Francis Manioru was 22 at the time of the Athens Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut. In the first round of the men's 100 meters, he was drawn into heat nine. He finished the race in 11.05 seconds, seventh place out of nine in his heat. However, only the top three from a heat and the ten next fastest overall from all ten heats were allowed to advance, and he was eliminated, the slowest qualifying time being 10.43 seconds. The gold medal was won by Justin Gatlin of the united States in a time of 9.85 seconds, silver was won by Francis Obikwelu of Portugal in 9.86 seconds, and bronze by Maurice Greene, also of the United States, in 9.87 seconds. Four years later, Manioru would represent the Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics.