2003 World Championships (100m Quarter-Finals #1 & #4) - Maurice Greene/Ato Boldon - Paris, France

©CBC - Commentary from Don Whitman, Geoff Gowan, Ron Mclean, Steve Ovett
Mens 100m Quarter-Final - August 24, 2003
Some of the most drama seen on the track since 1996 with Linford Christie in the 100m Atlanta Olympic Final.
The "new" False Start rule sees the likes of Asafa Powell DQ'd. Jon Drummond, claims he did not move and would not leave the track after also being called for a false start. The crowd in Paris would then not let the athlets line up to race! Also an interview with Nicolas Macrozonaris post-race.
Heat 4/4
1 Kim Collins (SKN) 10.02
2 Dwain Chambers (GBR) 10.03
3 Maurice Greene (USA) 10.04
4 Deji Aliu (NGR) 10.04
5 Obadele Thompson (BAR) 10.14
6 Édson Luciano Ribeiro (BRA) 10.28
7 Chen Haijian (CHN) 10.32
8 Roland Németh (HUN) 10.4
Heat 2/4
1. Ato Boldon (TRI) 10.09
2. Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 10.13
3. Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN) 10.16
4. Ronald Pognon (FRA) 10.23
4. Dwight Thomas (JAM) 10.23
6. Patrick Johnson (AUS) 10.27
- Jon Drummond (USA) DQ
- Asafa Powell (JAM) DQ

[@visionz3638]

Jon Drummond is my track coach lmao

[@jjgreen5206]

Nic with a great, intelligent response to reporter’s questions. It’s too bad he wasn’t able to go under 10 seconds, but he was lighting fast regardless

[@anilpandey6923]

Its good that they changed the rules.

[@kevinprior3549]

Drummond's John McEnroe moment

[@tarheelking2515]

Did Ato Baldin said shut up to the crowd

[@muggensan8611]

i was there this day , didn't get ticket for the final , but it's fine because history remembered more the john drummond "i did not move" stuff than the victory of kim collins 😅

[@realAndresilver]

Maybe for you For St.Kitts and Nevis,that was History, Kim collins has a Highway and a Stadium named after him? Does drummond have that?

[@shepherdsitenta5717]

This crowd was powerful!💪🏾😄🥰😂

[@hazelwalsh3269]

One false start is BS!! They should be given a second chance!! What a Mess! Officials should just let Athletes run! Lynford Christie only did 1 false start 1996! Going on the B in bang is not a false start! It’s really crazy! Twitching is also not a false start! 1 false start disqualification is terrible!!

[@brianong671]

the false start rule at the time was one fs charged to the field, and then the second false start (even if you didn’t commit the first one) is dq. someone false started before him but didn’t get dq, so drummond was the second false start. i think the 2003-2009 rule is fair. the current rule since 2010 is any false start results in a dq is too strict, so they should revert back to the 2003-2009 rule. however, what makes jon drummonds false start controversial is what we’ve saw last year at the 2022 world championships. it is appearing that athletes are reacting faster than 0.100 seconds, a few athletes recorded reaction times as fast as 0.080 and claim they didn’t jump the gun. in my opinion, the 2003 false start rule is more than fair, but the 0.100 second rule is not, bc it came from a study i think in the 1960s or something. they should do a new study to figure out what should be considered a false start, which i believe it to be around 0.08 seconds

[@enigmabox587]

i was watching this life, it was devastating to see ur life's work goes in vain for a small mistake

[@fyahworx]

Might you have the women's races?

[@darylkanofski9327]

Funny how they named all the runners except the Australian Patrick Johnson

[@matthewstylianou8363]

Patrick Johnson badly affected by Drummond's antics. What a shame because he ran 9.93 in the months leading up to this event. That is still an Australian record for nearly 20 years!

[@iflyboats]

Might have been the last time Boldon ran sub-10.1.

[@kevinprior3549]

I didn't move! I did not move

[@anthonywalwyn1749]

Yeaaaa Kim....Big Up SKN

[@cduone]

He always has been

[@darrendunn134]

Boldon done well here yet git knocked out in Athens 2004 1st round strange must be holding injury

[@Nukity]

Does the French crown not understand what it means to be quiet at the start? This has to be the worst case I've ever seen.

[@jacobrosales2156]

They were protesting

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

It's not fault off athlete if he had faster start lot bull

[@cosmicwisdom999]

True....some athletes have a faster reaction, some are slower

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Boldon been there Christie before 4 false starts

[@knutthompson7879]

He didn't move.

[@MegaLadylove2012]

These guys who hasn’t run a day in their life are the disqualifyin ppl over absolutely nothin. Chile

[@sharonmarshall6841]

auto bolding is atypical trennry

[@onanugalanre6619]

Lol did I just hear wobo wobeley of france.

[@bakchormeeman7864]

Why do u need the crowd to be quiet before u can run?? That makes no sense to me.. how easily distractable are u

[@LordDelCasa]

totally it was a different time then, sprinters now just have to deal with it. reminds me of the drunk idiot who threw a bottle on the track during the 2012 london olympics 100m final. no one false started and the race continued.

[@LordDelCasa]

@Track Nation something was wrong with him for sure who does something like that? I read that he was drunk

[@kentaronagame7529]

Runners need to hear the starter clearly. You could be inventing a situation that would produce another false start.

[@darrendunn134]

I belive Jon drummond would have won whole thing

[@sharonmarshall6841]

runners has know problem noise anymore

[@darrendunn134]

Funny this suppose take 10 seconds this like a marathon 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🙄

[@alihijiiddi8977]

THIS OLD PEOPLE ITS NOT GOOD TO KIPING MAKE Decision they cannot see much 💀💀🔥💀🔥💀🔥💀🔥

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Complete mess Drummond didnt move

[@jondrummond5741]

Dafuq ⊙_⊙ ! I DID NOT MOVE ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ !!!1!

[@darrendunn134]

Worse rule ever

[@darrendunn134]

Paris 2024

[@miamiorlando1]

John Drummond is a drama queen. LOL

[@isaactesfaye4911]

Boi bye 😂😂

[@gillarheckar]

lol

[@glauciusazeredo212]

o

[@darrendunn134]

Gatlin would have won this