# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Francis Obikwelu Nigeria |
| Silver | Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria |
| Bronze | Francesco Scuderi Italy |

## Results
### Final

22 August Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.21 |
| | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.25 |
| | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.43 |
| 4 | Jamie Henthorn | United Kingdom | 10.45 |
| 5 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 10.47 |
| 6 | Lawrence Armstrong | United States | 10.48 |
| 7 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 10.52 |
| 8 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 10.59 |

### Semifinals

22 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 10.48 | Q |
| 3 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 10.52 | Q |
| 4 | Lawrence Armstrong | United States | 10.57 | Q |
| 5 | José Illán | Spain | 10.61 | |
| 6 | Georgios Skender | Cyprus | 10.71 | |
| 7 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 10.75 | |
| 8 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 10.79 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Henthorn | United Kingdom | 10.48 | Q |
| 3 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 10.54 | Q |
| 5 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 10.58 | |
| 6 | Vince Williams | United States | 10.59 | |
| 7 | Christofer Ohlsson | Sweden | 10.66 | |
| 8 | Erik Kringeland | Norway | 10.99 | |

### Quarterfinals

21 August

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.54 | Q |
| 2 | Lawrence Armstrong | United States | 10.84 | Q |
| 3 | Christofer Ohlsson | Sweden | 10.86 | Q |
| 4 | Erik Kringeland | Norway | 10.90 | Q |
| 5 | Dominic Demeritte | Bahamas | 10.91 | |
| 6 | László Babály | Hungary | 11.04 | |
| 7 | Charles Allen | Canada | 11.13 | |
| | Ioánnis Paraschópoulos | Greece | DNF | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 10.80 | Q |
| 2 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 10.81 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 10.87 | Q |
| 4 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 10.92 | Q |
| 5 | Jens Weissbach | Germany | 10.98 | |
| 6 | Benedictus Botha | Namibia | 10.99 | |
| 7 | Misael Ortíz | Cuba | 11.12 | |
| 8 | Joseph Colville | Costa Rica | 11.13 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.69 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Henthorn | United Kingdom | 10.75 | Q |
| 3 | Vince Williams | United States | 10.86 | Q |
| 4 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.86 | Q |
| 5 | Shingo Kawabata | Japan | 10.88 | |
| 6 | Oscar Meneses | Guatemala | 10.94 | |
| 7 | David Patros | France | 10.97 | |
| 8 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 11.13 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 10.66 | Q |
| 2 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 10.73 | Q |
| 3 | Georgios Skender | Cyprus | 10.74 | Q |
| 4 | José Illán | Spain | 10.82 | Q |
| 5 | Vitaliy Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 10.88 | |
| 6 | David Baxter | Australia | 10.91 | |
| 7 | Henrik Grönqvist | Finland | 10.99 | |
| 8 | Omar Sacco | Italy | 11.10 | |

### Heats

21 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.53 | Q |
| 2 | David Patros | France | 10.61 | Q |
| 3 | José Illán | Spain | 10.67 | Q |
| 4 | Dominic Demeritte | Bahamas | 10.76 | Q |
| 5 | Hristóforos Hoídis | Greece | 10.76 | |
| 6 | Vegard Hollås | Norway | 10.82 | |
| 7 | Shane Brown | Jamaica | 10.84 | |
| 8 | Jeffrey Bai | Papua New Guinea | 11.33 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 10.58 | Q |
| 2 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | Jens Weissbach | Germany | 10.81 | Q |
| 4 | Vince Williams | United States | 10.82 | Q |
| 5 | Takashi Miyata | Japan | 10.83 | |
| 6 | Julio César Roque | El Salvador | 11.03 | |
| 7 | Adam Afrah | Maldives | 12.00 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 10.63 | Q |
| 2 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.72 | Q |
| 3 | Misael Ortíz | Cuba | 10.74 | Q |
| 4 | Joseph Colville | Costa Rica | 11.00 | Q |
| 5 | Frantz Valbona | Haiti | 11.16 | |
| 6 | Felimon Pasante | Philippines | 11.49 | |
| 7 | Eduard Martin | Germany | 12.47 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jamie Henthorn | United Kingdom | 10.61 | Q |
| 2 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 10.68 | Q |
| 3 | Oscar Meneses | Guatemala | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Omar Sacco | Italy | 10.79 | Q |
| 5 | William To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | 10.91 | |
| 6 | Orkatz Beitia | Spain | 10.95 | |
| 7 | Valentin Borsuk | Belarus | 11.05 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | Christofer Ohlsson | Sweden | 10.54 | Q |
| 3 | Erik Kringeland | Norway | 10.62 | Q |
| 4 | László Babály | Hungary | 10.67 | Q |
| 5 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 10.68 | q |
| 6 | Kok Lim Tan | Malaysia | 10.79 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 10.55 | Q |
| 2 | Georgios Skender | Cyprus | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | Charles Allen | Canada | 10.62 | Q |
| 4 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 10.65 | Q |
| 5 | Benedictus Botha | Namibia | 10.67 | q |
| 6 | Ioánnis Paraschópoulos | Greece | 10.74 | q |
| 7 | Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar | Malaysia | 10.87 | |
| 8 | Boonyarit Phuksachat | Thailand | 10.88 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Baxter | Australia | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | Lawrence Armstrong | United States | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | Vitaliy Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 10.60 | Q |
| 4 | Shingo Kawabata | Japan | 10.64 | Q |
| 5 | Henrik Grönqvist | Finland | 10.74 | q |
| 6 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 10.82 | |
| 7 | Vincent Caure | France | 10.85 | |
| 8 | Ekkachai Janthana | Thailand | 10.96 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Guatemala (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Malaysia (2)
* Maldives (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Norway (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Philippines (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Thailand (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)