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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 23, 1988
Date Finished: September 23, 1988
Format: Top three in each heat and next nine fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Carl Lewis |
| Silver: | Linford Christie |
| Bronze: | Calvin Smith |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Róbson da Silva | 24 | Brazil | BRA | 10.37 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Ezio Madonia | 22 | Italy | ITA | 10.40 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Cheng Hsin-Fu | 23 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 10.48 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Thierry Lauret | 23 | France | FRA | 10.56 | 5 | QC |
| 5 | Boevi Lawson | 23 | Togo | TOG | 10.59 | 8 | |
| 6 | Leung Wing Kwong | 22 | Hong Kong | HKG | 10.82 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi | 23 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 10.85 | 2 | |
| 8 | Jerry Jeremiah | 25 | Vanuatu | VAN | 10.96 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith | 27 | United States | USA | 10.28 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Attila Kovács | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 10.39 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Mardi Lestari | 20 | Indonesia | INA | 10.40 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Andrey Razin | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 10.58 | 6 | |
| 5 | Henri Ndinga | 27 | Congo (Brazzaville) | CGO | 10.74 | 5 | |
| 6 | Fabian Muyaba | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 10.75 | 1 | |
| 7 | Moustafa Kamel Salmi | 23 | Algeria | ALG | 11.08 | 2 | |
| 8 | Markus Büchel | 27 | Liechtenstein | LIE | 11.21 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talal Mansour | 24 | Qatar | QAT | 10.42 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Juan Núñez | 28 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 10.47 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Amadou M'Baye | 24 | Senegal | SEN | 10.64 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Fabian Whymns | 27 | Bahamas | BAH | 10.70 | 7 | |
| 5 | Neville Hodge | 32 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 10.73 | 5 | |
| 6 | Francis Dove-Edwin | 21 | Sierra Leone | SLE | 10.89 | 4 | |
| 7 | Alexandre Yougbare | Burkina Faso | BUR | 10.90 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Henrico Atkins | 22 | Barbados | BAR | 11.01 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 21 | Ghana | GHA | 10.31 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Koji Kurihara | 24 | Japan | JPN | 10.46 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Andrew Smith | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.49 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Zheng Chen | 23 | China | CHN | 10.51 | 4 | QC |
| 5 | István Tatár | 30 | Hungary | HUN | 10.52 | 7 | QC |
| 6 | Christian Haas | 30 | West Germany | FRG | 10.54 | 2 | QC |
| 7 | John Hou | 19 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 10.96 | 5 | |
| 8 | Ehab Fuad Ahmed Nagi | 20 | South Yemen | YMD | 11.53 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linford Christie | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.19 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Max Morinière | 24 | France | FRA | 10.34 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Sven Matthes | 19 | East Germany | GDR | 10.35 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Li Tao | 20 | China | CHN | 10.47 | 6 | QC |
| 5 | Samuel Nchinda-Kaya | 21 | Cameroon | CMR | 10.60 | 5 | |
| 6 | Lee Shiunn-Long | 29 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 10.69 | 3 | |
| 7 | Bill Trott | 23 | Bermuda | BER | 10.69 | 8 | |
| 8 | Frank Maziya | 27 | Swaziland | SWZ | 11.52 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chidi Imoh | 25 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.62 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Charles-Louis Seck | 23 | Senegal | SEN | 10.64 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Issa Alassane-Ousséni | 27 | Benin | BEN | 10.72 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | John Regis | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.76 | 2 | |
| 5 | Mothobi Kharitse | 23 | Lesotho | LES | 10.97 | 7 | |
| 6 | Robert Loua | 19 | Guinea | GUI | 11.20 | 6 | |
| 7 | Samuel Birch | 25 | Liberia | LBR | 11.68 | 8 | |
| AC | Pedro Agostinho | 23 | Portugal | POR | 1 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Stewart | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.22 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Pier-Francesco Pavoni | 25 | Italy | ITA | 10.36 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Vitaly Savin | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 10.52 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | György Fetter | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 10.54 | 1 | QC |
| 5 | Khaled Ibrahim Jouma | 25 | Bahrain | BRN | 10.80 | 8 | |
| 6 | Muhammad Afzal | 21 | Pakistan | PAK | 10.91 | 7 | |
| 7 | Claude Roumain | 27 | Haiti | HAI | 11.22 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cai Jianming | 25 | China | CHN | 10.55 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Sim Deok-Seop | 24 | South Korea | KOR | 10.56 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Carlos Moreno | 20 | Chile | CHI | 10.70 | 3 | |
| 4 | Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi | 30 | Oman | OMA | 10.90 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mohamed Shah Jalal | 22 | Bangladesh | BAN | 10.94 | 7 | |
| 6 | Joseph Ssali | 20 | Uganda | UGA | 10.95 | 8 | |
| 7 | St. Clair Soleyne | 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 11.17 | 1 | |
| AC [1] | Ben Johnson | 26 | Canada | CAN | [10.37] | 2 | QU/DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desai Williams | 29 | Canada | CAN | 10.24 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Peter Wekesa | 26 | Kenya | KEN | 10.50 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Olapade Adeniken | 19 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.56 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Eduardo Nava | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 10.68 | 5 | |
| 5 | Jailto Bonfim | 24 | Brazil | BRA | 10.75 | 3 | |
| 6 | Lindel Hodge | 29 | British Virgin Islands | IVB | 10.79 | 8 | |
| 7 | Visut Watanasin | 23 | Thailand | THA | 10.88 | 1 | |
| 8 | Arménio Fernandes | 28 | Angola | ANG | 10.92 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Krylov | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 10.34 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Arnaldo da Silva | 24 | Brazil | BRA | 10.44 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Michele Lazazzera | 20 | Italy | ITA | 10.47 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Kennedy Ondiek | 21 | Kenya | KEN | 10.51 | 1 | QC |
| 5 | Takahiko Kasahara | 21 | Japan | JPN | 10.62 | 8 | |
| 6 | Jimmy Flemming | 22 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 10.70 | 4 | |
| 7 | Jihad Salame | 26 | Lebanon | LIB | 11.49 | 6 | |
| 8 | Gilbert Bessi | 30 | Monaco | MON | 11.55 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Mitchell | 22 | United States | USA | 10.37 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Isiaq Adeyanju | 28 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.45 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Ousmane Diarra | 21 | Mali | MLI | 10.53 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Oliver Daniels | 24 | Liberia | LBR | 10.68 | 6 | |
| 5 | Luís Cunha | 23 | Portugal | POR | 10.80 | 3 | |
| 6 | Evaristo Ortíz | 27 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 11.01 | 1 | |
| 7 | Nguyễn Ðình Minh | 22 | Vietnam | VIE | 11.09 | 5 | |
| 8 | Secundino Borabota | 27 | Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | 11.52 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Myles-Mills | 22 | Ghana | GHA | 10.31 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Andreas Berger | 27 | Austria | AUT | 10.40 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Barrington Williams | 33 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.51 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | 20 | Belgium | BEL | 10.51 | 4 | QC |
| 5 | Enrique Talavera | 21 | Spain | ESP | 10.61 | 6 | |
| 6 | Tomohiro Osawa | 19 | Japan | JPN | 10.71 | 1 | |
| 7 | Dominique Canti | 21 | San Marino | SMR | 11.11 | 5 | |
| 8 | Ismail Asif Waheed | 20 | Maldives | MDV | 11.49 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis | 27 | United States | USA | 10.14 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | 23 | France | FRA | 10.39 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | José Javier Arqués | 28 | Spain | ESP | 10.44 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | John Mair | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.44 | 7 | QC |
| 5 | Harouna Pale | 31 | Burkina Faso | BUR | 10.76 | 5 | |
| 6 | Peauope Suli | 24 | Tonga | TGA | 10.94 | 4 | |
| 7 | Maloni Bole | 19 | Fiji | FIJ | 11.19 | 6 |