These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships

1987 World Championships in Athletics

The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...

in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1987-08-30.

Ben Johnson initially won the final in a world record time of 9.83 seconds, but was disqualified by the IAAF

International Association of Athletics Federations

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 after he admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs in 1988.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Silver	Raymond Stewart Ray Stewart (athlete) Raymond Douglas Stewart is a former Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 100 metres event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final and won an Olympic silver medal... Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...  (JAM)
Bronze	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games... Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...  (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		9.93	Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado... , USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	July 3, 1983
Championship Record		10.07	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	August 8, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		9.93 EWR
		10.08
		10.14
4.		10.20
5.		10.25
6.		10.34
7.		16.23
DQ

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 1987-08-30

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		10.15
  2.		10.25
  3.		10.33
  4.		10.37
  5.		10.37
  6.		10.40
  7.		10.41
  8.		10.51

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.03 CR
2.		10.12
3.		10.22
4.		10.23
5.		10.24
6.		10.29
7.		10.38
8.		10.53

Quarterfinals

• Held on Saturday 1987-08-29

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		10.38
  2.		10.40
  3.		10.52
  4.		10.53
  5.		10.65
  6.		10.69
  7.		10.70
  8.		10.80

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.29
2.		10.35
3.		10.35
4.		10.39
5.		10.43
6.		10.43
7.		10.53
8.		10.67

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.20
2.		10.21
3.		10.28
4.		10.31
5.		10.37
6.		10.38
7.		10.45
8.		10.46

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.14
2.		10.14
3.		10.23
4.		10.37
5.		10.37
6.		10.46
7.		10.48
8.		10.49

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1987-08-29

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		10.23
  2.		10.39
  3.		10.39
  4.		10.41
  5.		10.65
  6.		10.64
  7.		10.96
  8.		11.09

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.29
2.		10.33
3.		10.34
4.		10.34
5.		10.39
6.		10.68
7.		11.04
8.		11.56

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.42
2.		10.49
3.		10.53
4.		10.68
5.		10.89
		DNS
		DNS
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.24
2.		10.25
3.		10.29
4.		10.43
5.		10.52
6.		10.69
7.		11.04
8.		11.32

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		10.24
2.		10.39
3.		10.41
4.		10.43
5.		10.43
6.		10.48
7.		11.18
8.		11.77

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.05
2.		10.26
3.		10.39
4.		10.43
5.		10.50
6.		10.64
7.		11.37
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		10.22
2.		10.22
3.		10.30
4.		10.37
5.		10.41
6.		10.81
7.		11.48
		DNS