# Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

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The men's 100 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mike Roberson United States | Leszek Dunecki Poland | Ainsley Bennett Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 8 September
Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mike Roberson | United States | 10.08 | Q, =UR |
| 2 | 7 | Nelson Rocha dos Santos | Brazil | 10.22 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Ainsley Bennett | Great Britain | 10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mel Lattany | United States | 10.25 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 10.28 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Pascal Barré | France | 10.32 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 10.32 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | Amadou Meïté | Ivory Coast | 10.33 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Su Mal-guh | South Korea | 10.34 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | Floyd Brown | Jamaica | 10.34 | q |
| 11 | 6 | Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 10.35 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 10.40 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 10.41 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 10.41 | q, NR |
| 15 | 5 | Andrey Shlyapnikov | Soviet Union | 10.42 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Georges Kablan Degnan | Ivory Coast | 10.45 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Gabriel Brothier | France | 10.47 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Milton de Castro | Brazil | 10.48 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Yasuhiro Harada | Japan | 10.50 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 10.50 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Jerzy Brunner | Poland | 10.52 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | István Nagy | Hungary | 10.55 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Frank van Doorn | Canada | 10.56 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Urs Gisler | Switzerland | 10.57 | |
| 25 | 6 | Tomás González | Cuba | 10.58 | |
| 26 | 1 | Akira Harada | Japan | 10.59 | |
| 27 | 7 | Alfredo Melão | Angola | 10.63 | |
| 28 | 4 | Sory Sangare | Senegal | 10.67 | |
| 28 | 6 | Jean-Pierre Bassegela | Congo | 10.67 | |
| 30 | 6 | Georgios Vamvakas | Greece | 10.69 | |
| 31 | 1 | Adille Sumariwalla | India | 10.72 | |
| 31 | 7 | Daniel Biocchi | Canada | 10.72 | |
| 33 | 7 | Víctor Velasco | Mexico | 10.78 | |
| 34 | 2 | Nicos Hadjinicolau | Cyprus | 10.80 | |
| 35 | 3 | Sabidou Touré | Senegal | 10.83 | Q |
| 35 | 4 | Lucien Ralaivita | Madagascar | 10.83 | |
| 37 | 3 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 10.84 | |
| 38 | 2 | Jean-Jacques Randrianasolo | Madagascar | 10.89 | |
| 39 | 4 | Emilio Eva Moss | Guatemala | 10.98 | |
| 40 | 4 | Jesús Aguilasocho | Mexico | 10.98 | |
| 41 | 3 | Sheikh Omar Faye | Gambia | 11.05 | |
| 41 | 5 | Marco Mautinho | Peru | 11.05 | |
| 43 | 2 | Emmanuel Wiredu | Ghana | 11.18 | |
| 44 | 3 | Cheung Lai Chi | Hong Kong | 11.20 | |
| 45 | 1 | Konlan Martelot | Togo | 11.24 | |
| 46 | 2 | Suleiman Fye | Gambia | 11.28 | |
| 46 | 3 | George Enchill | Ghana | 11.28 | |
| 48 | 3 | Ehsan Salih | Saudi Arabia | 11.31 | |
| 49 | 6 | Marco Luque | Bolivia | 11.35 | |
| 50 | 1 | José Flores | Honduras | 11.42 | |
| 51 | 4 | José Luis Elias | Peru | 11.63 | |
| 52 | 5 | Clifford Maseko | Swaziland | 11.75 | |
| 53 | 2 | Oscar Muñoz | Honduras | 11.87 | |
| 54 | 5 | Mohamed Saleh Al-Balkheer | Saudi Arabia | 11.93 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 9 September
Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Mike Roberson | United States | 10.07 | Q, UR |
| 2 | 3 | Ainsley Bennett | Great Britain | 10.21 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 10.28 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 10.28 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Mel Lattany | United States | 10.28 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Pascal Barré | France | 10.29 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Nelson Rocha dos Santos | Brazil | 10.33 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Andrey Shlyapnikov | Soviet Union | 10.34 | |
| 10 | 3 | Floyd Brown | Jamaica | 10.35 | |
| 11 | 2 | Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 10.40 | |
| 12 | 1 | Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 10.41 | |
| 13 | 1 | Su Mal-guh | South Korea | 10.43 | |
| 13 | 3 | Milton de Castro | Brazil | 10.43 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 10.44 | |
| 16 | 2 | Amadou Meïté | Ivory Coast | 10.44 | |
| 17 | 2 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 10.45 | |
| 18 | 1 | Georges Kablan Degnan | Ivory Coast | 10.46 | |
| 19 | 1 | István Nagy | Hungary | 10.53 | |
| 20 | 2 | Frank van Doorn | Canada | 10.56 | |
| 21 | 2 | Yasuhiro Harada | Japan | 10.59 | |
| 22 | 2 | Gabriel Brothier | France | 10.62 | |
| 23 | 3 | Sabidou Touré | Senegal | 10.79 | |
| | 3 | Jerzy Brunner | Poland | ? | |

### Final

Held on 9 September
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Mike Roberson | United States | 10.19 |
| | Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 10.30 |
| | Ainsley Bennett | Great Britain | 10.38 |
| 4 | Pascal Barré | France | 10.40 |
| 5 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 10.41 |
| 6 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 10.46 |
| 7 | Mel Lattany | United States | 10.50 |
| | Nelson Rocha dos Santos | Brazil | DNS |