Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mel Lattany United States	Calvin Smith United States	Ernest Obeng Ghana

Held on 21 July

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +2.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Calvin Smith	United States	10.29	Q
2	5	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.38	Q
3	1	Mel Lattany	United States	10.40	Q
4	6	Théophile Nkounkou	Congo	10.55	Q
5	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.62	Q
6	3	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.65	Q^[4]
7	3	Tomás González	Cuba	10.66	Q
8	5	László Babály	Hungary	10.66	Q
8	7	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.66	Q
10	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.69	Q^[5]
11	4	Vasile Selever	Romania	10.73	Q
11	6	Diego Nodari	Italy	10.73	Q
13	6	Javier Martínez	Spain	10.75	Q
13	7	Stefano Curini	Italy	10.75	Q
15	4	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	10.76	Q
15	5	Jang Jae-keun	South Korea	10.76	q
15	7	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	10.76	Q
15	7	István Nagy	Hungary	10.76	q
19	4	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	10.80	Q
20	1	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.81	Q
20	4	Gabriel Brothier	France	10.81	q^[4]
22	3	Josep Carbonell	Spain	10.82	Q
23	5	Barthélémy Koffi	Ivory Coast	10.85
24	2	Brahim Badi	Algeria	10.89	Q
25	4	Henri Ndinga	Congo	10.91
26	6	Kosmas Stratos	Greece	10.92
27	1	Hirohito Yamazaki	Japan	10.97	Q
28	7	Rafael Domínguez	Mexico	10.99
29	4	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	11.02
30	1	Kazimierz Grubecki	Poland	11.03
31	3	Sükrü Caprazli	Turkey	11.04
32	7	Xiong Yuhui	China	11.10
33	4	Boubacar Diallo	Senegal	11.13
34	5	Sabidou Touré	Senegal	11.18
35	6	Roland Dagher	Lebanon	11.22
36	6	Don Wright	Australia	11.25	^[5]
37	5	Patrick Arache	Lebanon	11.36
38	4	Jabir Mhana	Iraq	11.44
39	3	Pham The Trieu	Vietnam	11.54
40	1	Enrique Vizcarra	Mexico	11.60
41	7	Constantin Ivan	Romania	12.22
	2	Mohamed Bishty	Libya	DQ

Held on 22 July

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s^[2]^[6]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Mel Lattany	United States	10.19	Q
2	1	Calvin Smith	United States	10.21	Q
3	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.36	Q
4	2	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.43	Q
5	3	Théophile Nkounkou	Congo	10.46	Q
6	2	István Nagy	Hungary	10.49	q
7	2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.50	q
8	1	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.52	Q^[4]
9	3	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	10.61	^[7]
10	1	Tomás González	Cuba	10.62
11	3	László Babály	Hungary	10.64
12	1	Diego Nodari	Italy	10.68
13	1	Javier Martínez	Spain	10.69	^[8]
14	3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.70	^[5]
15	1	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	10.71
16	2	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.72
16	2	Vasile Selever	Romania	10.72
16	3	Josep Carbonell	Spain	10.72	^[8]
19	2	Stefano Curini	Italy	10.74
20	3	Gabriel Brothier	France	10.77	^[4]
21	1	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	10.78
22	2	Brahim Badi	Algeria	10.91
	?	Hirohito Yamazaki	Japan	?
	?	Jang Jae-keun	South Korea	?

Held on 22 July^[9]^[10]

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Mel Lattany	United States	10.18
	Calvin Smith	United States	10.26
	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.37
4	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.40
5	Théophile Nkounkou	Congo	10.45
6	István Nagy	Hungary	10.45
7	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.51
8	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.54