Men's 100m Final - 1997 IAAF World Championships

IAAF World Championships
Athens, Greece
August 3, 1997
Men’s 100m Final Results (wind 0.2):
1) Maurice Greene - 9.86
2) Donovan Bailey - 9.91
3) Tim Montgomery - 9.94
4) Frankie Fredericks - 9.95
5) Ato Bolden - 10.02
6) Davidson Enzinwa - 10.10
7) Bruny Surin - 10.12
8) Michael Marsh - 10.29

[@mriyefa2196]

The beginning of Maurice Greene's 5-year reign !!!

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

I've watched this final so many times and it never ceases to amaze me

[@rongsenmeren2118]

All eyes were on Ato boldon and Donovan Bailey.. But Maurice Greene delivered and then started the rise of his career

[@adekolaadebiyi1944]

I remember sitting alone watching this live in my Dad's living room in Jos.

[@martifrey3357]

In 1996 Greene was a skinny young man who couldn't even make it to the US trials' final. A year later he packed like 15 lbs of muscles and almost came close to break the WR. That's how you know what's going on in this sport. Every year new young sprinters show up who run in the low 9.80s and even high 9.7s now

[@LandoNorris-o5s]

Well, the fastest man of all time has an even bigger leap than that, went from running 10.05s to running 9.58 in less than a year.

[@TheTerminator-t800]

@@LandoNorris-o5sfor me strange thing its about Bailey after 96 What happened to him ? He loose all time even hes the golden olympic just one year before .. until his end

[@matthewstylianou8363]

Great moment for Greene and Bolden. Montgomery not required!

[@Kenaz2226]

It’s crazy to think Bolt JOGGED this in the semi’s of 2008 lol. Crazy how times have changed. Literally!

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

JOGGED? YOU SOUND SO DUMB.

[@muggensan8611]

they haven't that much , only if you compare everything to bolt.... for the record fred kerley became world champion on the exact same time of 9'86 last summer in eugene

[@Kenaz2226]

@@muggensan8611 Well Fred really a 2/4 guy that can run the 1 so he’s gifted to run such times. Bolt not only Bolt but i remember Gatlin, Ryan Bailey, Blake, and even Gay running this time while shutting down in rounds. I used bolt because it was more impressive to me

[@muggensan8611]

@@Kenaz2226 well... ryan bailay pb is 9.88 , but yes gay blake gatlin or powell ran under 9.8 ( sometimes) but 9.86 would still have been a good race for them , and i think it's still a world class chrono , it's not like the perf of the guys of the 90's would worth nothing today you know , at least not on the 100m , that haven't changed that much ( i you put bolt aside)

[@realAndresilver]

​@@Kenaz2226hate to break it to you but Ryan Bailey is trash

[@TheAestheticTed]

Bailey obviously the most powerful runner..

[@thomasbridges7323]

Man even in the year 2022 i still like this

[@mikecowan-tu6up]

ATO blew it 😮😮😮

[@MrFlex5]

Mo Greene owned Bailey his entire career.

[@CcTitan84]

Their primes really only overlapped in '97, Bailey's career as a top sprinter was basically over by '98.

[@ailaaaishapath9823]

your mom owned you your entire career

[@StreetSweeper1]

If bailey had a better start, he could have won and possibly broke the world record again

[@misterbreezeoftharedpillma1710]

😄

[@misterbreezeoftharedpillma1710]

@costa , oh you really made as much sense as the other guy I laughed at!

[@johngoldsmith9752]

There's what coulda, shoulda, woulda happened, and then there's what actually happened.

[@johngoldsmith9752]

@costa ......which might have been an appropriate response if Usain Bolt were never born, or Dennis Mitchell, or Yohan Blake for that matter

[@CcTitan84]

@costa I agree but I don't think you can discount fast starts as any less of a skill than top speed. Bailey was notoriously bad at starts. It probably cost him this race and from going sub 9.80 but it's a big part of sprinting. Greene didn't have the top speed of Bailey but he was a great starter so I think you have to give credit to him for perfecting that skill.

[@Chrisman77]

all the talk about boldon and he finishes fifth

[@chriswilliamson7694]

Boldon was a bit of a nearly man all his career.

[@bernardoloo2023]

I still feel Donavan bailey would have won if he was not injured

[@Ben05866]

Can you please upload the 2001 world championships 100m heats, semis and finals.

[@omarwilliams6729]

Bolt won it! He broke the WR on that very meets.

[@Ben05866]

@@omarwilliams6729 2001 bud Maurice greene won 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@omarwilliams6729]

@@Ben05866 Yes. Bolt came in second.

[@Ben05866]

@@omarwilliams6729 wtf are you talking about, bolt was 14 in 2001 he wasn't even in that race. Because he is 14 he wouldn't even be able to compete

[@n8george]

​@@omarwilliams6729🤡

[@ericmuringa756]

This was thd end of Donovan Bailey

[@Thescruffydog]

OMG Maurice Greene!!

[@triniduane]

Ato Bolden was suppose to win that race.

[@gmaxsfoodfitness3035]

Nope. He was supposed to win the 200m. Greene was supposed to win the 100m. Ato stuck to the script. This is pro sports. It's all about the show and drama and entertainment.

[@ericmuringa756]

Correct as he was the fastest in the world before that race

[@muggensan8611]

that means nothing ...even more on 100m

[@rohanhowell494]

I tell you what if it wasn't for the hamstring injury for bailey he would left them to dead

[@sirdogg2006]

Excuses excuses!!

[@Warren_Flatt]

no question, Bailey would have won that shit if it weren't for his injury. I always watch this and laugh at Ato Bolden, who is all cocky is claiming the world record would fall to him and then his ass finishes off the podium but he pretends to be so happy for Mo Greene. what a dick.

[@hashbrown4278]

If Bailey didn’t lose he would have won

[@tmlogan139]

@@sirdogg2006 Or just spittin' the truth. Tweak a hamstring even a little and that's more than enough.

[@carlmorrow1600]

@@tmlogan139bullshit. Greene had an hamstring injury during the 2000 Olympics and still won

[@afrobuddy4801]

I wish they did poling today

[@kemybolt]

Could you upload aTHENS 100M 2004

[@mercurawang2882]

Does anyone else think that starter was way too fast from set to gun, caught Bailey off guard, probably told Greene they would do it, let him get a rolling start. 😂

[@Pistolwhipperz]

I've always wondered what happened to Mike Marsh in this race!

[@mriyefa2196]

Disappointing indeed

[@NevaUndaPressure]

What happened was...he got left from the start!

[@TheMrbc74]

john smith always had his athletes ready with the cream and the clear

[@nateoliver2372]

And Charlie always had Bailey ready with the "stanz".

[@presidentresident]

@@nateoliver2372 You're confused. Dan pfaff was Bailey's coach.

[@nateoliver2372]

@@presidentresident 🤫 I said what I said.

[@misterbreezeoftharedpillma1710]

NOT TODAY BAILEY

[@iflyboats]

9.84 rules, HSI creeps!

[@eamarasiri3563]

🎉

[@medricadu8706]

I don't think maurice greene ever failed a drug test

[@brandtifoot8470]

Neither did THE GREAT USAIN BOLT Medric. NEVER FIRGET THAT.

[@user-nv1pf1dr9m]

Linfa final los mejores de ese tiempo

[@mattstyles1244]

No congratulations from Bailey 😅

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Michael Johnson talking up Ato Bolden (“it’s his to lose??). Not giving Donovan a chance (to whom of course he infamously lost to in that 150m race, pulling up lame after knowing he wasn’t going to win). Never very good as a commentator.

[@carlmorrow1600]

Clown

[@CanadaMath]

All 8 runners were juiced to the max.

[@realAndresilver]

A trinidadian was here so no

[@CanadaMath]

@@realAndresilver Hahaha