# Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Alexander Stadium from 2 and 3 August 2022.
Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal after finishing the race in 10.14 seconds. Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in athletics after 24 years since Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Thilakaratne's medal feats at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in either men's and women's 100m event. During the heats, Abeykoon managed to set an all-time fastest ever timing in the heats, after finishing with a timing of 10.06 seconds. The previous record in 100m men's heats record was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who had finished his heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Games record | Ato Boldon (TTO) | 9.88 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 17 September 1998 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 10:40 | First round |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 19:10 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 21:30 | Final |
All times are United Kingdom time (UTC+1)

## Results
### First round

The first round consisted of ten heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus the seven fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Favour Ashe | Nigeria | 10.12 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | England | 10.14 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Nadale Budin | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.37 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Malachi Murray | Canada | 10.47 | |
| 5 | 1 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji | 10.64 | |
| 6 | 7 | Leroy Kamau | Papua New Guinea | 10.68 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Davin Fleming | Anguilla | 11.09 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | Wilkinson Fenelon | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.13 | SB |
| | | | | Wind: -0.5 m/s | Wind: -0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Akani Simbine | South Africa | 10.10 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jake Doran | Australia | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Nigel Ellis | Jamaica | 10.41 | |
| 4 | 5 | Mojela Koneshe | Lesotho | 10.46 | |
| 5 | 7 | Johnny Key | Samoa | 10.98 | |
| 6 | 2 | Johmari Lee | Montserrat | 11.03 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Terrone Webster | Anguilla | 11.13 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Ojie Edoburun | England | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | British Virgin Islands | 10.28 | Q, =PB |
| 3 | 1 | Delan Adwin | Saint Lucia | 10.42 | |
| 4 | 7 | Julius Morris | Montserrat | 10.56 | |
| 5 | 5 | Zachary Saunders | Jersey | 10.76 | SB |
| 6 | 6 | Karalo Maibuca | Tuvalu | 11.39 | PB |
| – | 8 | Sharry Dodin | Seychelles | DNS | |
| – | 3 | Terrence Jones | Bahamas | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Raymond Ekevwo | Nigeria | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica | 10.15 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Stern Liffa | Malawi | 10.49 | |
| 4 | 3 | Dylan Sicobo | Seychelles | 10.74 | |
| 5 | 8 | Courtney Missick | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.87 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jireh Agege | Nauru | 11.08 | PB |
| – | 2 | Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina | Cameroon | DQ | TR 16.8 |
| – | 4 | Paul Ma'Unikeni | Solomon Islands | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 10.07 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon | 10.08 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Gilbert Hainuca | Namibia | 10.31 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Noelex Holder | Guyana | 10.50 | |
| 5 | 4 | Sean Crowie | Saint Helena | 10.74 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Ronald Fotofili | Tonga | 10.80 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Ian Koe | Singapore | 10.91 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Yupun Abeykoon | Sri Lanka | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kion Benjamin | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.34 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Godson Oghenebrume | Nigeria | 10.36 | q |
| 4 | 7 | McKish Compton | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.62 | |
| 5 | 4 | William Hunt | Samoa | 10.70 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Denzel Adem | Seychelles | 10.70 | PB |
| – | 3 | Ayanda Malaza | Eswatini | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Benjamin Azamati | Ghana | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jeremiah Azu | Wales | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Imranur Rahman | Bangladesh | 10.46 | |
| 4 | 1 | Marc Brian Louis | Singapore | 10.51 | |
| 5 | 4 | Lwazi Msibi | Eswatini | 10.83 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Brandon Jones | Belize | 10.91 | |
| 7 | 6 | Aiden Yon-Stevens | Saint Helena | 11.90 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Conroy Jones | Jamaica | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Adam Thomas | Scotland | 10.30 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eric Harrison Jr | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.37 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Shajar Abbas | Pakistan | 10.38 | =PB |
| 5 | 7 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives | 10.75 | SB |
| 6 | 5 | Shaun Gill | Belize | 10.76 | |
| 7 | 8 | Julius Morie | Sierra Leone | 10.88 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Craig Gill | Gibraltar | 11.09 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 9

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Rohan Browning | Australia | 10.10 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Samwel Imeta | Kenya | 10.12 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Cejhae Greene | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.16 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Akeem Stewart | Guyana | 10.46 | |
| 5 | 6 | Joe Chadwick | Guernsey | 10.60 | PB |
| 6 | 4 | Joshua Chua | Singapore | 10.67 | |
| 7 | 3 | Javon Rawlins | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.79 | |
| 8 | 5 | Lataisi Mwea | Kiribati | 11.33 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 10

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jerod Elcock | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Emanuel Archibald | Guyana | 10.28 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Stephan Charles | Saint Lucia | 10.29 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | 10.33 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Ibrahim Bangura | Sierra Leone | 10.51 | |
| 6 | 5 | Tevique Benjamin | Montserrat | 11.06 | |
| 7 | 1 | Pesamino Iakopo | Samoa | 11.29 | |
| – | 2 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +2.9 m/s | Wind: +2.9 m/s |

### Semifinals

Qualification for Final (2+2)

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Akani Simbine | South Africa | 10.07 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Rohan Browning | Australia | 10.17 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ojie Edoburun | England | 10.30 | |
| 4 | 9 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | British Virgin Islands | 10.31 | |
| 5 | 6 | Conroy Jones | Jamaica | 10.33 | |
| 6 | 8 | Emanuel Archibald | Guyana | 10.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Eric Harrison Jr | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.44 | |
| 8 | 3 | Cejhae Greene | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.45 | |
| 9 | 1 | Godson Oghenebrume | Nigeria | 10.52 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 10.02 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon | 10.14 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica | 10.24 | |
| 4 | 9 | Favour Ashe | Nigeria | 10.25 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | 10.36 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jerod Elcock | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.38 | |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Thomas | Scotland | 10.40 | |
| 8 | 3 | Jake Doran | Australia | 10.40 | |
| 9 | 1 | Nadale Budin | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.51 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | England | 10.13 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jeremiah Azu | Wales | 10.15 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Benjamin Azamati | Ghana | 10.18 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Yupun Abeykoon | Sri Lanka | 10.20 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Samwel Imeta | Kenya | 10.24 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gilbert Hainuca | Namibia | 10.29 | |
| 7 | 5 | Raymond Ekevwo | Nigeria | 10.36 | |
| 8 | 9 | Kion Benjamin | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.43 | |
| 9 | 3 | Stephan Charles | Saint Lucia | 10.53 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 10.02 | |
| | 4 | Akani Simbine | South Africa | 10.13 | |
| | 2 | Yupun Abeykoon | Sri Lanka | 10.14 | |
| 4 | 1 | Benjamin Azamati | Ghana | 10.16 | |
| 5 | 7 | Jeremiah Azu | Wales | 10.19 | |
| 6 | 8 | Rohan Browning | Australia | 10.20 | |
| 7 | 5 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon | 10.24 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | England | 11.10 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.9 m/s | Wind: -0.9 m/s |