 3 |
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| Heat 2 11.51h | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.18s | 4 | | 2. Andrey Grigoryev | RUS | 10.24s | 6 | | 3. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.27s | 7 | | 4. Ousmane Diarra | MLI | 10.38s | 5 | | 5. Benjamin Sirimou |  CMR | 10.51s | 1 | | 6. Franck Amegnigan |  TOG | 10.81s | 3 | | 7. Abdulaziz Mattar |  BHR | 10.93s | 8 | | 8. Ahmed Shageef |  MLD | 11.46s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 11.57h | time | L | | 1. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 10.13s | 5 | | 2. Maurice Greene | USA | 10.26s | 2 | | 3. Paul Henderson | AUS | 10.35s | 3 | | 4. Oleg Kramarenko | UKR | 10.46s | 8 | | 5. Daniel Cojocaru |  ROM | 10.67s | 7 | | 6. Azmi Ibrahim |  MAS | 10.76s | 4 | | 7. Tesfaye Jenbere |  ETH | 11.20s | 6 |
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| Heat 4 12.03h | time | L | | 1. Michael Green | JAM | 10.20s | 6 | | 2. Augustine Nketia | NZL | 10.24s | 5 | | 3. Jason John | GBR | 10.25s | 8 | | 4. Lars Hedner | SWE | 10.43s | 1 | | 5. Sanusi Turay | SLE | 10.43s | 4 | | 6. Alexandros Terzian | GRE | 10.47s | 3 | | 7. Matarr N'Jie |  GAM | 11.05s | 2 | | 8. Odair Da Costa |  STP | 11.19s | 7 |
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| Heat 5 12.09h | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.24s | 4 | | 2. Peter Karlsson | SWE | 10.35s | 3 | | 3. Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 10.36s | 1 | | 4. Jaime Barragan |  MEX | 10.53s | 7 | | 5. Jorge Aguilera | CUB | 10.58s | 2 | | 6. Frutos Feo |  ESP | 10.59s | 6 | | 7. Ricky Canon |  NAU | 11.51s | 5 | | 8. Tururangi Tarapu |  CKI | 11.85s | 8 |
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| Heat 6 12.15h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.24s | 6 | | 2. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.27s | 4 | | 3. Ibrahim Meite | CIV | 10.40s | 3 | | 4. Satoru Inoue | JPN | 10.56s | 5 | | 5. Aleksey Chikhachov | UKR | 10.56s | 7 | | 6. Peter Pulu |  PNG | 10.68s | 2 | | 7. Wei Lin | CHN | 10.68s | 1 | | 8. Ahmed Al-Moamari |  OMN | 10.94s | 8 |
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| Heat 7 12.21h | time | L | | 1. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 10.24s | 7 | | 2. Alexandros Alexopoulos | GRE | 10.35s | 8 | | 3. Vitaliy Savin | KZK | 10.49s | 4 | | 4. Claus Hirsbro |  DEN | 10.52s | 5 | | 5. Dmitriy Vanyaikin | UKR | 10.62s | 6 | | 6. Garfield Gill | BAR | 10.90s | 3 | | 7. Albert Juan |  GUM | 11.56s | 1 | | 8. Darren Tuitt |  MNT | 11.67s | 2 |
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| Heat 8 12.27h | time | L | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.26s | 2 | | 2. Marc Blume | GER | 10.39s | 7 | | 3. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.44s | 5 | | 4. Matias Ghansah | SWE | 10.49s | 4 | | 5. Resat Oguz |  TUR | 10.65s | 6 | | 6. Fabian Muyaba |  ZIM | 10.67s | 8 | | 7. Patrick Mocci Raoumbe |  GAB | 10.73s | 3 |
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| Heat 9 12.33h | time | L | | 1. Damien Marsh | AUS | 10.28s | 8 | | 2. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 10.30s | 5 | | 3. Renward Wells | BAH | 10.33s | 7 | | 4. Leonardo Prevost | CUB | 10.60s | 6 | | 5. Patrick Delice | TRI | 10.69s | 3 | | 6. Kfir Golan |  ISR | 10.71s | 2 | | 7. Bimal Tarafdar |  BAN | 10.90s | 4 |
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| Heat 10 12.39h | time | L | | 1. Wenzhong Chen | CHN | 10.37s | 5 | | 2. RobsonCaetano DaSilva | BRA | 10.37s | 7 | | 3. Shane Naylor | AUS | 10.45s | 4 | | 4. Fernando Ramirez |  NOR | 10.53s | 3 | | 5. Hsin-Ping Huang |  TPE | 10.66s | 6 | | 6. Vladislav Chernobay |  KGZ | 11.00s | 2 | | -. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 11 12.45h | time | L | | 1. Joel Isasi | CUB | 10.44s | 2 | | 2. Stefan Burkart | SUI | 10.61s | 7 | | 3. Yoshitaka Ito | JPN | 10.62s | 8 | | 4. SidneiTelles DeSouza | BRA | 10.63s | 4 | | 5. Kurvin Wallace |  STK | 10.82s | 6 | | 6. Francisco ObamaAfang |  GEQ | 11.82s | 5 | | -. Dennis Mitchell | USA | DNF | 3 |
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| Heat 12 12.51h | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.27s | 2 | | 2. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 10.42s | 1 | | 3. Anninos Markoullides | CYP | 10.43s | 8 | | 4. Chintake DeZoysa |  SRI | 10.60s | 6 | | 5. Miguel Janssen |  ARU | 10.73s | 4 | | 6. Alvin Daniel | TRI | 10.81s | 3 | | 7. Giang CuThanh |  VIE | 11.18s | 7 | | -. Hassan Illiassou |  NIG | DNS | 5 |
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