Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Rank Lane Name Nationality Reaction Result
1 4 Dwain Chambers Great Britain 0.150 10.12
2 5 Jonathan Drummond United States 0.145 10.15
3 1 Koji Ito Japan 0.221 10.25
4 6 Stéphane Buckland Mauritius 0.150 10.26
5 3 Antoine Boussombo Gabon 0.190 10.27
6 7 Stefano Tilli Italy 0.162 10.27
7 2 Mathew Quinn South Africa 0.157 10.27
8 8 Patrick Jarrett Jamaica 0.184 16.40
Results -- Round 2
Wind : +0.8 m/s
The men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia from September 22 to 23. In the first round, the first three runners from each of the ten heats, together with the eight next fastest runners from all heats (11×3+8=41), automatically qualified for the second round. In the second round, these forty-one runners competed in five heats, with the first three from each heat and the single next fastest runner (5×3+1=16) qualifying for the semifinals. In the semifinals, only the first four runners from each of the two heats advanced to the final (2×4=8).