| Final 21:50 | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene |  USA | 9.86s | 3 | | 2. Donovan Bailey |  CAN | 9.91s | 4 | | 3. Tim Montgomery | USA | 9.94s | 7 | | 4. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 9.95s | 2 | | 5. Ato Boldon |  TRI | 10.02s | 6 | | 6. Davidson Ezinwa |  NGR | 10.10s | 5 | | 7. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.12s | 1 | | 8. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.29s | 8 |
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Training partners Boldon and Greene ran sensational times in the second round. Boldon threw away the chance of a world record when he eased up for a 9.87 clocking, the fastest ever heat time and just 3/100ths away from Bailey’s world record, while Greene finished second in a personal best equalling 9.90. Greene duplicated that time to win his semi just ahead of defending champion Bailey (9.91), Boldon taking his in the most casual looking 10.00 ever seen.
In the final, though, Boldon – claiming he suffered from cramp – was not a factor. Greene, who hadn’t even reached the semi-finals in Gothenburg, dominated the race from the outset. He was 8/100ths ahead of a slow starting Bailey after 10m and finished 5/100ths clear in 9.86 to move to equal third on the world all-time list. It was his fifth legal mark of 9.90 or faster that season, an unprecedented display of high level consistency. With Montgomery edging Fredericks for the bronze, the USA was riding high again in the world of sprinting. “I said I would bring American sprinting back to the top and this was the start of achieving that aim,” said Greene.
| Semi 1 18.50h | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.00s | 4 | | 2. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10.15s | 6 | | 3. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.21s | 5 | | 4. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.22s | 3 | | 5. Angelos Pavlakakis |  GRE | 10.29s | 8 | | 6. Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 10.30s | 1 | | 7. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 10.33s | 7 | | 8. Darren Campbell |  GBR | 10.37s | 2 |
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| Semi 2 19.00h | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene | USA | 9.90s | 3 | | 2. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 9.91s | 2 | | 3. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 9.93s | 4 | | 4. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.08s | 5 | | 5. Eric Nkansah | GHA | 10.18s | 6 | | 6. Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 10.20s | 7 | | 7. Sayon Cooper |  LBR | 10.30s | 8 | | 8. Nobuharu Asahara |  JPN | 10.33s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 18.50h | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 9.87s | 5 | | 2. Maurice Greene | USA | 9.90s | 3 | | 3. Andrey Fedoriv |  RUS | 10.22s | 2 | | 4. Charalambos Papadias | GRE | 10.23s | 4 | | 5. Ian Mackie | GBR | 10.24s | 7 | | 6. Marcin Krzywanski |  POL | 10.33s | 6 | | 7. Hiroyasu Tsuchie | JPN | 10.38s | 1 | | 8. Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 10.40s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 18.54h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.06s | 6 | | 2. Angelos Pavlakakis | GRE | 10.22s | 4 | | 3. Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda |  CUB | 10.25s | 3 | | 4. Piotr Balcerzak | POL | 10.32s | 8 | | 5. Prodromos Katsantonis |  CYP | 10.33s | 7 | | 6. Erik Wijmeersch |  BEL | 10.34s | 2 | | 7. Stephane Cali |  FRA | 10.47s | 1 | | -. Percival Spencer |  JAM | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 3 18.58h | time | L | | 1. Tim Montgomery | USA | 9.99s | 5 | | 2. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 10.10s | 4 | | 3. Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.13s | 2 | | 4. Sayon Cooper | LBR | 10.21s | 7 | | 5. Ryszard Pilarczyk | POL | 10.26s | 1 | | 6. Saad Al-Kuwari |  QAT | 10.40s | 8 | | 7. Peter Karlsson |  SWE | 10.40s | 3 | | 8. Andre Domingos Da Silva |  BRA | 12.56s | 6 |
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| Heat 4 19.02h | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.05s | 6 | | 2. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 10.23s | 8 | | 3. Jean-Olivier Zirignon |  CIV | 10.25s | 3 | | 4. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.27s | 4 | | 5. Seun Ogunkoya | NGR | 10.33s | 5 | | 6. Donovan Powell | JAM | 10.35s | 2 | | 7. Marlon Devonish | GBR | 10.37s | 1 | | 8. Anninos Markoullides | CYP | 10.39s | 7 |
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| Heat 5 19.06h | time | L | | 1. Eric Nkansah | GHA | 10.15s | 4 | | 2. Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 10.17s | 3 | | 3. Robert Esmie | CAN | 10.25s | 6 | | 4. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 10.31s | 5 | | 5. Sergejs Insakovs |  LAT | 10.34s | 2 | | 6. Stefano Tilli |  ITA | 10.36s | 1 | | 7. Jone Delai |  FIJ | 10.47s | 7 | | 8. Renward Wells |  BAH | 10.57s | 8 |
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| Heat 6 19.10h | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 9.99s | 6 | | 2. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10.11s | 3 | | 3. Nobuharu Asahara | JPN | 10.17s | 4 | | 4. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.21s | 5 | | 5. Abdul Aziz Zakari | GHA | 10.29s | 7 | | 6. Yiannis Zisimides | CYP | 10.37s | 8 | | 7. Martin Lachkovics |  AUT | 10.39s | 2 | | 8. Carlos Calado |  POR | 10.41s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 10.30h | time | L | | 1. Andre Domingos Da Silva | BRA | 10.28s | 7 | | 2. Jean-Olivier Zirignon | CIV | 10.31s | 4 | | 3. Chris Donaldson | NZL | 10.43s | 6 | | 4. Carlton Chambers | CAN | 10.49s | 3 | | 5. Paulo Neves | POR | 10.51s | 1 | | 6. Pascal Dangbo |  BEN | 10.78s | 5 | | 7. Toluta'u Koula |  TON | 10.85s | 2 | | 8. Watson Nyambek |  MAS | 11.60s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 10.36h | time | L | | 1. Marcin Krzywanski | POL | 10.37s | 6 | | 2. Andrey Fedoriv | RUS | 10.38s | 2 | | 3. Stephane Cali | FRA | 10.39s | 3 | | 4. Torbjorn Maartensson | SWE | 10.46s | 5 | | 5. Neil Ryan |  IRL | 10.57s | 4 | | 6. Tommy Kafri |  ISR | 10.64s | 1 | | 7. Patrick Mocci Raoumbe |  GAB | 10.69s | 8 | | 8. Nelson Kabitana |  SOL | 11.61s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 10.42h | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene | USA | 10.32s | 1 | | 2. Peter Karlsson | SWE | 10.32s | 2 | | 3. Piotr Balcerzak | POL | 10.41s | 8 | | 4. Per Ivar Sivle |  NOR | 10.42s | 3 | | 5. Dennis Mowatt | JAM | 10.52s | 5 | | 6. Nigel Jones |  GRN | 10.68s | 6 | | 7. Antonio Serpas |  ESA | 10.77s | 7 | | 8. De-Von Bean |  BER | 10.78s | 4 |
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| Heat 4 10.48h | time | L | | 1. Angelos Pavlakakis | GRE | 10.11s | 8 | | 2. Donovan Bailey | CAN | 10.17s | 5 | | 3. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 10.25s | 7 | | 4. Marlon Devonish | GBR | 10.26s | 6 | | 5. Renward Wells | BAH | 10.34s | 2 | | 6. Martin Lachkovics | AUT | 10.34s | 1 | | 7. Ruslan Rusidze |  GEO | 10.67s | 4 | | 8. Albert Shaw Elston |  BIZ | 11.13s | 3 |
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| Heat 5 10.54h | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 10.16s | 2 | | 2. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 10.30s | 5 | | 3. Anninos Markoullides | CYP | 10.35s | 1 | | 4. Koji Ito | JPN | 10.46s | 3 | | 5. Joseph Styles | BAH | 10.52s | 6 | | 6. Alexandros Genovelis | GRE | 10.58s | 4 | | 7. Wai Lok To |  HKG | 10.67s | 8 | | 8. Kim Collins |  STK | 21.73s | 7 |
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| Heat 6 11.00h | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.11s | 3 | | 2. Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | CUB | 10.33s | 2 | | 3. Ian Mackie | GBR | 10.42s | 6 | | 4. Carlos Gats |  ARG | 10.43s | 4 | | 5. Miguel Janssen |  ARU | 10.47s | 7 | | 6. Ibrahim Meite | CIV | 10.50s | 5 | | 7. Carlos Moreno |  CHI | 10.53s | 1 |
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| Heat 7 11.06h | time | L | | 1. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.12s | 1 | | 2. Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 10.22s | 5 | | 3. Abdul Aziz Zakari | GHA | 10.26s | 3 | | 4. Sayon Cooper | LBR | 10.35s | 2 | | 5. Ousmane Diarra |  MLI | 10.42s | 8 | | 6. Frutos Feo |  ESP | 10.54s | 7 | | 7. Heyeong-Gum Lee |  KOR | 10.73s | 6 | | 8. Mohammad M. Alam |  BAN | 10.83s | 4 |
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| Heat 8 11.12h | time | L | | 1. Seun Ogunkoya | NGR | 10.24s | 8 | | 2. Charalambos Papadias | GRE | 10.32s | 2 | | 3. Ryszard Pilarczyk | POL | 10.38s | 1 | | 4. Issa-Aime Nthepe |  CMR | 10.50s | 3 | | 5. Tomaz Bozic |  SLO | 10.64s | 4 | | 6. Horace Dove-Edwin |  SLE | 10.65s | 7 | | 7. Mario Bonello |  MLT | 10.92s | 5 | | 8. Mohamed Amir |  MLD | 11.18s | 6 |
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| Heat 9 11.18h | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.21s | 6 | | 2. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.25s | 1 | | 3. Carlos Calado | POR | 10.26s | 4 | | 4. Sergejs Insakovs | LAT | 10.28s | 7 | | 5. Carlos Villasenor |  MEX | 10.50s | 3 | | 6. Gabriel Simon | ARG | 10.79s | 5 | | 7. Maocha Mpho |  BOT | 10.86s | 8 | | -. Venancio Jose | ESP | DQ | 2 |
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| Heat 10 11.24h | time | L | | 1. Eric Nkansah | GHA | 10.16s | 8 | | 2. Percival Spencer | JAM | 10.18s | 1 | | 3. Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.21s | 2 | | 4. Yiannis Zisimides | CYP | 10.30s | 7 | | 5. Hiroyasu Tsuchie | JPN | 10.40s | 5 | | 6. Laurence Jack |  VAN | 10.97s | 3 | | 7. Detrickson Anson |  FSM | 11.47s | 4 | | -. Igor Strakh |  UKR | DNF | 6 |
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| Heat 11 11.30h | time | L | | 1. Nobuharu Asahara | JPN | 10.22s | 3 | | 2. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.26s | 5 | | 3. Jone Delai | FIJ | 10.32s | 4 | | 4. Donovan Powell | JAM | 10.34s | 7 | | 5. Chintake De Zoysa |  SRI | 10.43s | 2 | | 6. Anvar Kuchmuradov |  UZB | 10.49s | 6 | | 7. Norberto Nsue Ondo |  GEQ | 11.65s | 8 | | 8. Daniel Adachi |  PLW | 11.90s | 1 |
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| Heat 12 11.36h | time | L | | 1. Robert Esmie | CAN | 10.22s | 3 | | 2. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10.23s | 7 | | 3. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 10.24s | 1 | | 4. Prodromos Katsantonis | CYP | 10.36s | 5 | | 5. Augustine Nketia | NZL | 10.41s | 4 | | 6. Ivan Slehobr |  CZE | 10.55s | 8 | | 7. Peter Pulu |  PNG | 10.77s | 2 | | 8. Trevor Davis |  ANG | 11.07s | 6 |
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| Heat 13 11.42h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.32s | 6 | | 2. Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 10.43s | 7 | | 3. Saad Al-Kuwari | QAT | 10.48s | 4 | | 4. Juan Pedro Toledo | MEX | 10.56s | 2 | | 5. Jose Illan | ESP | 10.60s | 1 | | 6. Amarildo Almeida |  GBS | 10.92s | 5 | | 7. Hsin-Ping Huang |  TPE | 11.09s | 3 |
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