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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas World Junior Championships WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 Oct 2013 dead World Junior Athletics History 13 June 2015 IAAF World Junior Championships – Eugene 2014 - Facts & Figures https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf International Association of Athletics Federations 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Francis Obikwelu NGRSilver Seun Ogunkoya NGRBronze Francesco Scuderi ITA Results Final 22 August Wind: +1.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francis Obikwelu NGR 10.21 Seun Ogunkoya NGR 10.25 Francesco Scuderi ITA 10.43 4 Jamie Henthorn UK 10.45 5 Dwain Chambers UK 10.47 6 Lawrence Armstrong USA 10.48 7 Lindel Frater JAM 10.52 8 Dean Wise NZL 10.59 Semifinals 22 August Semifinal 1 Wind: -0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya NGR 10.35 Q 2 Dwain Chambers UK 10.48 Q 3 Lindel Frater JAM 10.52 Q 4 Lawrence Armstrong USA 10.57 Q 5 José Illán ESP 10.61 6 Georgios Skender CYP 1960 10.71 7 Paul Pearce AUS 10.75 8 Marcus La Grange RSA 10.79 Semifinal 2 Wind: +1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 10.31 Q 2 Jamie Henthorn UK 10.48 Q 3 Francesco Scuderi ITA 10.50 Q 4 Dean Wise NZL 10.54 Q 5 Paulo Poersch BRA 10.58 6 Vince Williams USA 10.59 7 Christofer Ohlsson SWE 10.66 8 Erik Kringeland NOR 10.99 Quarterfinals 21 August Quarterfinal 1 Wind: -2.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya NGR 10.54 Q 2 Lawrence Armstrong USA 10.84 Q 3 Christofer Ohlsson SWE 10.86 Q 4 Erik Kringeland NOR 10.90 Q 5 Dominic Demeritte BAH 10.91 6 László Babály HUN 11.04 7 Charles Allen CAN 11.13 8 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos GRE DNF Quarterfinal 2 Wind: -2.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dwain Chambers UK 10.80 Q 2 Paulo Poersch BRA 10.81 Q 3 Paul Pearce AUS 10.87 Q 4 Marcus La Grange RSA 10.92 Q 5 Jens Weissbach GER 10.98 6 Benedictus Botha NAM 10.99 7 Misael Ortíz CUB 11.12 8 Joseph Colville CRC 11.13 Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 10.69 Q 2 Jamie Henthorn UK 10.75 Q 3 Vince Williams USA 10.86 Q 4 Francesco Scuderi ITA 10.86 Q 5 Shingo Kawabata JPN 10.88 6 Oscar Meneses GUA 10.94 7 David Patros FRA 10.97 8 Stéphane Buckland MRI 11.13 Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -1.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dean Wise NZL 10.66 Q 2 Lindel Frater JAM 10.73 Q 3 Georgios Skender CYP 1960 10.74 Q 4 José Illán ESP 10.82 Q 5 Vitaliy Medvedev KAZ 10.88 6 David Baxter AUS 10.91 7 Henrik Grönqvist FIN 10.99 8 Omar Sacco ITA 11.10 Heats 21 August Heat 1 Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 10.53 Q 2 David Patros FRA 10.61 Q 3 José Illán ESP 10.67 Q 4 Dominic Demeritte BAH 10.76 Q 5 Hristóforos Hoídis GRE 10.76 6 Vegard Hollås NOR 10.82 7 Shane Brown JAM 10.84 8 Jeffrey Bai PNG 11.33 Heat 2 Wind: -1.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paulo Poersch BRA 10.58 Q 2 Dwain Chambers UK 10.62 Q 3 Jens Weissbach GER 10.81 Q 4 Vince Williams USA 10.82 Q 5 Takashi Miyata JPN 10.83 6 Julio César Roque ESA 11.03 7 Adam Afrah MDV 12.00 Heat 3 Wind: -0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dean Wise NZL 10.63 Q 2 Francesco Scuderi ITA 10.72 Q 3 Misael Ortíz CUB 10.74 Q 4 Joseph Colville CRC 11.00 Q 5 Frantz Valbona HAI 11.16 6 Felimon Pasante PHI 1986 11.49 7 Eduard Martin GER 12.47 Heat 4 Wind: +0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jamie Henthorn UK 10.61 Q 2 Marcus La Grange RSA 10.68 Q 3 Oscar Meneses GUA 10.72 Q 4 Omar Sacco ITA 10.79 Q 5 William To Wai Lok HKG 1959 10.91 6 Orkatz Beitia ESP 10.95 7 Valentin Borsuk BLR 1995 11.05 Heat 5 Wind: +1.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Seun Ogunkoya NGR 10.44 Q 2 Christofer Ohlsson SWE 10.54 Q 3 Erik Kringeland NOR 10.62 Q 4 László Babály HUN 10.67 Q 5 Stéphane Buckland MRI 10.68 q 6 Kok Lim Tan MAS 10.79 Heat 6 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Pearce AUS 10.55 Q 2 Georgios Skender CYP 1960 10.58 Q 3 Charles Allen CAN 10.62 Q 4 Lindel Frater JAM 10.65 Q 5 Benedictus Botha NAM 10.67 q 6 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos GRE 10.74 q 7 Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar MAS 10.87 8 Boonyarit Phuksachat THA 10.88 Heat 7 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Baxter AUS 10.52 Q 2 Lawrence Armstrong USA 10.56 Q 3 Vitaliy Medvedev KAZ 10.60 Q 4 Shingo Kawabata JPN 10.64 Q 5 Henrik Grönqvist FIN 10.74 q 6 Malik Louahla ALG 10.82 7 Vincent Caure FRA 10.85 8 Ekkachai Janthana THA 10.96 Participation According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event. 22em ALG (1) AUS (2) BAH (1) BLR 1995 (1) BRA (1) CAN (1) CRC (1) CUB (1) CYP 1960 (1) ESA (1) FIN (1) FRA (2) GER (2) GRE (2) GUA (1) HAI (1) HKG 1959 (1) HUN (1) ITA (2) JAM (2) JPN (2) KAZ (1) MAS (2) MDV (1) MRI (1) NAM (1) NZL (1) NGR (2) NOR (2) PNG (1) PHI 1986 (1) RSA (1) ESP (2) SWE (1) THA (2) UK (2) USA (2) References Category:100 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics