1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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The men's

International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Francis Obikwelu
 Nigeria
Silver Seun Ogunkoya
 Nigeria
Bronze Francesco Scuderi
 Italy

Results

Final

22 August
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 10.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seun Ogunkoya  Nigeria 10.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francesco Scuderi  Italy 10.43
4 Jamie Henthorn  United Kingdom 10.45
5 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.47
6 Lawrence Armstrong  United States 10.48
7 Lindel Frater  Jamaica 10.52
8 Dean Wise  New Zealand 10.59

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya  Nigeria 10.35 Q
2 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.48 Q
3 Lindel Frater  Jamaica 10.52 Q
4 Lawrence Armstrong  United States 10.57 Q
5 José Illán  Spain 10.61
6 Georgios Skender  Cyprus 10.71
7 Paul Pearce  Australia 10.75
8
Marcus La Grange
 South Africa 10.79

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 10.31 Q
2 Jamie Henthorn  United Kingdom 10.48 Q
3 Francesco Scuderi  Italy 10.50 Q
4 Dean Wise  New Zealand 10.54 Q
5 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 10.58
6 Vince Williams  United States 10.59
7 Christofer Ohlsson  Sweden 10.66
8 Erik Kringeland  Norway 10.99

Quarterfinals

21 August

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -2.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya  Nigeria 10.54 Q
2 Lawrence Armstrong  United States 10.84 Q
3 Christofer Ohlsson  Sweden 10.86 Q
4 Erik Kringeland  Norway 10.90 Q
5 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 10.91
6 László Babály  Hungary 11.04
7
Charles Allen
 Canada 11.13
Ioánnis Paraschópoulos  Greece DNF

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -2.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.80 Q
2 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 10.81 Q
3 Paul Pearce  Australia 10.87 Q
4
Marcus La Grange
 South Africa 10.92 Q
5 Jens Weissbach  Germany 10.98
6 Benedictus Botha  Namibia 10.99
7
Misael Ortíz
 Cuba 11.12
8 Joseph Colville  Costa Rica 11.13

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 10.69 Q
2 Jamie Henthorn  United Kingdom 10.75 Q
3 Vince Williams  United States 10.86 Q
4 Francesco Scuderi  Italy 10.86 Q
5 Shingo Kawabata  Japan 10.88
6 Oscar Meneses  Guatemala 10.94
7 David Patros  France 10.97
8
Stéphane Buckland
 Mauritius 11.13

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dean Wise  New Zealand 10.66 Q
2 Lindel Frater  Jamaica 10.73 Q
3 Georgios Skender  Cyprus 10.74 Q
4 José Illán  Spain 10.82 Q
5
Vitaliy Medvedev
 Kazakhstan 10.88
6 David Baxter  Australia 10.91
7 Henrik Grönqvist  Finland 10.99
8 Omar Sacco  Italy 11.10

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 10.53 Q
2 David Patros  France 10.61 Q
3 José Illán  Spain 10.67 Q
4 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 10.76 Q
5 Hristóforos Hoídis  Greece 10.76
6 Vegard Hollås  Norway 10.82
7 Shane Brown  Jamaica 10.84
8 Jeffrey Bai  Papua New Guinea 11.33

Heat 2

Wind: -1.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 10.58 Q
2 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.62 Q
3 Jens Weissbach  Germany 10.81 Q
4 Vince Williams  United States 10.82 Q
5 Takashi Miyata  Japan 10.83
6 Julio César Roque  El Salvador 11.03
7 Adam Afrah  Maldives 12.00

Heat 3

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dean Wise  New Zealand 10.63 Q
2 Francesco Scuderi  Italy 10.72 Q
3
Misael Ortíz
 Cuba 10.74 Q
4 Joseph Colville  Costa Rica 11.00 Q
5 Frantz Valbona  Haiti 11.16
6 Felimon Pasante  Philippines 11.49
7
Eduard Martin
 Germany 12.47

Heat 4

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jamie Henthorn  United Kingdom 10.61 Q
2
Marcus La Grange
 South Africa 10.68 Q
3 Oscar Meneses  Guatemala 10.72 Q
4 Omar Sacco  Italy 10.79 Q
5
William To Wai Lok
 Hong Kong 10.91
6 Orkatz Beitia  Spain 10.95
7 Valentin Borsuk  Belarus 11.05

Heat 5

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya  Nigeria 10.44 Q
2 Christofer Ohlsson  Sweden 10.54 Q
3 Erik Kringeland  Norway 10.62 Q
4 László Babály  Hungary 10.67 Q
5
Stéphane Buckland
 Mauritius 10.68 q
6 Kok Lim Tan  Malaysia 10.79

Heat 6

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul Pearce  Australia 10.55 Q
2 Georgios Skender  Cyprus 10.58 Q
3
Charles Allen
 Canada 10.62 Q
4 Lindel Frater  Jamaica 10.65 Q
5 Benedictus Botha  Namibia 10.67 q
6 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos  Greece 10.74 q
7 Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar  Malaysia 10.87
8 Boonyarit Phuksachat  Thailand 10.88

Heat 7

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Baxter  Australia 10.52 Q
2 Lawrence Armstrong  United States 10.56 Q
3
Vitaliy Medvedev
 Kazakhstan 10.60 Q
4 Shingo Kawabata  Japan 10.64 Q
5 Henrik Grönqvist  Finland 10.74 q
6 Malik Louahla  Algeria 10.82
7 Vincent Caure  France 10.85
8 Ekkachai Janthana  Thailand 10.96

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, World Junior Championships WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, World Junior Athletics History, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. International Association of Athletics Federations
    , retrieved 13 June 2015