# Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20 and 21 July 1991.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Michael Bates United States | Boris Goins United States | Steve Gookey Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.8 m/s, Heat 4: +2.0 m/s, Heat 5: +2.3 m/s, Heat 6: +2.9 m/s, Heat 7: +2.4 m/s, Heat 8: +2.6 m/s, Heat 9: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Giorgio Marras | Italy | 10.47 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Daniel Philip | Nigeria | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 10.71 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Afdiharto Mardi Lestari | Indonesia | 10.84 | |
| 6 | 1 | Masoud Mahroubi | Iran | 11.33 | |
| 1 | 2 | Sanusi Turay | Sierra Leone | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Steve Gookey | Great Britain | 10.37 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.56 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Massimiliano Catalano | Italy | 10.64 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Hyacinthe Kamelan | Ivory Coast | 10.72 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lam Wai Keung | Hong Kong | 10.89 | |
| 7 | 2 | Haidar Nur | Sudan | 10.99 | |
| 1 | 3 | Boris Goins | United States | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.37 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Franck Zio | Burkina Faso | 10.80 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 10.80 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Jean-Michel Nitharum | France | 10.90 | |
| 6 | 3 | Mario Sciberras | Malta | 11.72 | |
| 1 | 4 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Sergio López | Spain | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu | Turkey | 10.66 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Germain Ndzana | Cameroon | 10.67 | q |
| 5 | 4 | David Branle | Belgium | 10.74 | |
| 6 | 4 | Tobie Sepe | Central African Republic | 11.05 | |
| 7 | 4 | Nick Kasaine | Kenya | 11.08 | |
| 1 | 5 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | Ivory Coast | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Courtney Rumbolt | Great Britain | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mamadou Dione | Senegal | 10.75 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Michael Ojok | Uganda | 11.01 | |
| 5 | 5 | Phillip Khaiseb | Namibia | 11.03 | |
| 6 | 5 | Dale Phillips | Guyana | 11.10 | |
| 7 | 5 | Bringle Kgabanyane | Botswana | 11.37 | |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Bates | United States | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Jin Sun-kuk | South Korea | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Cameron Taylor | New Zealand | 10.58 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Luís Barroso | Portugal | 10.61 | q |
| 1 | 7 | Tatsuo Sugimoto | Japan | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Charles-Louis Seck | Senegal | 10.65 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Ralph Blaauw | Namibia | 10.98 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Robinson Stewart | Swaziland | 11.05 | |
| 5 | 7 | Nkello Ilokuli | Zaire | 11.19 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mohammad Abedi | Iran | 11.22 | |
| 7 | 7 | Yousuf Azeem | Maldives | 11.38 | |
| 1 | 8 | Wayne Watson | Jamaica | 10.54 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Hsieh Tzong-tze | Chinese Taipei | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Pat Kwok Wai | Hong Kong | 10.73 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Patrice Traoré Zeba | Burkina Faso | 10.94 | |
| 5 | 8 | Dalos Umul | Papua New Guinea | 11.09 | |
| 6 | 8 | Manuel Youness | Lebanon | 11.36 | |
| 1 | 9 | Jacek Marlicki | Poland | 10.59 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Cornel Benz | Switzerland | 10.73 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Tomohiro Osawa | Japan | 10.76 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Tsen Hsiao-sheng | Chinese Taipei | 10.79 | |
| 5 | 9 | Moses Moruisi | Botswana | 11.64 | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 1: +2.6 m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s, Heat 3: +3.9 m/s, Heat 4: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Michael Bates | United States | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Boris Goins | United States | 10.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Steve Gookey | Great Britain | 10.33 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tatsuo Sugimoto | Japan | 10.34 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.38 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.39 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Daniel Philip | Nigeria | 10.41 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | Ivory Coast | 10.42 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Jacek Marlicki | Poland | 10.42 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Jin Sun-kuk | South Korea | 10.44 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 10.47 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.47 | |
| 14 | 4 | Charles-Louis Seck | Senegal | 10.51 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Giorgio Marras | Italy | 10.52 | |
| 15 | 2 | Courtney Rumbolt | Great Britain | 10.52 | |
| 17 | 3 | Sergio López | Spain | 10.54 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Massimiliano Catalano | Italy | 10.56 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 10.63 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Germain Ndzana | Cameroon | 10.63 | |
| 21 | 4 | Wayne Watson | Jamaica | 10.65 | |
| 22 | 2 | Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu | Turkey | 10.68 | |
| 22 | 4 | Tomohiro Osawa | Japan | 10.68 | |
| 22 | 4 | Hsieh Tzong-tze | Chinese Taipei | 10.68 | |
| 25 | 4 | Cornel Benz | Switzerland | 10.69 | |
| 26 | 2 | Luís Barroso | Portugal | 10.70 | |
| 27 | 3 | Mamadou Dione | Senegal | 10.71 | |
| 28 | 3 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 10.75 | |
| 29 | 2 | Franck Zio | Burkina Faso | 10.80 | |
| 30 | 3 | Pat Kwok Wai | Hong Kong | 10.84 | |
| 31 | 1 | Cameron Taylor | New Zealand | 14.04 | |
| | 1 | Ralph Blaauw | Namibia | ? | |
| | 3 | Sanusi Turay | Sierra Leone | DQ | FS |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Michael Bates | United States | 10.22 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Boris Goins | United States | 10.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.37 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jacek Marlicki | Poland | 10.39 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Steve Gookey | Great Britain | 10.41 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.44 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Daniel Philip | Nigeria | 10.44 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.46 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jean-Olivier Zirignon | Ivory Coast | 10.52 | |
| 10 | 2 | Tatsuo Sugimoto | Japan | 10.56 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 10.58 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jin Sun-kuk | South Korea | 10.58 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sergio López | Spain | 10.58 | |
| 14 | 1 | Charles-Louis Seck | Senegal | 10.61 | |
| 15 | 2 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 10.75 | |
| 16 | 1 | Massimiliano Catalano | Italy | 10.84 | |

### Final

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Michael Bates | United States | 10.17 |
| | Boris Goins | United States | 10.34 |
| | Steve Gookey | Great Britain | 10.39 |
| 4 | Jacek Marlicki | Poland | 10.39 |
| 5 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.40 |
| 6 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.44 |
| 7 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.44 |
| 8 | Daniel Philips | Nigeria | 10.46 |