1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1999 World Championships

Venue

Estadio Olímpico

Dates

21 August (heats and quarter-finals)
22 August (semi-finals and final)

Competitors

Winning time

9.80 CR

Medalists

	Maurice Greene	United States
	Bruny Surin	Canada
	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain

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Events at the 1999 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 77 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, five quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 22 August 1999 at 21:15h.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.80 (CR)
	Bruny Surin (CAN)	9.84
	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	9.97
4.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.00
5.	Tim Harden (USA)	10.02
6.	Tim Montgomery (USA)	10.04
7.	Jason Gardener (GBR)	10.07
8.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	10.24

Semi-final

Held on Sunday 22 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.96
2.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	10.09
3.	Tim Montgomery (USA)	10.14
4.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	10.14
5.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.15
	Matt Shirvington (AUS)	DQ
	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	DNS
	Freddy Mayola (CUB)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	9.96
2.	Tim Harden (USA)	10.05
3.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.07
4.	Jason Gardener (GBR)	10.10
5.	Brian Lewis (USA)	10.13
6.	Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.16
7.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.40
8.	Gábor Dobos (HUN)	10.47

Quarter-finals

Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jason Gardener (GBR)	10.04
2.	Brian Lewis (USA)	10.18
3.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.23
4.	Matthew Quinn (RSA)	10.24
5.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	10.26
6.	Vitaly Medvedev (KAZ)	10.26
7.	Georgios Theodoridis (GRE)	10.30
8.	Bradley McCuaig (CAN)	10.61

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.04
2.	Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.10
3.	Matt Shirvington (AUS)	10.16
4.	Roland Németh (HUN)	10.16
5.	Christoforos Choidis (GRE)	10.21
6.	Nathanaël Esprit (AHO)	10.26
7.	Vicente de Lima (BRA)	10.36
8.	Tommy Kafri (ISR)	10.36

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	10.08
2.	Tim Harden (USA)	10.12
3.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	10.14 (NR)
4.	Innocent Asonze (NGR)	10.18
5.	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (ISR)	10.20 (NR)
6.	Patrick Stevens (BEL)	10.23
7.	Piotr Balcerzak (POL)	10.29
8.	Stéphane Buckland (MRI)	10.39

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	10.09
2.	Tim Montgomery (USA)	10.12
3.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.12
4.	Freddy Mayola (CUB)	10.15
5.	Patrick Jarrett (JAM)	10.22
6.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.26
7.	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	10.34
8.	André da Silva (BRA)	10.37

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.91
2.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	9.95
3.	Gábor Dobos (HUN)	10.22
4.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.22
5.	Carlos Calado (POR)	10.24
6.	Marcin Nowak (POL)	10.29
7.	Koji Ito (JPN)	10.40
8.	Claude Toukene (CMR)	10.48

Heats

Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.30
2.	Patrick Stevens (BEL)	10.38
3.	Vitaly Medvedev (KAZ)	10.39
4.	Bradley McCuaig (CAN)	10.42
5.	Bradley Agnew (RSA)	10.51
6.	Pascual Charo Esono (GEQ)	11.32
7.	Philam Garcia (GUM)	12.82

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Jason Gardener (GBR)	10.27
2.	Roland Németh (HUN)	10.28
3.	Christoforos Choidis (GRE)	10.30
4.	Martin Lachkovics (AUT)	10.47
5.	Erik Wijmeersch (BEL)	10.56
6.	Joel Mascoll (VIN)	10.63
7.	Alpha Kamara (SLE)	10.80
8.	Matarr Njie (GAM)	11.09

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	10.22
2.	Piotr Balcerzak (POL)	10.23
3.	Freddy Mayola (CUB)	10.25
4.	Stefano Tilli (ITA)	10.35
5.	Édson Luciano Ribeiro (BRA)	10.47
6.	Toluta'u Koula (TON)	11.11
7.	Dinh Minh Nguyen (VIE)	11.20
	Sebergue Moumi (CHA)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Tim Montgomery (USA)	10.27
2.	Georgios Theodoridis (GRE)	10.32
3.	André da Silva (BRA)	10.41
4.	Claude Toukene (CMR)	10.44
5.	Gabriel Simón (ARG)	10.49
6.	Watson Nyambek (MAS)	10.54
7.	Roman Cress (MHL)	10.70
	Ousmane Diarra (MLI)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.18
2.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.37
3.	Innocent Asonze (NGR)	10.47
4.	Chris Donaldson (NZL)	10.47
5.	Tetsuya Nakamura (JPN)	10.57
6.	Timothy Brooks (AIA)	11.08
7.	Patrickson Anson (FSM)	11.68

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	10.34
2.	Koji Ito (JPN)	10.38
3.	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (ISR)	10.42
4.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.50
5.	Urban Acman (SLO)	10.56
6.	Pedro Pablo Nolet (ESP)	10.70
7.	Muhammad Abdel Baqi (JOR)	11.42
	Joebert Delicano (PHI)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	10.22
2.	Brian Lewis (USA)	10.23
3.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	10.24
4.	Tommy Kafri (ISR)	10.38
5.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.42
6.	Sayon Cooper (LBR)	10.56
7.	Brahim Mohamed Ould (MTN)	11.17
8.	Imad Ahmed (IRQ)	11.26

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Tim Harden (USA)	10.18
2.	Carlos Calado (POR)	10.20
3.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.22
4.	Marcin Nowak (POL)	10.23
5.	Carlos Gats (ARG)	10.55
6.	Chintake de Soysa (SRI)	10.70
7.	Robertson Temaki (NRU)	12.14

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Matt Shirvington (AUS)	10.24
2.	Nathanaël Esprit (AHO)	10.28
3.	Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.29
4.	Patrick Jarrett (JAM)	10.34
5.	Pascal Dangbo (BEN)	10.64
6.	Amarildo Almeida (GBS)	10.80
7.	Misili Manu (SAM)	10.91
	Abjulla Kafi (BAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.26
2.	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	10.28
3.	Matthew Quinn (RSA)	10.28
4.	Gábor Dobos (HUN)	10.30
5.	Vicente de Lima (BRA)	10.38
6.	Stéphane Buckland (MRI)	10.43
7.	Reanchai Seeharwong (THA)	10.45
	Levard Missick (TCA)	DNS

References

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v t e World champions in men's 100 metres
1983: Carl Lewis (USA) 1987: Carl Lewis (USA) 1991: Carl Lewis (USA) 1993: Linford Christie (GBR) 1995: Donovan Bailey (CAN) 1997: Maurice Greene (USA) 1999: Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: Maurice Greene (USA) 2003: Kim Collins (SKN) 2005: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA) 2009: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2011: Yohan Blake (JAM) 2013: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2015: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2019: Christian Coleman (USA) 2022: Fred Kerley (USA) 2023: Noah Lyles (USA)

World champions in men's 100 metres

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