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

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers).

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9.86	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...	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...  (JPN Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... )	August 25, 1991
Olympic Record	9.92	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...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...  (KOR South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )	September 24, 1988

Final

• Held on August 1, 1992

  RANK	FINAL	TIME
  		9.96
  		10.02
  		10.04
  4.		10.09
  5.		10.10
  6.		10.12
  7.		10.22
  8.		10.26

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		9.97
2.		10.00
3.		10.10
4.		10.23
5.		10.30
6.		10.32
7.		10.33
8.		10.70

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.17
2.		10.21
3.		10.28
4.		10.33
5.		10.34
6.		10.34
7.		10.42
—		DNS

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.19
2.		10.29
3.		10.32
4.		10.34
5.		10.35
6.		10.37
7.		10.68
8.		10.77

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.13
2.		10.24
3.		10.33
4.		10.38
5.		10.41
6.		10.57
7.		10.58
8.		10.69

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.22
2.		10.22
3.		10.31
4.		10.36
5.		10.50
6.		10.57
7.		10.64
8.		10.65

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.07
2.		10.08
3.		10.21
4.		10.30
5.		10.40
6.		10.47
7.		10.53
8.		10.54

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.21
2.		10.48
3.		10.55
4.		10.71
5.		10.73
6.		10.80
7.		11.02
8.		11.07

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.21
2.		10.29
3.		10.41
4.		10.65
5.		10.73
6.		10.80
—		DNS
—		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.48
2.		10.55
3.		10.63
4.		10.77
5.		10.83
6.		10.84
7.		11.03
8.		11.11

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.29
2.		10.57
3.		10.64
4.		10.69
5.		10.87
6.		11.10
7.		11.12
8.		11.20

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		10.61
2.		10.63
3.		10.64
4.		10.71
5.		10.83
6.		11.06
7.		11.14
8.		11.53

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.31
2.		10.55
3.		10.60
4.		10.64
5.		10.84
6.		11.10
7.		11.22
8.		11.36

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		10.36
2.		10.43
3.		10.67
4.		10.72
5.		10.78
6.		10.79
7.		11.35
8.		12.02

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		10.47
2.		10.57
3.		10.58
4.		10.60
5.		10.78
6.		10.96
7.		11.51
8.		11.58

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		10.36
2.		10.37
3.		10.45
4.		10.56
5.		10.74
6.		10.85
7.		11.32
8.		11.41

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		10.24
2.		10.27
3.		10.43
4.		10.51
5.		10.54
6.		10.57
7.		10.87
8.		10.94
—		DNS

See also

• 1991 Men's World Championships 100 metres
  1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres
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• 1993 Men's World Championships 100 metres
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres
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