Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allan Wells  Scotland	Ben Johnson  Canada	Cameron Sharp  Scotland

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: -1.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.30	Q
2	5	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.43	Q
3	5	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.45	Q
4	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.49	Q
5	1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.50	Q
6	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.54	Q
7	1	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.55	Q
8	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.57	Q
8	4	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.57	Q
10	3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.58	Q
11	1	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.59	Q
11	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.59	Q
13	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.62	Q
13	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.62	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.62	Q
16	3	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.64	Q
17	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.67	Q
18	3	Harry King	England	10.69	Q
18	5	Jim Evans	England	10.69	Q
20	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.71	Q
20	5	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.71	Q
22	1	Peni Bati	Fiji	10.75	Q
23	1	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	10.85	q
24	4	Banana Jarju	Gambia	10.88	Q
25	2	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.89	Q
26	4	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.92	Q
27	4	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.98	Q
28	5	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	11.03	Q
29	4	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	11.05	q
29	4	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	11.05	q
31	3	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	11.07	Q
32	3	Charles Gumbura	Zimbabwe	11.10	Q
33	2	Lee Tze Fai	Hong Kong	11.13	Q
34	5	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	11.14	Q
35	3	Stalin Issah	Ghana	11.17	q
35	5	Charles Kachenjala	Zambia	11.17	q
37	5	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu	11.19
38	2	Zenas Marambakuyama	Zimbabwe	11.28
39	2	Leslie Lazarus	Solomon Islands	11.38
40	3	Jim Marau	Solomon Islands	11.39
41	3	David McCutcheon	Isle of Man	11.40
42	4	Joseph Njewa	Malawi	11.42
43	2	Gilles Brelu-Brelu	Mauritius	11.50
44	5	Joseph Keil	Western Samoa	11.78

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.6 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +3.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.22	Q
2	3	Desai Williams	Canada	10.25	Q
3	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.26	Q
4	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.27	Q
5	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.30	Q
6	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.31	Q
7	3	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.32	Q
8	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.36	Q
8	3	Jim Evans	England	10.36	Q
10	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.37	Q
11	1	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.38	Q
12	4	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.41	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.45	Q
14	2	Harry King	England	10.47	Q
15	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.48	q
16	3	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.51	Q
17	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.51	q
18	4	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.55	Q
19	2	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.56
20	3	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.67
21	4	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.69
22	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.70
23	3	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.71
24	1	Charles Gumbura	Zimbabwe	10.72
25	4	Peni Bati	Fiji	10.79
26	3	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	10.81
27	4	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	10.82
28	1	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	10.87
29	3	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	10.96
30	2	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	10.97
31	1	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.99
31	2	Banana Jarju	Gambia	10.99
31	4	Lee Tze Fai	Hong Kong	10.99
34	4	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	11.02
35	2	Charles Kachenjala	Zambia	11.37
	2	Stalin Issah	Ghana	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.20	Q
2	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.26	Q
3	1	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.30	Q
4	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.31	Q
4	2	Desai Williams	Canada	10.31	Q
6	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.33	Q
7	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.37	Q
7	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.37	Q
7	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.37	q
10	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.38
11	2	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.40
12	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.43
12	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.43
14	1	Jim Evans	England	10.47
15	1	Harry King	England	10.49
16	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.54
17	2	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.57
18	1	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.73

Final

Wind: +5.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.02
	7	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.05
	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.07
4	6	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.09
5	1	Mike McFarlane	England	10.11
6	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.11
7	9	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.16
8	5	Desai Williams	Canada	10.17
9	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.18

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results