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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Date21–22 August
Competitors82 from 62 nations
Winning time9.85 s
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Justin Gatlin  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Francis Obikwelu  Portugal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurice Greene  United States
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The men's 100 metres was of one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to 22, by a total of 82 sprinters from 62 nations.[1][2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

The event was won by Justin Gatlin of the United States, the nation's second consecutive title and 16th overall in the event. Portugal earned its first medal in the men's 100 metres, with Francis Obikwelu's silver. The final was the fastest and most disputed in Olympic history, with six runners covering the distance in 10.00 seconds or less (four of them under the 9.90 mark), and the gold and bronze medalist athletes separated by 0.02 seconds.

The medals for the competition were presented by Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC Honorary President for Life, Spain; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Lamine Diack, IAAF President, Senegal.

Background

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This was the twenty-fifth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. All three finalists from 2000 returned: defending gold medalist Maurice Greene of the United States, silver medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago, and bronze medalist Obadele Thompson of Barbados, along with three other finalists (Darren Campbell of Great Britain, Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Aziz Zakari of Ghana). Two-time silver medalist (1992 and 1996) Frankie Fredericks of Namibia also returned after missing the Sydney Games with injury.

Collins was the reigning (2003) world champion, as well as Commonwealth champion. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal had won the 2002 European Championship. On the United States team, along with an aging Greene (still a medal contender, but no longer as dominant as in 2000), was a young Justin Gatlin.[2]

Aruba, Jordan, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Slovenia appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its 24rd appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 10.21 seconds during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If a NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 10.28 seconds.

Competition format

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The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, the system was used in both the heats and quarterfinals.

The first round consisted of 10 heats, each with 8 or 9 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next ten fastest runners overall. This made 40 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 5 heats of 8 runners. The top three runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with one "fastest loser" place. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows.

World record  Maurice Greene (USA) 9.79 s Athens, Greece 16 June 1999
Olympic record  Donovan Bailey (CAN) 9.84 s Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996
World Leading  Shawn Crawford (USA) 9.88 s Eugene, Oregon, United States 19 June 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 21 August 2004 10:35
19:40		 Round 1
Round 2
Sunday, 22 August 2004 20:55
23:10		 Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the ten fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 0.152 10.12 Q, SB
2 3 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 0.222 10.22 Q
3 4 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 0.174 10.27 Q
4 7 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 0.159 10.35
5 9 Chen Haijian  China 0.181 10.45
6 2 Eric Nkansah  Ghana 0.160 10.54
7 6 Poh Seng Song  Singapore 0.160 10.75
8 8 Yazaldes Nascimento  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.185 11.00
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain 0.149 10.13 Q, SB
2 7 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 0.188 10.19 Q
3 6 Roland Németh  Hungary 0.137 10.28 Q
4 3 Salem Mubarak Al Yami  Saudi Arabia 0.143 10.36
5 4 Darren Gilford  Malta 0.177 10.67
6 8 Khalil Al Hanahneh  Jordan 0.172 10.76
7 2 Kakianako Nariki  Kiribati 0.183 11.62
— 9 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago DSQ R 162.7
Wind: −0.4 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.204 10.07 Q
2 6 Kareem Streete-Thompson  Cayman Islands 0.156 10.15 Q, SB
3 9 Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 0.133 10.21 Q, SB
4 4 Vicente de Lima  Brazil 0.169 10.23 q
5 1 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 0.146 10.29 q
6 2 Georgios Theodoridis  Greece 0.141 10.32 q
7 5 Hadhari Djaffar  Comoros 0.163 10.62
8 7 Sultan Saeed  Maldives 0.239 11.72
— 3 Juan Sainfleur  Dominican Republic 0.164 DNF
Wind: −0.1 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Shawn Crawford  United States 0.184 10.02 Q
2 1 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.141 10.08 Q, SB
3 4 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 0.112 10.15 Q, NR
4 5 Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso 0.175 10.33 q
5 3 Diego Ferreira  Paraguay 0.141 10.50 NR
6 9 Pierre de Windt  Aruba 0.234 11.02
7 7 Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh  Laos 0.202 11.30
8 8 Masoud Azizi  Afghanistan 0.217 11.66
— 2 Hristoforos Hoidis  Greece DNS
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.165 10.09 Q
2 5 Ronald Pognon  France 0.150 10.18 Q
3 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  The Gambia 0.157 10.26 Q, NR
4 8 Jarbas Mascarenhas  Brazil 0.147 10.34 q
5 7 Hiroyasu Tsuchie  Japan 0.182 10.37
6 9 Adrian Durant  Virgin Islands 0.223 10.52
7 6 Nabie Foday Fofanah  Guinea 0.158 10.62
8 4 Harmon Harmon  Cook Islands 0.173 11.22 PB
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan 0.162 10.33 Q
2 3 Łukasz Chyła  Poland 0.167 10.35 Q
3 4 Eric Pacome N'Dri  Ivory Coast 0.147 10.39 Q
4 9 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 0.155 10.41
5 6 Issa Aime Nthepe  France 0.159 10.67
6 2 Gábor Dobos  Hungary 0.131 10.68
7 8 John Howard  Federated States of Micronesia 0.195 10.85 NR
8 5 Mohammad Shamsuddin  Bangladesh 0.173 11.13
Wind: −1.1 m/s

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.146 10.06 Q
2 5 Jason Gardener  Great Britain 0.155 10.15 Q, SB
3 4 Joshua Ross  Australia 0.153 10.24 Q, =PB
4 1 André da Silva  Brazil 0.145 10.28 q
5 8 Pierre Browne  Canada 0.169 10.32 q
6 7 Lamin Tucker  Sierra Leone 0.137 10.72
7 6 Kelsey Nakanelua  American Samoa 0.160 11.25
8 2 Sopheak Phouk  Cambodia 0.225 11.56 PB
— 3 Djikoloum Mobele  Chad DNS
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Maurice Greene  United States 0.142 10.18 Q
2 2 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 0.135 10.21 Q
3 8 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles 0.152 10.23 Q
4 3 Alexander Kosenkow  Germany 0.135 10.28 q
5 6 Prodromos Katsantonis  Cyprus 0.179 10.50 SB
6 7 Chiang Wai Hung  Hong Kong 0.157 10.70
7 9 Francis Manioru  Solomon Islands 0.143 11.05
8 5 Teymur Gasimov  Azerbaijan 0.179 11.17
9 4 Filipo Muller  Tonga 0.181 11.18 PB
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 9

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Deji Aliu  Nigeria 0.191 10.39 Q
2 2 Nicolas Macrozonaris  Canada 0.153 10.40 Q
3 6 Gennadiy Chernovol  Kazakhstan 0.145 10.43 Q
4 3 Souhalia Alamou  Benin 0.167 10.48
5 8 Christie van Wyk  Namibia 0.148 10.49
6 4 Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda 0.154 10.51
7 7 Gian Nicola Berardi  San Marino 0.143 10.76
8 5 Carlos Abaunza  Nicaragua 0.173 11.17
Wind: −1.4 m/s

Heat 10

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.154 10.11 Q
2 3 Michael Frater  Jamaica 0.161 10.20 Q
3 4 Nicconnor Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago 0.139 10.22 Q
4 7 Simone Collio  Italy 0.151 10.27 q
5 2 Eddy de Lepine  France 0.192 10.27 q
6 8 Xavier James  Bermuda 0.147 10.40 SB
7 9 Sebastien Gattuso  Monaco 0.152 10.58 =NR
8 5 Wilfried Bingangoye  Gabon 0.206 10.76 PB
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Quarterfinals

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Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next fastest overall sprinter (q) qualified.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.165 9.93 Q, NR
2 5 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain 0.162 10.12 Q, =PB
3 3 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 0.149 10.12 Q, SB
4 6 Ronald Pognon  France 0.166 10.15 q
5 8 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 0.150 10.19
6 2 Pierre Browne  Canada 0.150 10.21
7 7 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles 0.152 10.24
8 1 André da Silva  Brazil 0.136 10.34
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Shawn Crawford  United States 0.167 9.89 Q
2 3 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.156 10.12 Q
3 7 Vicente de Lima  Brazil 0.158 10.26 Q
4 2 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 0.168 10.26
5 6 Deji Aliu  Nigeria 0.185 10.26
6 5 Nicolas Macrozonaris  Canada 0.161 10.28
7 1 Gennadiy Chernovol  Kazakhstan 0.154 10.42
8 8 Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso 0.178 10.43
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.178 9.96 Q
2 3 Jason Gardener  Great Britain 0.146 10.15 Q, =SB
3 5 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 0.162 10.15 Q
4 6 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan 0.151 10.24
5 2 Georgios Theodoridis  Greece 0.141 10.36
6 7 Roland Németh  Hungary 0.151 10.38
7 8 Nicconnor Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago 0.148 10.48
— 1 Eddy de Lepine  France DNS
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 0.175 10.02 Q
2 6 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.152 10.05 Q, SB
3 5 Michael Frater  Jamaica 0.152 10.11 Q
4 3 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 0.142 10.17
5 7 Joshua Ross  Australia 0.163 10.22 PB
6 1 Alexander Kosenkow  Germany 0.113 10.24
7 2 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 0.164 10.29
8 8 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  The Gambia 0.184 10.39
Wind: −0.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Maurice Greene  United States 0.117 9.93 Q
2 6 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.142 9.99 Q
3 1 Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 0.145 10.18 Q, SB
4 5 Łukasz Chyła  Poland 0.167 10.23
5 3 Kareem Streete-Thompson  Cayman Islands 0.162 10.24
6 8 Simone Collio  Italy 0.135 10.29
7 2 Jarbas Mascarenhas  Brazil 0.134 10.30
8 7 Eric Pacome N'Dri  Ivory Coast 0.137 10.32
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Semifinals

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Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Shawn Crawford  United States 0.173 10.07 Q
2 4 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.191 10.09 Q
3 6 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 0.155 10.11 Q
4 8 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.160 10.22 Q
5 5 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain 0.163 10.28
6 2 Michael Frater  Jamaica 0.146 10.29
7 1 Ronald Pognon  France 0.144 10.32
8 7 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 0.188 10.35
Wind: −1.6 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.158 9.95 Q
2 5 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.181 9.97 Q
3 6 Maurice Greene  United States 0.125 9.97 Q
4 3 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.150 10.02 Q, SB
5 8 Jason Gardener  Great Britain 0.147 10.12 SB
6 1 Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 0.139 10.22
7 7 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 0.156 10.28
8 2 Vicente de Lima  Brazil 0.163 10.28
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

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In the final, the slowest to react was Justin Gatlin, still with the most powerful first steps, Gatlin led from the gun, with Kim Collins, the next slowest to react, also getting a typically fast start (typically in lane 1). A step behind, back from injuries, defending champion Maurice Greene, was fastest to react but running sideways in quicksand. He was joined by Francis Obikwelu and Shawn Crawford, who had a slight edge on the other competitors in the center of the track. Collins faded as Obikwelu, Crawford and Greene gained. Feeling his lead disappearing rapidly, Gatlin leaned early still maintaining the lead across the line. The tall Obikwelu perfectly timed his dip to clearly grab silver. Crawford's finish occurred two meters too late giving Greene another medal with the same time as his win four years earlier.[6][7][8]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.188 9.85 WL, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.163 9.86 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Maurice Greene  United States 0.151 9.87 SB
4 4 Shawn Crawford  United States 0.161 9.89 PB
5 6 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.166 9.94
6 1 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.175 10.00 SB
7 8 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.164 10.10
— 2 Aziz Zakari  Ghana 0.178 DNF
Wind: +0.6 m/s

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 100m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 100m Quarterfinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 100m Semifinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Gatlin guns to 100m glory". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Gatlin guns to 100m glory". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  8. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 100m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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