| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith |  USA | 10.27 | |
| 2 | Tony Sharpe |  CAN | 10.36 | |
| 3 | Paul Narracott |  AUS | 10.37 | |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder |  GDR | 10.45 | |
| 5 | Ernest Obeng |  GHA | 10.51 | |
| 6 | Innocent Egbunike |  NGR | 10.52 | |
| 7 | Luke Watson |  GBR | 10.57 | |
| 8 | Everard Samuels |  JAM | 10.65 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis |  USA | 10.20 | |
| 2 | Raymond Stewart |  JAM | 10.37 | |
| 3 | Cameron Sharp |  GBR | 10.41 | |
| 4 | Frank Emmelmann |  GDR | 10.46 | |
| 5 | Christopher Brathwaite |  TTO | 10.57 | |
| 6 | Robson da Silva |  BRA | 10.66 | |
| 7 | Marian Woronin |  POL | 10.72 | |
| 8 | Lester Benjamin |  ANT | 10.86 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desai Williams |  CAN | 10.31 | |
| 2 | Allan Wells |  GBR | 10.37 | |
| 3 | Juan Nuñez |  DOM | 10.39 | |
| 4 | Osvaldo Lara |  CUB | 10.44 | |
| 5 | Chidi Imoh |  NGR | 10.45 | |
| 6 | Viktor Bryzgin |  URS | 10.55 | |
| 7 | Gerrard Keating |  AUS | 10.59 | |
| 8 | István Tatár |  HUN | 10.65 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmit King |  USA | 10.30 | |
| 2 | Christian Haas |  FRG | 10.36 | |
| 3 | Leandro Peñalver |  CUB | 10.38 | |
| 4 | Ben Johnson |  CAN | 10.40 | |
| 5 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |  ITA | 10.44 | |
| 6 | Antoine Richard |  FRA | 10.44 | |
| 7 | Ferenc Kiss |  HUN | 10.53 | |
| 8 | Valentin Atanasov |  BUL | 10.63 |