Final Wind -1.1m/s time L 1. Allan Wells 10.25s 8 2. Silvio Leonard 10.25s 1 3. Petar Petrov 10.39s 5 4. Aleksandr Aksinin 10.42s 2 5. Osvaldo Lara 10.43s 7 6. Vladimir Muraviov 10.44s 3 7. Marian Woronin 10.46s 4 8. Herman Panzo 10.49s 6
Venue: Central Lenin Stadium, Luzhniki 100,000. 65 competitors from 40 nations.
World and Olympic Record: 9.95s Jim Hines, United States Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968
This event was seriously depleted because of the “western” boycott.
Silvio Leonard, who had been the world’s number one six years earlier
when aged 18, was the favourite, with Woronin, Wells and Eugen Ray
as strong outsiders. Wells was the fastest in the first two rounds, with
10.11, ahead of the surprising Petrov (10.13), eliminating Crawford
(fifth in 10.28) from further action. Leonard won his heat in 10.16.
Petrov edged Leonard (10.39-10.40) in the first semi-final, with Wells
winning the other race in 10.27, the wind now blowing at 45° against
the runners.
In the final, Leonard was drawn in lane 1, with Wells out in lane 8.
Aksinin and the Cuban number two, Lara, started best, with Leonard
catching them at 30m and Wells about 30cm behind. Wells, who had
been compelled by the rules to use starting blocks, caught Leonard at
80m and the two hit the line as one. On replay it was seen that Wells
had won with a better lean. Wells later estimated that with better, but
legal, wind conditions the time would have been 10.05, and the pub-
lished wind reading of +1.11 was clearly incorrect. In his first race after
the Games, Wells ran against the leading American, Stanley Floyd,
winning 10.19 to 10.21.
Semi 1 time 1. Petr Petrov 10.39s 2. Silvio Leonard 10.40s 3. Aleksandr Aksinin 10.45s 4. Herman Panzo 10.45s 5. Donald Quarrie 10.55s 6. Pietro Mennea 10.58s 7. Cameron Sharp 10.60s 8. Gregory Illorson 10.60s
Semi 2 time 1. Allan Wells 10.27s 2. Osvaldo Lara 10.34s 3. Vladimir Muraviov 10.42s 4. Marian Woronin 10.43s 5. James Gilkes 10.44s 6. Eugen Ray 10.47s 7. Peter Okodogbe 10.51s 8. Christopher Brathwaite 10.54s
Quarter 1 time 1. Allan Wells 10.11s 2. Petr Petrov 10.13s 3. Osvaldo Lara 10.21s 4. Pietro Mennea 10.27s 5. Hasely Crawford 10.28s 6. Soren Schlegel 10.28s 7. Nelson Rocha dos Santos 10.45s 8. Lambros Kefalas 10.62s
Quarter 2 time 1. Aleksandr Aksinin 10.29s 2. Donald Quarrie 10.29s 3. Herman Panzo 10.29s 4. Peter Okodogbe 10.34s 5. Leszek Dunecki 10.40s 6. Andrew Mcmaster 10.42s 7. Tomas Gonzalez 10.44s 8. Correa Suero Gerardo 10.--s
Quarter 3 time 1. Silvio Leonard 10.16s 2. Marian Woronin 10.27s 3. Eugen Ray 10.30s 4. Christopher Brathwaite 10.37s 5. Andrei Shliapnikov 10.41s 6. Theophile Nkounkou 10.59s 7. Hammed Adio 10.67s 8. Katsuhico Nakaya 10.70s
Quarter 4 time 1. James Gilkes 10.26s 2. Gregory Illorson 10.29s 3. Vladimir Muraviov 10.34s 4. Cameron Sharp 10.38s 5. Antoine Richard 10.45s 6. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat 10.54s 7. Krzysztof Zwolinski 10.54s 8. Samson Oyeledun 10.73s
Heat 1 time 1. Silvio Leonard 10.33s 2. Peter Okodogbe 10.39s 3. Christopher Brathwaite 10.44s 4. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat 10.53s 5. Charles Kachenjela 11.03s 6. John Carew 11.11s 7. Marc Larose 11.27s
Heat 2 time 1. Petr Petrov 10.32s 2. Vladimir Muraviov 10.37s 3. Osvaldo Lara 10.39s 4. Antoine Richard 10.51s 5. Pascal Aho 11.01s 6. Joseph Letseka 11.21s 7. Ilidio Coelho 11.42s 8. Besha Tuffa 11.55s
Heat 3 time 1. Allan Wells 10.35s 2. Donald Quarrie 10.37s 3. Krzysztof Zwolinski 10.60s 4. Ivailo Karaniotov 10.66s 5. Istvan Tatar 10.69s 6. Mario Westbroek 10.91s 7. Oddur Sigurdsson 10.94s
Heat 4 time 1. Pietro Mennea 10.56s 2. Lambros Kefalas 10.70s 3. Katsuhico Nakaya 10.72s 4. Momar Ndao 10.73s 5. Eduardo Costa 11.02s 6. Lucien Josiah 11.15s 7. Soutsakhone Somninhom 11.69s
Heat 5 time 1. Eugen Ray 10.38s 2. Hasely Crawford 10.42s 3. Andrew Mcmaster 10.43s 4. Correa Suero Gerardo 10.--s 5. Roland Dagher 11.01s 6. Sheku Boima 11.08s 7. Raghuraj Onta 11.61s
Heat 6 time 1. James Gilkes 10.34s 2. Cameron Sharp 10.38s 3. Theophile Nkounkou 10.53s 4. Istvan Nagy 10.68s 5. David Lukuba 10.74s 6. Paul Haba 11.19s 7. Abdoulmajeed al-Mosawi 11.28s
Heat 7 time 1. Aleksandr Aksinin 10.26s 2. Leszek Dunecki 10.42s 3. Nelson Rocha dos Santos 10.51s 4. Hammed Adio 10.58s 5. Nabil Nahri 10.67s 6. Mwalim Ali 10.86s 7. Rudolph George 11.37s
Heat 8 time 1. Soren Schlegel 10.44s 2. Herman Panzo 10.53s 3. Tomas Gonzalez 10.65s 4. Antoine Kiakouama 10.69s 5. Castro de Milton Costas 10.--s 6. Boubacar Diallo 10.75s 7. Adille Sumariwalla 11.04s
Heat 9 time 1. Gregory Illorson 10.34s 2. Marian Woronin 10.35s 3. Andrei Shliapnikov 10.43s 4. Samson Oyeledun 10.59s 5. Francis Adams 10.80s 6. Peter Mwita 11.07s 7. Salif Kone 11.07s
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