| Final Wind 0.0m/s | time | age | | 1. Hasely Crawford |  TRI | 10.06s | 25 | | 2. Don Quarrie |  JAM | 10.08s | 25 | | 3. Valeriy Borzov |  URS | 10.14s | 26 | | 4. Harvey Glance |  USA | 10.19s | 19 | | 5. Gay Abrahams |  PAN | 10.25s | 23 | | 6. John Jones | USA | 10.27s | 18 | | 7. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |  GDR | 10.31s | 21 | | 8. Petar Petrov |  BUL | 10.35s | 21 |
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| World and Olympic Record: 9.95s Jim Hines, United States Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968 |
The favourites were Borzov – attempting to retain his title (the first to
try this since Percy Williams) – Quarrie, Crawford and the three
Americans. Only Glance and Crawford managed more than one run
below 10.30 before the final, with Crawford and Quarrie trying to psy-
che each other out in their semi-final.
In the final Glance and Crawford started fastest, then Glance was
caught by Quarrie and Borzov before halfway. Quarrie edged away, but
could not see Crawford (lane 1) who was half a metre clear at the 80m
mark. Quarrie’s official time was 10.08, but a later re-read of the photo
showed that the correct time was 10.07. Crawford, the biggest of all
100m winners at 1.90/87kg, never again ran quicker than 10.19. He
won his country’s first ever gold medal and a jet airliner there was
named after him.
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Harvey Glance | USA | 10.24s | | 2. Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.30s | | 3. K. Dieter Kurrat | GDR | 10.30s | | 4. Gay A Abrahams | PAN | 10.37s | | 5. Marvin Nash |  CAN | 10.52s | | 6. Ainsley Armstrong | TRI | 10.52s | | 7. Ruy Da Silva |  BRA | 10.54s | | 8. Marian Woronin |  POL | 10.69s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Hasely Crawford | TRI | 10.22s | | 2. Donald Quarrie | JAM | 10.26s | | 3. John Jones | USA | 10.30s | | 4. Petar Petrov | BUL | 10.30s | | 5. Steven Riddick | USA | 10.33s | | 6. Meite Amadou |  CIV | 10.46s | | 7. Alexander Aksinin | URS | 10.50s | | 8. Alexander Thieme | GDR | 10.50s |
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| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Donald Quarrie | JAM | 10.33s | | 2. Steven Riddick | USA | 10.36s | | 3. Marvin Nash | CAN | 10.48s | | 4. Alexander Aksinin | URS | 10.55s | | 5. Dennis Trott |  BER | 10.64s | | 6. Anat Ratanapol |  THA | 10.65s | | 7. Luciano Caravani |  ITA | 10.81s | | 8. Gilles Echevin |  FRA | 12.00s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Gay A Abrahams | PAN | 10.35s | | 2. John Jones | USA | 10.46s | | 3. Alexander Thieme | GDR | 10.50s | | 4. Marian Woronin | POL | 10.53s | | 5. Silvio Leonard |  CUB | 10.59s | | 6. Sammy Monsels |  SUR | 10.61s | | 7. Colin Bradford | JAM | 10.62s | | 8. Christer Garpenborg |  SWE | 10.63s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Hasely Crawford | TRI | 10.29s | | 2. Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.39s | | 3. Meite Amadou | CIV | 10.45s | | 4. Ruy Da Silva | BRA | 10.57s | | 5. Andrzej Swierczynski | POL | 10.59s | | 6. Adama Fall |  SEN | 10.60s | | 7. Klaus-D Bieler |  FRG | 10.80s | | -.Michael Sands |  BAH | DNS |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Harvey Glance | USA | 10.23s | | 2. K. Dieter Kurrat | GDR | 10.29s | | 3. Petar Petrov | BUL | 10.30s | | 4. Ainsley Armstrong | TRI | 10.46s | | 5. Francisco Gomez | CUB | 10.49s | | 6. Zenon Licznerski | POL | 10.52s | | 7. Dieter Steinmann | FRG | 10.67s | | -.Yuriy Silov | URS | DNS |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Hasely Crawford | TRI | 10.42s | | 2. Alexander Thieme | GDR | 10.64s | | 3. Luciano Caravani | ITA | 10.66s | | 4. Micha Lambert |  BEL | 10.69s | | 5. Gregory Simons | BER | 10.76s | | 6. Bjarni Stefansson |  ISL | 11.28s | | -.Wavala Kali |  NGY | DNS | | -.Robert Martin | CAN | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. John Jones | USA | 10.43s | | 2. Meite Amadou | CIV | 10.53s | | 3. Ainsley Armstrong | TRI | 10.59s | | 4. Michael Sharpe | BER | 10.70s | | 5. Dominique Chauvelot | FRA | 10.79s | | 6. Mohammed Sehly |  ARS | 11.10s | | 7. Werner Bastians | FRG | 11.17s | | 8. Armando Padilla |  NCA | 11.52s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Petar Petrov | BUL | 10.46s | | 2. Zenon Licznerski | POL | 10.60s | | 3. Ruy Da Silva | BRA | 10.61s | | 4. Christer Garpenborg | SWE | 10.64s | | 5. J. Claude Amoureux | FRA | 10.75s | | 6. Abdulkareem Alawad |  KUW | 11.27s | | 7. Ayoub Bodaghi |  IRN | 11.39s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Donald Quarrie | JAM | 10.38s | | 2. Gay A Abrahams | PAN | 10.40s | | 3. Marvin Nash | CAN | 10.59s | | 4. Michael Sands | BAH | 10.65s | | 5. Dennis Trott | BER | 10.67s | | 6. Peter Fitzgerald |  AUS | 10.87s | | 7. Ronald Russell |  ISV | 11.22s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Harvey Glance | USA | 10.37s | | 2. Marian Woronin | POL | 10.56s | | 3. Alexander Aksinin | URS | 10.60s | | 4. Colin Bradford | JAM | 10.64s | | 5. Pedro Ferrer |  PUR | 10.76s | | 6. Vassilio Papageorgopoulos |  GRE | 10.82s | | 7. Leonard Jervis | BAH | 10.87s |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. K. Dieter Kurrat | GDR | 10.37s | | 2. Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.53s | | 3. Dieter Steinmann | FRG | 10.68s | | 4. Francisco Gomez | CUB | 10.68s | | 5. Barka Sy | SEN | 10.81s | | 6. Masahide Jinno |  JPN | 10.94s | | 7. Colin Thurton |  BIZ | 11.03s |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Steven Riddick | USA | 10.43s | | 2. Andrzej Swierczynski | POL | 10.62s | | 3. Adama Fall | SEN | 10.72s | | 4. Suchart Jairsuraparp | THA | 10.75s | | 5. Roland Bombardella |  LUX | 10.76s | | 6. Clive Sands | BAH | 10.82s | | 7. Philippe Etienne |  HAI | 11.05s |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Gilles Echevin | FRA | 10.53s | | 2. Klaus-D Bieler | FRG | 10.58s | | 3. Anat Ratanapol | THA | 10.71s | | 4. Hermes Ramirez | CUB | 10.72s | | 5. Momar Ndao | SEN | 10.74s | | 6. Ramli Ahmad |  MAL | 10.98s | | -.Rene Mberinguerer |  CAF | DNS |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Sammy Monsels | SUR | 10.58s | | 2. Silvio Leonard | CUB | 10.62s | | 3. Yuriy Silov | URS | 10.70s | | 4. Chris Brathwaite | TRI | 10.71s | | 5. Endre Lepold |  HUN | 10.82s | | 6. Pearson Jordan |  BAR | 10.95s | | 7. Antony Moore |  FIJ | 11.16s |
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