BIRMINGHAM, UK (AUGUST 1) —— The results from the men’s 100m heats at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday (2) with Ferdinand Omanyala and Yupun Abeykoon leading the way with comfortable heat-winning performances.
Abeykoon of Sri Lanka paced all the qualifiers from the first round after running 10.06 seconds to win his heat easily and advanced to the semi-finals in fine style. Read more: Commonwealth Games 2022 track and field Day 1 order of events; how to watch
African record holder and the third-fastest man in the world this year, Omanyala of Kenya won his heat in 10.07 secs, the second quickest amongst the qualifiers from the heats and he will be aiming to step on the podium at the end of the event in Birmingham after missing out at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon, last month.
Dipping under the 10.10 seconds barrier in the heats as well was Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon who posted a personal best of 10.08 secs to finish second behind Omanyala in heat five. He too will be eying a podium spot on Wednesday.
Also advancing to the semi-finals of the men’s 100m on Day 1 on the 2022 Commonwealth Games track and field schedule were Akani Simbine of South Africa (10.10), Rohan Browning (10.10) of Australia, Kenya’s Samwel Bitonyake Imeta (10.12), along with Nigerian Favour Ashe (10.12), England’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (10.14), Kemar Bailey-Cole (10.15) and Benjamin Azamati (10.19) of Ghana.
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Commonwealth Games 2022 Men’s 100m heats results
| Round 1 – Heat 1 – 10:41 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | NGR | Favour Oghene Tejiri ASHE | 10.12 | Q |
| 2 | ENG | Nethaneel MITCHELL-BLAKE | 10.14 | Q |
| 3 | SKN | Nadale BUNTIN | 10.37 | q |
| 4 | CAN | Malachi MURRAY | 10.47 | |
| 5 | FIJ | Ratu Banuve TABAKAUCORO | 10.64 | |
| 6 | PNG | Leroy KAMAU | 10.68 | |
| 7 | AIA | Davin FLEMING | 11.09 | |
| 8 | TCA | Wilkinson FENELON | 11.13 |
| Round 1 – Heat 2 – 10:47 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | RSA | Akani SIMBINE | 10.1 | Q |
| 2 | AUS | Jake DORAN | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | JAM | Nigel ELLIS | 10.41 | |
| 4 | LES | Mojela KONESHE | 10.46 | |
| 5 | SAM | Johnny KEY | 10.98 | |
| 6 | MSR | Johmari LEE | 11.03 | |
| 7 | AIA | Terrone WEBSTER | 11.13 |
| Round 1 – Heat 3 – 10:54 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | ENG | Ojie EDOBURUN | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | IVB | Rikkoi BRATHWAITE | 10.28 | Q |
| 3 | LCA | Delan EDWIN | 10.42 | |
| 4 | MSR | Julius MORRIS | 10.56 | |
| 5 | JEY | Zachary SAUNDERS | 10.76 | |
| 6 | TUV | Karalo Hepoiteloto MAIBUCA | 11.39 | |
| DNS | SEY | Sharry DODIN | ||
| DNS | BAH | Terrence JONES |
| Round 1 – Heat 4 – 11:01 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | NGR | Raymond EKEVWO | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | JAM | Kemar BAILEY-COLE | 10.15 | Q |
| 3 | MAW | Stern LIFFA | 10.49 | |
| 4 | SEY | Dylan SICOBO | 10.74 | |
| 5 | TCA | Courtney MISSICK | 10.87 | |
| 6 | NRU | Jireh AGEGE | 11.08 | |
| DQ | CMR | Raphael NGAGUELE MBERLINA | ||
| DNS | SOL | Paul MA’UNIKENI |
| Round 1 – Heat 5 – 11:09 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | KEN | Ferdinand OMANYALA | 10.07 | Q |
| 2 | CMR | Emmanuel ESEME | 10.08 | Q |
| 3 | NAM | Gilbert HAINUCA | 10.31 | q |
| 4 | GUY | Noelex HOLDER | 10.5 | |
| 5 | SHN | Sean CROWIE | 10.74 | |
| 6 | TGA | Ronald FOTOFILI | 10.8 | |
| 7 | SGP | Ian KOE | 10.91 |
| Round 1 – Heat 6 – 11:15 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | SRI | Yupun ABEYKOON | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | TTO | Kion BENJAMIN | 10.34 | Q |
| 3 | NGR | Godson Oke OGHENEBRUME | 10.36 | q |
| 4 | SVG | McKish COMPTON | 10.62 | |
| 5 | SAM | William Angliss HUNT | 10.7 | |
| 6 | SEY | Denzel ADEM | 10.7 | |
| DNF | SWZ | Ayanda MALAZA |
| Round 1 – Heat 7 – 11:25 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | GHA | Benjamin AZAMATI | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | WAL | Jeremiah AZU | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | BAN | Imranur RAHMAN | 10.46 | |
| 4 | SGP | Marc Brian LOUIS | 10.51 | |
| 5 | SWZ | Lwazi Menziwokuhle MSIBI | 10.83 | |
| 6 | BIZ | Brandon JONES | 10.91 | |
| 7 | SHN | Aiden YON-STEVENS | 11.9 |
| Round 1 – Heat 8 – 11:31 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | JAM | Conroy JONES | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | SCO | Adam THOMAS | 10.3 | Q |
| 3 | TTO | Eric HARRISON JR | 10.37 | q |
| 4 | PAK | Shajar ABBAS | 10.38 | |
| 5 | MDV | Hassan SAAID | 10.75 | |
| 6 | BIZ | Shaun GILL | 10.76 | |
| 7 | SLE | Julius MORIE | 10.88 | |
| 8 | GIB | Craig GILL | 11.09 |
| Round 1 – Heat 9 – 11:38 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | AUS | Rohan BROWNING | 10.1 | Q |
| 2 | KEN | Samwel Bitonyake IMETA | 10.12 | Q |
| 3 | ANT | Cejhae GREENE | 10.16 | q |
| 4 | GUY | Akeem STEWART | 10.46 | |
| 5 | GGY | Joe CHADWICK | 10.6 | |
| 6 | SGP | Joshua Hanwei CHUA | 10.67 | |
| 7 | SVG | Javon RAWLINS | 10.79 | |
| 8 | KIR | Lataisi MWEA | 11.33 |
| Round 1 – Heat 10 – 11:45 – Official | ||||
| Rank | CGA | Name | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | TTO | Jerod ELCOCK | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | GUY | Emanuel ARCHIBALD | 10.28 | Q |
| 3 | LCA | Stephan CHARLES | 10.29 | q |
| 4 | GHA | Sean SAFO-ANTWI | 10.33 | q |
| 5 | SLE | Ibrahim Karim BANGURA | 10.51 | |
| 6 | MSR | Tevique BENJAMIN | 11.06 | |
| 7 | SAM | Pesamino IAKOPO | 11.29 | |
| DNS | CAY | Kemar HYMAN |
