Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mel Lattany  United States	Calvin Smith  United States	Ernest Obeng  Ghana

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s[1] [2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mel Lattany	United States	10.40	Q
2	1	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.81	Q
3	1	Hirohito Yamazaki	Japan	10.97	Q
1	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.62	Q
2	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.69	Q[3]
3	2	Brahim Badi	Algeria	10.89	Q
1	3	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.65	Q[4]
2	3	Tomás González	Cuba	10.66	Q
3	3	José Carbonell	Spain	10.82	Q
1	4	Sclever	Romania	10.73	Q
2	4	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	10.76	Q
3	4	Nayara	Brazil	10.80	Q
1	5	Calvin Smith	United States	10.29	Q
2	5	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.38	Q
3	5	László Babály	Hungary	10.66	Q
1	6	Théophile Nkounkou	Republic of the Congo	10.55	Q
2	6	Diego Nodari	Italy	10.73	Q
3	6	Javier Martínez	Spain	10.75	Q
6	6	Don Wright	Australia	11.25	[3]
1	7	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.66	Q
2	7	Stefano Curini	Italy	10.75	Q
3	7	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	10.76	Q
4	?	Gabriel Brothier	France	10.81	q, +0.3[4]

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s[1][5]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Calvin Smith	United States	10.21	Q
2	1	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.52	Q[4]
1	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.36	Q
2	2	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.43	Q
3	2	István Nagy	Hungary	10.49	q
4	2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.50	q
7	2	Gabriel Brothier	France	10.77	[4]
1	3	Mel Lattany	United States	10.19	Q
2	3	Théophile Nkounkou	Republic of the Congo	10.46	Q
5	3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.70	[3]

Final

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Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mel Lattany	United States	10.18
	Calvin Smith	United States	10.26
	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.37
4	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.40
5	Théophile Nkounkou	Republic of the Congo	10.45
6	István Nagy	Hungary	10.45
7	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.51
8	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.54

References

1. Year list
2. "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
3. Australian results
4. French results
5. "Pont valt uit op Universiade" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 23 July 1981. p. 9.
6. "Final results". The Town Talk. 23 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
7. "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.