Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres
# Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Leandro Peñalver Cuba | Sam Graddy United States | Osvaldo Lara Cuba |

Juan Núñez of the Dominican Republic had originally won the silver, however, at the competition he tested positive for a banned stimulant fencamfamine and was stripped of his medal.

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -2.6 m/s, Heat 2: -2.4 m/s, Heat 3: -2.5 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 10.41 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.50 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic | 10.51 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ray Stewart | Jamaica | 10.55 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.58 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.58 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.62 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic | 10.68 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Hipolito Brown | Venezuela | 10.68 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Ken Robinson | United States | 10.69 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica | 10.71 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Neville Hodge | United States Virgin Islands | 10.73 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Florencio Aguilar | Panama | 10.81 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Ángel Andrade | Venezuela | 10.90 | |
| 16 | 1 | Luis Schneider | Chile | 11.01 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Calvin Greenaway | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.14 | |
| 18 | 1 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 12.93 | |
| | 1 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 10.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.30 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ray Stewart | Jamaica | 10.31 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.32 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.34 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.35 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.43 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic | 10.52 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.53 | |
| 9 | 2 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica | 10.53 | |
| 10 | 1 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic | 10.57 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ken Robinson | United States | 10.62 | |
| 12 | 2 | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 10.65 | |
| 13 | 1 | Neville Hodge | United States Virgin Islands | 10.73 | |
| 14 | 1 | Florencio Aguilar | Panama | 10.74 | |
| 15 | 2 | Luis Schneider | Chile | 10.75 | |

### Final

Wind: +2.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 10.06 | GR, PB |
| 2 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic | 10.14 | DQ |
| | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.18 | |
| | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.21 | |
| 4 | Ray Stewart | Jamaica | 10.22 | |
| 5 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.25 | |
| 6 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.35 | |
| | Desai Williams | Canada | DNS | |
