Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 100 metres

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m		women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 100m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 20, with the heats at 12:10 and the Final at 19:40.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isidro Montoya  Colombia	Álvaro Gómez  Colombia	Diego Rivas  Venezuela

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
World Leading	Nesta Carter	Jamaica	10.15	Kingston, Jamaica	30 January 2010
South American record	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.00	Mexico City, Mexico	22 July 1988
South American U23 record	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.02	La Habana, Cuba	27 September 1986

Results were published.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	Álvaro Gómez	Colombia	0.190	10.67	Q
2	Ifrish Alberg	Suriname	0.203	10.73	Q
3	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands Antilles	0.143	10.73	Q, SB, †
4	Diego Rivas	Venezuela	0.181	10.79	q
5	Juan Manuel Jassid	Argentina	0.156	11.03
6	Rubens Quirino	Brazil	0.185	11.04
7	Fernando Tomás Gómez	Chile	0.139	11.13
			Wind: -2.4 m/s

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	Isidro Montoya	Colombia	0.171	10.47	Q
2	Gustavo dos Santos	Brazil	0.216	10.66	Q, SB
3	Michel Mary	Uruguay	0.209	10.70	Q, SB
4	Chavez Ageday	Guyana	0.194	10.87	q
5	Franco Boccardo	Chile	0.206	10.98
	Álvaro Cassiani	Venezuela	F1	DSQ
	Matías Robledo	Argentina	F2	DSQ
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
	Isidro Montoya	Colombia	0.203	10.25	w
	Álvaro Gómez	Colombia	0.197	10.26	w
	Diego Rivas	Venezuela	0.146	10.50	w
4	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands Antilles	0.133	10.55	w, †
5	Michel Mary	Uruguay	0.174	10.57	w
6	Ifrish Alberg	Suriname	0.239	10.59	w
7	Gustavo dos Santos	Brazil	0.174	10.61	w
8	Chavez Ageday	Guyana	0.184	10.82	w
		Wind: +2.2 m/s

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

• Heat 1
• Heat 2
• Final