2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships
100 m final moment
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	22 August (preliminary round & heats) 23 August (semifinal & final)
Competitors	69 from 51 nations
Winning time	9.79
Medalists
Usain Bolt    Jamaica   Justin Gatlin    United States   Trayvon Bromell    United States   Andre De Grasse    Canada
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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]}

For only the second time in the World Athletics Championships, the winning margin in the men's 100 metres was 0.01 seconds. The first time this happened was in 2003.

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]
10.16

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
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
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	DR Congo  (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
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
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
	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

1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Start list
3. "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.
4. "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title". BBC Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
5. "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
6. "Records & Lists – 100 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 17 August 2015.
7. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
8. Preliminary round results
9. Heats results
10. Semifinals results
11. Final results