2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Kasarani Stadium
Dates	18 August (heats and semifinals) 19 August (final)
Competitors	46 from 35 nations
Winning time	10.19
Medalists
Letsile Tebogo    Botswana      South Africa      Cuba
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Events at the 2021 World U20 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
5000 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
	mixed
10000 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 at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 18 and 19 August.^[1]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Trayvon Bromell (USA)	9.97	Eugene, United States	13 June 2014
Championship Record	Adam Gemili (GBR)	10.05	Barcelona, Spain	11 July 2012
World U20 Leading	(USA)	10.09	Clermont, United States	30 May 2021

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinal.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	10.22	Q, NU20R
2	4		South Africa	10.28	Q
3	1		Nigeria	10.35	Q
4	2		Cuba	10.40	Q, SB
5	6		Jamaica	10.43	Q
6	5		Poland	10.44	Q, PB
7	4		Jamaica	10.45	Q
8	5		Italy	10.46	Q
9	3		Uganda	10.48	Q
10	6		Hungary	10.51	Q
11	2	Wendell Miller	Bahamas	10.51	Q, PB
12	3		South Africa	10.52	Q
13	6		Bahamas	10.53	Q, PB
13	2		Argentina	10.53	Q
15	1		Canada	10.54	Q
16	4		Qatar	10.55	Q
17	4		Italy	10.57	q
18	6		Oman	10.59	q
19	5		Grenada	10.59	Q
20	3		Mexico	10.60	q
21	1		Nicaragua	10.60	Q
22	4		Botswana	10.62	q
23	5		Argentina	10.63	q
24	5		Finland	10.66	q
25	1		Czech Republic	10.66
26	6		Kenya	10.66	PB
27	6		Ukraine	10.67
28	4		Ecuador	10.67
29	2		Turkey	10.69
30	4		Bulgaria	10.72
31	2		Ecuador	10.75
32	1		Iraq	10.75
33	1		Brazil	10.77
34	1		Zimbabwe	10.79
35	2		Brazil	10.79
36	3		Iraq	10.79
37	5		Namibia	10.87
38	4		Libya	10.95	PB
39	2		Nigeria	11.00
40	6		Ukraine	11.20
41	3		Montenegro	11.23
42	5		Republic of the Congo	11.37	PB
43	2		Liberia	11.37	PB
44	3		Comoros	11.50	PB
	3		Iran	DNF
	5		Equatorial Guinea	DQ	TR16.8
	6		Honduras	DNS

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	10.11	Q, NR
2	3		Nigeria	10.22	Q
3	2		Oman	10.27	Q, NU20R
4	2		Italy	10.29	Q
5	3		Cuba	10.29	Q, PB
6	2		South Africa	10.30	q
7	2		Grenada	10.32	q, PB
8	3		Uganda	10.37
9	1		Poland	10.37	Q, PB
10	2		Finland	10.43	PB
11	2	Wendell Miller	Bahamas	10.45	PB
12	3		Bahamas	10.47	PB
13	1		South Africa	10.49
14	3		Hungary	10.51
15	1		Canada	10.53
16	2		Argentina	10.53
17	3		Botswana	10.54	PB
18	3		Qatar	10.54
19	1		Italy	10.56
20	1		Argentina	10.59
21	1		Nicaragua	10.63
22	3		Mexico	10.72
23	1		Jamaica	10.94
	2		Jamaica	DQ	TR16.8

Final[]

The final was held on 19 August at 18:27.^[4]

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	7	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	10.19
	3		South Africa	10.28
	9		Cuba	10.32
4	5		Oman	10.39
5	8		Poland	10.46
6	6		Italy	10.49
7	2		Grenada	10.52
8	4		Nigeria	10.74

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