Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres was of one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to 22, by a total of 82 sprinters from 62 nations.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Olympedia>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

The event was won by Justin Gatlin of the United States, the nation's second consecutive title and 16th overall in the event. Portugal earned its first medal in the men's 100 metres, with Francis Obikwelu's silver. The final was the fastest and most disputed in Olympic history, with six runners covering the distance in 10.00 seconds or less (four of them under the 9.90 mark), and the gold and bronze medalist athletes separated by 0.02 seconds. Template:TOC limit

The medals for the competition were presented by Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC Honorary President for Life, Spain; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Lamine Diack, IAAF President, Senegal.

Background

This was the twenty-fifth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. All three finalists from 2000 returned: defending gold medalist Maurice Greene of the United States, silver medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago, and bronze medalist Obadele Thompson of Barbados, along with three other finalists (Darren Campbell of Great Britain, Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Aziz Zakari of Ghana). Two-time silver medalist (1992 and 1996) Frankie Fredericks of Namibia also returned after missing the Sydney Games with injury.

Collins was the reigning (2003) world champion, as well as Commonwealth champion. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal had won the 2002 European Championship. On the United States team, along with an aging Greene (still a medal contender, but no longer as dominant as in 2000), was a young Justin Gatlin.<ref name=Olympedia/>

Aruba, Jordan, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Slovenia appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its 24rd appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 10.21 seconds during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If a NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 10.28 seconds.

Competition format

The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the heats and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 10 heats, each with 8 or 9 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next ten fastest runners overall. This made 40 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.<ref name=Olympedia/>

Records

Template:As of, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows.

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 21 August 2004	10:35 19:40	Round 1 Round 2
Sunday, 22 August 2004	20:55 23:10	Semifinals Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the ten fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Frankie Fredericks	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.12	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
2	3	Uchenna Emedolu	Template:FlagIOC	0.222	10.22	Template:Abbr
3	4	Shingo Suetsugu	Template:FlagIOC	0.174	10.27	Template:Abbr
4	7	Darren Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.159	10.35
5	9	Chen Haijian	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	10.45
6	2	Eric Nkansah	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	10.54
7	6	Poh Seng Song	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	10.75
8	8	Yazaldes Nascimento	Template:FlagIOC	0.185	11.00
				Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Mark Lewis-Francis	Template:FlagIOC	0.149	10.13	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
2	7	Aziz Zakari	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	10.19	Template:Abbr
3	6	Roland Németh	Template:FlagIOC	0.137	10.28	Template:Abbr
4	3	Salem Mubarak Al Yami	Template:FlagIOC	0.143	10.36
5	4	Darren Gilford	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	10.67
6	8	Khalil Al Hanahneh	Template:FlagIOC	0.172	10.76
7	2	Kakianako Nariki	Template:FlagIOC	0.183	11.62
—	9	Marc Burns	Template:FlagIOC		Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
				Wind: −0.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	8	Justin Gatlin	Template:FlagIOC	0.204	10.07	Template:Abbr
2	6	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.156	10.15	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	9	Leonard Myles-Mills	Template:FlagIOC	0.133	10.21	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
4	4	Vicente de Lima	Template:FlagIOC	0.169	10.23	Template:Abbr
5	1	Andrey Yepishin	Template:FlagIOC	0.146	10.29	Template:Abbr
6	2	Georgios Theodoridis	Template:FlagIOC	0.141	10.32	Template:Abbr
7	5	Hadhari Djaffar	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	10.62
8	7	Sultan Saeed	Template:FlagIOC	0.239	11.72
—	3	Juan Sainfleur	Template:FlagIOC	0.164	Template:Abbr
				Wind: −0.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Shawn Crawford	Template:FlagIOC	0.184	10.02	Template:Abbr
2	1	Obadele Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.141	10.08	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	4	Matic Osovnikar	Template:FlagIOC	0.112	10.15	Template:Abbr, NR
4	5	Idrissa Sanou	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	10.33	Template:Abbr
5	3	Diego Ferreira	Template:FlagIOC	0.141	10.50	NR
6	9	Pierre de Windt	Template:FlagIOC	0.234	11.02
7	7	Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh	Template:FlagIOC	0.202	11.30
8	8	Masoud Azizi	Template:FlagIOC	0.217	11.66
—	2	Hristoforos Hoidis	Template:FlagIOC		Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	2	Francis Obikwelu	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	10.09	Template:Abbr
2	5	Ronald Pognon	Template:FlagIOC	0.150	10.18	Template:Abbr
3	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Template:FlagIOC	0.157	10.26	Template:Abbr, NR
4	8	Jarbas Mascarenhas	Template:FlagIOC	0.147	10.34	Template:Abbr
5	7	Hiroyasu Tsuchie	Template:FlagIOC	0.182	10.37
6	9	Adrian Durant	Template:FlagIOC	0.223	10.52
7	6	Nabie Foday Fofanah	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	10.62
8	4	Harmon Harmon	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	11.22	Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7	Nobuharu Asahara	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	10.33	Template:Abbr
2	3	Łukasz Chyła	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	10.35	Template:Abbr
3	4	Eric Pacome N'Dri	Template:FlagIOC	0.147	10.39	Template:Abbr
4	9	Ato Boldon	Template:FlagIOC	0.155	10.41
5	6	Issa Aime Nthepe	Template:FlagIOC	0.159	10.67
6	2	Gábor Dobos	Template:FlagIOC	0.131	10.68
7	8	John Howard	Template:FlagIOC	0.195	10.85	NR
8	5	Mohammad Shamsuddin	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	11.13
				Wind: −1.1 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	9	Asafa Powell	Template:FlagIOC	0.146	10.06	Template:Abbr
2	5	Jason Gardener	Template:FlagIOC	0.155	10.15	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	4	Joshua Ross	Template:FlagIOC	0.153	10.24	Template:Abbr, =Template:Abbr
4	1	André da Silva	Template:FlagIOC	0.145	10.28	Template:Abbr
5	8	Pierre Browne	Template:FlagIOC	0.169	10.32	Template:Abbr
6	7	Lamin Tucker	Template:FlagIOC	0.137	10.72
7	6	Kelsey Nakanelua	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	11.25
8	2	Sopheak Phouk	Template:FlagIOC	0.225	11.56	PB
—	3	Djikoloum Mobele	Template:FlagIOC		Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Maurice Greene	Template:FlagIOC	0.142	10.18	Template:Abbr
2	2	Dwight Thomas	Template:FlagIOC	0.135	10.21	Template:Abbr
3	8	Churandy Martina	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.23	Template:Abbr
4	3	Alexander Kosenkow	Template:FlagIOC	0.135	10.28	Template:Abbr
5	6	Prodromos Katsantonis	Template:FlagIOC	0.179	10.50	Template:Abbr
6	7	Chiang Wai Hung	Template:FlagIOC	0.157	10.70
7	9	Francis Manioru	Template:FlagIOC	0.143	11.05
8	5	Teymur Gasimov	Template:FlagIOC	0.179	11.17
9	4	Filipo Muller	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	11.18	Template:Abbr
				Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	9	Deji Aliu	Template:FlagIOC	0.191	10.39	Template:Abbr
2	2	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Template:FlagIOC	0.153	10.40	Template:Abbr
3	6	Gennadiy Chernovol	Template:FlagIOC	0.145	10.43	Template:Abbr
4	3	Souhalia Alamou	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	10.48
5	8	Christie van Wyk	Template:FlagIOC	0.148	10.49
6	4	Daniel Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	10.51
7	7	Gian Nicola Berardi	Template:FlagIOC	0.143	10.76
8	5	Carlos Abaunza	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	11.17
				Wind: −1.4 m/s

Heat 10

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Kim Collins	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	10.11	Template:Abbr
2	3	Michael Frater	Template:FlagIOC	0.161	10.20	Template:Abbr
3	4	Nicconnor Alexander	Template:FlagIOC	0.139	10.22	Template:Abbr
4	7	Simone Collio	Template:FlagIOC	0.151	10.27	Template:Abbr
5	2	Eddy de Lepine	Template:FlagIOC	0.192	10.27	Template:Abbr
6	8	Xavier James	Template:FlagIOC	0.147	10.40	Template:Abbr
7	9	Sebastien Gattuso	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.58	=NR
8	5	Wilfried Bingangoye	Template:FlagIOC	0.206	10.76	Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.7 m/s

Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next fastest overall sprinter (q) qualified.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Francis Obikwelu	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	9.93	Template:Abbr, NR
2	5	Mark Lewis-Francis	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	10.12	Template:Abbr, =Template:Abbr
3	3	Dwight Thomas	Template:FlagIOC	0.149	10.12	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
4	6	Ronald Pognon	Template:FlagIOC	0.166	10.15	Template:Abbr
5	8	Shingo Suetsugu	Template:FlagIOC	0.150	10.19
6	2	Pierre Browne	Template:FlagIOC	0.150	10.21
7	7	Churandy Martina	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.24
8	1	André da Silva	Template:FlagIOC	0.136	10.34
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Shawn Crawford	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	9.89	Template:Abbr
2	3	Obadele Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.156	10.12	Template:Abbr
3	7	Vicente de Lima	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	10.26	Template:Abbr
4	2	Matic Osovnikar	Template:FlagIOC	0.168	10.26
5	6	Deji Aliu	Template:FlagIOC	0.185	10.26
6	5	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Template:FlagIOC	0.161	10.28
7	1	Gennadiy Chernovol	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	10.42
8	8	Idrissa Sanou	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	10.43
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Justin Gatlin	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	9.96	Template:Abbr
2	3	Jason Gardener	Template:FlagIOC	0.146	10.15	Template:Abbr, =Template:Abbr
3	5	Uchenna Emedolu	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	10.15	Template:Abbr
4	6	Nobuharu Asahara	Template:FlagIOC	0.151	10.24
5	2	Georgios Theodoridis	Template:FlagIOC	0.141	10.36
6	7	Roland Németh	Template:FlagIOC	0.151	10.38
7	8	Nicconnor Alexander	Template:FlagIOC	0.148	10.48
—	1	Eddy de Lepine	Template:FlagIOC		Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Aziz Zakari	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	10.02	Template:Abbr
2	6	Kim Collins	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.05	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	5	Michael Frater	Template:FlagIOC	0.152	10.11	Template:Abbr
4	3	Frankie Fredericks	Template:FlagIOC	0.142	10.17
5	7	Joshua Ross	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	10.22	Template:Abbr
6	1	Alexander Kosenkow	Template:FlagIOC	0.113	10.24
7	2	Andrey Yepishin	Template:FlagIOC	0.164	10.29
8	8	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Template:FlagIOC	0.184	10.39
				Wind: −0.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Maurice Greene	Template:FlagIOC	0.117	9.93	Template:Abbr
2	6	Asafa Powell	Template:FlagIOC	0.142	9.99	Template:Abbr
3	1	Leonard Myles-Mills	Template:FlagIOC	0.145	10.18	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
4	5	Łukasz Chyła	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	10.23
5	3	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	10.24
6	8	Simone Collio	Template:FlagIOC	0.135	10.29
7	2	Jarbas Mascarenhas	Template:FlagIOC	0.134	10.30
8	7	Eric Pacome N'Dri	Template:FlagIOC	0.137	10.32
				Wind: −0.2 m/s

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Shawn Crawford	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	10.07	Template:Abbr
2	4	Justin Gatlin	Template:FlagIOC	0.191	10.09	Template:Abbr
3	6	Aziz Zakari	Template:FlagIOC	0.155	10.11	Template:Abbr
4	8	Obadele Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	10.22	Template:Abbr
5	5	Mark Lewis-Francis	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	10.28
6	2	Michael Frater	Template:FlagIOC	0.146	10.29
7	1	Ronald Pognon	Template:FlagIOC	0.144	10.32
8	7	Uchenna Emedolu	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	10.35
				Wind: −1.6 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Asafa Powell	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	9.95	Template:Abbr
2	5	Francis Obikwelu	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	9.97	Template:Abbr
3	6	Maurice Greene	Template:FlagIOC	0.125	9.97	Template:Abbr
4	3	Kim Collins	Template:FlagIOC	0.150	10.02	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
5	8	Jason Gardener	Template:FlagIOC	0.147	10.12	Template:Abbr
6	1	Leonard Myles-Mills	Template:FlagIOC	0.139	10.22
7	7	Dwight Thomas	Template:FlagIOC	0.156	10.28
8	2	Vicente de Lima	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	10.28
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

In the final, the slowest to react was Justin Gatlin, still with the most powerful first steps, Gatlin led from the gun, with Kim Collins, the next slowest to react, also getting a typically fast start (typically in lane 1). A step behind, back from injuries, defending champion Maurice Greene, was fastest to react but running sideways in quicksand. He was joined by Francis Obikwelu and Shawn Crawford, who had a slight edge on the other competitors in the center of the track. Collins faded as Obikwelu, Crawford and Greene gained. Feeling his lead disappearing rapidly, Gatlin leaned early still maintaining the lead across the line. The tall Obikwelu perfectly timed his dip to clearly grab silver. Crawford's finish occurred two meters too late giving Greene another medal with the same time as his win four years earlier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
Template:Gold01	3	Justin Gatlin	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	9.85	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
Template:Silver02	5	Francis Obikwelu	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	9.86	AR
Template:Bronze03	7	Maurice Greene	Template:FlagIOC	0.151	9.87	Template:Abbr
4	4	Shawn Crawford	Template:FlagIOC	0.161	9.89	Template:Abbr
5	6	Asafa Powell	Template:FlagIOC	0.166	9.94
6	1	Kim Collins	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	10.00	Template:Abbr
7	8	Obadele Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.164	10.10
—	2	Aziz Zakari	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	Template:Abbr
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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