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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 26, 1996
Date Finished: July 26, 1996
Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Donovan Bailey |
| Silver: | Frankie Fredericks |
| Bronze: | Ato Boldon |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ato Boldon | 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 9.95 | 0,160 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Nobuharu Asahara | 24 | Japan | JPN | 10.19 | 0,175 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Eric Nkansah | 20 | Ghana | GHA | 10.24 | 0,181 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Deji Aliu | 20 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.26 | 0,146 | 4 | |
| 5 | Glenroy Gilbert | 27 | Canada | CAN | 10.28 | 0,191 | 7 | |
| 6 | Marc Blume | 22 | Germany | GER | 10.33 | 0,197 | 8 | |
| 7 | Andrey Fedoriv | 32 | Russia | RUS | 10.34 | 0,148 | 1 | |
| 8 | Gus Nketia | 25 | New Zealand | NZL | 10.35 | 0,145 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linford Christie | 36 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.03 | 0,134 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Donovan Bailey | 28 | Canada | CAN | 10.05 | 0,181 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Jon Drummond | 27 | United States | USA | 10.17 | 0,116 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 29 | Ghana | GHA | 10.18 | 0,170 | 4 | QC |
| 5 | Erik Wijmeersch | 26 | Belgium | BEL | 10.37 | 0,156 | 2 | |
| 6 | Olapade Adeniken | 26 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.38 | 0,157 | 7 | |
| 7 | Needy Guims | 21 | France | FRA | 10.43 | 0,193 | 8 | |
| 8 | Ezio Madonia | 29 | Italy | ITA | 10.43 | 0,158 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Fredericks | 28 | Namibia | NAM | 9.93 | 0,149 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Davidson Ezinwa | 24 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.08 | 0,157 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Obadele Thompson | 20 | Barbados | BAR | 10.14 | 0,172 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Ray Stewart | 31 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.18 | 0,159 | 8 | |
| 5 | Peter Karlsson | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 10.24 | 0,166 | 7 | |
| 6 | Darren Braithwaite | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.27 | 0,131 | 6 | |
| 7 | Chen Wenzhong | 25 | China | CHN | 10.29 | 0,169 | 2 | |
| 8 | Ousmane Diarra | 29 | Mali | MLI | 10.38 | 0,162 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Mitchell | 30 | United States | USA | 10.09 | 0,200 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Michael Green | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.11 | 0,147 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Anninos Markoullidis | 25 | Cyprus | CYP | 10.23 | 0,195 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | 28 | Belgium | BEL | 10.31 | 0,235 | 5 | |
| 5 | Kim Collins | 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | SKN | 10.34 | 0,177 | 2 | |
| 6 | Pascal Théophile | 26 | France | FRA | 10.38 | 0,143 | 1 | |
| 7 | Serhiy Osovych | 22 | Ukraine | UKR | 10.38 | 0,215 | 7 | |
| 8 | Kirk Cummins | 23 | Barbados | BAR | 10.45 | 0,176 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Marsh | 28 | United States | USA | 10.04 | 0,161 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Bruny Surin | 29 | Canada | CAN | 10.13 | 0,168 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Ian Mackie | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.25 | 0,179 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | André da Silva | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 10.26 | 0,144 | 3 | |
| 5 | Alexandros Genovelis | 28 | Greece | GRE | 10.31 | 0,145 | 2 | |
| 6 | Venancio José | 20 | Spain | ESP | 10.46 | 0,166 | 1 | |
| 7 | Kostia Rurak | 22 | Ukraine | UKR | 10.47 | 0,159 | 7 | |
| 8 | Giannis Zisimidis | 28 | Cyprus | CYP | 10.47 | 0,175 | 8 |