2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Dexter Lee  Jamaica
Silver	Wilhelm van der Vyver  South Africa
Bronze	Terrell Wilks  United States

Results[]

Final[]

9 July
Wind: -0.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.40
	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.42
	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.45
4	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.51
5		Sweden	10.67
6	David Lescay	Cuba	10.71
7	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.71
8	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.79

Semifinals[]

8 July

Semifinal 1[]

Wind: -0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.37	Q
2		Sweden	10.57	Q
3	David Ambler	New Zealand	10.63
4	Lai Chun Ho	Hong Kong	10.67
5		Nigeria	10.73
6		Italy	10.75
7	Calvin Kang Li Loong	Singapore	10.75
8		Russia	10.78

Semifinal 2[]

Wind: +0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.38	Q
2	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.42	Q
3	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.57	q
4	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.59	q
5		Czech Republic	10.63
6	Tsui Chi Ho	Hong Kong	10.74
7		France	10.82
	Antonio Sales	United States	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Semifinal 3[]

Wind: -0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.42	Q
2	David Lescay	Cuba	10.59	Q
3		Canada	10.65
4		Greece	10.66
5	Pascal Mancini	Switzerland	10.67
6	David Walters	U.S. Virgin Islands	10.74
7		Gambia	10.75
8	Miguel López	Puerto Rico	10.75

Heats[]

8 July

Heat 1[]

Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Sales	United States	10.49	Q
2	Tsui Chi Ho	Hong Kong	10.67	Q
3		Austria	10.70
4		Cyprus	10.72
5		Norway	10.74
6	Izzet Safer	Turkey	10.90
7		Andorra	11.51
8	Jesus Iguel	Northern Mariana Islands	11.71
9		Kiribati	11.88

Heat 2[]

Wind: +1.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Lescay	Cuba	10.47	Q
2		Czech Republic	10.58	Q
3		Italy	10.63	q
4		France	10.66	q
5	Roscoe Engel	South Africa	10.72
6		Venezuela	10.77
7		Malaysia	10.96
8		Nepal	11.72
		Chinese Taipei	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 3[]

Wind: +0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.28	Q
2	Calvin Kang Li Loong	Singapore	10.62	Q
3		Greece	10.68	q
4		Italy	10.75
5		Sweden	10.88
6	Alonso Edward	Panama	10.91
7	Gordon Heather	Cook Islands	11.57
8		Costa Rica	12.12

Heat 4[]

Wind: +0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Sweden	10.58	Q
2	Pascal Mancini	Switzerland	10.58	Q
3	David Walters	U.S. Virgin Islands	10.66	q
4		Nigeria	10.68	q
5		Trinidad and Tobago	10.77
6		France	10.79
7	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	11.09
8		Anguilla	11.43
9	Azneem Ahmed	Maldives	11.55

Heat 5[]

Wind: +0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Ambler	New Zealand	10.58	Q
2	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.65	Q
3	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.65	q
4	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	10.75
5	Weerawat Pharueang	Thailand	10.87
6		French Polynesia	11.42
7		Vanuatu	11.64
		Slovenia	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 6[]

Wind: +0.5m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Canada	10.60	Q
2	Lai Chun Ho	Hong Kong	10.60	Q
3		Chinese Taipei	10.74
4		Turkey	10.90
5		Qatar	11.03
6		Poland	11.14
7		Mali	11.17
8		Solomon Islands	11.19

Heat 7[]

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.68	Q
2		Russia	10.77	Q
3		Japan	10.86
4	Artur Zaczek	Poland	10.86
5	Tre Houston	Bermuda	10.92
6		Bulgaria	10.95
7	Courtney Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.19

Heat 8[]

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.56	Q
2	Miguel López	Puerto Rico	10.69	Q
3		Canada	10.70
4	Youssouf Mhadjou	Comoros	10.72
5		United Kingdom	10.75
6		Russia	11.01
7		Norfolk Island	12.03
8		American Samoa	13.18

Heat 9[]

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.50	Q
2		Gambia	10.62	Q
3		Nigeria	10.89
4	Yuichi Kobayashi	Japan	10.97
5		Portugal	11.00
6	Ahmed Al-Merjabi	Oman	11.20
7		Laos	11.85
8		Cambodia	11.88
9		Afghanistan	12.39

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.

References[]