Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dates	July 23, 1976 (heats, quarterfinals) July 24, 1976 (semifinals, final)
Winning time	10.06 seconds
Medalists
Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago Don Quarrie  Jamaica Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held at Olympic Stadium on July 23 and 24.

In the rounds, all the major players were running times in the 10.30's to 10.40's. In the semi-finals, some times dropped to the 10.20's but nobody knew who was fully extending themselves. They took the top 4 from each semi, so Steve Riddick was left out of the final even though he had run faster than Guy Abrahams in the earlier semi. With the #1 time from the semis, Hasely Crawford was still placed in lane 1, somewhat hidden from the other top contenders in the center of the track including American champion Harvey Glance, presumed 200 metre specialist Don Quarrie and the defending champion Valeriy Borzov. From the gun, Borzov was out fast in lane 3 gaining a half a metre on Quarrie next to him in 4, with Glance another half metre behind Quarrie. As Quarrie slowly gained on Borzov, Crawford was also speeding down lane 1. Quarrie went past Borzov, but Crawford was already ahead for a narrow victory, the leaning Borzov holding off Glance. Crawford became the first gold medalist and a national hero for Trinidad and Tobago.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9.95	Jim Hines	Mexico City (MEX)	October 14, 1968
Olympic Record	9.95	Jim Hines	Mexico City (MEX)	October 14, 1968

Final

• Held on July 24, 1976

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.06
	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.08
	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	10.14
4.	Harvey Glance (USA)	10.19
5.	Guy Abrahams (PAN)	10.25
6.	Johnny Jones (USA)	10.27
7.	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR)	10.31
8.	Petar Petrov (BUL)	10.35

Semifinals

• Held on July 24, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Harvey Glance (USA)	10.24
2.	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	10.30
3.	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR)	10.30
4.	Guy Abrahams (PAN)	10.37
5.	Marvin Nash (CAN)	10.52
6.	Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)	10.52
7.	Rui da Silva (BRA)	10.54
8.	Marian Woronin (POL)	10.69

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.22
2.	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.26
3.	Johnny Jones (USA)	10.30
4.	Petar Petrov (BUL)	10.30
5.	Steve Riddick (USA)	10.33
6.	Amadou Meïté (CIV)	10.46
7.	Aleksandr Aksinin (URS)	10.50
8.	Alexander Thieme (GDR)	10.50

Quarterfinals

• Held on July 23, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.33
2.	Steve Riddick (USA)	10.36
3.	Marvin Nash (CAN)	10.48
4.	Aleksandr Aksinin (URS)	10.55
5.	Dennis Trott (BER)	10.64
6.	Anat Ratanapol (THA)	10.65
7.	Luciano Caravani (ITA)	10.81
8.	Gilles Échevin (FRA)	12.00

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Guy Abrahams (PAN)	10.35
2.	Johnny Jones (USA)	10.46
3.	Alexander Thieme (GDR)	10.50
4.	Marian Woronin (POL)	10.53
5.	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	10.59
6.	Sammy Monsels (SUR)	10.61
7.	Colin Bradford (JAM)	10.62
8.	Christer Garpenborg (SWE)	10.63

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.29
2.	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	10.39
3.	Amadou Meïté (CIV)	10.45
4.	Rui da Silva (BRA)	10.57
5.	Andrzej Świerczyński (POL)	10.59
6.	Adama Fall (SEN)	10.60
7.	Klaus Bieler (FRG)	10.80
—	Mike Sands (BAH)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Harvey Glance (USA)	10.23
2.	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR)	10.29
3.	Petar Petrov (BUL)	10.30
4.	Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)	10.46
5.	Francisco Gómez (CUB)	10.49
6.	Zenon Licznerski (POL)	10.52
7.	Dieter Steinmann (FRG)	10.67
—	Juris Silovs (URS)	DNS

Heats

• Held on July 23, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.42
2.	Alexander Thieme (GDR)	10.64
3.	Luciano Caravani (ITA)	10.66
4.	Lambert Micha (BEL)	10.69
5.	Gregory Simons (BER)	10.76
6.	Bjarni Stefánsson (ISL)	11.28
—	Wavala Kali (SUR)	DNS
—	Robert Martin (CAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Johnny Jones (USA)	10.43
2.	Amadou Meïté (CIV)	10.53
3.	Ainsley Armstrong (TRI)	10.59
4.	Mike Sharpe (BER)	10.70
5.	Dominique Chauvelot (FRA)	10.79
6.	Mohamed Al-Sehly (KSA)	11.10
7.	Werner Bastians (FRG)	11.17
8.	Armando Padilla (NCA)	11.52

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Petar Petrov (BUL)	10.46
2.	Zenon Licznerski (POL)	10.60
3.	Rui da Silva (BRA)	10.61
4.	Christer Garpenborg (SWE)	10.64
5.	Jean-Claude Amoureux (FRA)	10.75
6.	Abdul Kareem Al-Awad (KUW)	11.27
7.	Ayoub Bodaghi (IRI)	11.39

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.38
2.	Guy Abrahams (PAN)	10.40
3.	Marvin Nash (CAN)	10.59
4.	Mike Sands (BAH)	10.65
5.	Dennis Trott (BER)	10.67
6.	Peter Fitzgerald (AUS)	10.87
7.	Ronald Russell (ISV)	11.22

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Harvey Glance (USA)	10.37
2.	Marian Woronin (POL)	10.56
3.	Aleksandr Aksinin (URS)	10.60
4.	Colin Bradford (JAM)	10.64
5.	Pedro Ferrer (PUR)	10.76
6.	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos (GRE)	10.82
7.	Leonard Jarvis (BAH)	10.87

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR)	10.37
2.	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	10.53
3.	Dieter Steinmann (FRG)	10.68
4.	Francisco Gómez (CUB)	10.68
5.	Barka Sy (SEN)	10.81
6.	Masahide Jinno (JPN)	10.94
7.	Colin Thurton (BIZ)	11.03
8.	Siegfried Regales (AHO)	11.11

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Steve Riddick (USA)	10.43
2.	Andrzej Świerczyński (POL)	10.62
3.	Adama Fall (SEN)	10.72
4.	Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)	10.75
5.	Roland Bombardella (LUX)	10.76
6.	Clive Sands (BAH)	10.82
7.	Philippe Étienne (HAI)	11.05

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Gilles Échevin (FRA)	10.53
2.	Klaus Bieler (FRG)	10.58
3.	Anat Ratanapol (THA)	10.71
4.	Hermes Ramírez (CUB)	10.72
5.	Momar N'Dao (SEN)	10.74
6.	Ramli Ahmad (MAS)	10.98
—	Rene Mberinguerer (CAF)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Sammy Monsels (SUR)	10.58
2.	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	10.62
3.	Juris Silovs (URS)	10.70
4.	Chris Brathwaite (TRI)	10.71
5.	Endre Lépold (HUN)	10.82
6.	Pearson Jordan (BAR)	10.95
7.	Tony Moore (FIJ)	11.16

See also

• 1972 Men's Olympic 100 metres (Munich)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 100 metres (Prague)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 100 metres (Moscow)

References

• Results