| Final wind -0.3m/s | time | L | age | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 10.14s | 2 | 22 | | 2. Robert Taylor |  United States | 10.24s | 4 | 23 | | 3. Lennox Miller |  Jamaica | 10.33s | 5 | 25 | | 4. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 10.36s | 6 | 22 | | 5. Michael Fray | Jamaica | 10.40s | 8 | 24 | | 6. Jobst Hirscht |  West Germany | 10.40s | 7 | 24 | | 7. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 10.46s | 1 | 28 | | -. Hasely Crawford |  Trinidad Tobago | DNF | 3 | 22 |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Valeri Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.21s | | 2. Hasely Crawford | Trinidad Tobago | 10.36s | | 3. Jobst Hirscht | West Germany | 10.36s | | 4. Michael Fray | Jamaica | 10.48s | | 5. Alain Sarteur |  France | 10.51s | | 6. Kouakou Komenan |  Ivory Coast | 10.57s | | 7. Bernd Borth |  East Germany | 10.60s | | -. Vassil Papageorgopoulos |  Greece | DNS |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Robert Taylor | United States | 10.30s | | 2. Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.31s | | 3. Alexandr Korneliuk | Soviet Union | 10.35s | | 4. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.42s | | 5. Barka Sy |  Senegal | 10.42s | | 6. Jeanl. Ravelomanantsoa |  Madagascar | 10.46s | | 7. Jaroslav Matousek |  Czechoslovakia | 10.51s | | 8. Brian Green |  Great Britain | 10.52s |
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The event was marred by the failure of Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson
to appear for the second round due to a schedule misunderstanding by
US management. The pre-Games favourite was Borzov, who had beat-
en the top Americans in the USA in 1971. In the second round he set a
European record of 10.07 ahead of Robert Taylor, the sole surviving
American, and Hasely Crawford (10.18). Borzov (10.21) and Taylor
(10.30) won the semis, which saw the excellent Greek,
Papageorgopoulos (10.24 heat), unable to start.
Kornelyuk, the little Soviet star, started fastest in the final, but was
quickly caught by Borzov, whose powerful but relaxed style carried
him more than a metre clear by 60m. Easing in the last 5m, and lifting
his arms in triumph, Borzov finished a metre ahead of the valiant
Taylor, with Lennox Miller gaining a second medal a further metre
back. Speculation was rife as to whether Hart would have beaten
Borzov. The answer will never be known – but as a possible guide
Taylor finished 0.05 seconds behind Hart when the latter won the US
Trials in a hand timed 9.9.
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| | | First 3 from each of 5 Quarters and 1 Best time advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Jobst Hirscht | West Germany | 10.25s | | 2. Jaroslav Matousek | Czechoslovakia | 10.35s | | 3. Bernd Borth | East Germany | 10.44s | | 4. Philippe Clerc |  Switzerland | 10.45s | | 5. Ainsely Armstrong | Trinidad Tobago | 10.47s | | 6. Mike Sands |  Bahamas | 10.50s | | 7. Audun Garshol |  Norway | 10.55s | | -. Reynaud Robinson | United States | DNS |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Jeanl. Ravelomanantsoa | Madagascar | 10.47s | | 2. Brian Green | Great Britain | 10.58s | | 3. Kouakou Komenan | Ivory Coast | 10.60s | | 4. Stanislaw Wagner | Poland | 10.61s | | 5. Sandy Osei-Agyemang |  Ghana | 10.66s | | 6. Erik Gustafsson |  Finland | 10.78s | | 7. Wen-Ho Soo |  Taiwan | 10.82s | | -. Eddie Hart | United States | DNS |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Valeri Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.07s | | 2. Robert Taylor | United States | 10.16s | | 3. Hasely Crawford | Trinidad Tobago | 10.18s | | 4. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.40s | | 5. Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.44s | | 6. Leslie Piggott | Great Britain | 10.53s | | 7. Dominique Chauvelot | France | 10.54s | | 8. Hans-Jurgen Bombach | East Germany | 10.64s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Alexandr Korneliuk | Soviet Union | 10.23s | | 2. Barka Sy | Senegal | 10.27s | | 3. Michael Fray | Jamaica | 10.28s | | 4. Kolawole Abdulai |  Nigeria | 10.41s | | 5. Antti Rajamaki | Finland | 10.43s | | 6. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 10.44s | | 7. Salem Alah-Djaba |  Chad | 10.51s | | 8. Charles Francis |  Canada | 10.51s |
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| Quarter 5 | time | | 1. Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.33s | | 2. Alain Sarteur | France | 10.40s | | 3. Vassil Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 10.45s | | 4. Meite Amadou | Ivory Coast | 10.52s | | 5. Ludvik Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 10.52s | | 6. Donald Halliday | Great Britain | 10.60s | | 7. Samuel Monsels |  Suriname | 10.64s | | 8. Vladimir Atamas | Soviet Union | 10.83s |
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Heats - Thursday 31.08 | | First 3 from each of 12 Heats and 4 Best time advanced to Quarter-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.45s | | 2. Meite Amadou | Ivory Coast | 10.51s | | 3. Hans-Jurgen Bombach | East Germany | 10.66s | | 4. Rudolph Reid | Trinidad Tobago | 10.74s | | 5. Dan Amuke |  Kenya | 10.76s | | 6. Enkhbaatar Bjambajav |  Mongolia | 10.93s | | 7. Mao Samphon |  Cambodja | 10.95s | | 8. Luis Alers |  Puerto Rico | 11.09s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Valeri Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.47s | | 2. Mike Sands | Bahamas | 10.67s | | 3. Ludvik Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 10.72s | | 4. Gerhard Wucherer | West Germany | 10.82s | | 5. Tadeusz Cuch | Poland | 10.89s | | 6. Kian Chye Yeo |  Singapore | 10.92s | | 7. Alphonse Yanghat |  Congo | 10.95s | | 8. Andrew Sartee |  Liberia | 11.09s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 10.49s | | 2. Sandy Osei-Agyemang | Ghana | 10.52s | | 3. Leslie Piggott | Great Britain | 10.54s | | 4. John M. Mwebi | Kenya | 10.60s | | 5. Luiz Gonzaga da Silva |  Brazil | 10.63s | | 6. Kevin Edwin Johnson | Bahamas | 10.91s | | 7. Mansour Farhan Algegd |  Saudi Arabia | 11.23s | | 8. Robert Aregba |  Togo | DNS |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Jaroslav Matousek | Czechoslovakia | 10.37s | | 2. Brian Green | Great Britain | 10.41s | | 3. Kouakou Komenan | Ivory Coast | 10.50s | | 4. Walter Edward Callander | Bahamas | 10.78s | | 5. Calhern George |  US Virgin Islands | 10.90s | | 6. Farhad Navab |  Iran | 11.02s | | 7. Angel Guerreros |  Paraguay | 11.12s | | -. Anat Ratanapol |  Thailand | DNS |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Alexandr Korneliuk | Soviet Union | 10.38s | | 2. Kolawole Abdulai | Nigeria | 10.57s | | 3. Stanislaw Wagner | Poland | 10.62s | | 4. Juraj Demec | Czechoslovakia | 10.66s | | 5. Felix Mata |  Venezuela | 10.73s | | 6. Bjarna Stefansson |  Iceland | 10.99s | | 7. Younis Rabee |  Kuwait | 11.20s | | -. Gaoussou Kone | Ivory Coast | DNS |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. Reynaud Robinson | United States | 10.56s | | 2. Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 10.58s | | 3. Samuel Monsels | Suriname | 10.61s | | 4. George Kofi Daniels | Ghana | 10.65s | | 5. Andre Bicaba |  Upper Volta | 10.71s | | 6. Motsapi Moorosi |  Lesotho | 10.74s | | 7. William Dralu |  Uganda | 10.92s |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Hasely Crawford | Trinidad Tobago | 10.50s | | 2. Donald Halliday | Great Britain | 10.58s | | 3. Erik Gustafsson | Finland | 10.68s | | 4. Guillermo Gonzalez | Puerto Rico | 10.73s | | 5. Norman Chihota |  Tanzania | 10.79s | | 6. Egzi Gabre-Gabre |  Ethiopia | 10.89s | | 7. Pierre-Richard Gaetjens |  Haiti | 11.50s | | -.Pablo Montes |  Cuba | DNS |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Barka Sy | Senegal | 10.30s | | 2. Bernd Borth | East Germany | 10.48s | | 3. Audun Garshol | Norway | 10.49s | | 4. Wen-Ho Su | Taiwan | 10.59s | | 5. Gana Abba-Kimet | Chad | 10.89s | | 6. Raimo Vilen | Finland | 11.00s | | 7. Lionel Caero |  Bolivia | 11.19s |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Alain Sarteur | France | 10.42s | | 2. Salem Alah-Djaba | Chad | 10.65s | | 3. Charles Francis | Canada | 10.68s | | 4. Andres Roberto Calonge |  Argentina | 10.73s | | 5. Lawrie d'Arcy |  New Zealand | 10.77s | | 6. Larmeck Mukonde |  Zambia | 11.16s | | -. Hermes Ramirez | Cuba | DNS |
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Vassil Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 10.24s | | 2. Jeanl. Ravelomanantsoa | Madagascar | 10.29s | | 3. Michael Fray | Jamaica | 10.47s | | 4. Antti Rajamaki | Finland | 10.52s | | 5. Ainsely Armstrong | Trinidad Tobago | 10.56s | | 6. Jorge L. Vizcarrondo | Puerto Rico | 10.79s | | 7. Zainuddin Wahab |  Malaysia Malaysia | 10.80s |
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. Eddie Taylor | United States | 10.47s | | 2. Dominique Chauvelot | France | 10.66s | | 3. Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.67s | | 4. Benedict Majekodumni | Nigeria | 10.70s | | 5. Gaston Malam |  Cameroon | 10.88s | | 6. Sunil Gunawardene |  Ceylon | 11.00s | | 7. Tukal Mokalam |  Philippines | 11.02s |
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. Robert Taylor | United States | 10.32s | | 2. Jobst Hirscht | West Germany | 10.36s | | 3. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.36s | | 4. Vladimir Atamas | Soviet Union | 10.51s | | 5. Axel Nepraunik |  Austria | 10.61s | | 6. Andre Byrame | France | 10.64s | | 7. Mustaff Matola |  Malawi | 11.31s |
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| World Record | | 9.9s Jim Hines, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968 | | 9.9s Ronnie Ray Smith, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968 | | 9.9s Charles Greene, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968 | | 9.9s Jim Hines, United States Mexico City, Mexico 14 October 1968 | | 9.9s Eddie Hart, United States Eugene, United States 1 July 1972 | | 9.9s Rey Robinson, United States Eugene, United States 1 July 1972 |
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| Olympic record | | 9.9s Jim Hines, United States Mexico City, Mexico 14 October 1968 |
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