Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Men's 100 metres ; at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	City of Manchester Stadium
Dates	26 July 2002 (heats); 26 July 2002 (quarter finals); 27 July 2002 (semi finals); 27 July 2002 (final);
Competitors	55 from 33 nations
Winning time	9.98
Medalists
	← 1998 2006 →

The men's 100 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place on 26 and 27 July at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Kim Collins won the gold medal in a new national record time of 9.98 seconds giving Saint Kitts and Nevis its first ever medal at the Commonwealth Games. Nigerian Uchenna Emedolu finished in second, taking the silver medal in 10.11. Pierre Browne of Canada won the bronze in a personal best time of 10.12.^[1]

This was the ninth running of the 100 metres event at the Commonwealth Games after converting to metric at the 1970 Edinburgh Games. A 100 yard event was contested between 1930 and 1966. 55 competitors from 33 nations entered the event.^[2] The English pairing of Mark Lewis-Francis and Dwain Chambers, who had both ran sub-10 seconds the month prior, both suffered injuries in the final. Lewis-Francis had to be stretched off the track. Collins, the bronze medallists in the 200 metres at the 2001 World Championships only decided to contest this event on the morning of the heats.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The defending champion from Kuala Lumpur, Ato Boldon from Trinidad and Tobago withdrew from the Games due to lack of fitness as a result of a injury earlier in the season.^[7]^[8] The silver medallist from four years ago, Namibia's Frankie Fredericks pulled out of the event on the morning of the heats to focus on the 200 metre event which he went on to win.^[9]^[10] Barbadian Obadele Thompson, the Commonwealth and Olympic bronze medallist, pulled out the event after the heats due to a groin injury.^[11]

Kim Collins was the first athlete to be subject to a urine test during the Games after his victory. He tested positive for salbutamol, an anabolic steroid. He claimed he had been taking the drug to treat his asthma but he failed to report this. The Commonwealth Games Federation found him in breach of the rules and he was reprimanded but was ultimately allowed to keep his gold medal. Collins was cleared after undergoing a respiratory function test by an independent doctor who confirmed his condition and due to the level found in his system was permissible and not considered performance-enhancing.^[12]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

Records before the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Record	Time (s)	Athlete (nation)	Meet	Location	Date	Ref
World record	9.79	Maurice Greene (USA)	Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria	Athens, Greece	16 June 1999	^[2]
Commonwealth record	9.84	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Olympics	Atlanta, United States	27 July 1996	^[13]
Commonwealth record	9.84	Bruny Surin (CAN)	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22 August 1996	^[13]
Games record	9.88	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998	^[2]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 26 July, starting at 12:22 in the afternoon.^[2]

Qualification Rules: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the best 4 of remaining athletes (q) advance to the quarter finals.

Heat 1

Results of heat 1
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	10.25	Q
2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.47	Q
3	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Nigeria	10.61	Q
4	Gabrieli Waaivanua	Fiji	10.95	Q
5	Mohd Roache	Samoa	11.10
6	Md Humayan Kabir	Bangladesh	11.23
7	David Lightbourne	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.34
8	Billi Paea	Niue	11.41	NR
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 2

Results of heat 2
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.44	Q
2	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.48	Q
3	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.56	Q
4	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	10.65	Q
5	Jamie Henthorn	Wales	10.81	q
6	Karibataake Katimiri	Kiribati	12.08
	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	DNS
			Wind: -0.7 m/s

Heat 3

Results of heat 3
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10.30	Q, PB
2	Christie van Wyk	Namibia	10.38	Q
3	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.39	Q
4	Brian Dzingai	Zimbabwe	10.61	Q, PB
5	Peter Pulu	Papua New Guinea	10.84	q
6	Ousman Jatta	The Gambia	10.93
7	David Victoire	Mauritius	10.95
8	Ali Yasir Rai	Pakistan	11.19
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 4

Results of heat 4
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.42	Q
2	Pierre Browne	Canada	10.47	Q
3	Dallas Roberts	New Zealand	10.70	Q
4	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	10.76	Q
5	Tom Ganda	Sierra Leone	10.85
6	Robert Nidithawae	Vanuatu	11.48
	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	DNS
	Rachid Chouhal	Malta	DNS
			Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 5

Results of heat 5
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.19	Q
2	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Canada	10.27	Q
3	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.29	Q
4	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.63	Q
5	Lamin Sanyang	The Gambia	10.80	q
6	Kurvin Wallace	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.93
7	Jamial Rolle	Bahamas	10.99
8	Dwenney Musgrove	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.44
			Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 6

Results of heat 6
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.31	Q
2	Jason Gardener	England	10.34	Q
3	Jocelyn Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.53	Q
4	Claude Toukéné-Guébogo	Cameroon	10.62	Q
5	Jacey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	10.66	q
6	Harmon Harmon	Cook Islands	11.39
7	Mathew Faleuka	Niue	11.52
8	Sultan Saeed	Maldives	11.89
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 7

Results of heat 7
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	10.44	Q
2	Anson Henry	Canada	10.45	Q
3	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.54	Q
4	Moave Vu	Fiji	10.88	Q
5	Maruf Reza	Bangladesh	10.98
6	Azik Graham	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.99
7	Reuben Apuri	Solomon Islands	11.06
8	Afele Leona	Niue	11.36	NR
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were held on 26 July, starting at 18:35 in the evening.^[14]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semi finals.

Quarter final 1

Results of quarter final 1
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.17	Q
2	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.30	Q
3	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Canada	10.37	Q
4	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	10.45	Q
5	Jocelyn Thomas	Sierra Leone	10.47
6	Christie van Wyk	Namibia	10.58
7	Kevin Williams	Wales	10.65
8	Peter Pulu	Papua New Guinea	10.73
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Quarter final 2

Results of quarter final 2
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	10.13	Q
2	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.20	Q
3	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.31	Q
4	Anson Henry	Canada	10.36	Q
5	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.58
6	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	10.64	PB
7	Jamie Henthorn	Wales	10.74
	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Nigeria	DNF
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Quarter final 3

Results of quarter final 3
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	10.16	Q
2	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10.28	Q, PB
3	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.32	Q
4	Jason Gardener	England	10.33	Q
5	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.52
6	Claude Toukéné-Guébogo	Cameroon	10.76
7	Lamin Sanyang	The Gambia	10.78	PB
8	Moave Vu	Fiji	10.91
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Quarter final 4

Results of quarter final 4
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.19	Q
2	Pierre Browne	Canada	10.28	Q
3	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.33	Q
4	Brian Dzingai	Zimbabwe	10.62	Q
5	Jacey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	10.63
6	Dallas Roberts	New Zealand	10.69
	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	DNS
	Gabrieli Waaivanua	Fiji	DNS
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi finals

The semi finals were held on 27 July, starting at 19:05 in the evening.^[15]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Semi final 1

Results of semi final 1
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.08	Q
2	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	10.15	Q
3	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.16	Q
4	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.16	Q
5	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.17
6	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Canada	10.29
7	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.30
8	Brian Dzingai	Zimbabwe	10.59	PB
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semi final 2

Results of semi final 2
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dwain Chambers	England	10.06	Q
2	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	10.14	Q
3	Pierre Browne	Canada	10.20	Q
4	Jason Gardener	England	10.21	Q
5	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10.26	PB
6	Eric Nkansah	Ghana	10.29	SB
7	Anson Henry	Canada	10.34
8	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	10.37
			Wind: +0.8 m/s

Final

The final was held at 20:35 on 27 July.^[16]

Results of the final
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.98	NR
	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.11
	Pierre Browne	Canada	10.12	PB
4	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	10.15
5	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.15
6	Jason Gardener	England	10.22
7	Mark Lewis-Francis	England	10.54
8	Dwain Chambers	England	11.19
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

References

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[1] "Collins flies as the mighty fall". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 2002. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

[Heats-2] "Athletics - Men's 100m Heat Status". Manchester 2002. 26 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[3] Brown, Matthew (27 July 2002). "Injury drama amid sub-10 100 final – Commonwealth Games Day 2". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[4] "Collins wins dramatic 100m". BBC Sport. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[5] "Kim Collins takes 100m title". BBC Sport. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

[6] Brown, Matthew (28 July 2002). "Collins, an ice cool cocktail of sprinting talent". IAAF. Archived from the original on 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[7] "Disappointed Boldon to skip Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. 23 July 2002. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[8] "Commonwealth absentees". The Guardian. 20 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2025.

[9] "Fredericks out of 100m". BBC Sport. 26 July 2002. Archived from the original on 23 May 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[10] "Fredericks regains 200m gold". BBC Sport. 29 July 2002. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[11] Brown, Matthew (26 July 2002). "A Shaw thing – Commonwealth Games Day 1". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[12] Mackay, Duncan (3 August 2002). "Collins escapes ban despite positive test". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

[Larsson-13] Larsson, Peter (7 April 2006). "All-time men's best 100m". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[14] "Athletics - Men's 100m Quarter Final Status". Manchester 2002. 26 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[15] "Athletics - Men's 100m Semi Final Status". Manchester 2002. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[16] "Athletics - Men's 100m Final Status". Manchester 2002. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
v t e

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 100 metres
100 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Percy Williams (CAN) 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) 1950: John Treloar (AUS) 1954: Mike Agostini (TRI) 1958: Keith Gardner (JAM) 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) 1966: Harry Jerome (CAN)
100 metres (1970–present)	1970: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1974: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1978: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1982: Allan Wells (SCO) 1986: Ben Johnson (CAN) 1990: Linford Christie (ENG) 1994: Linford Christie (ENG) 1998: Ato Boldon (TRI) 2002: Kim Collins (SKN) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2010: Lerone Clarke (JAM) 2014: Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM) 2018: Akani Simbine (RSA) 2022: Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN)