Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 26 and 27 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Johnson  Canada	Linford Christie  England	Mike McFarlane  England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.5 m/s[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.15	Q
2	2	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.29	Q
3	1	Linford Christie	England	10.31	Q
4	3	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.32	Q
5	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.38	Q
6	2	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	10.40	Q
7	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.49	Q
7	3	Clarence Callender	England	10.49	Q
9	2	Robert Stone	Australia	10.51	q
10	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.56	Q
11	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.57	Q
12	1	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	10.66	Q
13	3	Michael Dwyer	Canada	10.81	Q
14	3	Maloni Bole	Fiji	10.94	q
15	3	Nelson Chan Ka Chiu	Hong Kong	10.95	q
16	1	Chris Perry	Australia	11.00	q
17	2	Sunday Maweni	Botswana	11.01
18	2	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	11.05
19	1	William Akanoa	Cook Islands	11.81

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.18	Q
2	1	Linford Christie	England	10.29	Q
2	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.29	Q
4	2	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.31	Q
5	2	Clarence Callender	England	10.32	Q
6	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.41	Q
7	2	Michael Dwyer	Canada	10.42
8	2	Robert Stone	Australia	10.47
9	1	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.59	Q
10	1	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.60	Q
11	1	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	10.62
12	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.63
13	2	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	10.79
14	1	Maloni Bole	Fiji	10.96
15	2	Chris Perry	Australia	11.03
16	1	Nelson Chan Ka Chiu	Hong Kong	11.11

Final

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.07
	6	Linford Christie	England	10.28
	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.35
4	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.36
5	5	Elliot Bunney	Scotland	10.37
6	7	Clarence Callender	England	10.42
7	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.55
8	8	Jamie Henderson	Scotland	10.68

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
2. Heats results
3. Australian results
4. Semifinals results