This event was seriously depleted because of the “western” boycott. Silvio Leonard, who had been the world’s number one six years earlier when aged 18, was the favourite, with Woronin, Wells and Eugen Ray as strong outsiders. Wells was the fastest in the first two rounds, with 10.11, ahead of the surprising Petrov (10.13), eliminating Crawford (fifth in 10.28) from further action. Leonard won his heat in 10.16. Petrov edged Leonard (10.39-10.40) in the first semi-final, with Wells winning the other race in 10.27, the wind now blowing at 45° against the runners. In the final, Leonard was drawn in lane 1, with Wells out in lane 8. Aksinin and the Cuban number two, Lara, started best, with Leonard catching them at 30m and Wells about 30cm behind. Wells, who had been compelled by the rules to use starting blocks, caught Leonard at 80m and the two hit the line as one. On replay it was seen that Wells had won with a better lean. Wells later estimated that with better, but legal, wind conditions the time would have been 10.05, and the published wind reading of +1.11 was clearly incorrect. In his first race after the Games, Wells ran against the leading American, Stanley Floyd, |
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Results |
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100 m |
Men |
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Final |
25 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.25 |
-1,1 |
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Allan Wells |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 May 52 |
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2 |
10.25 |
-1,1 |
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Silvio Leonard |
Cuba |
CUB |
20 Sep 55 |
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3 |
10.39 |
-1,1 |
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Petar Petrov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
17 Feb 55 |
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4 |
10.42 |
-1,1 |
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Aleksandr Aksinin |
Soviet Union |
URS |
4 Nov 54 |
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5 |
10.43 |
-1,1 |
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Osvaldo Lara |
Cuba |
CUB |
13 Jul 55 |
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6 |
10.44 |
-1,1 |
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Vladimir Muravyov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
30 Sep 59 |
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7 |
10.46 |
-1,1 |
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Marian Woronin |
Poland |
POL |
13 Aug 56 |
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8 |
10.49 |
-1,1 |
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Hermann Panzo |
France |
FRA |
8 Feb 58 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semifinal 1 |
25 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.39 |
0,4 |
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Petar Petrov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
17 Feb 55 |
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2 |
10.40 |
0,4 |
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Silvio Leonard |
Cuba |
CUB |
20 Sep 55 |
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3 |
10.45 |
0,4 |
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Aleksandr Aksinin |
Soviet Union |
URS |
4 Nov 54 |
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4 |
10.45 |
0,4 |
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Hermann Panzo |
France |
FRA |
8 Feb 58 |
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5 |
10.55 |
0,4 |
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Don Quarrie |
Jamaica |
JAM |
25 Feb 51 |
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6 |
10.58 |
0,4 |
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Pietro Mennea |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 52 |
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7 |
10.60 |
0,4 |
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Cameron Sharp |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Jun 58 |
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8 |
10.60 |
0,4 |
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Gregoire Illorson |
Cameroon |
CMR |
6 Jan 55 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Semifinal 2 |
25 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.27 |
0,4 |
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Allan Wells |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 May 52 |
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2 |
10.34 |
0,4 |
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Osvaldo Lara |
Cuba |
CUB |
13 Jul 55 |
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3 |
10.42 |
0,4 |
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Vladimir Muravyov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
30 Sep 59 |
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4 |
10.43 |
0,4 |
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Marian Woronin |
Poland |
POL |
13 Aug 56 |
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5 |
10.44 |
0,4 |
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James Gilkes |
Guyana |
GUY |
21 Sep 52 |
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6 |
10.47 |
0,4 |
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Eugen Ray |
East Germany |
GDR |
26 Jul 57 |
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7 |
10.51 |
0,4 |
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Peter Okodogbe |
Nigeria |
NGR |
27 May 58 |
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8 |
10.54 |
0,4 |
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Chris Brathwaite |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
12 Aug 48 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
24 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.11 |
1,3 |
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Allan Wells |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 May 52 |
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2 |
10.13 |
1,3 |
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Petar Petrov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
17 Feb 55 |
NR |
3 |
10.21 |
1,3 |
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Osvaldo Lara |
Cuba |
CUB |
13 Jul 55 |
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4 |
10.27 |
1,3 |
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Pietro Mennea |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 52 |
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5 |
10.28 |
1,3 |
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Hasely Crawford |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
16 Aug 50 |
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6 |
10.28 |
1,3 |
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Sören Schlegel |
East Germany |
GDR |
28 Dec 60 |
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7 |
10.45 |
1,3 |
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Nelson dos Santos |
Brazil |
BRA |
8 May 52 |
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8 |
10.62 |
1,3 |
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Lambros Kefalas |
Greece |
GRE |
10 Aug 53 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
24 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.16 |
0,2 |
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Silvio Leonard |
Cuba |
CUB |
20 Sep 55 |
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2 |
10.27 |
0,2 |
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Marian Woronin |
Poland |
POL |
13 Aug 56 |
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3 |
10.30 |
0,2 |
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Eugen Ray |
East Germany |
GDR |
26 Jul 57 |
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4 |
10.37 |
0,2 |
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Chris Brathwaite |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
12 Aug 48 |
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5 |
10.41 |
0,2 |
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Andrey Shlyapnikov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
13 Jan 59 |
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6 |
10.59 |
0,2 |
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Théophile Nkounkou |
Congo |
CGO |
7 Jan 52 |
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7 |
10.67 |
0,2 |
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Hammed Adio |
Nigeria |
NGR |
20 Jan 59 |
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8 |
10.70 |
0,2 |
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Katsuhiko Nakaya |
Brazil |
BRA |
22 Apr 57 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
24 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.29 |
0,2 |
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Aleksandr Aksinin |
Soviet Union |
URS |
4 Nov 54 |
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2 |
10.29 |
0,2 |
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Don Quarrie |
Jamaica |
JAM |
25 Feb 51 |
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3 |
10.29 |
0,2 |
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Hermann Panzo |
France |
FRA |
8 Feb 58 |
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4 |
10.34 |
0,2 |
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Peter Okodogbe |
Nigeria |
NGR |
27 May 58 |
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5 |
10.40 |
0,2 |
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Leszek Dunecki |
Poland |
POL |
2 Oct 56 |
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6 |
10.42 |
0,2 |
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Drew McMaster |
Great Britain |
GBR |
10 May 57 |
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7 |
10.44 |
0,2 |
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Tomas González |
Cuba |
CUB |
11 Jun 59 |
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8 |
10.57 |
0,2 |
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Gerardo Suero |
Dominican Republic |
DOM |
24 Aug 57 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
24 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.26 |
0,3 |
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James Gilkes |
Guyana |
GUY |
21 Sep 52 |
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2 |
10.29 |
0,3 |
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Gregoire Illorson |
Cameroon |
CMR |
6 Jan 55 |
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3 |
10.34 |
0,3 |
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Vladimir Muravyov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
30 Sep 59 |
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4 |
10.38 |
0,3 |
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Cameron Sharp |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Jun 58 |
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5 |
10.45 |
0,3 |
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Antoine Richard |
France |
FRA |
8 Sep 60 |
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6 |
10.54 |
0,3 |
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Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Jan 55 |
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7 |
10.54 |
0,3 |
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Krzysztof Zwolinski |
Poland |
POL |
2 Jan 59 |
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8 |
10.73 |
0,3 |
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Olajidie Oyeledun |
Nigeria |
NGR |
10 Jan 58 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.33 |
0,3 |
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2 |
10.39 |
0,3 |
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Peter Okodogbe |
Nigeria |
NGR |
27 May 58 |
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3 |
10.44 |
0,3 |
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Chris Brathwaite |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
12 Aug 48 |
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4 |
10.53 |
0,3 |
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Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Jan 55 |
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5 |
11.03 |
0,3 |
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Charles Kachenjela |
Zambia |
ZAM |
55 |
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6 |
11.11 |
0,3 |
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John Carew |
Sierra Leone |
SLE |
19 Sep 52 |
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7 |
11.27 |
0,3 |
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Marcos Larose |
Seychelles |
SEY |
23 Jun 59 |
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DNF |
0,3 |
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Alejandro Casañas |
Cuba |
CUB |
29 Jan 54 |
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DNF |
0,3 |
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Osvaldo Lara |
Cuba |
CUB |
13 Jul 55 |
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DNF |
0,3 |
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Silvio Leonard |
Cuba |
CUB |
20 Sep 55 |
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DNF |
0,3 |
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Tomas González |
Cuba |
CUB |
11 Jun 59 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.56 |
0 |
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Pietro Mennea |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 52 |
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2 |
10.70 |
0 |
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Lambros Kefalas |
Greece |
GRE |
10 Aug 53 |
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3 |
10.72 |
0 |
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Katsuhiko Nakaya |
Brazil |
BRA |
22 Apr 57 |
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4 |
10.73 |
0 |
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Momar N'Dao |
Senegal |
SEN |
21 Mar 49 |
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5 |
11.09 |
0 |
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Eduardo Costa |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
24 Jul 54 |
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6 |
11.15 |
0 |
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Lucien Josiah |
Botswana |
BOT |
16 Jul 58 |
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7 |
11.69 |
0 |
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Soutsakhone Somninhom |
Laos |
LAO |
22 May 58 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.26 |
0,1 |
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Aleksandr Aksinin |
Soviet Union |
URS |
4 Nov 54 |
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2 |
10.42 |
0,1 |
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Leszek Dunecki |
Poland |
POL |
2 Oct 56 |
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3 |
10.51 |
0,1 |
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Nelson dos Santos |
Brazil |
BRA |
8 May 52 |
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4 |
10.58 |
0,1 |
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Hammed Adio |
Nigeria |
NGR |
20 Jan 59 |
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5 |
10.67 |
0,1 |
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Nabil Nahri |
Syria |
SYR |
10 Jun 58 |
NR |
6 |
10.86 |
0,1 |
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Mwalimu Ally |
Tanzania |
TAN |
8 May 53 |
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7 |
11.37 |
0,1 |
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Rudolph George |
Sierra Leone |
SLE |
8 Jun 57 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.32 |
-0,2 |
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Petar Petrov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
17 Feb 55 |
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2 |
10.37 |
-0,2 |
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Vladimir Muravyov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
30 Sep 59 |
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3 |
10.39 |
-0,2 |
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Osvaldo Lara |
Cuba |
CUB |
13 Jul 55 |
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4 |
10.51 |
-0,2 |
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Antoine Richard |
France |
FRA |
8 Sep 60 |
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5 |
11.01 |
-0,2 |
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Pascal Aho |
Benin |
BEN |
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6 |
11.21 |
-0,2 |
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Joseph Letseka |
Lesotho |
LES |
28 Mar 53 |
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7 |
11.42 |
-0,2 |
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Ilidio Coelho |
Angola |
ANG |
23 Jul 60 |
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8 |
11.55 |
-0,2 |
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Besha Tuffa |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
9 Oct 53 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 5 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.38 |
0,9 |
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Eugen Ray |
East Germany |
GDR |
26 Jul 57 |
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2 |
10.42 |
0,9 |
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Hasely Crawford |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
16 Aug 50 |
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3 |
10.43 |
0,9 |
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Drew McMaster |
Great Britain |
GBR |
10 May 57 |
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4 |
10.53 |
0,9 |
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Gerardo Suero |
Dominican Republic |
DOM |
24 Aug 57 |
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5 |
11.01 |
0,9 |
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Roland Dagher |
Lebanon |
LIB |
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6 |
11.08 |
0,9 |
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Sheku Boima |
Sierra Leone |
SLE |
7 Oct 52 |
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7 |
11.61 |
0,9 |
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Raghu Raj Onta |
Nepal |
NEP |
16 Aug 52 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 6 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.44 |
0 |
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Sören Schlegel |
East Germany |
GDR |
28 Dec 60 |
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2 |
10.53 |
0 |
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Hermann Panzo |
France |
FRA |
8 Feb 58 |
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3 |
10.65 |
0 |
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Tomas González |
Cuba |
CUB |
11 Jun 59 |
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4 |
10.69 |
0 |
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Antoine Kiakouama |
Congo |
CGO |
13 Sep 48 |
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5 |
10.74 |
0 |
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Milton de Castro |
Brazil |
BRA |
19 Apr 54 |
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6 |
10.75 |
0 |
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Boubacar Diallo |
France |
FRA |
3 Oct 87 |
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7 |
11.04 |
0 |
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Adille Sumariwalla |
India |
IND |
6 Aug 58 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 7 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.35 |
-0,1 |
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Allan Wells |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 May 52 |
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2 |
10.37 |
-0,1 |
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Don Quarrie |
Jamaica |
JAM |
25 Feb 51 |
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3 |
10.60 |
-0,1 |
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Krzysztof Zwolinski |
Poland |
POL |
2 Jan 59 |
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4 |
10.66 |
-0,1 |
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Ivaylo Karanyotov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
26 Feb 58 |
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5 |
10.69 |
-0,1 |
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István Tatár |
Hungary |
HUN |
24 Mar 58 |
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6 |
10.91 |
-0,1 |
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Marinus Westbroek |
Netherlands |
NED |
11 Mar 61 |
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7 |
10.94 |
-0,1 |
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Oddur Sigurdsson |
Iceland |
ISL |
28 Apr 59 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 8 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.34 |
-0,4 |
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James Gilkes |
Guyana |
GUY |
21 Sep 52 |
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2 |
10.38 |
-0,4 |
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Cameron Sharp |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Jun 58 |
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3 |
10.53 |
-0,4 |
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Théophile Nkounkou |
Congo |
CGO |
7 Jan 52 |
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4 |
10.68 |
-0,4 |
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István Nagy |
Hungary |
HUN |
28 Apr 59 |
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5 |
10.74 |
-0,4 |
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David Lukuba |
Tanzania |
TAN |
17 Mar 57 |
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6 |
11.19 |
-0,4 |
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Paul Haba |
Guinea |
GUI |
14 Jul 59 |
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7 |
11.28 |
-0,4 |
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Abdoulmajeed Al-Mosawi |
Kuwait |
KUW |
16 Mar 62 |
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100 m |
Men |
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Heat 9 |
24 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
10.34 |
0,3 |
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Gregoire Illorson |
Cameroon |
CMR |
6 Jan 55 |
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2 |
10.35 |
0,3 |
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Marian Woronin |
Poland |
POL |
13 Aug 56 |
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3 |
10.43 |
0,3 |
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Andrey Shlyapnikov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
13 Jan 59 |
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4 |
10.59 |
0,3 |
|
Olajidie Oyeledun |
Nigeria |
NGR |
10 Jan 58 |
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5 |
10.80 |
0,3 |
|
Francis Adams |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
29 Oct 53 |
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6 |
11.07 |
0,3 |
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Peter Mwita |
Tanzania |
TAN |
1 Jan 60 |
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7 |
11.07 |
0,3 |
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Salif Koné |
Mali |
MLI |
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8 |
13.66 |
0,3 |
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José Luis Elias |
Peru |
PER |
8 Dec 54 |
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