The men's 100m race at the 1997 World Athletics Championships took place on August 3.
Winners
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Maurice Green USA | Donovan Bailey Canada | Tim Montgomery USA |
Final
| A place | Track | Name | Citizenship | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Maurice Green | USA | 9.86 | CR | |
| four | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 9.91 | ||
| 7 | Tim Montgomery | USA | 9.94 | ||
| four | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 9.95 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.02 | |
| 6 | 5 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 10.10 | |
| 7 | one | Canada | 10.12 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Michael Marsh | USA | 10.29 |
CR is a world championship record.