# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 21–22 November.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sunday, 21 November 2010 | 17:25 | Round 1 |
| Monday, 22 November 2010 | 17:25 | Semifinals |
| Monday, 22 November 2010 | 19:30 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Asian Record | Samuel Francis (QAT) | 9.99 | Amman, Jordan | 26 July 2007 |
| Games Record | Koji Ito (JPN) | 10.00 | Bangkok, Thailand | 13 December 1998 |

## Results
### Legend

* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Round 1

* Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

* Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lim Hee-nam (KOR) | 10.64 | Q |
| 2 | Elfi Mustapa (SIN) | 10.69 | Q |
| 3 | Fahad Al-Jabri (OMA) | 10.79 | Q |
| 4 | Azharul Islam (BAN) | 11.19 | Q |
| 5 | Sar Churpveasna (CAM) | 11.19 | |
| 6 | Pao Hin Fong (MAC) | 11.20 | |
| — | Naoki Tsukahara (JPN) | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

* Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Suryo Agung Wibowo (INA) | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Masashi Eriguchi (JPN) | 10.57 | Q |
| 3 | Wachara Sondee (THA) | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Wang Wen-tang (TPE) | 10.58 | Q |
| 5 | Azneem Ahmed (MDV) | 10.99 | |
| 6 | Waleed Anwari (AFG) | 11.32 | |
| — | Eisa Al-Youhah (IOC) | DSQ | |

#### Heat 3

* Wind: −0.1 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zheng Dongsheng (CHN) | 10.41 | Q |
| 2 | Samuel Francis (QAT) | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Yasser Al-Nasheri (KSA) | 10.46 | Q |
| 4 | Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (IND) | 10.50 | Q |
| 5 | Amirudin Jamal (SIN) | 10.67 | q |
| 6 | Mohamed Al-Rashedi (BRN) | 10.79 | |
| 7 | Tilak Ram Tharu (NEP) | 11.14 | |

#### Heat 4

* Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lao Yi (CHN) | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | Yahya Habeeb (KSA) | 10.43 | Q |
| 3 | Tsui Chi Ho (HKG) | 10.43 | Q |
| 4 | Jirapong Meenapra (THA) | 10.51 | Q |
| 5 | Franklin Ramses Burumi (INA) | 10.63 | q |
| 6 | Krishna Kumar Rane (IND) | 10.64 | q |
| — | Mohamed Farhan (BRN) | DSQ | |

#### Heat 5

* Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | Lai Chun Ho (HKG) | 10.43 | Q |
| 3 | Yi Wei-chen (TPE) | 10.52 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Kuk-young (KOR) | 10.58 | Q |
| 5 | Ahmed Juma Al-Zaabi (UAE) | 10.75 | q |
| 6 | Aymen Jassim (IRQ) | 10.83 | |

### Semifinals

* Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

#### Heat 1

* Wind: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lao Yi (CHN) | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Tsui Chi Ho (HKG) | 10.32 | Q |
| 3 | Yahya Habeeb (KSA) | 10.40 | q |
| 4 | Wachara Sondee (THA) | 10.46 | |
| 5 | Lim Hee-nam (KOR) | 10.46 | |
| 6 | Franklin Ramses Burumi (INA) | 10.55 | |
| 7 | Azharul Islam (BAN) | 11.14 | |
| — | Wang Wen-tang (TPE) | DSQ | |

#### Heat 2

* Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Suryo Agung Wibowo (INA) | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | Zheng Dongsheng (CHN) | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | Masashi Eriguchi (JPN) | 10.56 | |
| 4 | Krishna Kumar Rane (IND) | 10.62 | |
| 5 | Yi Wei-chen (TPE) | 10.63 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Juma Al-Zaabi (UAE) | 10.73 | |
| 7 | Fahad Al-Jabri (OMA) | 10.88 | |
| 8 | Elfi Mustapa (SIN) | 10.95 | |

#### Heat 3

* Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | Yasser Al-Nasheri (KSA) | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Lai Chun Ho (HKG) | 10.42 | q |
| 4 | Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (IND) | 10.46 | |
| 5 | Kim Kuk-young (KOR) | 10.51 | |
| 6 | Jirapong Meenapra (THA) | 10.52 | |
| 7 | Amirudin Jamal (SIN) | 10.73 | |
| — | Samuel Francis (QAT) | DSQ | |

### Final

* Wind: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Lao Yi (CHN) | 10.24 |
| | Yasser Al-Nasheri (KSA) | 10.26 |
| | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) | 10.28 |
| 4 | Lai Chun Ho (HKG) | 10.32 |
| 5 | Yahya Habeeb (KSA) | 10.35 |
| 6 | Suryo Agung Wibowo (INA) | 10.37 |
| 7 | Zheng Dongsheng (CHN) | 10.38 |
| 8 | Tsui Chi Ho (HKG) | 12.26 |