Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Men's 100 metres ; at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Dates	16-17 September
Competitors	60 from 34 nations
Winning time	9.88
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.^[1]^[2]

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.1 m/s
Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
Heat 5: -0.4 m/s
Heat 6: -0.3 m/s
Heat 7: -0.3 m/s
Heat 8: -0.3 m/s^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.17	Q
2	5	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	10.19	Q
3	6	Darren Campbell	England	10.23	Q
4	5	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.24	Q
5	3	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.25	Q
6	2	Marlon Devonish	England	10.29	Q
6	3	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.29	Q
6	4	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.29	Q
9	7	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.30	Q
10	6	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.34	Q
11	2	O'Brian Gibbons	Canada	10.35	Q
11	7	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.35	Q
13	5	Watson Nyambek	Malaysia	10.36	Q
14	2	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.40	Q
15	4	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.42	Q
16	4	Dwain Chambers	England	10.44	Q
17	5	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.45	q
18	2	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.46	q
18	3	James Henthorn	Wales	10.46	Q
20	6	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.47	Q
21	8	Garth Robinson	Jamaica	10.50	Q
22	2	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.51	q
22	5	Jone Delai	Fiji	10.51	q
24	4	Hamberi Mahat	Malaysia	10.58	q
25	8	Moses Mila Mayat	Uganda	10.59	Q
26	5	Clarkson Reid	Jamaica	10.60	q
26	6	Damien Marsh	Australia	10.60	q
28	8	Sanusi Turay	Sierra Leone	10.62	Q
28	8	Benjamin Sirimou	Cameroon	10.62	Q
30	3	Joseph Styles	Bahamas	10.63
31	5	Nigel Jones	Grenada	10.68
32	1	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.70	Q
32	1	Barnabé Jolicoeur	Mauritius	10.70	Q
32	8	Hamkah Afik	Singapore	10.70
35	8	Peter Pulu	Papua New Guinea	10.75
36	7	Ian Craig	Northern Ireland	10.78	Q
37	8	Raman Ganeshwaran	Malaysia	10.82
38	6	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	10.84
39	6	Mohamed Yusuf Alias	Singapore	10.88
40	7	Alpha B. Kamara	Sierra Leone	10.89
41	6	Rohan Samuels	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.91
42	6	Toluta'u Koula	Tonga	10.93
43	3	Timothy Brooks	Anguilla	11.00
44	7	Christoffel van Wyk	Namibia	11.03
45	2	Jackson Ngumbi	Zambia	11.05
46	4	Benedictus Botha	Namibia	11.07
47	1	Matarr Njie	Gambia	11.14
48	8	Adama Faye	Gambia	11.19
49	2	Leron Francis	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.21
50	2	Laurence Jack	Vanuatu	11.25
50	7	Silas Helo	Solomon Islands	11.25
52	1	Aneri Canon	Nauru	11.27
53	1	Mohamed Amir	Maldives	11.28
54	7	Solomone Bole	Fiji	11.33
55	3	Kevin Furlong	Isle of Man	11.41
56	4	Cardelle Fenton	Montserrat	11.42
57	4	Ibrahim Manik	Maldives	11.52
58	1	David Lightbourne	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.56
59	5	Julius Bradshaw	Montserrat	11.73
	3	Allan Akia	Papua New Guinea	DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.^[4]

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.4 m/s
Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
Heat 3: +0.2 m/s
Heat 4: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.05	Q, SB
2	3	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.09	Q, SB
3	3	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.11	Q
3	2	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.13	Q
3	4	Darren Campbell	England	10.13	Q
6	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	10.15	Q
7	1	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.21	Q
8	2	Marlon Devonish	England	10.22	Q
9	1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.24	Q
10	2	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.27	Q
10	4	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.27	Q
12	1	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.29	Q
12	3	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.29	Q
12	4	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.29	Q
15	1	O'Brian Gibbons	Canada	10.32
16	1	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.38
16	3	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.38	Q
18	2	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.42	Q
19	4	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.43
20	4	Watson Nyambek	Malaysia	10.43
21	4	Garth Robinson	Jamaica	10.47
22	2	Clarkson Reid	Jamaica	10.49
22	3	Hamberi Mahat	Malaysia	10.49
24	3	Jone Delai	Fiji	10.51
25	3	James Henthorn	Wales	10.52
26	3	Moses Mila Mayat	Uganda	10.61
27	2	Benjamin Sirimou	Cameroon	10.65
28	2	Ian Craig	Northern Ireland	10.71
29	2	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.72
30	1	Barnabé Jolicoeur	Mauritius	10.74
31	1	Sanusi Turay	Sierra Leone	10.75
	4	Damien Marsh	Australia	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[5]

Wind:

Heat 1: 0.0 m/s
Heat 2: -0.5 m/s^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	9.96	Q, SB
2	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	9.98	Q, SB
3	2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.08	Q, SB
4	1	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.11	Q
5	2	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.12	Q, PB
6	1	Marlon Devonish	England	10.13	Q, PB
7	2	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.17	Q, PB
8	1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.18	SB
8	2	Darren Campbell	England	10.18	Q
10	1	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.31
11	2	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.33
12	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.34
13	1	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.37
14	2	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.42
15	1	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.49
16	2	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.51

Final

Wind: -0.1 m/s^[3]^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	9.88	GR
	5	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	9.96
	4	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.00
4	6	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.03	AR
5	1	Darren Campbell	England	10.08
6	2	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.18
7	7	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.19
8	8	Marlon Devonish	England	10.22

References

^ Heats 1-3 results, Heat 4-5 results, Non-qualifiers' results Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
^ Heats results
^ ^a ^b ^c "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
^ Quarterfinals results
^ Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
^ Final results

[1] Heats 1-3 results, Heat 4-5 results, Non-qualifiers' results Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today

[2] Heats results

[Almanac-3] "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.

[4] Quarterfinals results

[5] Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results

[6] Final results

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