Johnson Kere made his only Olympic appearance at these Games, and competed in the men's 100 meters race. On 3 August, he ran in the first round of the 100 meters, and was assigned to heat nine. He finished the heat in 11.57 seconds, seventh and last in his heat. Only the top three from a heat and the next seven fastest overall would progress, and Kere was eliminated, the slowest qualifying time was 10.72 seconds. The gold medal was by Carl Lewis of the United States in 9.99 seconds; silver was taken by Sam Graddy also of the US, and bronze by Ben Johnson of Canada.