The All Time Non USA....

[Avante]

...100m. Top 40 invited (big track 8-) )

lane

1.Ray Stewart...Jam
2.Hector Hogan...Aus
3.Mike Agostini..Trin
4.Allan Wells...GB
5.Paul Nash...SA
6.Oba Thompson...Bar
7.Lennox Miller..Jam
8.Lloyd LaBeach...Pan
9.Donovan Bailey...Can
10.Davidson Ezinwa...Nig

lane

1.Eugen Ray...EG
2.Francis Obikwelu...Port
3.Armin Hary...Germany
4.Usain Bolt...Jam
5.Ben Johnson...Can
6.Richard Thompson...Trin
7.Derrick Atkins...Bah
8.Don Quarrie...Jam
9.Bruny Surin...Can
10.Enrique Figuerola

lane

1.Hasley Crawford...Trin
2.Frankie Fredericks..Nam
3.Harry Jerome...Can
4.Asafa Powell....Jam
5.Percy Williams...Can
6.Harold Abrahams...GB
7.Kim Collins...St.Kitts
8.Churandy Martina...Ant
9.E.McDonald Bailey...Trin
10.Chris Garpenborg...Swe


lane

1.Daneil Effiong...Nig
2.J.L.Ravelomantsoa...Mad
3.Silvio Leonard...Cuba
4.Valery Borzov...USSR
5.Linford Christie...GB
6.Hermes Ramirez...Cuba
7.Chidi Imoh...Nig
8.Ato Boldon...Trin
9.Herb McKenley...Jam
10.Nesta Carter...Jam

4 from each heat into semi's.

[tandfman]

I know you say "big track" but do you know of such a track? I don't think I've ever seen one.

[dukehjsteve]

I know nothing about him except that he was OG champ in 1928.... Percy Williams of Canada. He also won the 200. Was he a one-meet wonder ?

[gh]

I know you say "big track" but do you know of such a track? I don't think I've ever seen one.

you mean with 10 lanes on the straight? You saw one if you were at TAC in ’81 (Hughes Stadium in Sacto).

Mr. Google coughs up multiple sites for "10-lane straightaway"

[Rob]

Heat 2 was heavily loaded, but with each athlete running at their best I'd go for the following qualifiers into the semis (in no particular heat finishing order):

Heat 1

Ray Stewart
Allan Wells
Lennox Miller
Donovan Bailey

Heat 2

Eugen Ray
Usain Bolt
Ben Johnson
Don Quarrie

Heat 3

Hasely Crawford
Frankie Fredericks
Harry Jerome
Asafa Powell

Heat 4

Silvio Leonard
Valeri Borzov
Linford Christie
Ato Boldon

[Cooter Brown]

Mr. Google coughs up multiple sites for "10-lane straightaway"

Begs the question, what's the record number of lanes both on the straight and the oval?

[Per Andersen]

I know nothing about him except that he was OG champ in 1928.... Percy Williams of Canada. He also won the 200. Was he a one-meet wonder ?

Hardly a one-meet wonder. In 1930 he ran the first official 10.3 WR. Ran lots of indoor races in the States. Won 19 out of 21 races. Never regained top form after 1930 due to injuries.

[Avante]

I know nothing about him except that he was OG champ in 1928.... Percy Williams of Canada. He also won the 200. Was he a one-meet wonder ?

Williams was only 126 pounds when he won in 28. As Per mentioned he was more than just an Olympic champion.

[Avante]

Heat 2 was heavily loaded, but with each athlete running at their best I'd go for the following qualifiers into the semis (in no particular heat finishing order):

Heat 1

Ray Stewart
Allan Wells
Lennox Miller
Donovan Bailey

Heat 2

Eugen Ray
Usain Bolt
Ben Johnson
Don Quarrie

Heat 3

Hasely Crawford
Frankie Fredericks
Harry Jerome
Asafa Powell

Heat 4

Silvio Leonard
Valeri Borzov
Linford Christie
Ato Boldon

I agree with all but one of your picks.

[Rob]

I agree with all but one of your picks.

I suspect you maybe dropped Ray - for Surin?

[Daisy]

I agree with all but one of your picks.

I suspect you maybe dropped Ray - for Surin?

Not possible with current heat line up. What about Peter Radford?

[Rob]

I agree with all but one of your picks.

I suspect you maybe dropped Ray - for Surin?

Not possible with current heat line up.

Why not? They (Ray & Surin) were both in Heat 2. (i.e. Surin qualifies at the expense of Ray, not that one of them has to be dropped from the heat line-up, as the original line-up was Avante's, and I was just proposing qualifiers)

[Daisy]

Oops, For some reason I was thinking Ray Stewart.

[Rob]

Ok - understood :-)

[KDFINE]

What, no Enrique Figureoa or Tom Robinson?