| Final 20:35 wind +0.3m/s | time | L | React. | | 1. Linford Christie |  GBR | 9.87s | 4 | 0.140 | | 2. Andre Cason |  USA | 9.92s | 6 | 0.183 | | 3. Dennis Mitchell | USA | 9.99s | 7 | 0.128 | | 4. Carl Lewis | USA | 10.02s | 3 | 0.144 | | 5. Bruny Surin |  CAN | 10.02s | 2 | 0.148 | | 6. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 10.03s | 1 | 0.146 | | 7. Daniel Effiong |  NGR | 10.04s | 5 | 0.164 | | 8. Raymond Stewart |  JAM | 10.18s | 8 | 0.166 |
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Tokyo 1991 proved to be a turning point for Christie, who announced his retirement after finishing behind three Americans despite clocking 9.92. He changed his mind and came back for his best ever year in 1992, taking the Olympic title. Carl Lewis, meanwhile, had a poor year as a sprinter in 1992, failing to make the US team for the 100m. But that did not stop some observers saying the Olympic final was “soft” in Lewis’s absence.
Christie comfortably beat Lewis one month before Stuttgart and did so again at the World Championships. His winning time of 9.87 was achieved with a following wind of 0.3m compared with the 1.2m enjoyed by Lewis in the 1991 final.
Cason led the American challenge, clocking personal bests in the second round and semi-final. In the final he was even quicker, and was in front 70m before being caught by the long-striding Briton. Mitchell repeated his 1991 bronze.
Lewis improved from last at 60m to fourth place, and was therefore beaten for the first time in a World or Olympic 100m final. Six of the eight finalists had also contested the Tokyo final two years earlier. “I did not think I ran that fast,” said the 33 year-old Christie. “I thought that I might have done a 9.92. I concentrated on getting a good start.”
| Semi 1 18:40 wind +0.3m/s | time | L | | 1. Andre Cason | USA | 9.94s | 3 | | 2. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 9.98s | 6 | | 3. Carl Lewis | USA | 10.02s | 5 | | 4. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.05s | 4 | | 5. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 10.21s | 2 | | 6. Jason John | GBR | 10.34s | 8 | | 7. Alexandros Terzian |  GRE | 10.36s | 7 | | 8. Satoru Inoue |  JPN | 10.39s | 1 |
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| Semi 2 18:50 wind +0.9m/s | time | L | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 9.97s | 4 | | 2. Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10.06s | 3 | | 3. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.07s | 6 | | 4. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.16s | 5 | | 5. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy |  RUS | 10.20s | 7 | | 6. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 10.23s | 2 | | 7. Robert Esmie | CAN | 10.23s | 1 | | 8. Oumar Loum |  SEN | 10.60s | 8 |
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| Quarter 1 18:45 wind +4.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Carl Lewis | USA | 10.11s | 5 | | 2. Robert Esmie | CAN | 10.30s | 4 | | 3. Jason John | GBR | 10.31s | 3 | | 4. Satoru Inoue | JPN | 10.34s | 7 | | 5. Daniel Sangouma |  FRA | 10.47s | 6 | | 6. Jiri Valik |  CZE | 10.53s | 8 | | 7. Edmund Estaphane |  STL | 10.57s | 2 | | 8. Driss Bensaddou |  MAR | 10.63s | 1 |
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| Quarter 2 18:50 wind +4.3m/s | time | L | | 1. Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10.08s | 3 | | 2. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.11s | 4 | | 3. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 10.15s | 6 | | 4. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 10.20s | 2 | | 5. Marc Blume |  GER | 10.32s | 5 | | 6. Salaam Gariba | GHA | 10.42s | 1 | | 7. Jean-Olivier Zirignon |  CIV | 10.44s | 8 | | 8. Marek Zalewski |  POL | 10.49s | 7 |
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| Quarter 3 18:55 wind +1.5m/s | time | L | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.00s | 6 | | 2. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.07s | 3 | | 3. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.33s | 7 | | 4. Alexandros Terzian | GRE | 10.34s | 4 | | 5. Vitaliy Savin |  KZK | 10.36s | 5 | | 6. Ousmane Diarra |  MLI | 10.41s | 8 | | 7. Max Moriniere | FRA | 10.58s | 2 | | 8. Kirk Cummins |  BAR | 10.60s | 1 |
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| Quarter 4 19:00 wind +4.1m/s | time | L | | 1. Andre Cason | USA | 9.96s | 3 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.06s | 5 | | 3. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 10.26s | 6 | | 4. Oumar Loum | SEN | 10.33s | 7 | | 5. Arnaldo Oliveira Silva |  BRA | 10.38s | 4 | | 6. Daniel Cojocaru |  ROM | 10.41s | 8 | | 7. Ato Boldon |  TRI | 10.48s | 2 | | -. Fabian Muyaba |  ZIM | DNS | 1 |
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| Heat 1 12:00 wind -0.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10.26s | 8 | | 2. Satoru Inoue | JPN | 10.43s | 3 | | 3. Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.51s | 1 | | 4. Edmund Estaphane | STL | 10.54s | 5 | | 5. Miguel Janssen |  ARU | 10.62s | 7 | | 6. Sun-Kuk Jin |  KOR | 10.66s | 4 | | 7. Ahmed Al-Moamari |  OMN | 10.78s | 6 | | 8. Arfin Abdullah |  INA | 11.11s | 2 |
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| Heat 2 12:06 wind -0.3m/s | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.32s | 7 | | 2. Alexandros Terzian | GRE | 10.36s | 2 | | 3. Kirk Cummins | BAR | 10.44s | 5 | | 4. Anvar Kuchmuradov |  UZB | 10.56s | 8 | | 5. Charles Tayot |  GAB | 10.82s | 6 | | 6. Cephas Lemba |  ZAM | 10.87s | 1 | | 7. A. Tamba |  LBR | 11.29s | 3 | | -. Stefan Burkart |  SUI | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 3 12:12 wind -0.7m/s | time | L | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.24s | 7 | | 2. Arnaldo Oliveira Silva | BRA | 10.41s | 3 | | 3. Daniel Cojocaru | ROM | 10.49s | 2 | | 4. Stephen Lewis |  MNT | 10.59s | 5 | | 5. Junior Cornette |  GUY | 10.61s | 6 | | 6. David Nkoua |  CGO | 10.92s | 4 | | -. Gustavo Envela |  GEQ | DNS | 1 |
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| Heat 4 12:08 wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.23s | 3 | | 2. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 10.30s | 1 | | 3. Jean-Olivier Zirignon | CIV | 10.38s | 8 | | 4. Abdoulie Janneh |  GAM | 10.66s | 2 | | 5. Abdolsadeh Gorgani |  IRN | 10.67s | 5 | | 6. Mario Bonello |  MLT | 11.05s | 4 | | 7. Lam Hai Van |  VIE | 11.28s | 7 | | -. Augustine Nketia |  NZL | DNS | 6 |
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| Heat 5 12:24 wind +0.5m/s | time | L | | 1. Andre Cason | USA | 10.09s | 5 | | 2. Daniel Sangouma | FRA | 10.40s | 1 | | 3. Driss Bensaddou | MAR | 10.51s | 2 | | 4. Enrique Talavera |  ESP | 10.58s | 4 | | 5. Wayne Watson | JAM | 10.64s | 8 | | 6. Golam Ambia |  BAN | 10.72s | 3 | | 7. Theodore Haba |  GUI | 10.75s | 6 | | 8. Menira Nouredine Ould |  MTN | 10.96s | 7 |
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| Heat 6 12:30 wind +0.8m/s | time | L | | 1. Carl Lewis | USA | 10.15s | 8 | | 2. Marc Blume | GER | 10.36s | 6 | | 3. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 10.55s | 3 | | 4. Sanusi Turay |  SLE | 10.68s | 4 | | 5. Hisatsugu Suzuki | JPN | 10.72s | 7 | | 6. Ricky Canon |  NAU | 11.72s | 1 | | 7. Bakar Chehou Inzoudine |  COM | 11.99s | 2 | | -. Gaetan Desmangles | FRA | DQ | 5 |
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| Heat 7 12:36 wind +0.7m/s | time | L | | 1. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 10.23s | 2 | | 2. Oumar Loum | SEN | 10.41s | 6 | | 3. Jiri Valik | CZE | 10.48s | 3 | | 4. Marek Zalewski | POL | 10.49s | 7 | | 5. Miguel Miranda |  MEX | 10.71s | 5 | | 6. Trevor Davis |  ANG | 10.78s | 4 | | 7. Laurent Kemp |  LUX | 10.95s | 1 |
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| Heat 8 12:42 wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.23s | 4 | | 2. Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 10.36s | 3 | | 3. Salaam Gariba | GHA | 10.38s | 2 | | 4. Max Moriniere | FRA | 10.50s | 1 | | 5. Khalid Juma |  BHR | 10.93s | 7 | | 6. Eswort Coombs |  STV | 10.95s | 5 | | 7. Mark Sherwin |  CKI | 11.37s | 6 | | -. Saad Al-Matary |  KUW | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 9 12:48 wind -1.1m/s | time | L | | 1. Robert Esmie | CAN | 10.30s | 6 | | 2. Jason John | GBR | 10.34s | 3 | | 3. Vitaliy Savin | KZK | 10.35s | 5 | | 4. Ousmane Diarra | MLI | 10.42s | 8 | | 5. Fabian Muyaba | ZIM | 10.55s | 4 | | 6. Claus Hirsbro |  DEN | 10.78s | 2 | | 7. Danny Charles |  SEY | 11.00s | 7 | | 8. Bounhom Siliphone |  LAO | 1-.46s | 1 |
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