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Men's 100 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Dates	16-17 September
Competitors	60 from 34 nations
Winning time	9.88
Medalists
Ato Boldon    Trinidad and Tobago   Frankie Fredericks    Namibia   Obadele Thompson    Barbados
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Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
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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The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.

Wind:

• Heat 1: -0.1 m/s
• Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
• Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
• Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
• Heat 5: -0.4 m/s
• Heat 6: -0.3 m/s
• Heat 7: -0.3 m/s
• Heat 8: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.17	Q
2	5	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	10.19	Q
3	6	Darren Campbell	England	10.23	Q
4	5	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.24	Q
5	3	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.25	Q
6	2	Marlon Devonish	England	10.29	Q
6	3	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.29	Q
6	4	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.29	Q
9	7	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.30	Q
10	6	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.34	Q
11	2	O'Brian Gibbons	Canada	10.35	Q
11	7	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.35	Q
13	5	Watson Nyambek	Malaysia	10.36	Q
14	2	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.40	Q
15	4	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.42	Q
16	4	Dwain Chambers	England	10.44	Q
17	5	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.45	q
18	2	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.46	q
18	3	James Henthorn	Wales	10.46	Q
20	6	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.47	Q
21	8	Garth Robinson	Jamaica	10.50	Q
22	2	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.51	q
22	5	Jone Delai	Fiji	10.51	q
24	4	Hamberi Mahat	Malaysia	10.58	q
25	8	Moses Mila Mayat	Uganda	10.59	Q
26	5	Clarkson Reid	Jamaica	10.60	q
26	6	Damien Marsh	Australia	10.60	q
28	8	Sanusi Turay	Sierra Leone	10.62	Q
28	8	Benjamin Sirimou	Cameroon	10.62	Q
30	3	Joseph Styles	Bahamas	10.63
31	5	Nigel Jones	Grenada	10.68
32	1	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.70	Q
32	1	Barnabé Jolicoeur	Mauritius	10.70	Q
32	8	Hamkah Afik	Singapore	10.70
35	8	Peter Pulu	Papua New Guinea	10.75
36	7	Ian Craig	Northern Ireland	10.78	Q
37	8	Raman Ganeshwaran	Malaysia	10.82
38	6	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	10.84
39	6	Mohamed Yusuf Alias	Singapore	10.88
40	7	Alpha B. Kamara	Sierra Leone	10.89
41	6	Rohan Samuels	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.91
42	6	Toluta'u Koula	Tonga	10.93
43	3	Timothy Brooks	Anguilla	11.00
44	7	Christoffel van Wyk	Namibia	11.03
45	2	Jackson Ngumbi	Zambia	11.05
46	4	Benedictus Botha	Namibia	11.07
47	1	Matarr Njie	Gambia	11.14
48	8	Adama Faye	Gambia	11.19
49	2	Leron Francis	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.21
50	2	Laurence Jack	Vanuatu	11.25
50	7	Silas Helo	Solomon Islands	11.25
52	1	Aneri Canon	Nauru	11.27
53	1	Mohamed Amir	Maldives	11.28
54	7	Solomone Bole	Fiji	11.33
55	3	Kevin Furlong	Isle of Man	11.41
56	4	Cardelle Fenton	Montserrat	11.42
57	4	Ibrahim Manik	Maldives	11.52
58	1	David Lightbourne	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.56
59	5	Julius Bradshaw	Montserrat	11.73
	3	Allan Akia	Papua New Guinea	DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.

Wind:

• Heat 1: -0.4 m/s
• Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
• Heat 3: +0.2 m/s
• Heat 4: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.05	Q, SB
2	3	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.09	Q, SB
3	3	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.11	Q
3	2	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.13	Q
3	4	Darren Campbell	England	10.13	Q
6	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	10.15	Q
7	1	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.21	Q
8	2	Marlon Devonish	England	10.22	Q
9	1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.24	Q
10	2	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.27	Q
10	4	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.27	Q
12	1	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.29	Q
12	3	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.29	Q
12	4	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.29	Q
15	1	O'Brian Gibbons	Canada	10.32
16	1	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.38
16	3	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.38	Q
18	2	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.42	Q
19	4	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.43
20	4	Watson Nyambek	Malaysia	10.43
21	4	Garth Robinson	Jamaica	10.47
22	2	Clarkson Reid	Jamaica	10.49
22	3	Hamberi Mahat	Malaysia	10.49
24	3	Jone Delai	Fiji	10.51
25	3	James Henthorn	Wales	10.52
26	3	Moses Mila Mayat	Uganda	10.61
27	2	Benjamin Sirimou	Cameroon	10.65
28	2	Ian Craig	Northern Ireland	10.71
29	2	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.72
30	1	Barnabé Jolicoeur	Mauritius	10.74
31	1	Sanusi Turay	Sierra Leone	10.75
	4	Damien Marsh	Australia	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Wind:

• Heat 1: 0.0 m/s
• Heat 2: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	9.96	Q, SB
2	1	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	9.98	Q, SB
3	2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.08	Q, SB
4	1	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.11	Q
5	2	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.12	Q, PB
6	1	Marlon Devonish	England	10.13	Q, PB
7	2	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.17	Q, PB
8	1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.18	SB
8	2	Darren Campbell	England	10.18	Q
10	1	Josephus Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.31
11	2	Christian Malcolm	Wales	10.33
12	2	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.34
13	1	Bradley McCuaig	Canada	10.37
14	2	Claude Toukene	Cameroon	10.42
15	1	Gavin Hunter	Australia	10.49
16	2	Glenroy Gilbert	Canada	10.51

Final

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	9.88	GR
	5	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	9.96
	4	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.00
4	6	Matt Shirvington	Australia	10.03	AR
5	1	Darren Campbell	England	10.08
6	2	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.18
7	7	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	10.19
8	8	Marlon Devonish	England	10.22

References

1. Heats 1-3 results, Heat 4-5 results, Non-qualifiers' results Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
2. Heats results
3. ^ "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
4. Quarterfinals results
5. Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
6. Final results

• Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games