# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia from 22 to 23 September. Ninety-seven athletes from 71 nations competed. Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by American Maurice Greene, the United States's first title in the event since 1988 and 15th overall. Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago improved on his 1996 bronze with a silver in Sydney. Obadele Thompson won the first-ever medal in the men's 100 metres for Barbados with bronze.

## Background

This was the twenty-fourth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Two finalists from 1996 returned: defending gold medalist Donovan Bailey of Canada and bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. Two-time silver medalist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia was injured and unable to compete. The United States team was led by reigning world champion (1997 and 1999) and world record holder Maurice Greene. Boldon, the 1998 Commonwealth champion, was the main challenger to Greene.
Albania, American Samoa, Brunei, Croatia, Georgia, Guam, Palau, and Saint Lucia appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its 23rd appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

## Qualification

The qualification period for athletics took place between 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000. For the men's 100 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 10.27 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 10.40 seconds or faster could be entered.

## Competition format

The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the heats and quarterfinals.
The first round consisted of 11 heats, each with 9 athletes scheduled (1 heats had 7 actually run due to withdrawals). The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next seven fastest runners overall; due to a tie for the final "fastest loser" place, both men advanced. This made 41 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners, with an extra runner in one heat due to the tie. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 9.79 s | Athens, Greece | 16 June 1999 |
| Olympic record | Donovan Bailey (CAN) | 9.84 s | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
No new records were set during the competition.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 11:35 20:45 | Round 1 Round 2 |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 18:50 20:05 | Semifinals Final |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the seven (eight, after a tie for the seventh place occurred) fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 0.317 | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Patrick Johnson | Australia | 0.152 | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Venancio José | Spain | 0.169 | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 0.150 | 10.41 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Nicolas Macrozonaris | Canada | 0.189 | 10.45 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jamal Al-Saffar | Saudi Arabia | 0.165 | 10.54 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lương Tích Thiện | Vietnam | 0.245 | 10.85 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pa Modou Gai | The Gambia | 0.173 | 11.03 | |
| 9 | 4 | Mario Bonello | Malta | 0.157 | 11.06 | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.6 m/s | Wind: −0.6 m/s | Wind: −0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Marcin Nowak | Poland | 0.164 | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 0.152 | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Freddy Mayola | Cuba | 0.155 | 10.33 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Sayon Cooper | Liberia | 0.168 | 10.33 | q |
| 5 | 4 | David Patros | France | 0.258 | 10.38 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Chiang Wai Hung | Hong Kong | 0.200 | 10.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Teymur Gasimov | Azerbaijan | 0.227 | 10.97 | |
| 8 | 7 | Haseri Asli | Brunei | 0.259 | 11.11 | |
| 9 | 8 | Sisomphone Vongphakdy | Laos | 0.221 | 11.47 | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.6 m/s | Wind: −0.6 m/s | Wind: −0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 0.194 | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Vicente de Lima | Brazil | 0.159 | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Georgios Theodoridis | Greece | 0.169 | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 0.198 | 10.41 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Renward Wells | Bahamas | 0.252 | 10.47 | |
| 6 | 5 | Dejan Vojnović | Croatia | 0.139 | 10.50 | SB |
| 7 | 4 | Tommi Hartonen | Finland | 0.235 | 10.53 | |
| 8 | 3 | Seun Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 0.193 | 10.72 | |
| | 7 | Fernando Arlete | Guinea-Bissau | 0.197 | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 0.239 | 10.23 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 0.214 | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Shingo Kawabata | Japan | 0.169 | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 0.209 | 10.40 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Raphael Oliveira | Brazil | 0.179 | 10.44 | |
| 6 | 4 | Paul Brizzell | Ireland | 0.205 | 10.62 | |
| 7 | 3 | Petko Yankov | Bulgaria | 0.227 | 10.63 | |
| 8 | 9 | Christopher Adolf | Palau | 0.147 | 11.01 | NR |
| 9 | 1 | Toluta'u Koula | Tonga | 0.215 | 11.01 | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.5 m/s | Wind: −0.5 m/s | Wind: −0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 0.224 | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Serge Bengono | Cameroon | 0.200 | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 0.146 | 10.42 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 0.207 | 10.43 | |
| 5 | 2 | Christian Nsiah | Ghana | 0.154 | 10.44 | |
| 6 | 3 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 0.152 | 10.50 | |
| 7 | 4 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | 0.234 | 10.60 | |
| 8 | 8 | Youssouf Simpara | Mali | 0.218 | 10.82 | |
| | 6 | Ronald Promesse | Saint Lucia | 0.272 | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.5 m/s | Wind: −0.5 m/s | Wind: −0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Maurice Greene | United States | 0.195 | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.240 | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 0.192 | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Andrea Colombo | Italy | 0.264 | 10.52 | |
| 5 | 7 | Watson Nyambek | Malaysia | 0.175 | 10.61 | |
| 6 | 4 | John Muray | Indonesia | 0.180 | 10.68 | |
| 7 | 2 | Teina Teiti | Cook Islands | 0.170 | 11.22 | |
| | 1 | Cherico Detenamo | Nauru | | DNS | |
| | 6 | Angelos Pavlakakis | Greece | | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 0.218 | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 0.171 | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 0.235 | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Marc Blume | Germany | 0.264 | 10.42 | |
| 5 | 9 | Paul di Bella | Australia | 0.231 | 10.52 | |
| 6 | 4 | Edgardo Antonio Serpas | El Salvador | 0.168 | 10.63 | |
| 7 | 3 | Hadhari Saindou Djaffar | Comoros | 0.250 | 10.68 | |
| 8 | 5 | Kelsey Nakanelua | American Samoa | 0.245 | 10.93 | NR |
| 9 | 8 | Jean Randriamamitiana | Madagascar | 0.210 | 12.50 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.170 | 10.04 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Antoine Boussombo | Gabon | 0.177 | 10.13 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 2 | Leo Myles-Mills | Ghana | 0.193 | 10.15 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 0.191 | 10.24 | q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | Claudio Sousa | Brazil | 0.222 | 10.31 | q |
| 6 | 8 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 0.278 | 10.32 | q, SB |
| 7 | 5 | Yanes Raubaba | Indonesia | 0.247 | 10.54 | |
| 8 | 4 | Oltion Luli | Albania | 0.235 | 11.08 | |
| 9 | 7 | Mamane Sani Ali | Niger | 0.219 | 11.25 | SB |
| | | | | Wind: +1.9 m/s | Wind: +1.9 m/s | Wind: +1.9 m/s |

#### Heat 9

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Jonathan Drummond | United States | 0.198 | 10.20 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 0.241 | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Patrick Jarrett | Jamaica | 0.146 | 10.41 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Anatoliy Dovhal | Ukraine | 0.174 | 10.48 | |
| 5 | 8 | Oscar Meneses | Guatemala | 0.212 | 10.54 | |
| 6 | 1 | Shigeyuki Kojima | Japan | 0.217 | 10.59 | |
| 7 | 6 | Caimin Douglas | Netherlands Antilles | 0.259 | 10.69 | |
| 8 | 3 | Abraham Kepsin | Vanuatu | 0.172 | 11.12 | PB |
| 9 | 4 | Philam Garcia | Guam | 0.220 | 11.21 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 10

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jason Gardener | Great Britain | 0.188 | 10.38 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 0.154 | 10.45 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Kostyantyn Rurak | Ukraine | 0.224 | 10.48 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 0.165 | 10.53 | |
| 5 | 2 | Niconnor Alexander | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.149 | 10.56 | |
| 6 | 9 | Sergey Bychkov | Russia | 0.183 | 10.68 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ruslan Rusidze | Georgia | 0.166 | 10.70 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alpha Kamara | Sierra Leone | 0.162 | 10.74 | |
| 9 | 6 | Vitaliy Medvedev | Kazakhstan | 0.209 | 10.75 | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.7 m/s | Wind: −0.7 m/s | Wind: −0.7 m/s |

#### Heat 11

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 0.186 | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mathew Quinn | South Africa | 0.170 | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Koji Ito | Japan | 0.234 | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Héber Viera | Uruguay | 0.246 | 10.54 | |
| 5 | 4 | Gabriel Simon | Argentina | 0.166 | 10.56 | |
| 6 | 8 | Erwin Heru Susanto | Indonesia | 0.164 | 10.87 | |
| 7 | 1 | Moumi Sebergue | Chad | 0.249 | 11.00 | |
| 8 | 9 | Guillermo Dongo | Suriname | 0.197 | 11.10 | |
| 9 | 2 | Nelson Lucas | Seychelles | 0.218 | 11.15 | |
| | | | | Wind: −1.2 m/s | Wind: −1.2 m/s | Wind: −1.2 m/s |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next fastest overall sprinter (q) qualified.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Maurice Greene | United States | 0.182 | 10.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Leo Myles-Mills | Ghana | 0.145 | 10.23 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 0.165 | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Marcin Nowak | Poland | 0.186 | 10.37 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sayon Cooper | Liberia | 0.147 | 10.37 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 0.191 | 10.40 | |
| 7 | 3 | Serge Bengono | Cameroon | 0.222 | 10.46 | |
| 8 | 7 | Shingo Kawabata | Japan | 0.184 | 10.60 | |
| | | | | Wind: −1.7 m/s | Wind: −1.7 m/s | Wind: −1.7 m/s |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.155 | 10.11 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.222 | 10.19 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 0.130 | 10.20 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jason Gardener | Great Britain | 0.177 | 10.27 | |
| 5 | 6 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 0.187 | 10.30 | |
| 6 | 8 | Freddy Mayola | Cuba | 0.144 | 10.35 | |
| 7 | 1 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 0.152 | 10.38 | |
| 8 | 9 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 0.189 | 10.44 | |
| 9 | 7 | Joseph Batangdon | Cameroon | 0.231 | 10.52 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 0.187 | 10.04 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 0.142 | 10.13 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 0.193 | 10.22 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 0.185 | 10.23 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Vicente de Lima | Brazil | 0.191 | 10.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | David Patros | France | 0.241 | 10.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kostyantyn Rurak | Ukraine | 0.191 | 10.38 | |
| 8 | 1 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 0.216 | 11.36 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 0.150 | 10.12 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jonathan Drummond | United States | 0.145 | 10.15 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Koji Ito | Japan | 0.221 | 10.25 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 6 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 0.150 | 10.26 | |
| 5 | 3 | Antoine Boussombo | Gabon | 0.190 | 10.27 | |
| 6 | 7 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 0.162 | 10.27 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mathew Quinn | South Africa | 0.157 | 10.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Jarrett | Jamaica | 0.184 | 16.40 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 0.229 | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 0.142 | 10.24 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 0.181 | 10.29 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Georgios Theodoridis | Greece | 0.144 | 10.29 | |
| 5 | 6 | Patrick Johnson | Australia | 0.236 | 10.44 | |
| 6 | 1 | Claudio Sousa | Brazil | 0.182 | 10.47 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 0.183 | 10.48 | |
| 8 | 2 | Venancio José | Spain | 0.189 | 10.53 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 0.164 | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 0.189 | 10.15 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 0.161 | 10.19 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.184 | 10.20 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Leo Myles-Mills | Ghana | 0.220 | 10.25 | |
| 6 | 1 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 0.146 | 10.27 | |
| 7 | 2 | Koji Ito | Japan | 0.217 | 10.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lindel Frater | Jamaica | 0.203 | 10.46 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Maurice Greene | United States | 0.227 | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jonathan Drummond | United States | 0.137 | 10.10 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.212 | 10.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 0.236 | 10.16 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 0.166 | 10.26 | |
| 6 | 8 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 0.253 | 10.32 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 0.163 | 10.45 | |
| | 2 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 0.151 | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Final

Zakari was injured at about the 35 metre mark and did not finish.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Maurice Greene | United States | 0.197 | 9.87 | |
| | 8 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.136 | 9.99 | |
| | 4 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 0.216 | 10.04 | |
| 4 | 3 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 0.174 | 10.08 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Jon Drummond | United States | 0.147 | 10.09 | |
| 6 | 1 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 0.193 | 10.13 | |
| 7 | 7 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.210 | 10.17 | |
| | 2 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 0.180 | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: −0.3 m/s | Wind: −0.3 m/s | Wind: −0.3 m/s |