# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28–29 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vincent Henderson United States | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Russia | Jonathan Carter United States |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 9: -1.3 m/s, Heat 10: -2.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Vincent Henderson | United States | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Money | Great Britain | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Jonathan Carter | United States | 10.53 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.56 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Andrea Amici | Italy | 10.62 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Paulo Neves | Portugal | 10.63 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.63 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 10.65 | Q |
| 11 | 10 | Frutos Feo | Spain | 10.66 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Mário Barbosa | Portugal | 10.67 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Vitaly Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 10.68 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Akin Akinremi | Nigeria | 10.69 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | Robert Esmie | Canada | 10.70 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | Jassem Abbas | Qatar | 10.70 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 10.71 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Roger Gräber | Germany | 10.71 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.72 | Q |
| 19 | 9 | Cláudio Roberto Souza | Brazil | 10.72 | Q |
| 21 | 7 | Carlos Villaseñor | Mexico | 10.73 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 10.74 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Yasukatsu Otsuki | Japan | 10.75 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Dejan Vojnović | Croatia | 10.75 | q |
| 23 | 9 | Alfredo García | Cuba | 10.75 | Q |
| 26 | 9 | Koji Ono | Japan | 10.78 | Q |
| 27 | 4 | Franklin Nwankpa | Nigeria | 10.79 | Q |
| 27 | 7 | Urban Acman | Slovenia | 10.79 | Q |
| 29 | 4 | Tom Comyns | Ireland | 10.81 | q |
| 30 | 9 | Gary Ryan | Ireland | 10.82 | |
| 31 | 5 | Donald MacDonald | New Zealand | 10.84 | |
| 32 | 5 | Stéphane Diriwächter | Switzerland | 10.85 | |
| 32 | 10 | Niklas Sjöstrand | Sweden | 10.85 | |
| 34 | 7 | Carlos Berlanga | Spain | 10.88 | Q |
| 34 | 10 | Serhiy Polenkov | Ukraine | 10.88 | |
| 36 | 9 | Rod Mapstone | Australia | 10.90 | |
| 37 | 4 | Jimmy Pino | Colombia | 10.91 | |
| 38 | 10 | Tomaž Božič | Slovenia | 10.92 | |
| 39 | 8 | Daniel Dubois | Switzerland | 10.93 | Q |
| 40 | 9 | Serge Angrand | Senegal | 10.94 | |
| 41 | 7 | Ruslan Rusidze | Georgia | 10.96 | |
| 42 | 1 | Andrey Grigoryev | Russia | 10.97 | Q |
| 43 | 10 | Milen Nikolov | Bulgaria | 11.02 | |
| 44 | 2 | John Mugabi | Uganda | 11.07 | |
| 45 | 6 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 11.07 | |
| 46 | 4 | Sokol Shepeteja | Algeria | 11.08 | |
| 47 | 6 | Mario Bonello | Malta | 11.11 | |
| 47 | 6 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 11.11 | |
| 49 | 9 | Manuel Oliveira | Peru | 11.13 | |
| 50 | 1 | Ophir Shmueli | Israel | 11.15 | |
| 51 | 1 | Chau Wai Choi | Macau | 11.17 | |
| 52 | 10 | Sylvester Owino | Kenya | 11.27 | |
| 53 | 5 | Fathi Youssif | Sudan | 11.28 | |
| 54 | 2 | Zepee Mberivana | Namibia | 11.29 | |
| 55 | 8 | Samuel Dawa | Uganda | 11.29 | |
| 56 | 7 | Shadi Qaaqour | Jordan | 11.33 | |
| 57 | 3 | Ricardo Roach | Chile | 11.36 | |
| 58 | 3 | Javier Chirinos | Peru | 11.42 | |
| 59 | 8 | Mohsen Sattari | Iran | 11.43 | |
| 60 | 6 | Kabba-Sei Coomber | Sierra Leone | 11.45 | |
| 61 | 7 | Lee To | Hong Kong | 11.53 | |
| 62 | 3 | Raiea Khrasat | Jordan | 11.65 | |
| 63 | 4 | Chong Ka Man | Macau | 11.79 | |
| 64 | 8 | An Dang Hoai | Vietnam | 11.82 | |
| 65 | 2 | Pietro Faetanini | San Marino | 11.83 | |
| | 1 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | DQ | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Vincent Henderson | United States | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Money | Great Britain | 10.32 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Jonathan Carter | United States | 10.33 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.34 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Cláudio Roberto Souza | Brazil | 10.42 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Amici | Italy | 10.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.44 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.45 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.46 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Vitaly Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 10.47 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 10.48 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Carlos Villaseñor | Mexico | 10.48 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Paulo Neves | Portugal | 10.52 | |
| 14 | 3 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 10.52 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Frutos Feo | Spain | 10.54 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 10.55 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Yasukatsu Otsuki | Japan | 10.57 | |
| 18 | 4 | Urban Acman | Slovenia | 10.57 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jassem Abbas | Qatar | 10.59 | |
| 21 | 2 | Alfredo García | Cuba | 10.60 | |
| 21 | 2 | Mário Barbosa | Portugal | 10.60 | |
| 23 | 3 | Carlos Berlanga | Spain | 10.61 | |
| 24 | 4 | Daniel Dubois | Switzerland | 10.63 | |
| 25 | 3 | Akin Akinremi | Nigeria | 10.65 | |
| 26 | 2 | Koji Ono | Japan | 10.68 | |
| 27 | 1 | Roger Gräber | Germany | 10.73 | |
| 28 | 1 | Tom Comyns | Ireland | 10.75 | |
| 29 | 4 | Franklin Nwankpa | Nigeria | 10.80 | |
| 30 | 2 | Andrey Grigoryev | Russia | 10.99 | |
| | ? | Dejan Vojnović | Croatia | ? | |
| | ? | Robert Esmie | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +3.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Vincent Henderson | United States | 9.94 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.21 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie Henthorn | United Kingdom | 10.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 10.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Andrea Amici | Italy | 10.32 | |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Money | Great Britain | 10.32 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Jonathan Carter | United States | 10.36 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Cláudio Roberto Souza | Brazil | 10.37 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.44 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Frutos Feo | Spain | 10.45 | |
| 12 | 1 | Carlos Villaseñor | Mexico | 10.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 10.50 | |
| 14 | 2 | Vitaly Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 10.57 | |
| 15 | 2 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.58 | |
| | 1 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | DNF | |

### Final

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Vincent Henderson | United States | 10.22 |
| | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.39 |
| | Jonathan Carter | United States | 10.42 |
| 4 | Daniel Money | Great Britain | 10.42 |
| 5 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.45 |
| 6 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 10.54 |
| 7 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.58 |
| 8 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 10.59 |