Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Alexander Stadium from 2 and 3 August 2022.

Men's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (heats) 3 August (semifinals and final)
Winning time	10.02
Medalists
Ferdinand Omanyala    Kenya   Akani Simbine    South Africa   Yupun Abeykoon    Sri Lanka
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Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal after finishing the race in 10.14 seconds.^[1] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in athletics after 24 years since Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Thilakaratne's medal feats at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[2] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in either men's and women's 100m event.^[3] During the heats, Abeykoon managed to set an all-time fastest ever timing in the heats, after finishing with a timing of 10.06 seconds. The previous record in 100m men's heats record was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who had finished his heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[5]

World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
Commonwealth record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
Games record	Ato Boldon (TTO)	9.88	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[6]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:40	First round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	19:10	Semifinals
	21:30	Final

All times are United Kingdom time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of ten heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus the seven fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	Favour Oghene Tejiri Ashe (NGR)	0.131	10.12	Q
2	6	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (ENG)	0.135	10.14	Q
3	4	Nadale Budin (SKN)	0.157	10.37	q, SB
4	2	Malachi Murray (CAN)	0.170	10.47
5	1	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	0.151	10.64
6	7	Leroy Kamau (PNG)	0.177	10.68	PB
7	8	Davin Fleming (AIA)	0.160	11.09	SB
8	3	Wilkinson Fenelon (TCA)	0.157	11.13	SB
				Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6	Akani Simbine (RSA)	0.139	10.10	Q
2	4	Jake Doran (AUS)	0.139	10.39	Q
3	3	Nigel Ellis (JAM)	0.150	10.41
4	5	Mojela Koneshe (LES)	0.137	10.46
5	7	Johnny Key (SAM)	0.148	10.98
6	2	Johmari Lee (MSR)	0.181	11.03	PB
7	8	Terrone Webster (AIA)	0.148	11.13	PB
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2	Ojie Edoburun (ENG)	0.143	10.27	Q
2	4	Rikkoi Brathwaite (IVB)	0.149	10.28	Q, =PB
3	1	Delan Adwin (LCA)	0.145	10.42
4	7	Julius Morris (MSR)	0.131	10.56
5	5	Zachary Saunders (JER)	0.152	10.76	SB
6	6	Karalo Maibuca (TUV)	0.154	11.39	PB
	8	Sharry Dodin (SEY)			DNS
	3	Terrence Jones (BAH)			DNS
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	Raymond Ekevwo (NGR)	0.145	10.14	Q
2	6	Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)	0.157	10.15	Q
3	1	Stern Liffa (MAW)	0.174	10.49
4	3	Dylan Sicobo (SEY)	0.152	10.74
5	8	Courtney Missick (TCA)	0.148	10.87
6	7	Jireh Agege (NRU)	0.144	11.08	PB
	2	Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina (CMR)		DQ	TR 16.8
	4	Paul Ma'Unikeni (SOL)			DNS
				Wind: -1.0 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8	Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN)	0.145	10.07	Q
2	5	Emmanuel Eseme (CMR)	0.181	10.08	Q, PB
3	3	Gilbert Hainuca (NAM)	0.158	10.31	q
4	2	Noelex Holder (GUY)	0.149	10.50
5	4	Sean Crowie (SHN)	0.136	10.74	PB
6	7	Ronald Fotofili (TGA)	0.151	10.80	PB
7	6	Ian Koe (SGP)	0.141	10.91
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	Yupun Abeykoon (SRI)	0.152	10.06	Q
2	6	Kion Benjamin (TTO)	0.143	10.34	Q
3	1	Godson Oghenebrume (NGR)	0.193	10.36	q
4	7	McKish Compton (SVG)	0.140	10.62
5	4	William Hunt (SAM)	0.153	10.70	PB
6	2	Denzel Adem (SEY)	0.176	10.70	PB
	3	Ayanda Malaza (SWZ)	0.152	DNF
				Wind: +1.1 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2	Benjamin Azamati (GHA)	0.196	10.19	Q
2	3	Jeremiah Azu (WAL)	0.122	10.35	Q
3	8	Imranur Rahman (BAN)	0.151	10.46
4	1	Marc Brian Louis (SGP)	0.140	10.51
5	4	Lwazi Msibi (SWZ)	0.158	10.83	PB
6	7	Brandon Jones (BIZ)	0.156	10.91
7	6	Alden Yon-Stevens (SHN)	0.154	11.90	PB
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6	Conroy Jones (JAM)	0.125	10.28	Q
2	3	Adam Thomas (SCO)	0.154	10.30	Q
3	2	Eric Harrison Jr (TTO)	0.135	10.37	q
4	4	Shajar Abbas (PAK)	0.164	10.38	=PB
5	7	Hassan Saaid (MDV)	0.143	10.75	SB
6	5	Shaun Gill (BIZ)	0.138	10.76
7	8	Julius Morie (SLE)	0.149	10.88	PB
8	1	Craig Gill (GIB)	0.163	11.09	PB
				Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2	Rohan Browning (AUS)	0.129	10.10	Q
2	7	Samwel Imeta (KEN)	0.132	10.12	Q, PB
3	1	Cejhae Greene (ANT)	0.135	10.16	q
4	8	Akeem Stewart (GUY)	0.130	10.46
5	6	Joe Chadwick (GGY)	0.125	10.60	PB
6	4	Joshua Chua (SGP)	0.158	10.67
7	3	Javon Rawlins (SVG)	0.145	10.79
8	5	Lataisi Mwea (KIR)	0.151	11.33
				Wind:+0.9 m/s

Heat 10

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3	Jerod Elcock (TTO)	0.121	10.26	Q
2	8	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	0.137	10.28	Q
3	4	Stephan Charles (LCA)	0.147	10.29	q
4	6	Sean Safo-Antwi (GHA)	0.157	10.33	q
5	7	Ibrahim Bangura (SLE)	0.148	10.51
6	5	Tevique Benjamin (MSR)	0.195	11.06
7	1	Pesamino Iakopo (SAM)	0.224	11.29
	2	Kemar Hyman (CAY)		DNS
				Wind: +2.9 m/s

Semifinals

Qualification for Final (2+2)

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4	Akani Simbine (RSA)	0.141	10.07	Q
2	7	Rohan Browning (AUS)	0.134	10.17	Q
3	5	Ojie Edoburun (ENG)	0.138	10.30
4	9	Rikkoi Brathwaite (IVB)	0.148	10.31
5	6	Conroy Jones (JAM)	0.154	10.33
6	8	Emanuel Archibald (GUY)	0.149	10.43
7	2	Eric Harrison Jr (TTO)	0.172	10.44
8	3	Cejhae Greene (ANT)	0.151	10.45
9	1	Godson Oghenebrume (NGR)	0.147	10.52
				-0.2 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN)	0.144	10.02	Q
2	6	Emmanuel Eseme (CMR)	0.172	10.14	Q
3	7	Favour Ashe (NGR)	0.157	10.24
4	9	Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)	0.169	10.25
5	2	Sean Safo-Antwi (GHA)	0.129	10.36
6	4	Jerod Elcock (TTO)	0.124	10.38
7	8	Adam Thomas (SCO)	0.150	10.40
8	3	Jake Doran (AUS)	0.140	10.40
9	1	Nadale Budin (SKN)	0.158	10.51
				-1.2 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (ENG)	0.154	10.13	Q
2	1	Jeremiah Azu (WAL)	0.153	10.15	Q, PB
3	6	Benjamin Azamati (GHA)	0.180	10.18	q
4	7	Yupun Abeykoon (SRI)	0.149	10.20	q
5	4	Samwel Imeta (KEN)	0.136	10.24
6	2	Gilbert Hainuca (NAM)	0.143	10.29
7	5	Raymond Ekevwo (NGR)	0.142	10.36
8	9	Kion Benjamin (TTO)	0.141	10.43
9	3	Stephan Charles (LCA)	0.136	10.53	PB
				+0.4 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	3	Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN)		10.02
	4	Akani Simbine (RSA)		10.13
	2	Yupun Abeykoon (SRI)		10.14
4	1	Benjamin Azamati (GHA)		10.16
5	7	Jeremiah Azu (WAL)		10.19
6	8	Rohan Browning (AUS)		10.20
7	5	Emmanuel Eseme (CMR)		10.24
8	6	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (ENG)		11.10
				-0.9 m/s

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