# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago |
| Silver | Darren Campbell United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Tony McCall United States |

## Results
### Final

17 September Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.30 |
| | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 10.46 |
| | Tony McCall | United States | 10.49 |
| 4 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 10.51 |
| 5 | Jason Fergus | United Kingdom | 10.54 |
| 6 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.57 |
| 7 | Takeshi Arakawa | Japan | 10.64 |
| 8 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 10.70 |

### Semifinals

17 September

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | Tony McCall | United States | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Takeshi Arakawa | Japan | 10.70 | Q |
| 5 | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 10.79 | |
| 6 | Tony Ogbeta | Nigeria | 10.89 | |
| 7 | Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib | Qatar | 10.95 | |
| 8 | Won Ho-Kwon | South Korea | 10.99 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.53 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 10.61 | Q |
| 4 | Jason Fergus | United Kingdom | 10.62 | Q |
| 5 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 10.64 | |
| 6 | Ji Haisheng | China | 10.76 | |
| 7 | Ibrahim Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.77 | |
| 8 | Eric Frempong-Manso | Canada | 10.85 | |

### Quarterfinals

16 September

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | Takeshi Arakawa | Japan | 10.48 | Q |
| 3 | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Won Ho-Kwon | South Korea | 10.64 | Q |
| 5 | Rafael Gruszecki | Germany | 10.67 | |
| 6 | Jason Shelton | Jamaica | 10.76 | |
| 7 | Markus Ineichen | Switzerland | 10.80 | |
| 8 | Alejandro Cárdenas | Mexico | 10.83 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | Tony McCall | United States | 10.47 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 10.55 | Q |
| 4 | Ji Haisheng | China | 10.68 | Q |
| 5 | Luis Vega | Colombia | 10.76 | |
| 6 | Alexis Tellez | Cuba | 10.79 | |
| 7 | Marian Gogoase | Romania | 10.83 | |
| 8 | Jair Moreira | Brazil | 10.88 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.43 | Q |
| 3 | Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib | Qatar | 10.58 | Q |
| 4 | Ibrahim Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.62 | Q |
| 5 | Alfredo García | Cuba | 10.63 | |
| 6 | Danilo Barzio | Italy | 10.70 | |
| 7 | Ku Wai Ming | Hong Kong | 10.74 | |
| 8 | Todd Blythe | New Zealand | 10.79 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 10.51 | Q |
| 2 | Jason Fergus | United Kingdom | 10.53 | Q |
| 3 | Eric Frempong-Manso | Canada | 10.67 | Q |
| 4 | Tony Ogbeta | Nigeria | 10.68 | Q |
| 5 | Mark Keddell | New Zealand | 10.72 | |
| 6 | László Kiss | Hungary | 10.74 | |
| 7 | Alessandro De Micheli | Italy | 10.75 | |
| | Ye Hu | China | DNS | |

### Heats

16 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.33 | Q |
| 2 | Ye Hu | China | 10.66 | Q |
| 3 | Danilo Barzio | Italy | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Ku Wai Ming | Hong Kong | 10.81 | Q |
| 5 | Marian Gogoase | Romania | 10.84 | q |
| 6 | Phil Chiodo | Australia | 11.06 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +3.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 10.48 w | Q |
| 2 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.53 w | Q |
| 3 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 10.58 w | Q |
| 4 | Mark Keddell | New Zealand | 10.62 w | Q |
| 5 | Won Ho-Kwon | South Korea | 10.64 w | q |
| 6 | Alfredo García | Cuba | 10.65 w | q |
| 7 | Carlos Villaseñor | Mexico | 11.01 w | |
| 8 | Abate Abayneh | Ethiopia | 11.44 w | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Johnson | United States | 10.64 | Q |
| 2 | Ji Haisheng | China | 10.66 | Q |
| 3 | Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib | Qatar | 10.67 | Q |
| 4 | Markus Ineichen | Switzerland | 10.82 | Q |
| 5 | Jair Moreira | Brazil | 10.82 | q |
| 6 | Christopher Allison | Jamaica | 11.01 | |
| 7 | Kazumitsu Okihara | Japan | 11.16 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jason Fergus | United Kingdom | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | Ibrahim Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.64 | Q |
| 3 | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 10.70 | Q |
| 4 | László Kiss | Hungary | 10.73 | Q |
| 5 | Tony Ogbeta | Nigeria | 10.78 | q |
| 6 | Alejandro Cárdenas | Mexico | 10.79 | q |
| 7 | Firdhouse Saiyat Hassan | Singapore | 11.21 | |
| 8 | Kent Dennie | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.53 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tony McCall | United States | 10.44 | Q |
| 2 | Takeshi Arakawa | Japan | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | Rafael Gruszecki | Germany | 10.71 | Q |
| 4 | Alexis Tellez | Cuba | 10.71 | Q |
| 5 | Alessandro De Micheli | Italy | 10.75 | q |
| 6 | Bryan Skinner | Australia | 10.87 | |
| 7 | Thaniya Lopez | Barbados | 11.06 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +2.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 10.40 w | Q |
| 2 | Jason Shelton | Jamaica | 10.62 w | Q |
| 3 | Eric Frempong-Manso | Canada | 10.64 w | Q |
| 4 | Luis Vega | Colombia | 10.66 w | Q |
| 5 | Todd Blythe | New Zealand | 10.70 w | q |
| 6 | Wendell Faria | Suriname | 10.87 w | |
| 7 | Erwin Susanto | Indonesia | 10.98 w | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Mexico (2)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Singapore (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Suriname (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)