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

Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
30 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Johnson  Canada	Linford Christie  England	Mike McFarlane  England

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.5 m/s^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.15	Q
2	2	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.29	Q
3	1	Linford Christie	England	10.31	Q
4	3	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.32	Q
5	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.38	Q
6	2	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	10.40	Q
7	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.49	Q
7	3	Clarence Callender	England	10.49	Q
9	2	Robert Stone	Australia	10.51	q
10	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.56	Q
11	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.57	Q
12	1	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	10.66	Q
13	3	Michael Dwyer	Canada	10.81	Q
14	3	Maloni Bole	Fiji	10.94	q
15	3	Nelson Chan Ka Chiu	Hong Kong	10.95	q
16	1	Chris Perry	Australia	11.00	q
17	2	Sunday Maweni	Botswana	11.01
18	2	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	11.05
19	1	William Akanoa	Cook Islands	11.81

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.18	Q
2	1	Linford Christie	England	10.29	Q
2	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.29	Q
4	2	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.31	Q
5	2	Clarence Callender	England	10.32	Q
6	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.41	Q
7	2	Michael Dwyer	Canada	10.42
8	2	Robert Stone	Australia	10.47
9	1	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.59	Q
10	1	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.60	Q
11	1	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	10.62
12	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.63
13	2	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	10.79
14	1	Maloni Bole	Fiji	10.96
15	2	Chris Perry	Australia	11.03
16	1	Nelson Chan Ka Chiu	Hong Kong	11.11

Final

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.07
	6	Linford Christie	England	10.28
	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.35
4	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.36
5	5	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.37
6	7	Clarence Callender	England	10.42
7	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.55
8	8	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.68

References

1. Results
2. Heats results
3. Australian results
4. Semifinals results