# Atletiek op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2008 - 100 meter mannen

De 100 m sprint voor mannen op de Olympische Spelen van 2008 in Peking vond plaats op 15 augustus (series en kwartfinales) en 16 augustus (halve finales en finale) in het Nationale Stadion van Peking.

## Kwalificatie

Elk Nationaal Olympisch Comité mocht drie atleten afvaardigen die in de kwalificatieperiode (1 januari 2007 tot 23 juli 2008) aan de A-limiet voldeden (10,21). Een NOC mocht een atleet afvaardigen, die in dezelfde kwalificatieperiode aan de B-limiet voldeed (10,28).

## Records

Voor dit onderdeel waren het wereldrecord en olympisch record als volgt.
| Wereldrecord | 9,72 | Usain Bolt | JAM | New York | 31 mei 2008 |
| Olympisch record | 9,84 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | Atlanta | 27 juli 1996 |

## Uitslagen

De volgende afkortingen worden gebruikt:
* Q Gekwalificeerd op basis van finishpositie
* q Gekwalificeerd op basis van finishtijd
* PB Persoonlijke besttijd
* SB Beste seizoensprestatie
* NR Nationaal record
* WR Wereldrecord

### Series

| Serie | Baan | Naam | Nationaliteit | Resultaat | Kwalificatie |
| 6 | 5 | Tyrone Edgar | GBR | 10,13 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Michael Frater | JAM | 10,15 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 10,16 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kim Collins | SKN | 10,17 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 10,20 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Craig Pickering | GBR | 10,21 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Pierre Browne | CAN | 10,22 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Darrel Brown | TRI | 10,22 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Tyson Gay | USA | 10,22 | Q |
| 1 | 9 | Daniel Bailey | ANT | 10,24 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Richard Thompson | TRI | 10,24 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Darvis Patton | USA | 10,25 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Francis Obikwelu | POR | 10,25 | Q |
| 1 | 6 | Vicente de Lima | BRA | 10,26 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Martial Mbandjock | FRA | 10,26 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Ronald Pognon | FRA | 10,26 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Derrick Atkins | BAH | 10,28 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Olusoji Fasuba | NGR | 10,29 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Jose Carlos Moreira | BRA | 10,29 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Simone Collio | ITA | 10,32 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Obinna Metu | NGR | 10,34 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Andrey Epishin | RUS | 10,34 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Walter Dix | USA | 10,35 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Churandy Martina | AHO | 10,35 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | NOR | 10,37 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Naoki Tsukahara | JPN | 10,39 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Samuel Francis | QAT | 10,40 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Simeon Williamson | GBR | 10,42 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Marc Burns | TRI | 10,46 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | Matic Osovnikar | SLO | 10,46 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Nobuharu Asahara | JPN | 10,25 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Jenris Vizcaino | CUB | 10,28 | q |
| 3 | 2 | Aziz Zakari | GHA | 10,34 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Ángel David Rodríguez | ESP | 10,34 | q |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Grueso | COL | 10,35 | q |
| 3 | 6 | Andrew Hinds | BAR | 10,35 | q |
| 7 | 6 | Anson Henry | CAN | 10,37 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Hu Kai | CHN | 10,39 | q |
| 2 | 9 | Dariusz Kuc | POL | 10,44 | q |
| 10 | 9 | Tobias Unger | GER | 10,46 | q |
| 3 | 3 | Suryo Agung Wibowo | INA | 10,46 | |
| 8 | 6 | Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 10,46 | |
| 1 | 4 | Fabio Cerutti | ITA | 10,49 | |
| 9 | 7 | Rolando Palacios | HON | 10,49 | |
| 2 | 8 | Aymard Bosse Beranger | CAF | 10,51 | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Lukas Milo | CZE | 10,52 | |
| 8 | 2 | Suwaibou Sanneh | GAM | 10,52 | |
| 6 | 4 | Abdullah Al Sooli | OMA | 10,53 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Dmytro Glushchenko | UKR | 10,57 | |
| 4 | 9 | Holder da Silva | GBS | 10,58 | |
| 9 | 2 | Ruslan Abbasov | AZE | 10,58 | |
| 8 | 5 | Sandro Viana | BRA | 10,60 | |
| 10 | 8 | Franklin Nazareno | ECU | 10,60 | |
| 1 | 5 | Jurgen Themen | SUR | 10,61 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Mhadjou Youssouf | COM | 10,62 | PB |
| 4 | 2 | Idrissa Sanou | BUR | 10,63 | |
| 8 | 7 | Lai Chun Ho | HKG | 10,63 | |
| 6 | 8 | Desislav Gunev | BUL | 10,66 | |
| 9 | 4 | Sébastien Gattuso | MON | 10,70 | |
| 7 | 3 | Calvin Kang | SIN | 10,73 | |
| 1 | 8 | Moses Kamut | VAN | 10,81 | |
| 10 | 7 | Wilfried Bingangoye | GAB | 10,87 | |
| 3 | 7 | Jared Lewis | VIN | 11,00 | |
| 5 | 3 | Danny D'Souza | SEY | 11,00 | |
| 4 | 8 | Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot | CGO | 11,01 | |
| 9 | 8 | Jack Howard | FSM | 11,03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Abu Abdullah Mohammed | BAN | 11,07 | |
| 1 | 7 | Francis Manioru | SOL | 11,09 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ali Shareef | MDV | 11,11 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | Moumi Sebergue | CHA | 11,14 | |
| 2 | 6 | Aisea Tohi | TGA | 11,17 | |
| 2 | 4 | Roman William Cress | MHL | 11,18 | |
| 3 | 9 | Rabangaki Nawai | KIR | 11,29 | SB |
| 7 | 9 | Jesse Tamangrow | PLW | 11,38 | PB |
| 9 | 3 | Gordon Heather | COK | 11,41 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Massoud Azizi | AFG | 11,45 | |
| 10 | 3 | Okilani Tinilau | TUV | 11,48 | NR |
| 6 | 9 | Souksavanh Tonsacktheva | LAO | 11,51 | |
| 7 | 7 | Michandong Reginaldo | GEQ | 11,61 | |
| 5 | 6 | Shanahan Sanitoa | ASA | 12,60 | |

### Kwartfinales

| Ronde | Baan | Naam | Nationaliteit | Resultaat | Opmerking |
| 4 | 7 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.92 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Churandy Martina | AHO | 9.99 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | Richard Thompson | TRI | 9.99 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 10,02 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Darvis Patton | USA | 10,04 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Marc Burns | TRI | 10,05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Kim Collins | SKN | 10,07 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 9 | Walter Dix | USA | 10,08 | Q |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Frater | JAM | 10,09 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tyson Gay | USA | 10,09 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Obikwelu | POR | 10,09 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Tyrone Edgar | GBR | 10,10 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Samuel Francis | QAT | 10,11 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Derrick Atkins | BAH | 10,14 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | NOR | 10,14 | |
| 2 | 7 | Martial Mbandjock | FRA | 10,16 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Craig Pickering | GBR | 10,18 | |
| 2 | 5 | Olusoji Fasuba | NGR | 10,21 | |
| 3 | 9 | Ronald Pognon | FRA | 10,21 | |
| 1 | 6 | Naoki Tsukahara | JPN | 10,23 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 4 | Daniel Bailey | ANT | 10,23 | |
| 3 | 8 | Matic Osovnikar | SLO | 10,24 | |
| 5 | 3 | Aziz Zakari | GHA | 10,24 | |
| 2 | 2 | Andrew Hinds | BAR | 10,25 | |
| 5 | 6 | Andrey Epishin | RUS | 10,25 | |
| 4 | 6 | Obinna Metu | NGR | 10,29 | |
| 5 | 8 | Vicente de Lima | BRA | 10,31 | |
| 1 | 9 | Simeon Williamson | GBR | 10,32 | |
| 2 | 2 | Jose Carlos Moreira | BRA | 10,32 | |
| 1 | 3 | Jenris Vizcaino | CUB | 10,33 | |
| 2 | 9 | Simone Collio | ITA | 10,33 | |
| 4 | 3 | Anson Henry | CAN | 10,33 | |
| 4 | 2 | Ángel David Rodríguez | ESP | 10,35 | |
| 1 | 5 | Pierre Browne | CAN | 10,36 | |
| 3 | 2 | Tobias Benjamin Unger | GER | 10,36 | |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Grueso | COL | 10,37 | |
| 3 | 3 | Nobuharu Asahara | JPN | 10,37 | |
| 5 | 2 | Hu Kai | CHN | 10,40 | |
| 1 | 2 | Dariusz Kuc | POL | 10,46 | |
| 1 | 8 | Darrel Brown | TRI | 10,93 | |

### Halve finales

| Heat | Baan | Naam | Nationaliteit | Resultaat | Extra |
| 1 | 7 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9,85 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 9,91 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Richard Thompson | TRI | 9,93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Churandy Martina | AHO | 9,94 | Q NR |
| 1 | 6 | Walter Dix | USA | 9,95 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Marc Burns | TRI | 9,97 | Q |
| 1 | 9 | Michael Frater | JAM | 10,01 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Darvis Patton | USA | 10,03 | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Kim Collins | SKN | 10,05 | |
| 2 | 9 | Tyson Gay | USA | 10,05 | |
| 2 | 8 | Francis Obikwelu | POR | 10,10 | |
| 1 | 2 | Derrick Atkins | BAH | 10,13 | |
| 2 | 3 | Naoki Tsukahara | JPN | 10,16 | |
| 1 | 8 | Tyrone Edgar | GBR | 10,18 | |
| 2 | 2 | Martial Mbandjock | FRA | 10,18 | |
| 1 | 3 | Samuel Francis | QAT | 10,20 | |

### Finale

| Plaats | Baan | Naam | Nationaliteit | Resultaat | Extra |
| 1 | 4 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9,69 | WR |
| 2 | 5 | Richard Thompson | TRI | 9,89 | PB |
| 3 | 6 | Walter Dix | USA | 9,91 | PB |
| 4 | 9 | Churandy Martina | AHO | 9,93 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 9,95 | |
| 6 | 2 | Michael Frater | JAM | 9,97 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Marc Burns | TRI | 10,01 | |
| 8 | 3 | Darvis Patton | USA | 10,03 | |