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Although sluggish from the blocks, the world record holder
separated from the field after 40 meters before cruising across
the line with the quarter-finals' joint second fastest time.
The six-time Olympic gold medalist, however, was upset at the
amount of time he had to wait before getting to run after a
succession of false starts in other races.
"It's just the whole system which bothers me, you know I was out
there too long," Bolt told Reuters after warming down.
"They (organizers) just sent everybody out and a whole lot of
false starts and I was in the last heat and I kind of got cold
so I didn't feel as fluent as I wanted to and that's what I was
really annoyed about.
"If I can get through that then I'll be fine."
Nickel Ashmeade, who win the third of the four quarter-finals,
was the fastest qualifier in a time of 10.07 seconds. Asafa
Powell clocked 10.17, while Yohan Blake and Kemar Bailey-Cole
both recorded 10.26.
The semi-finals and final are on Friday.
Two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (11.38),
Simone Facey (11.31), Elaine Thompson (11.38) and Veronica
Campbell-Brown won their heats in the women's 100 to move into
the semi-finals.
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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