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

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 100 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at 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
	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	10.21
	Seun Ogunkoya	Nigeria	10.25
	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

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