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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Francis Obikwelu
  Nigeria
Silver Seun Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
Bronze Francesco Scuderi
  Italy

Results

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Final

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22 August
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 10.21
  Seun Ogunkoya   Nigeria 10.25
  Francesco Scuderi   Italy 10.43
4 Jamie Henthorn   United Kingdom 10.45
5 Dwain Chambers   United Kingdom 10.47
6 Lawrence Armstrong   United States 10.48
7 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 10.52
8 Dean Wise   New Zealand 10.59

Semifinals

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22 August

Semifinal 1

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Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya   Nigeria 10.35 Q
2 Dwain Chambers   United Kingdom 10.48 Q
3 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 10.52 Q
4 Lawrence Armstrong   United States 10.57 Q
5 José Illán   Spain 10.61
6 Georgios Skender   Cyprus 10.71
7 Paul Pearce   Australia 10.75
8 Marcus La Grange   South Africa 10.79

Semifinal 2

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Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 10.31 Q
2 Jamie Henthorn   United Kingdom 10.48 Q
3 Francesco Scuderi   Italy 10.50 Q
4 Dean Wise   New Zealand 10.54 Q
5 Paulo Poersch   Brazil 10.58
6 Vince Williams   United States 10.59
7 Christofer Ohlsson   Sweden 10.66
8 Erik Kringeland   Norway 10.99

Quarterfinals

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21 August

Quarterfinal 1

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Wind: -2.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya   Nigeria 10.54 Q
2 Lawrence Armstrong   United States 10.84 Q
3 Christofer Ohlsson   Sweden 10.86 Q
4 Erik Kringeland   Norway 10.90 Q
5 Dominic Demeritte   Bahamas 10.91
6 László Babály   Hungary 11.04
7 Charles Allen   Canada 11.13
Ioánnis Paraschópoulos   Greece DNF

Quarterfinal 2

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Wind: -2.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dwain Chambers   United Kingdom 10.80 Q
2 Paulo Poersch   Brazil 10.81 Q
3 Paul Pearce   Australia 10.87 Q
4 Marcus La Grange   South Africa 10.92 Q
5 Jens Weissbach   Germany 10.98
6 Benedictus Botha   Namibia 10.99
7 Misael Ortíz   Cuba 11.12
8 Joseph Colville   Costa Rica 11.13

Quarterfinal 3

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Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 10.69 Q
2 Jamie Henthorn   United Kingdom 10.75 Q
3 Vince Williams   United States 10.86 Q
4 Francesco Scuderi   Italy 10.86 Q
5 Shingo Kawabata   Japan 10.88
6 Oscar Meneses   Guatemala 10.94
7 David Patros   France 10.97
8 Stéphane Buckland   Mauritius 11.13

Quarterfinal 4

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Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dean Wise   New Zealand 10.66 Q
2 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 10.73 Q
3 Georgios Skender   Cyprus 10.74 Q
4 José Illán   Spain 10.82 Q
5 Vitaliy Medvedev   Kazakhstan 10.88
6 David Baxter   Australia 10.91
7 Henrik Grönqvist   Finland 10.99
8 Omar Sacco   Italy 11.10

Heats

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21 August

Heat 1

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Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 10.53 Q
2 David Patros   France 10.61 Q
3 José Illán   Spain 10.67 Q
4 Dominic Demeritte   Bahamas 10.76 Q
5 Hristóforos Hoídis   Greece 10.76
6 Vegard Hollås   Norway 10.82
7 Shane Brown   Jamaica 10.84
8 Jeffrey Bai   Papua New Guinea 11.33

Heat 2

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Wind: -1.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paulo Poersch   Brazil 10.58 Q
2 Dwain Chambers   United Kingdom 10.62 Q
3 Jens Weissbach   Germany 10.81 Q
4 Vince Williams   United States 10.82 Q
5 Takashi Miyata   Japan 10.83
6 Julio César Roque   El Salvador 11.03
7 Adam Afrah   Maldives 12.00

Heat 3

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Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dean Wise   New Zealand 10.63 Q
2 Francesco Scuderi   Italy 10.72 Q
3 Misael Ortíz   Cuba 10.74 Q
4 Joseph Colville   Costa Rica 11.00 Q
5 Frantz Valbona   Haiti 11.16
6 Felimon Pasante   Philippines 11.49
7 Eduard Martin   Germany 12.47

Heat 4

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Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jamie Henthorn   United Kingdom 10.61 Q
2 Marcus La Grange   South Africa 10.68 Q
3 Oscar Meneses   Guatemala 10.72 Q
4 Omar Sacco   Italy 10.79 Q
5 William To Wai Lok   Hong Kong 10.91
6 Orkatz Beitia   Spain 10.95
7 Valentin Borsuk   Belarus 11.05

Heat 5

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Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Seun Ogunkoya   Nigeria 10.44 Q
2 Christofer Ohlsson   Sweden 10.54 Q
3 Erik Kringeland   Norway 10.62 Q
4 László Babály   Hungary 10.67 Q
5 Stéphane Buckland   Mauritius 10.68 q
6 Kok Lim Tan   Malaysia 10.79

Heat 6

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Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul Pearce   Australia 10.55 Q
2 Georgios Skender   Cyprus 10.58 Q
3 Charles Allen   Canada 10.62 Q
4 Lindel Frater   Jamaica 10.65 Q
5 Benedictus Botha   Namibia 10.67 q
6 Ioánnis Paraschópoulos   Greece 10.74 q
7 Kamarudizaman Abu Bakar   Malaysia 10.87
8 Boonyarit Phuksachat   Thailand 10.88

Heat 7

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Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Baxter   Australia 10.52 Q
2 Lawrence Armstrong   United States 10.56 Q
3 Vitaliy Medvedev   Kazakhstan 10.60 Q
4 Shingo Kawabata   Japan 10.64 Q
5 Henrik Grönqvist   Finland 10.74 q
6 Malik Louahla   Algeria 10.82
7 Vincent Caure   France 10.85
8 Ekkachai Janthana   Thailand 10.96

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, World Junior Championships WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, World Junior Athletics History, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships – Eugene 2014 - Facts & Figures (PDF), International Association of Athletics Federations, retrieved 13 June 2015
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