2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 22 August (preliminary round & heats) 23 August (semifinal & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 51 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 9.79 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Events at the 2015 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
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 |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
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 | |
The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]
Summary[]
Justin Gatlin had the world leading time in 2015. Gatlin ran 9.83 s in the heats and 9.77 s in the semi-final. Reigning champion Usain Bolt ran times of 9.96 s in both rounds. Jimmy Vicaut and Su Bingtian qualified for the final with tied fastest loser times of 9.986 s, so there were 9 competitors in the final.
In the final, Bolt finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Gatlin in a time of 9.79 s.[3] There was a tie for third place, with Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell both finishing in 9.911 s, and two bronze medals were awarded.[4]
At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.[5]
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]
World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
Championship record | ||||
World Leading | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
African Record | Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) | 9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
Asian Record | Femi Ogunode (QAT) | 9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
South American Record | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
European Record | Francis Obikwelu (POR) | 9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
Oceanian record | Patrick Johnson (AUS) | 9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
Qualification standards[]
Entry standards[7] |
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10.16 |
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Round |
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22 August 2015 | 12:40 | Preliminary Round |
22 August 2015 | 19:20 | Heats |
23 August 2015 | 19:10 | Semifinals |
23 August 2015 | 21:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results[]
Preliminary round[]
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman (OMN) | 10.31 | Q |
2 | 1 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 10.50 | Q |
3 | 3 | Jeffrey Vanan | Suriname (SUR) | 10.55 | Q |
4 | 1 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 10.56 | Q |
5 | 3 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 10.58 | Q, SB |
6 | 2 | Rodman Teltull | Palau (PLW) | 10.71 | Q, NR |
7 | 1 | Mohamed Fakhri Ismail | Brunei (BRU) | 10.73 | Q |
8 | 3 | Yendountien Tiebekabe | Togo (TOG) | 10.76 | Q |
9 | 1 | Mark Anderson | Belize (BIZ) | 10.84 | q |
10 | 3 | Yaspi Boby | Indonesia (INA) | 10.85 | q |
11 | 3 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | Chad (CHA) | 10.92 | q, PB |
12 | 2 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia (MKD) | 10.94 | Q |
13 | 1 | João de Barros | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 11.07 | |
14 | 1 | La Shondra David Mosa'ati | Tonga (TGA) | 11.08 | PB |
15 | 3 | Rossene Mpingo | (COD) | 11.10 | PB |
16 | 1 | Mohamed Lamine Dansoko | Guinea (GUI) | 11.11 | PB |
17 | 3 | Masbah Ahmmed | Bangladesh (BAN) | 11.13 | SB |
18 | 2 | Womel Brandy Mento | Vanuatu (VAN) | 11.17 | PB |
19 | 2 | Grégory Bradai | French Polynesia (PYF) | 11.29 | PB |
20 | 3 | Jidou El Moctar | Mauritania (MTN) | 11.30 | PB |
21 | 1 | Leong Wang Kuong | Macau (MAC) | 11.31 | SB |
22 | 3 | Claytus Taqimama | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 11.58 | PB |
23 | 2 | Etimoni Timuani | Tuvalu (TUV) | 11.72 | PB |
24 | 1 | Dagiero Dagiero | Nauru (NRU) | 11.81 | PB |
25 | 2 | Kimwaua Makin | Kiribati (KIR) | 11.98 | SB |
26 | 2 | Tashi Dendup | Bhutan (BHU) | 12.15 | NR |
2 | Béranger-Aymard Bossé | Central African Republic (CAF) | DQ |
Heats[]
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[9]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.1 m/s, Heat 2: −1.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +2.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.2 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.83w | Q |
2 | 4 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.91 | Q |
3 | 5 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 9.92 | Q |
4 | 1 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.95 | Q |
5 | 7 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.96 | Q |
6 | 7 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.97 | Q |
7 | 5 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 9.99 | Q |
8 | 3 | Femi Ogunode | Qatar (QAT) | 9.99 | Q |
9 | 3 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados (BAR) | 10.02 | Q, PB |
10 | 1 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.03 | Q |
11 | 6 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.03w | Q |
12 | 5 | Jak Ali Harvey | Turkey (TUR) | 10.04 | Q |
13 | 4 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.05 | Q |
14 | 3 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.05 | Q, =NR |
15 | 7 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 10.06 | Q, SB |
16 | 6 | Henricho Bruintjies | South Africa (RSA) | 10.07w | Q |
17 | 1 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 10.09 | Q |
18 | 6 | Hassan Taftian | Iran (IRI) | 10.10w | q |
19 | 2 | Tyson Gay | United States (USA) | 10.11 | Q |
20 | 3 | Richard Kilty | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.12 | q |
21 | 7 | Levi Cadogan | Barbados (BAR) | 10.12 | q |
22 | 3 | Zhang Peimeng | China (CHN) | 10.13 | SB |
23 | 5 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.13 | |
24 | 4 | Julian Reus | Germany (GER) | 10.14 | Q |
25 | 1 | Kei Takase | Japan (JPN) | 10.15 | |
26 | 6 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.16w | |
27 | 2 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.19 | Q |
28 | 7 | Yancarlos Martínez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.19 | |
29 | 1 | Justyn Warner | Canada (CAN) | 10.20 | |
30 | 6 | Aziz Ouhadi | Morocco (MAR) | 10.22w | |
31 | 4 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.23 | |
32 | 2 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.24 | Q |
33 | 4 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman (OMN) | 10.24 | SB |
34 | 7 | Reza Ghasemi | Iran (IRI) | 10.25 | |
35 | 5 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.29 | |
36 | 6 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal (POR) | 10.29w | |
37 | 2 | Sven Knipphals | Germany (GER) | 10.31 | |
38 | 2 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 10.32 | |
39 | 5 | Brijesh Lawrence | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.40 | |
40 | 1 | Jacques Riparelli | Italy (ITA) | 10.41 | |
41 | 5 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 10.41 | |
42 | 7 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 10.42 | NR |
43 | 1 | Kim Kuk-young | South Korea (KOR) | 10.48 | |
44 | 3 | Jeffrey Vanan | Suriname (SUR) | 10.57 | |
45 | 1 | Yaspi Boby | Indonesia (INA) | 10.65 | |
46 | 2 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 10.68 | |
47 | 2 | Rodman Teltull | Palau (PLW) | 10.72 | |
48 | 7 | Mohamed Fakhri Ismail | Brunei (BRU) | 10.72 | |
49 | 3 | Yendountien Tiebekabe | Togo (TOG) | 10.74 | |
50 | 3 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 10.75 | |
51 | 4 | Mark Anderson | Belize (BIZ) | 10.87 | |
52 | 6 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | Chad (CHA) | 10.92w | |
53 | 5 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia (MKD) | 11.31 | |
2 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | DQ | R 162.7 | |
4 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho (LES) | DNS | ||
4 | Rondel Sorrillo | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | DNS |
Semifinals[]
Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[10]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.77 | Q |
2 | 2 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.86 | Q, SB |
3 | 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.96 | Q |
3 | 1 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 9.96 | Q |
3 | 3 | Tyson Gay | United States (USA) | 9.96 | Q |
6 | 3 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.97 | Q |
7 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 9.99 | q |
7 | 1 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.99 | q |
7 | 1 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 9.99 | q, =NR |
10 | 2 | Femi Ogunode | Qatar (QAT) | 10.00 | |
11 | 2 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 10.02 | |
12 | 3 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados (BAR) | 10.04 | |
13 | 2 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.05 | |
14 | 2 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.06 | |
15 | 1 | Jak Ali Harvey | Turkey (TUR) | 10.08 | |
16 | 3 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 10.09 | |
17 | 2 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.15 | |
18 | 3 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.17 | |
19 | 2 | Levi Cadogan | Barbados (BAR) | 10.19 | |
20 | 1 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.20 | |
20 | 3 | Hassan Taftian | Iran (IRI) | 10.20 | |
20 | 3 | Richard Kilty | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.20 | |
23 | 1 | Henricho Bruintjies | South Africa (RSA) | 10.21 | |
24 | 1 | Julian Reus | Germany (GER) | 10.28 |
Final[]
The final was started at 21:15.[11]
Wind: −0.5 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.79 | SB | |
7 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.80 | ||
3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.92 | ||
9 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 9.92 | PB | |
5 | 4 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.94 | |
6 | 6 | Tyson Gay | United States (USA) | 10.00 | |
7 | 8 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.00 | |
8 | 1 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 10.00 | |
9 | 2 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.06 |
References[]
- ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin by one hundredth of a second in 100m World Championship final". Daily Telegraph. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title". BBC Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Records & Lists – 100 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
- ^ Preliminary round results
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results
- Events at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
- 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships