# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 23 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Results
### Heats

Wind:
* Heat 1: +1.8 m/s
* Heat 2: +1.5 m/s
* Heat 3: +0.6 m/s
* Heat 4: +1.3 m/s
* Heat 5: +1.3 m/s
* Heat 6: +2.1 m/s
* Heat 7: +2.0 m/s
* Heat 8: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Glenroy Gilbert | Canada | 10.10 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Augustine Nketia | New Zealand | 10.11 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.14 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.17 | DQ |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.20 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.20 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 10.21 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 10.23 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.26 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Franklin Nwankpa | Nigeria | 10.27 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | Sanusi Turay | Sierra Leone | 10.28 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.29 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Terry Williams | England | 10.31 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 10.34 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Alfred Stubbs | Bahamas | 10.38 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Olapade Adeniken | Nigeria | 10.38 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Linford Christie | England | 10.39 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Tim Jackson | Australia | 10.40 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Robert Esmie | Canada | 10.40 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | Yiannis Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.40 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Mohamed Hosni | Singapore | 10.41 | q |
| 20 | 7 | John Mair | Jamaica | 10.41 | q |
| 22 | 3 | Elliot Bunney | Scotland | 10.42 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.42 | q |
| 24 | 1 | Jamie Henderson | Scotland | 10.45 | Q |
| 25 | 8 | Tanko Abass | Ghana | 10.47 | q |
| 26 | 2 | Johann Venter | South Africa | 10.49 | q |
| 26 | 7 | Salaam Gariba | Ghana | 10.49 | q |
| 28 | 6 | Jason John | England | 10.50 | Q |
| 29 | 5 | Warren Johnson | Jamaica | 10.51 | q |
| 29 | 6 | Fabian Muyaba | Zimbabwe | 10.51 | Q |
| 29 | 8 | Joseph Gikonyo | Kenya | 10.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.54 | |
| 33 | 3 | Peter Maitland | Wales | 10.55 | |
| 34 | 8 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 10.58 | |
| 35 | 1 | Kennedy Ondiek | Kenya | 10.59 | Q |
| 36 | 1 | Iram Lewis | Bahamas | 10.60 | |
| 37 | 2 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 10.63 | |
| 38 | 4 | Peter Pulu | Papua New Guinea | 10.64 | |
| 39 | 1 | Denton Guy-Williams | Sierra Leone | 10.66 | |
| 40 | 4 | Barnabe Jolicoeur | Mauritius | 10.72 | |
| 41 | 2 | Abdoulie Janneh | Gambia | 10.74 | |
| 42 | 6 | Toluta'u Koula | Tonga | 10.75 | |
| 43 | 4 | Ebrima Bojang | Gambia | 10.77 | |
| 44 | 6 | Subul Babo | Papua New Guinea | 10.79 | |
| 45 | 6 | Dominique Méyépa | Mauritius | 10.83 | |
| 45 | 7 | Tevita Fauonuku | Tonga | 10.83 | |
| 47 | 5 | Stephen Lewis | Montserrat | 10.83 | |
| 48 | 4 | Bimal Tarafdar | Bangladesh | 10.87 | |
| 49 | 1 | Rudiger Gentz | Namibia | 10.92 | |
| 49 | 4 | Moatshe Molebatsi | Botswana | 10.92 | |
| 51 | 5 | Osborne Johnson | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.94 | |
| 52 | 7 | Frederick Cannon | Nauru | 11.01 | |
| 53 | 1 | Dexter Browne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.03 | |
| 54 | 7 | Elston Shaw | Belize | 11.04 | |
| 55 | 3 | Samuel Johnson | Gambia | 11.07 | |
| 56 | 6 | Jansen Molisingi | Vanuatu | 11.07 | |
| 57 | 3 | Peter Queeley | Montserrat | 11.08 | |
| 57 | 8 | Linford Castillo | Belize | 11.08 | |
| 59 | 1 | Derwin Scatliffe | British Virgin Islands | 11.12 | |
| 60 | 2 | Razali Matali | Brunei | 11.26 | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind:
* Heat 1: +0.2 m/s
* Heat 2: +0.4 m/s
* Heat 3: +1.8 m/s
* Heat 4: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Linford Christie | England | 10.02 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 3 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Olapade Adeniken | Nigeria | 10.11 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Augustine Nketia | New Zealand | 10.13 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Glenroy Gilbert | Canada | 10.13 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.15 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.17 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.17 | DQ |
| 8 | 2 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 10.21 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.21 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Terry Williams | England | 10.23 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.27 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 10.28 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jason John | England | 10.29 | |
| 14 | 3 | Franklin Nwankpa | Nigeria | 10.31 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 10.32 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Elliot Bunney | Scotland | 10.34 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.38 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Mohamed Hosni | Singapore | 10.41 | |
| 19 | 1 | Robert Esmie | Canada | 10.42 | |
| 20 | 3 | Tim Jackson | Australia | 10.43 | |
| 21 | 2 | Yiannis Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.45 | |
| 22 | 1 | Sanusi Turay | Sierra Leone | 10.47 | |
| 23 | 1 | Tanko Abass | Ghana | 10.47 | |
| 24 | 4 | Jamie Henderson | Scotland | 10.49 | |
| 25 | 3 | Alfred Stubbs | Bahamas | 10.49 | |
| 26 | 4 | Warren Johnson | Jamaica | 10.54 | |
| 27 | 4 | Kennedy Ondiek | Kenya | 10.62 | |
| 28 | 2 | Johann Venter | South Africa | 10.67 | |
| 29 | 1 | Fabian Muyaba | Zimbabwe | 10.69 | |
| | 2 | John Mair | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 3 | Salaam Gariba | Ghana | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind:
* Heat 1: +1.8 m/s
* Heat 2: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Linford Christie | England | 9.98 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.01 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.04 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Olapade Adeniken | Nigeria | 10.05 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.09 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.10 | DQ |
| 6 | 2 | Glenroy Gilbert | Canada | 10.14 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Terry Williams | England | 10.17 | |
| 8 | 1 | Augustine Nketia | New Zealand | 10.19 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 10.19 | |
| 10 | 2 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 10.28 | |
| 11 | 2 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 10.29 | |
| 12 | 1 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 10.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | Franklin Nwankpa | Nigeria | 10.39 | |
| 14 | 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.44 | |
| 15 | 1 | Elliot Bunney | Scotland | 10.50 | |

### Final

Wind: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Linford Christie | England | 9.91 | GR |
| 2 | 1 | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | 10.02 | NR |
| | 4 | Michael Green | Jamaica | 10.05 | |
| | 3 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 10.06 | |
| 4 | 2 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.07 | |
| 5 | 7 | Glenroy Gilbert | Canada | 10.11 | |
| 6 | 5 | Olapade Adeniken | Nigeria | 10.11 | |
| 7 | 8 | Augustine Nketia | New Zealand | 10.42 | |