Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, GOIH (born 22 November 1978) is a retired Nigerian-born Portuguese sprinter, who specialized in 100 metres and 200 metres. He...

Cameroonian-French mixed martial artist Francis Obikwelu (born 1978), retired Nigerian-born Portuguese sprinter Francis Omaswa, Ugandan cardiovascular surgeon...

event. Portugal earned its first medal in the men's 100 metres, with Francis Obikwelu's silver. The final was the fastest and most disputed in Olympic history...

first in 1896. Four finalists from 2004 returned: silver medalist Francis Obikwelu of Portugal, fifth-place finisher Asafa Powell of Jamaica, sixth-place...

similar to the 100 metres final pool, with the favorites, Justin Gatlin, Francis Obikwelu and Shawn Crawford in the center of the track. Bernard Williams also...

the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021. Noel Francis (28 June 2021). "Fraser-Pryce completes sprint double at Jamaican Championships...

Dionísio Castro, Domingos Castro, Fernando Mamede, Fernando Peyroteo, Francis Obikwelu, Joaquim Agostinho, José Travassos, Manuel Fernandes, Mário Moniz Pereira...

tested positive for drugs in November 2001. 2 Nigeria (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu) originally won the bronze medal in 37.91...

and coach Tony Nwoye, Nigerian politician. Chike Obi, mathematician Francis Obikwelu, retired Nigerian-born Portuguese sprinter. Janet Okala, Nigerian political...

achieved by the sprinter. 3 Denotes a run achieved at a high altitude. 4 Francis Obikwelu now competes for Portugal but he first broke the 10-second barrier...

2004: Francis Obikwelu 2005: Francis Obikwelu 2006: Francis Obikwelu 2007: Arnaldo Abrantes 2008: João Ferreira 2009: Francis Obikwelu 2010: Francis Obikwelu...

100 metres makes him the third fastest European in history; after Francis Obikwelu's 9.86 s personal best which broke Christie's European record, and the...

Davidson Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Deji Aliu, Raymond Ekevwo and Francis Obikwelu. Emedolu participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In...

champion in 2003 Fernanda Ribeiro (born 1969), 10,000m Olympic champion Francis Obikwelu, Nigerian-born runner Joaquim Agostinho, cyclist José Azevedo, cyclist...

ratified because of the type of wind gauge used. British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis recorded a time of 9.97 seconds on 4 August 2001 (age 18 years, 334 days)...

Records Preceded by Francis Obikwelu Jimmy Vicaut Men's 100 metres European record holder 1 August 2021 – present Succeeded by Incumbent...

from São Tomé and Príncipe in the women's heptathlon, and sprinter Francis Obikwelu on his third Olympic bid after he previously joined the Nigerian squad...

100 m 9.86 (+0.6 m/s) Francis Obikwelu 22 August 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 150 m (bend) 15.02+ (+1.2 m/s) Francis Obikwelu 27 August 1999 World...

been shared on one other occasion in Olympic history: Alajos Szokolyi and Francis Lane were joint third at the 1896 men's final. Starting with 15 men from...

advance Davidson Ezinwa 100 metres 10.03 1 Q 10.08 6 Q 10.04 6 Q 10.14 6 Francis Obikwelu 200 metres 20.62 17 Q 20.49 10 Q 20.56 12 Did not advance Seun Ogunkoya...

Michael Johnson Men's 200 m Best Year Performance 1997–1998 Succeeded by Francis Obikwelu Preceded by Maurice Greene Men's 100 m Best Year Performance 1998–1999...

Silver Bronze 100 metres details Justin Gatlin  United States 9.85 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 9.86 (AR) Maurice Greene  United States 9.87 200 metres details...

metres and Universiade champion in 1993. Together with Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu and Deji Aliu he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the...

9.91 +0.2 Su Bingtian  China 9.91 +0.8 Europe (records) 9.86 +0.6 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 9.86 +1.3 Jimmy Vicaut  France 9.86 +1.8 North, Central America...

Vicaut equalled the European 100m record time of 9.86 that Portugal’s Francis Obikwelu had set almost 11 years before at the Olympic Games in Athens. That...

Neves, footballer Serif Nhaga, footballer Nuno, football manager O Francis Obikwelu, sprinter P Viriato Pã, attorney general of Guinea–Bissau João de Sá...

Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 m details Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 10.061 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 10.15 Roland Németh  Hungary 10.27 200 m details...

third in Nigeria, only behind Francis Obikwelu and Daniel Effiong, and fifth in Africa, behind Frankie Fredericks, Obikwelu, Stéphan Buckland and Effiong...

slower than the Olympic record. The finish was incredibly tight, with Francis Obikwelu of Portugal one hundredth behind for the silver medal, his teammate...

received medals. 4x100m dq1 The Nigerian team of Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu originally finished third in the 1999...