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Athletics at the 2026 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
VenueScotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Dates27 July 2026 (round 1)
28 July 2026 (semi-finals and final)[1]
Competitors76 from 43 nations
Winning time9.83 GR, NR
Medalists
gold medal Emmanuel Eseme   Cameroon
silver medal Lachlan Kennedy   Australia
bronze medal Kayinsola Ajayi   Nigeria
← 2022
2030 →

The men's 100 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Scotstoun Stadium from 27 to 28 July 2026. The champion from 2022, Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala returned to attempt to defend his title, having been selected by Team Kenya, but failed to reach the final.[2] The final was won in torrential conditions, in a new Games and national record, by Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme[3], while Australian Lachlan Kennedy broke the Australian national record to take silver[4], with Nigerian Kayinsola Ajayi in bronze.[3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records were as follows:

Men's 100 m
World record 9.58  Usain Bolt (JAM) 16 Aug 2009 Berlin,  Germany
Commonwealth record
Games record 9.88  Ato Boldon (TTO) 17 Sep 1998 Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia

Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
27 July 202610:00Round 1
28 July 202619:10Semi-finals
21:14 Final

All times are United Kingdom time (UTC+1)

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 was held on the morning of 27 July 2026. 17 best performers (q) advance to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Favour Ashe  Nigeria 10.10 q
2 6 Meshack Babu  Kenya 10.21 q
3 3 Akeem Stewart  Guyana 10.55 [.544]
4 7 Wissy Hoye  Gabon 10.55 [.545]
5 8 Trenton Brooks  Anguilla 10.67
6 2 Md Nazul Putera Faeiz Firdaous  Brunei 10.81 PB
7 5 Komi Bernard Konu  Togo 11.10 SB
[5] Wind: (+1.5 m/s)

Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu  Ghana 10.01 q, SB
2 7 Orphée Topize  Mauritius 10.38
3 4 McKish Compton  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.51
4 8 Noelex Holder  Guyana 10.65
5 5 Mlandvo Maziya  Eswatini 10.69
6 6 Winzar Kakiouea  Nauru 11.04
7 2 Ty-Stroud Leo  Saint Helena 11.85 SB
[6] Wind: (+1.9 m/s)

Heat 3

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Jeremiah Azu  Wales 10.10 q
2 6 Duan Asemota  Canada 10.16 q
3 2 Dineth Weeraratna  Sri Lanka 10.33 PB
4 8 Pais Wisil  Papua New Guinea 10.57
5 3 Graham Pellegrini  Malta 10.84
6 4 Gael Barreau  Seychelles 10.94
[7] Wind: (+1.7 m/s)

Heat 4

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Rohan Watson  Jamaica 10.13 q
2 5 Gurindervir Singh  India 10.39
3 8 Charley Matundu  Namibia 10.50
4 3 Alieu Joof  The Gambia 10.52
5 4 Steven Mackay  Jersey 10.68 SB
6 7 Markey Zephirn  Turks and Caicos Islands 11.00
7 2 Tyler Anthony  Saint Helena 11.46 PB
[8] Wind: (+1.5 m/s)

Heat 5

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Benjamin Azamati  Ghana 10.00 q, SB
2 3 Jamie Oldham  Jersey 10.41 PB
3 2 Shamar Horatio  Guyana 10.43
4 8 Julian Forde  Barbados 10.58
5 6 Rizon Rara  Vanuatu 11.13
6 5 Kanaee Malua  Tuvalu 11.56 SB
– 7 Claude Itoungue Bongogne  Cameroon DNS
[9] Wind: (+1.2 m/s)

Heat 6

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda 10.12 q, SB
2 5 Eliezer Adjibi  Canada 10.31
3 3 Eric Harrison Jr  Trinidad and Tobago 10.56
4 6 Joshan Vencatasamy  Mauritius 10.60
5 7 Johnny Bai  Papua New Guinea 10.80
6 4 Pau Funes Fa  Gibraltar 11.38 =PB
7 8 Usufono Eneli  Tuvalu 11.48
[10] Wind: (+2.0 m/s)

Heat 7

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Bradley Nkoana  South Africa 10.16 q
2 8 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.24 [.233] q
3 7 Kuron Griffith  Barbados 10.24 [.233] q
4 6 Shamarie Roberts  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.63
5 3 Zachary Saunders  Jersey 10.72
6 4 Kenaz Kaniwete  Kiribati 10.86 NR
7 5 Shernyl Burns  Montserrat 11.26 SB
[11] Wind: (+1.8 m/s)

Heat 8

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Cheswill Johnson  South Africa 10.21 q
2 7 Jaleel Croal  British Virgin Islands 10.29
3 4 Chamod Yodasinghe  Sri Lanka 10.45
4 2 Dwayne Fleming  Antigua and Barbuda 10.83
5 8 Tovetuna Tuna  Papua New Guinea 10.91
6 5 Maketi Faaniu Kesili  Tuvalu 11.71 SB
[12] Wind: (+0.6 m/s)

Heat 9

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Omari Lewis  Trinidad and Tobago 10.18 q
2 5 Rikkoi Brathwaite  British Virgin Islands 10.37
3 2 Imranur Rahman  Bangladesh 10.39
4 7 Isaac Botsio  Ghana 10.40
5 4 Hassan Saaid  Maldives 10.77
6 3 Tevique Benjamin  Montserrat 10.88
[13] Wind: (+0.9 m/s)

Heat 10

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Mojela Koneshe  Lesotho 10.07 q, NR
2 3 Adekalu Fakorede  Nigeria 10.21 q
3 2 Marc Brian Louis  Singapore 10.38 [.372] SB
4 4 Mark Odhiambo  Kenya 10.38 [.377]
5 6 Thandaza Zwane  Eswatini 10.69
6 8 Toho Joshua  Vanuatu 10.91 PB
7 5 Saymon Rijo  Anguilla 11.42 SB
[14] Wind: (+1.4 m/s)

Heat 11

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Elliot Jones  England 10.07 q
2 7 Eddie Osei-Nketia  Australia 10.07 q
3 8 Ebrahima Camara  The Gambia 10.29
4 3 Médard Nayo  Togo 10.30
5 6 Sean Crowie  Saint Helena 10.61
6 4 Ronaldo Registre  Turks and Caicos Islands 10.76
7 5 Odysius Melanie  Seychelles 10.82
[15] Wind: (+3.9 m/s)

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals took place in the early evening of 28 July 2026. First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 9.89 Q, NR
2 5 Lachlan Kennedy  Australia 9.94 Q, PB
3 4 Benjamin Azamati  Ghana 10.00 q, =SB
4 7 Cheswill Johnson  South Africa 10.05 q
5 6 Favour Ashe  Nigeria 10.07
6 2 Rohan Watson  Jamaica 10.12
7 8 Duan Asemota  Canada 10.14
8 1 Meshack Babu  Kenya 10.39
[16] Wind: (±0.0 m/s)

Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Kayinsola Ajayi  Nigeria 9.94 Q
2 2 Jeremiah Azu  Wales 10.00 Q, SB
3 3 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu  Ghana 10.06
4 8 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.14 SB
5 7 Omari Lewis  Trinidad and Tobago 10.15
6 5 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.19
7 1 Elliot Jones  England 10.24
— 6 Bradley Nkoana  South Africa DQ TR16.8
[17] Wind: (+0.7 m/s)

Heat 3

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Gift Leotlela  South Africa 10.02 Q
2 7 Eddie Osei-Nketia  Australia 10.03 Q, PB
3 6 Ackeem Blake  Jamaica 10.06
4 4 Adekalu Fakorede  Nigeria 10.06
5 5 Jerome Blake  Canada 10.12
6 8 Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda 10.19
7 2 Mojela Koneshe  Lesotho 10.19
8 1 Kuron Griffith  Barbados 10.26
[18] Wind: (+1.1 m/s)

Final

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The final took place in the evening of the 28 July 2026.

Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 9.83 GR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Lachlan Kennedy  Australia 9.85 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Kayinsola Ajayi  Nigeria 9.90
4 6 Gift Leotlela  South Africa 9.91 SB
5 7 Jeremiah Azu  Wales 10.03
6 2 Eddie Osei-Nketia  Australia 10.06
7 1 Benjamin Azamati  Ghana 10.11
8 8 Cheswill Johnson  South Africa 10.13
[19] Wind: (+1.3 m/s)

References

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  1. 1 2 "Glasgow 2026- full event schedule" (PDF). Glasgow 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Why Omanyala is confident of rewriting history at 2026 Commonwealth Games". Mozzart Sport Kenya. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 Omogbeja, Yomi (29 July 2026). "Eseme shatters Commonwealth Games record to win gold in Glasgow – Athletics Africa". Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Snape, Jack (28 July 2026). "Silver bullet: Lachie Kennedy breaks national record to end Australia's 64-year wait for 100m medal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 1/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 2/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 3/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 4/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 5/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 6/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 7/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 8/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 9/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 10/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1 - Heat 11/11 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Men's 100m - Semi-Finals - Heat 1/3 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Men's 100m - Semi-Finals - Heat 2/3 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Men's 100m - Semi-Finals - Heat 3/3 results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Men's 100m - Final results" (PDF). Glasgow2026. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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