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

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.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (2)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Norway (2)
•  Papua New Guinea (1)
•  Philippines (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Thailand (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)