1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

These are the results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Results

Heats

First 3 of each Heat and the next 9 fastest qualified for the [|quarterfinals].

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Angelos Pavlakakis		10.11	Q, NR
	6	Ato Boldon		10.11	Q
	7	Tim Montgomery		10.12	Q
	5	Michael Marsh		10.16	Q
	10	Eric Nkansah		10.16	Q
	4	Donovan Bailey		10.17	Q
	10	Percival Spencer		10.18	Q
	9	Frankie Fredericks		10.21	Q
	10	Darren Campbell		10.21	Q, SB
	7	Francis Obikwelu		10.22	Q
	11	Nobuharu Asahara		10.22	Q
	12	Robert Esmie		10.22	Q
	12	Davidson Ezinwa		10.23	Q
	8	Seun Ogunkoya		10.24	Q
	12	Emmanuel Tuffour		10.24	Q, SB
	4	Stefano Tilli		10.25	Q, SB
	9	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy		10.25	Q, SB
	4	Marlon Devonish		10.26	q
	7	Aziz Zakari		10.26	Q, PB
	9	Carlos Calado		10.26	Q
	11	Obadele Thompson		10.26	Q
	1	André da Silva		10.28	Q
	9	Sergejs Inšakovs		10.28	q, NR
	5	Patrick Stevens		10.30	Q
	10	Yiannis Zisimides		10.30	q, SB
	1	Jean-Olivier Zirignon		10.31	Q
	3	Maurice Greene		10.32	Q
	3	Peter Karlsson		10.32	Q, SB
	8	Charalambos Papadias		10.32	Q
	11	Jone Delai		10.32	Q
	13	Bruny Surin		10.32	Q
	6	Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda		10.33	Q
	4	Renward Wells		10.34	q
	4	Martin Lachkovics		10.34	q, PB
	11	Donovan Powell		10.34	q
	5	Anninos Marcoullides		10.35	Q
	7	Sayon Cooper		10.35	q
	12	Prodromos Katsantonis		10.36	q
	2	Marcin Krzywański		10.37	Q
	2	Andrey Fedoriv		10.38	Q
	8	Ryszard Pilarczyk		10.38	Q
	2	Stephane Cali		10.39	Q
	10	Hiroyasu Tsuchie		10.40	q
	3	Piotr Balcerzak		10.41	Q
	12	Augustine Nketia		10.41
	3	Per Ivar Sivle		10.42
	6	Ian Mackie		10.42	Q
	7	Ousmane Diarra		10.42
	1	Chris Donaldson		10.43	Q
	6	Carlos Gats		10.43	SB
	11	Chintake De Zoysa		10.43
	13	Erik Wijmeersch		10.43	Q
	2	Torbjörn Mårtensson		10.46
	5	Koji Ito		10.46
	6	Miguel Janssen		10.47
	13	Saad Al-Kuwari		10.48	Q
	1	Carlton Chambers		10.49
	11	Anvar Kuchmuradov		10.49
	6	Ibrahim Meité		10.50
	8	Issa-Aime Nthepe		10.50
	9	Carlos Villasenor		10.50
	1	Paulo Neves		10.51
	3	Dennis Mowatt		10.52
	5	Joseph Styles		10.52
	6	Carlos Moreno		10.53
	7	Frutos Feo		10.54
	12	Ivan Šlehobr		10.55
	13	Juan Pedro Toledo		10.56
	2	Neil Ryan		10.57
	5	Alexandros Genovelis		10.58
	13	Jose Illan		10.60
	2	Tommy Kafri		10.64
	8	Tomaž Božič		10.64
	8	Horace Dove-Edwin		10.65
	4	Ruslan Rusidze		10.67
	5	Wai Lok To		10.67
	3	Nigel Jones		10.68
	2	Patrick Mocci Raoumbe		10.69
	7	Lee Heyeong-Gum		10.73
	3	Antonio Serpas		10.77
	12	Peter Pulu		10.77
	1	Pascal Dangbo		10.78
	3	De-Von Bean		10.78
	9	Gabriel Simon		10.79
	7	Mohd Mahbub Alam		10.83
	1	Toluta'u Koula		10.85
	9	Maocha Mpho		10.86
	8	Mario Bonello		10.92
	13	Amarildo Almeida		10.92
	10	Laurence Jack		10.97
	12	Trevor Davis		11.07
	13	Huang Hsin-Ping		11.09
	4	Albert Shaw Elston		11.13
	8	Mohamed Amir		11.18	NR
	10	Detrickson Anson		11.47
	1	Watson Nyambek		11.60
	2	Nelson Kabitana		11.61
	11	Norberto Nsue Ondo		11.65
100	11	Daniel Adachi		11.90
101	5	Kim Collins		21.73
	9	Venancio José
	10	Igor Strakh

Quarterfinals

First 2 of each Heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the [|semifinals].

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Ato Boldon		9.87	Q, WL
	1	Maurice Greene		9.90	Q
	3	Tim Montgomery		9.99	Q
	6	Frankie Fredericks		9.99	Q
	4	Michael Marsh		10.05	Q
	2	Bruny Surin		10.06	Q, SB
	3	Donovan Bailey		10.10	Q
	6	Davidson Ezinwa		10.11	Q
	3	Darren Campbell		10.13	q, PB
10	5	Eric Nkansah		10.15	Q
11	5	Francis Obikwelu		10.17	Q
11	6	Nobuharu Asahara		10.17	q
13	3	Sayon Cooper		10.21	q
13	6	Obadele Thompson		10.21	q
15	1	Andrey Fedoriv		10.22
15	2	Angelos Pavlakakis		10.22	Q
17	1	Charalambos Papadias		10.23	PB
17	4	Emmanuel Tuffour		10.23	Q, SB
19	1	Ian Mackie		10.24
20	2	Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda		10.25
20	4	Jean-Olivier Zirignon		10.25
20	5	Robert Esmie		10.25
23	3	Ryszard Pilarczyk		10.26	PB
24	4	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy		10.27
25	6	Aziz Zakari		10.29
26	5	Patrick Stevens		10.31
27	2	Piotr Balcerzak		10.32
28	1	Marcin Krzywański		10.33
28	2	Prodromos Katsantonis		10.33
28	4	Seun Ogunkoya		10.33
31	2	Erik Wijmeersch		10.34
31	5	Sergejs Inšakovs		10.34
33	4	Donovan Powell		10.35
34	5	Stefano Tilli		10.36
35	4	Marlon Devonish		10.37
35	6	Yiannis Zisimides		10.37
37	1	Hiroyasu Tsuchie		10.38
38	4	Anninos Marcoullides		10.39
38	6	Martin Lachkovics		10.39
40	1	Chris Donaldson		10.40
40	3	Saad Al-Kuwari		10.40	PB
40	3	Peter Karlsson		10.40
43	6	Carlos Calado		10.41
44	2	Stephane Cali		10.47
44	5	Jone Delai		10.47
46	5	Renward Wells		10.57
47	3	André da Silva		12.56
	2	Percival Spencer

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly for the [|final].

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Maurice Greene		9.90	Q
	2	Donovan Bailey		9.91	Q, SB
	2	Frankie Fredericks		9.93	Q
	1	Ato Boldon		10.00	Q
	2	Tim Montgomery		10.08	Q
	1	Davidson Ezinwa		10.15	Q
	2	Eric Nkansah		10.18
	2	Francis Obikwelu		10.20
	1	Michael Marsh		10.21	Q
10	1	Bruny Surin		10.22	Q
11	1	Angelos Pavlakakis		10.29
12	1	Obadele Thompson		10.30
12	2	Sayon Cooper		10.30
14	1	Emmanuel Tuffour		10.33
14	2	Nobuharu Asahara		10.33
16	1	Darren Campbell		10.37

Final

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