| 2Final 21:15 | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene |  USA | 9.80s | 5 | | 2. Bruny Surin |  CAN | 9.84s | 6 | | 3. Dwain Chambers |  GBR | 9.97s | 4 | | 4. Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 10.00s | 1 | | 5. Tim Harden | USA | 10.02s | 3 | | 6. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.04s | 8 | | 7. Jason Gardener | GBR | 10.07s | 7 | | 8. Kareem Streete-Thompson |  CAY | 10.24s | 2 |
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With the wind gauge barely registering at 0.2 (it was 0.1 for his world record 9.79) Greene was timed at history’s second fastest time of 9.80 despite a flawed start. “The beginning of it was very shaky, but I didn’t panic,” he said. “The first two or three steps I was stumbling, but I was able to gather myself.” He thus became only the second man (after Carl Lewis) to successfully defend a global 100 title. Surprisingly, in view of the winning time, he was pushed hard by Surin, at 32 in the form of his life and contesting his fifth World Championships 100m final. No man before has run 9.84 and lost, Surin matching fellow Canadian Donovan Bailey’s Commonwealth record.
With Ato Boldon a non-starter and Fredericks scratching from his semi, the bronze was seized by Chambers who, at 21, became the youngest World Championships medallist in this event at that time. His 9.97 ranked him behind only Linford Christie on the European & UK all-time list. Greene, who covered the first half of the race in 5.55 and the second in 4.25, reached the 60m point in 6.39 just behind Surin (6.38) with Chambers third in 6.41.
| Heat 1 19.30h | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene | USA | 9.96s | 4 | | 2. Dwain Chambers | GBR | 10.09s | 3 | | 3. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.14s | 6 | | 4. Kareem Streete-Thompson | CAY | 10.14s | 1 | | 5. Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.15s | 8 | | -. Matt Shirvington |  AUS | DQ | 2 | | -. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | DNS | 5 | | -. Freddy Mayola |  CUB | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 2 19.37h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 9.96s | 3 | | 2. Tim Harden | USA | 10.05s | 2 | | 3. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.07s | 4 | | 4. Jason Gardener | GBR | 10.10s | 5 | | 5. Brian Lewis | USA | 10.13s | 8 | | 6. Leonard Myles-Mills |  GHA | 10.16s | 6 | | 7. Davidson Ezinwa |  NGR | 10.40s | 7 | | 8. Gabor Dobos |  HUN | 10.47s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 19.30h | time | L | | 1. Jason Gardener | GBR | 10.04s | 5 | | 2. Brian Lewis | USA | 10.18s | 4 | | 3. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10.23s | 3 | | 4. Matthew Quinn |  RSA | 10.24s | 2 | | 5. Stefano Tilli |  ITA | 10.26s | 7 | | 6. Vitaliy Medvedev |  KZK | 10.26s | 8 | | 7. Georgios Theodoridis |  GRE | 10.30s | 6 | | 8. Bradley McCuaig | CAN | 10.61s | 1 |
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| Heat 2 19.36h | time | L | | 1. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.04s | 6 | | 2. Leonard Myles-Mills | GHA | 10.10s | 8 | | 3. Matt Shirvington | AUS | 10.16s | 4 | | 4. Roland Nemeth | HUN | 10.16s | 3 | | 5. Christoforos Choidis | GRE | 10.21s | 1 | | 6. Nathanael Esprit |  AHO | 10.29s | 5 | | 7. Vicente Lenilson De Lima |  BRA | 10.36s | 7 | | 8. Tommy Kafri |  ISR | 10.36s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 19.42h | time | L | | 1. Dwain Chambers | GBR | 10.08s | 3 | | 2. Tim Harden | USA | 10.12s | 6 | | 3. Kareem Streete-Thompson | CAY | 10.14s | 2 | | 4. Innocent Asonze | NGR | 10.18s | 7 | | 5. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | ISR | 10.20s | 1 | | 6. Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 10.23s | 4 | | 7. Piotr Balcerzak |  POL | 10.29s | 5 | | 8. Stephane Buckland |  MRI | 10.39s | 8 |
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| Heat 4 19.48h | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.09s | 5 | | 2. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.12s | 3 | | 3. Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.12s | 6 | | 4. Freddy Mayola | CUB | 10.15s | 2 | | 5. Patrick Jarrett |  JAM | 10.22s | 1 | | 6. Eric Nkansah | GHA | 10.25s | 7 | | 7. Ibrahim Meite |  CIV | 10.34s | 4 | | 8. Andre Domingos Da Silva | BRA | 10.37s | 8 |
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| Heat 5 19.54h | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene | USA | 9.91s | 6 | | 2. Bruny Surin | CAN | 9.95s | 5 | | 3. Gabor Dobos | HUN | 10.22s | 1 | | 4. Deji Aliu | NGR | 10.22s | 7 | | 5. Carlos Calado |  POR | 10.24s | 3 | | 6. Marcin Nowak | POL | 10.29s | 8 | | 7. Koji Ito |  JPN | 10.40s | 4 | | 8. Claude Toukene |  CMR | 10.48s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 11.30h | time | L | | 1. Maurice Greene | USA | 10.30s | 3 | | 2. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 10.38s | 5 | | 3. Vitaliy Medvedev | KZK | 10.39s | 8 | | 4. Bradley McCuaig | CAN | 10.42s | 6 | | 5. Bradley Agnew | RSA | 10.51s | 2 | | 6. Pascual Charo Esono |  GEQ | 11.32s | 7 | | 7. Philam Garcia |  GUM | 12.82s | 4 |
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| Heat 2 11.36h | time | L | | 1. Jason Gardener | GBR | 10.27s | 5 | | 2. Roland Nemeth | HUN | 10.28s | 6 | | 3. Christoforos Choidis | GRE | 10.30s | 8 | | 4. Martin Lachkovics |  AUT | 10.47s | 7 | | 5. Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 10.56s | 1 | | 6. Joel Mascoll |  STV | 10.63s | 2 | | 7. Alpha Kamara |  SLE | 10.80s | 4 | | 8. Matarr Njie |  GAM | 11.09s | 3 |
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| Heat 3 11.42h | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.22s | 2 | | 2. Piotr Balcerzak | POL | 10.23s | 7 | | 3. Freddy Mayola | CUB | 10.25s | 6 | | 4. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 10.35s | 5 | | 5. Edson Luciano Ribeiro | BRA | 10.47s | 3 | | 6. Toluta'u Koula |  TON | 11.11s | 8 | | 7. Dinh Nguyen Min |  VIE | | 1 | | -. Sebergue Moumi |  CHA | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 4 11.48h | time | L | | 1. Tim Montgomery | USA | 10.27s | 4 | | 2. Georgios Theodoridis | GRE | 10.32s | 8 | | 3. Andre Domingos Da Silva | BRA | 10.41s | 6 | | 4. Claude Toukene | CMR | 10.44s | 1 | | 5. Gabriel Simon |  ARG | 10.49s | 2 | | 6. Watson Nyambek |  MAS | 10.54s | 3 | | 7. Roman Cress |  MSH | 10.70s | 5 | | -. Ousmane Diarra |  MLI | DQ | 7 |
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| Heat 5 11.54h | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.18s | 7 | | 2. Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.37s | 2 | | 3. Innocent Asonze | NGR | 10.47s | 8 | | 4. Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 10.47s | 6 | | 5. Tetsuya Nakamura | JPN | 10.57s | 4 | | 6. Timothy Brooks |  ANG | 11.08s | 5 | | 7. Patrickson Anson |  FSM | 11.68s | 3 |
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| Heat 6 12.00h | time | L | | 1. Dwain Chambers | GBR | 10.34s | 4 | | 2. Koji Ito | JPN | 10.38s | 6 | | 3. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | ISR | 10.42s | 7 | | 4. Kim Collins |  STK | 10.50s | 1 | | 5. Urban Acman |  SLO | 10.56s | 3 | | 6. Pedro Pablo Nolet |  ESP | 10.70s | 8 | | 7. Muhammad Abdel Baqi |  JOR | 11.42s | 2 | | -. Joebert Delicano |  PHI | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 7 12.06h | time | L | | 1. Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10.22s | 1 | | 2. Brian Lewis | USA | 10.23s | 8 | | 3. Kareem Streete-Thompson | CAY | 10.24s | 4 | | 4. Tommy Kafri | ISR | 10.38s | 3 | | 5. Eric Nkansah | GHA | 10.42s | 2 | | 6. Sayon Cooper |  LBR | 10.56s | 6 | | 7. Brahim Mohamed Ould |  MTN | 11.17s | 7 | | 8. Imad Ahmed |  IRQ | 11.26s | 5 |
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| Heat 8 12.12h | time | L | | 1. Tim Harden | USA | 10.18s | 3 | | 2. Carlos Calado | POR | 10.20s | 2 | | 3. Deji Aliu | NGR | 10.22s | 6 | | 4. Marcin Nowak | POL | 10.23s | 5 | | 5. Carlos Gats | ARG | 10.55s | 8 | | 6. Chintake De Soysa |  SRI | 10.70s | 4 | | 7. Robertson Temaki |  NAU | 12.14s | 7 |
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| Heat 9 12.18h | time | L | | 1. Matt Shirvington | AUS | 10.24s | 7 | | 2. Nathanael Esprit | AHO | 10.28s | 5 | | 3. Leonard Myles-Mills | GHA | 10.29s | 1 | | 4. Patrick Jarrett | JAM | 10.34s | 3 | | 5. Pascal Dangbo |  BEN | 10.64s | 8 | | 6. Amarildo Almeida |  GBS | 10.80s | 6 | | 7. Misili Manu |  SAM | 10.91s | 4 | | -. Abjulla Kafi |  BAN | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 10 12.24h | time | L | | 1. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.26s | 2 | | 2. Ibrahim Meite | CIV | 10.28s | 7 | | 3. Matthew Quinn | RSA | 10.28s | 4 | | 4. Gabor Dobos | HUN | 10.30s | 5 | | 5. Vicente Lenilson De Lima | BRA | 10.38s | 1 | | 6. Stephane Buckland | MRI | 10.43s | 6 | | 7. Reanchai Seeharwong |  THA | 10.45s | 8 | | -. Levard Missick |  TKS | DNS | 3 |
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