Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Venue Meadowbank Stadium
Dates26-27 July
Competitors19 from 11 nations
Winning time10.07
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  1982
1990  

The men's 100 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 July 1986. [1]

Contents

The winning margin was 0.21 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 100 metres was won by more than 0.2 seconds at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. [2]

Wind:

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Ben Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.15 Q
22 Jamie Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.29 Q
31 Linford Christie Flag of England.svg  England 10.31 Q
43 Elliot Bunney Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.32 Q
52 Mike McFarlane Flag of England.svg  England 10.38 Q
62 Simon Baird Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 10.40 Q
71 Desai Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.49 Q
73 Clarence Callender Flag of England.svg  England 10.49 Q
92 Robert Stone Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.51 q
103 Gerrard Keating Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.56 Q
111 Cameron Sharp Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.57 Q
121 Jerry Jeremiah Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 10.66 Q
133 Michael Dwyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.81 Q
143 Maloni Bole Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 10.94 q
153 Nelson Chan Ka Chiu Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 10.95 q
161 Chris Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11.00 q
172 Sunday Maweni Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 11.01
182 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 11.05
191 William Akanoa Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 11.81

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final. [4]

Wind:

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Ben Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.18 Q
21 Linford Christie Flag of England.svg  England 10.29 Q
22 Mike McFarlane Flag of England.svg  England 10.29 Q
42 Elliot Bunney Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.31 Q
52 Clarence Callender Flag of England.svg  England 10.32 Q
61 Desai Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.41 Q
72 Michael Dwyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.42
82 Robert Stone Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.47
91 Jamie Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.59 Q
101 Gerrard Keating Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.60 Q
111 Simon Baird Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 10.62
121 Cameron Sharp Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.63
132 Jerry Jeremiah Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 10.79
141 Maloni Bole Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 10.96
152 Chris Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11.03
161 Nelson Chan Ka Chiu Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 11.11

Final

Wind: +1.6 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Ben Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.07
Silver medal icon.svg6 Linford Christie Flag of England.svg  England 10.28
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Mike McFarlane Flag of England.svg  England 10.35
41 Desai Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.36
55 Elliot Bunney Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.37
67 Clarence Callender Flag of England.svg  England 10.42
72 Gerrard Keating Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.55
88 Jamie Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.68

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References

  1. "Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. Heats results
  3. Australian results
  4. Semifinals results