# Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games :
| Track events |||||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | | women |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events |||||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events |||||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events |||||
| Heptathlon | | women |
| Decathlon | men | |
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held 14–15 September 1999 at the Johannesburg Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana | Francis Obikwelu Nigeria | Frankie Fredericks Namibia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 10.18 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Mathew Quinn | South Africa | 10.22 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Innocent Asonze | Nigeria | 10.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.32 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Serge Bengono | Cameroon | 10.32 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.32 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ahmed Douhou | Ivory Coast | 10.32 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Leonard Myles-Mills | Ghana | 10.34 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 10.34 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Benedictus Botha | Namibia | 10.35 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 10.37 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 10.38 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 10.39 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Lee Roy Newton | South Africa | 10.42 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Hadhari Djaffar | Comoros | 10.46 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Yves Sonan | Ivory Coast | 10.47 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Pascal Dangbo | Benin | 10.51 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Bradley Agnew | South Africa | 10.54 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Jean-Francis Ngapout | Cameroon | 10.56 | q |
| 20 | 1 | Nicholas Hogan | Mauritius | 10.57 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Amarildo Almeida | Guinea-Bissau | 10.59 | q |
| 22 | 1 | Patrick Mocci-Raoumbé | Gabon | 10.61 | q |
| 23 | 3 | Themba Ncube | Zimbabwe | 10.64 | |
| 23 | 6 | Moumi Sébergué | Chad | 10.64 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 10.65 | |
| 25 | 6 | Souhalia Alamou | Benin | 10.65 | |
| 27 | 2 | Roger Angono | Republic of the Congo | 10.66 | |
| 28 | 6 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | 10.67 | |
| 29 | 5 | Fernando Ariete | Guinea-Bissau | 10.74 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Barnabé Jolicoeur | Mauritius | 10.76 | |
| 31 | 5 | Stanley Towett | Kenya | 10.78 | |
| 32 | 1 | Molise Rammita | Lesotho | 10.81 | |
| 33 | 6 | Florent Nedingam | Chad | 10.91 | |
| 34 | 5 | David Mbyembita | Gabon | 10.92 | |
| 35 | 4 | Yvan Doboze | Gabon | 10.93 | |
| 36 | 2 | Berhe Tesfagiorgis | Eritrea | 11.55 | |
| | 5 | Arcadius Fanou | Benin | DQ | |
| | 1 | Joseph Kojo | Uganda | DNS | |
| | 1 | Alpha Kamara | Liberia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Kouami Ayassou | Togo | DNS | |
| | 4 | Faissoil Ben | Comoros | DNS | |
| | 5 | Téko Folligan | Togo | DNS | |
| | 5 | Franus Keita | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 6 | Thomas Sanda | Sierra Leone | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 10.11 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Leonard Myles-Mills | Ghana | 10.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.21 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mathew Quinn | South Africa | 10.24 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Serge Bengono | Cameroon | 10.25 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Innocent Asonze | Nigeria | 10.25 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.27 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 10.34 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Ibrahim Meité | Ivory Coast | 10.36 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ahmed Douhou | Ivory Coast | 10.38 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 10.38 | |
| 12 | 1 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 10.41 | |
| 13 | 1 | Hadhari Djaffar | Comoros | 10.45 | |
| 14 | 1 | Lee Roy Newton | South Africa | 10.48 | |
| 15 | 2 | Yves Sonan | Ivory Coast | 10.56 | |
| 15 | 3 | Benedictus Botha | Namibia | 10.56 | |
| 17 | 2 | Amarildo Almeida | Guinea-Bissau | 10.59 | |
| 18 | 3 | Pascal Dangbo | Benin | 10.62 | |
| 19 | 3 | Bradley Agnew | South Africa | 10.65 | |
| 20 | 2 | Patrick Mocci-Raoumbé | Gabon | 10.66 | |
| 21 | 3 | Nicholas Hogan | Mauritius | 10.69 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jean-Francis Ngapout | Cameroon | 10.70 | |
| 23 | 1 | Moumi Sébergué | Chad | 10.71 | |
| 24 | 1 | Fernando Ariete | Guinea-Bissau | 10.85 | |

### Final

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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Leonard Myles-Mills | Ghana | 9.99 | GR |
| | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 10.01 | |
| | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.10 | |
| 4 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 10.11 | |
| 5 | Innocent Asonze | Nigeria | 10.19 | |
| 6 | Serge Bengono | Cameroon | 10.28 | |
| 7 | Mathew Quinn | South Africa | 10.31 | |
| 8 | Stéphane Buckland | Mauritius | 11.17 | |