| Host City: Tokyo. Japan |
Format: First round (First 3 and 2 fastest to second round) (Aug 24) |
| Dates: August 23 – September 1 |
Format: Second round (First 4 to semi-finals) (Aug 24) |
| Nations participating: 167 |
Format: Semi-finals (First 4 to final) (Aug 25) |
| Athletes participating: 1517 |
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Main venue: Olympic Stadium
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| Overview by IAAF |
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The final. in which 1987 silver medallist Stewart found a Jamaican record of 9.96 good enough for only sixth place. was generally regarded as the greatest sprint race of all-time. Once again Lewis was a key figure. Since retaining his Olympic title in 1988. he had been overshadowed by another American. Leroy Burrell. who improved the world record to 9.90 at the 1991 US Championships. In the second round. Lewis clocked a windy 9.80. Two other men broke 10 seconds on what proved to be a very fast surface. The semifinals were won by Lewis and Burrell in 9.93 and 9.94 respectively – the fastest preliminaries ever. The two principals were drawn together for the final. but the best start was made by the third American. Mitchell. At halfway Stewart (5.54) had edged in front with Lewis sixth. Burrell took over only to be passed at 90m by Lewis’s spectacular finish. The 30 year-old American won with new world record figures of 9.86. Burrell was also also inside the old record. Mitchell took the bronze and became the third-fastest man in history. “He passed us like we were standing still.” said Burrell. who ran the second half of the race in 4.33 compared to Lewis’s 4.25. There was some controversy after the race when it was eventually revealed that Mitchell’s reaction time at the start had been 0.09 – so quick that an automatic false start alert would have been sounded on the starter’s headphones. It transpired that the starter chose not to wear headphones. He was not obliged to do so. as IAAF rule 122.1 stated at the time: “The starter shall have the entire control of the competitors on their marks and shall be the sole judge of any fact connected with the start of the race.”
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| These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo. Japan. There were a total number of 77 participating athletes. with ten qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 25 August 1991. The world record. African record. and European record were broken by Carl Lewis. Frankie Fredericks. and Linford Christie respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart set the Jamaican record for the event. |
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record |
 Leroy Burrell (USA) |
9.90 |
New York City. United States |
June 14. 1991 |
| Championship Record |
Carl Lewis (USA) |
9.93 |
Rome. Italy |
August 30. 1987 |
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Men |
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100m |
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25 August |
1.2 |
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Final |
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| 1 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
1 Jul 61 |
9.86 |
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WR |
| 2 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
21 Feb 67 |
9.88 |
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| 3 |
Dennis Mitchell |
USA |
20 Feb 66 |
9.91 |
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| 4 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
2 Apr 60 |
9.92 |
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| 5 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
2 Oct 67 |
9.95 |
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| 6 |
Ray Stewart |
JAM |
18 Mar 65 |
9.96 |
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| 7 |
Robson Caetano da Silva |
BRA |
4 Sep 64 |
10.12 |
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| 8 |
Bruny Surin |
CAN |
12 Jul 67 |
10.14 |
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Semifinals |
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25 August |
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Heat 1 |
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1.3 |
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| 1 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
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9.93 |
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| 2 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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10.02 |
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| 3 |
Bruny Surin |
CAN |
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10.07 |
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| 4 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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10.13 |
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| 5 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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10.17 |
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| 6 |
Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
CIV |
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10.25 |
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| 7 |
Salaam Gariba |
GHA |
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10.37 |
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| 8 |
Michael Green |
JAM |
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10.38 |
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Heat 2 |
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1.1 |
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| 1 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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9.94 |
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| 2 |
Dennis Mitchell |
USA |
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9.99 |
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| 3 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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9.99 |
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| 4 |
Raymond Stewart |
JAM |
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10.03 |
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| 5 |
Daniel Sangouma |
FRA |
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10.18 |
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| 6 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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10.18 |
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| 7 |
Davidson Ezinwa |
NGR |
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10.20 |
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| 8 |
Ezio Madonia |
ITA |
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10.33 |
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Quarterfinals |
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24 August |
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Heat 1 |
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4.6 |
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| 1 |
Raymond Stewart |
JAM |
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10.02 |
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| 2 |
Dennis Mitchell |
USA |
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10.05 |
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| 3 |
Davidson Ezinwa |
NGR |
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10.23 |
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| 4 |
Ezio Madonia |
ITA |
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10.24 |
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| 5 |
Max Moriniere |
FRA |
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10.24 |
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| 6 |
Vitaliy Savin |
URS |
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10.26 |
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| 7 |
Jacek Marlicki |
POL |
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10.38 |
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| 8 |
Tetsuya Yamashita |
JPN |
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10.56 |
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Heat 2 |
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4.3 |
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| 1 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
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9.80 |
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| 2 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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9.90 |
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| 3 |
Bruny Surin |
CAN |
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10.01 |
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| 4 |
Michael Green |
JAM |
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10.18 |
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| 5 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
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10.19 |
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| 6 |
Arnaldo Oliveira Silva |
BRA |
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10.32 |
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| 7 |
Carlos Moreno |
CHI |
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10.40 |
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| 8 |
Chidi Imoh |
NGR |
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10.46 |
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Heat 3 |
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1.5 |
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| 1 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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10.11 |
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| 2 |
Daniel Sangouma |
FRA |
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10.23 |
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| 3 |
Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
CIV |
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10.30 |
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| 4 |
Salaam Gariba |
GHA |
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10.43 |
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| 5 |
Darren Braithwaite |
GBR |
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10.45 |
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| 6 |
Menelik Lawson |
TOG |
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10.60 |
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| 7 |
Tatsuo Sugimoto |
JPN |
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10.61 |
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Andreas Berger |
AUT |
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DNS |
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Heat 4 |
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4.1 |
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| 1 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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9.89 |
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| 2 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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10.00 |
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| 3 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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10.01 |
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| 4 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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10.08 |
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| 5 |
Satoru Inoue |
JPN |
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10.21 |
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| 6 |
Oleg Kramarenko |
URS |
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10.23 |
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| 7 |
Attila Kovacs |
HUN |
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10.23 |
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| 8 |
Charles-Louis Seck |
SEN |
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10.46 |
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Heats |
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24 August |
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Heat 1 |
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1.6 |
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| 1 |
Daniel Sangouma |
FRA |
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10.27 |
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| 2 |
Darren Braithwaite |
GBR |
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10.31 |
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| 3 |
Menelik Lawson |
TOG |
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10.38 |
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| 4 |
Chidi Imoh |
NGR |
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10.42 |
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| 5 |
Neville Hodge |
ISV |
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10.51 |
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| 6 |
Thabani Gonye |
ZIM |
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10.92 |
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| 7 |
Botlhoko Shebe |
LES |
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10.96 |
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| 8 |
Ahmed Shageef |
MLD |
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11.18 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.3 |
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| 1 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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10.21 |
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| 2 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
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10.36 |
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| 3 |
Jacek Marlicki |
POL |
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10.49 |
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| 4 |
Daniel Cojocaru |
ROU |
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10.51 |
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| 5 |
Sun-Kuk Jin |
KOR |
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10.67 |
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| 6 |
Visut Watanasin |
THA |
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10.68 |
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| 7 |
Mark Sherwin |
CKI |
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11.35 |
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| - |
Karim Abdul |
AFG |
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DNS |
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Heat 3 |
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1.0 |
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| 1 |
Dennis Mitchell |
USA |
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10.27 |
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| 2 |
Michael Green |
JAM |
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10.38 |
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| 3 |
Salaam Gariba |
GHA |
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10.38 |
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| 4 |
Joel Lamela |
CUB |
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10.53 |
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| 5 |
Kennedy Ondiek |
KEN |
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10.57 |
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| 6 |
Joel Otim |
UGA |
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11.06 |
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| - |
Mohamed Abderrehin |
LBA |
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DNS |
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Heat 4 |
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0.1 |
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| 1 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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10.17 |
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| 2 |
Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
CIV |
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10.20 |
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| 3 |
Arnaldo Oliveira Silva |
BRA |
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10.42 |
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| 4 |
Steffen Bringmann |
GER |
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10.47 |
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| 5 |
Jason Livingston |
GBR |
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10.57 |
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| 6 |
Florencio Aguilar |
PAN |
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10.85 |
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| 7 |
Dudley Den Dulk |
AHO |
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11.10 |
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Heat 5 |
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1.3 |
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| 1 |
Davidson Ezinwa |
NGR |
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10.25 |
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| 2 |
Max Moriniere |
FRA |
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10.28 |
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| 3 |
Oleg Kramarenko |
URS |
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10.36 |
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| 4 |
Attila Kovacs |
HUN |
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10.39 |
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| 5 |
Juan Jesus Trapero |
ESP |
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10.44 |
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| 6 |
Eduardo Nava |
MEX |
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10.56 |
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| 7 |
Edmund Estaphane |
STL |
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10.62 |
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| 8 |
Trevor Davis |
ANG |
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11.16 |
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Heat 6 |
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0.2 |
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| 1 |
Raymond Stewart |
JAM |
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10.17 |
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| 2 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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10.24 |
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| 3 |
Tatsuo Sugimoto |
JPN |
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10.58 |
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| 4 |
Valentin Atanasov |
BUL |
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10.63 |
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| 5 |
Khalid Juma |
BHR |
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10.68 |
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| 6 |
Ousmane Diarra |
MLI |
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10.69 |
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| 7 |
Jerome Jeremiah |
VAN |
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10.82 |
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| 8 |
Fred Rocio |
GUM |
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12.27 |
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Heat 7 |
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0.3 |
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| 1 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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10.39 |
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| 2 |
Satoru Inoue |
JPN |
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10.47 |
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| 3 |
Charles-Louis Seck |
SEN |
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10.60 |
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| 4 |
Eric Haynes |
STK |
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10.82 |
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| 5 |
Franck Zio |
BKF |
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10.93 |
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| 6 |
Erwin Heru |
INA |
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11.14 |
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| 7 |
Tryson Duburiya |
NAU |
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12.04 |
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| - |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
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DNS |
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Heat 8 |
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1.4 |
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| 1 |
Bruny Surin |
CAN |
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10.28 |
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| 2 |
Andreas Berger |
AUT |
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10.40 |
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| 3 |
Carlos Moreno |
CHI |
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10.44 |
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| 4 |
Horace Dove-Edwin |
SLE |
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10.48 |
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| 5 |
Gilles Queneherve |
FRA |
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10.59 |
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| 6 |
Fortune Ogouchi |
BEN |
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10.92 |
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| 7 |
Christian Mandengue |
CMR |
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10.98 |
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| 8 |
Golam Ambia |
BAN |
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11.09 |
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Heat 9 |
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0.2 |
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| 1 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
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10.12 |
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| 2 |
Ezio Madonia |
ITA |
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10.43 |
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| 3 |
Tetsuya Yamashita |
JPN |
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10.55 |
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| 4 |
Yiannis Zisimides |
CYP |
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10.68 |
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| 5 |
Rodney Cox |
TKS |
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11.02 |
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| 6 |
Jerome Romain |
DMN |
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11.09 |
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Cengiz Kavaklioglu |
TUR |
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DNS |
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Heat 10 |
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1.4 |
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| 1 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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10.20 |
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| 2 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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10.25 |
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| 3 |
Vitaliy Savin |
URS |
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10.36 |
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| 4 |
Fernando Botasso |
BRA |
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10.44 |
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| 5 |
Junior Cornette |
GUY |
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10.63 |
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| 6 |
Tzong-Tze Hsieh |
TPE |
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10.79 |
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| 7 |
John Hou |
PNG |
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11.04 |
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Adam Hassam Sakkak |
SUD |
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DNS |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Botlhoko Shebe |
 LES |
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| 2 |
Thabani Gonye |
 ZIM |
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| 3 |
Daniel Sangouma |
 FRA |
10.02 |
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| 4 |
Chidi Imoh |
 NGR |
10.00 |
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| 5 |
Boevi Menelik Lawson |
 TOG |
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| 6 |
Neville Hodge |
 ISV |
10.59 |
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| 7 |
Darren Braithwaite |
 GBR |
10.56 |
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| 8 |
Ahmed Shageef |
 MDV |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Jacek Marlicki |
 POL |
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| 2 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
 GHA |
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| 3 |
Karim Abdul |
 AFG |
11.38 |
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| 4 |
Frank Fredericks |
 NAM |
10.02 |
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| 5 |
Sun-kuk Jin |
 KOR |
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| 6 |
Visut Watanasin |
 THA |
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| 7 |
Daniel Cojocaru |
 ROU |
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| 8 |
Mark Sherwin |
 COK |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Joel Lamela |
 CUB |
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| 2 |
Joel Otim |
 UGA |
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| 3 |
Salaam Gariba |
GHA |
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| 4 |
Michael Green |
 JAM |
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| 5 |
Dennis Mitchell |
 USA |
10.00 |
10.00 |
| 6 |
Mohamed Abderrehin |
 LBA |
10.87 |
10.87 |
| 7 |
Kennedy Ondiek |
 KEN |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Jason Livingston |
GBR |
10.25 |
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| 2 |
Steffen Bringmann |
 GER |
10.13 |
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| 3 |
Arnaldo Silva |
 BRA |
10.12 |
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| 4 |
Dudley Den Dulk |
 AHO |
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| 5 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
9.90 |
9.90 |
| 6 |
Florencio Aguilar |
 PAN |
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| 7 |
Jean-Olivier Zirignon |
 CIV |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Oleg Kramarenko |
 URS |
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| 2 |
Edmund Estaphane |
 LCA |
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| 3 |
Attila Kovács |
 HUN |
10.09 |
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| 4 |
Juan Jesús Trapero |
 ESP |
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| 5 |
Davidson Ezinwa |
NGR |
10.05 |
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| 6 |
Eduardo Nava |
 MEX |
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| 7 |
Max Moriniére |
FRA |
10.09 |
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| 8 |
Trevor Davis |
 AIA |
10.64 |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Robson da Silva |
BRA |
10.00 |
10.08 |
| 2 |
Khalid Juma |
 BRN |
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| 3 |
Tatsuo Sugimoto |
 JPN |
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| 4 |
Raymond Stewart |
JAM |
9.97 |
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| 5 |
Valentin Atanasov |
 BUL |
10.37 |
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| 6 |
Jerome Jeremiah |
 VAN |
10.66 |
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| 7 |
Fred Rocio |
 GUM |
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| 8 |
Ousmane Diarra |
 MLI |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Franck Zio |
 BUR |
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| 2 |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
10.28 |
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| 3 |
Erwin Heru |
 INA |
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| 4 |
Charles-Louis Seck |
 SEN |
10.19 |
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| 5 |
Satoru Inoue |
JPN |
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| 6 |
Tryson Duburiya |
 NRU |
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| 7 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
9.97 |
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| 8 |
Eric Haynes |
 SKN |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Horace Dove-Edwin |
 SLE |
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| 2 |
Andreas Berger |
 AUT |
10.15 |
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| 3 |
Carlos Moreno |
 CHI |
10.25 |
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| 4 |
Fortune Ogouchi |
 BEN |
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| 5 |
Bruny Surin |
 CAN |
10.14 |
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| 6 |
Gilles Quénéhervé |
FRA |
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| 7 |
Christian Mandengue |
 CMR |
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| 8 |
Golam Ambia |
 BAN |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Jérôme Romain |
 DMA |
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| 2 |
Ezio Madonia |
 ITA |
10.26 |
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| 3 |
Yiannakis Zisimides |
 CYP |
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| 4 |
Tetsuya Yamashita |
JPN |
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| 5 |
Cengiz Kavaklioglu |
 TUR |
10.41 |
10.41 |
| 6 |
Rodney Cox |
 TKS |
10.84 |
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| 7 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
9.92 |
9.93 |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Adam Hassam Sakkak |
 SUD |
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| 2 |
Fernando Botasso |
BRA |
10.70 |
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| 3 |
John Hou |
 PNG |
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| 4 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
|
|
| 5 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
10.40 |
|
| 6 |
Tzong-Tze Hsieh |
 TPE |
|
|
| 7 |
Vitaliy Savin |
URS |
|
|
| 8 |
Junior Cornette |
 GUY |
|
